History Main / VehicularSabotage

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low-- one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women [[spoiler:unknowingly]] offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed. [[spoiler:During that time, the two convicts and Gage don't find who each other are until after they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning.]]

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low-- one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women [[spoiler:unknowingly]] offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low-- one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'': The BigBad, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Alphonse Perrier du von Scheck]], is subjected to this during his VillainousBreakdown after Arnold and Gerald [[EngineeredPublicConfession show everyone the video of him]] [[FieryCoverUp burning]] [[DestroyTheEvidence the vital document in front of them]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard taken from his own security camera footage]]. Just as he arrives to reprimand his construction crews for not doing their job of knocking down the neighborhood, Scheck is horrified to find that his scheme has been exposed and is forced to make his escape as the angry townspeople advance on him, and in doing so, tries to run over everyone, [[WouldHurtAChild including Arnold and Gerald]], only to find that Arnold's grandmother stripped his tires. The angry mob made sure Scheck wasn't going anywhere, [[PutOnAPrisonBus except to prison]].

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low-- one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low-- one [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low-- one [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low-- one [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts-- one [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four convicts that escaped while being transported to a women's prison-- one [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four convicts that escaped while being transported to a women's prison-- one [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other got life without parole for killing three men-- after their bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four convicts (one [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other got life without parole for killing three men) that escaped while being transported to a women's prison after their bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four convicts (one [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other got life without parole for killing three men) that escaped while being transported to a women's prison after their bus was ambushed by the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four convicts that escaped while being transported to a women's prison after their bus was ambushed by the boyfriends of the other two escapees (one was [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other is serving life without parole for killing three men)]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts being transported to a women's prison (one was [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other is serving life without parole for killing three men), but their bus was ambushed by the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts being transported to a women's prison (one was [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other is serving life without parole for killing three men), but their bus was ambushed by the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to a repair shop get the drive belt fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts being transported to a women's prison (one was [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other is serving life without parole for killing three men), but their bus was ambushed by the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to get it fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts being transported to a women's prison (one was [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other is serving life for killing three men), but their bus was ambushed by the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to get it fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for Gage's motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts being transported to a women's prison (one was [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other is serving life for killing three men), but their bus was ambushed by the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to get it fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for Gage's motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four convicts being transported to a women's prison (one was [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other is serving life for killing three men), but their bus was ambushed by the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to get it fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for Gage's motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escapees being transported to a women's prison (one was [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other is serving life for killing three men), but their bus was ambushed by the other two escapees' boyfriends]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to get it fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for Gage's motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be prison escapees (one was [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other is serving life for killing three men)]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to get it fixed.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be prison escapees (one was [[FrameUp framed]] for a murder she didn't commit while the other is serving life for killing three men)]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to get it fixed.

** Gage suffers this in Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]". On his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be prison escapees]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women offer him a ride to get it fixed.

** Gage suffers this in Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" when the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be prison escapees.]] [[KarmaHoudini The two thugs get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury, his cellphone's battery is dead.

When a character maliciously tampers with someone else's vehicle, vessel, or plane prior to it being used. Since EveryCarIsAPinto, this can turn a pleasant family drive in the trusty minivan into a hurtling terror ride in a burning metal death trap. In other situations, less dangerous methods may be used simply to slow the would-be driver or pilot down or to get revenge for a previous slight.

** In episode 7, "[[Recap/PokerFaceS01E02TheNightShift The Night Shift]]", racecar driver Keith Owens sabotages the racing car of his fellow driver Davis [=McDowell=] so he'll crash. Davis notices it and instead of fixing the car, also messes with the seat belt to make a crash much worse, then arranges for Keith's daughter to be driving it instead in hopes of disposing of both his current and potential rival.

** Jed attempts to sabotage Charlie's brakes once he realizes she's going to expose him, made easy because her car is already in the shop he works at. This is for revenge rather than to keep her quiet, as she'll be leaving town as soon as her car is fixed anyway. His uncle spots what he's done and repairs it.
** Keith sabotages the racing car of his fellow driver Davis so he'll crash. Davis notices it and instead of fixing the car also messes with the seat belt to make a crash much worse, then arranges for Keith's daughter to be driving it instead in hopes of disposing of both his current and potential rival.