1 | '''Basic Trope''': A vehicle is driven very fast up a ramp so as to jump over a gap. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Edgar uses a ramp to jump his car over a stream. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Edgar uses a ramp to jump his rocket-propelled eighteen-wheeler onto the roof of an apartment building on the far side of the Mississippi River. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Edgar uses a ramp to jump his motocross bike over some oil barrels. |
5 | * '''Justified''': Edgar has practiced this sort of thing, and knows when it will work and when it won't. |
6 | ** During a ChaseScene, Edgar is forced to jump an open drawbridge to lose the bad guys. |
7 | * '''Inverted''': A motorcyclist ramps off Edgar's car. |
8 | * '''Subverted''': Edgar drives up the ramp as though he's going to try a jump, but screeches to a halt at the top of it. |
9 | * '''Double Subverted''': ...then drives back down the ramp to hit it again with more speed. |
10 | * '''Parodied''': |
11 | ** Every time Edgar gets into a car chase, he insists he can do this, but [[RunningGag every time]], he and his irate passengers end up soaking wet. |
12 | ** Edgar lands his ''airplane'' only to drive it up the ramp. |
13 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ??? |
14 | * '''Averted''': Edgar decides to look for a bridge instead. |
15 | * '''Enforced''': The writers believe that it just isn't a proper car chase unless there's one of these in it somewhere. |
16 | * '''Lampshaded''': "I'd hate to see the bill for fixing the suspension on Edgar's car each month." |
17 | * '''Invoked''': Whoever built the ramp did so specifically to allow people to make that particular jump. |
18 | * '''Exploited''': Edgar's rival, knowing that Edgar is the kind of driver who'd try this sort of thing, sabotages the ramp. |
19 | * '''Defied''': The authorities demolish the ramp to prevent people hurting themselves with dangerous stunts. |
20 | * '''Discussed''': "Bridge? I don't need a bridge. If a ramp is good enough for Film/JamesBond, it's good enough for me." |
21 | * '''Conversed''': "See that ramp there? I bet you the hero will have to drive up it when they get around to the car chase scene." |
22 | * '''Deconstructed''': Edgar makes the jump, but the landing completely wrecks his car and he winds up in the hospital. |
23 | * '''Reconstructed''': Edgar's car is designed with the suspension travel to ensure both he and it survive with minimal damage. |
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27 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
28 | %% |
29 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
30 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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