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* In ''[[Spirou and Fantasio|Spirou à Moscou]]'', Fantasio is trying to get a cab in the middle of Moscow, with no success. Meanwhile Spirou is digging through the material they got from the KGB (which they work for at the moment) and shows Fantasio the spiffy new KGB badges they've been given. Six cabs immediately stop for them... driven by some ''very'' nervous-looking cab drivers.
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* In ''Down to Earth'', after being brought back to life for the second time, Chris Rock's character tries to hail a taxi to test if he was reincarnated as a black man. He fails to attract a single cab, much to his delight.
* In the Jim Carrey live-action version of ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'', the race-card version of this trope is used. The Grinch tries to hail a taxi, but it speeds on by, and the Grinch screams to the air that it's just because he's green.
* Happens in the "Rhapsody in Blue" segment of ''[[Fantasia 2000]]
* In ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]'', taxis don't stop for Kermit and company until Gonzo jumps in front of one.
* This is the subject of a joke in ''[[Tootsie]]''. Tootsie is trying to hail a cab, and calls twice for a cab in his woman voice. Finally he bellows for one in his man voice and one stops immediately.
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