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In some works, there are sentient and sapient cars, buses, trucks, RVs (motorhomes), ATVs, trains (steam-powered, diesel-powered, or light rail), train cars, airplanes, helicopters, boats, ships, spaceships, etc. Some of them maintain a [[Masquerade]], some do not, and some live in a world of their own without humans.
In some works, there are sentient and sapient cars, buses, trucks, RVs (motorhomes), ATVs, trains (steam-powered, diesel-powered, or light rail), train cars, airplanes, helicopters, boats, ships, spaceships, etc. Some of them maintain a [[Masquerade]], some do not, and some live in a world of their own without humans.


This trope does not cover vehicles that happen to have AIs when those AIs are treated as separate entities that are not integrated into the vehicle itself. Also, with the exception of [[Living Ship|Living Ships]], they have to be inorganic (in other words, not a "living" being).
This trope does not cover vehicles that happen to have AIs when those AIs are treated as separate entities that are not integrated into the vehicle itself. Also, with the exception of [[Living Ship]]s, they have to be inorganic (in other words, not a "living" being).


Things under the heading '''Other''' include farm vehicles, contruction vehicles, motorcycles, ATVs, and golf carts.
Things under the heading '''Other''' include farm vehicles, contruction vehicles, motorcycles, ATVs, and golf carts.


Subtrope of [[Animate Inanimate Object]]. Often overlaps with [[Automated Automobiles]] and [[Magic Bus]]. Supertrope of [[Sapient Ship]] and [[Living Ship]]. See also [[Sapient Steed]].
Subtrope of [[Animate Inanimate Object]]. Often overlaps with [[Automated Automobiles]] and [[Magic Bus]]. Supertrope of [[Sapient Ship]] and [[Living Ship]]. For living intelligent rides, see [[Sapient Steed]].
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==== Automobiles (Cars, Buses, RVs, and Trucks, etc.): ====


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== [[Advertising]] ==
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== Automobiles (Cars, Buses, RVs, Trucks, etc.) ==
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=== [[Advertising]] ===
* The Chevron Cars are Chevron Corporation's clay-animated stop-motion talking cars that feature in television commercials crafted by [[Aardman Animations]]. Modern commercials retain the art style set by Aardman, but do it in CGI.
* The Chevron Cars are Chevron Corporation's clay-animated stop-motion talking cars that feature in television commercials crafted by [[Aardman Animations]]. Modern commercials retain the art style set by Aardman, but do it in CGI.


== [[Comic Books]] ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* The [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|RapeVan]] from ''[[Hack Slash]]: Trailers 2''.
* The title character from ''[[Bumpety Boo]]''.
* Hermes the motorcycle from ''[[Kino's Journey]]''.

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=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* The [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|RapeVan]] from ''[[Hack Slash]]: Trailers 2''.


== [[Film]] ==
=== [[Film]] ===
* The cars in [[Disney]]/[[Pixar]]'s ''[[Cars (Animation)|Cars]]''
* The cars in [[Disney]]/[[Pixar]]'s ''[[Cars]]''
** There are also [[Stealth Pun|VW Beetle]] insects.
** There are also [[Stealth Pun|VW Beetle]] insects.
** And dog/cat/rodent toy cars.
** And dog/cat/rodent toy cars.
* ''[[A Cars Life Sparkys Big Adventure (Animation)|A Cars Life Sparkys Big Adventure]]''.
* ''[[A Car's Life: Sparky's Big Adventure|A Cars Life Sparkys Big Adventure]]''.
* ''Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?''. The used cars for sale have distinct personalities, as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGkVHnIwfZA here].
* ''Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?''. The used cars for sale have distinct personalities, as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGkVHnIwfZA here].
* Benny the Cab in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''
* Benny the Cab in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]''
* Herbie, ''[[The Love Bug]]''
* Herbie, ''[[The Love Bug]]''
** [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Amusingly,]] Disney has ''still'' to realise that both ''Cars'' and ''The Love Bug'' are about the same trope, and that they own both franchises. In other words, [[Hope Spot|if only the sequel had Herbie as a short]] [[Cameo]], it would become the [[One-Scene Wonder]] of that movie. And they still have to notice this.
** [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Amusingly,]] Disney has ''still'' to realise that both ''Cars'' and ''The Love Bug'' are about the same trope, and that they own both franchises. In other words, [[Hope Spot|if only the sequel had Herbie as a short]] [[Cameo]], it would become the [[One-Scene Wonder]] of that movie. And they still have to notice this.
* [[The Film of the Book]] ''[[Christine]]''
* [[The Film of the Book]] ''[[Christine]]''
* The song "Worthless" from ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]''.
* The song "Worthless" from ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]''.
* Bumblebee as a car in ''[[Transformers (Film)|Transformers]]'' before [[The Reveal]] that he and his friends are totally alien gaint robots from the space.
* Bumblebee as a car in ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' before [[The Reveal]] that he and his friends are totally alien gaint robots from the space.
* ''Super Hybrid''.
* ''Super Hybrid''.
* ''[[Road Train]]''
* ''[[Road Train]]''
* [[Video Brinquedo|''The Little Cars'']]
* [[Video Brinquedo|''The Little Cars'']]


