History Main / ParkingProblems

* Music/TheRollingStones song ''Get off of My Cloud'' has the singer waking up after sleeping in his car parked downtown to find parking tickets on his windshield.
-->I was sick and tired, fed up with this
-->And decided to take a drive downtown
-->It was so very quiet and peaceful

** In "Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E1TheCityOfNewYorkVsHomerSimpson", Homer's car gets booted after Barney borrows it and parks it illegally at the World Trade Center. The enforcement officer sent to remove the boot and collect the fine doesn't show up on time, so Homer enters one of the buildings to use the washroom. The officer arrives just as he reaches the top of one of the towers, and leaves when Homer isn't there. [[spoiler:Frustrated, Homer drives the car home with the boot still attached.]]

* In one ''WebComic/KidRadd'' [[http://bgreco.net/kidradd/comic304.htm#p4 strip]], the guy who's in charge of the Mods states one of his subordinates' parking space will be his after he kills her.

-->--'''Asami Sato''' to Korra (after finding her car smashed into a lamppost with a pile of tickets on the windshield), ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', "Turning the Tides"

* In one ''[[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie]]'' comic, Archie and his friends find that they have been boxed in by an inconsiderate driver and are unable to pull out. Moose arrives and offers to lift the front end of their car up and point it towards the road. Having done so, the gang thanks him... and he gets into the car in front of them and drives off!

-->'''[[DeadpanSnarker XR]]:''' Fantastic parking job Buzz. Say could you hand me my arm? Thanks,

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=052S1yg-zR0#t=0m20s This police officer]] parked by a fire hydrant... and then the fire department needed to access the hydrant.
* TruthInTelevision in most large cities. Adding insult to injury, any space that appears to be available from a distance will usually turn out to be a loading zone, in front of a driveway or fire hydrant, reserved for valet or handicapped use, filled by a motorcycle or extremely small car, etc.
* College campuses are another notorious place for this trope. There always seems to be more parking permits handed out than there are parking spaces available. It's not uncommon for students to arrive half an hour early and ''still'' be late for class due to the lack of available parking.

* A RunningGag in ''Series/BetterCallSaul is the protagonist clashing with the parking attendant at the courthouse due to failing to collect the required number of parking validation stickers to have his parking fee waived. At one point, he reaches through the window of the booth to lift the barrier arm when the attendant won't let him out without payment, causing him to be barred from the car park.

* ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'': In "Dining Goofy", Goofy tries to help Max park cars now that he is no longer needed in waiting tables. He ends up "parallel parking" by stacking several guests' cars (including Disney/{{Cinderella}}'s coach and [[Film/TheLoveBug Herbie]]) on top of one another.

* ''Videogame/{{Afterlife}}'' has the "NP-complete Parking Garages" as one of the highest available Wrath punishments, where a SOUL has to legally park their car to get out of it. And everything that can go wrong with parking ''will'' go wrong here: Spaces reserved for the handicapped and VID (Very Important Demons) that will have the SOUL punished if they try to park there, endless hallways full of used-up spaces, spots that seem empty only to have a motorcycle occupying it, wasted spaces from crappily-parked cars (some even use up three spots), and any legitimate free parking space is quickly stolen by demons in gaudy sports cars driving the wrong way.

Common possibilities include:

* Parking in a [[StealingTheHandicappedSpot handicapped stall]]

This may result in any number of consequences for the driver, such as [[TheTroubleWithTickets receiving a ticket]], their car being towed, or finding a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_clamp clamp]] applied to their tire. ObstructiveBureaucracy may be encountered as the driver attempts to pay their ticket or retrieve their car.

-->--'''Asami Sato''' to Korra (after finding her car smashed into a lamppost with a pile of tickets on the windshield), '''''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''''', "Turning the Tides"

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[[caption-width-right:350: I get that parallel parking can be tough, but ''perpendicular''?]]

** In "Fear Her", Ten parks the TARDIS [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui_pR76ehr8 with the door facing a wall.]]

->"''SarcasmModeWow, nice parking job.''"

->"''{{SarcasmModeWow, nice parking job.}}''"

->"''Wow, nice parking job.''"

->"''[[SarcasmModeWow, nice parking job.]]''"

->"''Wow, nice parking job.''"

* ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'': In "Dining Goofy", Goofy tries to help Max park cars now that he is no longer needed in waiting tables. He ends up "parallel parking" by stacking several guests' cars (includeing Disney/{{Cinderella}}'s coach and [[Film/TheLoveBug Herbie]]) on top of one another.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer tries to park the family's station wagon in a stall marked COMPACT ONLY against his passengers' advice. He squeezes the vehicle in, [[WatchThePaintJob grinding both sides of the station wagon against the parked vehicles on either side]] and asks Marge in the passenger seat: "How am I doing on your side?"
** In another episode Homer's car gets booted after Barney borrows it and parks it illegally at the World Trade Center. The enforcement officer sent to remove the boot and collect the fine doesn't show up on time, so Homer enters one of the buildings to use the washroom. The officer arrives just as he reaches the top of one of the towers, and leaves when Homer isn't there. [[spoiler:Frustrated, Homer drives the car home with the boot still attached.]]

** College campuses are another notorious place for this trope. There always seems to be more parking permits handed out than there are parking spaces available. It's not uncommon for students to arrive half an hour early and ''still'' be late for class due to the lack of available parking.

** In "Fear Her", Ten parks the TARDIS [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui_pR76ehr8 with the door facing a wall]].

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