History Main / MurderByRemoteControlVehicle

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': Averted for obvious reasons. Woody uses RC to knock Buzz behind the dresser so he can reclaim his status as Andy's favorite toy and go with him to Pizza Planet, [[DisasterDominoes but when that plan goes awry, Buzz is sent out the window instead]]. Luckily, Buzz lives and the two eventually resolve their differences.

* In the [[VideoGame/WatchDogsTwo latter]] [[VideoGame/WatchDogsLegion two]] ''Watch_Dogs'' games, the PlayerCharacter can pull this on unsuspecting foes: since every car is [[EverythingIsOnline connected to CtOS]], they can be hacked and commanded to drive forwards, backwards, left or right. Not enough for precise control, but perfect for [[CarFu flattening any guards]] who happen to be in the way.

* ''Disney/ToyStory'': Averted for obvious reasons. Woody uses RC to knock Buzz behind the dresser so he can reclaim his status as Andy's favorite toy and go with him to Pizza Planet, [[DisasterDominoes but when that plan goes awry, Buzz is sent out the window instead]]. Luckily, Buzz lives and the two eventually resolve their differences.

* ''Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries''. In "Artificial Condition", Murderbot is bodyguarding some researchers going to meet a CorruptCorporateExecutive who, it turns out, is just luring them into a trap. While on the space shuttle to their destination, killware is downloaded into the shuttle's computer destroying the bot pilot. Fortunately Murderbot has recently made the aquaintance of a sentient spacecraft who downloads itself and corrects their course [[RobotsThinkFaster before the humans on board have time to do more than say]] OhCrap

* ''Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries''. In "Artificial Condition", Murderbot is bodyguarding some researchers going to meet a CorruptCorporateExecutive who, it turns out, is just luring them into a trap. While on the space shuttle to their destination, killware is downloaded into the shuttle's computer destroying the bot pilot. Fortunately Murderbot has recently made the aquaintance of a sentient spacecraft who downloads itself and corrects their course [[RobotsThinkFaster before the humans on board have time to do more than say]] OhCrap.

* ''Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries''. In "Artificial Condition", Murderbot is bodyguarding some researchers going to meet a CorruptCorporateExecutive. While on the space shuttle to their destination, killware is downloaded into the shuttle's computer destroying the bot pilot. Fortunately Muderbot has recently made the aquaintance of a sentient spacecraft who downloads itself and corrects their course [[RobotsThinkFaster before the humans on board have time to do more than say]] OhCrap.

* ''Series/FBIMostWanted'': In "Execute", a hacker murders a family by seizing control of their car and causing it crash into a tree.

* ''Series/FBIMostWanted'': In ""Execute", a hacker murders a family by seizing control of their car and causing it crash into a tree.

* ''WesternAnimation/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': In "[[Recap/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2015S3E12LongDistanceRunaround Long Distance Runaround]]", the Collector takes control of the Milano and flies it towards a Kree warship. Then he makes it fire so that the Kree will retaliate and kill the Guardians.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman'': In "The Deadly Dish", Luthor attempts to run Perry White over with a remote control steamroller. By implication, the piledriver and wrecking ball he uses to try and kill Jimmy and Lois must also be remotely controlled.

* ''Disney/ToyStory'': Averted for obvious reasons. Woody uses RC to knock Buzz behind the dresser so he can reclaim his status as Andy's favorite toy and go with him to Pizza Planet, but when that plan goes awry, Buzz is sent out the window instead. Luckily, Buzz lives and the two eventually resolve their differences.

A variation on VehicularSabotage, Murder by Remote Control Vehicle is an attempt to kill someone by somehow taking control of their vehicle from a distance and causing it to crash at high speed. Exactly how the villain gains control of the hero's vehicle is sometimes explained (e.g. leaving a remote controlled vehicle for them to find during their escape), but can be just just {{Handwaved}}, or no explanation given at all.

