History Main / TrojanAmbulance

** Dr. Satan has his minions deliver his KillerRobot to the hospital to do a SickbedSlaying, but having it carried on an ambulance stretcher. The hero sees them leaving however and follows it back to Dr. Satan's lair.

* During the 2023 Israel-Hamas War, there have been several instances of Hamas fighters traveling in ambulances to try to escape Israeli forces. In fact, it has been proven that Palestinians working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) were actively participating in the initial attacks, and the cover-up thereof, as double-agents of Hamas. In many cases, official UNRWA vehicles and facilities were used by Hamas transportation and hiding of hostages, and coordination and execution of attacks.

* During the 2023 Israel-Hamas War, there have been several instances of Hamas fighters traveling in ambulances to try to escape Israeli forces. In fact, it has been proven that Palestinians working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) were actively participating in the initial attacks, and the cover-up thereof, as double-agents of Hamas. In many cases, official UNRWA vehicles and facilities were used by Hamas for the attacks, transportation and hiding of hostages, and coordination and execution of attacks.

* During the 2023 Israel-Hamas War, there have been several instances of Hamas fighters traveling in ambulances to try to escape Israeli forces.

** After doing a KillAndReplace on Major Derval, SPECTRE agents wrap the corpse in bandages previously worn by the imposter and plan to remove it by ambulance. Given that one of the people doing so is Count Lippe, who previously tried to murder Bond, the latter's suspicions are aroused when he happens to catch sight of them.

** After doing a KillAndReplace on Major Derval, SPECTRE agents wrap the corpse in bandages previously warn by the imposter and plan to remove the body from the clinic by ambulance. Bond happens to look out the window see them; given that one of the people doing so is Count Lippe, who previously tried to murder him, his suspicions are aroused.

* ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' features a variant involving an air ambulance. After infiltrating the safe-house by disguising himself as a milkman, Necros radios in a report of a major gas leak within the building. This causes security to order an immediate evacuation. In the confusion, he abducts Koskov and--changing his disguise to a doctor by taking off his apron and cap and placing a stethoscope round his neck--he takes him out on to the lawn. A helicopter marked with medical insignia lands and Necros loads Koskov on board and they fly out right under the eyes of [=MI6=].
** Used again later in the movie, where Koskov & Necros get the captured & drugged Bond past Soviet authorities by pretending Bond is a heart patient being transported for an urgent transplant.

Can also be used to [[VehicularKidnapping take people away from the street.]] and take them wherever you want. Of course, no one will look twice if something like that happens, because that's sort of what an ambulance does: to take ill or injured people from a place of danger and into a hospital. In fact, this did happen in RealLife.

* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': In "Malice in Wonderland" it turns out one of the wedding robbers is an EMT who uses his job to learn every road in their city and use that knowledge for speedy getaways. At the end of the episode, he takes David Hodges and his mother hostage in his own ambulance.

* ''Film/TheFugitive''. While at a hospital, the fugitive Richard Kimble steals an ambulance as an escape vehicle. Unfortunately for him, the theft is reported to his official pursuers, who close in on him and cut him off.

* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'': In "Double Vision" Reika/Vision who impersonates a call girl in order to poison a boomer designer so that she and her allies can kidnap him using a fake ambulance.