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== Series 10 ==
* Then there was their competition against German motoring show ''D Motor'', set in Belgium. It began with {{spoiler|the [[Top Gear]] presenters arriving in ''Spitfires'', followed by double-decker car racing, a drag race between cars representing the nations of the Axis and the Allies (in which Clarkson cracks a joke about hoping the Italian Lamborghini switches sides in mid-race), copious amounts of cheating and an [[Kayfabe|apparent]] last minute switch from James "Captain Slow" May to The Stig for one of the races.}} Add in a few more references to the [[Second World War]] than you'd think would be allowed on the [[The BBC|BBC]] and it had
** Funnier, if you have seen The Battle of Britain.
** "My arm's come off! My arm's come off!"
* And, of course, one cannot forget [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jy7iO6WXqM the introduction to the review of the Lamborghini Reventon] - a perfect [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|crap-past-the-radar]] [[Delayed Reaction]] from Richard Hammond.
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** Later in Series 13, James May is forced to drive a Morris Marina in the Ice Race challenge, which actually beats Hammond and Clarkson's cars..... {{spoiler|Only for another piano to randomly drop on it.}}
*** In Series 14, Hammond <s>raced</s> "[drove] at the same time on the same track" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nYgByWiTbw&#t=04m57s a Marina against Clarkson in a Lancia]. Given their poor history of Marinas and pianos, they gave him one which had already had a piano dropped on it. You'll never guess what happened when it conveniently "broke down", and Hammond got out for a minute to find a toolkit...
* As
** To clarify, he ''drives it through a mall'', and then ''during a beach assault''. [[TV Tropes Made of Win Archive]], that.
*** "I am now breaking the speed limit, INDOORS!"
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'''[[Deadpan Snarker|Jeremy Clarkson]]''': "Ah look at that!" ''points downward.'' "The smoke grenades fit perfectly in the cupholders!" }}
*** "Is it green?" "Yes. Very." Over a shot of a green Ford Fiesta.
* [[Blatant Lies|The entirely]] ''[[Blatant Lies|factual]]'' [[Blatant Lies|and not in the least bit]] ''[[Blatant Lies|entertaining]]'' American super-cars segment.
** James May being so disgusted with his muscle car (it grows on him later) that he tries to win a motorbike in a Reno casino to ride instead...while American bystanders ask him if he's from Australia. (It's something of a memetic [[Running Gag]] among Britons that Americans will always assume any British accent other than an old-fashioned BBC English one is Australian instead).
** Partway into the episode, "Jessica" by the Allman Brothers comes onto the radio..better known to fans of the show as [[Theme Tune Cameo|the opening theme.]]
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** The Stig passes the time in Blackpool by visiting the Pleasure Beach amusement park, and ''falls asleep on Britain's biggest rollercoster''.
** After {{spoiler|Clarkson and Hammond both make it}}, they argue about who should turn on the lights while in the background the Stig steps up and does it.
* James and Jeremy exploring the rampant insanity that was the [[Dirty Commies|Soviet car manufacturing industry]]. Highlights include a car with a hole in the bottom for ice fishing, getting a face full of dirt trying to emulate [[Erwin Rommel]] and the three-wheeled...''thing'' with a body made of ''leather''.
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** [[Funny Background Event|Blink and you'll miss it]], but when Hammond's talking about the premiums for girls being cheaper you can see Stig walk up behind him and ''put his head in the photocopier!''
*** Also in the same category, James has a framed picture of the Queen on his desk. Hammond has a box of teeth whitener. Clarkson? He's got a picture of Will Young.
** Also Richard Hammond says he hasn't had any car crashes in the last 5 years when asked by the insurance company.
*** His guilty look to the camera is the thing that really sells it, though.
** Finally, when they are adding up the totals at the end and May needs 4 points from the judges to win.
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{{quote|'''Clarkson''': If you had a pistol, you'd have shot yourself by now?
'''May''': Oh, years ago. }}
** '''Note''': Since it [[Gallows Humor|shamelessly jokes about animal cruelty]], it might be a case of [[Dude, Not Funny]] for some.
* Two words : Car Sauna -- a game played by waiting for a hot, sunny day and getting into a car with the windows rolled up and the heater at maximum. The first person to exit the car loses. The lads played it, and Clarkson was the first to abandon ship when the internal temperature reached 62 degrees C (143 degrees F).
* Jezza and Captain Slow making car commercials. Period. If you're not laughing your ass off throughout that feature then there's something SERIOUSLY absent about your sense of humor!
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* In the fourth episode of Series 14, during the News segment: because of the New Year's-related delay between taping and broadcasting, the boys struggle to keep straight the discrepancy. Jeremy giddily talks about the Citroen DS3 and says it'll be one of the best cars "that will be coming out ''next year''", (which at the BBC 2 2009 airing means the US [[BBC America]] 2010 airing). He beams for a moment at his own magnificence and thumbs-ups the audience, thinking he's got the discrepancy nailed. When Hammond and May correct him ("''this'' year"), he drops the mother of all [[Atomic F-Bomb|F bombs]]. Cue despondency.
* From that episode 8, we have the Gocycle, and May thinking it is pronounced Gock-ickle. Then he finds out he had to BUILD it instead of it being a fold-up.
** Also, James May saying "Isn't wasn't" cracked
*** And Clarkson talking about his cycle thing as Hammond comes round a corner with his electrically-powered skateboard and almost falls off. Then they race and Clarkson almost falls off ''his'' vehicle.
