History Series / PimpMyRide

''Pimp My Ride'' is a show that revolves around taking [[TheAllegedCar beat-up old cars]] and making them "[[CoolCar cooler]]" by restoring and customizing them. The original version of the show aired on Creator/{{MTV}} from 2004 to 2007, and was hosted by West Coast rapper Xzibit, with the pimp jobs being done by West Coast Customs (later Galpin Auto Sports, or GAS). Since then, newer versions of the show (''Pimp My Ride UK'' and ''Pimp My Ride International'') have aired on MTV 2, with an added focus on cars from parts of Western Europe.

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''Pimp My Ride'' is a show that revolves around taking [[TheAllegedCar beat-up old cars]] and making them "[[CoolCar cooler]]" by restoring and customizing them. The original version of the show began aired on Creator/{{MTV}} from 2004 to 2007, and was hosted by West Coast rapper Xzibit, with the pimp jobs being done by West Coast Customs (later Galpin Auto Sports, or GAS). Since then, newer versions of the show (''Pimp My Ride UK'' and ''Pimp My Ride International'') have aired on MTV 2, with an added focus on cars from parts of Western Europe.

''Pimp My Ride'' is a show that revolves around taking [[TheAllegedCar beat-up old cars]] and making them "[[CoolCar cooler]]" by restoring and customizing them. The original version of the show began airing on Creator/{{MTV}} in 2004, and was hosted by West Coast rapper Xzibit, with the pimp jobs being done by West Coast Customs (later Galpin Auto Sports, or GAS). Since then, newer versions of the show (''Pimp My Ride UK'' and ''Pimp My Ride International'') have aired on MTV 2, with an added focus on cars from parts of Western Europe.

* TheAllegedCar: Every vehicle that arrives in the shop. On more than one occasion, they decided that the car that they had been given to pimp out was literally ''unsafe to drive'', so they simply sent it to a junkyard and bought a new one to tune up.
** One episode featured a Ford Escort ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_and_shut made from two Escorts welded together]]'', and as such wasn't even ''street legal''. Unfortunately, the person who owned said "car" had it because [[TheWoobie it was all he could afford]].

* BetterThanNew: Xzibit and the crew take in viewers' [[TheAllegedCar Alleged Cars]] and turn them into BetterThanNew [[CoolCar Cool Cars]], even though they often end up being AwesomeButImpractical.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "You've officially been pimped!"

* TotallyRadical: ''Yes''.

-->'''Xzibit:''' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Am I gonna have to]] ''[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe push]]'' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe this all the way to West Coast Customs]].

** Could also be seen with some of the video game consoles they put into people's cars (more so in the show's early years, when TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames was still going strong). For example, when Nintendo had a sponsorship deal with MTV in 2004[[note]]which included things like specialized ads for ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'', and a series of commercials for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS that featured Steve-O and Chris Pontius of ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' and ''Series/{{Wildboyz}}'' fame[[/note]], the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube was the game system that most often got put into cars of people who said they enjoy playing video games. Similarly, if Sony happened to be sponsoring at some point in time, expect the game system to be a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.

''Pimp My Ride'' is a show that revolves around taking [[TheAllegedCar beat-up old cars]] and making them "[[CoolCar cooler]]" by restoring and customizing them. The original version of the show began airing on {{MTV}} in 2004, and was hosted by West Coast rapper Xzibit, with the pimp jobs being done by West Coast Customs (later Galpin Auto Sports, or GAS). Since then, newer versions of the show (''Pimp My Ride UK'' and ''Pimp My Ride International'') have aired on MTV 2, with an added focus on cars from parts of Western Europe.

** Toyota does this twice in big ways: They give a Scion xB to an owner who's car was unfit to drive according to WCC. And they give a Toyota 4Runner out due to the owner being a mechanics student, and the WCC crew decided to give back the original car to allow the student to work and gain experence on the car.

* AllWomenLoveShoes: Popped up in one of the very first episodes of season 1, in which a lady named Nile get her car pimped, and they installed an automated shoe rack in the trunk, with several pairs of brand new shoes for her as a gift. Upon showing the new car to her friends, they reacted with great enthusiasm, as expected, but seemed even more enthusiastic about the new shoes than the pimped out car.

** Could also be seen with some of the video game consoles they put into people's cars (more so in the show's early years, when TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames was still going strong). For example, when Nintendo had a sponsorship deal with MTV in 2004[[note]]which included things like specialized ads for ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'', and a series of commercials for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS that featured Steve-O and Chris Pontius of ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' and ''Series/{{Wildboyz}}'' fame[[/note]], the NintendoGamecube was the game system that most often got put into cars of people who said they enjoy playing video games. Similarly, if Sony happened to be sponsoring at some point in time, expect the game system to be a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.

* DuelingShows: With TLC's ''Overhaulin'''.
* MoneyDearBoy: A lot of people go to the trouble of going through the process of being selected for car pimping so that they can sell the final results on eBay.

** Could also be seen with some of the video game consoles they put into people's cars (more so in the show's early years, when TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames was still going strong). For example, when Nintendo had a sponsorship deal with MTV in 2004[[note]]which included things like specialized ads for ''MetroidPrime 2: Echoes'', and a series of commercials for the NintendoDS that featured Steve-O and Chris Pontius of ''Jackass'' and ''Wildboyz'' fame[[/note]], the NintendoGamecube was the game system that most often got put into cars of people who said they enjoy playing video games. Similarly, if Sony happened to be sponsoring at some point in time, expect the game system to be a PlayStation2.

* AsideGlance: Xzibit once gave this to the camera when the car he was trying to tune-up refused to start. (Which is apparently not something he sees a lot, even with [[TheAllegedCar the cars]] he brings in.

* RiceBurner: Some of the cars get turned into these.
** ''All of the cars'' get turned into these.

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[[caption-width-right:320:[[Main/PimpDuds So you wanna be a player?]]... [[Main/TheAllegedCar But your wheels ain't fly?]]... You gotta hit us up... To get a [[Main/PimpedOutCar pimped out ride]]...]]

* DuelingShows: With TLC's ''Overhaulin'''.

[[caption-width-right:320:So you wanna be a player?... But your wheels ain't fly?... You gotta hit us up... To get a pimped out ride...]]

** Could also be seen with some of the video game consoles they put into people's cars (more so in the show's early years, when TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames was still going going strong). For example, when Nintendo had a sponsorship deal with MTV in 2004[[note]]which included things like specialized ads for ''MetroidPrime 2: Echoes'', and a series of commercials for the NintendoDS that featured Steve-O and Chris Pontius of ''Jackass'' and ''Wildboyz'' fame[[/note]], the NintendoGamecube was the game system that most often got put into cars of people who said they enjoy playing video games. Similarly, if Sony happened to be sponsoring at some point in time, expect the game system to be a PlayStation2.

** Could also be seen with some of the video game consoles they put into people's cars (more so in the show's early years, when TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames was still going going strong). For example, when Nintendo had a sponsorship deal with MTV in 2004[[note]]which included things like specialized ads for ''MetroidPrime 2: Echoes'', and a series of commercials for the NintendoDS that featured Steve-O and Chris Pontius of ''Series/Jackass'' and ''Wildboyz'' fame[[/note]], the NintendoGamecube was the game system that most often got put into cars of people who said they enjoy playing video games. Similarly, if Sony happened to be sponsoring at some point in time, expect the game system to be a PlayStation2.