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{{trope}}
A character has to get a driving license or get one renewed.
However, they have a difficult time with a picky driving tester who will not accept any errors and makes the character nervous. As a result, the character fails the test and is despondent. With a pep talk and some tips from friends, the character gets the gumption to retake the test.
Often, during the test, [[Driving Test Smashers|a danger occurs that forces the character to make emergency maneuvers to escape the danger]]. The character is successful and the Tester is impressed enough to give bonus points in the evaluation for successfully dealing with a dangerous situation which means the driving test was completed successfully.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Parodied in ''[[
* Subverted in the ''[[You're Under Arrest]]'' manga. Natsumi (an utterly reckless driver) already has a motorcycle license, but not a car license. Upon deciding to obtain one she's eventually required to take a driving test. Her driving is so utterly reckless that the tester passes out almost immediately and doesn't wake up until Natsumi parks back in the lot. She passed.
== Comic Books ==
* The [[Marvel Adventures]] version of [[Spider
== Film ==
* ''[[Clueless]]''.{{context}}
* The just horrible 80's movie ''License to Drive'' in which one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman){{verify}} has to get his driver's license in order to get into [[Heather Graham]]'s pants. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. Not really.
* ''[[
== Literature ==
* [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''Pyramids'' showed the Assassins' Guild School final exam - here "driving" is replaced with "killing someone for money and getting away with it".
** Though in a driving test it isn't rumoured to be an immediate pass to kill the examiner. If you try and fail, there will be a loss of privileges. {{spoiler|Breathing to start with.}}
** Also notable because the protagonist decides to fail, {{spoiler|shoots his crossbow wildly, and hits the target. [[Springtime for Hitler|He passes]] but the examiner criticises the "modern flashy techniques".}}
== Live Action TV ==
* Subverted in the ''[[Married...
** Same episode, airhead daughter Kelly has no problem passing her test.
* ''[[
* ''[[Drake and Josh]]''
* Spoofed in ''[[Malcolm in
** Not to mention that the chase ends when Reese returns to the driving school and completes the course PERFECTLY. He even [[Parallel Parking|parallel parks]] in his time behind the wheel, prompting a cop watching the chase at Malcolm's home to remark "That's impressive!"
* Played painfully straight in ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' where Miley messes up her test and uses her secret identity to retake it. Naturally she gets caught, spends a night in the slammer and gets humiliated by Robbie Ray to [[Incredibly Lame Pun|drive]] the point home.
* Part of the pilot episode plot of ''[[Shit My Dad Says]]''.
* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' features an episode where Sheldon is forced to get his license because Leonard can't drive him around and no one else ''will''. He manages to pass the written test by annoying the DMV clerk past the point of endurance and then attempts to practice via a realistic simulator rigged up by Howard. [[Hilarity Ensues|It does not go well]]. He eventually gets his learner's permit (offscreen) by the next season.
* Partially inverted in the episode "Wheelers and Dealers" of ''[[M*A*S*H (
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** which humorously resulted in ''everyone'' getting a license. Even ''the Cat'' (Salem)
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' (only without danger in the re-test, but there is some in the mission involving the car she used in the re-test)
* Subverted often in ''[[
** He always fails because he panics and smashes the gas pedal down '''hard''', ramming the boat into a brick wall at top speed. Every. Single. Time.
* Parodied in ''[[Drawn Together]]''. When Ling-Ling tries to get his license, his instructor pulls out a huge protective gear strong enough to protect a Formula 1 driver. Ling-Ling then turns the key, shifts to drive... and a big mountain of cars, airplanes, motorbikes, trains and ships suddenly lands on the car. This is later explained by Wooldoor Sockbat, claiming those who have Asian eyes see danger everywhere and can't speak English (which is why Ling-Ling speaks Japanese-sounding gibberish).
* The Pixar short ''Lifted'' replaces "driving" with "[[Alien Abduction
* One episode of ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' has Rocko re-taking his driving test after getting his license revoked. Throughout the episode, he's constantly warned about taking his test with "the fat guy". Rocko ends up with a fairly rotund elephant who gives him his driving test '''without any car'''. Rocko passes, and then finds out that wasn't even ''the'' fat guy.
* [[The Simpsons]] contributes two: Once when Homer takes his limo driver's test and a second when Otto needs to get his license. Otto has trouble initially.
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* In [[Megas XLR]] Coop has to endure the trials of the DMV after his giant, bipedal war machine from the future gets towed. You did not misread that.
* In [[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]], Gwen takes her driving test, but who cares? Ben's getting a video game made about him!!
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