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* Both the [[TMNT1987 1987]] and [[TMNT2003 2003]] ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' 'toons featured these. The original toon featured the Party Wagon, while the second series featured two different Battle Shells, the Turtle Hauler, and several less-frequently-used vehicles.
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* ''[[{{MASK}} M.A.S.K.]]'' This series is pretty much loaded with this trope, cars, trucks and other vechiles also, even the logo for the series itself contains a Trope Codifier(aka a weaponized car or truck rather). Examples include Thunderhawk, Shark, Jackhammer to name a few of the vehicle examples.

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* ''[[{{MASK}} M.A.S.K.]]'' This series is pretty much loaded with this trope, cars, trucks and other vechiles vehicles also, even the logo for the series itself contains a Trope Codifier(aka a weaponized car or truck rather). Examples include Thunderhawk, Shark, Jackhammer to name a few of the vehicle examples.




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* Numerous Transformers with car modes have vehicular attack modes, which involve deploying hidden weaponry or mounting a gun piece on it. For example: one of Hot Rod's handguns can be plugged into his engine block. Some just plain have cannons out all the time. Example: ''[[TransformersCybertron Cybertron]]'' Optimus Prime's ladders/{{BFG}}s.
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* The Slicecycle in ''DeadRising2'' is a motorcycle with a pair of {{chainsaw|Good}}s {{duct tape|ForEverything}}d to the handlebars for slicing up zombies.
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* ''{{Auto Destruct}}'' is a shining example of this. You are driving a car which can have 2 kinds of machineguns, 4 kinds of lazers, a dozen kinds of dumb-fire and homing missiles, cannons, mines, oil slicks, smoke screens... well, you get the pic--no, wait. [[{{HyperspaceArsenal}} ''All at the same time.'']]

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* ''{{Auto Destruct}}'' is a shining example of this. You are driving a car which can have 2 kinds of machineguns, 4 kinds of lazers, a dozen kinds of dumb-fire and homing missiles, cannons, mines, oil slicks, smoke screens... well, you get the pic--no, wait. [[{{HyperspaceArsenal}} ''All ''[[{{HyperspaceArsenal}} All at the same time.'']]
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* ''{{Auto Destruct}}'' is a shining example of this. You are driving a car which can have 2 kinds of machineguns, 4 kinds of lazers, a dozen kinds of dumb-fire and homing missiles, cannons, mines, oil slicks, smoke screens... well, you get the pic--no, wait. [[{{HyperspaceArsenal}} ''All at the same time.'']]

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** Ork Vehicles in ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are usually this as well.
*** ALL Ork Vehicles, ALL the time, NO exceptions. Their most basic vehicle is a go-cart with MILITARY GRADE MACHINE GUNS. They also take to 'looting' other races vehicles. Your semi could be turned into a smoke-belching, [[{{More Dakka}} ARTILLERY-TOTING]], armor-coated monstrosity. Then they add a [[{{Car Fu}} Deff Rolla]].

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** Ork Vehicles in ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are 40000}}''. Every one of them mounts at least a [[MoreDakka Big Shoota]] and most can mount more. They've even got a [[CarFu giant metal roller]] that's [[RuleOfCool somehow]] their most potent anti-vehicle weapon. They're also notorious for stealing other army's stuff and mounting large artillery on it. They usually this as well.
*** ALL Ork Vehicles, ALL
remember how the time, NO exceptions. Their most basic vehicle is a go-cart with MILITARY GRADE MACHINE GUNS. They also take to 'looting' other races vehicles. Your semi could be turned into a smoke-belching, [[{{More Dakka}} ARTILLERY-TOTING]], armor-coated monstrosity. Then they add a [[{{Car Fu}} Deff Rolla]].controls work.
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* The Suicide Squad van in ''{{Smallville}}''. It features state of the art electronics, a radar based tracker, reinforced steel siding, and a missile launcher.
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* The vehicles from ''TopGear'''s Police Car Challenge; each presenter fitted a spectacularly low-budget device for stopping baddies onto their vehicle. Richard Hammond had a stinger (a doormat with some nails in it), James May built a spray paint screen for his car (that failed when confronted with windscreen wipers), and Jeremy Clarkson fitted his rear tires with spiked wheels (which caused him to lose an entire ''wheel'' when he attempted to use them).
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* The Australian cult classic ''The Cars That Ate Paris''.

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* The Australian cult classic ''The Cars That Ate Paris''.''TheCarsThatAteParis''.



* Both [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Major Bludd's]] car and the stolen Cobra truck in {{GI Joe Renegades}}.

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* Both [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Major Bludd's]] car and the stolen Cobra truck in {{GI ''{{GI Joe Renegades}}.
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*** Dillan likes to pretend their miniguns are used by heads of state. They aren't, generally, as that sort of collateral damage is hard for any elected official to stomach.

