History Main / ParkingProblems

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* ''WebVideo/NotJustBikes'' visits a train station where the official bicycle parking lots are entirely overwhelmed with bikes jammed in right next to each other and locked to every available nearby pole and post. Luckily a large new bicycle parking stable was recently opened.
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* In ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'', Dagwood parks his car to go pay for a parking ticket where he is pushed around by ObstructiveBureaucracy telling him to go from office to office. When he finally gets to pay his parking ticket, he spots an officer in front of his car writing him a ticket as he had parked in a 20-minute zone.

Sometimes, RockstarParking is unavailable to a character. Other times, a space is available but they are unable to maneuver their vehicle into it due to poor parking skills, especially if ParallelParking is involved. In these cases, they'll have to make do with whatever space is available, or park in a less than courteous manner.

* Parking by a fire hydrant

* Parking in a stall reserved for a superior

* ''Film/OfficeSpace'' gives a twofer: As part of his interrupted-hypnosis new view on life, Peter nonchalantly parks in the space reserved for his human headache of a boss, Bill Lumbergh. This spawns another Parking Problem gag as Lumbergh, arriving later and realizing his space has been taken, parks instead in a handicap space, which results in his car getting seriously damaged, then towed.

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-->'''Vinny:''' It's a four ton truck, Tyrone. Its not as if it's a packet of fucking peanuts, is it?

* In the beginning of ''Film/GoodFellas'', Henry cites being able to double park in front of fire hydrants as one of the cool things about being a gangster.

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour "The Eleventh Hour"]], Eleven lands (read: crashes) the TARDIS in Amelia Pond's back yard... on its back. He has to use a grappling hook to climb out.
* ''Series/{{Harrow}}'': In "Non Sum Qualis Eram" ("I'm not what I used to be"), Harrow [[HeroStoleMyBike "borrows" Fairley's car without asking]]. When he returns it, he leaves it in a No Standing zone, so when when Fairley comes out to find his car, he is immediately handed a parking ticket.

** In the episode 'Hit and Run', Kim and Jimmy want to damage Howard's reputation by stealing his car, which Jimmy would drive while impersonating Howard, then pushing an unsatisfied prostitue out of his car, all the while Howard's friend/fellow lawyer is witness. In order to do this, they steal Howard's car during his therapist appointment. To prevent someone parking there before he gets back, Jimmy places a traffic cone in Howard's parking space. When the act is done, Jimmy returns with Howard's car - to see the cone misplaced, and a car taking up the parking space. In his annoyance, Jimmy parks Howard's car to a non-parking spot, then moves the sign "Guests Only" to in front of the car, ''just'' in time before Howard's return.
-->'''Jimmy:''' [[{{Main/Narcissist}} What kind of ''asshole'' moves a cone?]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': A cop is writing a traffic ticket for a car parked by a fire hydrant. A monster eats/destroys the offending car, so the officer picks up the fire hydrant, drops it by another car and sticks the ticket to that car's windshield.

* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'': One episode opens with team in their cruiser in a mad race with several other ships for the last parking spot at the local space diner. A single ship leaves the "parking lot", and Buzz maneuvers their (rocket-shaped) ship into it...needle point down.

** In "Fear Her", Ten parks the TARDIS [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui_pR76ehr8 with the door facing a dumpster.]] He has to take a moment to rotate the TARDIS so that the door actually can open. And technically, he didn't disobey the "No parking in front of gate" sign, because he parked ''in'' the gate.
** Eleven lands (read: crashes) the TARDIS in Amelia Pond's back yard... on its back. He has to use a grappling hook to climb out.

->'''Jimmy:''' What kind of ''asshole'' moves a cone?

** In the episode 'Hit and Run', Kim and Jimmy want to damage Howard's reputation by stealing his car, which Jimmy would drive while impersonating Howard, then pushing an unsatisfied prostitue out of his car, all the while Howard's friend/fellow lawyer is witness. In order to do this, they steal Howard's car during his therapist appointment. So nothing seems off to Howard after he returns from his therapist, Jimmy places a traffic cone in Howard's parking space. When the act is done, Jimmy returns with Howard's car - to see the cone misplaced, and a car taking up the parking space. In his annoyance, Jimmy parks Howard's car to a non-parking spot, then moves the sign "Guests Only" to in front of the car, ''just'' in time before Howard's return.

--> '''Tyrone:''' I didn't see it there.
--> '''Vinny:''' It's a four ton truck, Tyrone. Its not as if it's a packet of fucking peanuts, is it?
--> '''Tyrone:''' It was a funny angle.
--> '''Vinny:''' It's behind you Tyrone. Whenever you reverse, things come from behind you.

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E1TheCityOfNewYorkVsHomerSimpson The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson]]", Homer's car gets booted after Barney borrows it and parks it illegally at the World Trade Center. The enforcement officer sent to remove the boot and collect the fine doesn't show up on time, so Homer enters one of the buildings to use the washroom. The officer arrives just as he reaches the top of one of the towers, and leaves when Homer isn't there. [[spoiler:Frustrated, Homer drives the car home with the boot still attached.]]