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{{Infobox object
|name = Intro car
|image = [[File:Introcar.gif|200px|link=|alt=|frameless|center]]
|othernames = Funny car<br>Funny<br>Starting vehicle<br>Crash Car<br>[[Madeline|Maddy]] Car<br>Dadbod Car
|found = {{Ch|Pr|8a|9}}
}}

The '''intro car''', also known as the '''funny car''' or other names that refer to its widespread use in Celeste [[maps]], is a vehicle that can be found in the {{Ch|Pr|lf=1}}, {{Ch|8a|lf=1}} and {{Ch|9|lf=1}}. It is commonly associated with [[Cheat Mode]], a secret feature that unlocks all maps. The first and second cars in Prologue and Core respectively belong to [[Madeline]]; [[Granny]] refers to the first one during a conversation with her in {{Ch|4|lf=1}}. The intro car is also hidden as a secret in Farewell and some modded maps.

The car bears similarities with a hatchback from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s; more precisely, it resembles a 1992-1993 [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/1992-1993_Honda_Accord_wagon_--_03-16-2012.JPG Honda Accord wagon], but with a radio antenna and a shorter, steeper end.

Another intro car, albeit recolored and in a lower resolution, appears in [[Celeste Classic 2|Celeste Classic 2: Lani's Trek]]. [[Celeste 64]] also contains a 3D intro car.

== Significance ==

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The intro car has become a significant meme within the Celeste community. Owing to Farewell not existing around the game's release, the intro car could only be initially found in the prologue. Because of how it is completely secret, how it wouldn't be found via typical gameplay, and because of how it is a dynamic object, bouncing a little whenever Madeline lands on it, it became disproportionately famous. Many Celeste mod developers, including ones for [[Ghostnet]], have used the intro car as a "testing object". Some content creators, including ''iamdadbod'', have made the intro car an integral part of their channel. Many [[Everest]]-compatible maps use the intro car as a secret, either hidden at the beginning of a level or stashed away quite significantly. The addition of intro cars to [[Farewell]] and Celeste spinoffs, often as a secret, is a reference to the memetic status of the vehicle.

The intro car has become such an overused gag that it has gained several nicknames, notably "Funny Car" and its abbreviated form "Funny". Often, Everest maps will use different names for the intro car to make things sound more unique: an example is "introductory vehicle". Some maps go as far as to make finding the intro car a challenge in itself; often, it is accompanied by text referencing the joke as being overly stale.

== Locations ==

Five intro cars exist in ''[[Celeste]]'':
* On the screen left to where Madeline first spawns in the {{Ch|Pr|lf=1}}
* On the screen left to where Madeline first spawns in ''"Start"'', {{Ch|8a|lf=1}}
* In the first room of {{Ch|9|lf=1}}, accessible only via Debug Mode
* Hidden in a room in {{Ch|9|lf=1}}'s ''Remembered'' subchapter
* Beside the Internet Café in {{Ch|9|lf=1}}, in ''Event Horizon''

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