History Main / DrivingTestSmashers

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* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'': Averted, somewhat in the episode "The Driver's Seat," where Marcia gets her driver's license after enduring constant teasing by her brother Greg. A debate had ensued over which gender was the better drivers -- male or female -- and eventually, the two settle matters with an obstacle course-style test in a vacant parking lot. The final test: Attempting to stop a car -- a brand-spanking new and astonishingly ginormous 1974 Chevrolet Caprice convertible -- closest to a cone without bumping into it (and thus, knocking an egg off). Marcia passes, but Greg ... well, he made an impromptu scrambled egg! Incidentally, the egg was the only thing harmed in the making of this episode.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': A [[SuperSpeed speedster]] villain cuts in front of Barbara Gordon while she is taking her driver's test, prompting her to give chase. It doesn't end well.

-->--'''Frankie Boyle''', ''Series/MockTheWeek'', ''Bad Things To Hear On a Driving Test.''

-->--'''FrankieBoyle, ''Series/MockTheWeek'', ''Bad Things To Hear On a Driving Test.''

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'': In "Driver's Ed", Robin takes up driver's ed after his license is suspended, but fails to realize that his instructor Ed is using him as a getaway driver.

* In ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', [[GenkiGirl Misaki]] takes a driving class, resulting in her instructor staggering out of the car BlueWithShock. She avoids damaging the car and gets her license, but still DrivesLikeCrazy.

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* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': An AI car takes over her test vehicle to help her pass and makes her feel guilty for unintentionally cheating.

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* In ''Film/AlexanderAndTheTerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBadDay'': Anthony insists on taking his driving rest on the day when every is going wrong, because he wants to drive Celia to the prom that night. During the test, his driving examiner intentionally distracts him by convincing him to pick up his cell phone, causing him to destroy several parking meters and damage the family minivan, and ultimately fail.

* In ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', [[GenkiGirl Misaki]] takes a driving class, resulting in her instructor staggering out of the car BlueWithShock. She gets her license, but still DrivesLikeCrazy.

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* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'': Averted, somewhat in the episode "The Driver's Seat," where Marcia gets her driver's license after enduring constant teasing by her brother Greg. A debate had ensued over which gender was the better drivers -- male or female -- and eventually, the two settle matters with an obstacle course-style test in a vacant parking lot. The final test: Attempting to stop a car -- a brand-spanking new and astonishingly ginormous 1974 Chevrolet Caprice convertible -- closest to a cone without bumping into it (and thus, knocking an egg off). Marcia passes, but Greg ... well, he made an impromptu scrambled egg! Incidentally, the egg was the only thing harmed in the making of * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Buffy's test didn't go well, either -- partly because she had to fight a monster that day, partly because she just wasn't very good.this episode.

* Hilariously played with in the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "The Doonkleberry Imperative" where Dr. Doofenshmirtz has to re-take his Drusselsteinian driving test: It's the test itself that is the catastrophe, complete with [[SoundtrackDissonance a jaunty waltz]] [[MusicalSlapstickMontage accompanying a montage of Doof's questionable driving]].

* Hilariously played with in the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "The Doonkleberry Imperative" where Dr. Doofenshmirtz has to re-take his Drusselsteinian driving test: It's the test itself that is the catastrophe, complete with [[MusicalSlapstickMontage a jaunty waltz accompanying a montage of Doof's questionable driving]].

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* In ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', Bond commandeers a light plane, passing himself off as an instructor to the little old lady student, and causes mayhem taxiing around the runway evading Mr. Big's mooks.

* In ''Film/AlexanderAndTheTerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBadDay'': Anthony insists on taking his driving rest on the day when every is going wrong, because he wants to drive Celia to the prom that night. During the test, his driving examiner intentionally distracts him by convincing him to pick up his cell phone, causing him to destroy several parking meters and damage the family minivan, and ultimately fail.

* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'': Averted, somewhat in the episode "The Driver's Seat," where Marcia gets her driver's license after enduring constant teasing by her brother Greg. A debate had ensued over which gender was the better drivers -- male or female -- and eventually, the two settle matters with an obstacle course-style test in a vacant parking lot. The final test: Attempting to stop a car -- a brand-spanking new and astonishingly ginormous 1974 Chevrolet Caprice convertible -- closest to a cone without bumping into it (and thus, knocking an egg off). Marcia passes, but Greg ... well, he made an impromptu scrambled egg! Incidentally, the egg was the only thing harmed in the making of this episode.

* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Kryten's Starbug driving test results in the ship falling into a time hole.

* ''Series/HomeImprovement'': Averted, [[TimTaylorTechnology despite that show's potential for disaster]]. Brad's driving test happened without a hitch offscreen; the only hiccup was that Tim's license expired and he had to retake his, too.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Buffy's test didn't go well, either -- partly because she had to fight a monster that day, partly because she just wasn't very good.
* ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfBeansBaxter'': In "Beans Gets His Driver's License (and It Isn't Pretty)", Beans has to contend with a pair of UGLI agents attempting to sabotage his driving test.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': An AI car takes over her test vehicle to help her pass and makes her feel guilty for unintentionally cheating.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': A [[SuperSpeed speedster]] villain cuts in front of Barbara Gordon while she is taking her driver's test, prompting her to give chase. It doesn't end well.
* The second episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' concerned Peter teaching Meg how to drive for her driving test by racing an Amish man on a horse and buggy. When Meg tried to race during her actual driving test, she failed.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', Lance has to get his driver's license. A drag racer he raced against the other day AND a giant monster show up, with lots of black-woman driving-instructor yelling.
* ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters'': One of them had a driving test. Unfortunately, the car had haunted ''fuel''.
* ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' was once a driver tester testing Baboon, who was more concerned about reading poetry than driving. It turns out that, rather than wanting a driver's license, Baboon wanted a ''poetic'' one.

* In the ''Manga/TenchiMuyo'' manga, Mihoshi learns to drive Earth cars; her normal results are more akin to DrivesLikeCrazy. Then a bank robbery, a [[FlashedBadgeHijack Flashed Badge Hijacking]], and a minor bit of breaking the {{Masquerade}} ...

"Driving Test" is code in Fictionland for "Scheduled Disaster." When a main character plans to take a driving test, it '''will''' be interrupted by a flash flood, a bank robbery (possibly with the escaping criminals hijacking the test vehicle), the appearance of a new door in the PortalNetwork, an attack by the MonsterOfTheWeek, an impending apocalypse, or some variation/combination of the above. No exceptions. Driving tests exist only to be {{Weirdness Magnet}}s.

* Hilariously perverted in the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "The Donnkleberry Imperative" where Dr. Doofenshmirtz has to re-take his Drusselsteinian driving test: [[spoiler:It's the test itself that is the catastrophe]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZER63EzKd2c This commercial]] for the 1969 AMC Rebel has a driving instructor stuck with a series of less-than-competent drivers driving the Rebel; [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments capped by the scene]] with a [[DumbBlonde VERY]] [[TheDitz ditzy]] blonde behind the wheel.
-->'''Driving Instructor''': "Look out for that truck!"
-->'''Blonde''' (in very high-pitched voice): "What truck?"
-->'''Driving Instructor''': "Behind the bus!"
-->'''Blonde''': "[[EpicFail What bus?]]"
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** Also, in "Rosie, Come Home", Rosie ran away due a misunderstanding. Judy was in the middle of a driving test when she found her. Judy ended up scaring the tester so much he passed her just so he wouldn't have to evaluate her again.

* ''TheBradyBunch'': Averted, somewhat in the episode "The Driver's Seat," where Marcia gets her driver's license after enduring constant teasing by her brother Greg. A debate had ensued over which gender was the better drivers -- male or female -- and eventually, the two settle matters with an obstacle course-style test in a vacant parking lot. The final test: Attempting to stop a car -- a brand-spanking new and astonishingly ginormous 1974 Chevrolet Caprice convertible -- closest to a cone without bumping into it (and thus, knocking an egg off). Marcia passes, but Greg ... well, he made an impromptu scrambled egg! Incidentally, the egg was the only thing harmed in the making of this episode.

* ''HomeImprovement'': Averted, [[TimTaylorTechnology despite that show's potential for disaster]]. Brad's driving test happened without a hitch offscreen; the only hiccup was that Tim's license expired and he had to retake his, too.

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* Hilariously perverted in the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode The Donnkleberry Imperative where Dr. Doofenshmirtz has to re-take his Drusselsteinian driving test: [[spoiler:It's the test itself that is the catastrophe]]