History Main / AutomobileOpening

* One of the ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' title cards is a rear shot from the ''Series/BreakingBad'' episode "Full Measures" of Saul Goodman's 1999 Cadillac Sedan de Ville driving down an Albuquerque street, focusing in on his [[VanityLicensePlate LWYRUP]] license plate.

* ''[[ThePinkPanther The Pink Panther Show]]'' featured a live action sequence of (intercut with segments of the Pink Panther cartoons and random stock footage) a pink, purpose-built show car known as the [[http://www.carbodydesign.com/2011/09/panthermobile-goes-to-auction/ Panthermobile]]. At the end of the sequence the car drops off the Pink Panther and the Inspector at a cinema.

* ''Series/TheSopranos'' features Tony driving from New York to his home in New Jersey. His route is deliberately inefficient to provide more interesting visuals.

* ''Series/{{Newhart}}'''s Automobile Opening was [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer locally infamous in Vermont]] for 1) Showing the car cruising otherwise-empty backroads ''at the height of leaf-peeper season'', and 2) Featuring a 1972 Oldsmobile long after everything that age on the state's heavily-salted roads in RealLife had rusted to oblivion.

* ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'''s rapid montage ends with a shot onboard a Honolulu Police Department motorcycle, racing through the streets with its light flashing. The new series' opening is a remake of the original.

* ''HawaiiFive0'''s rapid montage ends with a shot onboard a Honolulu Police Department motorcycle, racing through the streets with its light flashing. The new series' opening is a remake of the original.

* ''[[ThePinkPanther The Pink Panther Show]]'' featured a live action sequence of (intercut with segments of the Pink Panther cartoons and random stock footage) known as the Panthermobile. At the end of the sequence the car drops off the Pink Panther and the Inspector at a cinema.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'''s "PTV" combined the above sequences from ''Film/TheNakedGun'', ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' into a single opening. We follow the top of Stewie's head as he rides his tricycle through ''still further'' pop culture references, including ''StarWars'' footage, which culminate in him crashing into [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer]] in the garage.

* ''Series/{{Ed}}'' is shown driving through Westfield NJ, which is [[CaliforniaDoubling New Jersey Doubling]] for Stuckyvillie Oh.

* ''{{Joey}}'' had the title character driving around Los Angeles.

** Almost all the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series, except for ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]'', had the ships flying around. The original series had the Enterprise orbiting planets and flying through space, as did ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation]]''.

* ''Series/{{Newhart}}'''s AutomobileOpening was [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer locally infamous in Vermont]] for 1) Showing the car cruising otherwise-empty backroads ''at the height of leaf-peeper season'', and 2) Featuring a 1972 Oldsmobile long after everything that age on the state's heavily-salted roads in RealLife had rusted to oblivion.

** Both openings of Series/KamenRiderAgito, especially the second one, was around 80% motorcycle riding and 20% everything else.
* ''Series/LALaw'' opened with a trunk of a Mercedes-Benz being slammed, showing a California personalized plate with this as the tag number. The opening scene had to be redone in the second season (and every year after), because the year sticker on the plate had expired.
** Since California has front plates but not stickers, they could've avoided that by using a rear-engine car with the trunk in front, most likely a Porsche 911 since it was the only one that wouldn't qualify as an AllegedCar.
* Another StevenBochco series, ''HillStreetBlues'' had an opening montage showing police cars rolling out of the station-house.

* ''PoliceCameraAction'', although that's pretty much obvious for a show which focuses mainly on motoring dangers.

* ''Series/TheJeffersons'' has the George and Louise in a cab following the moving truck.
* The first season opening credits of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' showed Mary driving herself into Minneapolis.

* There are several shots of Serenity in the opening of ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.

* ''TheFlintstones'', particularly the (once) rarely seen first [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL_zF_EPK74 opening sequence]].
* ''TheJetsons'' had George busing his family around on his flying car.

