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# Most likely, both of the above.
# Most likely, both of the above.


If the one who owns the car is a main character, the trope is [[Watch the Paint Job]]. See also [[Its Going Down]]. Practically a subtrope of [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]
If the one who owns the car is a main character, the trope is [[Watch the Paint Job]]. See also [[It's Going Down]]. Practically a subtrope of [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]
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== [[Live Action]] TV ==
== [[Live Action]] TV ==
* Here's a handy guide: if Kelso makes even a passing reference to his car in an episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'', bad things are going to happen to it.
* Here's a handy guide: if Kelso makes even a passing reference to his car in an episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'', bad things are going to happen to it.
* In ''[[Power Rangers RPM]],'' when Col. Truman refers to the Project Go-Onger van as his prized possession, you ''knew'' it was [[Its Going Down|going down]]. And it did: the [[Monster of the Week]] planted a bomb on it, causing it to go out of control and right off a cliff. The Rangers bailed out just in time to see it die.
* In ''[[Power Rangers RPM]],'' when Col. Truman refers to the Project Go-Onger van as his prized possession, you ''knew'' it was [[It's Going Down|going down]]. And it did: the [[Monster of the Week]] planted a bomb on it, causing it to go out of control and right off a cliff. The Rangers bailed out just in time to see it die.
* Lt. Gruber tanks in ''[[Allo Allo (TV)|Allo Allo]]''.
* Lt. Gruber tanks in ''[[Allo Allo (TV)|Allo Allo]]''.
* The [[Villain of the Week]] in one ''[[Burn Notice]]'' episode is allowed to drive Jesse's Porsche Cayman under the belief that it was now his. {{spoiler|To keep Michael's client from blowing his head off, Fiona rassures Jesse that she will only shoot the windhield. The guy backs up in a hurry, rips off the back bumper, and drives off. Jesse says, annoyedly, "Just the windshield."}}
* The [[Villain of the Week]] in one ''[[Burn Notice]]'' episode is allowed to drive Jesse's Porsche Cayman under the belief that it was now his. {{spoiler|To keep Michael's client from blowing his head off, Fiona rassures Jesse that she will only shoot the windhield. The guy backs up in a hurry, rips off the back bumper, and drives off. Jesse says, annoyedly, "Just the windshield."}}
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