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* ''Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996'': There is a shot of Jasper stepping on the gas when he is trying to revive the car, blowing the smoke in Horace's face.
* ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' does this in the "race-against-the-lightning" climax...primarily to demonstrate Marty's desperation when the car [[PlotDrivenBreakdown won't start right away.]] Also the "aggressively shifting gears" variant several times during the car chase with the Libyans, which actually plays a critical role in stranding Marty in 1955 in the first place (the "time circuits on" lever is close enough to the gear shift Marty accidentally bumps it).
* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers''! While chasing the title brothers, there's a nice close-up of Tucker flooring it to get to Jake and Elwood before the entire "Illinois law enforcement community" can. A bad idea, first because he's driving the Good Old Boys Winnebago, and second because Elwood has coated the accelerator and the floor of the RV with glue.
* ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'': Conrad slams the pedal down in the S.L.O.W. when the Cat commands, "Now punch it!".
* (Sam Raimis') Crimewave: A bunch of nuns in a late '50s tailfin job are racing to (stop) an execution. As radio commentator continues his countdown, the sister behind the wheel buries the throttle and the picture cuts to a rear wheel getting lspin whilst moving. Impressively, the Cadillac stays in a straight line despite this.

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* Done by Shank and Vanellope von Schweetz in ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet''. Shank likes to floor the throttle and snap-shift her vehicle, because she's the protagonist in her game: Slaughter Race. There, Shank drives fast for a living. Likewise for Vanellope, who competes in the racing game Sugar Rush. However, for Shank, Slaughter Race is her home turf, so she'll respawn if she crashes and dies. Not so for the visiting Vanellope, who won't respawn outside of Sugar Rush. Vanellope floors it anyway, because she's a BrattyHalfPint haywire hellion. Swati also floors the gas pedal of the Sugar Rush cabinet near the beginning of the movie.

** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'': In the introductory scene, the teens in the car are challenging the driver of the lead car form the military convoy to a race. Although the driver's supervisor discourages him from racing, the pleading girls from the teens'car persuade him - he gives a grin, and slams down the accelerator.
** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'': There is such a shot at the start of a CarChase. Short Round acts as a getaway driver for Indy. He [[KidsDrivingCars is only a 13 year old kid]] so he has boxes tied around his feet to operate the pedals of the car.
* ''Film/InspectorGadget1999'': Not a ''pedal,'' but pulling hard on the Gadgetmobile's "jet thruster release" handle has the same effect. Later on, Brenda slams down hard on the brake when they catch up to Claw's limo.

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* Used in ''Film/PulpFiction'' when Butch hits Marsellus with his car. What's interesting about this instance is that it was shot from ''behind'' the pedal rather than from somewhere in the driver's lap as usual.

* Any ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' or ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' series where CoolCars are the theme will have this somewhere. Oftentimes the car-shaped mecha/Zords will use pedals to move the robots forwards and back once they've combined. The best example also combines this with BrakeAngrily-- the [[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Carrangers]]/[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo Rangers]] would complete the transformation of the RV Robo/Turbo Megazord by slamming on their brakes all at once. As the Power Vehicles/Turbo Zords would combine at high speeds, this caused the whole thing to rise into a standing position from ''sheer momentum''. No random flight or jet engines, they simply let gravity do the work. They'd also step on the accelerator when they went to [[FinishingMove the finisher]], the Gekisou-Giri/Spinout (where the robot would start spinning like crazy and slash their sword through the monster).

* ''Series/TopGear'' had an episode where Jeremy showed how to make a car seem like it was going fast. Shift gears rapidly, show tachometer at high levels, make a face, and MASH the accelerator. The compiled tape makes it feel like he's going fast. he's actually doing about 25.

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* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/GreenEggsAndHam2019'' episode "Car," when Michellee decides to shift into {{Overdrive}}, or rather her idea of it, and only speeds up to just barely above running speed when driving away from Guy.

** In "Lost in Transportation," Mitsuki floors the brakes to the battle wagon when Mikey is unable to get in due to its small size.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'': In "Sweet (Truck) Ride," there is a shot of Roger slamming down the brakes of the truck after he catches it rolling down the road.
** In "Littlest Pet Shop of Horrors," Roger floors the car to a halt when he sees a red light.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': In "Just Desserts," when trying to destroy the Powerpuff Girls from their car, Marianne tells Harold to ram them and there is a brief shot of Harold stepping on the pedal. There is a second and final shot of Harold stepping on the pedal when he reverses the car when he finds the Powerpuff Girls behind him.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'': In "Valley Girls," there is a brief shot of Debbie stepping on the gas to try to drive the Comvee out of the mud.

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' has this in the introductory scene, when the teens in the car are challenging the driver of the lead car form the military convoy to a race. Although the driver's supervisor discourages him from racing, the pleading girls from the teens'car persuade him - he gives a grin, and slams down the accelerator.
* There is such a shot at the start of a CarChase in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''. Short Round acts as a getaway driver for Indy. He [[KidsDrivingCars is only a 13 year old kid]] so he has boxes tied around his feet to operate the pedals of the car.

* This occurs in the opening cinematic of ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed Underground''. Apparently, it works.