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*** Dillan likes to pretend their miniguns are used by heads of state. They aren't, generally, as that sort of collateral damage is hard for any elected official to stomach.stomach.
* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_(flamethrower) Blaster]], an anti-carjacking device designed in South Africa, is essentially a pair of [[KillItWithFire flamethrowers]] attached to the sides of a car and activated with the flick of a switch and the press of a pedal.
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* Most vehicles in ''BattleTech'' are tanks, hovercrafts and the like, but this troper's personal standout is the Star League-era Rotunda scoutcar, that looks like a normal sportscar, but carries a heavy laser and a short-ranged missile system, as well as a decent skin of Ferro-Fibrous armor.

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* Most vehicles in ''BattleTech'' are tanks, hovercrafts and the like, but this troper's personal standout is the Star League-era Rotunda scoutcar, that looks like a normal sportscar, but carries a heavy laser and a short-ranged missile system, as well as a decent skin of Ferro-Fibrous armor.
armor. One operative, stranded during the [[EvilChancellor Aramis Coup]], used his to wage a one-man guerrilla campaign for ''seven years'' before SLDF forces arrived to take the planet back.
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** '''Land Mines:''' If you really want to get nasty, just blow them up instead.
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** A more "normal" example is the minigun-armed SUV in BarackObama's inauguration. A "Dillan Tactical Vehicle", for those who care. The minigun folds in for easy, low-profile travel.

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** A more "normal" example is the minigun-armed SUV in BarackObama's inauguration. A "Dillan Tactical Vehicle", for those who care. The minigun folds in for easy, low-profile travel.travel.
*** Dillan likes to pretend their miniguns are used by heads of state. They aren't, generally, as that sort of collateral damage is hard for any elected official to stomach.
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** A more "normal" example is the minigun-armed SUV in BarackObama's inauguration. A "Dillan Tactical Vehicle", for those who care. The minigun folds in for easy, low-profile travel

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** A more "normal" example is the minigun-armed SUV in BarackObama's inauguration. A "Dillan Tactical Vehicle", for those who care. The minigun folds in for easy, low-profile traveltravel.
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* ''{{Mercenaries}} 2'' rewards players who find hidden boxes of parts access to some customized death mobiles, including vulcan-cannon SUVs and something called the Panzercycle. And yes, it is as cool as it sounds.

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* ''{{Mercenaries}} 2'' rewards players who find hidden boxes of parts access to some customized death mobiles, including vulcan-cannon SUVs Vulcan-cannon [=SUV=]s and something called the Panzercycle. And yes, it is as cool as it sounds.
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* Ork Vehicles in ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are usually this as well.
** ALL Ork Vehicles, ALL the time, NO exceptions. Their most basic vehicle is a go-cart with MILITARY GRADE MACHINE GUNS. They also take to 'looting' other races vehicles. Your semi could be turned into a smoke-belching, [[{{More Dakka}} ARTILLERY-TOTING]], armor-coated monstrosity. Then they add a [[{{Car Fu}} Deff Rolla]].

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* ** Ork Vehicles in ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are usually this as well.
** *** ALL Ork Vehicles, ALL the time, NO exceptions. Their most basic vehicle is a go-cart with MILITARY GRADE MACHINE GUNS. They also take to 'looting' other races vehicles. Your semi could be turned into a smoke-belching, [[{{More Dakka}} ARTILLERY-TOTING]], armor-coated monstrosity. Then they add a [[{{Car Fu}} Deff Rolla]].
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* Ork Vehicles in ''{{Warhammer 40000}} are usually this as well.

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* Ork Vehicles in ''{{Warhammer 40000}} 40000}}'' are usually this as well.
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** Ork Vehicles in ''{{Warhammer 40000}} are usually this as well.
*** ALL Ork Vehicles, ALL the time, NO exceptions. Their most basic vehicle is a go-cart with MILITARY GRADE MACHINE GUNS. They also take to 'looting' other races vehicles. Your semi could be turned into a smoke-belching, [[{{More Dakka}} ARTILLARY-TOATING]], armor-coated monstrosity. Then they add a [[{{Car Fu}} Deff Rolla]].

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** * Ork Vehicles in ''{{Warhammer 40000}} are usually this as well.
*** ** ALL Ork Vehicles, ALL the time, NO exceptions. Their most basic vehicle is a go-cart with MILITARY GRADE MACHINE GUNS. They also take to 'looting' other races vehicles. Your semi could be turned into a smoke-belching, [[{{More Dakka}} ARTILLARY-TOATING]], ARTILLERY-TOTING]], armor-coated monstrosity. Then they add a [[{{Car Fu}} Deff Rolla]].
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* In the movie version of ''{{Film/SpeedRacer}}'', '''all''' racing cars were equipped with jump-jacks. The Mach 5 only got extra gadgets added when it was racing in a dirty desert rally.

