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Car Porn
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A sequence, scene, or even an entire work that overtly showcases a Cool Car - often, several cool cars. Not every scene involving a Cool Car will be Car Porn. To qualify, the car or cars must be as much of the focus as any of the characters. If stationary, someone will invariably pop the hood, not to work on the engine, but so that others can admire it. Expect a lavish, Description Porn-esque spouting of specs, facts and figures as well. When the car is in motion, it will almost certainly be involved in a race, chase, or some other scenario that will showcase its performance. Expect shots to emphasize speed and danger, with in-car closeups of shifting and pedal work. Bonus points if the racing takes place at an iconic or historic real life racetrack. Cars will often be more waxed than a Brazilian, with gleaming chrome polished to a sparkle, and the camera will lovingly stroke their curves as if they were female flesh. Due to a combination of Most Writers Are Male and Pandering to the Base, this trope will often coincide with more traditional forms of Fanservice. An attractive Wrench Wench may be among those working on the cars. Scenes outside of a garage may involve Hood Ornament Hotties, while at an official race, Pit Girls may be present. However, fanservice is in no way required for this trope, and despite the name, it will rarely - if ever - involve sex in or on a car. And in no way does it involve Rule 34 - that would be Cargo Ship. Often a form of Product Placement, particularly if a car company is bankrolling the work. Also related to Technology Porn, especially when newer cars are featured or the inner workings of various parts are shown. For similar treatment of other inanimate objects, compare Gun Porn, Food Porn, Costume Porn, Scenery Porn, etc. |
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The Japanese automotive series Best Motoring is one of the greatest exampes ever seen on TV. In the 1990s, during the heyday of JDM sports cars, it featured the Nissan Skyline GT-R, Honda NSX, and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, along with some less powerful cars like the Nissan Silvia, and Civic and Integra Type R. Also making appearances were the Ferrari F40 and F50, Lamborghini Diablo, Porsche 959, Porsche 911 GT2 (type 993, one of the last air-cooled versions), RUF CTR "Yellowbird", McLaren F1, Nissan R390 GT1, Jaguar XJR-15, Venturi 400GT, Ford GT, and Porsche Carrera GT. In addition, JGTC, Group A, and Super Taikyu race trims of JDM cars have made appearances in Champions Battles, as has the various GT-R models tuned by Mine's and Bee Racing. | |
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Grand Prix is this for 1950s-era Formula One, with actors in period-accurate cars and tracks such as Monaco featured. | |
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Batman (1966) has many scenes of Batman & Robin leaping into the Batmobile and going through a checklist. | |
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Gran Turismo gives much love to the race cars it features. | |
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And now that The Grand Tour is up and running, it looks like Clarkson and company haven't changed a winning formula one bit. Of note in the first series is a segment where all Clarkson can do is complain about a great-looking car while reviewing it, so instead he just shuts up and shows it off to the cameras instead. | |
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The "star" of The Love Bug may just be a simple, unimpressive Volkswagen, but the first and third movie (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo) especially provides glamorous shots of old sports cars from well known and obscure manufacturers from Ferrari and Lancia to Apollo and De Tomaso. Of course, all of them end up getting upstaged by the little car himself, Herbie. | |
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Sandbox games like Grand Theft Auto V also allow a great deal of vehicle customisation. | |
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General Lee on The Dukes of Hazzard is not just a Cool Car featuring prominently in every episode, but a main characters. | |
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Initial D is quite detailed in its portrayal of characters' cars and drifting techniques. Cars are generally referred to by chassis codes, and the merits of different models are debated. Each episode featured at least one downhill drift competition. | |
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Roadkill is more like car Gorn. The cars that come out the workshop are undead horrors and long periods of footage show cutting up, welding and improvising. Burnouts are common, as are all manner of racing, and the showing of problems that are often encountered, in the form of sticking the camera into broken parts or holding them up in front of the camera. More porn, perhaps, on the page, since their antics do feature in Hot Rod Magazine and the magazine of the programme itself. | |
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Robin (1993): There's an entire arc dedicated to a group of car thieves who target expensive sports cars, during which Tim attends a car show, the cars of Gotham's elite are shown at a country club and a benefit gala and there are numerous chase scenes. | |
