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Sometimes, the best weapon you could possibly use isn't the one you hold, it's the one you ride around in. Which kind of makes sense, considering that getting hit by at least a metric ton of metal moving at several kilometers per hour is bound to be painful.

* The first OVA of ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]'' has Riki performing Bike Fu in his [[Big Damn Hero]] [[Big Entrance|Entrance]] into a squad of police cars to save his old gang.

* '''All over the place''' in ''[[Speed Racer]]''.

=== [[Comic Books]] ===

* In their first fight,[[Paperinik New Adventures|Paperinik]] smashed his [[Cool Car|Pi-kar]] several times into [[Super Soldier|Trauma]].It barely [[Nigh Invulnerable|slowed him down]].

* Optimus Prime [[Foe-Tossing Charge|mowing down a line of Decepticons]] in his vehicle form in 1986's ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]''. Used again later when Hot Rod knocks around Galvatron a bit by switching into car mode and plowing into him.

** Was there even a single scene in that whole movie than ''didn't'' qualify as some sort of Vehicle Fu? There's even a scene in which two characters, vastly outnumbered and running low on ammo, decide that the best way to deal with their foes is with a ''demolition derby''. Car Fu [[Up to Eleven|turned up to eleven]] [[Hilarity Ensues|ensues]].

* Done by [[Humongous Mecha|Megamegamind]] in the ''[[Megamind]]: The Button of Doom'' short by loading cars into a wrist-mounted crossbow and firing them.

* Another villain example: ''[[Batman: Mask of the Phantasm]]'', when a mob boss tries to run over Phantasm in the opening scene. Not so much...

* ''The Little Rascals'': Not intentionally, but movie Spanky and Alfalfa end up running over a few shoppers at a strip mall during the go-cart race. The pedestrians end up fine, and one of them shouts, "You little rascals!" as they drive away.

* ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]'' has two:

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhLvTnvsp50&feature=player_embedded This] scene from ''Blood Diner''.

* ''[[Torque]]'' features a fair amount of motorcycle-fu during the [[Designated Girl Fight]] at the movie's climax.

=== [[Literature]] ===

* The cover of [[Eric Flint]]'s novel [[1632]] implies that this will happen, but sadly not.

* In ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', there's a scene where the main character is trying to cross a road when a car suddenly drives off the road and heads straight at him, That's right - they swerved off a presumably 55 MPH road, drove on the grass, and leaned out of their window, jeering, ''just to hit a cat''.

=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===

* In ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'', Callen and Sam find a group of civilians trapped in a warehouse that the bad guys have set on fire. The door is reinforced steel. Sam then tells Callen to ask their translator how to say "Get back or you'll die" in Vietnamese, and once everyone is away from the outer wall, proceeds to ram their car through the door.

* In the Monk episode "Mr. Monk's Other Brother", Jack Monk Jr. nearing the ending of the episode proceeded to run over the [[Murderer Of The Week]] with Natalie's car just before the latter could deliver the coup de grace. Bonus points with the earlier implication that he was going to leave them to die while he headed to Paraguay.

=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===

** ''Gorkamorka'' encourages this trope.

* The ''Feng Shui'' supplement "Golden Comeback", an invaluable addition to the game in general, has rules for not only fighting from vehicles, but fighting ''with'' vehicles. It has several driving schticks that can, amongst other things, give you a signature vehicle that can't be destroyed.

=== [[Video Games]] ===

* A signature of the ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' series of video games is that vehicles can crush infantry by rolling over them. For many vehicles, it's actually their most efficient way to kill enemy infantry.

** Which can help make up for their [[Crippling Overspecialization]].

** Traffic Checks take this to another level: not only can you use your car as a weapon, you can use ''other'' cars as weapons.

* ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3'': In a cutscene Dante used Lady's motorbike to beat monsters.

** Depending on how lucky you are, as Tommy still takes damage from inside the car. The car itself also takes damage, and a shot to the gas tank will end your mission fairly quickly. The use of a car is especially problematic in "A Great Deal!" when attempting to access the ground level.

* [[Batman: Arkham Asylum|"No, Bane... THIS TIME, I BREAK YOU!!!"]]

* In ''[[Star Wars Battlefront]]'' and its sequel, a player can ram ground troops with their vehicles, although this is usually ineffective as most ground vehicles are quite slow. However the swoop bikes can be used to kill an enemy by running them over, although careful timing you will need. The droid AAT, while moving slowly (especially in the first game, with no boost), is rather pointy and will take out clones pretty fast if you ram them.

