The 10 Coolest ‘Fictional’ Trucks
By James A. on July 2nd, 2007
Optimus Prime is getting all the attention with the hype surrounding the “Transformers” movie. But what of those trucks that have come before and after the great Autobot leader? Blogzarro has scoured the world of movies, television, and comics to compile a list of the coolest trucks ever assembled. Here, I present another useless, idiotic list. Enjoy!
| 1 | OPTIMUS PRIME (Transformers)
Optimus isn’t just a damn truck. Aintcha heard, junior? He’s a robot in disguise. That makes Optimus Prime twice as cool as these other mere mortal trucks. How do you compete with a semi-truck equipped with a big-ass gun? Plus, he could kick any of these other guys’ tailpipes with one hand tied behind his back. However, I always thought the coolest thing about Prime was his deep, authoritative voice. But then I learned that Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) is also the voice of Eeyore. So I can’t watch Winnie the Pooh without thinking, “Eeyore is freakin’ Optimus Prime!” Consequently, Eeyore has now become cooler than Tigger, but still not as cool as Piglet. |
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| 2 | GOLIATH (Knight Rider)
Coolness factor? Other than the fact that Goliath was driven by an evil, goateed David Hasselhoff, aka Garthe Knight? Because it doesn’t get any better than that in my book. Thousands of young fanboys in the ’80s gasped when they thought KITT was down for the count after a collision with Goliath. Plus, the Knight Rider race track was the most highly anticipated Christmas gift of my childhood and allowed me to recreate the famed collision in my own home. |
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| 3 | ROAD RAGE TANK TRUCK (Duel)
Before “Jaws,” Steven Spielberg brought terror to the highway with “Duel,” a 1971 TV movie about a businessman terrorized by a psycho in a rusty Peterbilt tank truck. This was way before anyone ever heard of the phrase “road rage” or the name Steven Spielberg. Think of “Duel” as “Jaws” on the highway. |
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| 4 | GREEN GOBLIN TRUCK (Maximum Overdrive)
Bad movie. Cool trucks. That sums up “Maximum Overdrive,” a horror movie that could have been titled “When Appliances Attack.” For all its cheesiness, “Maximum Overdrive” gave us one of the scariest trucks known to man, a black 1977 White Western Star 4864 that hauled Happy Toyz. It also gave us the only movie directed by Stephen King. |
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| 5 | US 1 (US 1 Comic)
It’s the batcave on wheels. Ulysses Solomon Archer, the steel-headed super trucker of comic book oblivion, created the rig to hunt down the dreaded Highwayman. The 18-wheeler has a weapons console, a supercharger, oil slick release, tire-shredding shrapnel bombs, smoke screen, ejection seat, radar scope, and a tape deck. The comic was based on Tyco’s line of electric trucking toys. |
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| 6 | HIGHWAYMAN’s TRUCK (The Highwayman)
Speaking of obscurity and the Highwayman, NBC had a short-lived series in 1988 called “The Highwayman,” starring Sam “Flash Gordon” Jones as — you guessed it — the Highwayman. He was a U.S. Marshal who fought crime — natch — in a super truck, whose cabin concealed a helicopter. “The Highwayman” was created by Glen A. Larson (”Knight Rider,” “Battlestar Galactica”). |
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| 7 | CREEPER’S TRUCK (Jeepers Creepers)
The truck alone would scare the bejeezus out of you. But it’s the driver who will do you the most harm. The Creeper, a creature with bat wings that eats body parts to replace its own, terrorizes kids in his 1941 Chevy COE, which he also uses to transport his victims. The Creeper’s truck has been called the “most recognizable vehicle in horror film history,” but not by me |
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| 8 | ULTRA MAGNUS (Transformers)
Ultra Magnus is an Autobot commander who took over for Optimus Prime after he was struck down in “Transformers: The Movie.” He strongly resembles Optimus and is almost as cool as Optimus, except he really wasn’t. Think of him as the Dick Sargent of the Transformers world. Magnus is equipped with missile launchers and transforms into a car carrier able to transport other Autobots. |
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| 9 | MACK (Cars)
Mack, voiced by John Ratzenberger, is a 1980s Superliner and a member of the Rust-eze Medicated Bumper Ointment Team. His main duty is to transport the cocky Lightning McQueen, though he’s been known to fall asleep at the wheel. |
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| 10. | SNOWMAN’S TRUCK (Smokey and the Bandit)
What’s cooler than a truck full of Coors beer? A truck full of Moon Pies. But that’s just me. Smokey and the Bandit made trucking look cool and helped to spawn a fascination with trucking that lasted about six months. Snowman (Jerry Reed) drove a Kenworth W900, while Burt Reynolds rode around in a black Trans Am fending off the fuzz. It was the second highest grossing movie of 1977, following “Star Wars.” |
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July 2nd, 2007 at 6:13 pm
I gotta hand it to you…that is a very thorough list. But, what happened to BJ McKay’s truck??? I freakin loved that show when I was a kid and I will always remember that truck!
