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[[File:Jon skate crash 526.png|link=Garfield| |
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{{quote|''Wheels on fire, rolling down the road'' |
{{quote|''Wheels on fire, rolling down the road'' |
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|[[Surreal Theme Tune]] to ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''}} |
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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. |
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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== Advertising == |
== Advertising == |
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* Parodied in an Australian insurance advertisement from around the late 1970s or early 1980s, where a wheel comes loose from a moving car and leaves a trail of destruction in its wake. It's still rolling at the end of the advert. |
* Parodied in an Australian insurance advertisement from around the late 1970s or early 1980s, where a wheel comes loose from a moving car and leaves a trail of destruction in its wake. It's still rolling at the end of the advert. |
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