History Film / TheCarsThatAteParis

* {{Traffic Wardens}}: Arthur is given this unpopular job by the Mayor.

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* TownWithADarkSecret: Not only do the Paris locals cause the accidents and plunder the remains, it appears to be their only means of sustenance. Their clothes and their furniture have been scavenged from their victims, and it's even established that the town basically uses a barter economy based around trading plundered goods for services.

* {{Gaslighting}}: When Arthur keeps mentioning that he saw lights before the crash, the Mayor assures him that it's just a delusion caused the physical and mental stress of the accident. In fact, using lights to blind victims is one of the Parisians' main methods to cause accidents, so the Mayor is trying to avoid a HeKnowsTooMuch situation with Arthur.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Yes, the townspeople cause crashes, steal, kill and lobotomize people. But, the Mayor is visibly disturbed and angry when he finds that one of the townspeople had literally blown off the head of the visiting Pastor.
** Although it's probably more along the lines of PragmaticEvil as shooting a regular visitor in broad daylight is harder to explain than a stanger at night.

''The Cars That Ate Paris'' (also known as ''The Cars That Eat People'') is a 1974 UsefulNotes/AustralianNewWave film directed by Creator/PeterWeir. In the outback town of Paris, the inhabitants make their living by causing car accidents and scavenging the parts.

!!Tropes to be found here:
* {{Adorkable}}: Arthur
* {{Affably Evil}}: The Mayor

* LondonEnglandSyndrome: Averted. This Paris is in the Australian Outback.

''The Cars That Ate Paris'' (also known as ''The Cars That Eat People'') is a 1974 AustralianNewWave film directed by Creator/PeterWeir. In the outback town of Paris, the inhabitants make their living by causing car accidents and scavenging the parts.

** Although it's probably more along the lines of PragmaticEvil as shooting a regular visitor in broad daylight is harder to explain than a car crash at night.

* KarmaHoudini: By the end of the film, no one is held legally accountable for their crimes. However, it's averted in that the conflict between the local greasers and the older generation has led to several village buildings demolished and people killed. This in turn leads the villagers to abandon their homes. FridgeLogic sets in when you consider that when Arthur finally talks to the authorities (who were lead to believe he was dead and his car destroyed) there may be an investigation.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After the local greasers' rampage, the villagers pack up what they can carry and leave despite the Mayor's attempts to the contrary.

* {{The Alleged Car}}: The hoons' cars have components from many different models.
* TheJoyOfX: The title is a variant of {{The Noun Who Verbed}}.
* {{The Igor}}: The day job of one of the punks.
* {{The Patriarch}}: The Mayor has a wife and two children, and adopts Arthur as his son.

* {{The Seventies}}, although the town appears {{Two Decades Behind}} due to its remoteness.

* LandDownUnder: A foreshadowing of the SavageSouth trope now associated with Film/MadMax.

''The Cars That Ate Paris'' (also known as ''The Cars That Eat People'') is a 1974 AustralianNewWave film directed by PeterWeir. In the outback town of Paris, the inhabitants make their living by causing car accidents and scavenging the parts.

* {{Traffic Wardens}}: Arthur is given this unpopular job by the Mayor.

IMDB Entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071282/

* KarmaHoudini: By the end of the film, no one is held accountable for their crimes. However, it's averted in that the conflict between the local greasers and the older generation has led to several village buildings demolished and people killed. This in turn leads the villagers to abandon their homes.

** Although it's probably more along the lines of PragmaticEvil as shooting someone is harder to explain than a car crash.

* KarmaHoudini: By the end of the film, no one held accountable for their crimes. However, it's averted in that the conflict between the local greasers and the older generation has led to several village buildings demolished and people killed.

Although it's probably more along the lines of PragmaticEvil as shooting someone is harder to explain than a car crash.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Yes, the townspeople cause crashes, steal, kill and lobotomize people. But, [[spoiler: the Mayor is visibly disturbed and angry when he finds that one of the townspeople had literally blown off the head of the visiting Pastor.]] Although it's probably more along the lines of PragmaticEvil as [[spoiler: shooting someone is harder to explain than a car crash.]]

''The Cars That Ate Paris'' (also known as ''The Cars That Eat People'') is a 1974 AustralianNewWave film directed by Peter Weir. In the outback town of Paris, the inhabitants make their living by causing car accidents and scavenging the parts.

* {{Cool Car}}: The Mayor's Chrysler 300, the customised Holden FJ, and the VW Beetle [[SpikesOfVillainy covered in a forest of metal spikes]].

The Cars That Ate Paris (also known as the Cars That Eat People) is a 1974 AustralianNewWave film directed by Peter Weir. In the outback town of Paris, the inhabitants make their living by causing car accidents and scavenging the parts.

!Tropes to be found here:

* {{Cool Car}}: The Mayor's Chrysler 300, the customised Holden FJ, and the VW Beetle covered in spikes.

The Cars That Ate Paris (also known as the Cars That Eat People) is a 1974 film directed by Peter Weir. In the Australian town of Paris, the inhabitants make their living by causing car accidents and scavenging the parts.

* {{Mad Scientist}}: Dr Midland enjoys experimenting on lobotomised patients.

* {{The Patriarch}}: The Mayor