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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': "Unspoken." Foot chase variant: The suspect of the week runs after shooting at a politician during a stumping speech. He then runs like heck, pushing a concession cart out of the way and right into Lindsay, who ended up with a nasty concussion.

-->'''Bodie:''' Turn left!
-->'''Doyle:''' Why?
-->'''Bodie:''' Litter! Makes the car look good!
** And as for ''Series/TheSweeney''...
-->'''Regan:''' MARKET! ''*piles through fruit cart in a market*''
-->'''Carter:''' Stop shouting!
-->'''Regan:''' [[NoIndoorVoice I CAN'T!]]
*** "Market!" was a Mondegreen of the show's famous catchphrase "Mark it!"

* In ''Film/Batman1989'', a car containing the Joker's goons drives through garbage cans while taking a shortcut across a street corner, then later gets into a multi-vehicle pileup including a truck whose cargo of cabbages go all over the place.

-->'''Owner''': Hey, sucker! You just bought 60 crates of apples!
* The garbage-pile variant is used in ''Film/TheFrenchConnection''.

-->'''Wally Wackford''': [[{{TemptingFate}} Torches! I say, I say get yer inconvenient torches here!]]

* The stars of Nickelodeon's ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' have run into a variation in the form of [[RecurringExtra the same cabbage cart in]] ''[[RunningGag three]]'' [[RunningGag different cities,]] much to the despair of the salesman. This always results in an anguished cry of "my cabbages!" Near the end of the show's run, they mention (and watch) an in-universe play chronicling the events of the series (with... [[RuleOfFunny dubious accuracy]]). One of the sources? [[ContinuityNod "A surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbages"]]. The Cabbage Merchant has become [[MemeticMutation quite the memetic character]].
** It's four cities if you count the unattended cabbage cart in "Jet".

* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' episode "Vegetable Funfest," where one of the "channel flip" linking segments involves a [[NearMisses near-miss]] with a fruit cart during a chase scene. Then the vendor is hit by a safe.
** Parodied again in the Baby Terminator skit, where during a very slow chase with a cyborg puppy, the mini-truck it's riding is about to slowly collide with a fruit stand much bigger than the actual vehicle, until the vendor, with no effort at all, slowly turns the truck with its foot on the grill.

* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' episode "Vegetable Funfest," where one of the "channel flip" linking segments involves a near-miss with a fruit cart during a chase scene. Then the vendor is hit by a safe.

* Averted with ''Film/CopAndAHalf''. while we see one, it sadly never gets pulverized.

* While not a FruitCart in the strictest of senses, any time a pro wrestling event has a backstage brawl, it's almost a given that it will eventually stumble on the craft services table or possible a concession stand, and yes, the same messy destruction will occur (usually with a wrestler instead of a car.)

* ''Film/TheMatrix'' features a ShoutOut to the scene in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995'' mentioned above, in which Agent Smith shoots the melons on the cart while pursuing Neo through a crowded market in the Matrix.

* In ''Film/TheMatrix'' features a ShoutOut to the scene in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995'' mentioned above, in which Agent Smith shoots the melons on the cart while pursuing Neo through a crowded market in the Matrix.

** Along with damn near every ''other'' car chase cliché.
* Happens at least once in ''Film/Ronin1998'', although made more bearable because the fruit vendor is then shot. That movie has enormous collateral damage.
** Played straight when pursuing cars race through a mid-town market. One car sideswipes a fruit stand, the other car crashes through a pile of wooden boxes.

* The 1977 film ''Film/GrandTheftAuto'' [[note]]unrelated to the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' video game series [[/note]] featured a chase scene where a crazy hillbilly family attempts to stop the protagonists' car with thrown sticks of dynamite. Then one of them inexplicably yells ''"frickin' fruit stand!"'' and proceeds to detonate one that is just lying by the side of the road. Huh.

* Not exactly fruit carts, but one mission in ''VideoGame/WrecklessTheYakuzaMissions'' requires the player to smash a certain number of Dim Sum stands by driving into them.

'''Captain:''' They're all overturned!

** ''Literature/FeetOfClay'', while Commander Vimes is pursuing a fleeing suspect, he mentions getting close a few times before having to manuever around a large fruit cart that has just poked out of a convenient alley. The accompanying footnote suggests that the commonness of this occurrence or ones like it are probably the [[AncientConspiracy work of a secret society]].

** In [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra the sequel,]] said cabbage vendor has expanded into a multinational manufacturer of cars and airships. Said corporation is accused of funding the anti-Bender revolution in secret and gets raided, with the CEO even saying "My Cabbage Corp!" They probably got tired of all the benders trashing their carts.

** ''Literature/TheTruth'' in which a minor disaster in the city streets results in the destruction of several fruit vendors', hagglers, and flour carts, provoking Sacharissa Cripslock to describe the incident in a headline as "The City's Biggest [[IncrediblyLamePun Cake-Mix-Up]]."

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': One of Spongebob's many [[DrivesLikeCrazy failed driving tests]] had him hit a watermelon stand.

* In ''Film/TheMatrix'' features a ShoutOut to the scene in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' mentioned above, in which Agent Smith shoots the melons on the cart while pursuing Neo through a crowded market in the Matrix.

* The 1977 film ''Film/GrandTheftAuto1977'' [[note]]unrelated to the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' video game series [[/note]] featured a chase scene where a crazy hillbilly family attempts to stop the protagonists' car with thrown sticks of dynamite. Then one of them inexplicably yells ''"frickin' fruit stand!"'' and proceeds to detonate one that is just lying by the side of the road. Huh.

* ''Film/FlamingBrothers'' have a ''[[UnconventionalVehicleChase tuk-tuk]]'' chase in the streets of Bangkok with a cart of coconuts getting smashed up at one point.

* The ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "Cowboy Funk," where the Fruit Cart is destroyed by an incompetent rival of the heroes.

From Creator/RogerEbert's [[Literature/EbertsGlossaryOfMovieTerms dictionary of movie clichés]], fast chase scenes require a fruit cart being plowed into, preferably by a DrivesLikeCrazy RedShirt in hot pursuit. Almost always pops up in "ethnic" neighborhoods (e.g. Chinatown, Little Italy, etc.). If a chase scene takes place in one, you're supposed to chant "Fruit Cart! Fruit Cart! Fruit Cart!" repeatedly until its [[ItsGoingDown inevitable destruction]] in a spray of melon rind.

* Happens at least once in ''Film/{{Ronin}}'', although made more bearable because the fruit vendor is then shot. That movie has enormous collateral damage.

* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett''. When the majordomo in a speeder is being chased by the Mods through [[Recap/TheBookOfBobaFettS1E3TheStreetsOfMosEspa the streets of Mos Espa]], he knocks over [[RuleOfThrees at least two fruit stalls]] before finally crashing into an entire fruit market, burying his speeder in Meiloorun fruit. He manages to tip over an astromech's cargo of crates, smash through a [[MythologyGag painting of concept art for]] ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', and the supports of a water tank--the contents of which probably cost more than everything else he damaged put together.

* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett''. When the majordomo driving a speeder is being chased by the Mods through [[Recap/TheBookOfBobaFettS1E3TheStreetsOfMosEspa the streets of Mos Espa]], he knocks over [[RuleOfThrees at least two fruit stalls]] before finally crashing into an entire fruit market, burying his speeder in Meiloorun fruits. He also smashes the scaffold supports of a water tank, which would have been a good deal more expensive than fruit on Tatooine.