Inventing the Wheel: Difference between revisions

* There were some hilarious, albeit ridiculous bad, attempts of inventing technology in a prehistoric episode of the [[Dennis the Menace UK|British Dennis the Menance]] cartoon. Not only was there a very much non-round wheel, there were also about two attempts at what were supposed to be tanks... with the very much caveman notion of just pushing them off a cliff at the enemy, complete with loud smash as it hit the floor.

* Played with in the ''[[Schoolhouse Rock]]'' short "My Hero Zero." We see the stereotypical caveman with chisel, but the stone doughnut he's working on is a zero, not a wheel.

* On ''[[Animaniacs]]'', a caveman has just chiseled a wheel when [[Universal Adaptor Cast|Cave Buttons]] accidentally sets it rolling. The inventor seems surprised at how the wheel works, leading one to wonder what he had in mind.

* On the TV series of ''[[Super Mario World (animation)|Super Mario World]]'', the Mario Brothers introduce cave people to wheels and, soon after, [[The Flintstones|Flintstone]]-style cars. But thanks to the chaos of untrained drivers, followed by the wicked inspiration of [[Mad Scientist|Kooky Von Koopa]], [[Status Quo Is God|they discontinue the use of wheels entirely]].