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* One Website/{{Darwin Award|s}} winner tried this while attempting to diagnose a truck's engine, apparently to watch the engine while it worked. It seemed a fine idea until the moving parts caught his sleeve... [[http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1995-02.html Link]]

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* One Website/{{Darwin Award|s}} winner tried this while attempting to diagnose a truck's engine, apparently to watch the engine while it worked. It seemed a fine idea until the moving parts caught his sleeve... [[http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1995-02.html Link]]winner]] proved, at great cost, why you should '''never''' try this in real life. The poor dope was riding under his friend's truck while on the highway so he could figure out the source of a worrying noise from the engine. Things were going well until his sleeve got caught and he ended up getting ''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath wrapped around the drive shaft.]]''

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* In ''[[ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' #181, Darklon escapes from his cell in the Pit. He then gets out of the Pit by clinging to the underside of the Hammer when it is sent out to search for him.
** In #72 of the Creator/MarvelComics series, the Star Viper sneaks onto the Joe's Utah base by holding onto the underside of Skidmark's Desert Fox vehicle.

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In ''[[ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' issue #181, Darklon escapes from his cell in the Pit. He then gets out of the Pit by clinging to the underside of the Hammer when it is sent out to search for him.
** In #72 of the Creator/MarvelComics series, #72, the Star Viper sneaks onto the Joe's Utah base by holding onto the underside of Skidmark's Desert Fox vehicle.



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* ''ComicStrip/SpiderMan'': Spider-Man and Tarantula cling to the underside of an army truck bringing reinforcements in order to sneak into a prison.
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* ''ComicStrip/SpiderMan'': Spider-Man and Tarantula cling to the underside of an army truck bringing reinforcements in order to sneak into a prison.
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* ''VideoGame/MidnightFightExpress'': At the end of Level 24, Babyface gets into the Russians' airplane by clinging onto the landing gear.
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* The Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles do this in their [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII third movie]], using a wagon to sneak into the daimyo's palace. Of course, they were already DressingAsTheEnemy but wanted to stay out of contact with the daimyo to avoid a case of SpotTheImposter.

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* The Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles do this in their [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII third movie]], using a wagon to sneak into the daimyo's palace. Of course, they were already DressingAsTheEnemy but wanted to stay out of contact with the daimyo to avoid a case of SpotTheImposter.
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* ''VideoGame/WishboneAndTheAmazingOdyssey'': As in the original myth, Wishbone and his men tie themselves to the undersides of Polyphemus's sheep to escape his cave.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': This was a favored method by Ash and whoever was with him at the time to sneak on board [[KnightOfCerebus Hunter J's]] [[CoolAirship base]] via her [[CoolCar ground vehicles]].

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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': This was a favored method by Ash and whoever was with him at the time to sneak on board [[KnightOfCerebus Hunter J's]] [[CoolAirship base]] via her [[CoolCar ground vehicles]].



* One of the early ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' issues, back in the days when it wasn't entirely Superman stories, had a short story of a criminal who tried this to break out of prison. [[KillerOutFit A pendant he was wearing got caught in a moving part and strangled him]].

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* One of the early ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' issues, back in the days when it wasn't entirely Superman ComicBook/{{Superman}} stories, had a short story of a criminal who tried this to break out of prison. [[KillerOutFit [[KillerOutfit A pendant he was wearing got caught in a moving part and strangled him]].



* At the very beginning of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}'', Finn [=McMissile=] actually clings to the underside of Tony Trihull with his magnetic tires in order to sneak into the Lemons' oil rig.

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* At the very beginning of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'', Finn [=McMissile=] actually clings to the underside of Tony Trihull with his magnetic tires in order to sneak into the Lemons' oil rig.



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* ''film/Derailed2002'': After Jacques falls off the train during a TraintopBattle, he grabs hold of an exterior handle and makes his way back by clinging to the underside of the carriages and crawling along.

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* ''film/Derailed2002'': ''Film/Derailed2002'': After Jacques falls off the train during a TraintopBattle, he grabs hold of an exterior handle and makes his way back by clinging to the underside of the carriages and crawling along.
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* ''film/Derailed2002'': After Jacques falls off the train during a TraintopBattle, he grabs hold of an exterior handle and makes his way back by clinging to the underside of the carriages and crawling along.
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* In ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', Rachel temporarily travels underneath the Flying Pussyfoot train after escaping from the captive diner car.

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* In ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'', Rachel temporarily travels underneath the Flying Pussyfoot train after escaping from the captive diner car.
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* ''Literature/TheGreatEscape'' contains an unsuccessful example involving a minor character during the early part of the book, although it doesn’t appear in the film.