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This applies equally well to Top Gear (US) and similar programs in other countries. | |
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Not all the cars on Wacky Races qualifies, but Peter Perfect's Turbo Terrific and Dick Dastardly's Mean Machine come pretty close. The Mean Machine makes an ungodly grind and groan as it goes, looking like it was born in Hell. | |
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Initial D's sequel, MF Ghost continues along the same lines, but besides of JDM cars, there are also plenty of foreign cars making an appearance. | |
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Le Mans, is noted for having essentially no plot beyond the titular event, and features a number of exotic race cars. Most of the action sequences were filmed during the real 24 Hours of Le Mans. | |
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Though the human cast did much of the sleuthing, the Knight Industries Two Thousand, a/k/a KITT, was the showpiece of the Knight Rider series. KITT could converse with its driver, drive itself, analyze almost anything, shoot missiles, and other New Powers as the Plot Demands. This left David Hasselhoff to slug the villains, as opposed to KITT squishing them like bugs. | |
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Rush, being a movie about Formula 1, features a lot of detailed close-ups of car engines, gearshifting, pistons pumping, cars in the pit, cars zooming down the track, cars on a backdrop of Scenery Porn... it's lampshaded right at the start, where Lord Hesketh tells James Hunt's latest one-night stand that men love cars more than women. | |
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Cars. Yes, the cars are animated, not to mention anthropomorphic. Car buffs were still impressed by the level of detail shown in modelling the characters on real cars. Paul Newman's Doc Hudson character, for example, was modeled on a Hudson Hornet, complete with its characteristic engine sounds. | |
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Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) features several rare or exotic cars that are on the list for targeting by the auto theft ring. These cars are even given female names as code names referring to the specified model (such as "Eleanor", referring to a 1967 Mustang GT 500, a model which seemed to always give the protagonist trouble when stealing it). | |
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One episode of Leverage involves trapping a mark with a passion for vintage cars. At a vintage car show. :drool: | |
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Pimp My Ride and similar shows like Overhaulin' focus on the restoration and customization of cars. Each episode typically focuses on a single vehicle, with lavish attention to the work being done. Details such as the brand names and specs of replacement parts are always provided. | |
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This is the general basis for the The Fast and the Furious series. As the protagonists (and most of the antagonists, as well) are all car enthusiasts, much time is spent discussing, working on, and of course, racing cars. Cars also serve to help define the characters - Dom has a penchant for muscle cars, while Brian prefers Japanese imports, particularly GTRs. | |
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Like Gran Turismo above, the Forza series offers the player the chance to select any of hundreds of real cars, tweak its performance to their liking, and race it on either a real world track of their choosing or in a gorgeous open world environment. | |
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Every single episode of Top Gear focuses on cars - reviews of cars, testing of cars, and particularly competitions (usually wacky ones) involving cars. This applies equally well to Top Gear (US) and similar programs in other countries. Jeremy Clarkson has been known to describe images of cars that he and his fellow hosts find particularly good looking as "strong pornography." |
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Days of Thunder was quite lavish in its depiction of stock cars, with shots of drafting, shifting, and "rubbing" intermingled throughout the race sequences. Tracks such as Daytona also figure prominently. | |
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The Gran Turismo series features hundreds of actual cars in each game, all with their performance and handling characteristics accurately depicted. Virtually limitless options are available for tuning each car as well. Once the player has tuned their car to their liking, they can race on a variety of courses, many of which are accurately modeled real world tracks. | |
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Truthfully, any racing game can count as they all spend inordinate amounts of time showing off their vehicles. Special mention to the Need for Speed series which used to do whole rundowns of the cars and the makers to the point that it sometimes seemed like a showcase for expensive cars. Sandbox games like Grand Theft Auto V also allow a great deal of vehicle customisation. |
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