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* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' 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).

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', as Mario and Luigi are preparing to drive to their customers' house to fix their plumbing, there's a bunch of short shots of Mario getting the vehicle ready, including him pushing the brake. [[TheAllegedCar The car breaks down before the driving happens]], forcing the Mario Brothers to go on foot.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': After Mr. Incredibles warns his family that it will be rough driving the truck through the city and there is a brief shot of him stepping on the gas, speeding up and crashing right into the city. After some harried driving, there is another shot of Mr. Incredible stepping on the gas as he crashes into some car. There is one final shot of Mr. Incredible forcefully pressing both his feet down on the pedal, making the truck flip recklessly.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'': Ada Wong has a close up shot of her high heeled foot flooring the gas pedal of a SWAT truck to save Leon from the Tyrant.

* ''Film/InspectorGadget'': 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.

* ''Film/SpiceWorld'': Near the end of the movie, Victoria (aka Posh Spice) takes the wheel of the Spice bus because Meat Loaf, the driver, is missing. We have at least [[FootFocus 5 close up shots of her stilettoed foot]] flooring the gas pedal and hard brakeing the bus.

* Attempted by Killer Frost during her escape in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'', too bad Bane was [[CarFu randomly throwing police cars at the time...]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Yang has a few of these with her motorbike Bumblebee during Volumes 4 and 5. "Welcome to Haven" in particular follows her foot as she starts up her bike while the bandit she fought just a few seconds earlier inside the store [[FunnyBackgroundEvent regains his bearings in the background]].

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' has this when the Pizza Planet truck moves.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': 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.

** Used this InUniverse by making this a feature of Furiosa's War Rig: When the pedal is pushed to its maximum extent, a small catch engages to ''keep'' it there, allowing her to focus on fighting without slowing the Rig down. Especially when leaning out the window, since she naturally wouldn't be able to reach the pedal to begin with. Later, it gets {{Invoked}} by Max when he uses the People Eater as a DeadfootLeadfoot against some of Immortan Joe's War Boys.
** Straighter examples can be seen when Nux enters the dust storm and when Toast takes control of The Gigahorse after Joe's death.
* ''Film/MyDateWithThePresidentsDaughter'': When Hallie is driving Duncan's father's car, they are annoyed by thugs at a red traffic light. At one point, Hallie threatens the thug, then he gets out of his truck and tells them to get out of their car. Duncan tells Hallie to run the red light, but she does not want to do that. Duncan insists on the fact that she has to do it and also tells her to smash the gas. After a while, Hallie gives up to Duncan's insistence and we can see her high heeled foot slam the gas to the floor and get away from the thugs.

* Two of these shots are shown briefly in the ''Music/FearFactory'' music video for their cover of ''Music/GaryNuman'''s "Cars" (featuring him). The first shot is on the accelerator and the second is on the brake.

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[[caption-width-right:350:In a hurry? Just floor it, problem solved!]]

* ''Anime/{{REDLINE}}'' features this prominently and often. Some of the most noteworthy include JP feverishly pressing on the gas pedal at the final stretch of Yellow Line, and then [[spoiler:Sonoshee kicking her foot on ''his'' to give them the necessary speed to reach the outer lane in the titular Redline's last run]].

* [=GoGo=] in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' has this kind of scene after stealing the wheel from [[LawfulStupid Wasabi]] and floors it. The rest of the chase isn't shy about showing off her footwork several more times throughout either.
* ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'': There is a shot of Shaw flooring the pedal when chasing Elliot in his truck. Later, there is a shot of him flooring through the waterfall to get to Boog and Elliot.

* Attempted by Killer Frost during her escape in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'', too bad Bane was [[CarFu randomly throwing police cars at the time...]]
* Linda in ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' gets a brief shot of her foot flooring the pedal during the Carnival parade. Leans towards ArtisticLicenseEngineering in this case as the float she does this in is not operated like this in real life -- Floats that take part in the Sambodromo Parade are pulled by a crew, unlike other floats.

* In ''Film/KermitsSwampYears'', there is a close-up of Mary flooring the pedal to escape from a barking Pilgrim on Dr. Krassman's orders. The same shot is shown later when Mary drives, again on Dr. Krassman's orders.
* ''Film/StuartLittle2'': Stuart steps on the brakes to stop his car once Margalo crash lands in it next to him.

* ''Film/MansBestFriend'': There is a shot of Perry trying to step on the brakes, only to fail due to Max having torn out the brakes. There is a second shot of this when he starts to approach a truck.
* ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'': Conrad slams the pedal down in the S.L.O.W. when the Cat commands, "Now punch it!".

* ''Literature/DivineSecretsOfTheYaYaSisterhood'': There is a brief shot of Vivian flooring the brakes when she is shocked to see Teensy having parked her car in the middle of the road right in front of her.
* In ''Film/{{Rumpelstiltskin}}'', there is a shot of Shelley Stewart's naked foot stepping on the brakes to throw Rumpelstiltskin off of her car, sending him rolling into the middle of the road. Then there is a second shot of her flooring the pedal when she speeds into Rumpelstiltskin, running him over.
* In ''Film/{{Norbit}}'', there is a shot of Rasputia flooring the pedal when she speeds up to run over Lloyd, who was eyeballing her.
* In ''Film/KangarooJack'', there is a shot of Charlie flooring the brakes when he accidentally runs over. Later, after Kangaroo Jack regains consciousness runs off with the jacket and the money, Charlie and Louis hastily get into the jeep; there is a shot Louis flooring the pedal as they take off to retrieve the money.

