History Main / TheTaxi

* ''Taxi'', a 1998 French action-comedy film (written by Luc Besson and followed by three sequels) about a cabdriver who teams up with a police inspector to solve a series of robberies. Loosely adapted as a 2004 American film by the same title, starring Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon.

* ''Mid Night'' by OsamuTezuka. It's basically BlackJack [[RecycledInSPACE as a cabbie]].

* {{Gargoyles}}: Brooklyn tries hailing a taxi upon first awakening in New York after seeing humans do it. Naturally, the cab driver speeds off at the sight of him, making the other gargoyles wonder what they did wrong.

* ''Sex Taxi'' is a five episode ''{{Hentai}}'' ''[[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]]'', that combines taxis and sex into one plot, which is about one guy picking up various girls for the purpose of having sex with them, in addition to [[{{Blackmail}} blackmailing]] them for it.

* Polish TV series from the 1980s "Zmiennicy" (translated to English as "Alternates") revolves around driving a taxi

* Polish TV series from the 1980s "Zmiennicy" (translated to English as "Alternates") is in fact

* Detective Logan from ''LawAndOrder'' used to be a cab driver in his younger days. More than once uses his knowledge against suspects who were taxi/delivery drivers themselves who's alibi would claim they were driving at the time, since Logan knows the realistic drive times between locations, and all the tricks drivers use to "fudge" records and cover up mistakes.

* Bill Murray's character in ''Stripes'' is a cab driver as the film opens, after he's abused by one-too-many of his fares, he decides to join the army. [[JerkAss AFTER leaving his cab blocking traffic on a bridge and tossing the keys into the river below]].

* ''GrandTheftAuto'' has had taxi sidequests since [[GrandTheftAutoIII the third game]], as well as occasional missions involving carjacking a taxi and using it for some nefarious purpose. In Vice City, you can buy a cab company, in case you want to join in another gang war.

In RealLife, a common means of transportation in urban environments is to take a taxi. As a result the Taxi 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. Especially likely to be seen in NewYorkCity or its [[BigApplesauce fictional equivalents]]. A Taxi in New York is likey to be old-fashioned '50s-style Checker models [[hottip:*:Which have disappeared in the real world]].

* Surprisingly given that it's in the title, taxis don't actually play a big part in the song "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Yellow_Taxi Big Yellow Taxi]]". In fact, while the song was written following a taxi ride, the titular "big yellow taxi" is only a literal taxi [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning in the cover versions.]]

* ''Sex Taxi'' is a five episode ''{{Hentai}}'' ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OriginalVideoAnimation?from=Main OVA]]'', that combines taxis and sex into one plot, which is about one guy picking up various girls for the purpose of having sex with them, in addition to [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Blackmail blackmailing]] them for it.

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In RealLife, a common means of transportation in urban environments is to take a taxi. As a result the Taxi 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. Especially likely to be seen in NewYorkCity or its [[BigApplesauce fictional equivalents]] (where said taxi will likely as not be one of those old-fashioned '50s-style Checker models, even though those disappeared from the real NYC years ago).

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

* ''MidNight'' by OsamuTezuka. It's basically BlackJack [[RecycledInSPACE as a cabbie]].

* ''Night on Earth'' by JimJarmusch: Five people take five taxis in five different cities in the world, and the film is about how every one of them will interact with the driver.

* Not quite video, but a pinball game also called 'Taxi' had this theme. Fares included SantaClaus, Mikhail Gorbachev, and PinBot.

* ''GrandTheftAuto'' has had taxi sidequests since [[GrandTheftAutoIII the third game]], as well as occasional missions involving carjacking a taxi and using it for some nefarious purpose.
** In fact, in Vice City, you can buy a cab company, in case you want to join in another gang war.

* ''{{Seinfeld}}'' (and probably a number of other New York comedies) made heavy use of taxi cabs.

* It gets used in Harry Chapin's 'Sequel', which is the sequel to 'Taxi' earlier.

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In RealLife, a common means of transportation in urban environments is to take a taxi. As a result the Taxi 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. Especially likely to be seen in NewYorkCity or its [[BigApplesauce fictional equivalents]] (where said taxi will likely as not be one of those old-fashioned '50s-style Checker models, even though those largely disappeared from the real NYC years ago).

* ''The'' Cab in ''VampireBloodlines'' is driven by [[spoiler:[[UltimateEvil Caine]]]]. Late in the game the "Taxi Driver" becomes one of the precious few allies you can invariably trust.

* {{Sega}}'s arcade, and later console, game ''Crazy Taxi''.