History Main / HeroStoleMyBike

* In ''Film/BangkokDangerous'', Joe shoves a guy off his motorbike and takes it to chase his target -- and blows it up less than a minute later. He also takes a hat and an expensive-looking camera for the purpose of looking inconspicuous.

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "The Glitch", Tom steals the murder weapon (a rally car) in order to get to where the killer is about to strike next as fast as possible.

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* ''ComicBook/SinCity'' has the stolen-car version of this trope. In one notable case, a hero actually stole a cop car.

* ''ComicBook/SamAndMax:'' In "Monkeys Violating the Heavenly Temple," Sam pulls this on an unsuspecting kid while searching for Max in the Philippines. He later drops it off of the side of a volcano.
* In the 2016 IDW ''ComicBook/WynonnaEarp'' series, Wynonna 'borrows' a vintage Harley from a dealership in a mall when she decides she needs to get to Tombstone in a hurry.
* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': Tim Drake, who was retired from the role of Robin at the time, once stole a Mini Cooper and drove it into a truck that contained a bunch of mafia hitmen trying to drive straight into his school guns blazing. He has to work with what little is available to him since he doesn't have any of his old gadgets or armor.
* In ''ComicBook/TheFurtherAdventuresOfIndianaJones'' #14, Indy steals a police car from outside a diner in order to continue a chase.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: The downplayed version shows up when one of Paula's victims decides to get revenge by kidnapping her daughter Gerta and stealing Wondy's invisible plane to make her get away. In a rush Diana tells Zoe she needs to borrow her plane, and Zoe's only response is to warn her that it's considerably slower than Diana's experimental SpacePlane.
* In ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance'' #9, Sable steals a passing motorbike to chase after a truck carrying [[EmptyQuiver a stolen nuke]]. Given what happens after this, it is unlikely the original owner ever gets his bike back.
* ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'': Robo has a bad habit of this. It particularly harms his already fraught relationship with [[SitcomArchNemesis Sir Richard Branson]].
-->'''Robo:''' I know you're miffed about the time I stole your spaceship-\\
'''Branson:''' And destroyed it.\\
'''Robo:''' I ''was'' trying to save the world. Which I ''did'', by the way. It's how we're having this conversation. ''And'' I paid you back with a hoverjet!

* In ''FanFic/ArcOfTheRevolution'', Jaune derails the canon plot when he steals Amber's horse in order to get to Beacon faster. At least he gave her his savings to make up for it (along with accidentally saving her life from Cinder's ambush).

* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1861329/chapters/11977070 From the Beast Within]]'' Clint ''buys'' a teenager's bike so he can get to the zoo before Tony, Harry and Teddy do.
* In ''Fanfic/FateParallelFantasia'', Luvia and False Lancer steal an empty police car to get around for a bit before ditching it. Since the keys are missing, False Lancer points out she can drive it thanks to her Riding Skill, but she doesn't know how to hotwire it, so Luvia starts it with her magic.

* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'': Shrek rather unceremoniously steals the clothes of some travelers after he takes his potion... Though he ''does'' leave them with their actual vehicle, [[spoiler:since Donkey is now a stallion.]]
--> '''Shrek''': Thank you, gentlemen. Someday I will repay you, unless of course I can't find you, or if I forget.
* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Done during the climax of the movie, when he [[spoiler:borrows Calhoun's jetboard to fly to Diet Cola Mountain.]] Under the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt circumstances]], it seems doubtful that she minded. In the same scene, Vanellope is shown [[spoiler: riding in Crumbelina's Kart]] to save Ralph.

* Near the climax of ''Film/BedtimeStories2008'', Skeeter and Jill steal one of motorbikes in order to stop Kendall from [[spoiler:blowing up Bobbi and Patrick's school along with them inside.]]

--> '''Luger:''' "I'm gettin' too old for this bike-confiscating shit."
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''

** In ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', Spider-Man [[spoiler:steals Flash's Audi in order to catch up to the Vulture. It ends up getting wrecked.]]

-->'''Natasha:''' You can't just steal a car!\\

* ''Film/TheMother''

* Jack Harper gets both ends of the trope in ''Film/{{Oblivion|2013}}'' . LaResistance steals his motorcycle after an attempted ambush on the beginning of the movie, [[spoiler: and he steals the Bubble Ship of one of his fellow clones when his own gets wrecked near the end.]]

* In ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/TheForceAwakens'', while fleeing a bombing run from the First Order, Rey and Finn hop into an unattended "garbage" freighter and fly off. It turns out to be [[spoiler:the ''Millennium Falcon''.]]

