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Author: justanotherrandomlurker

Jun 2nd 2014 at 12:10:34 PM

There's TruthInTelevision behind this (which justifies the name) been numerous stories in the news of people becoming trapped under their cars after an accident, and good samaritans being able to lift those cars off of them in those moments of need, that they would otherwise be unable to do so in other circumstances; it's explained that when your adrenaline is rushing, it acts almost like a jolt to your strength, giving you the ability to perform such feats, like lifting cars. There was one story in particular a couple of years ago of a young girl who lifted a car off her father after he got trapped underneath while working on it, which almost killed him.

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* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. George plays with this in one episode: he had been faking a handicap for his employer, who provided him with an electronic scooter; later, George accidentally upsets a group of geriatrics, who chase him on their scooters, but since the battery dies, George picks up his scooter and runs with it... right into his employer. Afterwards, George tries to explain what happened by claiming that in desperate times, people have been known to perform feats of superhuman strength, and even uses TheIncredibleHulk as an example.