History Main / ImprobableParkingSkills

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Mr. Incredible first lands a falling van right on the highway, then proceeds to veer so sharply that it rolls over several times before stopping perfectly in a parking space.

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* Highly averted in the Grand Theft Auto series. The driving controls are designed for you to be as reckless as possible, with little pinpoint accuracy ability except in the highest level/custom cars (and even then they're somewhat wobbly). Which is fine for most of the game, but there ARE missions requiring you not to damage a vehicle and after being accostumed to just ramming yourself into parking spaces half hazardly (if you bother to park in a space at all), it can become incredibly frustrating trying to park like a normal person would. Additionally, anyone trying to play unofficial "abide by the law" variant runs of the games, you will IMMEDIATELY notice how all parking and driving was NOT designed to follow normal automotive behavior.

One common method is to pull the handbrake while turning, using the drift to get the car exactly where you want it (as seen in ''BluesBrothers''). Expect screeching tires. Other nigh-impossible parking stunts include making the car climb or jump over other cars, fall from a height, roll over, etc.

** There's also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVaFbkg9jRs this]] Audi commercial, which was a TakeThat at Lexus' "self-parking" system.

* In ''TheIncredibles'', Mr. Incredible first lands a falling van right on the highway, then proceeds to veer so sharply that it rolls over several times before stopping perfectly in a parking space.

* ''TheBluesBrothers''
* ''AceVentura 2'': ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPM7ugLeXhY Li~ike a glove!]]''
* Lt. Shane Wolf and Zoe Plummer from ''ThePacifier''
* One of JackieChan's earlier films has him doing a hand-brake turn/park of a mini, sliding it into a space approximately 1 mini 4 extra cm.
* ''Film/StarshipTroopers'': it was implied that Carmen Ibanez had to have Improbable Parking Skills to land her shuttle in the middle of a besieged [[SpaceMarine Mobile Infantry]] outpost during a fierce battle. Of course, she had already been established as the AcePilot.
** That was less a case of being skilled enough to land in the middle of the area (considering the shuttles were virtually VTOL craft to begin with) as it was she was the only one insane enough to actually do it in the middle of a [[ZergRush millions-strong wave of incoming Arachnids]].

* In Luc Besson's ''Taxi'' and sequels, Daniel likes to parallel-park by drifting, usually making at least a half-turn in the process.
* ''UndercoverBrother'': in the last scene of the movie, the title character spins his car into a perfect parking position at a curb.

* MrBean thrives on this.
* In ''MyWifeAndKids'', Junior was trying to show his dad how he could drive responsibly and that he was maturing and parallel parked his car ''perfectly'' in less than a second.
* In the American version of ''[[Series/TopGearUS Top Gear]]'', rally driver and presenter Tanner Faust teaches a blind man to drift. His final challenge is to drift-parallel park, which is pulled off perfectly.

* The [[{{Mook}} Pigmask]] who takes you directly to [[PeaceAndLoveIncorporated Thunder Tower]] in ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' pilots the Pork Bean in a rather hap-hazard looking manner, before sliding perfectly in front of the entrance, thereby locking you in with no choice but to continue on to the end of the chapter.

* ''PhineasAndFerb'': In the episode "Bubble Boys", Candace channels [[TheBluesBrothers Elwood Blues]] to pull off a 90-degree ParallelParking job with her right foot on the dashboard in her mother's temporarily-rocket-powered station wagon.

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* ''DueSouth'': there is an episode where Ray puts his [[CoolCar 1972 Buick Riviera]] into a controlled skid over a large field of ice to bring it sliding to a stop immediately next to Fraser and the guest star. Both of them gave him a mild WhatTheHellHero, which he casually shrugged off.

* In the American version of ''TopGear'', Rally driver and presenter Tanner Faust teaches a blind man to drift. His final challenge is to drift-parallel park, which is pulled off perfectly.

* The [[{{Mook}} Pigmask]] who takes you directly to [[PeaceAndLoveIncorporated Thunder Tower]] in ''{{Mother 3}}'' pilots the Pork Bean in a rather hap-hazard looking manner, before sliding perfectly in front of the entrance, thereby locking you in with no choice but to continue on to the end of the chapter.

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* In the first ''[[{{Ptitleoa7pkmr8}} National Lampoon's Vacation]]'' movie, Clark falls asleep at the wheel, the car wanders onto an exit ramp, careens toward a hotel, and Clark wakes up in time to scream and stomp the brakes. The car stops in a parking spot, and the luggage all tumbles off the top of the car to boot.

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* ''UndercoverBrother''. In the last scene of the movie, the title character spins his car into a perfect parking position at a curb.

* The [[{{Mook}} Pigmask]] who takes you directly to [[PeaceAndLoveIncorporated Thunder Tower]] pilots the Pork Bean in a rather hap-hazard looking manner, before sliding perfectly in front of the entrance, thereby locking you in with no choice but to continue on to the end of the chapter.

* In the American version of ''TopGear'', Rally driver and presenter Tanner Faust teaches a blind man to drift. His final challenge is to drift-parallel park, which is pulled off perfectly.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZA6g8r8U2o This]] british commercial. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QykhZUnMuk The stunt man is a real life example.]]
** There's also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVaFbkg9jRs this]] Audi commercial, which was a TakeThat at Lexus' "self-parking" system.

One common method is to pull the handbrake while turning, using the drift to get the car exactly where you want it (as seen in BluesBrothers). Expect screeching tires. Other nigh-impossible parking stunts include making the car climb or jump over other cars, fall from a height, roll over, etc.

One common method is to pull the handbreak while turning, using the drift to get the car exactly where you want it (as seen in BluesBrothers). Expect screeching tires. Other nigh-impossible parking stunts include making the car climb or jump over other cars, fall from a height, roll over, etc.

* In Luc Bession's ''Taxi'' and sequels, Daniel likes to parallel-park by drifting, usually making at least a half-turn in the process.

* In the episode [[PhineasAndFerb "Bubble Boys"]], Candace channels [[TheBluesBrothers Elwood Blues]] to pull off a 90-degree ParallelParking job with her right foot on the dashboard in her mother's temporarily-rocket-powered station wagon. ItMakesSenseInContext.

What better way to demonstrate a BadassDriver's skill than by Improbable Parking Skills, especially with ParallelParking? This may involve sliding and screeching of tires.

Not to be confused with RockstarParking, which is about it being easy to find a space. Contrast ParkingProblems.

* In the ''PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Bubble Boys", Candace channels [[TheBluesBrothers Elwood Blues]] to pull off a 90-degree ParallelParking job with her right foot on the dashboard in her mother's temporarily-rocket-powered station wagon. ItMakesSenseInContext.
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What better way to demonstrate a BadassDriver's skill than by Improbable Parking Skills, especially with ParallelParking. May involve sliding and screeching of tires.

Not to be confused with RockstarParking, which is about it being easy to find a space.

* In the episode [[PhineasAndFerb "Bubble Boys"]], Candace channels [[TheBluesBrothers Elwood Blues]] to pull off a 90-degree ParallelParking job with her right foot on the dashboard in her mother's temporarily-rocket-powered station wagon. ItMakesSenseInContext.

* ''StarshipTroopers'': it was implied that Carmen Ibanez had to have Improbable Parking Skills to land her shuttle in the middle of a besieged [[SpaceMarine Mobile Infantry]] outpost during a fierce battle. Of course, she had already been established as the AcePilot.