Editing Dribble's taxi

[[File:DribbleTaxi3D.jpg|thumb|3D render of the taxi]]
'''Dribble's taxi'''<ref>''WarioWare Gold'', [[List of souvenirs in WarioWare Gold#Records|Record descriptions]]</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/jp/character/wario/en/member/crygor/index.html Dr. Crygor <nowiki>|</nowiki> Employee Showcase]. WarioWare, Inc. Official Site (nintendo.com, English). Retrieved December 18, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20231218123242/https://www.nintendo.com/jp/character/wario/en/member/crygor/index.html Archived] December 18, 2023, 12:32:42 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> is a taxicab driven by [[Dribble & Spitz]]. It was remodeled from a regular {{wp|taxicab}} by [[Dr. Crygor]], and is able to turn into a spaceship and rocket through space. It has appeared in every one of Dribble & Spitz's stories.

==History==
===''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!''===
In ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'', Dribble & Spitz first tune up the taxi at [[Diamond Taxi]] before picking up a customer, and the stage subsequently takes place in the taxi, with the music coming from the car's radio, the lives being represented by little Spitz dolls hanging from the car's roof, and the current level being displayed in the odometer. The colors in the taxi also change to the reflect the stage's difficulty. Of note is that the customer's fare is automatically set to $77,777 when Dribble turns it on.

===''WarioWare: Twisted!''===
[[File:Dribble_and_Spitz's_Taxi.png|thumb|The taxi seen in space in ''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]'']]
In ''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]'', the taxi is being driven by Dribble & Spitz again along [[Interstate 310]] when Spitz starts playing around with its radio (this again sets the music for the stage). It then suddenly breaks down on the road, and Dribble & Spitz get to work repairing it. Whenever a microgame begins, the taxi's hood pops open and it zooms inside. During the stage, the taxi smiles when a microgame is won and gets angry when a microgame is lost. After completing all of the microgames, Dribble & Spitz transform the taxi into a spaceship and fly into space, where they pick up [[Ocktor]].

===''WarioWare: Touched!''===
[[File:WWT_Taxi.png|thumb|left|The taxi in ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'']]
In ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'', the taxi brings in more characters to the plaza after the other levels have been completed. In [[Mike]]'s story, [[Dr. Crygor]] uses the taxi to pick him up.

===''WarioWare: Smooth Moves''===
In ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'', Dribble & Spitz are cleaning their taxi when [[Alien Mitzi]] asks them to take her to [[Tomorrow Hill]], and Dribble promptly ferries her there. As in ''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!'', the interior of the taxi is where the stage takes place, and the details from that game are repeated in this one (excluding the change in color).

===''WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase''===
[[File:DSAMIOS.png|thumb|200px|Dribble & Spitz's taxi in ''WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase'']]
The taxi is also featured in Dribble & Spitz's story in ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]''. The duo competes in the Diamond Rally Championship with it, ramming into the opponents' cars to flip them over and stop them from taking the lead. The intermission scene is a Diamond Taxi ad with Dribble, Spitz and the taxi, and the player may press {{button|wii|a}} to make it fall apart.

The taxi is redesigned for this game. It now has a more curved hood with a slightly more elaborate silver ornament on it, four headlamps replace the license plate and there are stripes on the sides, as well as four round lamps spelling "TAXI" for a new top sign. These lamps act as the life counters, breaking as the player fails.

===''Game & Wario''===
In ''[[Game & Wario]]'', the player takes control of the taxi in the minigame [[Taxi (minigame)|Taxi]]. The main objective of this game is to transport clients rescued from UFOs to shelters. The vehicle can transport three clients at a time.

The exterior design is similar to the ''Smooth Moves'' version. The taxi's license plate number is shown to be 777-7777. Another first is the cab's roof door, from where Spitz aims and fires with his bazooka.

