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* ''ComicBook/Spiderman2099'': Gabriel's car get's cut in two by the [[CorporateSamurai Specialist]] with his AbsurdlySharpBlade. The cut is so clean that it doesn't damage the structual integrity of the rest of the car. Of course, next time Miguel sees him he makes fun of him for now being able to afford a convertible, but Gabriel admits that he likes it this way.

** Similar "can-openers" exist in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3-UugI0JoA&ab_channel=WillemHebbe Westwood, Massachusetts]]; South Melbourne, Australia; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsH2-ThvOFU&ab_channel=CTVNews Victoria, British Columbia]]; and Saint Petersburg, Russia that see the occasional overheight vehicle getting sandwiched or having its roof sheared off despite the signs urging drivers to take a detour.

* In ''Film/TheMummyReturns'' they do this to the second floor of a double-decker bus.

** Similar "can-openers" exist in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3-UugI0JoA&ab_channel=WillemHebbe Westwood, Massachusetts]]; South Melbourne, Australia; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsH2-ThvOFU&ab_channel=CTVNews Victoria, British Columbia]]; and Saint Petersburg, Russia that see the occasional truck getting wedged under or having its roof sheared off despite the signs urging drivers to take a detour.

* The Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass in Durham, North Carolina. This is a railroad bridge you're more likely to know of by its alternate nickname, the 11 foot 8 Bridge, owing to its low vertical clearance of 11 feet 8 inches (3.56 m). It cannot be raised, because nearby grade crossings would also have to be raised, and the street cannot be lowered as a major sewer line runs right under it. [[FailedASpotCheck Despite the obvious yellow warning signs and lights]], there's always at least one overheight truck per month that ends up getting its roof sheared off in spectacular fashion. Jürgen Henn, who runs a nearby office, [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube mounted two video cameras to record the crashes]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkWTcDZFH0 post every]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2QW9CiHpZA instance of this]] to Website/YouTube. The frequency of overheight trucks trying to go under the bridge much so that the locals have nicknamed it the "Can Opener Bridge" and gained it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS7WYn0qxzM international attention]]. There is even [[http://11foot8.com/ a website]] dedicated to hosting the videos of these crashes, [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube guaranteeing that these unlucky drivers will never forget]]. Near the end of 2019, they were finally able to raise it eight inches... and overheight trucks ''still'' continue to lose chunks of roof to it.

** ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': When the T-1000, driving a tow truck, crashes into a demolished bridge, destroying the roof of the truck. The T-1000 ducked as it passed under the bridge.
** ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' does this with a hearse, badly damaging the Terminator trying to cut through the roof in the process.

* In ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'', Shizuo pulls this off on [[spoiler:Horada]]'s car by slicing the top off with a highway sign.

* Done in ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'' by Shark to Wolf's car during the armored truck chase when he throws Piranha at the trucks by tearing off the roof. Wolf is less than amused by this.

* Happens to Cruella de Vil's car at the end of ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', while she is chasing the moving van the titular dogs were travelling in. Her car was ''already'' a convertible, though the top was up at the time.

* Variation in the '90s ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' animated series, when Cyclops pisses off ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}.

* Variation in the '90s ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' animated series, when Cyclops pisses off {{Wolverine}}.

** ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': When the T-1000, driving a tow truck, crashes into a demolished bridge, destroying the roof of the truck, the T-1000, being made of liquid metal, is able to reconstruct itself and continue the chase.