* ''ComicBook/HackSlash'': In "Blood Blower", a dog-hater uses a remote-controlled snow blower to kill puppies, and later uses it in an attempt to murder Cassie and Lisa.
* ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'': Robin and Spoiler were once able to escape after being surrounded by a heavily armed group of gangsters ''and'' take the costumed criminal Tim had been investigating--who had gotten on the gangsters' wrong side--into custody by making the gangsters scatter with the threat that the remote controlled [[CoolCar Redbird]] was going to run over them.

* An episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' features a SerialKiller whose gimmick is remotely sabotaging computer systems (e.g. changing the ordering system of a restaurant so a victim with an allergy has their meal loaded with allergens and blocking the emergency call). His first kill was a variation of this trope; he hacked the GPS of the victim's (expensive) car so it would take them to a bad part of town, lock up the doors and engine and then [[GiveChaseWithAngryNatives sound the car alarm to lure in crooks]].

* ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'': Season 7 brought "Danger on the Hazzard Express", where Boss schemes with two robbers plan to steal the General Lee and, after placing a remote-control device in the engine and steering gear, use it to crash into a train carrying $2 million to the state's reserve. The trope kicks into effect when the robbers – realizing that Bo and Luke will come after them – plan to kidnap the Duke boys, restrain them inside the car and then crash the car into the train. (Boss, knowing what this means, immediately turns against his associates when they refuse to back down. And of course, the Duke boys do manage to regain control of the car and eventually defeat the bad guys.)

* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'': In "Hit, Run and Homicide", the murderer uses a remote controlled station wagon to run over a pedestrian. While bicycling about a wooded area, Jessica discovers the murder weapon and decides to take a closer look at the station wagon's inner workings. Once inside, however, she becomes trapped when someone in a van operates the remote control device to lock her inside, to activate the automobile's engine, and to steer her away at a dangerous speed, en route to an overhang above the rocky seacoast.

* ''WesternAnimation/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': In "[[Recap/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2015S3E12LongDistanceRunaround Long Distance Runaround]]", the Collector takes control of the Milano and flies it towards a Kree warship. Then he makes it fire, so that the Kree will retaliate and kill the Guardians.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"You are now flying Remote Control Airways. Think twice. It's a long way down."'']]

* The Tinkerer once tried to kill Franchise/SpiderMan using a remote-controlled version of the Spider-Mobile (a very short-lived spider-themed vehicle owned by Spidey).

* In ''Film/BatmanReturns'', the Penguin installs a remote control device in the Batmobile and uses it to try and kill Batman while Batman is driving.
* Happens in the opening of ''King of the Rocket Men'', the 1949 Republic FilmSerial that kicked off the [[JetPack Rocketman]] character. A scientist gets into his car only to find it's been modified by the [[SinisterSilhouettes shadowy]] [[BigBad Dr. Vulcan]], who uses remote control radio waves to send it off a cliff. The same thing happens to the hero, who of course escapes. The scene is {{Gag Dub}}bed in ''Film/JMenForever'' when the Lightning Bug causes numerous crashes by playing loud rock music.

So far as we know, this is not TruthInTelevision ''yet'', but cars ''are'' becoming increasingly computerized and computer scientists have [[http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/ demonstrated]] that it is possible to hack into cars that have wireless connectivity. Car manufacturers are now being warned to take computer security into account, especially as self-driving cars become more common.

* ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'': Robin and Spoiler were once able to escape after being surrounded by a heavily armed group of gangsters ''and'' take the costumed criminal Tim had been investigating--who had gotten on the gangsters' wrong side--into custody by making the gangsters scatter with the threat that the remote controlled [[CoolCar Redbird]] was going to run over them.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E4TheSontaranStratagem The Sontaran Stratagem]]" starts with a journalist being killed by her own car when its emissions reduction system (part of a planet-conquering ploy by the eponymous Sontarans) takes over. The Doctor is then himself trapped in a car controlled by a murderous AI, but escapes by using a LogicBomb. (The AI had been programmed to kill the Doctor and to disobey any order the Doctor gave it, so the Doctor ordered it to kill him.)

[[caption-width-right:350:"You are now flying Remote Control Airways. Think twice. It's a long way down.]]