== [[Literature]] ==
=== [[Literature]] ===
* In the first book in [[Diane Duane]]'s young adult ''[[Young Wizards]]'' series, ''So You Want To Be A Wizard'', the two protagonists enter an alternate Manhattan that is populated by sentient cars that spend most of their time trying to kill each other.
* In the first book in [[Diane Duane]]'s young adult ''[[Young Wizards]]'' series, ''So You Want To Be A Wizard'', the two protagonists enter an alternate Manhattan that is populated by sentient cars that spend most of their time trying to kill each other.
** Sentient almost everything, you mean. The [[Jerkass]] elevator and the killer helicopter come to mind.
** Sentient almost everything, you mean. The [[Jerkass]] elevator and the killer helicopter come to mind.
* ''[[Christine]]''
* ''[[Christine]]''
* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'': the titular car is at least semi-sentient, rather impatient,<ref>At one point when it felt that the knob labeled PULL wasn't being pulled fast enough, it changed the label text to PULL IDIOT.</ref> quite brave,<ref>Near the end, it actually [[Ramming Always Works|rammed]] the [[Big Bad]]'s getaway car because he had [[Berserk Button|kidnapped]] [[Papa Wolf|the children]]</ref> and deeply loyal to its owners. Also, the driver swears that while he was restoring it, he would often find that it had been advancing its own repairs and even modifying itself while he slept.


== [[Live Action TV]] ==
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' TOS episode "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Drive You Drive]". After a man kills a boy in a hit and run accident, his car develops a mind of its own and forces him to confess to the crime.
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' TOS episode "[[wikipedia:You Drive|You Drive]]". After a man kills a boy in a hit and run accident, his car develops a mind of its own and forces him to confess to the crime.
** There's also the episode "A Thing About Machines", where a man is tormented by the machines in his home, among them a car which ends up chasing him into a swimming pool where he drowns.
** There's also the episode "A Thing About Machines", where a man is tormented by the machines in his home, among them a car which ends up chasing him into a swimming pool where he drowns.
* ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' had an episode that dealt with this trope: Sabrina purchased a car from the Other Realm and it turned out to have a mind of its own. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity ensued]] as the car pestered Sabrina about the way she treated it.
* ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' had an episode that dealt with this trope: Sabrina purchased a car from the Other Realm and it turned out to have a mind of its own. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity ensued]] as the car pestered Sabrina about the way she treated it.
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* The cast of the preschool series ''The Big Garage''.<ref>Which also features a talking gas pump.</ref>
* The cast of the preschool series ''The Big Garage''.<ref>Which also features a talking gas pump.</ref>


