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* GearheadShow: May have started the current trend. It was originally centered around converting street vehicles into souped-up power equipment, that would then challenge the real deal; i.e., converting an SUV into a trash truck. Focus began to shift as they ran low on ideas.
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* EndOfSeriesAwareness: One of the last episodes involves working on a car with extensive front end damage. After Jesse repairs it, he asks the build crew "Any of you guys hiring? I'll be out of a job in a couple of months."
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* EndOfSeriesAwareness: One of the last episodes involves working on a car with extensive front end damage. After Jesse repairs it, he asks the build building crew "Any of you guys hiring? I'll be out of a job in a couple of months."
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* HomeAndGarden: In its SpinOff, ''Series/MonsterHouse', parts of a house are [[TrashTheSet very violently demolished]] and transformed into an extreme setting, such as a kitchen into a medieval mead hall.
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* AlliterativeName: Come on, this is '''J'''essie '''J'''ames we're talking about[[note]]no, not ''that'' Jessie, though he might be related[[/note]].
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* AlliterativeName: Come on, this is '''J'''essie '''J'''esse '''J'''ames we're talking about[[note]]no, not ''that'' Jessie, though he might be related[[/note]].about.
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* EndOfSeriesAwareness: One of the last episodes involves working on a car with extensive front end damage. After Jesse repairs it, he asks the built crew "Any of you guys hiring? I'll be out of a job in a couple of months."
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* EndOfSeriesAwareness: One of the last episodes involves working on a car with extensive front end damage. After Jesse repairs it, he asks the built build crew "Any of you guys hiring? I'll be out of a job in a couple of months."
* HopeSpot: The build crew for the "Grim Ripper" are down to their last pulley belt for the hydraulic pump and the deadline is just minutes away. They get everything set up, start the engine, and test the equipment and...it works! The hydraulic arms start swinging away at whatever they'd be swinging away at. Then suddenly, the friction from the pulleys cause the engine to catch fire. By the time they put it out, the last pulley belt has burned and time is up.
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* RiceBurner: Due to the rules of the show,this trope was [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. For all of the modifications they did, the cars had to look stock, barring any obvious changes that were needed because of what kind of monster they were making that week. One such monster was the Honeybee Drift Car, one of the world's most uncool cars (Jesse liked it for that very reason), which was gutted and filled with the insides of a [[CoolCar Nissan 350Z]]. At one point, they noticed the two cars had different track widths and the 350Z's tires would be sticking out of the Honneybee's fenders; Jesse said the whole point of the build was to keep the Honeybee's uncool look, while giving it the heart of a beast.
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* RiceBurner: Due to the rules of the show,this show, this trope was [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. For all of the modifications they did, the cars had to look stock, barring any obvious changes that were needed because of what kind of monster they were making that week. One such monster was the Honeybee Drift Car, one of the world's most uncool cars (Jesse liked it for that very reason), which was gutted and filled with the insides of a [[CoolCar Nissan 350Z]]. At one point, they noticed the two cars had different track widths and the 350Z's tires would be sticking out of the Honneybee's fenders; Jesse said the whole point of the build was to keep the Honeybee's uncool look, while giving it the heart of a beast.
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* WhamLine:"We didn't do it. This is the one that fails."
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* WhamLine:"We didn't do it. This is the one that fails."" from "The Grim Ripper".
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* RelievedFailure: A meta example. After the "Grim Ripper" build failed (the first in the show's history), host Jesse James called up producer Thom Beers and told him what had happened. Beers replied "That's great!" and explained that the failure validated them.
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The series had a spinoff show called ''Monster House'' ([[IThoughtItMeant no, not]] [[WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse that one]]) which aired from 2003 to 2006, and featured a different weekly team of carpenters making "extreme" renovations to homes.
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The series had a spinoff show called ''Monster House'' ([[IThoughtItMeant ([[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant no, not]] [[WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse that one]]) which aired from 2003 to 2006, and featured a different weekly team of carpenters making "extreme" renovations to homes.
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* AlliterativeName: Come on, this is '''J'''essie '''J'''ames we're talking about[[note]]no, not ''that'' Jessie, though he might be related[[/note]].
** Whoever he is, '''S'''imon '''S'''tern[[note]]whose name appears on the ill-fated sign in the intro[[/note]] certainly qualifies.
** Whoever he is, '''S'''imon '''S'''tern[[note]]whose name appears on the ill-fated sign in the intro[[/note]] certainly qualifies.
