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Cars are free standing land vehicles used on Earth, Alternia and in the imaginary universe.

In Problem Sleuth[]

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You gaze abstractedly at the commotion below.PS icon

Various cars and trucks can be found on the Imaginary City Streets, with one of these even featuring on Problem Sleuth's unlockable title screen.[citation needed] Given their imaginary nature, it might be assumed that they are useless nonentitiesPS icon like other inhabitants of the Imaginary City; at least some of the vehicles found in this universe, however, are fully functional, including a fleet of cabsPS icon.

Automobile

Hysterical Dame and Nervous Broad ride inPS icon.

In return for their help liberating them from Mobster Kingpin's evil clutches, the workers of the Sleazy Brothel in the Sky giftedHS the Hysterical Dame and Nervous Broad with an automobile to ride off in. In fitting with the Brothel's location and the imaginary world's other flying vehicles, this car was capable of flight. HD and NB transportedPS icon Team Sleuth back to their offices in this car when the fight was over. Many flying automobilesPS icon could also be found flying over the four kingdoms.

Delivery trucks[]

Food is delivered throughout the City's Downtown DistrictsPS icon in trucks of varying shapes, which limit where in the city they can travel. The tall, thin Bread Truck transports bread from the Boulangère District through Beanpole AlleyPS icon to the Fromagère District, a square Cheese Truck delivers from Fromagère to the Bouchère District through Square Shoulder TollsPS icon - where a stiff DAIRY TAX is levied on local distributors - and a flat Ham Truck can pass between the Bouchère District and the Gutterpipe Projects via Jack Squat UnderpassPS icon.

The cabins at the back of these trucks double as windows into the private boothsPS icon of Madame Murel's Sleazy Brothel. These coin-operated windows presumably shut off when the paid time is up; however Andrew Hussie's book commentary suggests "when it's [the Bread Truck] making deliveries, they just stick a bunch of loaves in the peep show booth, where they coexist with a sexy provocateur who goes about removing pain from the wall in a sultry manner."[1] Because of the differing sizes of these trucks and the windows on the back, the dimensions of anything passed through them will be warped; while exiting the back of the Ham Truck will increase an object's width relative to its height, traveling through the Bread Truck window will have the opposite effect.

In Homestuck and Hiveswap[]

Dad's Car

John Egbert's Dad owns a car whose keys suggestHS a General Motors model. Alongside his supply of shaving cream, Dad's wallet also contained a spare second carHS, which Andrew Hussie suggests contains even further shaving cream storage.

On John's thirteenth birthday, John's Dad placed John's gifts - his copies of Sburb and Jade Harley's version of the bunny - inside the locked car, forcing John on a quest to recover the loot.HS When John's server player Rose Lalonde attempted to move the car closer to assist in this quest, a disconnect in her internet connection caused her to drop it into the Land of Wind and Shade's yawning abyss.HS Though Jade predicted this sequence of events, she also knew he would get his gift when he really needs it.HS

On LOWAS' surface, an Authority Regulator identified the destroyed vehicle as illegally parked and removed the items inside.HS

On Alternia[]

Trolls are more familiar with a vehicle known as a SCUTTLEBUGGYHS or scuttlebug. A hundred years prior to Xefros Tritoh's time these four-wheeled vehicular devices were imported to Alternia from one of the empress[']s colonies, but failed to become popular because they required road infrastructure not common on the planet.[2]

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In the Hiveswap Friendship Simulator and Pesterquest (Dubiously Canon)[]

Gamzee Makara was in possession of a clown-scuttlebuggy,[citation needed] which travelled on six legs like an insect rather than on wheels.

In The Homestuck Epilogues and Homestuck: Beyond Canon (Dubiously Canon)[]

On Earth C[]

Tavroscar

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Rocket-powered flying carsHS2 were among the vehicles available on Earth C, possibly produced by the same company responsible for the planet's flying battleships.

References[]

  1. Andrew Hussie. "See, bread is tall and skinny, which is why the truck has this magical distortion effect, as opposed to cheese and ham, which are neutral and squat respectively. But then, where is the bread? I like to think that when it's making bread deliveries, they just stick a bunch of loaves in the peep show booth, where they coexist with a sexy provocateur who goes about removing paint from the wall in a sultry manner. She has to work around the bread until it's delivered." Problem Sleuth Volume 4: Black Liquid Sorrow, p.34. July 2012.
  2. Aysha U. Farah. what's a scuttlebug? / its a primitive four-wheeled vehicular device that was eXported from one of the empresss colonies a hundred years ago / a scuttlebug can only be used on a wide, flat plane so it never caught on because its easier to just ride your lusus or take the train Hiveswap: Act 2. November 25, 2020.
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