July 2nd, 2007 at 7:52 pm
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July 2nd, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Personally, I don’t know how you leave out the Ice Cream Truck from the Twisted Metal video game series. I’d put it at 4, personally; can we just call it #11?
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:54 pm
“He strongly resembles Optimus and is almost as cool as Optimus, except he really wasn’t. Think of him as the Dick Sargent of the Transformers world.”
Classic comparison!
July 3rd, 2007 at 4:59 pm
how bout that trucking movie, Black Dog
July 3rd, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Convoy 4TW
July 3rd, 2007 at 6:15 pm
good list, i would have found a way to put the Knight Industries mobile operations Semi.
July 3rd, 2007 at 6:17 pm
Green Goblin truck is definitely my fav. Great List!
July 3rd, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Sooo…..torn……
Mack or Optimus?? My room is spinning!
July 3rd, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Pfft! How could you forget Large Marge’s truck from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure?
July 3rd, 2007 at 6:43 pm
What? No Pussy Wagon?
July 3rd, 2007 at 6:45 pm
@ doggystyle69
I certainly didn’t forget Large Marge. But it isn’t her truck that’s cool. It’s Large Marge. In fact, you don’t even really see the truck.
July 3rd, 2007 at 6:47 pm
What?! No Porkchop Express? for shame…
July 3rd, 2007 at 6:49 pm
DUEL Truck was quite possibly one of the best on the list!
July 3rd, 2007 at 6:54 pm
The truck from Mad Max totally belongs on this list.
http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cars/madmax2/Mack/TruckAttackFilming.jpg
And maybe even Humongous’ vehicle with the two guys tied to the front.
July 3rd, 2007 at 6:55 pm
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July 3rd, 2007 at 7:09 pm
How could you leave out the main truck of the Road Warrior, the tanker that Max drove?
July 3rd, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Yah, Mack from “Cars” made it onto the list! Oh man, I didn’t realize the Jeepers Creepers truck was on here, that’s some scary shit.
July 3rd, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Ummmmmm Pork Chop Express from Big Trouble in Little China > all
July 3rd, 2007 at 9:48 pm
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July 3rd, 2007 at 10:07 pm
I would have added
THE WEAPONS TRUCK
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July 4th, 2007 at 4:50 am
What about the Mac truck in Convoy! it had a kewl hood ornament.
July 4th, 2007 at 6:08 am
How could you Forget Megaweapon? And The Hawk co. Auto Cart Diesel from Over the top?
July 4th, 2007 at 7:16 am
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July 4th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
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July 5th, 2007 at 12:07 am
Its hard to make a long list of cool Fictional trucks in all of modern literature. Peter Cullen not only voiced Optimus Prime and Eeyore but he also supplied the voice for Goliath.
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July 5th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Who can forget the Transformers knockoffs the Go Bots and the truck Staks. http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/SuperGobots/Staks.html I think that this is the truck Michael Bay had in mind when he changed Optimus Prime into a conventional cab from a cab over. I had this toy when I was growing up and it rocked, die cast parts chrome guns. I think I might still have it somewhere.
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July 15th, 2007 at 7:51 am
What about the truck from universal soldier?
August 11th, 2007 at 3:38 am
the truck in maximum overdrive was not a western star. it was a kenworth w900.1977 model with a detroit diesel engine
August 17th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
jerry reed beast trucker ever.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:41 pm
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November 4th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
and BJ ANS BEAR and his KENWORTH K100E AERODYNE VIT 200 of 1979
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February 25th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
awsome site …drive a W900 KW n so Cal.saw Smokey when i was 8. own a 79 T/A , cant deal W/cab overs even though i never missed BJ & The Bear…..
March 29th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
What about the Blue Mule from White Line Fever that Carrol Jo Hummer drove
September 7th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
What about the truck from thunder run I think it was a mack superliner with the biggest sleeper ive ever saw