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Herbie
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Vehicle Model

1963 Pearl White Sunroof Model Volkswagen Beetle

Appearances

The Love Bug
Herbie Rides Again
Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo
Herbie Goes Bananas
Herbie, The Love Bug TV Series
The Love Bug (1997)
Herbie Fully Loaded

Specifications

VW Beetle Specifications

Number of Vehicles Used In Production

From all movies approx. over 90 were used.

Number of Surviving Vehicles

Approximately over 50 survived, but many ended up lost and are uncounted in this.

Builder

Disney

Also Known as

Herb
The Love Bug

"You know, most cars are ordinary, but one or two of em turn out to be something special."
―Jim Douglas[src]

Herbie is an anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle, a character that is featured in several Disney motion pictures starting with the 1969 feature film The Love Bug. He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is a serious contender in auto racing competitions. Throughout most of the franchise, Herbie is distinguished by red, white, and blue racing stripes from front to back bumper, a racing-style number "53" on the front trunk lid, doors, and engine lid, and a yellow-on-black '63 California license plate that says, "OFP 857". One exception to this is his first introduction in The Love Bug, where he initially appears as a nondescript white VW Type 1 bug vehicle with a gray colored fabric sunroof (a.k.a. "ragtop"), the style of sunroof offered on VW Beetles made through 1963.

Film appearances

  • The Love Bug (1969)
  • Herbie Rides Again (1974)
  • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
  • Herbie Goes Bananas(1980)
  • The Love Bug (Remake TV movie) (1997)
  • Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)

Herbie the Love Bug TV Series

The TV show ran on CBS for only 5 episodes in 1982 and was canceled one month after filming.

  • Herbie The Matchmaker (Episode 1)
  • Herbie to The Rescue
  • My House, Your house
  • Herbie, the best man
  • Calling Dr. Herbie

Changes To Herbie in the throughout movie series

  • The blue stripe on Herbie was changed to a darker blue for Herbie Rides Again, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, Herbie Goes Banana,s and The Herbie The Love Bug TV series. In The Herbie The Love Bug remake and as well as Herbie: Fully Loaded his blue racing stripe was changed back to his original Light Blue as seen in The Original Herbie The Love Bug movie.
  • In The Love Bug (1969), Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo (1977), and as well as Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) Herbie The Love Bug did not have the traditional VW emblem on his hood as VW did not give Disney the trademark rights to use the VW name on Herbie, by Herbie Rides Again, Herbie The Love Bug TV Series and Herbie: Fully Loaded however VW gave Disney the rights to use the VW emblem on Herbie.
  • In Herbie Rides Again and Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo he gets a Fog Light mounted on his front hood which is actually a prop to hide a camera so the driver could see where Herbie was driving. In Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo his ragtop sunroof is now dark gray instead of the original light gray as seen in the first two Herbie The Love Bug Films his sunroof would later return to the original light gray in Herbie Goes Bananas. In Herbie: Goes to Monte Carlo he still has the Fog Light mounted on his hood but now has a Fog Light cover to conceal to hood mounted Fog Light.
  • In Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo and Herbie Goes Bananas he would get slicked up Goodyear GT Radial Tires, Racing Style High mounted Bucket Seats with a Black Backrest on the seat of the vehicle, no VW emblem on the hood.
  • In Herbie Rides Again he had stock Volkswagen Type 1 Bug Tires, Hubcaps, and Rims.
  • In Herbie: Fully Loaded he had several different appearances Junkyard Herbie, Street Racer Herbie, Demolition Derby Herbie, and as well as NASCAR Herbie.


Videos

EP1_-_Herbie_the_Matchmaker

EP1 - Herbie the Matchmaker

Episode 1 Herbie the Matchmaker

Herbie_The_Love_Bug_Theme

Herbie The Love Bug Theme

Herbie's theme

Gallery

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