History Main / WeaponizedCar

* ''Why Johnny Can't Speed'', a tongue-in-cheek revenge tale by Creator/AlanDeanFoster. In this short story road rage is legal because the government has cut back on the cost of patrolling the freeways, so you can either commute via the mass-trans or drive in your own personal vehicle which is armed to the teeth because drivers are expected to sort out their own road disputes. A father who used to be a professional combatant at this, sets out to avenge his son who was killed disputing a lane change.

* ''Why Johnny Can't Speed'', a tongue-in-cheek revenge tale by Creator/AlanDeanFoster. In this short story, road rage is legal, so all vehicles are armed to the teeth. A father who used to be a professional combatant at this, sets out to avenge his son who was killed disputing a lane change.

* ''Why Johnny Can't Speed'', a tongue-in-cheek revenge tale by Creator/AlanDeanFoster. In this short story, road rage is legal, so all vehicles are armed to the teeth. A father sets out to avenge his son who was killed disputing a lane change. [[spoiler: Since the father used to be a professional combatant at this, he gets his revenge.]]

* ''Film/TheWarWagon'' has a weaponized stagecoach, a heavily armoured stagecoach armed with a [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] in a turret which Pierce uses to transport the gold from his mine.

* ''Film/TheWarWagon'' has a weaponized stagecoach. The eponymous war wagon is a heavily armoured stagecoach armed with a [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] which Pierce uses to transport the gold from his mine.

* In the WhereAreTheyNow epilogue of ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'', [[TheEngineer Dr. N. Gin]] attempted to patent such a system, but, as shown in the page quote, it was hastily withdrawn. In the game itself, the characters' karts can pack such things like homing missiles, rolling bombs, TNT/Nitro boxes, DeflectorShields, and other goodness.

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--->'''Mean Machine''': I've got to put up with a driver who gets me trashed in every single race and a biomechanical dog who wipes his wormy tailpipe on my seats on a daily basis. I sure as hell don't have to take crap from an eight-legged lizard.
--->'''Convert-O-Car''': Technically, that was urine.
--->''A drunk vomits on the Mean Machine''
--->'''Mean Machine''': Hey!
--->''The other cars point and laugh''

* [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'s Redbird. A transforming armored sports car designed to blend in with civilian cars at the push of a button and armed with many of, but not all, the same gadgets as the Batmobile.

** Creator/DanielCraig's Bond didn't have one until the weaponized Aston Martin [=DB5=] made its grand return in ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' (only to meets its tragic demise).
** In ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', Craig's Bond gets his first (and last) modern weaponized car with the Aston Martin [=DB10=], which he "borrows" to Q without permision to go to Rome. It has rear machine guns (which
sadly aren't loaded), a rear {{f|ire Breathing Weapon}}lamethrower and an EjectionSeat, and ends up at the bottom of the Tiber river. The [=DB5=] gets fully rebuilt by Q at the end, however.

* Many ''Film/JamesBond'' cars. The franchise is very much the TropeCodifier for this. Most of the series' weaponized cars have at least the missiles and machine guns, courtesy of the Q department of [=MI6=].

** Culminating in the shootout between two weaponized cars in ''Film/DieAnotherDay''.

* Many ''Film/JamesBond'' cars since the Aston Martin [=DB5=] ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' - arguably the TropeCodifier for films - are outfitted this way to some extent; most have at least the missiles and machine guns.
** Creator/RogerMoore had the famous Lotus Esprit that can switch to submarine mode in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''. It came with anti-air missiles, small torpedoes, ink sprayer and mines. Sadly, the only feature we see of the car in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' is its SelfDestructMechanism, which apparently activates as soon as an enemy hits the door's glass.
** In the Creator/PierceBrosnan movies, Q will barely mention the weapons, focusing more on the car's less obvious functions, because at this point neither Bond nor the viewers are going to be particularly impressed by the car's ability to shoot missiles.

* Many ''Film/JamesBond'' cars since ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' - arguably the TropeCodifier for films - are outfitted this way to some extent; most have at least the missiles and machine guns. In the Brosnan movies, Q will barely mention the weapons, focusing more on the car's less obvious functions, because at this point neither Bond nor the viewers are going to be particularly impressed by the car's ability to shoot missiles.

* Manga/BakusouKyoudaiLetasAndGo'': Most cars made by Ogami and Borzoi academy. Diospada also has knives hidden in its front body. During the start of the series, Futoshi Kurosawa's Black Saber had various weapons as well, before his Heel–Face Turn (after finding his weapons weaker against Okita's Beak Spider).

** The Batmobile from the Creator/TimBurton movies definitely qualifies as this. The first ''[[Film/Batman1989 Batman]]'' movie had a heavy-duty armored shield that could be activated when it was parked, machine guns that were mainly used to invoke the BulletholeDoor effect, and a special bomb that Batman used to wipe out the Axis Chemical factory in one scene. The Batmobile in ''Film/BatmanReturns'' used side-blades that could cut through stilts, high-speed discs that he used to unseat Skull Riders from their motorcycles, and a switch that turned the rocket-powered exhaust into a weapon, putting the torch on anyone unfortunate enough to be directly behind it.

