History PlayingWith / TheAllegedCar

** Bob has never invested in security systems for the car because he doesn't needs to worry about the car ever being stolen -- because EvenBeggarsWontAcceptIt.

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

** Bob has never invested in security systems for the car because he doesn't needs to worry about the car ever being stolen -- because EvenBeggarsWontTouchIt.

* '''Reconstructed''': Bob calls Xzibit from ''PimpMyRide'' (or the [[CaptainErsatz in-universe equivalent]]) to get the car fixed up into something cool.

** The car was a hand-me-down from a male relative (father, uncle, grandfather, older brother, older cousin, etc), who either like crappy cars, drives like a madman, or is too cheap or poor to get it fixed.

** The car was a hand-me-down from a male relative (father, uncle, grandfather, older brother, older cousin, etc), who either loved 1970s cars, was a drunk driver, drives like a madman, or is too cheap or poor to get it fixed.

** Bob is buying it for something that will end up in the car's destruction.

*** Or is going to be destroyed.

* '''Inverted''': Bob has a [[AwesomeYetPractical quite reliable]] CoolCar.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Defied''': Bob decides to save his money for a car that's good-quality, because he knows that it's a better investment in the long run, even though it sucks not having a car now.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...But there have been times when it's lived up to its reputation as an AllegedCar.

* '''Exaggerated''': All of the above, with the caveat that the car must be started using some non-conventional means, originally came from a country that no longer exists due to civil war, economic collapse, or a brutal invasion from a neighboring country, and has more duct tape than paint on it. It also breaks down about once a week, has been on ''60 Minutes'' more times than it's been on the road, uses ridiculous amounts of gas, has been mistaken for abandoned and/or stolen from a junkyard more times than it's been on the road, and was once disqualified from a Soapbox Derby race for lack of structural integrity.

** Bob is purchasing the car as [[Series/MythBusters part of an experiment]], in which the car doesn't really need to move.

** Bob lives in a Communist country where manufacturing is of poor quality, and after ten years' wait he's glad of anything.

* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Played For Laughs''': Usually is.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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

* '''Downplayed''': See "Subverted"
* '''Justified''':

* '''Inverted''': Bob has a CoolCar that doesn't run well.

* '''Parodied''':

* '''Averted''':

* '''Enforced''': RuleOfFunny, PlotDrivenBreakdown

* '''Reconstructed''': Bob calls Xzibit from ''Pimp My Ride'' to get the car fixed up into something cool.
* '''Played For Drama''' and '''Deconstructed''': The car is dangerous, has cost him thousands in repairs, and is a threat to his physical and mental health.

You'll have to get out and push your way back to TheAllegedCar.

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

* '''Inverted''': Bob has a CoolCar

** The car is shaped suspiciously like [[StealthPun a lemon]] with wheels. Square wheels. With patches on them.

** Bob's car is neither an AllegedCar nor a CoolCar, but it's very good at getting from point "A" to point "B" (and points "C" through "Z" on special occasions)

* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, what a hunk of junk!"

* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob decides to save his money for a car that's good-quality, because he knows that it's a better investment in the long run. Even though it sucks not having a car now.
* '''Discussed''': "How can that piece of shit even run?"
* '''Conversed''': "I dunno. I think Bob should just sell it for scrap".
* '''Deconstructed''': The car appears more affordable than it is; spending all that money on repairs causes it to be a ripoff. And let's not even mention the safety concerns.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob finds a ''really'' good body shop, and they make the car like new again.
* '''Played For Drama''': The car is dangerous, has cost him thousands in repairs, and is a threat to his physical and mental health.

* '''Basic Trope''': A clattering clunker of a car.
* '''Played Straight''': Bob's car is old and rusty, tops out at 40 mph, and does not always start right away.

* '''Justified''': Bob is too cheap or poor to buy a CoolCar (or even a halfway decent one).

* '''Deconstructed''': The car appears more affordable than it is; spending all that money on repairs causes it to be a ripoff. And let's not even mention the safety concerns.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob finds a ''really'' good body shop, and they make the car like new again.
* '''Parodied''': The car has an EmbarrassingNickname, which ''everyone'' in town knows from local newspapers, TV news, and Website/YouTube videos.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, what a hunk of junk!"

* '''Averted''': Bob's car is neither an AllegedCar nor a CoolCar, but it's very good at getting from point "A" to point "B" (and points "C" through "Z" on special occasions)

* '''Conversed''': "I dunno. I think Bob should just sell it for scrap."
* '''Played For Laughs''': Almost always is.

You'll have to get out and push your way back to TheAllegedCar.

Chug, clatter, and curse your way back to TheAllegedCar here.

* '''Played For Drama''': The car is dangerous, has cost him thousands in repairs, and is a threat to his physical and mental health.

** Bob is purchasing the car as [[{{Mythbusters}} part of an experiment]], in which the car doesn't really need to move.

* '''Parodied''': The car has an EmbarrassingNickname, which ''everyone'' in town knows from local newspapers, TV news, and YouTube videos.

** The car is shaped suspiciously like [[StealthPun a lemon]] with wheels. Square wheels. With patches on them.

* '''Played For Drama''': The car is dangerous, has cost him thousands in repairs, and is a threat to his physical and mental health.

* '''Basic Trope''': A clunker.

* '''Exaggerated''': All of the above, with the caveat that the car must be started using some non-conventional means, originally came from a country that no longer exists due to civil war, economic collapse, or a brutal invasion from a neighboring country, and has more duct tape than paint on it. It also breaks down about once a week, uses ridiculous amounts of gas, has been mistaken for abandoned and/or stolen from a junkyard more times than it's been on the road, and was once disqualified from a Soapbox Derby race for lack of structural integrity.
* '''Justified''': Bob can't afford anything better.

** Bob is purchasing parts or scrap metal, not a whole car.

** Bob tries to sell the car to a junkyard -- and the junkyard manager says, "Hell no!"

** Bob is too poor (or cheap) to buy a car, and therefore doesn't have one.

* '''Played For Drama''': The car is dangerous, and hurts, maims, or kills someone.

* '''Exaggerated''': All of the above, with the caveat that the car must be started using some non-conventional means, and has more duct tape than paint on it. It also breaks down about once a week, and uses ridiculous amounts of gas.

* '''Inverted''': CoolCar
* '''Subverted''': WhatAPieceOfJunk: The car works really well despite lloking junky.
* '''Double Subverted''': But it has some major trouble with its engine or transmission and breaks down something horrible mere days after Bob has purchased it.

* '''Parodied''': The car has an EmbarrassingNickname, which everyone knows from the local paper.
** Bob tries to sell the car to the local junkyard for scrap metal or parts, but even ''they'' won't take it!

* '''Averted''': Bob has a good-quality car.
** Bob has no car.

* '''Discussed''': "How can that POS even run?"

* '''Subverted''': The car appears to be a nice and reasonably affordable car...and that's what Bob was told it was at HonestJohnsDealership.
** WhatAPieceOfJunk