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''Monster Garage'' was a program running from 2002-2006 on the DiscoveryChannel hosted by West Coast Choppers' Jesse James (before his ill-fated marriage to Creator/SandraBullock). The premise was unique: Jesse and a crew of expert mechanics (a different crew each week) would take a normal car and modify it into a specific type of functional vehicle. The rules were that 1) the car must appear to be stock when the conversion was complete, 2) the crew may spend no more than $3000 (or $5000 starting with the third season) on parts, and 3) the crew only has a week to perform the conversion (one day to design, five days to build, one day to challenge an actual example of the finished product).
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''Monster Garage'' was a program running from 2002-2006 on the DiscoveryChannel Creator/DiscoveryChannel hosted by West Coast Choppers' Jesse James (before his ill-fated marriage to Creator/SandraBullock). The premise was unique: Jesse and a crew of expert mechanics (a different crew each week) would take a normal car and modify it into a specific type of functional vehicle. The rules were that 1) the car must appear to be stock when the conversion was complete, 2) the crew may spend no more than $3000 (or $5000 starting with the third season) on parts, and 3) the crew only has a week to perform the conversion (one day to design, five days to build, one day to challenge an actual example of the finished product).
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''Monster Garage'' was a program running from 2002-2006 on the DiscoveryChannel hosted by West Coast Choppers' Jesse James (before his ill-fated marriage to SandraBullock). The premise was unique: Jesse and a crew of expert mechanics (a different crew each week) would take a normal car and modify it into a specific type of functional vehicle. The rules were that 1) the car must appear to be stock when the conversion was complete, 2) the crew may spend no more than $3000 (or $5000 starting with the third season) on parts, and 3) the crew only has a week to perform the conversion (one day to design, five days to build, one day to challenge an actual example of the finished product).
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''Monster Garage'' was a program running from 2002-2006 on the DiscoveryChannel hosted by West Coast Choppers' Jesse James (before his ill-fated marriage to SandraBullock).Creator/SandraBullock). The premise was unique: Jesse and a crew of expert mechanics (a different crew each week) would take a normal car and modify it into a specific type of functional vehicle. The rules were that 1) the car must appear to be stock when the conversion was complete, 2) the crew may spend no more than $3000 (or $5000 starting with the third season) on parts, and 3) the crew only has a week to perform the conversion (one day to design, five days to build, one day to challenge an actual example of the finished product).
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->''Join us now as Jesse James and his gang of maverick mechanics rip, grind, and burn transforming ordinary street vehicles into monster machines in the [[TitleDrop Monster Garage]].''
->-opening narration.
''Monster Garage'' was a program running from 2002-2006 on the DiscoveryChannel hosted by West Coast Choppers' Jesse James (before his ill-fated marriage to SandraBullock). The premise was unique: Jesse and a crew of expert mechanics (a different crew each week) would take a normal car and modify it into a specific type of functional vehicle. The rules were that 1) the car must appear to be stock when the conversion was complete, 2) the crew may spend no more than $3000 (or $5000 starting with the third season) on parts, and 3) the crew only has a week to perform the conversion (one day to design, five days to build, one day to challenge an actual example of the finished product).
As the series went on, projects diversified into race cars and custom cars as well as the usual "monsters". Successful crews would be rewarded with a new set of tools. If a crew fails to complete the build, [[YouHaveFailedMe the car is destroyed]] in over the top fashion.
The series had a spinoff show called ''Monster House'' ([[IThoughtItMeant no, not]] [[WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse that one]]) which aired from 2003 to 2006, and featured a different weekly team of carpenters making "extreme" renovations to homes.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* TheAllegedCar: The [=DeLorean=] lives up (down?) to its reputation in the episode where the crew attempts to transform one into a hovercraft. Notably, it's the first car that has to be ''pushed'' into the garage.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: While it's reality television so there isn't that much of a fourth wall, Jesse does at one point muse on one of the aspects people on such shows generally don't discuss... the wording the narrator uses. (Specifically, he wonders what the heck the people doing the show think "it must look stock" means when you're building such a ridiculous concept vehicle.)
* CoolCar: A number of the featured vehicles start out as one. Some actually achieve coolness during the process.
* DonutMessWithACop: One episode had the crew (consisting entirely of police officers) converting a police car into a rolling doughnut shop. A police representative said the project was a good idea since it would keep police officers in their cars instead of having to stop to get refreshment "but it's still wrong."
