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{{quote|"Captain Hammer threw a car at my head."|[[Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Web Video)|Dr. Horrible]]}}
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Sometimes, the best weapon you could possibly use isn't the one you hold, it's the one you ride around in. Which kind of makes sense, considering that getting hit by at least a metric ton of metal moving at several kilometers per hour is bound to be painful.
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* ''[[Top Gear]]'' does this once in a while and with almost every type of land vehicle you can imagine. Notable examples: "no contact" wacky races (minivans, motorhomes, city buses!) which turn into "full contact" before the end of the first lap; car football using small city cars and a giant inflatable ball; and extreme destruct testing (evaluating a car maker's durability claims by crashing said car into something).
** They also have a [http://www.youtube.com/user/TopGear channel on YouTube] (currently over 300 crunch-tastic uploads).
* In the ''[[
* Oz rescues ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' in a first season episode by driving through the wall of the villain's hideout and squashing him with his band's van.
** Another episode has Fred's mother rescue Angel by running over a demon in a bus.
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* Like the ''Command and Conquer'' and ''[[Star Wars Battlefront]]'' examples, certain vehicles in ''Star Wars: Empire at War'' can crush infantry, or in the case of the AT-AT, small vehicles. Hover vehicles cannot, but any tracked vehicle or walker can. Averted, however, because usually troops and the T2-B light tanks will move out of the way. The AT-AT can also crush low walls, but will normally just go around them. Used straight, however, with the TIE Mauler, a light tank for the Empire whose main attack (despite 3 laser cannons) is to just run over infantry. With the Mauler, infantry will not move out of the way automatically.
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'', an easy way of taking out enemy [[Mooks]] is by simply [[Ramming Always Works|running into them]] while riding on Epona in the midst of a gallop.
** An even better ''Zelda'' example is how in both ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''Majora's Mask'', not only can you run into enemies with Epona, but while riding her you're ''invincible''.
* In ''[[Super Smash Bros|Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'', Wario can ram into opponents with his motorcycle, dealing damage and knockback based on its velocity (Potentially up to the point of being a [[One-Hit Kill]] due to to [[Good Bad Bugs|an amusing glitch]]). After he falls/jumps off, the motorcycle can be thrown around by anybody, and after it explodes from the abuse, the tires can be weaponized, as well.
* In ''[[Jak II]]'', one easy way to carve some health off KG Blast Bots was to steal a vehicle, gun the engine, accelerate to maximum, and jump off at just the right time to drop the flying car/bike onto the Blast Bot's swollen metal head, before shooting the frak out of it with your collection of guns. Then came the gun-toting vehicles of ''[[Jak 3]]'' and ''[[Jak and Daxter|Jak X]]''...
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* Suffice it to say that armoured fighting vehicle crews refer to infantry as "Crunchies" for a reason.
* During some engagements in [[World War II]], like the Battle of Kursk, Russian tank crews would sometimes ram German Tiger tanks. The hundred-ton pileup would disable both vehicles, but it was a worthwhile tradeoff as the Russians [[We Have Reserves|had a lot more tanks to spare]] -- and the Tiger far outclassed the Russian T-34 in a head-to-head fight anyway.
* The 1997 street brawl in Amarillo, Texas [[Jerk Jock|resulting in the death]] of [
* Some crooks use cars to break into stores. It's rarely very effective, as it alerts everyone to the crime immediately.
** It depends on how busy the area is at the time, and how quickly they can grab and run...
** In the late 90s, at least (unsure if it's still as prevalent) [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|ram-raiding]] was endemic in Sydney and Melbourne. The perpetrators would typically use two [stolen] cars: an old tank such as an XD Ford Falcon to do the ramming, and a fast getaway car. The getaway car was often the newly-introduced Subaru WRX, a car that would leave police pursuit cars of the time standing, under any and all conditions...
** The phenomenon dates back to the late 1970s, according to [[The Other Wiki]], and was invented in Belfast of all places; [[Cool Car|Cosworth-engined Ford Sierras]] were the preferred getaway car in the UK for a while.
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* For the [[Ramming Always Works]] version of this trope, when facing a roadblock made of vehicles it's recommended you aim your car at the boot of the vehicle (not the heavy engine compartment) and push through at ''slow'' speed.
* Related example: A livestock and antique vehicle rally a couple of years ago featured [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|"Tractor Football"]] as a top-billed event. Whether it was some kind of [[Stealth Parody]] or if playing football on your tractor is [[Serious Business]] in the depths of rural Northamptonshire is a matter for conjecture.
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* The popularity of car bombs (suicide or otherwise) probably falls into this category.
* A rare female mass murderer, Priscilla Joyce Ford sped down several sidewalks in Reno, Nevada, killing seven and maiming over twenty. During interrogation, she boasted about her desire to kill at least seventy-five.
* Similarly, in 1973 [
* In cases of people who are extremely Anxious about driving, their Anxiety stems from the fear that they will accidentally kill someone.
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