== [[Video Games]] ==
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* Some ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' games have Oboroguruma, which are ghost/demon cars that talk.
* Some ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' games have Oboroguruma, which are ghost/demon cars that talk.
* When ''[[Choro Q]]'' series steps into the RPG [[Wide Open Sandbox]] genre, every car in it is this.
* When ''[[Choro Q]]'' series steps into the RPG [[Wide Open Sandbox]] genre, every car in it is this.
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*** What makes it funny is the fact that, despite being, well, tanks, the still manage to use a number of human mannerisms, for example, one tank, upon discovering his mooks failed to stop the main character, literally ''jumps up and down'' in anger. There's also the appearance of ''tank priests.'' It brings to question what sort of religion they follow....
*** What makes it funny is the fact that, despite being, well, tanks, the still manage to use a number of human mannerisms, for example, one tank, upon discovering his mooks failed to stop the main character, literally ''jumps up and down'' in anger. There's also the appearance of ''tank priests.'' It brings to question what sort of religion they follow....
*** Oh, and then there's the final boss, the Tank Emperor, with his [[One-Winged Angel|Three forms]] ranging from a massive land cruiser, a bulbous [[Spider Tank|spider tank,]] and finally, a blob of gears, wires, and pure energy.
*** Oh, and then there's the final boss, the Tank Emperor, with his [[One-Winged Angel|Three forms]] ranging from a massive land cruiser, a bulbous [[Spider Tank|spider tank,]] and finally, a blob of gears, wires, and pure energy.
* ''[[Putt Putt]]''
* ''[[Putt-Putt]]''
* In ''[[Pokémon Scarlet and Violet]]'', "sapient" is debatable, much like Pokémon in general, but [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Cyclizar_(Pok%C3%A9mon)#Game_locations Cyclizar] is a Pokémon that can be ridden by its trainer the way one would ride a motorcycle, and according to PokéDex lore, humans in the Paldea region have been using them this way for 10,000 years; there is a reason Pokémon Centers in this game look like gas stations. Additional lore claims a rider's body heat "lifts the Pokémon's spirit", suggesting a semi-symbiotic relationship with humans. It is strongly hinted that Legendary Pokémon Koraidon and Miraidon (who Cyclizar vaguely resembles and are used as mounts by the protagonist) are related to Cyclizar, but Cyclizar doesn't seem to have a way to evolve into either (it doesn't evolve at all) and GameFreak has yet to confirm anything on the subject.


== [[Western Animation]] ==
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[Roary the Racing Car]]''
* ''[[Roary the Racing Car]]''
* Ricardo the racecar in ''[[Doc McStuffins]]''.
* Ricardo the racecar in ''[[Doc McStuffins]]''.
* C.A.R. from ''[[The Replacements]]''.
* C.A.R. from ''[[The Replacements (animation)|The Replacements]]'' (who might just be the most sensible member of the cast).
* C.A.R.R. from ''[[Stroker and Hoop]]''. Obvious parody of K.I.T.T. from ''[[Knight Rider]]'', even though K.I.T.T. is an AI installed into a car.<ref>And even though [[Name's the Same|"K.A.R.R."]] was the name of an evil clone of K.I.T.T. from the actual series.</ref>
* C.A.R.R. from ''[[Stroker and Hoop]]''. Obvious parody of K.I.T.T. from ''[[Knight Rider]]'', even though K.I.T.T. is an AI installed into a car.<ref>And even though [[Name's the Same|"K.A.R.R."]] was the name of an evil clone of K.I.T.T. from the actual series.</ref>
* Some of the vehicle characters in ''[[Bob the Builder]]''
* Some of the vehicle characters in ''[[Bob the Builder]]''
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* [[Walt Disney]]'s ''Suzie the Little Blue Coupe''.
* [[Walt Disney]]'s ''Suzie the Little Blue Coupe''.
* Chugaboom from ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]''
* Chugaboom from ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]''
* [[Speed Buggy (Animation)|Speed Buggy]]
* [[Speed Buggy]]
* ''[[Wheelie And The Chopper Bunch]]'' -- pretty much the entire cast.
* ''[[Wheelie And The Chopper Bunch]]''—pretty much the entire cast.
* [[Mickey Mouse]] has a sentient car in the short "Mickey's Rival".
* [[Mickey Mouse]] has a sentient car in the short "Mickey's Rival".
* There was an episode of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' where an inventor had created a self-driving car with a female personality.
* There was an episode of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' where an inventor had created a self-driving car with a female personality.
* Noddy's car, Car from ''[[Noddy]]''.
* Noddy's car, Car from ''[[Noddy]]'s Toyland Adventures'' and ''Make Way for Noddy''.
** Revs from the reboot series ''Noddy Toyland Detective''.
* "Kitty", in ''[[Code Monkeys]]'', is K.I.T.T. After K.I.T.T. made the decision to become a rapist after being jilted by Michael.
* "Kitty", in ''[[Code Monkeys]]'', is K.I.T.T. After K.I.T.T. made the decision to become a rapist after being jilted by Michael.
* The characters of [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Construction_Site Jim Henson's Construction Site].
* The characters of [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Construction_Site Jim Henson's Construction Site].
* Friz Freleng's 1936 cartoon [[Looney Tunes|''Streamlined Greta Green''.]]
* Friz Freleng's 1936 cartoon [[Looney Tunes|''Streamlined Greta Green''.]]
* [[Tex Avery]]'s MGM cartoon "One Cab's Family."
* [[Tex Avery]]'s MGM cartoon "One Cab's Family."
* The Ghostbuggy from ''[[Filmations Ghostbusters]]''.
* The Ghostbuggy from ''[[Filmation's Ghostbusters]]''.
* ''[[The Magic School Bus]]''
* ''[[The Magic School Bus]]''
* ''Auto B Good''
* ''Auto B Good''
* The cartoon version of ''{{Beetlejuice]}'' had the [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Dragster Of Doom]] (or "Doomie") for short. A sentient car created through mad science. Oh, and he's also a [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werecar]], transforming into a monsterous version of himself whenever he's in pain or to chase dogs.
* The cartoon version of ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' had the [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Dragster Of Doom]] (or "Doomie") for short. A sentient car created through mad science. Oh, and he's also a [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werecar]], transforming into a monsterous version of himself whenever he's in pain or to chase dogs.
* Tonka's ''Chuck and Friends''
* Tonka's ''Chuck and Friends''
* Most [[Transformers|Autobots]] with vehicle modes can qualify if they take on passengers. (Some Decepticons could, too, but you're ''seriously'' better off just walking.)
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== Spacecraft (Rockets, Spaceships, etc.) ==
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* In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jesus_Incident The Jesus Incident], Ship.

