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Basic Trope: A vehicle is driven very fast up a ramp so as to jump over a gap.

  • Straight: Edgar uses a ramp to jump his car over a stream.
  • 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.
  • Downplayed: Edgar uses a ramp to jump his motocross bike over some oil barrels.
  • Justified: Edgar has practiced this sort of thing, and knows when it will work and when it won't.
    • During a Chase Scene, Edgar is forced to jump an open drawbridge to lose the bad guys.
  • Inverted: A motorcyclist ramps off Edgar's car.
  • 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.
  • Double Subverted: ...then drives back down the ramp to hit it again with more speed.
  • Parodied:
    • Every time Edgar gets into a car chase, he insists he can do this, but every time, he and his irate passengers end up soaking wet.
    • Edgar lands his airplane only to drive it up the ramp.
  • Zig Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Edgar decides to look for a bridge instead.
  • Enforced: The writers believe that it just isn't a proper car chase unless there's one of these in it somewhere.
  • Lampshaded: "I'd hate to see the bill for fixing the suspension on Edgar's car each month."
  • Invoked: Whoever built the ramp did so specifically to allow people to make that particular jump.
  • Exploited: Edgar's rival, knowing that Edgar is the kind of driver who'd try this sort of thing, sabotages the ramp.
  • Defied: The authorities demolish the ramp to prevent people hurting themselves with dangerous stunts.
  • Discussed: "Bridge? I don't need a bridge. If a ramp is good enough for James Bond, it's good enough for me."
  • 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."
  • Deconstructed: Edgar makes the jump, but the landing completely wrecks his car and he winds up in the hospital.
  • Reconstructed: Edgar's car is designed with the suspension travel to ensure both he and it survive with minimal damage.

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