* Also the news section in episode 6, when the Trio suggest useless items to put car-manufacturer-badges on. Jeremy starts off with a plate of vomit (with a BMW badge), Richard suggests a wizard's sleeve... and then James pulls out a ''literal'' pork sword.
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* Clarkson's look at the Reliant Robin three-wheeler/tribute to South Yorkshire in episode 1 of Series 15. Along with James May possibly setting off the Icelandic volcano.
{{quote|'''Clarkson:''' James, have you been working on any oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico recently?}}
** Especially Clarkson crashing a meeting of a Reliant Robin owner's club. Emphasis on 'crashing'.
*** Made better in the next episode, when a Reliant Robin enthusiast sends a letter claiming Clarkson's many crashes and flips are due to his being a terrible driver. The boys accept his challenge and attempt a lap around the studio track in a different Robin only to flip it on the first turn. Who was driving this time? The Stig.
* The Caravan challenge and Jeremy proving [http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/series-15-episode-4-motorhomes-challenge-part-1?VideoBrowserMode=categories&VideoCategory=Challenges why you shouldn't put a three story building on your car.]
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* While discussing the Stig revealing his identity (which was treated as a [[Face Heel Turn]])
{{quote|'''May:''' Well at least we know now what his real name is. ([[Beat]]) ''Judas Iscariot!''}}
* The Christmas episode, where Jeremy takes the lights out with the little remote control plane, so they light candles to great "romantic" effect, then Hammond lights his notes on fire, Jeremy tries to put it out but instead sets the tree on fire, and then James calmly suggest they "Pour some pussy on it." (Pussy being the name of an energy drink they'd been discussing previously.) How he managed to say that with a straight face is just BEYOND me.
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* In episode 2, Clarkson starts insisting that Hammond is actually an American because of his love of Nascar, [[Americans Are Cowboys|owning a cowboy hat and boots]], and [[Call Back|putting cheese on everything]] among other reasons. This seems likely to become a [[Running Gag]].
** In the same episode, Clarkson and May go to China to look at Chinese cars and consider the claim that the Chinese are going to take over the car industry in a few years. At the end of the segment, it cuts back to the studio to reveal that [[Hostile Show Takeover|the presenters have been replaced by Chinese analogues.]]
*** Also, the [[All Asians Know Martial Arts|Attack Stig]].
* [[Shout-Out|FENTON! FENTON!]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRSbr0EYYU JESUS CHRIST, FENTOOON!]
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** The [[Running Gag]] of the presenters cheering each other up with "We've bought you ''a present!''" - which inevitably turned out to be something huge, bulky and hard to get on the back of a motorbike.
*** Although after the sheer amount of bonding and hardship they go through, they all seem to get quite depressed when their presents are subsequently ruined, and if that's really a spoiler you haven't been watching this show very long (especially James May) and so there's a quite nice scene where they try and stitch everything back together while on a train. And no, it doesn't really make sense in context either.
*** There's a good [[Bait and Switch]] moment in the latter scene where Hammond is trying to fix his damaged painting and decides to paint a car into the scene. We don't see the painting while he's working on it and are primed to expect something awful, but then it turns out he actually did quite well.
** "Ive bought this, which is a ... a m-motorcycle."
*** "Your suit’s ready - here it is!"
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{{quote|'''May''': [''to Gordon {{spoiler|after beating him at the recipe challenge}}''] Are you any good at driving?}}
* The entire Ground Force special. However the best moments have to be the repeated destruction of James' shed, Hammond getting stuck in the concrete, Hammond's jet powered barbecue (which set the shed on fire) and Jeremy's turbocharged water feature. Which exploded, firing off the top bit which predictably took out the green house which happened to be the one thing that actually worked.
* The Winter Olympics episode. Any given challenge (which can be said for the show as a whole), but the biathlon just starts things off. [[A-Team Firing|Jeremy Clarkson. Enough said]].
{{quote|'''May''': The thing about Jeremy's shooting is that you are perfectly safe as long as you are standing right in front of the target.}}
** When he has to do the shooting a second time, he claims to know how to fold the seats away, as he has one at home. He winds up having to call his wife for help.
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* In an earlier news section, the conversation leads to the suggestion that all animals be removed from the countryside and put into the cities, followed by a [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4741955419400144246# discussion about the price of bull sperm]. It really has to be seen to be believed.
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0CCjfua1M You've given me the baby], now [[That Came Out Wrong|get in the back]]." The only thing keeping Clarkson from literally ROFLing was probably his back.
** The best part is that everybody's mind goes there at approximately the same time as Jeremy's and the audience cracks up ''again''.
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* The name of the HMS Carbon Khazi.
* When Jeremy turns a car demonstration into a snuff film when he GOES AFTER THE CAMERA CREW. There's then a screen card that says something to the effect of "Due to Compliance issues with the BBC it is now illegal to involve camera crews in stunts".
* One from an episode where Jeremy pits a Range Rover against a tank. During the challenge, he starts leading the tank around a bush (complete with [[Soundtrack Dissonance|waltzing music]]), prompting this line from one of the crew.
{{quote|'''Tank Crewman''': He's turning in circles, the little [[Sound Effect Bleep|* beep* !]]}}
* The Stig falls asleep on a roller coaster.
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