* [[X-Factor]]'s [https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Prosh%20(Earth-616) Ship] with a sapient AI, built by the Celestials and formerly owned by the villain Apocalypse. Eventually, it created a man-sized humanoid android body for itself and took the name Prosh.


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* In [[wikipedia:The Jesus Incident|The Jesus Incident]], Ship.
* In [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s ''[[Berserker (Literature)|Berserker]]'' series, the Berserker ships.
* In [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s ''[[Berserker (Literature)|Berserker]]'' series, the Berserker ships.
* Many spacecraft in [[Iain M Banks]]' ''[[The Culture]]'' series.
* Many spacecraft in [[Iain M Banks]]' ''[[The Culture]]'' series.
* Late in [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s novel ''The Number of the Beast'', Zebadiah Carter's spaceship "Gay Deceiver" becomes sentient and is able to talk intelligently.
** Dora (spaceship, ''Time Enough for Love'' and subsequent) certainly fits this trope if Gay does.


== [[Live Action TV]] ==
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* The titular ''[[Lexx]]''. Admittedly it's not ''especially'' intelligent, but it can blow up entire planets.
* The titular ''[[Lexx]]''. Admittedly it's not ''especially'' intelligent, but it can blow up entire planets.
* Moya from ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]''
* Moya from ''[[Farscape]]''
* In ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Gomtuu Gomtuu]
* In ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Gomtuu Gomtuu]


== [[Western Animation]] ==
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Love and Rocket," the Planet Express Ship gets a new AI, which quickly falls in love with Bender.
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Love and Rocket," the Planet Express Ship gets a new AI, which quickly falls in love with Bender.
* Captain Roger the space shuttle from the DVD-exclusive ''[[Pixar Shorts|Cars Toon]]'' "Moon Mater".
* Captain Roger the space shuttle from the DVD-exclusive ''[[Pixar Shorts|Cars Toon]]'' "Moon Mater".
* Rocket from ''[[Little Einsteins]]''
* Rocket from ''[[Little Einsteins]]''


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== Trains, Monorails, Trolleys, Steetcars, and Train Cars ==
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=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* * [[Digimon Frontier]] had the digital world populated by machine digimon called Trailmon, who were basically sentient trains who carried their passengers to certain locations. Many of the trailmon had different looks, voices, and personalities, some even resembling mechanized animals, a kettle, and even Frankenstein.
* * [[Digimon Frontier]] had the digital world populated by machine digimon called Trailmon, who were basically sentient trains who carried their passengers to certain locations. Many of the trailmon had different looks, voices, and personalities, some even resembling mechanized animals, a kettle, and even Frankenstein.


== [[Animated Films]] ==
=== [[Film]] ===
* Casey Jr. in ''[[Dumbo (Disney)|Dumbo]]'', as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxeLR_To0lc#t=1m05s here].
* Casey Jr. in ''[[Dumbo]]'', as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxeLR_To0lc#t=1m05s here].
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* The train that showed up very briefly in ''[[Cars]]''.
* The train that showed up very briefly in ''[[Cars]]''.
** The sequel also has Stephenson the British spy train.
** The sequel also has Stephenson the British spy train.
** Model trains acting like snakes.
** Model trains acting like snakes.


