History Main / TubeTravel

* The warp pipes in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series are iconic. However, in some cases (such as the warp zones) you appear to be [[TeleportersAndTransporters teleporting]] instead of traveling a path. The latter was never clearly shown in the games until ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', where some levels scroll up or down while Mario is inside the pipe. ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' actually lets you control this in the Clear Pipe segments by letting you choose your path, usually to dodge enemies.

* The ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' series has these, most famously in the Tubelectric stages.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' has this in the Turtle Rock dungeon.

** Many Morph Ball sections in the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' series are like this, with long winding tunnels and pipes, sometimes with fans, vents or cannons propelling Samus through.

* Very common in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games. ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' has it in the Chemical Plant and Metropolis Zones, and Aqua Lake, Gimmick Mountain, Crystal Egg especially Scrambled Egg Zones in the 8-bit ''Sonic 2'', Crazy Gadget in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', Secret Base and Egg Rocket in ''VideoGame/SonicAdvance'', and others.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop The Hyperloop]], a proposed tube system for long-distance travel.

* ''[[VideoGame/DistortedTravesty Distorted Travesty 3]]'' unapologetically [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDfx-PHZdYg borrows warp pipes]] straight out of VideoGame/SuperMarioBrothers

* The warp pipes in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series are iconic. However, in some cases (such as the warp zones) you appear to be [[TeleportersAndTransporters teleporting]] instead of traveling a path. The latter was never clearly shown in the games until ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', where some levels scroll up or down while Mario is inside the pipe.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' actually lets you control this in the Clear Pipe segments by letting you choose your path, usually to dodge enemies.

* In ''[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato Star Blazers]]'' the underground cities are equipped with "aircars" which zip along through a system of elevated transparent tubes.

* In ''[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato,'']] the underground cities are equipped with "aircars" which zip along through a system of elevated transparent tubes.

* The [[Comicbook/{{Micronauts}} Micronauts']] Rocket Tubes playlet worked like this.

* Very common in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games. ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' has it in the Chemical Plant and Metropolis Zones, Crazy Gadget in the second ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' game, Secret Base and Egg Rocket in ''VideoGame/SonicAdvance'', and others.

* This is how John Freeman gets into [[spoiler:[=GLaDOS=]'s chamber]] in Djy1911's adaptation of ''[[Fanfic.HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences Half-Life: Full Life Consequences]]''.

* Very common in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games. ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' has it in the Chemical Plant and Metropolis Zones, Crazy Gadget in the second ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' game, Secret Base and Egg Rocket in ''SonicAdvance'', and others.

* Many Morph Ball sections in the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' series are like this, with long winding tunnels and pipes, sometimes with fans, vents or cannons propelling Samus through.

* In''Series/OddSquad'', agents travel by being "ensquishinated" into balls and then fired through a series of tubes to their destination.

* The Boom Tubes in ''Comicbook/TheNewGods'' offer teleportation-like speeds - interstellar distances in a couple of minutes - but take the shape of, well, tubes.

* ''VideoGame/{{F-Zero}} X'' and GX have levels where you are in a tube, and on the outside of a tube.

* A frequent method of travel in ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'' for the {{NES}}.

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'' features the Tunnel Network for the GLA, which involves building separate entrances that are somehow magically connected the instant the Tunnel entrance is completed no matter the distance or location on the map.

* ''StarCraft'': The Zerg have the Nidus Canals, which act in the same way as the Tunnel Network as mentioned above.

* In ''VideoGame/{{X-COM}}: Apocalypse'', the People Tubes of Mega-Primus are the primary form of pedestrian travel. They happen to be quite fragile when the lasers start flying. The Tubes are owned by the Trastellar corporation, and pissing them off can cripple your ability to move personnel.