* ''TheSimpsons'' features two cars and Bart's skateboard.
** And in the first season, Lisa's bike and a Mass Transit bus.
* ''{{Futurama}}'' showcases the Planet Express Ship flying through New New York, (and many of its' attractions and recurring characters) before finally crashing into a large screen. There are even occasional references, in-show, to the crash actually happening every week (due to the pilot being a cyclops with a dangerous lack of depth-perception).
* ''PostmanPat'' features Pat driving around Greendale, picking up the mail from the post office and delivering it, while all the villagers wave as he goes past.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoo'' made-for-tv cartoons opened with him blithely driving his jalopy on a railroad track, through a barn, mowing down a hydrant, into a construction site, a roller-coaster track, finally into an electric substation and a fire of sparks.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' had a ''PoliceSquad'' style opening for one of its episodes, in which Stewie is riding his tricycle, culminating in him crashing into [[TheSimpsons Homer]] in the garage.

* There are several shots of Serenity in the opening of ''{{Firefly}}''.

* For its first 13 years, the opening title sequence of ''TheBill'' featured the area car (updated to a new one every few years or so) driving down a busy street in London.

* ''Series/PoliceSquad'''s title sequence began with a shot of the flashing light on a police cruiser. In TheMovie, ''Film/TheNakedGun'', this was expanded to show the police cruiser driving around downtown UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, driving off the roads, driving through buildings, [[RuleOfFunny driving into jungles, driving down waterslides]], driving down the [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star trench]]...

* ''OneDayAtATime'' opens with a sweep over rush hour in downtown UsefulNotes/{{Indianapolis}}.

** Especially ''KamenRiderBlack'' and ''KamenRiderBlackRX,'' whose opening consists of ''literally nothing but'' the hero riding his motorcycle(s) down a road.
** Both openings of KamenRiderAgito, especially the second one, was around 80% motorcycle riding and 20% everything else.

* ''{{Taxi}}'' had, of course, a taxi driving around New York.
* ''{{Newhart}}'''s AutomobileOpening was [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer locally infamous in Vermont]] for 1) Showing the car cruising otherwise-empty backroads ''at the height of leaf-peeper season'', and 2) Featuring a 1972 Oldsmobile long after everything that age on the state's heavily-salted roads in RealLife had rusted to oblivion.

* ''LALaw'' opened with a trunk of a Mercedes-Benz being slammed, showing a California personalized plate with this as the tag number. The opening scene had to be redone in the second season (and every year after), because the year sticker on the plate had expired.

* ''That70sShow'' features various cast members rotating into the car singing along with Cheap Trick's In the Street.

* ''Series/{{Mash}}'' did a ''flying'' version, showing the camp from overhead as choppers full of wounded are coming in for a landing.
* ''TheJeffersons'' has the main characters in a cab.

* Showa era ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series, with the exception of ''KamenRiderAmazon'', do this with a motorcycle rather than a car. ''KamenRiderV3'' does it with a motorcycle and a BBCQuarry [[MadeOfExplodium that explodes randomly and pointlessly]].

* ''{{Futurama}}'' showcases the Planet Express Ship flying through New New York, (and many of its' attractions and recurring characters) before finally crashing into a large screen.

* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' features a car driving around [[UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} the eponymous city]].

* Another PoliceProcedural, this one by Jack Webb, was ''{{Adam-12}}'', which opened with a dispatcher calling the unit to investigate an armed mob, and showing it rolling off, lights and siren full blast.

** ''BackToTheFutureTheAnimatedSeries'' had a variant of this, with Doc Brown getting into his [=DeLorean=] and picking up Marty from 2015, Jules and Verne from the Stone Age, and Clara from 1885. His dog, Einstein, had the Time Train for the day.

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* ''Series/PoliceSquad'''s title sequence began with a shot of the flashing light on a police cruiser. In TheMovie, ''Film/TheNakedGun'', this was expanded to show the police cruiser driving around downtown UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, driving off the roads, driving through buildings, [[RuleOfFunny driving into jungles, driving down waterslides]], driving down the [[Fraqnchise/StarWars Death Star trench]]...

* ''ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' features a car driving around the eponymous city.
* ''PoliceSquad'''s title sequence began with a shot of the flashing light on a police cruiser. In TheMovie, ''Film/TheNakedGun'', this was expanded to show the police cruiser driving around downtown L.A., driving off the roads, driving through buildings, [[RuleOfFunny driving into jungles, driving down waterslides]], driving down the [[StarWars Death Star trench]]...

* ''OneDayAtATime'' opens with a sweep over rush hour in downtown {{Indianapolis}}.

* ''{{Maude}}''