== [[Literature]] ==
=== [[Literature]] ===
* ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Engine_That_Could The Little Engine That Could]''
* ''[[wikipedia:The Little Engine That Could|The Little Engine That Could]]''
* Blain the Mono from [[The Dark Tower]].
* Blain the Mono from ''[[The Dark Tower]]''.
* The .007 from the [[Ruyard Kipling]] short story of the same name.
* The .007 from the [[Ruyard Kipling]] short story of the same name.
* [[Thomas the Tank Engine]] is actually an [[Adaptation Displacement|adaptation]] of a series of books called "The Railway Series" by the Rev. W. Audry<ref>Further, Thomas wasn't originally the main character. He didn't even appear in the first book</ref>.
* [[Thomas the Tank Engine]] is actually an [[Adaptation Displacement|adaptation]] of a series of books called "The Railway Series" by the Rev. W. Audry.<ref>Further, Thomas wasn't originally the main character. He didn't even appear in the first book</ref>


== [[Live Action TV]] ==
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* ''[[Mister Rogers Neighborhood]]'' had a model trolley that seemed to be able to converse with Mr. Rogers, as well as with the inhabitants of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
* ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' had a model trolley that seemed to be able to converse with Mr. Rogers, as well as with the inhabitants of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.


== [[Theater]] ==
=== [[Theater]] ===
* ''[[Starlight Express]]'', a very loose adaptation of ''The Little Engine That Could''
* ''[[Starlight Express]]'' features several dozen sentient locomotives and train cars. And their steam-powered God.


== [[Western Animation]] ==
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' and friends
* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' and friends
* [[Chuggington]]
* [[Chuggington]]
* [[Color Classics|''PLAY SAFE! PLAY SAFE!'']] featured a rather demonic-looking steam locomotive that actually [[Nightmare Fuel|scared the lives out of children that have watched this short.]]
* [[Color Classics|''PLAY SAFE! PLAY SAFE!'']] featured a rather demonic-looking steam locomotive that actually [[Nightmare Fuel|scared the lives out of children that have watched this short.]]


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== Airplanes, Helicopters, and Other Aircraft ==
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== [[Animated Films]] ==
* Pedro the airplane from ''[[Saludos Amigos]]''
* Pedro the airplane from ''[[Saludos Amigos]]''
* Rotor Turbosky, Kathy Copter and Ron Hover the helicopters, Al Oft the blimp, and Barney Stormin the biplane and the four fighter jets from ''[[Cars (Animation)|Cars]]''.
* Rotor Turbosky, Kathy Copter and Ron Hover the helicopters, Al Oft the blimp, and Barney Stormin the biplane and the four fighter jets from ''[[Cars]]''.
** Also, Siddeley the fighter jet from the sequel.
** Also, Siddeley the fighter jet from the sequel.
** And Props McGee, Captain Munier, the Falcon Hawks, and Judge Davis from the [[Pixar Shorts|''Cars Toons'']].
** And Props McGee, Captain Munier, the Falcon Hawks, and Judge Davis from the [[Pixar Shorts|''Cars Toons'']].
** Plus the entire [[Spin-Off]] film ''[[Planes (Animation)|Planes]]''.
** Plus the entire [[Spin-Off]] film ''[[Planes]]''.
** There are also remote control airplanes that act like birds.
** There are also remote control airplanes that act like birds.


== [[Video Games]] ==
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* Windy Plane, the first boss of ''[[Ninja Baseball Bat Man]]''. It's an anthropomorphic prop plane that stands on its tail and punches the player with its front wheels, no less.
* Windy Plane, the first boss of ''[[Ninja Baseball Bat Man]]''. It's an anthropomorphic prop plane that stands on its tail and punches the player with its front wheels, no less.
* ''[[Deus Ex: Invisible War]]'': features an {{spoiler|AI-piloted helicopter}}.

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* ''[[Skin Horse]]'': {{spoiler|[[Brain In a Jar|Nick the Osprey]]}} serves as the [[Black Helicopter]] (well, Black V-22), heavily armed with [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster F Bombs]], at least until the censorship software kicked in. (He now swears entirely in unusual euphemisms.)


