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{{quote|''Wheels on fire, rolling down the road''|[[Surreal Theme Tune]] to ''[[
When a car is wrecked (or explodes), often a lone wheel will be seen rolling (or flying) away from the vehicle. Since [[Every Car Is a Pinto]], it may well be [[Incendiary Exponent|on fire]]. This is pretty much a [[Dead Horse Trope]] (if not a [[Dead Unicorn Trope]]), so expect to almost only see it in parodies.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Played absolutely, unashamedly straight in just about every episode of ''[[
* In the [[Cold Open]] of ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro
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* ''[[Terminator]] 2'' [[media:T2_tire_roll_4853.jpg|after the truck is shot]].
* In ''[[The Titfield Thunderbolt]]'' when the railway's locomotive is derailed.
* In ''[[
* In the fourth ''[[Final Destination]]'' film, the first victim of Death's damage-control dies when a burning tire from the (unseen) mass pileup is flung clear out of the stadium and plummets down onto her in the parking lot.
* In the ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' short film "Mike's New Car", when he finally zooms offscreen and crashes, five of the six wheels come bouncing back, followed by the sixth one which is just rolling.
* In the New Zealand-made action film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095721/ Never Say Die]'', a fleet of police cars drives into a one-way bus tunnel to pursue the protagonists - not realising that there actually is a bus heading towards them. Predictably, a wheel can be seen rolling out of the tunnel not long after.
* ''[[
* One of the more visible continuity goofs in ''[[
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== Literature ==
* Terry Pratchett's ''[[Discworld
{{quote| ''Then the oil from the coach lamps ignites and there is a second explosion, out of which rolls -- because there are certain conventions, even in tragedy -- a burning wheel.''}}
** Analogously, whenever a waiter drops plates or some similar accident occurs, there is always one undamaged plate that rolls out of the wreckage (as mentioned in ''Hogfather'').
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* The Reliant Robin in ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' repeatedly does this as a [[Running Gag]].
* Several times on ''[[Top Gear]]'' - for example, when Clarkson tries to use his [[Spiked Wheels]] in the "alternative police car" challenge.
* One ''[[
* This happened on an early ''[[
* Often done as a gag on ''[[Canada's Worst Driver
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== Music Videos ==
* Happens in the [[
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* ''[[Prince of Persia]]: The Two Thrones'', at the end of one of the chariot-driving sequences.
* The intro for the old [[Driving Game]] ''[[Ignition]]'' has a car race across the screen, [[Offscreen Crash|crash off-screen]], and a wheel from the car rolls back into the camera's view, forming part of the game's logo.
* An exploding Runner or Racer in ''[[
* The intro sequence of ''[[Day of the Tentacle]]'' has the car wreck offscreen with a bouncing wheel.
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