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* ''{{Terminator}} 2'' after the truck is shot.

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* ''{{Terminator}} 2'' [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/T2_tire_roll_4853.jpg after the truck is shot.shot]].



* In ''[=~Airplane!~=]'' we see a hubcap rolling across the tarmac after an ambulance crashes.

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* In ''[=~Airplane!~=]'' ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' we see a hubcap rolling across the tarmac after an ambulance crashes.
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* In [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/03/27/ this]] {{Garfield}} strip, Jon wound up crashing while roller skating as one of the stray wheels from his skates bounces past Garfield.

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* In [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/03/27/ this]] {{Garfield}} strip, Jon wound up crashing while roller skating as one skating. One of the stray wheels from his skates bounces past Garfield.
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--> --SurrealThemeTune to ''AbsolutelyFabulous''

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcGu1_jaD8g Has happened]] during some races.
** And especially embarrassing when a wreck isn't involved. Make sure you get all your lug nuts in the pits, kids, or you may be serenaded by Darrell Waltrip's stirring rendition of 'You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel!'
* Not just in races; this is fairly common in car crashes in general.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcGu1_jaD8g Has happened]] during some races.
** And especially embarrassing when a wreck isn't involved. Make sure you get all your lug nuts in the pits, kids, or you may be serenaded by Darrell Waltrip's stirring rendition of 'You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel!'
* Not just in races; this
This is fairly common in car crashes in general.
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* Often done as a gag in CanadasWorstDriver. I think once they even had a loose ''steering wheel''.

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* Often done as a gag in CanadasWorstDriver. I think once they even had a loose ''steering wheel''.on ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver''.
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* In [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/03/27/ this]] {{Garfield}} strip, Jon wound up crashing while roller skating as one of the stray wheels from his skates bounces past Garfield.

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* ''CommandAndConquer: Tiberian Sun'' had this.

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* ''CommandAndConquer: Tiberian Sun'' had this.this; upon the destruction/death of a vehicle, it would spawn a random assortment of debris items that would go flying off, such as explosive gas tanks, chunks of armour plating, and so on. Wheeled vehicles could spawn rogue wheels, of course.


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*** Knowing ''{{Futurama}}''? It was probably ''both''.
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* ''ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' - Terry-Thomas's Jeep, its front end damaged by an off-road swerve, rides more and more erratically until it goes into a tunnel with a large smash - a single wheel rolls out the other end, followed by the rest of the Jeep that finally rolls over and dies.
* One of the more visible continuity goofs in ''DiamondsAreForever'' is the loose wheel from the moon buggy that bounces through the chase while the buggy continues on with all its wheels.
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* In the New Zealand-made action film ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095721/ Never Say Die]]'', a fleet of police cars drives into a one-way bus tunnel to pursue the protagonists - not realising that there actually is a bus heading towards them. Predictably, a wheel can be seen rolling out of the tunnel not long after.
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* Not just in races; this is fairly common in car crashes in general.
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* In the third ''FinalDestination'' film, the first victim of Death's damage-control dies when a burning tire from the (unseen) mass pileup is flung clear out of the stadium and plummets down onto her in the parking lot.

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* In the third fourth ''FinalDestination'' film, the first victim of Death's damage-control dies when a burning tire from the (unseen) mass pileup is flung clear out of the stadium and plummets down onto her in the parking lot.
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz4IR10qr4E&feature=player_detailpage Or this]]
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* Often done as a gag in CanadasWorstDriver. I think once they even had a loose ''steering wheel''.

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* The intro for the old DrivingGame ''{{Ignition}}'' has a car race across the screen, [[OffscreenCrash crash off-screen]], and a wheel from the car rolls back into the camera's view, forming part of the game's logo.

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* The intro for the old DrivingGame ''{{Ignition}}'' has a car race across the screen, [[OffscreenCrash crash off-screen]], and a wheel from the car rolls back into the camera's view, forming part of the game's logo. logo.
* An exploding Runner or Racer in ''{{Borderlands}}'' will usually throw off at least one of these (of the "on fire" variant).
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* The Reliant Robin in ''MrBean'' repeatedly does this as a RunningGag.



* Seen in ''MrBean'', every time he causes the Reliant Robin to crash offscreen.

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* Seen in ''MrBean'', every time he causes the The Reliant Robin to crash offscreen.in ''MrBean'' repeatedly does this as a RunningGag.

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* This happened on an early {{NCIS}} episode. We see Gibbs diving to avoid a car bomb blast, then a flaming tire lands next to him.



* This happened on an early {{NCIS}} episode. We see Gibbs diving to avoid a car bomb blast, then a flaming tire lands next to him.

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* This happened on an early {{NCIS}} episode. We see Gibbs diving to avoid a car bomb blast, then a flaming tire lands next to him.
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* This happened on an early {{NCIS}} episode. We see Gibbs diving to avoid a car bomb blast, then a flaming tire lands next to him.
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When a car is wrecked (or explodes), often a lone wheel will be seen rolling (or flying) away from the vehicle. Since EveryCarIsAPinto, it may well be [[IncendiaryExponent on fire]]. This is pretty much a DiscreditedTrope, so expect to almost only see it in parodies.

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When a car is wrecked (or explodes), often a lone wheel will be seen rolling (or flying) away from the vehicle. Since EveryCarIsAPinto, it may well be [[IncendiaryExponent on fire]]. This is pretty much a DiscreditedTrope, DeadHorseTrope (if not a DeadUnicornTrope), so expect to almost only see it in parodies.