** In addition, many players have discovered a tactic in that they can place mines on the front of their vehicles as they will detonate the moment they come into contact with an enemy unit. As a result, ram tactics can result in a spectacular, albeit suicidal if you don't jump out quick enough, victory.

** Sweeping up enemy infantry is particularly potent in levels like "Theed", which afford little room for troops to scatter.

* Eva rides a motorcycle up Ocelot's face the first time they meet on-screen in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''. He somehow survives.

** [[Temporal Paradox|Time Paradox!]]

* In the game ''Total Overdose'' you can do a [[Bullet Time]]-style dive out of a car before it crashes into something, also if you jump out of the car just before an impact, no matter how soft this will be, the [[Molotov Truck|car]] [[Every Car Is a Pinto|will]] [[Made of Explodium|explode]].

* Used in ''KKND'' by certain vehicles, the robot faction in the sequel are immune to it.

{{quote|'''Majima:''' LET'S FUCK THIS SHIT UUUUUUP!!}}

* Promotional material for the remake of ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]'' shows one scene where Jill can try to ram into Nemesis with a car.

=== [[Web Animation]] ===

** {{spoiler|The series makes its intro to CGI in ''Revelations'' by having Grif drive the Warthog ''straight through a wall''. He then barrels into Agent Washington with his ride.}}

* [https://youtu.be/1EMqd5Nznv0 This] ''[[Cyanide & Happiness]]'' short.

=== [[Web Original]] ===

* The ''[[Everyman HYBRID]]'' crew try to run down ''[[Humanoid Abomination|the Slender Man]]'' in "Ashen Waste". They get teleported back to their basement for their troubles.

* In the [[Whateley Universe]], Aquerna was once rescued from a (superpowered) bully by Skids, who spun out a snowmobile just right to smack the guy in the butt and launch him headfirst into a snowbank.

=== [[Western Animation]] ===

** The earliest example of this trope in ''Code Lyoko'' occurs in Episode 4, "Log Book". XANA attempts to use a bus to blow up an oil refinery.

* Disney's ''[[Doug]]'': "Ow He hit me in the nose with a car! Why did he do that?" "Because he's pure evil."

* In ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'' Stitch throws a VW at someone.

=== [[Real Life]] ===

* Being both a gratuitous user of [[Improvised Weapon]]s and an individual with [[Super Strength]], ''[[Durarara!!]]'''s Shizuo Heiwajima has done his fair share of this.

* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' Sniper has [[Improbable Aiming Skills]] and can mark opponents so objects hone in on them. Yusuke isn't worried as he is able to avoid rocks and knives. [[Oh Crap|Then he sees a truck heading for him]].

=== [[Comic Books]] ===

** Later in his own series, he employs jeep-fu on three dark elves and a troll.

* ''[[Empowered]]'': In Volume 1, the title... heroine(?) tries lifting a car to lay a smackdown on a [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|monster]], but ends up: a) accidentally ripping the bumper off first, b) spraining a muscle in her back, c) not fazing the monster any, and d) causing lots of colateral damage. And naturally, the owners of the car weren't too pleased to find out what happened. Probably one of the few instances where this was addressed.

* Tossing around motorcycles is basically Loz's way of fighting in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]: [[The Movie|Advent Children]]''.

* ''[[The Incredibles]]'': Mr. Incredible takes out Syndrome by throwing his convertible at him.

* In the movie ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'', Stitch whacks one of the villains with a Volkswagen while quipping, "Blue punchbuggy! No punch back!"

* Another hand-held version: ''[[The One (film)|The One]]'', with ''motorcycles''. [[Jet Li]]'s villain character picks up two motorcycles, one in each hand, and smashes them together with a poor cop between them.

* ''[[Fantastic Four (film)|Fantastic Four]]'': The Thing chucks a car at Dr. Doom.

{{quote|'''Car owner:''' The clutch sticks!

'''Thing:''' It's not gonna be a problem. ''(toss)'' }}

** In a deleted scene {{spoiler|from the same fight, Stane has Tony on the ropes until Rhodey drives into him with Tony's earlier heavily-featured Audi, knocking him over ''into a hydrogen-fueled bus, which then explodes''.}}

* In the 2008 ''[[The Incredible Hulk (film)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' film, the Hulk turns a police car into a pair of boxing gloves to pound the Abomination into submission.