===''WarioWare Gold''===
[[File:Cruisecontrols gold.png|thumb|The logo for [[Cruise Controls]], depicting the taxi]]
The taxi returns again in ''[[WarioWare Gold]]''. In this game, it is revealed that the taxi is customized with an [[octoblazooka]] that can appear from the roof. Dribble & Spitz can activate it by pulling a ring inside the taxt and use it to shoot lasers by pressing a red "DANGER" button on the dashboard.

For their story, Dribble & Spitz fly through [[The Farthest Edge of Space]] while the [[Space Gangs]] are in the area. A laser from them hitting the taxt and burning it has Spitz call for the octoblazooka to fight back. The interior of the taxi serves at the framing device for their stage again, spread across both screens. Microgames are represented by Spitz using the "DANGER" button to fire at a UFO of the Space Gangs. When the microgames speed up or level up, the taxi appears to fly through empty space for a bit. Again, Spitz dolls are lives and the score is on a odometer. The ending of the stage has the duo chase off the Space Gangs and go back to Earth.

The taxi has an additional role in the Challenge mode [[Cruise Controls]], where the player competes in a race on a straight road against black cars using the taxi. Dribble & Spitz's commentary can be heard, though they cannot be seen. The race is primarily displayed on the touch screen. The base state has the taxi in the center of the road, neck and neck against four black cars. Successfully clearing microgames allows the taxi to zoom ahead to another set of black cars, failing microgames has it fall behind to another set of black cars. The Top Screen has the mode's status and the taxi's interior. Lives are represented by Dribble dolls. A counter shows the distance remaining in the race in miles. This counter represents the number of microgames that have to be passed to complete the mode, ticking down with each microgame. Cruise Controls is scored based on time, so the counter goes down with both completion or failure. When all 15 microgames are complete, the taxi zooms ahead and crosses the finish line.

===''WarioWare: Get It Together!''===
The taxi once again returns in ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'', where it appears in Dribble & Spitz's opening cutscene.

===''WarioWare: Move It!''===
The taxi appears in ''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]'', where it is revealed to have a secondary watercraft transformation.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Dribble Taxi 3D 2.jpg|The schematics of the taxi
Dribble Taxi 3D 3.jpg|The schematics of the taxi
Dribble Taxi 3D 4.jpg|The schematics of the taxi
Dribble Taxi 3D 5.jpg|The schematics of the taxi
Dribble Taxi 3D 6.jpg|The schematics of the taxi
WWIMM Gelateria Dribble & Spitz.png|''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]''
Made in Wario site Dribble taxi.gif|Pictogram from the official [[WarioWare|''Made in Wario'']] website
WWTw DribbleSpitzStage.png|''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]''
Dribble and Spitz's Taxi.png|''WarioWare: Twisted!''
WWT Taxi.png|''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]''
Dribble and Spitz Taxi.png|''WarioWare: Touched!'' ([[Mike]]'s epilogue)
WWDIYSC Dribble & Spitz 2.jpg|''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]''
WWDIYSC Dribble & Spitz Interlude.jpg|''WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase''
RHMM Dribble and Spitz.png|''[[Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]''
WWG Credits Dribble & Spitz.png|''[[WarioWare Gold]]'''s credits
WWG Photos.png|Character trailer for ''WarioWare Gold''
Dribble&SpitzCutsceneWWMI.jpg|''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]''
WCnH Dribble Taxi Silhouette.png|WarioWare, Inc. Official Site
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ドリブルタクシー
|JpnR=Doriburu Takushī
|JpnM=Dribble Taxi
|JpnC=<ref name=dribbletaxi>Nintendo. (March 20, 2003). [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/azwj/crygor/dribbletaxi.html Dr.クライゴアのドリブルタクシーのひみつ] ''Nintendo''. Retrieved July 4, 2018.</ref>
}}

==Trivia==
*Their taxi's bumper sticker says "Diamond Taxi 777-7777", which consists of seven sevens, a symbol of luck.
*While it has yet to be seen in a game, Dr. Crygor's schematics reveal that a map-reading {{wp|prairie dog}} lives under the taxi's hood, serving as its navigator.<ref name=dribbletaxi/>

==References==
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