History Main / TheTaxi

* An episode of ''Series/QuantumLeap'' had Sam jump into the body of a New York cabbie.

* ''Film/{{Taxi}}'', a 1998 French action-comedy film written by Creator/LucBesson about a cabdriver who teams up with a police inspector to solve a series of robberies. It spawned three sequels.

* Creator/DCComics ''Space Cabbie'', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* ''Sex Taxi'' is a five episode ''{{Hentai}}'' ''[[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]]'', that [[CaptainObvious 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.

* ''Film/{{Taxi|1932}}'': Creator/JamesCagney is an independent cabbie fighting the overtake of a taxi corporation.

* In the movie ''Curious George'', 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[[CityOfWeirdos seen "everything" in New York,]] including, "Giant ape causing unintentional panic? Seen it."

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* In ''[[VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry Leisure Suit Larry 1]]'' the only way to travel between the 3 locations of Lost Wages city are the old-fashioned cabs. Also they offer [[TheManyDeathsOfYou several creative ways to die]]:

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* Polish TV series from the 1980s ''Series/{{Zmiennicy}}'' is basically about driving a taxi

* Total Taxi in ''TabletopGame/OverTheEdge'' is essentially a live-action version of ''CrazyTaxi'', and includes special garages set up all over the city to let you switch cabs to lose a tail and the ability to hire additional cabs to run interference and get you somewhere faster.

* {{Sega}}'s arcade, and later console, game ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi''.

-->-- ''Film/TaxiDriver''

->''"I go all over. I take people to the Bronx, Brooklyn, to Harlem. I don't care. Don't make no difference to me."''

* Only referred to as "The Taxi Driver", an EnsembleDarkHorse character from ''Anime/{{Canaan}}'' fits in just fine in a world with explosions, superpowers, and terrorists. The perfect combination of BadAss and LargeHam.

* In a nod to ''Film/TheFifthElement'' (and at the same time to ''Franchise/StarWars Episode 1: Film/ThePhantomMenace'' in a movie which otherwise spoofs ''Franchise/StarTrek''), ''Traumschiff Surprise: Periode 1'' features Til Schweiger as a {{Badass}} space taxi driver.

** Interesting side fact: The movie was greenlit when Creator/LucBesson who had written the script as a youth was working on ''Film/{{Taxi}}'', another movie about a {{Badass}} taxi driver.

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* In ''Series/TheElectricCompany'', there was the [[DrivesLikeCrazy "Swerve, Sweeney!"]] sketch.

* DCComics ''Space Cabbie'', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

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

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 New York taxi in a movie is likely to be an old-fashioned '50s-style Checker model [[note]]The last of which was retired from NYC taxi service in 1999[[/note]].

* One of the segments in ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'' details an eventful couple of days in the life of cabbie Harry Canyon in a UsedFuture version of NewYorkCity.

* In the movie ''Curious George'', 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 seen "everything" in New York, including, "Giant ape causing unintentional panic? Seen it."

* Polish TV series from the 1980s "Zmiennicy" is basically about driving a taxi

* Only referred to as "The Taxi Driver", an EnsembleDarkHorse character from ''{{Canaan}}'' fits in just fine in a world with explosions, superpowers, and terrorists. The perfect combination of BadAss and LargeHam.