History Main / ConstructionVehicleRampage

* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse'': Construction workers for some unknown reason leave the keys in their construction machines, which allows Chowder to briefly start up an excavator by accident. He later uses it in the climatic fight against the titular, monstrous house with Jenny accompanying him. D.J. also uses the rope of a tower crane [[spoiler:to drop a stick of dynamite into the chimney of the house]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse'': Construction workers for some unknown reason left the keys in their construction machines, which allows Chowder to briefly start up an excavator by accident. He later uses it in the climatic fight against the titular, monstrous house with Jenny accompanying him. D.J. also uses the rope of a tower crane [[spoiler:to drop a stick of dynamite into the chimney of the house]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Save the Tree", Helga Pataki's antagonistic father Big Bob announces that Mighty Pete, the oldest tree in town, will cut down with a bulldozer and build a beeper center on its place, which Arnold and the other kids are against this because they love the tree. As Bob and Nick Vermicelli arrive to bulldoze it, Arnold explains to them that the kids are not coming down. Nick is not impressed at all and steers the bulldozer in the direction of the tree to scare the kids and make them leave the tree. Bob wants to stop Nick because he doesn't want his daughter Helga to get hurt and starts to punch him. In the heat of the moment, both of them fall off the bulldozer, which continues to move towards the tree with no driver. The kids start throwing all the furniture onto it to stop it, but without success. Just when they are going to give in and flee, suddenly Grandma appears in Franchise/{{Tarzan}} costume. She swings from a liana, lands on the bulldozer and manages to stop it in the nick of time. [[note]]In RealLife, using a bulldozer is not the correct way to get rid of a giant tree, especially when there are buildings around the tree that it can fall on.[[/note]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Save the Tree", Helga Pataki's antagonistic father Big Bob announces that Mighty Pete, the oldest tree in town, will cut down with a bulldozer and build a beeper center on its place, which Arnold and the other kids are against this because they love the tree. As Bob and Nick Vermicelli arrive to bulldoze it, Arnold explains to them that the kids are not coming down. Nick is not impressed at all and steers the bulldozer in the direction of the tree to scare the kids and make them leave the tree. Bob wants to stop Nick because he doesn't want his daughter Helga to get hurt and starts to punch him. In the heat of the moment, both of them fall off the bulldozer which continues to move towards the tree with no driver. The kids start throwing all the furniture onto it to stop it, but without success. Just when they are going to give in and flee, suddenly Grandma appears in Franchise/{{Tarzan}} costume. She swings from a liana, lands on the bulldozer and manages to stop it in the nick of time. [[note]]In RealLife, using a bulldozer is not the correct way to get rid of a giant tree, especially when there are buildings around the tree that it can fall on.[[/note]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Save the Tree", Helga Pataki's antagonistic father Big Bob announces that Mighty Pete, the oldest tree in town, will cut down with a bulldozer and build a beeper center on its place, which Arnold and the other kids are against this because they love the tree. As Bob and Nick Vermicelli arrive to bulldoze it, Arnold explains to them that the kids are not coming down. Nick is not impressed at all and steers the bulldozer in the direction of the tree to scare the kids and make them leave the tree. Bob wants to stop Nick because he doesn't want Helga to get hurt and starts to punch him. In the heat of the moment, both of them fall off the bulldozer which continues to move towards the tree with no driver. The kids start throwing all the furniture onto it to stop it, but without success. Just when they are going to give in and flee, suddenly Grandma appears in Franchise/{{Tarzan}} costume. She swings from a liana, lands on the bulldozer and manages to stop it in the nick of time. [[note]]In RealLife, using a bulldozer is not the correct way to get rid of a giant tree, especially when there are buildings around the tree that it can fall on.[[/note]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Save the Tree", Helga Pataki's antagonistic father Big Bob announces that Mighty Pete, the oldest tree in town, will cut down with a bulldozer and build a beeper center on its place, which Arnold and the other kids are against this, because they love the tree. As Bob and Nick Vermicelli arrive to bulldoze it, Arnold explains to them that the kids are not coming down. Nick is not impressed at all and steers the bulldozer in the direction of the tree to scare the kids and make them leave the tree. Bob wants to stop Nick because he doesn't want Helga to get hurt and starts to punch him. In the heat of the moment, both of them fall off the bulldozer which continues to move towards the tree with no driver. The kids start throwing all the furniture onto it to stop it, but without success. Just when they are going to give in and flee, suddenly Grandma appears in Franchise/{{Tarzan}} costume. She swings from a liana, lands on the bulldozer and manages to stop it in the nick of time. [[note]]In RealLife, using a bulldozer is not the correct way to get rid of a giant tree, especially when there are buildings around the tree that it can fall on.[[/note]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Save the Tree", Helga Pataki's antagonistic father Big Bob announces that Mighty Pete, the oldest tree in town, will cut down with a bulldozer and build a beeper center on its place, which Arnold and the other kids are against this, because they love the tree. As Bob and Nick Vermicelli arrive to bulldoze it, Arnold explains to them that the kids are not coming down. Nick is not impressed at all and steers the bulldozer in the direction of the tree to scare the kids and make them leave the tree. Bob wants to stop Nick because he doesn't want Helga to get hurt and starts to punch him. In the heat of the moment both of them fall off the bulldozer which continues to move towards the tree with no driver. The kids start throwing all the furniture onto it to stop it but without success. Just when they are going to give in and flee, suddenly Grandma appears in a Tarzan costume. She swings from a liana, lands on the bulldozer and manages to stop it in the nick of time. [[note]]In RealLife, using a bulldozer is not the correct way to get rid of a giant tree, especially when there are buildings around the tree that it can fall on.[[/note]]

