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* '''Defied:''' Alice refuses to use her CoolCar for something so dangerous, choosing to use a [[BoringButPractical blander-looking, but sturdier and easier to drive car]] instead.
* '''Exploited:''' Alice's mechanic catches on to how her car tends to get dinged up while dealing with monsters, and ratchets up his prices so he can wring more money out of her.
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** The car is cursed and it attracts any and ''every'' possible danger, almost as if it seems like some kind of non-sapient DeathSeeker.
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** The car is cool and expensive and unsafe at high speeds. A crash was just a matter of time. Getting in a chase with the idiot backseat drivers just worsened the odds.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice eventually gives up on paying for repairs every time, and buys a new car separate from her old one, which continues to get even more wrecked as the series goes on.
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** Hey, you go to TheWrongSideOfTheTracks on a car so rare a single hubcap could feed a family for a year and you see what happens.

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** Hey, you go to TheWrongSideOfTheTracks the WrongSideOfTheTracks on a car so rare a single hubcap could feed a family for a year and you see what happens.
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** Hey, you go to TheWrongSideOfATheTracks on a car so rare a single hubcap could feed a family for a year and you see what happens.

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** Hey, you go to TheWrongSideOfATheTracks TheWrongSideOfTheTracks on a car so rare a single hubcap could feed a family for a year and you see what happens.
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** Hey, you go to TheWrongSideOfATracks on a car so rare a single hubcap could feed a family for a year and you see what happens.

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** Hey, you go to TheWrongSideOfATracks TheWrongSideOfATheTracks on a car so rare a single hubcap could feed a family for a year and you see what happens.

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* '''Inverted''': All [[TheAllegedCar Alleged Cars]] get destroyed, but not the rich ones.

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All [[TheAllegedCar Alleged Cars]] get destroyed, but not the rich ones.ones.
** The entire city except Alice's car is destroyed, [[FridgeLogic somehow]].
* '''Subverted''': Alice is about to crash her car, but manages to stop in time.
* '''Double Subverted''': Only for a billboard to fall on it.

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* '''Justified''': The MonsterOfTheWeek is a GoldDigger, so they are naturally attracted to expensive objects.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The MonsterOfTheWeek is a GoldDigger, so they are naturally attracted to expensive objects.objects.
** Hey, you go to TheWrongSideOfATracks on a car so rare a single hubcap could feed a family for a year and you see what happens.
** The cast's enemies are {{Jerkass}}es who would smash anything they use as transportation. It's just bad luck that it's Alice's car.
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'''Basic Trope''': Expensive and/or exotic cars will get damaged; or destroyed.
* '''Straight''': Bob and Charlie are chasing down the MonsterOfTheWeek; during the chase, they accidentally cause Alice to lose control of her CoolCar and crash it.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** A one-of-a-kind car gets destroyed.
** Expensive cars getting destroyed is a RunningGag.
** Alice's car is a ChronicallyCrashedCar.
** Every single expensive car gets destroyed regardless of the situation.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob and Charlie accidentally cause Alice to dent her car.
* '''Justified''': The MonsterOfTheWeek is a GoldDigger, so they are naturally attracted to expensive objects.
* '''Inverted''': All [[TheAllegedCar Alleged Cars]] get destroyed, but not the rich ones.
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