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Cab drivers range from friendly and wholesome (especially in a nostalgia-tinged EverytownAmerica setting), funny (in films where the driver is a source of [[ComedicReliefCharacter comic relief]]--often overlapping with FunnyForeigner in American works, as a lot of taxi drivers in the US are immigrants), sleazy (in a FilmNoir, where they may have a MysteriousPast or a DarkAndTroubledPast), or downright sinister, like the DerangedTaxiDriver in a {{Horror}} film. Sinister cabbies may drive a fake taxi with a false registration number, so that they can use their cab to pick up victims without being traced.

Cab drivers range from friendly and wholesome (especially in a nostalgia-tinged EverytownAmerica setting), funny (in films where the driver is a source of ComicRelief--often overlapping with FunnyForeigner in American works, as a lot of taxi drivers in the US are immigrants), sleazy (in a FilmNoir, where they may have a MysteriousPast or a DarkAndTroubledPast), or downright sinister, like the DerangedTaxiDriver in a {{Horror}} film. Sinister cabbies may drive a fake taxi with a false registration number, so that they can use their cab to pick up victims without being traced.

* Vern Taxi from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', and Chauncey Fares from the sequel.

* In the movie ''WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge'', Ted takes a taxi back to his apartment and offers the driver a big tip if he doesn't call him "Yellow." The driver says, "You got it, Sunshine." Another driver keeps telling his passengers that he's [[SeenItAll seen "everything" in New York,]] including, "Giant ape causing unintentional panic? Seen it."

* Classic WorkCom ''Series/{{Taxi}}''

Cab drivers range from friendly and wholesome (especially in a nostalgia-tinged EverytownAmerica setting), funny (in films where the driver is a source of ComicRelief), sleazy (in a FilmNoir, where they may have a MysteriousPast or a DarkAndTroubledPast), or downright sinister, like the DerangedTaxiDriver in a {{Horror}} film. Sinister cabbies may drive a fake taxi with a false registration number, so that they can use their cab to pick up victims without being traced.

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* ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'' Joanna Pettet has to leave London for Berlin, so naturally they flag a taxi. When it's specified to be ''West'' Berlin, the driver's okay with it.
* ''Film/28DaysLater'' is a post-apocalyptic zombie film in which our protagonists take shelter in a man's apartment; he turns out to be a cabbie, so they use his car to flee the flesh-eating horde.

Related to NotMyDriver, FollowThatCar, FailingATaxi, and in the UK DriverOfABlackCab.

Since cab drivers are the protagonist's first point of contact when they arrive in a new town, the cab driver may offer some prophetic words of warning about a local BigBad or a risky section of town. Conversely, a sleazy driver may offer to take the fare to a brothel for a good time.

Cab drivers range from friendly and wholesome (especially in a nostalgia-tinged {{Everytown, America}} setting), funny (in films where the driver is a source of ComicRelief), sleazy (in a FilmNoir, where they may have a MysteriousPast or a DarkAndTroubledPast), or downright sinister, like the DerangedTaxiDriver in a {{Horror}} film. Sinister cabbies may drive a fake taxi with a false registration number, so that they can use their cab to pick up victims without being traced.

Cab drivers range from friendly and wholesome (especially in a nostalgia-tinged {{Everytown, America}} setting), funny (in films where the driver is a source of ComicRelief), sleazy (in a FilmNoir, where they may have a MysteriousPast or a DarkAndTroubledPast), or downright sinister, like the DerangedTaxiDriver in a {{Horror}} film.

Cab drivers are an anonymous part of the streetscape, which means that a cab driver character can easily observe the city's goings-on without being noticed. Cab drivers in a detective story may be the last people to see the victim alive, if the victim took a taxi, so the will be interviewed by police. Sometimes, the cab driver may be the suspect...or even the killer (making use of their ubiquitous presence on the streets to blend into the scenery and pass unnoticed by witnesses).

Cab drivers are an anonymous part of the streetscape, which means that a cab driver character can easily observe the city's goings-on without being noticed. Cab drivers in a detective story may be the last people to see the victim alive, if the victim took a taxi, so the will be interviewed by police. Sometimes, the cab driver may be the suspect...or even the killer (making use of their ubiquitous presence on the streets to pass unnoticed by witnesses).

Cab drivers range from friendly and wholesome (especially in a nostalgia-tinged {{Everytown, America}} setting), funny (in films where the driver is a source of ComicRelief), sleazy (in a FilmNoir), or downright sinister, like the DerangedTaxiDriver in a {{Horror}} film.

Especially likely to be seen in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity or its [[BigApplesauce fictional equivalents]]. A New York taxi in a movie or TV series is likely to be an old-fashioned '50s-style Checker model (the last of these was retired from RealLife NYC service in 1999, though the motif held). In London, black cabs are often used. Cabs exist in futuristic {{ScienceFiction}} settings too, such as Bruce Willis' flying taxi in ''Film/TheFifthElement]]''.

Especially likely to be seen in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity or its [[BigApplesauce fictional equivalents]]. A New York taxi in a movie or TV series is likely to be an old-fashioned '50s-style Checker model (the last of these was retired from RealLife NYC service in 1999, though the motif held). In London, black cabs are often used. Cabs exist in futuristic {{ScienceFiction}} settings too, such as Bruce Willis' flying taxi in ''Film/TheFifthElement]]''. [[/note]]

Especially likely to be seen in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity or its [[BigApplesauce fictional equivalents]]. A New York taxi in a movie or TV series is likely to be an old-fashioned '50s-style Checker model.[[note]]The last of which was retired from RealLife NYC service in 1999, though the motif held. In London, black cabs are often used. Cabs exist in futuristic {{ScienceFiction}} settings too, such as Bruce Willis' flying taxi in ''Film/TheFifthElement]]''. [[/note]]

Cab drivers range from friendly and wholesome (especially in a nostalgia-tinged {{Everytown, America}} setting), funny (in films where the driver is a source of ComicRelief relief), sleazy (in a FilmNoir), or downright sinister, like the DerangedTaxiDriver in a {{Horror}} film.

Especially likely to be seen in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity or its [[BigApplesauce fictional equivalents]]. A New York taxi in a movie or TV series is likely to be an old-fashioned '50s-style Checker model.[[note]]The last of which was retired from RealLife NYC service in 1999, though the motif held. Cabs exist in futuristic {{ScienceFiction}} settings too, such as Bruce Willis' flying taxi in ''Film/TheFifthElement]]''. [[/note]]

In RealLife, a common means of transportation in urban environments is to take a taxicab. As a result the Taxi and the taxi driver makes a cameo in many stories, is a plot point in several of them, and in some may be the whole point of the story.

(and deliver some backstory or exposition). Alternatively, the cab driver may make an innocuous remark that jogs the protagonist's mind and nudges them towards figuring out a mystery.

Since cab drivers are the protagonist's first point of contact when they arrive in a new town, the cab driver may offer some prophetic words of warning about a local BigBad or a risky section of town.

* In ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'', Mel Gibson plays a cabbie who is friends with a Department of Justice lawyer who gets tangled up in the CIA's web.