* Inverted in Music/{{Brentalfloss}}' ''VideoGame/PunchOut With Lyrics'': Brent, dressed in Little Mac's training hoodie, gets ''his'' bike stolen.

* In ''VideoGame/WildArms4'', Jude steals a bike so he can chase a train containing his mother. He has SuperSpeed, if you're wondering.
* In the ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' level ''Lethal Highway'' If you take one of the motorcycles a generic [[FunWithAcronyms G.U.N]] soldier will say "Where's my bike? Does anyone know where it is?".

* ''VideoGame/RedFaction Guerrilla'' has plenty of situations where you'll be needing to 'borrow' a vehicle, be it parked or already inhabited. At low sector morale, the civilians make snide or even angry comments.
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', Raiden needs to get to a location fast without exhausting himself with his own SuperSpeed, and hijacks a random motorcycle nearby and carves a phone number into the pavement with his sword so the owner knows who to call to get it back. In the Jetstream DLC, it's revealed that the bike actually belonged to [[spoiler: Sam, the very guy who stopped him on the way and dueled him to the death.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TrueCrimeNewYorkCity'', when CowboyCop (or, depending on your actions, CorruptCop) Marcus "commandeers" someone's car, he'll often spout lines like "You know you're not getting this back, right?"
* Enforcers in ''VideoGame/AllPointsBulletin'' can commandeer another person's car in much the same fashion as ''True Crime: New York City''. Criminals, of course, take over vehicles in time-honored GTA fashion.
* An early mission in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' has Arthur steal a horse to chase after a witness who knows who he is, shouting to the disgruntled owner that he's "just borrowin' it!" Unlike many examples, the game actually gives you the option to return it to its owner after the mission is over, giving you [[KarmaMeter honor points]].

* ''VIdeoGame/TheStalinSubway'' have you hijacking a civilian's convertible at gunpoint while evading KGB agents, even pointing your gun at him while shouting, "Drive, you bastard!" - cue several cars filled with mooks in pursuit, leading to a CarChaseShootOut on Moscow's Red Square.

* Subverted in ''WebAnimation/{{Shrapnel}}'', as Reznya ''tries'' to drive off with some guy’s bike to get on with her mission to kill the minions, but the dang thing is a piece of junk that won’t start.

* Played with in ''Webcomic/AMiracleOfScience'': When the main characters need to evade the MechaMooks sent after them, Caprice has another part of the transhuman planetary HiveMind she's part of [[http://project-apollo.net/mos/mos023.html track down the owner of a motorcycle parked nearby and buy it.]]

* The trope's title was inspired by the "[[NWordPrivileges Nigga]] Stole My Bike" meme from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'', born on Website/{{YTMND}}, which offered an [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation alternate interpretation]] of the cutscenes featuring [[PlayerCharacter Little Mac]] jogging while his trainer Doc Louis rides ahead of him on a bike. Funny thing, the Wii game has Doc Louis make clear that the bike really ''does'' belong to Mac.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVNs5ZSLGQ0 Spoofed in this homage]] to the ChainedToARailway trope, which has the hero nicking a bike when he finds the nearest horse is labeled "Out of Order". After pedaling and pedaling and pedaling we get the cue card: FINALLY he arrives!

* In ''Film/FirstBlood'', after being unlawfuly arrested and abused by the local police, [[SHellShockedVeteran Rambo]] snaps and steals a man's motorcycle in order to escape his aggressors.

* Sedgwick steals a bicycle in ''Film/TheGreatEscape''. (And related, two others steal a rowboat.) The liner notes commentary in the DVD points out that stealing is not recommended for [=POWs=] because committing a crime gives the foreign government an excuse to prosecute the POW as a criminal. [[spoiler:Luckily, all three escapees who steal manage to flee Nazi Germany.]]

* In Creator/BusterKeaton's ''Film/TheGeneral'', at one point Keaton steals a penny-farthing bicycle to chase after his stolen train, but isn't able to ride it very far before falling over.

* In ''Anime/Patlabor2TheMovie'', a police detective is left handcuffed to a pipe while the villains carry out their EvilPlan. Desperate to warn someone, he rips the pipe free of the wall, only to find they've immobilized his car. Later, Gota gets a call from him, showing he's stopped a sports car by smashing the window with his pipe (which is still handcuffed to him) so that he can borrow the man's mobile phone (and no doubt his car as well, if he could get the pipe to fit inside).

* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. Downplayed in the first episode of ''Il Teatrino'' when the Jose/Henrietta fratello have to borrow Priscilla's Vespa (her own vehicle, not the Agency's) to chase after some terrorists. She's shown later wailing when they hand the somewhat damaged Vespa back to her.