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* ''Literature/TheGreatEscape'' contains an unsuccessful example involving a minor character during the early part of the book, although it doesn’t doesn't appear in the film.
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DoNotTryThisAtHome. There are a lot of moving parts underneath a vehicle that can chew up a human body real good. As well, some parts get hot enough to burn you. And when you fall off — not if, ''when'' — not only will you hit the road at high speed, you stand a good chance of being run over by the very vehicle you were riding on, or the one coming behind.

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DoNotTryThisAtHome. There are a lot of moving parts underneath a vehicle that can chew up a human body real good. As well, some parts get hot enough to burn you. And when you fall off — not if, ''when'' — not only will you hit the road at high speed, you stand a good chance of being run over by the very vehicle you were riding on, or the one coming behind.
behind. And if you ''somehow'' maintain your grip, you'll be easily dragged to death against the pavement.
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A character hitches a ride by clinging to the underside of a vehicle. This can be done as a means of tailing someone who has their own vehicle when you do not and you cannot risk losing them, or as a means of infiltrating (or exfiltrating) an enemy compound, dropping off the vehicle once you are through the gates.

DoNotTryThisAtHome. There are a lot of moving parts underneath a vehicle that can chew up a human body real good. And when you fall off — not if, ''when'' — not only will you hit the road at high speed, you stand a good chance of being run over by the very vehicle you were riding on, or the one coming behind.

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A character hitches a ride by clinging to the underside of a vehicle. vehicle, often a big truck with high ground clearance. This can be done as a means of tailing someone who has their own vehicle when you do not and you cannot risk losing them, or as a means of infiltrating (or exfiltrating) an enemy compound, dropping off the vehicle once you are through the gates.

gates. The character may also cling to the bottom of a moving stagecoach, cart or train. In science fiction, it may be done with an aerocar.

DoNotTryThisAtHome. There are a lot of moving parts underneath a vehicle that can chew up a human body real good. As well, some parts get hot enough to burn you. And when you fall off — not if, ''when'' — not only will you hit the road at high speed, you stand a good chance of being run over by the very vehicle you were riding on, or the one coming behind.
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* One of the (many, ''many'') fun features in ''VideoGame/BoogieWings''. Your default vehicle is a CoolPlane with a swinging hook attached to it's underbelly, called the Skyhook, and if you lose your plane you're allowed to continue kicking ass on foot. On two-player mode, a player without a plane can leap and grab on the other's skyhook and swing around the place while shooting enemies.


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* The city level of ''VideoGame/SteelAssault'' have Taro clinging underneath an ascending helicopter while battling JetPack mooks attacking him from all sides.
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* ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}'' contains the UrExample, in which legendary stuntman Yakima Canutt does this with ''horses running at full speed''. Nearly every example on this page owes its existence to this scene.

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* ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}'' contains the UrExample, in which legendary stuntman Yakima Canutt does this with ''horses running at full speed''. Nearly every example on this page owes its existence to this scene.scene, and the aforementioned ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' scene that was inspired by it.
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* In ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', Indiana Jones replicates the UrExample stunt from ''Stagecoach'' (see below) by climbing beneath a moving truck in order to enter it from the rear.

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* In ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', Indiana Jones replicates the UrExample stunt from ''Stagecoach'' (see below) by climbing climbs beneath a moving truck in order to enter it from the rear.



* ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}'' contains the UrExample, in which legendary stuntman Yakima Canutt climbs under a moving stagecoach (with horses running at full speed) and enters the coach through the rear. Nearly every example on this page owes its existence to this scene.

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* ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}'' contains the UrExample, in which legendary stuntman Yakima Canutt climbs under a moving stagecoach (with horses does this with ''horses running at full speed) and enters the coach through the rear.speed''. Nearly every example on this page owes its existence to this scene.
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* In ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', Indiana Jones replicates the UrExample stunt from ''Stagecoach'' (see below) by climbing beneath a moving truck in order to enter it from the rear.


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* ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}'' contains the UrExample, in which legendary stuntman Yakima Canutt climbs under a moving stagecoach (with horses running at full speed) and enters the coach through the rear. Nearly every example on this page owes its existence to this scene.
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* In an 80s era ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'', Bruce Banner clings to the axle of a van as it rolls away. His suit and back get torn up as a result.

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* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': In an 80s era ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'', issue, Bruce Banner clings to the axle of a van as it rolls away. His suit and back get torn up as a result.
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* ''Film/{{Draw}}'': Entirely unintentionally, but Holland ends clinging to the underside of the runaway stagecoach when he falls off it while trying to stop and has to cling the underside and hold on for dear life as he is [[WhatADrag dragged along]].
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* In ''Film/RamboIII'' the titular hero infiltrates a Soviet desert fortress by clinging under a tank.

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