Basic Trope: Two characters have sex in a vehicle.
- Straight: Alice and Bob have sex in a car.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice and Bob's car sex is so wild that the car later needs new tires, shocks, and windows.
- Alice and Bob have sex while the car is moving. (Bonus points if one of them is driving!)
- Alice orally copulates Bob, while he's driving at high speed on the freeway.
- Alice and Bob have sex in a police car (either having stolen it or having a quickie after they were arrested and the officer briefly left them alone).
- Alice, Bob, Carol, Diana, Ellie and Fred have an orgy in Bob’s car.
- A whole group of people have sex in cars.
- Multiple couples have sex in Alice and Bob’s car.
- Downplayed:
- Alice and Bob have sex in a vehicle...that's a camper van with a bed in it.
- They don't actually have sex, but they do make out.
- Alice gives Bob a quick handjob.
- Alice masturbates in her car.
- All the audience and the other characters know is that Alice and Bob were alone in a vehicle together. Did They or Didn't They? ensues, with enough evidence presented to support either side.
- Justified: The two characters are in the mood and nowhere near a private bed, so they opt for the next best thing—namely, the backseat.
- Inverted:
- Alice and Bob channel their urges into a mutual passion: auto repair.
- Two vehicles have sex in a character.
- Subverted:
- Alice and Bob park their car and decide to play cards.
- An onlooker sees the car rocking and hears enthusiastic shouting, but it turns out that Alice and Bob are listening to the radio and have just won the lottery.
- Double Subverted:
- An officer finds Alice and Bob playing cards in the car. When the officer decides nothing bad is going on and walks away, Alice and Bob decide to have sex anyway.
- Alice and Bob celebrate winning the lottery by having sex while still in the car.
- Parodied:
- Alice and Bob go to buy a new car. They have to kick out people having sex in the first one they look at.
- Alice and Bob go to buy a new car. Their idea of "test drive" is to have sex in the car and promptly buy the most comfortable one.
- Bob is so obsessed with his car that he considers sex in it to be a threesome, with the car as the third participant.
- Alice and Bob are 2 cars who have sex.
- Alice has sex with the car itself.
- Alice and Bob keep bumping their heads and falling as they try to have sex. They give up and go to a motel.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Alice and Bob have a car, but never have sex in it.
- Enforced: The writers believe that the audiences will expect to see some nookie should the two romantic leads end up secluded in the backseat of a car.
- Lampshaded:
- "Tell me, do you always keep condoms in your glove box?"
- "I lost my virginity in one of these..."
- Invoked: "We're in my car, and since we've got nothing better to do..." (Wink wink)
- Exploited: A couple rapidly strip down in their car to divert cops' attention from a more serious crime such as murder.
- Defied:
- Alice and Bob avoid car sex because it just wouldn't be special and do it at a local motel or their homes.
- A cop notices Alice and Bob having sex and demands they stop lest he arrest them for public nudity.
- Discussed: "Alice and Bob drove to Make-Out Point last night and lost their virginities to each other in the backseat."
- Conversed: "Ugh, a car just isn't a good place for making love. They could have easily found a bed somewhere."
- Deconstructed:
- Alice and Bob try to get into position in the backseat, but the cramped space and itchy seat covers kill the mood.
- The couple gets arrested for public indecency.
- Reconstructed:
- While they can't solve the lack of space, they do have blankets and other things to make the covers less of a problem.
- Alice and Bob are in a van, and there is more than plenty of room for nookie.
- Alice and Bob shut the window blinds so no one can see them.
- Implied:
- Alice's mom and dad question Bob and Alice about their arrival home — why they drove on the lawn up to the driveway, smashed the trash container, and nearly missed the other parked car. Alice and Bob try to weasel out.
- Alice and Bob are seen in a car, sweaty and with their clothes and hair disheveled.
- Alice and Bob are seen in a car in their underwear.
- One of the cars at the back of the lot is slightly bouncing.
- Played for Laughs: Alice and Bob attempt this in The Alleged Car, which of course breaks before things are starting to get good, leading to a very shameful ride home with a towing truck.
- Played For Drama:
- The frequent car sex is really taking a toll on Bob's back, but he doesn't want to displease Alice so he continues to do it. Eventually, they start to argue over it.
- Sex while one of them is driving causes a serious car accident.
Honk my horn and reverse the car back to Auto Erotica.