== [[Western Animation]] ==
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[Jay Jay the Jet Plane (Animation)|Jay Jay the Jet Plane]]''
* ''[[Jay Jay the Jet Plane]]''
* Harold the helicopter and Jeremy the jet from ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]''
* Harold the helicopter and Jeremy the jet from ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]''
* The planes in the 1980s UK animated series ''Jimbo and the Jet Set''.
* The planes in the 1980s UK animated series ''Jimbo and the Jet Set''.
* "Little Johnny Jet," an early 50s Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon by [[Tex Avery]].
* "Little Johnny Jet," an early 50s Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon by [[Tex Avery]].
* ''[[Budgie The Little Helicopter]]'' (also adapted from a book series)
* ''[[Budgie The Little Helicopter]]'' (also adapted from a book series)
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== [[Animated Films]] ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Arpeggio of Blue Steel]]'' is about the Fleet of Fog, a massive collection of alien [[AI]]s that have taken the forms of [[World War II]] naval vessels and have essentially besieged the nations of Earth.

=== [[Film]] ===
* Little Toot in ''[[Melody Time]]''.
* Little Toot in ''[[Melody Time]]''.


== [[Western Animation]] ==
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]'' has the King of Red Lions, a small sail boat who talks. {{spoiler|And is actually the King of Hyrule.}}

=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[Dive Olly Dive]]''
* ''[[Dive Olly Dive]]''
* Captain and Bulstrode from ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]''.
* Captain and Bulstrode from ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]''.
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* ''[[Theodore Tugboat]]''.
* ''[[Theodore Tugboat]]''.
* Tugger, Russel Crow's boat from an episode of ''[[South Park]]''.
* Tugger, Russel Crow's boat from an episode of ''[[South Park]]''.
* Bucky on ''[[Jake and The Neverland Pirates]]'' seems to have limited sentience, in that he will obey commands and sometimes act independently. He can't talk, though, and is mostly just used as a way to get from place to place.
* Bucky on ''[[Jake and the Never Land Pirates]]'' seems to have limited sentience, in that he will obey commands and sometimes act independently. He can't talk, though, and is mostly just used as a way to get from place to place.

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==== Other: ====


== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
== Other ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* Elea in ''[[Blassreiter]]''. Joseph's jet bike with chatty and [[Fairy Sexy|all-around shapely]] little [[Projected Man|holographic avatar]].
* Elea in ''[[Blassreiter]]''. Joseph's jet bike with chatty and [[Fairy Sexy|all-around shapely]] little [[Projected Man|holographic avatar]].
* All the B'ts in ''[[B't X]]'', which are also [[Mechanical Horse|Mecha Mounts]].
* Might not count, but the Arbalest's AI from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' is milestones more advanced than the others since he's capable of learning. In fact, Sousuke is thoroughly frustrated with him due to the fact that unlike his previous mounts which merely helped operating the mecha, Al does talk back to him if he knows he's right. Hell, in one instance in ''The Second Raid'', '''the mecha chewed out his pilot''', saying that he's not going to operate for him properly until he treats him as a partner.
** And then in the ''TSR'' OVA, when [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Sousuke was glomped by his half-asleep and half-naked superior]] in the hangar ([[The Stoic|scaring the beejesus out of him]]), Al was humorously commenting on the situation despite Sousuke's repeated orders to shut up; when she woke up and [[My God, What Have I Done?|ran away in fright]], he told Sousuke to go after her which he rebuffed with a loud "SHUT UP!"


== [[Animated Films]] ==
=== [[Film]] ===
* In ''[[Cars]]'', there are tractors that act like cows and a combine that acts lke a bull named Frank.
* In ''[[Cars]]'', there are tractors that act like cows and a combine named Frank that acts like a bull.
** In one of the ''Maters Tall Tales'' shorts, there were bulldozers that acted like bulls.
** In one of the ''Maters Tall Tales'' shorts, there were bulldozers that acted like bulls.
** A tie-in storybook based on this series called ''Mater Saves Christmas'' showed [[Santa Claus|Santa Car]] (a vehicle resembling a Dusenberg) being pulled by snowmobiles that acted like reindeer.
** A tie-in storybook based on this series called ''Mater Saves Christmas'' showed [[Santa Claus|Santa Car]] (a vehicle resembling a Dusenberg) being pulled by snowmobiles that acted like reindeer.
** Bessie, on the other hand, despite also being a bulldozer herself, [[Furry Confusion|is for some reason, not anthropomorphosized.]]
** Bessie, on the other hand, despite also being a bulldozer herself, [[Furry Confusion|is for some reason, not anthropomorphized.]]
** The sequel featured a giant dump truck near the beginning that presumably acted like a bison.
** The sequel featured a giant dump truck near the beginning that presumably acted like a bison.
* At the end of ''[[Tokyo SOS]]'', {{spoiler|[[Tear Jerker|Kiryu (AKA Mechagodzilla 3) says "Goodbye, Yoshido" to the pilot inside of him before committing a heroic sacrifice by sending both himself and Godzilla deep into the bottom of the ocean]]}}. Yes, folks, this film has {{spoiler|The original 1954 Godzilla talking (Well, technically, it's a message that appears on one of the monitors inside his cyborg-body) to a human being}}.


