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{{trope}}
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A character is in a hurry, most likely during a [[Chase Scene]], when he or she sees a bike or some other mode of transportation propped on the side of the road. He or she promptly gets on it and keeps going full-speed. If the owner is present, the character will hastily say something like "I'm just borrowing it!" or "I need your bike! I'll bring it back later!"
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[
* Yukari-sensei does this in the first episode of ''[[
* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', Yusuke has to steal a bike. The bike actually was locked up but he had [[Charles Atlas Superpower|Charles Atlas superpowers]], so it didn't matter. Later the bike's chain breaks and it falls apart, so he could never return it. (He had more [[The End of the World
* Ash steals Misty's bike in the first episode of ''[[Pokémon (
** He does this to May and Dawn later on, making this a subtle [[Running Gag]].
* In the first episode of ''[[Patlabor]]'', policewoman Noa commandeers a motorcycle from a confused civilian. It does get wrecked eventually, too.
* Done in episode 51 of ''[[
** He also "borrowed" Maria's bike in the first chapter. Although she managed to get to the scene, she probably didn't get it back, it was run over by a car after all.
** In the Shimoda arc, both Hayate and Nagi 'steal' Nishizawa's bike. Though it's not really stealing since she's driving for Nagi, and riding while Hayate pedals.
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* Conan does this in the first movie of ''[[Detective Conan]]'', stealing a kid's bike to make haste in disposing of a timed bomb. The bike is totally trashed, though it's implied that Conan would have returned it if he could, and actually asked Kogoro to replace it.
* In ''[[Ef a Tale of Memories|ef: A Tale Of Memories]]'' Miyako grabs Hirono's bike to chase a purse thief.
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic
* In ''[[Weiss Kreuz]] Side B'', Ken 'borrows' a skateboard and, being really bad at English, leaves Aya to explain.
* In ''[[Spiral]]: Suiri no Kizuna,'' Ayumu steals Kousuke's bike. This is awesome because a) he's racing Kousuke to gain control of a [[MacGuffin]], and b) Kousuke is left yelling "Stop! Thief!" after threatening to murder Ayumu's sidekick and breaking into his mailbox.
* In ''[[
{{quote| '''Saji:''' Urawa! I'll never forget what a great friend you are!<br />
'''Urawa:''' Aaaahhh! Don't leave me with just the pizza! }}
* In ''[[
* Kei steals an old lady's scooter in ''[[
* The first meeting between Miroku and Kagome in ''[[
* Early on in ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]'', shortly after the two main characters get separated from the other survivors, they get attacked by one of ''them''. After they kill him off, they notice that he was wearing a bike helmet and leather jacket. They look around to find his motorbike fallen over on the nearby hill. Despite the [[Zombie Apocalypse]], they jokingly worry about getting a ticket by the police for not having a driver's license.
* Done at least once in ''[[
* In ''[[
* In [[Kaichou wa Maid
* In the ''[[
* Kiki steals a mop at the end of ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]'', since she needs to save her friend, and doesn't have a [[Flying Broomstick]] handy.
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== Comics ==
* ''[[Batman: Year One]]'' features this trope at the end.
* Evidently a favoured trope of Hergé, as it occurs both in ''[[Tintin
* Played with in a ''[[Spirou and Fantasio]]'' story, in which a [[Villain]] tries to escape Spirou by stealing a moped. He was in too much of a hurry to see that it was missing its rear wheel.
* ''[[Sin City]]'' has the stolen-car version of this trope. In one notable case, a hero actually stole a cop car.
* Also used by the [[X
{{quote| '''Cyclops''': [[The Art of War]] says you must seize opportunities as they arise...The Book of Cyclops says you don't have to be a punk about it, though.}}
== Fanfiction ==
* In the ''[[
* In the Third Movement of ''[[
== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[
* A character in the "Rhapsody in Blue" segement of ''[[Fantasia]]/2000'' takes a little kid's scooter (one of those home-made Depression era deals, basically a box with roller skates and a couple of planks), but at least has the decency to pay for it first.
* When Mr. Freeze kidnaps Barbara in ''[[Batman and Mister Freeze Sub Zero]]'', Dick grabs a bystander's motorcycle to make chase. Unlike most examples, he gives the guy something else in exchange: his corvette.
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** Though he ''does'' leave them with their actual vehicle, {{spoiler|since Donkey is now a horse.}}
{{quote| '''Shrek''': Thank you, gentlemen. Someday I will repay you, unless of course I can't find you, or if I forget.}}
* [[The Fairly Odd Parents|Timmy]] steals a dirtbike in order to get to the villains' hideout in ''[[A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!]]!''
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** And also a motorbike, after admitting to the owner that the Ferrari he just totaled wasn't his and neither was the guy's bike.
** [[Nicolas Cage]] steals a bike from a woman after threatening her with a gun in ''[[The Wicker Man]]''. "Step away from the bike!"
