History Main / StealingTheHandicappedSpot

* ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'' has one segment that starts with a JerkJock surfer dude taking a handicapped spot away from a disabled veteran. Karma instantly pays him back when he tries to pull out of the parking lot, as the surfboard in his back seat collides with the handicapped sign, pivots 90 degrees and strikes him in the neck, severing his spine and killing him.

* A British Conservative Party MP once saw an apparently not-disabled man parking his car in a disabled spot and walking away; the MP confronted the man and loudly berated him for taking a space intended for a disabled person when he himself had no visible disabilities; the man said nothing, but bent down and hitched up his trousers, exposing his two artificial legs. A witness to the incident told the press that he thought that an MP for the Party that claims a monopoly on patriotism should have recognised...Group Captain Douglas Bader, RAF (retired), Britain's most famous disabled war hero!

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "E. Peterbus Unum", when Peter discovers that his house isn't on the Quahog map, he declares it a sovereign nation. Then, claiming DiplomaticImmunity, he uses his status as an excuse to engage in all kinds of amoral or unlawful behavior -- including, naturally, parking in handicapped spaces.

** At the beginning of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E10MiracleOnEvergreenTerrace Miracle on Evergreen Terrace]]", Homer parks his car across three handicapped spaces on his way to the Try N' Save to do his Christmas shopping.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckMan'' has the titular character complaining about getting ticketed for parking in a handicapped space. This is how he tries to justify his action:

* In season four of ''{{WesternAnimation/Archer}}'', Ray, having been paralysed in the previous season's finale, arrives at the ISIS underground parking lot, only to find the two handicap spots blocked by Archer's El Camino. Ray complains to Archer, but Archer quickly misdirects him by claiming his El Camino "is not a car[...] Nor is it a truck." In an earlier episode, Archer argues with a wheelchair-bound coworker, claiming to deserve the best parking spot due to being the top field agent.

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* ''Series/{{Crownies}}'': In the first episode, an able-bodied surer parks in the disabled parking space at the beach, and is then rude to Ben's grandfather (who is entitled to the space) when he asks him to move. Ben's grandfather then extracts some ParkingPayback by parking the surfer in. This has tragic consequences as Ben's grandfather later receives a beating that results in his death.

* In ''Series/{{Reba}}'', Van uses a fake handicapped parking pass to park his car illegally. Reba tries to get him to stop, but then she's lured to use it when experiencing a bad time parking to get to her job interview. Unlike Van, she's caught red-handed by the owner of the company she's trying to apply for because it turns outs he's paraplegic...and she took his parking spot. Van proceeds to grill her for it.

* In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', the first time Max sees Chloe's truck, it's parked in the handicapped spot for no apparent reason. What's more, it's not the last time we see her screw over the differently abled, as later on she tries to steal money from the Blackwell Handicap Fund. [[spoiler:In an alternate timeline, she herself is, ironically, wheelchair-bound.]]

* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS4E10TheParking The Parking]]": Marvin takes a spot the Wattersons were about to park in, and Nicole vandalized his car in revenge. Then she realize they couldn't use the spot anyway because it's a handicap space (which Marvin could because he is elderly and walks with a cane). Then she sees Marvin hadn't left his car yet.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "E. Peterbus Unum", when Peter discovers that his house isn't on the Quahog map, he declares it a sovereign nation. Then, claiming DiplomaticImmunity, he uses his status as an excuse to engage in all kinds of amoral or unlawful behavior- including, naturally, parking in handicapped spaces.

* In an example of MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot, [[https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/9083080-patrol-officers-recover-rifle-in-stolen-vehicle-in-niagara-falls/ vehicle parked in handicapped spot without permit turns up stolen with a prohibited firearm and fentanyl inside.]]

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->''"Sometimes I'll park in handicapped spaces\\
While handicapped people make handicapped faces"''
-->-- '''Creator/DenisLeary''', "Asshole"

* In an unfortunate Real Life inversion, people with a genuine need/right to use such spaces have to deal with being accused of using it improperly (especially if they suffer from an invisible disability), with consequences ranging from being publicly embarrassed by someone demanding they "prove" their disability to misguided ParkingPayback. This is why it's sometimes best to mind your own business. Andy Rooney devoted a ''Series/SixtyMinutes'' segment to the issue. He pointed out people using handicapped spaces whom he contended, based on their appearance, were not handicapped.

* In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', the first time Max see's Chloe's truck, it's parked in the handicapped spot for no apparent reason. What's more, it's not the last time we see her screw over the differently abled, as later on she tries to steal money from the Blackwell Handicap Fund. [[spoiler:In an alternate timeline, she herself is, ironically, wheelchair-bound.]]

* Averted in ''Film/MeMyselfAndIrene'' where Charles' bad self Hank sees a healthy fit young man park his jeep in a handicapped space and go bounding into a mall. Hank self-righteously trashes the man's car, only to see him exiting the mall accompanying a frail old lady in a walker. [[/folder]]

* Averted in ''Film/MeMyselfAndIrene'' where Charles' bad self Hank sees a healthy, fit man park his jeep in a handicapped space and go bounding into a mall. Hank self-righteously trashes the man's car, only to see him exiting the mall accompanying a frail old lady in a walker. car [[/folder]]

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* The ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Handicapped Spot" has [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist George Costanza]] parking in a handicapped spot because there are no other spaces available. When he returns to his car, he finds that [[LaserGuidedKarma a handicapped driver accidentally crashed into his car and really busted it up]].

* In ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'', [[HateSink Amber's dad]] kidnaps Danny and uses him as leverage to lure his daughter outside. [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/someone/ This]] strip shows him waiting in the parking lot with Danny, and the AltText says:

-->'''Arin:''' I'll be waiting over her, in the handicapped spot.