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* ''[[Undercover Brother]]''. The title character has Sistah Girl do this during the golf cart chase.
* ''[[Undercover Brother]]''. The title character has Sistah Girl do this during the golf cart chase.
* In the Disney film version of ''[[The Three Musketeers (1993 film)|The Three Musketeers 1993]]'', Athos orders D'Artagnan to take the reins of the carriage they're driving so that he can start drinking.
* In the Disney film version of ''[[The Three Musketeers (1993 film)|The Three Musketeers 1993]]'', Athos orders D'Artagnan to take the reins of the carriage they're driving so that he can start drinking.
* In ''[[Scooby Doo (film)|Scooby Doo]] 2: Monsters Unleashed'', when the gang is being chased by the pterodactyl monster, Freddy asks Shaggy to take the wheel of the Mystery Machine while he tries to shoot the monster down. A little while later, Shaggy gets called to the back of the van so he can help Velma, and he leaves the driving to Scooby. ''To Scooby''. Granted, he's [[Speech-Impaired Animal|pretty intelligent]] as far as animals go, but he's still not ''that'' far up [[Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism|the scale]]…
* In ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)||Scooby Doo]] 2: Monsters Unleashed'', when the gang is being chased by the pterodactyl monster, Freddy asks Shaggy to take the wheel of the Mystery Machine while he tries to shoot the monster down. A little while later, Shaggy gets called to the back of the van so he can help Velma, and he leaves the driving to Scooby. ''To Scooby''. Granted, he's [[Speech-Impaired Animal|pretty intelligent]] as far as animals go, but he's still not ''that'' far up [[Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism|the scale]]…
* Shows up word-for-word at the end of ''[[Buckaroo Banzai]]'', when Banzai gives [[Humanoid Alien|John Parker]] (who failed flight school) control of the Red Lectroid thermopod so that he can manually aim the gun instead.
* Shows up word-for-word at the end of ''[[Buckaroo Banzai]]'', when Banzai gives [[Humanoid Alien|John Parker]] (who failed flight school) control of the Red Lectroid thermopod so that he can manually aim the gun instead.
* ''[[Judge Dredd (film)|Judge Dredd]]''. Dredd says it to Fergie during the aerial Mark 4 Lawmaster chase as he's about to jump to another vehicle.
* ''[[Judge Dredd (film)|Judge Dredd]]''. Dredd says it to Fergie during the aerial Mark 4 Lawmaster chase as he's about to jump to another vehicle.
* In the ''[[Cat in The Hat]]'' live action movie, the cat and two kids are in the middle of a car chase when not only does the cat literally give one kid the wheel, but also fabricates a new one, so they're driving one car with two separate wheels. And when the second kid objects, he gives ''her'' a wheel as well. Needless to say, it doesn't end too well.
* In the ''[[Cat in The Hat]]'' live action movie, the cat and two kids are in the middle of a car chase when not only does the cat literally give one kid the wheel, but also fabricates a new one, so they're driving one car with two separate wheels. And when the second kid objects, he gives ''her'' a wheel as well. Needless to say, it doesn't end too well.
* In ''[[Sherlock, Jr.]]'', Sherlock briefly hands the wheel off to the girl so he can throw an exploding pool ball at the car that's chasing them.
* In ''[[Sherlock, Jr.]]'', Sherlock briefly hands the wheel off to the girl so he can throw an exploding pool ball at the car that's chasing them.
* A ''very'' low-key example in ''[[Pee Wee's Big Adventure]]'' as Mickey has Pee-Wee hold the wheel while he lights a cigarette driving down the highway. It takes maybe five seconds, but Pee-Wee is on the verge of panic.
* A ''very'' low-key example in ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]'' as Mickey has Pee-Wee hold the wheel while he lights a cigarette driving down the highway. It takes maybe five seconds, but Pee-Wee is on the verge of panic.


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