* EndOfSeriesAwareness: One of the last episodes involves working on a car with extensive front end damage. After Jesse repairs it, he asks the built crew "Any of you guys hiring? I'll be out of a job in a couple of months."
* FlyingCar: A two-part season finale had the crew attempt to convert a sports car into a sports car that could fly. [[spoiler: They ''succeeded''.]]
* RiceBurner: Due to the rules of the show,this trope was [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. For all of the modifications they did, the cars had to look stock, barring any obvious changes that were needed because of what kind of monster they were making that week. One such monster was the Honeybee Drift Car, one of the world's most uncool cars (Jesse liked it for that very reason), which was gutted and filled with the insides of a [[CoolCar Nissan 350Z]]. At one point, they noticed the two cars had different track widths and the 350Z's tires would be sticking out of the Honneybee's fenders; Jesse said the whole point of the build was to keep the Honeybee's uncool look, while giving it the heart of a beast.
* SignsOfDisrepair: Shows up in the opening to display the show's title. Until the sign in question is struck by lightning, it reads "Si'''mon Ster'''n's '''Garage'''."
* WhamEpisode: "The Grim Ripper", which ended the show's perfect winning streak.
* WhamLine:"We didn't do it. This is the one that fails."
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''Monster Garage'' was a program running from 2002-2006 on the DiscoveryChannel hosted by West Coast Choppers' Jesse James (before his ill-fated marriage to SandraBullock). The premise was unique: Jesse and a crew of expert mechanics (a different crew each week) would take a normal car and modify it into a specific type of functional vehicle. The rules were that 1) the car must appear to be stock when the conversion was complete, 2) the crew may spend no more than $3000 (or $5000 starting with the third season) on parts, and 3) the crew only has a week to perform the conversion (one day to design, five days to build, one day to challenge an actual example of the finished product).
As the series went on, projects diversified into race cars and custom cars as well as the usual "monsters". Successful crews would be rewarded with a new set of tools. If a crew fails to complete the build, [[YouHaveFailedMe the car is destroyed]] in over the top fashion.
The series had a spinoff show called ''Monster House'' ([[IThoughtItMeant no, not]] [[WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse that one]]) which aired from 2003 to 2006, and featured a different weekly team of carpenters making "extreme" renovations to homes.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* TheAllegedCar: The [=DeLorean=] lives up (down?) to its reputation in the episode where the crew attempts to transform one into a hovercraft. Notably, it's the first car that has to be ''pushed'' into the garage.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: While it's reality television so there isn't that much of a fourth wall, Jesse does at one point muse on one of the aspects people on such shows generally don't discuss... the wording the narrator uses. (Specifically, he wonders what the heck the people doing the show think "it must look stock" means when you're building such a ridiculous concept vehicle.)
* CoolCar: A number of the featured vehicles start out as one. Some actually achieve coolness during the process.
* DonutMessWithACop: One episode had the crew (consisting entirely of police officers) converting a police car into a rolling doughnut shop. A police representative said the project was a good idea since it would keep police officers in their cars instead of having to stop to get refreshment "but it's still wrong."
* EndOfSeriesAwareness: One of the last episodes involves working on a car with extensive front end damage. After Jesse repairs it, he asks the built crew "Any of you guys hiring? I'll be out of a job in a couple of months."
* FlyingCar: A two-part season finale had the crew attempt to convert a sports car into a sports car that could fly. [[spoiler: They ''succeeded''.]]
* RiceBurner: Due to the rules of the show,this trope was [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. For all of the modifications they did, the cars had to look stock, barring any obvious changes that were needed because of what kind of monster they were making that week. One such monster was the Honeybee Drift Car, one of the world's most uncool cars (Jesse liked it for that very reason), which was gutted and filled with the insides of a [[CoolCar Nissan 350Z]]. At one point, they noticed the two cars had different track widths and the 350Z's tires would be sticking out of the Honneybee's fenders; Jesse said the whole point of the build was to keep the Honeybee's uncool look, while giving it the heart of a beast.
* SignsOfDisrepair: Shows up in the opening to display the show's title. Until the sign in question is struck by lightning, it reads "Si'''mon Ster'''n's '''Garage'''."
* WhamEpisode: "The Grim Ripper", which ended the show's perfect winning streak.
* WhamLine:"We didn't do it. This is the one that fails."
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