* Indiana Jones does this in ''[[
* ''[[Apocalypse Now]] Redux'' has a restored scene in which Willard and his crew steal Kilgore's surfboard, and Kilgore sends helicopters in pursuit for several days.
* Played for humor in ''[[Lethal Weapon]] 4'', where, while in pursuit of two suspects, Murtagh sees a young man standing by a bike in the street. He tries to commandeer it, but then instead reaches into a pocket and brings out a handful of $20 bills and thrusts it at the guy. The guy pockets the money, then calls out to a friend "Hey Johnny, someone stole your bike!"
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* The older brother in ''[[The Goonies]]'' had to do this after the kids flattened his bike tires.
** It apparently ends up getting trashed. Though he did say he owes her one. And the little girl is probably Data's sister.
* ''[[
* In ''[[Bangkok Dangerous]]'', Joe shoves a guy off his motorbike and takes it to chase his target -- and blows it up less than a minute later. He also takes a hat and an expensive-looking camera for the purpose of looking inconspicuous.
* ''[[The Transporter|Transporter 3]]'' saw one of these without the promise to return it. In all fairness, Frank would've exploded had he not done so, and by the blast radius of the other bracelet explosions, we can tell that other people would have been hurt as well.
* Done in ''[[Die Hard With a Vengeance]]'', coupled with an [[Ironic Echo]] when McClane steals the bike of a shoplifting kid.
** Done again (And Lampshaded and Played With) when McClane trades up from his Gremlin by stealing a Mercedes on the expressway. Zeus points out how pissed the other driver must be, until McClane reminds him that Zeus forgot his bar of gold in the Gremlin's back seat.
* The [[James Bond (
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
* ''[[The Mummy
* Near the end of ''The [[Terminator]]'', Kyle and Sarah have been [[Oh Crap|tracked to a hotel by the Terminator]], and, in need of transportation, Kyle bashes the head of a [[Innocent Bystander|bystander]] and steals his car.
** One of, if not the first, lines of the T-800 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day is 'I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle'. All of which the Terminator proceeds to take.
* '[[Bedtime Stories]]'' does this too.
* Julius jacks a convertible with buffalo horns on the hood in ''[[Twins]]'', but later mentions that he returned it. [[Acceptable Targets|"He was a cowboy!"]]
* Used in ''[[
* Sedgwick steals a bicycle in ''[[The Great Escape]]''. (And related, two others steal a rowboat.) The liner notes commentary in the DVD points out that stealing is not recommended for POWs because committing a crime gives the foreign government an excuse to prosecute the POW as a criminal. {{spoiler|Luckily, all three escapees who steal manage to flee Nazi Germany.}}
* In ''[[Time Chasers]],'' hero Nick is a terrible driver and crashes the car he just stole for the chase scene. He then steals a bicycle and does quite well with it because he's an avid bicyclist. The bad guys ''follow suit'' by stealing more bicycles. It is a very healthy chase scene.
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* In the Hungarian phrasebook sketch in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus|And Now For Something Completely Different]]'', the police officer steals someone's bicycle to get to the tobacconist's shop more quickly than in the television series.
* In ''[[The Pacifier]]'', [[Vin Diesel]] takes the (far-too-small for him) bike belonging to Seth, in order to follow the boy and find out why he'd dyed his hair blond, skipped wrestling practices, and had a Nazi armband in his locker.
* In ''[[L
* The ''[[Mystery Team]]'' doesn't have to; they provide their own!
* Rusty does this towards the end of ''[[National Lampoon's European Vacation]]''.
* In ''[[The Cat
* Interesting variation in ''[[The Matrix]]'': While running away from Smith, Neo steals a person's cellphone so he can contact the real world.
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== Literature ==
* The ''[[Star Wars]]'' anthology collection ''Tales From The Mos Eisley Cantina'' tells the story of BoShek, a rough-and-tumble pilot who loves getting into friendly competitions with Han Solo. (In the original film, he's the one who introduces Obi-Wan Kenobi to Han and Chewbacca when Kenobi arrives at the cantina with Luke Skywalker.) He steals a landspeeder (newly purchased, no less!) from an unsuspecting citizen while fleeing from policemen who suspect him of a theft, but then the trope is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] when BoShek (who [[Religious Bruiser|regularly receives spiritual guidance at a local monastery]]) reflects that stealing wasn't really the ethical thing to do. After he manages to elude the police, BoShek vows to make things right by taking the stolen speeder back to the robbed person and apologizing.
* In the [[
* In [[Ethshar]] novel ''With a single spell'' the hero steals a ship to escape his home village. This is one of the few examples where he does give it back... in the epilogue a couple of years later.
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* ''[[Chuck]]'' had one of the few examples where the bike owner is seen afterward... because, as it turns out, it was Morgan's bike. At least Chuck was nice enough to steal a bike he knew he could return.
* Ben Mercer in ''[[Covert Affairs]]'' at least had the decency to throw the owner a stack of bills as he drove off with his motorcycle.
