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* In an ''[[X Files]]'' episode with a genie, a man gets his wish of invisibility. He gleefully runs off, [[Too Dumb to Live|right into the path of a speeding semi truck]]. |
* In an ''[[X Files]]'' episode with a genie, a man gets his wish of invisibility. He gleefully runs off, [[Too Dumb to Live|right into the path of a speeding semi truck]]. |
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* Subverted at the end of ''[[Due South]]''. Turnbull gets hit by a bus in just that fashion, but it's revealed he only had some badly broken bones. |
* Subverted at the end of ''[[Due South]]''. Turnbull gets hit by a bus in just that fashion, but it's revealed he only had some badly broken bones. |
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* After threatening to tell Sean McNamara's wife about their affair on "[[Nip Tuck]]", the crazy nanny stops running out of the practice to turn and throw a final verbal jab... and is promptly run over by a bus. |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
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** In a similar situation in the parody film ''[[The Naked Gun]]'' OJ Simpson's character through a series of unfortunate events ends up stuck under a bus that winds up in... Detroit! |
** In a similar situation in the parody film ''[[The Naked Gun]]'' OJ Simpson's character through a series of unfortunate events ends up stuck under a bus that winds up in... Detroit! |
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* In ''[[Futurama]]'', Fry is down in the abandoned ruins of Old New York and decides that he can cross the street without looking both ways. So he does... and is trampled by a giant lizard. |
* In ''[[Futurama]]'', Fry is down in the abandoned ruins of Old New York and decides that he can cross the street without looking both ways. So he does... and is trampled by a giant lizard. |
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** In a [[Uncancelled|post-cancellation]] episode, Fry reassures himself that even though he's not book smart, he's at least street smart... and as he's saying this, he steps in front of a bus. |
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* [[Tex Avery]] liked to have characters [[Look Both Ways]] and, seeing no cars coming for miles, take one step into the pavement, only to be ran over immediately. Fortunately, since it's just a cartoon, they just get neatly flattened. |
* [[Tex Avery]] liked to have characters [[Look Both Ways]] and, seeing no cars coming for miles, take one step into the pavement, only to be ran over immediately. Fortunately, since it's just a cartoon, they just get neatly flattened. |
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* ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' has a sketch involving someone who didn't believe in the afterlife step into a street, just to get run over, and sent to said afterlife: |
* ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' has a sketch involving someone who didn't believe in the afterlife step into a street, just to get run over, and sent to said afterlife: |
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