History Main / ChariotRace

* In ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Part 2: Battle Tendency'', Joseph Joestar race chariot against vampires to gain the MacGuffin. The chariots are drawn by vampire horses! To nobody's surprise, the vampires cheat like there is no tomorrow.

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* The ''Franchise/StarWars Film/ThePhantomMenace'' pod race is more than just a futuristic version of chariot racing: the sequence of the pod race and plot developments during it is straight out of ''Ben-Hur''.

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* ''Literature/BenHur''

** In the silent movie version of ''Ben Hur'', apparently one of the more spectacular accidents in the chariot race [[EnforcedMethodActing wasn't staged]], and the stunt driver only barely escaped with his life.

* There's a little-known parody movie of ''Literature/BenHur'' and ''Film/TheTenCommandments'', where the obligatory chariot sequence has TheRival's chariot look like the Batmobile modified to serve as Darth Vader's personal tank.

* ''Literature/CretanChronicles'', being set in Ancient Greece with the hero being Theseus' brother, Altheus, has a charoit race as one of the obstacles.

* ''Film/{{ Magadheera}}'': In order to win the hand of Princess Devi, Kala Bhairava and Ranadev Billa must compete in a race across the kingdom, through the palace grounds, fields and a desert before returning to the palace where they started.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' introduces us to near-adult Moses by showing him racing through the city with adoptive brother Rameses, [[DrivesLikeCrazy creating various forms of havoc]].
* One happens in the climax of ''Film/{{Pompeii}}'' and in the streets of the titular city as the infamous eruption of Vesuvius happens: [[spoiler:[[BigBad Senator Corvus]] rides a chariot in an attempt to escape the doomed city with [[DamselInDistress Lady Cassia]] and [[TheHero Milo]] chases them on horseback. The chase ends as the chariot crashes into a temple, culminating in the last fight]].
* The LiveActionAdaptation of ''Recap/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames'' features one in its climax. It's essentially PlayedForLaughs, with cameos by UsefulNotes/FormulaOne legend Michael Schumacher as Schumix, the driver for Germania, and Jean Todt as his unnamed boss, who coordinates his team during a pitstop.
-->'''Schumix's boss:''' Three tenths of hourglass. Nice work, guys!

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* In the second series of ''Series/{{Plebs}}'', Stylax's series-long quest to become a charioteer culminates in an underground race with enough money on the line to save his neighbours from deportation. [[spoiler: He wins, but gives up the sport because the speed made him vomit.]]

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* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' the Martian royal caste often race in chariots pulled by a pair of Royal Karns,3.5 metre tall bipedal birds.

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* WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget helps one of his ancestors win a chariot race in the TimeTravel arc of the series.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' had Numbah 4 digging into the KND's couch in search of the remote, only to stumble upon a civilization that lives inside what looks like a giant couch (accessed via people's couch cushions). They're a mix of Romans and [[WackyFratboyHijinks frat boys]] and Numbah 4 must enter a chariot race-- with huge dust bunnies as steeds-- to get his remote back.

* ''Literature/TheMummyMonsterGame'': In book 1, the second arm of Osiris is won by completing a three-lap chariot against the pharaoh Rameses, who is equipped with weapons (a bow and arrow, a spear and a sword) to ensure his victory. Fortunately, Josh is able to outrace him, and with Harry's advice, wins through a tactic Rameses didn't expect -- ride to the finish on horseback, which the ancient Egyptians never would have done.

* ''Assassins of Literature/{{Gor}}'' has Tarn races - basically the same thing, except with giant birds people ride.
* Creator/TanithLee's novel ''Vazkor, Son of Vazkor'', aka ''Shadowfire'', has a chariot race that's an obvious homage to ''Literature/BenHur''.

Media set in AncientRome ''will'' feature [[GladiatorGames gladiators]] or chariot racing. If it's the race, expect it to be based on the one in ''Literature/BenHur''. Expect the enemy to [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught cheat]], [[CombatPragmatist play rough]], [[SpikedWheels have illegal modifications]], etc.