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{{trope}}
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{{quote|"He tried to kill me with a forklift!" (Olé!)
|'''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|Joel and the bots]] watching ''[[Fugitive Alien]]'''''}}
Forklifts; they're tough, manly, working-class and generally rear-wheel-drive. They're commonplace all over the world and essential for large warehouses; they come in many types and sizes and combine all the joys of driving with carrying ridiculously heavy items suspended just above head-height.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== Anime ==
* In ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'', the hero defeats a robot enemy with a forklift in the very first scene.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
== Comics ==▼
* A character is impaled by a forklift, which also inadvertently kills two others, in ''[[Final Destination]]: Spring Break''.
* In the ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' parody of ''[[McCloud]]'' had [[Punny Name|McClod]] accidentally wipe out half of the Hong Kong police force with a forklift.
* ''[[Fugitive Alien]]''. The ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' version (specifically, a song the cast sings [[With Lyrics|to the tune of the background music]]) was the former [[Trope Namer]].
** "[[Ear Worm|Ole!]]"
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* Attempted in the second ''[[Boondock Saints]]'' movie, although most of the plan is that the good guys are hiding inside a crate carried by the forklift. It doesn't quite go [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee|according to plan.]]
== [[Literature]] ==
* <s>
* In the second book of the ''[[Heroes of Olympus]]'' series, the Amazons use battle forklifts, complete with mounted crossbows and each prong sharpened into oversized sword blades.▼
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▲* <s> Literary</s> Book example: ''Corporate Bodies'' in the [[Charles Paris]] series by Simon Brett is a murder mystery novel where the instrument of murder is a forklift.
▲* In the second book of the Heroes of Olympus series, the Amazons use battle forklifts, complete with mounted crossbows and each prong sharpened into oversized sword blades.
* Astrid does this to kill the villain in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story "[[Doctor Who/Recap/2007 CS Voyage of the Damned|Voyage of the Damned]]".
** The [[Psycho for Hire]] site manager in "Planet of the Ood" attempts to kill the Doctor with a mechanical grab.
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* Illusionist [[Criss Angel]] performed a trick on his ''[[Criss Angel|Mindfreak]]'' TV show where he appeared to get impaled by a forklift.
== [[Music]] ==
* The band Midnight Syndicate has a song entitled "Forklift Death".
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
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▲* [[WWE|WWF]]: [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] vs [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] for the WWF title in an "empty arena match," Mankind [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6Gt1oh2tb0#t=8m39s pinned the Rock with a forklift.] By all accounts it was very well received until the end where they decided to shoot a reaction shot of the Rock as the thing was descending on him and then a [[Reverse Angle]] shot of the forklift coming down, killing any [[Suspension of Disbelief]].
* The New York chapter of the ''[[Unknown Armies]]'' campaign book "To Go" involves a shootout in a warehouse. It gives rules for using the forklift as a weapon.
* ''[[Paranoia (game)|Paranoia]]'' adventure ''Vapors Don't Shoot Back''. In their first mission the [[PC]]s must fight against automated forklifts (forkbots) in a warehouse.
* From the ''[[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]]'' list:▼
{{quote|527. Even if the rules allow it, I cannot spend $64,000 to get the vorpal option for a forklift. }}▼
== [[Toys]] ==
* The ''[[Transformers]]'' media franchise has Decepticons Deadlift and Dirt Boss, both of which transform into forklifts. Since Decepticons are evil killing machines, we can reasonably assume that forklift death is occurring somewhere at some point in time in this universe.
** Well, Dirt Boss shoots small drill bit things that take over the body of another Transformer.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* ''[[Metroid: Other M]]'' has Samus fight something that seems to be a sci-fi forklift analog. At least, it can't seem to be anything else.
* Using the crane in ''[[Oni]]'' (which does happen to have forklift prongs!) to tip over an escaping vehicle.
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* You get one driven at you in an early level of ''[[Enter the Matrix]]''.
* Related to the toy example above, a couple of video games based on the Movie-universe ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' had forklift Autobot and Decepticon drones as common, low-level enemies (or players!). Contrary to the lumbering but lethal image implied by their alternate modes, the forklift drones are actually [[Fragile Speedster|weak but quick]].
* In ''[[Tomb Raider
== [[Web Original]] ==
▲* From the ''[[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]]'' list:
▲{{quote|527. Even if the rules allow it, I cannot spend $64,000 to get the vorpal option for a forklift. }}
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]: A Matter of Loaf and Death'', directly parodying ''Aliens''.
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* In ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', whether it's fatal was unclear, but Pickles accidentally impaled the new director on the set of Dethklok's ''Blood Ocean'' with a forklift [[Epic Fail|when trying to park it]].
** Unclear if a random one-off character died on ''[[Metalocalypse]]''? That's why they exist.
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* A mook from ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' tried this on Batman in "P.O.V." It didn't work as Batman then used said forklift to puncture a hole into the bad guys fleeing ship.
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
▲== Real Life ==
* It should be noted that this is [[Truth in Television]] and these warning signs and such are there for a reason; forklifts are much heavier than they look and are dangerous pieces of heavy equipment.
* [http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/07/10/Canadian-uses-forklift-to-remove-squad-car/UPI-27801310313647 This incident] on Prince Edward Island in July 2011.
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