** This is taken from the video game that actually came out well before the movie, as seen below.

* The end of ''[[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]'': [[World's Strongest Man|Albrecht]] drags an entire fleet of sunken derelicts out of the ocean by their anchors, swings them around in the air, and ''flattens an army'' with them.

=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===

* The Nosferatu from ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' are known for using their [[Super Strength]] to wield and throw ridiculous objects as weapons. Because of this their clanbook contains rules for wielding such things as gates, cars and 40-tons trucks (just don't bother with the last one unless you don't have a choice, okay?). The most ironic part of this is that the game has no rules for actual Car Fu. If you crash a 40-tons truck into a werewolf at 120 km/h, the gamemaster just has to make up what happens.

** The latter problem lead to a fully outfitted system for Car Fu in the ''nWoD'', including statistics for vehicles, damage based on speed and weight of both "participants", and examples of when Car Fu is a really bad idea (using a small compact to try to ram a Death Raging Werewolf, for example).

=== [[Video Games]] ===

* The ''[[Transformers]]: The Game'' game deals with a fair amount of car-throwing.

** Does it count as car throwing if [[Transforming Mecha|it's in robot mode when you throw it?]]

* [[The Juggernaut|The Tank]] from ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' can utilize Car Fu by PUNCHING the vehicle in question towards the unfortunate Survivor that has attracted its ire. Being struck by a car soaring through the air is an instant incapacitation on any difficulty level. The Tank can also throw enormous chunks of masonry as well as cars.

** Tank + car + alleyway = "survivor bowling"

* In ''[[Crackdown]]'', not only can you run gangsters down with your vehicle, but by bulking up your strength, you can progressively throw a car door, a car, and a semi at enemies. There's an achievement gained for killing gangsters with a giant bronze globe, a la Atlas.

* A [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|Giant Monster]] wielding a car on a girder as a giant [[Drop the Hammer|hammer]] in ''[[City of Heroes]]''? [[Incredibly Lame Pun|You bet]] [http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Jurassik Jurassik]! Sadly, [[Player Character]]s don't get to wield cars of their own. (That's one of the few things ''[[Champions Online]]'' has on 'em.)

* In ''[[Wild ARMs 4]]'', a member of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] is a demon who has complete mastery over space and can thus teleport [[Tank Goodness|tanks]] above your characters and [[Death From Above|drop it on their heads]].

* In the original ''Command & Conquer'', you were able to run over Nod Attack Cycles with GDI Medium Tanks.

* Once you get the first telekinesis upgrade in ''[[Destroy All Humans!]] 2'', you can pick up a car telekinetically and bounce it against someone's head. This won't kill them until [[Every Car Is a Pinto|the car turns out to be a Pinto]] and explodes, but when this does happen, it's usually fatal. (Although this can lead to some [[Fridge Logic]] where sitting a ton and a half of metal on someone isn't fatal until it blows up.) With the second upgrade, you can move to ''[[Tank Goodness|Tank]]'' Fu.

* ''[[Wangan Midnight]] Maximum Tune'' is infamous for this when players start playing dirty (i.e. ramming other players off, or punting traffic cars around), while it's the staple gameplay in the lesser known ''Wangan Midnight R''.

=== [[Web Animation]] ===

=== [[Web Comics]] ===

* ''[[Panthera]]'''s Leo and Pardus use their earth- and air-powers to throw a car at {{spoiler|Oosterhuis}}. It is glorious.

* In ''[[When She Was Bad]]'', Gail has broken an opponent's arms only for them to quickly heal. Ben suggests they take off—a fight like this will be unproductive. Gail [https://web.archive.org/web/20160809103346/http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/comics/631281/12-22/ has a different idea].

=== [[Web Original]] ===

* [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|"Captain Hammer... threw a car at my head."]]

=== [[Western Animation]] ===

** There is also an episode where the [[MacGuffin]] weapon has froze all the Autobots in vehicle mode. They prove to be not as defenseless as the Decepticons thought.

** An example of being used not as weapons but in combat, Optimus Prime uses two Autobots in their car modes as rollerskates so their rubber tires will ground out Shrapnel's lightning blasts.

=== [[Real Life]] ===

* A variant of Car-fu happened in China when a guy used his bicycle to knock down two muggers on a motor scooter.

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