History Main / FollowThatCar

* Used sans chase scene in ''Manga/{{Monster}}''.

-->''(Cinderella's coach gets through before the doors close)''\\
'''Grand Duke:''' ''(To the guards)'' FOLLOW THAT COACH! Open the gates!

* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''Jennings Follows a Clue'':

* Detective [=DeeDee McCall=] did this in an episode of the 80's cop show ''Series/{{Hunter}}'', with the grizzled cab driver replying "I've been waiting twenty years for someone to say that!"

-->'''K. Rool:''' Krusha! The cart! ''(Krusha rolls up in a mine cart)'' After them! ''(Krusha speeds off)'' Not without ''me'', ''(Gives chase)'' you stupid, thick-headed tadpole! ''(Disappears from sight. A crash is heard)'' And signal...your stops...

'''Driver:''' Yes, sir! (''speeds off without Wolf'')

* Done at least once in the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'' series.

* ''VideoGame/TestDrive Unlimited 2'' has a variation of this in one of its challenges, where the player has to follow a target car not too close or too far for long enough.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': This was played for laughs in ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' #267, where Spidey was trying to nab the Commuter, a thief named Ron who commuted to crimes from Scarsdale. Unable to use his favored mode of transportation to follow Ron, given the lack of web-accessible buildings, the hero flagged a cab down, but the cabbie barely spoke English, making the chase difficult. (He eventually did manage to nab Ron, and resolved to stay in the city from then on.)

* Happens in the first issue of ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance''. The cabbie is so amused by Jon asking him to do this for the first time in his career he doesn't even charge for the ride.
* In ''ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire'', sleazy journalist Phil Fox says this when trying to talk to Rackham, the former prison captain who had attacked Cage. The driver has been wanting to hear the line for years.
* This was played for laughs in a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' story from 1985, where Spidey was trying to nab the Commuter, a thief named Ron who commuted to crimes from Scarsdale. Unable to use his favored mode of transportation to follow Ron, given the lack of web-accessible buildings, the hero flagged a cab down, but the cabbie barely spoke English, making the chase difficult. (He eventually did manage to nab Ron, and resolved to stay in the city from then on.)
* Double-Lampshaded and Double-Subverted in the Creator/AlanMoore comic ''ComicBook/TerraObscura''; after being told to "follow that car", a cabbie comments that "You're probably expecting me to say 'I always wanted to do that'. Actually, it happens to me once a week."

* In the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' newspaper strip, Mary Jane jumps into a cab and tells the driver to follow Spider-Man, who is web-swinging across the city with Black Widow. The cabbie says that he has been waiting for someone to tell him to do this. It turns out he has experience with superheroes and starts talking about some of the heroes he has had in his cab.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' episode "A Date With Jet Screamer", while tailing Judy on her date, [[OverprotectiveDad George]] followed the pair to a rocket ride at the amusement park. After their rocket went up, George jumped into another shouting "Follow that rocket!". Unfortunately for him, the rocket he chose was out of order.

-->'''Groucho:''' It's the only way to travel.

** Parodied in ''Film/TheReturnOfThePinkPanther'': the cabbie responds to Inspector Clouseau's command by climbing out of the cab and chasing the car on foot.

* In ''Film/CarryOnLoving'', Sidney Bliss flags a cab and tells it to go to a certain address. When it takes off without him, he flags down another cab and tells it to "follow that cab", and this cab ''also'' drives off without him, leaving Sidney incredibly annoyed.