Typically employed as a comedic sight gag or visual accent for character development, the vanity license plate has a long and rich history in film. Compiled below are 20 examples of the form, along with a simple but challenging quiz.
How many of these ego-fueling alphanumerical strings can you identify?
1. ECTO-1
A. Ghost In The Machine
B. Ghostbusters
C. Ghost
2. NRVOUS
A. Home Alone
B. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
C. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
3. BAN ONE
A. Drive
B. The Cannonball Run
C. Smokey And The Bandit
4. PSY WGN
A. Kill Bill: Vol 1.
B. Death Proof
C. The Fast And The Furious
5. OUTATIME
A. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
B. Back To The Future
C. Hot Tub Time Machine
6. AZZ KIKR
A. Armageddon
B. Transformers
C. Con-Air
7. SO COOL
A. Adventures In Babysitting
B. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
C. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
8. MY PRSHE
A. Office Space
B. Idiocracy
C. Pineapple Express
9. SOUTHPAW
A. Raging Bull
B. Rocky IV
C. Rocky II
10. AWSOM 50
A. The Good Life
B. Driven
C. Cobra
11. LUV ME
A. National Lampoon’s Vacation
B. Gone In 60 Seconds
C. Christine
12. MUF DVR
A. Dazed & Confused
B. Dude, Where’s My Car?
C. Up In Smoke
13. UZI 4U
A. Raising Arizona
B. Zero Dark Thirty
C. Tremors
14. DEV IL
A. 101 Dalmatians
B. The Aristocats
C. The Devil Wears Prada
15. THX 138
A. Star Wars: A New Hope
B. Swingers
C. American Graffiti
(Less a vanity plate and more of a directorial Easter Egg-cum-calling card.)
16. FCK IT
A. Friday
B. Boyz N The Hood
C. Training Day
17. STARK 33
A. Iron Man
B. Iron Man 2
C. The Avengers
18. BENNY
A. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
B. Cars
C. Hop
19. D-FENS
A. The War Of The Roses
B. Falling Down
C. Romancing The Stone
20. SPOIL’D ROTT’N I
A. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
B. Spaceballs
C. The Last Starfighter
ANSWERS
1. B 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. C 11. A 12. C 13. C 14. A 15. C 16. A. 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. B
YOUR SCORE
0-4: Unsafe at any speed.
5-8: License suspended pending remedial actions.
9-12: Provisional driving privileges hereby granted.
13-16: More machine than man, more Autobot than Decepticon.
17-20: Do you write for Jalopnik?
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