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->''Then the oil from the coach lamps ignites and there is a second explosion, out of which rolls -- because there are certain conventions, even in tragedy -- a burning wheel.''

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->''Then ->''Wheels on fire, rolling down the oil from the coach lamps ignites and there is a second explosion, out of which rolls -- because there are certain conventions, even in tragedy -- a burning wheel.''
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* Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld/SoulMusic'' hangs a lampshade on it when describing the carriage crash that kills the heroine's parents - see the page quote. In fact, due to ''Discworld'''s [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality Law Of Narrative Causality]], this happens in every single crash. Not just the ones featured in the books - ''every'' one.

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* Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld/SoulMusic'' hangs a lampshade on it when describing the carriage crash that kills the heroine's parents - see the page quote.parents. In fact, due to ''Discworld'''s [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality Law Of Narrative Causality]], this happens in every single crash. Not just the ones featured in the books - ''every'' one.one.
->''Then the oil from the coach lamps ignites and there is a second explosion, out of which rolls -- because there are certain conventions, even in tragedy -- a burning wheel.''
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When a car is wrecked (or explodes), often a lone wheel will be seen rolling (or flying) away from the vehicle. Since EveryCarIsAPinto, it may well be [[IncendiaryExponent on fire]].

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When a car is wrecked (or explodes), often a lone wheel will be seen rolling (or flying) away from the vehicle. Since EveryCarIsAPinto, it may well be [[IncendiaryExponent on fire]]. \n This is pretty much a DiscreditedTrope, so expect to almost only see it in parodies.

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When a car is wrecked (or explodes), often a lone wheel will be seen rolling (or flying) away from the vehicle. May or may not be [[IncendiaryExponent on fire]]. The vehicular equivalent of SmolderingShoes.

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->''Then the oil from the coach lamps ignites and there is a second explosion, out of which rolls -- because there are certain conventions, even in tragedy -- a burning wheel.''

When a car is wrecked (or explodes), often a lone wheel will be seen rolling (or flying) away from the vehicle. May or Since EveryCarIsAPinto, it may not well be [[IncendiaryExponent on fire]]. fire]].

Also often seen after an OffscreenCrash, rolling into view from BehindTheBlack and gradually wobbling to a halt.

The vehicular equivalent of SmolderingShoes.



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* "The Wheel", a story in the DCComics AnthologyComic ''The Witching Hour'', has this happen with a wrecked carriage. In this case, the wheel survived because it was "haunted" and indeed had caused the crash in the first place.
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* PlayedForLaughs (though YMMV) in ''[=~Airplane!~=]'', when we see a hubcap rolling across the tarmac after an ambulance crashes.

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* PlayedForLaughs (though YMMV) in ''[=~Airplane!~=]'', when In ''[=~Airplane!~=]'' we see a hubcap rolling across the tarmac after an ambulance crashes.



* In the ''MonstersInc'' short film "Mike's New Car", when he finally zooms offscreen and crashes, five of the six wheels come bouncing back, followed by the sixth one which is just rolling.
* The Reliant Robin in ''MrBean'' repeatedly does this as a RunningGag.



* Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld/SoulMusic'' hangs a lampshade on it when describing the carriage crash that kills the heroine's parents.

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* Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld/SoulMusic'' hangs a lampshade on it when describing the carriage crash that kills the heroine's parents.parents - see the page quote. In fact, due to ''Discworld'''s [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality Law Of Narrative Causality]], this happens in every single crash. Not just the ones featured in the books - ''every'' one.


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* The intro for the old DrivingGame ''{{Ignition}}'' has a car race across the screen, [[OffscreenCrash crash off-screen]], and a wheel from the car rolls back into the camera's view, forming part of the game's logo.
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* One ''{{Leverage}}'' episode uses it for misdirection: it'd be natural to think that the camera's focusing on the wheel rolling out of the wreckage just because that's a standard convention for filming car explosions, but it's actually because that wheel is where all the money got hidden...
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When a car is wrecked (or explodes), often a lone wheel will be seen rolling (or flying) away from the vehicle. May or may not be [[IncendiaryExponent on fire]].

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When a car is wrecked (or explodes), often a lone wheel will be seen rolling (or flying) away from the vehicle. May or may not be [[IncendiaryExponent on fire]].
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* In the third ''FinalDestination'' film, the first victim of Death's damage-control dies when a burning tire from the (unseen) mass pileup is flung clear out of the stadium and plummets down onto her in the parking lot.
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* PlayedForLaughs (though YMMV) in {{Airplane}}, when we see a hubcap rolling across the tarmac after an ambulance crashes.

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* PlayedForLaughs (though YMMV) in {{Airplane}}, ''[=~Airplane!~=]'', when we see a hubcap rolling across the tarmac after an ambulance crashes.
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* PlayedForLaughs (though YMMV) in {{Airplane!}}, when we see a hubcap rolling across the tarmac after an ambulance crashes.

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* PlayedForLaughs (though YMMV) in {{Airplane!}}, {{Airplane}}, when we see a hubcap rolling across the tarmac after an ambulance crashes.
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* ''PrinceOfPersia: The Two Thrones'', at the end of one of the chariot-driving sequences.

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