Basic Trope: Every car sounds like it has a V8 engine.
- Straight: Bob drives an economy car, yet it sounds like it has a V8 engine.
- Exaggerated: Every vehicle, including mopeds and planes, make V8 engine noises.
- Downplayed: A V6 car sounds like it has a V8.
- Justified:
- Bob drives a car which actually has a V8 engine under the hood.
- Bob's electric car is too quiet, so for safety he has a speaker in the trunk that plays V8 engine sounds.
- Inverted: Bob's classic Mustang is stated to be converted to electric power, and makes a pleasant whirring sound instead of the expected deep roar.
- Subverted: Bob's Pinto sounds like it makes V8 engine noises when it shouldn't, then Bob reveals that he did an engine swap from a Mustang.
- Double Subverted: But from a V6 Mustang. The noises are coming from a speaker in the trunk.
- Parodied:
- Bob puts in a tape labeled "V8 sounds" when getting ready for a street race.
- Every vehicle makes the same V8 sound, even jet airplanes and bicycles.
- Zig Zagged: Bob's hot hatch makes raucous V8 noises, Meanwhile, Alice's SUV has a mellow V6 sound.
- Averted: Every car's engine makes the correct sounds.
- Enforced:
- The Coconut Effect
- The audio-crew couldn't afford to buy both a turbofan and a V6 loop, but they already had a V8 loop from previous shows.
- The comedy exaggerates it for funny.
- Lampshaded: "Odd. This car sounds more powerful than it did yesterday."
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: When Bob hears how powerful his car sounds compared to other economy cars, he decides to use it to impress people.
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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