# Movie Marathon (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 10, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550 "2026-02-10T16:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 34
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**Named vehicles in movies other than ships** 1. Christine - _Christine_ 2. The Mystery Machine - _Scooby Doo (2002)_ 3. The General - _The General_ ---
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**Named vehicles in movies other than ships** 1. Christine - _Christine_ 2. The Mystery Machine - _Scooby Doo (2002)_ 3. The General - _The General_ 4. Herbie - _The Love Bug_ ---
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**Named vehicles in movies other than ships** 1. Christine - _Christine_ 2. The Mystery Machine - _Scooby Doo (2002)_ 3. The General - _The General_ 4. Herbie - _The Love Bug_ 5. Ecto-1 - _The Ghostbusters_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/664 "2026-05-20T18:59:30Z")
**Named vehicles in movies other than ships** 1. Christine - _Christine_ 2. The Mystery Machine - _Scooby Doo (2002)_ 3. The General - _The General_ 4. Herbie - _The Love Bug_ 5. Ecto-1 - _The Ghostbusters_ 6. William R. Smith - _The Great Locomotive Chase_ From a 1956 Disney movie about the Civil War. ---
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**Named vehicles in movies other than ships** 1. Christine - _Christine_ 2. The Mystery Machine - _Scooby Doo (2002)_ 3. The General - _The General_ 4. Herbie - _The Love Bug_ 5. Ecto-1 - _The Ghostbusters_ 6. William R. Smith - _The Great Locomotive Chase_ 7. The General Lee - _The Dukes of Hazzard_ ---
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**Named vehicles in movies other than ships** 1. Christine - _Christine_ 2. The Mystery Machine - _Scooby Doo (2002)_ 3. The General - _The General_ 4. Herbie - _The Love Bug_ 5. Ecto-1 - _The Ghostbusters_ 6. William R. Smith - _The Great Locomotive Chase_ 7. The General Lee - _The Dukes of Hazzard_ 8. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/667 "2026-05-20T19:47:26Z")
**Named vehicles in movies other than ships** 1. Christine - _Christine_ 2. The Mystery Machine - _Scooby Doo (2002)_ 3. The General - _The General_ 4. Herbie - _The Love Bug_ 5. Ecto-1 - _The Ghostbusters_ 6. William R. Smith - _The Great Locomotive Chase_ 7. The General Lee - _The Dukes of Hazzard_ 8. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_ 9. Silver Streak - _Silver Streak_ ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/668 "2026-05-21T01:41:45Z")
**Named vehicles in movies other than ships** 1. Christine - _Christine_ 2. The Mystery Machine - _Scooby Doo (2002)_ 3. The General - _The General_ 4. Herbie - _The Love Bug_ 5. Ecto-1 - _The Ghostbusters_ 6. William R. Smith - _The Great Locomotive Chase_ 7. The General Lee - _The Dukes of Hazzard_ 8. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_ 9. Silver Streak - _Silver Streak_ 10. The General – _The General_ (1926) **Movies Featuring Light-than-Air Craft _(balloons, blimps, dirigibles)_** 1. Around The World in Eighty Days (1956) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Movies Featuring Light-than-Air Craft _(balloons, blimps, dirigibles)_** 1. Around The World in Eighty Days (1956) 2. The Hindenburg (1975) ---
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**Movies Featuring Light-than-Air Craft _(balloons, blimps, dirigibles)_** 1. Around The World in Eighty Days (1956) 2. The Hindenburg (1975) 3. Black Sunday (1977) ---
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**Movies Featuring Lighter-than-Air Craft _(balloons, blimps, dirigibles)_** 1. Around The World in Eighty Days (1956) 2. The Hindenburg (1975) 3. Black Sunday (1977) 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-4/1027550/672 "2026-05-21T04:10:44Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > **Named vehicles in movies other than ships** > > … > 3. The General - _The General_ > … > 10. The General – _The General_ (1926) Ahem. How about: 1. _Snowpiercer_ train - _Snowpiercer_ Back in play: **Movies Featuring Lighter-than-Air Craft _(balloons, blimps, dirigibles)_** 1. Around The World in Eighty Days (1956) 2. The Hindenburg (1975) 3. Black Sunday (1977) 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Zeppelin (1971) ---
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**Movies Featuring Lighter-than-Air Craft _(balloons, blimps, dirigibles)_** 1. Around The World in Eighty Days (1956) 2. The Hindenburg (1975) 3. Black Sunday (1977) 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Zeppelin (1971) 6. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) ---
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**Movies Featuring Lighter-than-Air Craft _(balloons, blimps, dirigibles)_** 1. Around The World in Eighty Days (1956) 2. The Hindenburg (1975) 3. Black Sunday (1977) 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Zeppelin (1971) 6. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) 7. Danny Deckchair (2003) Based on [Lawnchair Larry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnchair_Larry_flight). ---
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> [@knoodler](#): > > **Movies Featuring Lighter-than-Air Craft _(balloons, blimps, dirigibles)_** 1. Around The World in Eighty Days (1956) 2. The Hindenburg (1975) 3. Black Sunday (1977) 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Zeppelin (1971) 6. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) 7. Danny Deckchair (2003) 8. The Red Balloon [the scene at the end] (1956) ---
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\*_Movies Featuring Lighter-than-Air Craft (balloons, blimps, dirigibles)_ 1. Around The World in Eighty Days (1956) 2. The Hindenburg (1975) 3. Black Sunday (1977) 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Zeppelin (1971) 6. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) 7. Danny Deckchair (2003) 8. The Red Balloon [the scene at the end] (1956) 9. The Rocketeer (1991) ---
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**Movies Featuring Lighter-than-Air Craft _(balloons, blimps, dirigibles)_** 1. Around The World in Eighty Days (1956) 2. The Hindenburg (1975) 3. Black Sunday (1977) 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Zeppelin (1971) 6. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) 7. Danny Deckchair (2003) 8. The Red Balloon [the scene at the end] (1956) 9. The Rocketeer (1991) 10. Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) Charlie takes The Hindenberg (with actual flight footage) across the Atlantic to get to Berlin ahead of a suspect who has taken an ocean liner. It was released just three weeks after the Hindenburg disaster. Next: **Movies that feature airplanes** 1. Bright Eyes (1934) Featuring Shirley Temple singing _On the Good Ship Lollipop_ ---
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**Movies that feature airplanes** 1. Bright Eyes (1934) 2. Airplane! (Yes, I went for the low-hanging fruit) ---
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**Movies that feature airplanes** 1. Bright Eyes (1934) 2. Airplane! 3. Snakes on a Plane ---
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