== [[Western Animation]] ==
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* The main vehicle characters in ''[[Bob the Builder]]'' are construction vehicles.
* The main vehicle characters in ''[[Bob the Builder]]'' are construction vehicles.
* Terence, Trevor, George, and the Pack from ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]''.
* Terence, Trevor, George, and the Pack from ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]''.
* The entire cast of ''[[Wheelie And The Chopper Bunch]]''
* The entire cast of ''[[Wheelie And The Chopper Bunch]]''
* The title character in the [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoon ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Wheels Wonder Wheels]''
* The title character in the [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoon ''[[wikipedia:Wonder Wheels|Wonder Wheels]]''


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Latest revision as of 19:31, 27 October 2023

In some works, there are sentient and sapient cars, buses, trucks, RVs (motorhomes), ATVs, trains (steam-powered, diesel-powered, or light rail), train cars, airplanes, helicopters, boats, ships, spaceships, etc. Some of them maintain a Masquerade, some do not, and some live in a world of their own without humans.

This trope does not cover vehicles that happen to have AIs when those AIs are treated as separate entities that are not integrated into the vehicle itself. Also, with the exception of Living Ships, they have to be inorganic (in other words, not a "living" being).

Things under the heading Other include farm vehicles, contruction vehicles, motorcycles, ATVs, and golf carts.

Subtrope of Animate Inanimate Object. Often overlaps with Automated Automobiles and Magic Bus. Supertrope of Sapient Ship and Living Ship. For living intelligent rides, see Sapient Steed.


Examples of Sentient Vehicle include:

Automobiles (Cars, Buses, RVs, Trucks, etc.)

Advertising

  • The Chevron Cars are Chevron Corporation's clay-animated stop-motion talking cars that feature in television commercials crafted by Aardman Animations. Modern commercials retain the art style set by Aardman, but do it in CGI.

Anime and Manga

Comic Books

Film

Literature

  • In the first book in Diane Duane's young adult Young Wizards series, So You Want To Be A Wizard, the two protagonists enter an alternate Manhattan that is populated by sentient cars that spend most of their time trying to kill each other.
    • Sentient almost everything, you mean. The Jerkass elevator and the killer helicopter come to mind.
  • Christine
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: the titular car is at least semi-sentient, rather impatient,[1] quite brave,[2] and deeply loyal to its owners. Also, the driver swears that while he was restoring it, he would often find that it had been advancing its own repairs and even modifying itself while he slept.

Live-Action TV

  • The Twilight Zone TOS episode "You Drive". After a man kills a boy in a hit and run accident, his car develops a mind of its own and forces him to confess to the crime.
    • There's also the episode "A Thing About Machines", where a man is tormented by the machines in his home, among them a car which ends up chasing him into a swimming pool where he drowns.
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch had an episode that dealt with this trope: Sabrina purchased a car from the Other Realm and it turned out to have a mind of its own. Hilarity ensued as the car pestered Sabrina about the way she treated it.
  • Wizards of Waverly Place basically imitated the Sabrina example (as it so often does) with a cab that Alex reanimated.
  • Somewhat subverted in My Mother the Car, as it's Mother's spirit that animates the old Porter, but from her speech she might as well really be the car.
  • K.I.T.T. in Knight Rider.
  • Carranger / Power Rangers Turbo had a pair of sentient flying cars from outer space.
  • The cast of the preschool series The Big Garage.[3]