* ''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.
* Parodied in ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'': The boy who helps our heroes escape a burning barn in a Ford Model A has ''fruit crates'' strapped to his shoes. What's more, the car can't go very fast anyway, and then breaks down shortly after their escape.
* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' 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/InspectorGadget'': 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.
* Used in the opening chase scene of ''Film/MadMax'' to show the Nightrider is driving barefoot [[DodgeByBraking when he slams on the brakes]].
* ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' actually uses this InUniverse by making this a feature of Furiosa's War Rig: When the pedal is pushed to its maximum extent, a small catch engages to ''keep'' it there, allowing her to focus on fighting without slowing the Rig down. Especially when leaning out the window, since she naturally wouldn't be able to reach the pedal to begin with.
** Later, it gets {{Invoked}} by Max when he uses the People Eater as a DeadfootLeadfoot against some of Immortan Joe's War Boys.
** Straighter examples can be seen when Nux enters the dust storm and when Toast takes control of The Gigahorse after Joe's death.
* ''Film/MyDateWithThePresidentsDaughter'': When Hallie is driving Duncan's father's car, they are annoyed by thugs at a red traffic light. At one point, Hallie threaten the thug, then he gets out of his truck and tells them to get out of their car. Duncan tells Hallie to run the red light, but she does not want to do that. Duncan insists on the fact that she has to do it and also tells her to smash the gas. After a while, Hallie gives up to Duncan's insistence and we can see her high heeled foot slam the gas to the floor and get away from the thugs.
* ''Film/SpiceWorld'': Near the end of the movie, Victoria (aka Posh Spice) takes the wheel of the Spice bus because Meat Loaf, the driver, is missing. We have at least [[FootFocus 5 close up shots of her stilettoed foot]] flooring the gas pedal and hard braking the bus.

* 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).
* Starting with Season 4, the realistic outcome of such a move are shown in ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver'', where the camera shots in the test cars are used to show if the contestants have bad pedal control (which happens quite often). If they floor the gas or brake (and in rare occasions, a manual clutch), it tends to end badly in a challenge.

* ''VideoGame/TheMovies'' has this as part of the ''Stunts & Effects'' expansion pack.
* ''VideoGame/HaloReach'': Immediately prior to gameplay commencing, Kat does this with a Warthog when trying to jump the broken bridge at the beginning of ''Tip of the Spear''. Notably, the 'Hog doesn't have a traditional accelerator, but instead uses the large handle between the seats in a manner similar to the throttle on a large aircraft. Fun fact aside, when she approaches the bridge, she can be seen pushing this handle forward, resulting in a non-standard (though still valid) example of this trope.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'': In the 2019 remake. Ada Wong has a close up shot of her high heeled foot flooring the gas pedal of a SWAT truck to save Leon from the Tyrant.

%%* Done in ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam''.

* Thea Stilton does this in a ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'' episode.
* 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.

[[caption-width-right:350:In a pinch? Just floor it, problem solved!]]

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* PlayedForLaughs by ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite''. After Murky Dismal discovers his accomplice has betrayed him, he and Lurky go to steal Rainbow Brite's color belt to undo their scheme. While they are escaping, Murky tells Lurky to step on it. So, we see him push the pedal to the floor...then ''through'' the floor.
* Done in ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam''.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':In "Boating School," [=SpongeBob=] keeps losing his driving test because of his impulse to "floor it!" When Patrick is coaching him, he stops him from flooring it and use his big toe instead. The camera shows [=SpongeBob's=] foot screeching to a halt, then sticking his toe out of his shoe and gently pushing the accelerator with it.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'': There are various shots of this.
* ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'': In "The Lost Pilot," there is a shot of Speed Racer stepping on the gas.
** In "Lost in Transportation," Mitsuki floors the brakes to the battle wagon when Mikey is unable to get in due to its small size.

* Thea Stilton does this in a ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'' episode.
* 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.

* ''Film/SpiceWorld'': Near the end of the movie, Victoria (aka Posh Spice) takes the wheel of the Spice bus because Meat Loaf, the driver, is missing. We have at least 5 close up shots of her stilettoed foot flooring the gas pedal and hard braking the bus.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Flooring it!]]

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* The realistic outcome of such a move are shown in ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver'', where the camera shots in the test cars are used to show if the contestants have bad pedal control. If they floor the gas or brake (and in rare occasions, a manual clutch), it tends to end badly in a challenge.

* ''Film/SpiceWorld'': Near the end of the movie, Victoria (aka Posh Spice) takes the wheel of the Spice bus because Meat Loaf, the driver, is missing. We have at least 5 shots where we can see her stilettoed foot flooring the gas and hard braking the bus.

* ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'': Yang has a few of these with her motorbike Bumblebee during Volumes 4 and 5. "Welcome to Haven" in particular follows her foot as she starts up her bike while the bandit she fought just a few seconds earlier inside the store [[FunnyBackgroundEvent regains his bearings in the background]].

* {{WebAnimation/RWBY}}: Yang has a few of these with her motorbike Bumblebee during Volumes 4 and 5. "Welcome to Haven" in particular follows her foot as she starts up her bike while the bandit she fought just a few seconds earlier inside the store [[FunnyBackgroundEvent regains his bearings in the background]].