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{{quote|'''Stephanie:''' I sorta... drove Joey's car... into the kitchen.
'''Jesse:''' Steph, you can't even drive!
'''Stephanie:''' You're telling me.
|'''''[[Full House]]''''' }}
You know how car accidents are a [[Serious Business|serious matter]]? And crashing into a building would be a big deal? Not so in TV Land.
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{{examples}}
== [[Advertising]] ==
* A 2012-ish State Farm commercial features a former customer who has "just combined" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORe888O928U his auto and home].
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In ''[[The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers]]'', Phineas builds a full-size remote-control racing car and is running it through the city streets from the roof. Fat Freddy wants to play, but crashes it straight through a bank. After Disney's Beagle Boys take the opportunity to ransack the place, the Freaks hide the car and leave town.
* In ''[[Tintin/Recap/Land of Black Gold|Land of Black Gold]]'', Thomson and Thompson fall asleep while driving and their jeep goes through the wall of a mosque.
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* On ''[[Top Gear]]'', Jeremy Clarkson lost control of a car he was pushing and sent it into a small shed. No lasting harm was done, though Richard Hammond may have sprained something laughing.
* A ''[[Happy Days]]'' episode has Marion forgetting to set her car's parking brake, causing it to roll down a hill and crash into Arnold's diner.
* Happens in an episode of ''[[Chuck]]'', complete with Chuck comprehensively mocking Casey's one liner.
* On the ''[[The Good Guys]]'' Dan drives a car through a wall in two episodes. Both times it was not going very fast and the first time he placed a weight on the gas pedal so he would not be behind the wheel. He also only did it because Jack was about to get killed inside and he needed a big distraction fast.
* ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'' featured a serious subversion of this as a car is driven into a night club as a murder weapon. The driver and a soldier inside the club are killed.
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'''Patrick:''' A Volkswagen. }}
* ''[[Noah's Arc]]'': {{spoiler|Chance does not take being cheated on by Eddie well.}}
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' minisode [[Doctor Who/Recap/2011 Red Nose Day Special Space and Time
{{quote|'''Rory:''' *explaining how bad a driver Amy is* I let her drive my car once.
'''Amy:''' Yeah, to the ''end of the road''.
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== [[Music Video]] ==
* In [[
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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* Graeme and Bill drive into Tim's house when they set out to recruit him for the 25th anniversary episode of ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'' (in a spot intended to make fun of Tim Brooke-Taylor's [[Sitcom]] career).
{{quote|"Funny! I never noticed that car before."}}
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* '''Not''' a [[Truth in Television]] - In [[Real Life]] cars crashing into houses is a serious matter and sometimes a deadly one. Very rarely does it happen without any consequences.▼
** One prominent example occured in Saxony, Germany, when a car that crashed into a ''church roof'' seven meters above the ground. After flying for 37 meters. ▼
* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted however]]. In Missoula, Montana, a 44-tonne lorry crashed into a house, but no-one was hurt.▼
** The clip was shown on ''Police Stop! 7'' in the United Kingdom.▼
* Didn't this happen to [[Billy Joel]]? ▼
* The Pennsylvania Railroad managed to run a GG1 locomotive into the main concourse of the Washington D.C. Union Station in [http://www.steamlocomotive.com/GG1/prr4876-crash.shtml 1953]. ▼
** The ''[[Silver Streak]]'' example in the above Film category is likely an homage to this event. ▼
* The September 11 terrorist attacks actually did this with aircraft.▼
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Julia drives a car into building in a [http://thinkbeforeyouthink.net/?comic=20100423-the-question flashback] in ''[[Think Before You Think]]''.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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** It's worth noting that one car shows up on the second floor, previously unseen in the corner of the room.
* ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' did this when Timmy wished to be the most wanted boy in the world. In a desperate attempt to have Timmy, the bus driver crashes into their kitchen to get his attention.
** And in another episode, where Timmy's dad drives the station wagon into the living room. He then says "Hey, who moved the couch into the garage?"
* Happens a few times in ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
** Abe drove into the Simpsons' house after Homer refuses to give Mr. Burns his long-lost teddy bear and [[Tempting Fate|commenting that they don't need Mr. Burns's money because they're already financially sound]].
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{{quote|'''Grampa:''' This building got in my way!}}
* When all the citizens of Bikini Bottom mysteriously disappear, [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] takes advantage of the situation by making his own driver's license and driving a mobile boat. More than once does he crash his boat into his own house, and doesn't think of it despite the glaring holes.
** At one point he feels the need to flee the house on foot and makes another hole in the wall instead of using the one the car made.
* In ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'', after Gosalyn and Darkwing switch bodies.
** [[Captain Crash|Launchpad]] has his moments, too. Including twice in the pilot episode.
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** "You miserable engine! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oicH4MTvAbw Just look what you've done to our breakfast!] Now I shall have to cook some more!"
* In ''[[Regular Show]]'' Mordecai and Rigby do this with a limo in the episode "Benson be Gone". To the second story of the house, ''without a ramp''.
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* '''Not''' a [[Truth in Television]] - In [[Real Life]] cars crashing into houses is a serious matter and sometimes a deadly one. Very rarely does it happen without any consequences.
▲** One prominent example occured in Saxony, Germany, when a car that crashed into a ''church roof'' seven meters above the ground. After flying for 37 meters.
▲* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted however]]. In Missoula, Montana, a 44-tonne lorry crashed into a house, but no-one was hurt.
▲** The clip was shown on ''Police Stop! 7'' in the United Kingdom.
▲* The Pennsylvania Railroad managed to run a GG1 locomotive into the main concourse of the Washington D.C. Union Station in [
▲* The September 11 terrorist attacks actually did this with aircraft.
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