History Main / RollercoasterMine

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'', Red Puckett and the Wolf come close to encountering each other in a coal mine with roller coaster-type mine tracks.

* ''Disney/HomeOnTheRange'' has this when they capture Alameda Slim.

** The ''[[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Seven Dwarfs Mine Train]]'' coaster in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World takes guests through the Seven Dwarfs' mine.

** ''WesternAnimation/LaBalladeDesDalton'' (1978): The Daltons try to find an old-timer by climbing into a mine-cart and have a rollercoaster ride.

* This is a recurring level theme in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series.

* ''[[Animation/TheMindsEye Odyssey Into the Mind's Eye]]'' has a segment in "Volatile Planet" in which the camera perspective rides a mining cart traveling chaotically through a mining facility. Built ''inside an active volcano''. This bizarre case is semi-justified by reality; the segment in question is the video half of an actual theme park ride.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresHowISpentMyVacation'', Babs, Buster and company go through a literal example of these, complete with a shopping mall AND the theme park Happy World Land, all while being chased by a [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] [[CaptainErsatz ripoff]] with a chainsaw.

* ''WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange'' has this when they capture Alameda Slim.

** ''Lucky Luke: Go West!'' (''Tous à l'Ouest'', 2007) has probably the most ludicrous example, with a very lengthy sequence featuring a good dozen of carts all full of people chasing after the Daltons in an incredibly large mine with complex railways that would put to shame any modern rollercoaster, fully crashing into on {{Bizarrchitecture}} and GravityScrew at times.

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' is the TropeCodifier, its famous minecart scene is the inspiration for most other examples on this page. [[OlderThanTheyThink Though they weren't the first ones to do it]]. See the first ''Lucky Luke'' example above.

* ''Ride/BigThunderMountainRailroad'' at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks is built around this trope. Indeed, this is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mine_Train_roller_coaster a not-uncommon type of roller coaster.]]
** ''Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril''[[note]]Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril[[/note]] at Disneyland Paris and ''Raging Spirits'' at Tokyo [=DisneySea=] also qualify. The former was distinctly inspired by and themed as a ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' ride, while the latter is a generic temple, despite being right next to the ''Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure'' ride in that park.

* Played straight in ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' as the cart Julie and her group [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0202.html rides on]] does steep drops and even loops. The cart does jumps as well, though this is accomplished with a wand they [[ChekhovsGun picked up as treasure earlier.]]

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* Ally, Reece and Sheila of ''Webcomic/AtArmsLength'' getting into one of these during the [[http://atarmslength.smackjeeves.com/comics/1520467/powder-keg-8 "Powder Keg" storyline]], complete with a running battle with enemies in other carts.

* ''Ride/BigThunderMountainRailroad'' at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks is built around this trope. Indeed, this is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mine_Train_roller_coaster a not-uncommon type of roller coaster]].

->''"I reckon you're all ready to take a nice, easy tour of this here ol' mine. Ohhhh, they fixed it up real nice and safe for ya, heh heh heh! 'Cept that you ain't goin' there, noooo! You're gonna see [[MalevolentArchitecture MY]] [[DeathCourse kinda]] [[NoOSHACompliance mine]]! [[EvilLaugh Ah ha ha ha ha!]] If you can! [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat Just try and come back alive!]] Ah ha ha ha haaaa!!"''

** The ''[[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves Seven Dwarves Mine Train]]'' coaster in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World takes guests through the Seven Dwarves' mine.

** ''Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril''[[note]]Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril[[/note]] at Disneyland Paris and ''Raging Spirits'' at Tokyo DisneySea also qualify. The former was distinctly inspired by and themed as a ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' ride, while the latter is a generic temple, despite being right next to the ''Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure'' ride in that park.

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' allows you to build these, and at one point the front page of its website touted this as a major selling point. ''LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}'' Website/YouTube [[Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries series]] ''ShadowOfIsraphel'' provides a good example, with [[spoiler:Knight_Peculier]] dying in one.

** ''Sonic Rivals 2'' has Frontier Canyon.

* The ''Runaway Mine Train'' ride at AltonTowers uses this theme, and as of 2013 is the oldest roller coaster still operating at the park.

* ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon'':
** A few rollercoasters can have their car styled after mine carts.
** There also is a standard type of coaster with this theme for the track itself.

* This is a standard type of coaster in ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon''. It's not even a themed car style; it's an actual unique ride type.

* The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride in the Ride/DisneyThemeParks is built around this trope. Indeed, this is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mine_Train_roller_coaster a not-uncommon type of roller coaster]].