History Main / FreeWheel

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' short film ''WesternAnimation/MikesNewCar'', when he finally zooms offscreen and crashes, five of the six wheels come bouncing back, followed by the sixth one which is just rolling.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWho60thASWildBlueYonder Wild Blue Yonder]]", the hover-cart the Doctor and Donna are using falls apart after taking damage. As it doesn't have wheels, the effect is achieved by having a headlight fall out and roll away.

* Even dislocated wheels can have a mind of their own, as shown in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNB3Vy6YoI this V8 Supercars clip.]] And a sense of humor.

* VideoGame/KidKlownInCrazyChase: In the city level, Black Jack tries to hurt/delay Kid Klown by elbowing him offscreen into open traffic, but whether Black Jack successfully shoves Kid Klown or accidentally launch himself into it, an OffscreenCrash will be heard followed by a tire wheel and car window landing on-screen.

* ''Anime/YakitoriSoldiersOfMisfortune''. The Yakitori's armoured personnel carrier is ambushed by a swarm of RatMen clambering up the sides. One of the ratmen tries to PopTheTires, and somehow this causes the entire wheel to become detached and go rolling off with another ratman desperately clinging to it.

* In one ''Series/WorldsDumbest'' segment, for no discernible reason, a wheel bounces off a truck (subverted by the fact the vehicle didn't crash or explode), leading the gang to sing along with the "bouncing tire".

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', when Chick Hicks causes a huge crash to try and stop Lightning [=McQueen=], at one point a wheel is shown rolling freely among the wreckage.

* In ''ComicStrip/{{BC}}'s Quest for Tires'', if the unicycle crashes, its wheel comes loose and bounces across the screen.

* ''Film/BlackPanther2018''. Ulysses Klaue fires his ArmCannon at [[ActionGirl Nakia and Okoye]], causing their vehicle to literally get blown to pieces around them, including the requisite FreeWheel [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background.]]

* ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. When Bond rolls his Aston Martin a wheel goes flying off in the direction of the camera -- presumably this was unintentional, though it certainly adds to the drama of the crash.

* One of the more visible continuity goofs in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' is the loose wheel from the moon buggy that bounces through the chase while the buggy continues on with all its wheels.

* In the New Zealand-made action-comedy film ''Film/NeverSayDie'', a [[HollywoodPoliceDrivingAcademy fleet of police cars]] drives into a one-way bus tunnel to pursue the protagonists - not realising that there actually is a bus heading in the opposite direction. Predictably, a wheel can be seen rolling out of the tunnel not long after.

* In ''Film/TheTitfieldThunderbolt'' when the railway's locomotive is derailed. Which really shouldn't be physically possible to achieve with a steam locomotive, but hey, RuleOfFunny.

** ''Literature/SoulMusic'' hangs a lampshade on it when describing the carriage crash that kills the heroine's parents. In fact, due to ''Discworld'''s [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality Law Of Narrative Causality]], this happens in every single crash. Not just the ones featured in the books - ''every'' one.
--->''Then the oil from the coach lamps ignites and there is a second explosion, out of which rolls -- because there are certain conventions, even in tragedy -- a burning wheel.''

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** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFEjHa-EpO0 Every 2020 F1 Driver's Biggest Crash]]'' features Daniil Kvyat's crash during qualifying for the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix where both left hand wheels became detached with one rolling to a stop at the edge of the track and the other crossing it. Kimi Räikkönen's 2014 British Grand Prix crash where two wheels went rolling across the track at different times is included. Sergio Perez's featured crash was from qualifying at Monaco in 2011, where one tire came off during the initial crash and then rolled along after the car until wobbling to fall over several feet from the nose.

** Michael Schumacher snapping off both left wheels with the tire barrier during Qualifying in Australia in 1994 with both wheels making their way back across the track is show in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l77m-u2EdM The Top 10 Crashes You Forgot.]]''

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "Octi-Evil", Buttercup throws a water tower into a monster that then lands on a senior citizen riding a power scooter. A loose tire rolls to Buttercup's feet and then the senior citizen pokes his head out of it, showing that he's just fine.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''. In "Satisfaction", Mercy and Roy Harper are blasting away at each other in an underground carpark, then we cut to a shot of Lex Luthor calmly watching as a hubcap rolls past him after Red Arrow blows up a vehicle.

* In ''Series/{{Battlebots}}'', ''Series/RobotWars'', and other [[UsefulNotes/RobotCombat robot combat events]], it's fairly common for robots with exposed wheels to have them torn off by opponents' weapons, which often results in a wheel or tire rolling away across the arena.
** On one occasion (Razer vs. Rick in Series 5 of Robot Wars), Dead Metal's sawblade fell off and rolled across the arena in a very similar fashion.

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': ''Revelation'' Episode 4, after the Meta blasts the Red's Warthog into wreckage, a stray burning tire from it rolls over Grif as he gets up.