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** [[ProperlyParanoid The car has been ruggedized for the owner, whose business operates in inter-mob-territory]].

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** [[ProperlyParanoid The car has been ruggedized for the owner, whose business operates in inter-mob-territory]].[[note]]The extra weight does reduce performance, but that is a small price to pay for safety.[[/note]]

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* '''Justified''': The car is indestructible due to AppliedPhlebotinum.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The car is indestructible due to AppliedPhlebotinum.AppliedPhlebotinum.
** [[ProperlyParanoid The car has been ruggedized for the owner, whose business operates in inter-mob-territory]].

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'''Basic Trope''': Vehicles in fiction tend to be portrayed as more resistant to damage than they'd be in RealLife.

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'''Basic Trope''': Vehicles in fiction tend to be are usually portrayed as more resistant to damage than they'd be in RealLife.



* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???There's no more than a small dent in one door.



* '''Double Subverted''': The car appears to be indestructible, but finally falls apart at a suitably dramatic moment. All it takes is some frustrated pounding on the steering wheel to get what's left moving again.

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* '''Double Subverted''': The car appears to be indestructible, but finally falls apart at a suitably dramatic moment. [[PercussiveMaintenance All it takes is some frustrated pounding on the steering wheel to get what's left moving again.]]



* '''Zig Zagged''': The car actually takes the damage, but beyond all credibility is fully functional.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': The car actually takes the damage, but but, beyond all credibility credibility, is fully functional.



* '''Invoked''': The protagonist stops the car in front of the villain's escaping vehicle, knowing full well that it's the ''villain's'' car that won't survive the impact.

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* '''Invoked''': The protagonist stops the protagonists stop their car in front of the villain's escaping vehicle, knowing full well that it's the ''villain's'' car that won't survive the impact.



* '''Discussed''': "Yeah, like ''my'' car would survive all that without a scratch..".
* '''Conversed''': "I'm surprised that that car is still moving after a hit like that".

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* '''Discussed''': "Yeah, like ''my'' car would survive all that without a scratch..".
scratch..."
* '''Conversed''': "I'm surprised that that car is still moving after a hit like that".that."



* '''Implied''': The BadassDriver talks about driving through a massive battle, but their car is in mint or near-mint condition.



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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': The car is indestructible; the driver and passengers are not.
* '''Reconstructed''': Having noticed the advantages of an indestructible car, and after testing the scope of this characteristic, the Hero decides [[CarFu to take full-advantage of this phenomenon.]]



* '''Exploited''': ???



* '''Discussed''': "Yeah, like ''my'' car would survive all that without a scratch..."
* '''Conversed''': "I'm surprised that that car is still moving after a hit like that."

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* '''Discussed''': "Yeah, like ''my'' car would survive all that without a scratch..."
scratch..".
* '''Conversed''': "I'm surprised that that car is still moving after a hit like that."that".
* '''Deconstructed''': The car is indestructible; the driver and passengers are not.
* '''Reconstructed''': Having noticed the advantages of an indestructible car, and after testing the scope of this characteristic, the Hero decides [[CarFu to take full-advantage of this phenomenon.]]



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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': Vehicles in fiction tend to be portrayed as more resistant to damage than they'd be in RealLife.
* '''Straight''': Two cars in a chase scene scrape against one another. Next time we get a good look at either car, there's no visible damage whatsoever.
* '''Exaggerated''': A car plows straight through a truck trailer and emerges without a scratch.
* '''Justified''': The car is indestructible due to AppliedPhlebotinum.
* '''Inverted''': See EveryCarIsAPinto.
* '''Subverted''': The car appears to be indestructible, but finally falls apart at a suitably dramatic moment.
* '''Double Subverted''': The car appears to be indestructible, but finally falls apart at a suitably dramatic moment. All it takes is some frustrated pounding on the steering wheel to get what's left moving again.
* '''Parodied''': The car survives a drop from orbit and hits the ground running.
* '''Deconstructed''': The car is indestructible; the driver and passengers are not.
* '''Reconstructed''': Having noticed the advantages of an indestructible car, and after testing the scope of this characteristic, the Hero decides [[CarFu to take full-advantage of this phenomenon.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': The car actually takes the damage, but beyond all credibility is fully functional.
* '''Averted''': The car takes damage in realistic fashion.
* '''Enforced''': The car is ProductPlacement and the sponsors don't want it showing any damage.
* '''Lampshaded''': "They sure don't make cars like ''this'' anymore!"
* '''Invoked''': The protagonist stops the car in front of the villain's escaping vehicle, knowing full well that it's the ''villain's'' car that won't survive the impact.
* '''Defied''': The car is equipped with a bomb that will go off if the vehicle takes too much damage.
* '''Discussed''': "Yeah, like ''my'' car would survive all that without a scratch..."
* '''Conversed''': "I'm surprised that that car is still moving after a hit like that."
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