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[[File:Whippet-GTAIII-logo.png|right|thumb|300px|The Whippet Express Coach logo.]] | [[File:Whippet-GTAIII-logo.png|right|thumb|300px|The Whippet Express Coach logo.]] | ||
[[File:WhippetExpressCoach-GTAVC-coach.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A Whippet Express Coach [[Coach|coach]] outside the [[North Point Mall]] in [[Vice Point]], [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]].]] | [[File:WhippetExpressCoach-GTAVC-coach.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A Whippet Express Coach [[Coach|coach]] outside the [[North Point Mall]] in [[Vice Point]], [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]].]] | ||
'''Whippet Express Coach''' is a coach company based in [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] in [[1986]] and [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] from [[1998]] to [[2001]]. | '''Whippet Express Coach''' is a coach company based in [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] in [[1986]] and [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] from [[1998]] to [[2001]]. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The name is a reference to [ | *The name is a reference to [[:wp:Greyhound Lines|Greyhound Lines]], as a whippet is a breed of dog similar to a small greyhound. | ||
*The name of this company may also be a play on the words "whip it". | *The name of this company may also be a play on the words "whip it". | ||
*Despite its name, the coach travels at the same speed as other coaches in the game. | *Despite its name, the coach travels at the same speed as other coaches in the game. | ||
*The name of this coach company could be a reference to the 1980 hit new wave song [[wp:Whip It|Whip It]] by [[wp:Devo|Devo]]. | *The name of this coach company could be a reference to the 1980 hit new wave song [[wp:Whip It|Whip It]] by [[wp:Devo|Devo]]. | ||
[[Category:Businesses in GTA III]] | [[Category:Businesses in GTA III]] | ||
[[Category:Businesses in GTA Vice City]] | [[Category:Businesses in GTA Vice City]] |