* Spanish racing video game ''VideoGame/SmashingDrive'' from Gaelco which was published by Creator/{{Namco}}, had psychotic taxi drivers duking it out with armoured cabs that could pick up various weapon powerups like sonic blasters and missile launchers.

* Every vehicle in the ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' has been weaponized with machineguns and rocket launchers, with all cars being equipped with their own unique special weapon, ranging from MacrossMissileMassacre to becoming a TransformingMecha. ''Black'' gives the in-universe explanation that Calypso has modified each contestant's car before the contest began.

* The ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' series is based entirely around this.

* ''Film/DeathRace'' and its sequels (less so in the [[Film/DeathRace2000 the 1978 film]] it was adapted from) runs on this trope. Given that the cars are driven by convicts, there are kill switches on the weapons so they can only be activated at certain times, so the drivers can't blast their way out of prison. Weapons range from .30 or .50 machine guns to rocket launchers.

* ''Film/DeathRace'' and [[Film/DeathRace2000 the 1978 film]] it was adapted from both run on this trope.

* In ''Film/TheReturnOfTheSwampThing'', Gunn tries to take Swamp Thing out with an armed jeep.

* ''Film/TrollHunter'': A roll cage with spikes is attached to the Land Rover when they go to confront the Jotnar Troll. The vehicle also has a UV searchlight on the roof.

* In ''Film/TheReturnOfTheSwampTing'', Gunn tries to take Swamp Thing out with an armed jeep.

* Most of the espionage characters in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}'' feature missiles, rockets, machine guns, and targeting systems hidden all along their bodies, most notably Finn [=McMissile,=] Holly Shiftwell, Torque Redline, and [[spoiler:Tow Mater.]]
* ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'': The Team America Hummer has various hidden weaponry like missiles and machine guns appear when it's "Valmorphanized".

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''

* In ''Literature/{{Demon Road}}'', Milo uses a 1970 Charger which drops hints of being sentient throughout the course of the book, one clue being way too obvious - when the undead serial killer stuffed in the boot is stated to be bound for digestion by the car, the reader could take him literally when we've already seen demons. Milo is, in fact, the urban legend known as the Highway Ghost. When someone tries to take the car, it is said to have him, not vice versa. Rather more subtle than many other examples, apart from Car Fu from which the car quickly recovers, but he does deliberately put the serial killer in the boot to get rid of him permanently.

* ''Series/{{Curfew}}:

** There were also weaponized, ''flying'' motorcycles in ''Series/{{Galactica 1980}}''. But [[FanonDisContinuity we don't talk about that series]].

* Most vehicles in ''Tabletopgame/BattleTech'' are tanks, hovercrafts and the like, though the standout is the [[LostTechnology Star League-era]] [[http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Rotunda Rotunda]], a combat vehicle wearing the shell of a normal sports car which carries a concealed heavy laser cannon and a short-ranged missile system, as well as a decent skin of armor and full accommodations for its driver. One operative, stranded during the [[EvilChancellor Aramis Coup]], used his to wage a one-man guerrilla campaign for ''seven years'' before SLDF arrived to take the planet back. [[FridgeLogic It does raise the question of how a twenty-five ton combat vehicle is able to pass for a sports car, though]].

* Ork Vehicles in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 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 remember how the controls work.

* In the WhereAreTheyNow epilogue of ''Videogame/CrashTeamRacing'', [[TheEngineer Dr. N. Gin]] attempted to patent such a system, but, as shown in the page quote, it was hastily withdrawn. In the game itself, the characters' karts can pack such things like homing missiles, rolling bombs, TNT/Nitro boxes, DeflectorShields, and other goodness.

* ''VideoGame/{{Interstate 76}}'' games have weaponized muscle cars. The first game, being a simulator of sorts, realistically deals with the difficulty of aiming a fixed machine gun from a bouncy car moving at 100mph.

* ''Videogame/MegaManX'': the Ride Chasers are basically [[CoolBike hover bikes]] armed with energy cannon in front of it.

* The two ''Videogame/Vigilante8'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Interstate '''76'', has pretty much every vehicle weaponized; even garbage trucks and motorcycles.
* In ''Videogame/WarThunder'', the German and Soviet tier-1 AntiAir units are flatbed trucks with a flak cannon strapped to the bed. The vehicles are complete death traps and largely ineffective against the standard tanks except for the odd ArmorPiercingAttack. The Soviet one in particular has the added weakness of being unable to aim forwards, because shooting through the cabin with an autocannon would not be particularly wise.
* The Descendant faction in ''Videogame/{{WarWind}}'' uses ordinary civilian cars with mounted machine guns.

** From the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben10}}'', the Rustbucket, Grandpas' RV, was laden with gadgets, presumably composed of alien technology.

* Both the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 1987]] and [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 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. The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012]] series continues this tradition with the Shellraiser, Casey Jone's [[Hot Rod]], and the new Party Wagon.

** Though the weapon is clearly an autoloader it is not necessarily a machine gun, nor always used as such - multiple individual, clearly-spaced shots suffice to bring down the strafing helicopter in ''Thunderbirds are Go''.