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* In the movie version of ''{{Film/SpeedRacer}}'', ''[[{{Film/SpeedRacer}} Speed Racer]]'', '''all''' racing cars were equipped with jump-jacks. The Mach 5 only got extra gadgets added when it was racing in a dirty desert rally.
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* [[GunsmithCats Bean Bandit's]] car, named "The Buff", is a custom built muscle car with spikes in the wheels, bullet-proof glass, and wheels that can turn 90 degrees on a whim.
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* Both [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Major Bludd's]] car and the stolen Cobra truck in {{GI Joe Renegades}}.
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** A more "normal" example is the minigun-armed SUV in BarackObama's inauguration.

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** A more "normal" example is the minigun-armed SUV in BarackObama's inauguration. A "Dillan Tactical Vehicle", for those who care. The minigun folds in for easy, low-profile travel
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* Roger Smith's griffin in ''TheBigO'' has machine guns and even a missile launcher (among other features), though these are rarely seen used.

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* Another TruthInTelevision: Limousines for government officials and the excessively rich. These carry up to a couple tons of armor, ranging from simple Kevlar panels to hardened steel plates, the windows have several layers of armored glass, tires are filled with foam (they'll never go flat, even despite bullet holes). One Discovery Channel program showed how one vehicle was further fitted out with a caltrop dispenser (VERY easy to do) and no less than ''eight'' places to conceal guns so they would escape even a thorough search.

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* Another TruthInTelevision: Limousines for government officials and the excessively rich. These carry up to a couple tons of armor, ranging from simple Kevlar panels to hardened steel plates, the windows have several layers of armored glass, tires are filled with foam (they'll never go flat, even despite bullet holes). One Discovery Channel program showed how one vehicle was further fitted out with a caltrop dispenser (VERY easy to do) and no less than ''eight'' places to conceal guns so they would escape even a thorough search. search.
** Actually most people would be surprised to find out that at least four JamesBond gadgets are very easy to DIY: caltrop dispensers (all that is needed is a tub-shaped box which rotates pushed by a stepper motor), oil slick dispensers (a metal can for the oil, an electric pump and 2-4 nozzles), smoke screen (it needs some used motor oil and an injector pump to spray it in the red-hot exhaust) and rotating license plate, which is easier to do in nowadays plastic-bumper cars than [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfinger_%28film%29 in the chromed steel bumper of an Aston Martin]]. However, [[AwesomeButImpractical they have disadvantages]] for someone whose life does not depend on them: stored caltrops are bulky, rattly and noisy, a properly running oil slick dispenser would need a barrel with at least 20 liters of oil, and rotating license plates with a fake number may have you imprisoned for forgery in some countries if caught. [[CoolCar Cool?]] Yes. Useful? Hardly ever.
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* ''{{X-COM}}: Apocalypse'' has the Stormdogs and the [[FlyingCar Phoenix Hovercars]]. While the former is nigh useless due to being stuck on the highly destructible roads, the latter is excellent for supporting [[CoolBike Hoverbike]] [[ZergRush Swarms]] in taking down {{Flying Saucer}}s.



* Kevin's car in ''{{Ben 10}}'', which Kevin constantly repairs and upgrades with various alien tech and weapons.

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* Kevin's car in ''{{Ben 10}}'', 10 Alien Force}}'', which Kevin constantly repairs and upgrades with various alien tech and weapons.

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* ''[[{{MASK}} M.A.S.K.]]'' This series is pretty much loaded with this trope, cars, trucks and other vechiles also, even the logo for the series itself contains a Trope Codifier(aka a weaponized car or truck rather)
Examples include Thunderhawk, Shark, Jackhammer to name a few of the vehicle examples.

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* ''[[{{MASK}} M.A.S.K.]]'' This series is pretty much loaded with this trope, cars, trucks and other vechiles also, even the logo for the series itself contains a Trope Codifier(aka a weaponized car or truck rather)
rather). Examples include Thunderhawk, Shark, Jackhammer to name a few of the vehicle examples.
* Kevin's car in ''{{Ben 10}}'', which Kevin constantly repairs and upgrades with various alien tech and weapons.



** A more "normal" example is the minigun-armed SUV in BarackObama's inauguration.

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** So is ''Gear Grinder''.

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*''[[{{MASK}} M.A.S.K.]]'' This series is pretty much loaded with this trope, cars, trucks and other vechiles also, even the logo for the series itself contains a Trope Codifier(aka a weaponized car or truck rather)
Examples include Thunderhawk, Shark, Jackhammer to name a few of the vehicle examples.
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** A more "normal" example is the minigun-armed SUV in BarackObama's inauguration.
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* [[MegasXLR Does it count if your car is mounted on top of a Giant Robot?]]

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