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Herbie

Herbie, the Love Bug is a fictional sentient 1963 Volkswagen Beetle racing car that was featured in several Walt Disney motion pictures starting with The Love Bug in 1968. He has a mind of his own, being capable of driving himself and often becoming a serious contender in auto racing. Throughout most of the films he is distinguished by red, white, and…

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Occupation
Racing car
First appearance
The Love Bug
Gender
Male
Make/Model
Volkswagen Beetle
Nationality
German–American

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Fictional character biography

Appearance in media

Guises and paint schemes

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Herbie

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Edges97
Triples211
Avg. degree1.98
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Herbie

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related to Unofficial appearances · 38
Herbie → American Dad, Beetle, Beyond Blunderdome, BF Weevil, Breckin Meyer, Criticize Dinner, Detroit Red Wings, Episode, First, Forza, Fully Loaded, Futurama Comics No, Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto Online, Guess Who's Coming, He, Horny Robot Redux, In, Jr, Keanu Reeves
related to Fictional character biography · 37
Herbie → After, Alonzo Hawk, Buddy Hackett, Carole, Carole Bennett, David Tomlinson, Dean Jones, El Dorado, European, Fully, Hawk's, Helen Hayes, In, In Herbie Rides Again, In The Love Bug, Jim, Jim Douglas, Jim's, Keenan Wynn, Ken Berry
related to Other official appearances · 33
Herbie → Action, An, Anniversary TV, Boom, Dewey, Disney, Disney Interactive Studios, Disney's All-Star Movies Resort, Disney's Herbie, Disneyland, Extreme Stunt Show, Fully Loaded, Goofy, Herbie Rescue Rally, House, Huey, Ice, In, Lightning McQueen, Lights
related to Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) · 16
Herbie → Baja California, Coromuel, Goodyear GT Radial, Guinness World Record, Herbie Goes, Herbie Goes Bananas, Herbies, In Herbie Goes Bananas, It, La Paz, Monte Carlo, Paco, Panama Canal, The, The Herbie, The Sun Princess
related to Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) · 15
Herbie → All, Bull's-eye, Bullseyes, Crash, During, For, Fully Loaded, Goodyear Eagle NASCAR, Herbie's Street Racer Version, In Herbie, LED, NASCAR, Targets, The, Trip Murphy
related to Guises and paint schemes · 12
Herbie → Carello, Disney, For Herbie Rides Again, Fully Loaded, Herbie Goes, Herbie's, In The Love Bug, Monte Carlo, The, There, To, TV
related to Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) · 12
Herbie → Carello, Goodyear GT, Herbie Goes, Herbie Goes Bananas, In Herbie Goes, Many, Monte Carlo, Post-1967 Beetles, The, There, VWs, With
related to Herbie Rides Again (1974) · 12
Herbie → Additionally, Also, Beetle, Beetles, Carello, In, In Herbie Rides Again, Love Bug, The Beetle, There, Type, Volkswagen
related to The Love Bug (1968) · 9
Herbie → Also, During, Herbie's, Herbies, In, Tennessee, The, The Love Bug, VW
related to The Love Bug (1997) · 9
Herbie → America, Beetle, Goodyear GT Radial, Herbie Goes, Herbie Goes Bananas, In The Love Bug, Monte Carlo, The, Volkswagen

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racing love bug jim film car beetle volkswagen series disney goes monte carlo front also 53 used fully first appearance

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HerbieFirst appearanceThe Love Bug1.00infobox
HerbieGenderMale1.00infobox
HerbieMake/ModelVolkswagen Beetle1.00infobox
HerbieNationalityGerman–American1.00infobox
HerbieOccupationRacing car1.00infobox
Herbierelated to Appearance in mediaTV0.60section
Herbierelated to Fictional character biographyIn The Love Bug0.60section
Herbierelated to Fictional character biographyPeter Thorndyke0.60section
Herbierelated to Fictional character biographyDavid Tomlinson0.60section
Herbierelated to Fictional character biographySan Francisco0.60section
Herbierelated to Fictional character biographyMrs0.60section
Herbierelated to Fictional character biographyVan Luit0.60section

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