* The Third Doctor "borrows" a vintage car in one episode of ''[[
** Not to mention the TARDIS, which he reportedly stole from a repair shop under "pressing circumstances."
*** In the novel ''The Gallifrey Chronicles'' the Time Lord villain is revealed as the guy the TARDIS really belongs to.
** In the TV Movie, the Doctor steals a policeman's motorbike by ''holding'' himself at gunpoint.
* In ''[[
{{quote| '''Cat:''' No more! I'm not moving another yard on this thing! I'm gettin' a part in the back of my head!}}
* Done in an episode of ''[[
* ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'' did a high-speed double subversion of this trope, as a guy being chased at the shore grabs a bike from someone, then notices someone else arriving on a motorcycle, so tosses the bicycle into the path of his pursuers and steals ''that'' instead.
* Willow, Xander and Anya steal some bikes to get back to Giles' apartment in a hurry in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Pangs", which leads to a shot of them pedalling along to [[Big Damn Heroes]]-type music.
* A heavily pregnant [[Murphy Brown]] steals a kid's bike (kicking him off it!) to keep up with the press corps accompanying President Bush (the elder) on his daily jog. Unfortunately, she loses control and accidentally runs over him. The entire scene is played out to the Wicked Witch theme from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
* Occurs in episode 2 of ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]].''
* ''[[Burn Notice]]'' does this so often that Michael has several "rules" about it; in particular, he emphasizes that he ''always'' returns the vehicle (usually off screen, unless it's a plot point) "reasonably intact" (which admittedly can mean "after a head-on collision"), and if he steals it from a business parking lot during business hours, it will be returned by 5:00 PM if at all possible.
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* A rare consensual example happens in ''[[VR Troopers]]'' with two lines: "Can I borrow this?" "Go for it, dude!"
* In ''[[Kamen Rider Kabuto]],'' this happens in the first episode, by the hero and to the guy who'll be spending a while in [[Butt Monkey]] territory.
* Alluded to when the ''[[
* Subverted on ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[
* In the ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' level ''Lethal Highway'' If you take one of the motorcycles a generic [[Fun
* ''[[Ef:
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]: San Andreas''. Done twice early on in the game. Done either to escape being shot at or escape being run over and riddled with bullets. Returning either risks same.
* ''[[Red Faction]] Guerrilla'' has plenty of situations where you'll be needing to 'borrow' a vehicle, be it parked or already inhabited. At low sector morale, the civilians make snide or even angry comments.
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== Web Comics ==
* Hawk steals a tricycle in ''[[Apple Geeks]]'' while parodying Batman. The victim is later revealed to be an [[Enfante Terrible]] [[Diabolical Mastermind]] (a quite [[Harmless Villain|harmless]] one, [http://www.applegeeks.com/comics/viewcomic.php?issue=231 though]).
* In ''[[
* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'', Molly is an otherwise extremely sweet and innocent young girl, but she has a troubling habit of hotwiring cars when she's in a hurry.
* Largo from ''[[
** It seems to be his main [http://megatokyo.com/strip/959 mode of transportation] now. Apparently he has no plans to give it back.
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== Western Animation ==
* Jackie Chan seemed to have made a habit of this on ''[[
** Jade took after her uncle and did this at least a few times. Once she stole a ''couch.''
* Not only does [[Kim Possible]] do it, she always goes back and [[Fantasy Helmet Enforcement|borrows the accompanying helmet]]. Because riding without a helmet is uncool, yo.
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* Pretty much [[Once an Episode]] in ''[[Fillmore]]''. Although since the main characters are (kinda) law enforcement officers, it's closer to [[Flashed Badge Hijack]].
* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', the hero Ecto-Rays Johnny 13 off his motorcycle and uses it to get to the Fenton Ghost Portal in time. This is also a [[Development Gag]].
* In an episode of ''[[Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos
{{quote| '''Civilian:''' Hey! That's my bike!<br />
'''Chuck:''' Sorry, guys, this is an emergency. I'm Chuck Norris! }}
* In an episode of ''[[
{{quote| "That [[Mad Scientist|evil scientist]] stole my bike!"<br />
"That [[Animal Superhero|nice]] [[Everythings Better With Platypus|duck]] gave me twenty dollars for my skateboard!" }}
* Max of ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' steals a skateboard on his way home from school, then gives it to a random character he passes.
* In ''[[
* ''[[Spider-Man:
{{quote| '''Guy:''' You miserable thieves!<br />
'''Spidey:''' We're not thieves! Well. Well, I'm not, but - her, I'm not so sure about. }}
* Inverted in ''[[
* ''[[DC Showcase: Catwoman]]'': After Rough Cut manages to escape from the club in a getaway car, Catwoman notices a lone biker outside the entrance. She seductively walks up to him, grabs his collar, and leans in as if to kiss him... then pushes him over, takes his bike and drives off.
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