Captain Crash: Difference between revisions

** The first-published comic arc in that series, The Rebel Opposition, makes it necessary to mention Hobbie's squadronmate Tycho. He put on Imperial guise and reported in saying that his TIE had crashed. They gave him a new one. He flew on a mission, was shot down by his own X-Wing (long story), [[Ejection Seat|ejected and survived]], then returned to the Imperial base. They gave him a new one. Then he betrayed them. In fairness, TIE fighters are light, cheap, unshielded [[Fragile Speedster|Fragile Speedsters]] mainly used for [[Zerg Rush|Zerg Rushing]].

* A running gag in ''[[Indiana Jones]]''. Quoth [[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade|the third film]]:

'''Indiana Jones:''' Fly, yes. Land, no. }}

* Orville the albatross in ''[[The Rescuers]]'', as well as his brother Wilbur in ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]''. [[Truth in Television]], as real albatrosses are masters of the air, yet largely usesless on land.

** Sometimes it's because they're drunk. On fermented nectar. Yes.

* Q makes a point in some of the later James Bond movies of asking 007 to bring his gadgets back in one piece. They never do, especially the cars.

'''[[James Bond]]:''' Standard operating procedure. }}

* The absent-minded Admiral Benson in ''[[Hot Shots]]!'' gives us this line:

* Trinity in [[The Matrix]]. She's a great fighter and one of the best characters, but make sure you aren't in a car, helicopter, or motorcycle with Trinity at the wheel! (Granted, most of her crashes are either deliberate, or happen because she didn't need the vehicle anymore and had no time to do anything but jump off and discard it while it was still running.)

 

** Also, <s>me</s> the Boss behind the metaphorical wheel of a helicopter. [[Heroic Resolve|I don't care]] [[Selective Obliviousness|what you say]], [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|those controls are impossible]].

* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'': At the end of the Alliance Questline to Twilight Highlands, Fargo Flintlocke says he ditched the landing gear among other things to make the plane lighter - he doesn't "land" usually anyway. Fargo's remark at the end of the trip is a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

'''Flintlocke''': [his head popping into view, and looking down at the player] What? Like ''you'' could have done any better! }}

** There's also a running gag about the Draenei, that any time they're piloting a vehicle they'll crash it. This is likely because their capital, the Exodar, is a magic interstellar space-ship that they crashed into Azeroth.