Video Games

  • Some Shin Megami Tensei games have Oboroguruma, which are ghost/demon cars that talk.
  • When Choro Q series steps into the RPG Wide Open Sandbox genre, every car in it is this.
    • Seek and Destroy features sentient tanks!
      • What makes it funny is the fact that, despite being, well, tanks, the still manage to use a number of human mannerisms, for example, one tank, upon discovering his mooks failed to stop the main character, literally jumps up and down in anger. There's also the appearance of tank priests. It brings to question what sort of religion they follow....
      • Oh, and then there's the final boss, the Tank Emperor, with his Three forms ranging from a massive land cruiser, a bulbous spider tank, and finally, a blob of gears, wires, and pure energy.
  • Putt-Putt
  • In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, "sapient" is debatable, much like Pokémon in general, but Cyclizar is a Pokémon that can be ridden by its trainer the way one would ride a motorcycle, and according to PokéDex lore, humans in the Paldea region have been using them this way for 10,000 years; there is a reason Pokémon Centers in this game look like gas stations. Additional lore claims a rider's body heat "lifts the Pokémon's spirit", suggesting a semi-symbiotic relationship with humans. It is strongly hinted that Legendary Pokémon Koraidon and Miraidon (who Cyclizar vaguely resembles and are used as mounts by the protagonist) are related to Cyclizar, but Cyclizar doesn't seem to have a way to evolve into either (it doesn't evolve at all) and GameFreak has yet to confirm anything on the subject.

Western Animation

Spacecraft (Rockets, Spaceships, etc.)

Comic Books

  • X-Factor's Ship with a sapient AI, built by the Celestials and formerly owned by the villain Apocalypse. Eventually, it created a man-sized humanoid android body for itself and took the name Prosh.


Literature

Live-Action TV

Western Animation

  • In the Futurama episode "Love and Rocket," the Planet Express Ship gets a new AI, which quickly falls in love with Bender.
  • Captain Roger the space shuttle from the DVD-exclusive Cars Toon "Moon Mater".
  • Rocket from Little Einsteins

Trains, Monorails, Trolleys, Steetcars, and Train Cars

Anime and Manga

  • * Digimon Frontier had the digital world populated by machine digimon called Trailmon, who were basically sentient trains who carried their passengers to certain locations. Many of the trailmon had different looks, voices, and personalities, some even resembling mechanized animals, a kettle, and even Frankenstein.

Film

All aboard! Let's go!

  • The train that showed up very briefly in Cars.
    • The sequel also has Stephenson the British spy train.
    • Model trains acting like snakes.

Literature

Live-Action TV

  • Mister Rogers' Neighborhood had a model trolley that seemed to be able to converse with Mr. Rogers, as well as with the inhabitants of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

Theater

  • Starlight Express features several dozen sentient locomotives and train cars. And their steam-powered God.

Western Animation

Airplanes, Helicopters, and Other Aircraft

Film

  • Pedro the airplane from Saludos Amigos
  • Rotor Turbosky, Kathy Copter and Ron Hover the helicopters, Al Oft the blimp, and Barney Stormin the biplane and the four fighter jets from Cars.
    • Also, Siddeley the fighter jet from the sequel.
    • And Props McGee, Captain Munier, the Falcon Hawks, and Judge Davis from the Cars Toons.
    • Plus the entire Spin-Off film Planes.
    • There are also remote control airplanes that act like birds.

Video Games

  • Windy Plane, the first boss of Ninja Baseball Bat Man. It's an anthropomorphic prop plane that stands on its tail and punches the player with its front wheels, no less.
  • Deus Ex: Invisible War: features an AI-piloted helicopter.

=== Web Comics ==-

Western Animation

Boats, Ships, Submarines and other Seacraft

Anime and Manga

  • Arpeggio of Blue Steel is about the Fleet of Fog, a massive collection of alien AIs that have taken the forms of World War II naval vessels and have essentially besieged the nations of Earth.

Film

Video Games

Western Animation

Other

Anime and Manga

  • Elea in Blassreiter. Joseph's jet bike with chatty and all-around shapely little holographic avatar.
  • All the B'ts in B't X, which are also Mecha Mounts.
  • Might not count, but the Arbalest's AI from Full Metal Panic! is milestones more advanced than the others since he's capable of learning. In fact, Sousuke is thoroughly frustrated with him due to the fact that unlike his previous mounts which merely helped operating the mecha, Al does talk back to him if he knows he's right. Hell, in one instance in The Second Raid, the mecha chewed out his pilot, saying that he's not going to operate for him properly until he treats him as a partner.

Film

Western Animation

  1. ↑ At one point when it felt that the knob labeled PULL wasn't being pulled fast enough, it changed the label text to PULL IDIOT.
  2. ↑ Near the end, it actually rammed the Big Bad's getaway car because he had kidnapped the children
  3. ↑ Which also features a talking gas pump.
  4. ↑ And even though "K.A.R.R." was the name of an evil clone of K.I.T.T. from the actual series.
  5. ↑ Further, Thomas wasn't originally the main character. He didn't even appear in the first book
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