[[{{JamesBond}} http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GW359H200.jpg]] You're catching up the other guy's vehicle with your CoolCar, but he won't let that happen since he's a {{Mook}} or doesn't want to lose the [[WackyRacing Wacky Race]] so he's gonna smash his car against yours, and he's prepared, he's put [[SpikesOfDoom spikes]] on his wheels that now work effectively as a [[ThisIsADrill Drill]] and will tear yours to shreds on contact. A must have for Roman chariots.

Commonly called Boudica spikes (at least in the UK) after the "Queen" that fought against the occupying Romans in England around 60AD.

TheOtherWiki's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythed_chariot article on this here.]]
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!!Examples:


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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* In ''{{Asterix}} and the Black Gold'', Roman secret agent Dubbleosix's tricked out chariot has retractable scythe blade.

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[[folder: Film ]]

* MostTriumphantExample would be the ''BenHur'' ChariotRace. This is also the Trope Codifier.
* JamesBond had a car that popped retractable barbed spikes from the center of his wheels that destroyed enemy tires, ''originally'' used on the Aston Martin in ''{{Goldfinger}}''.
** In ''TheLivingDaylights'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMqP7v0uSFU Bond used]] FrickinLaserBeams instead.
* Used on ''{{Film/Gladiator}}'' to cut a fighter's legs.
* Taken to an extreme in the ''SpeedRacer'' movie, where, well [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifF3VGOuVjg 1:57]].
* Happens in ''{{Grease}}''.
* It happens in the 1993 ''TheLittleRascals'' movie during the go cart race scene. The resident SpoiledBrat uses his money-fueled machine to take out Alfalfa's new [[MacGyvering MacGyvered]] car.
* The movie ''DeathRace'' (2008or9) had this in abundance, with one vehicle having large enough spikes to go through the car door and kill the people inside.

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* ''CSINewYork'' ran into such a car (using FrickinLaserBeams to evade the police), and JamesBond is explicitly referenced.
* ''TopGear'''s Jeremy Clarkson attempts to make a better police car by adding some Boudicea spikes on the back wheels. It doesn't work exactly as planned, mainly because he didn't center them properly thus causing epic wheel wobble.

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci]] [[http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/doing-davinci-scythe-chariot.html liked to take things to the point where they really weren't the same trope anymore.]]

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* In the ''{{Warhammer}} Fantasy Battle'' game, chariots of some races get upgraded with these, increasing the number of enemies they can run down when they charge.

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* Some enemies in ''SpyHunter'' can use these to help force your car off the road.
* in Sants Row 2 you can buy them for you cars.

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* This was used in the chariot race episode of ''PhineasAndFerb''.
* Used by Nelson in the episode of ''TheSimpsons'' where he races against Bart.

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* Bommer (Greiger in the dub) of {{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}} has the trap card [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Chariot_Pile Chariot Pile]] with art work featuring a bike with SpikedWheels. When activated during a Riding Duel, actual spiked wheels appeared on his own D-Wheel.
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