[[folder:Anime And Manga]]

Bulldozers tend to be popular picks because their resemblance to tanks and their front plows that are capable of moving large chunks of land make them very versatile vehicles. As they are more useful in both landscaping and destruction than most other vehicles, a savvy character looking to cause mayhem will likely pick one as their go-to option. Other popular picks include the front-end loader (with its large all-terrain wheels and maneuverable scoop), the wrecking ball crane (the quintessential demolition vehicle), and the excavator (with its modifiable arm and the ability to turn a complete 180 or even 360-degree). In sci-fi settings, construction robots may count as well [[AIIsACrapshoot if their programming is overridden to cause nothing but destruction]]. It also may count [[PoweredArmor exo-suits]] or [[HumongousMecha mechas]] that were primarily created for the use of construction but are then commandeered to be used for combat instead.

* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse'': Construction workers for unknown reason left their keys in their construction machines, which allows Chowder to mess with an excavator and he later uses it in the climatic fight against the titular, monstrous house with Jenny accompanying him.

* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse'': Construction workers for unknown reason didn't take the key of their construction machines with them, which allows Chowder to mess with an excavator and he later uses it in the climatic fight against the titular, monstrous house with Jenny accompanying him.

* ''Anime/GiantGorg'': One episode had Gorg battling against a behemoth-sized weaponized bulldozer, modified from a millitary-purpose construction vehicle.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': During the final battle, Emmet combines an entire fleet of construction vehicles into a HumongousMecha powerful enough to tear through the Micromanager army.
* ''WesternAnimation/Rio2'': In the climax, one of the friendly human characters, Linda, commandeers a bulldozer and saves Eduardo with it when one of the loggers tries to run him over after he's knocked out of the sky.

Bulldozers tend to be popular picks because their resemblance to tanks and their front plows that are capable of moving large chunks of land make them very versatile vehicles. As they are more useful in both landscaping and destruction than most other vehicles, a savvy character looking to cause mayhem will likely pick one as their go-to option. Other popular picks include the front-end loader (with its large all-terrain wheels and maneuverable scoop), the wrecking ball crane (the quintessential demolition vehicle), and the excavator (with its modifiable arm and the ability to turn a complete 180). In sci-fi settings, construction robots may count as well [[AIIsACrapshoot if their programming is overridden to cause nothing but destruction]]. It also may count [[PoweredArmor exo-suits]] or [[HumongousMecha mechas]] that were primarily created for the use of construction but are then commandeered to be used for combat instead.

* [[TanksButNoTanks Civilian Bulldozers]] have been given armour protection and used in various armies by combat engineers for front-line duties clearing barricades and obstacles; in UsefulNotes/NewZealand in [=WW2=], comandeered bulldozers were given an armoured shell and a rotating MG turret and used as makeshift improvised tanks (the [[TheAllegedCar infamous]] [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Semple_tank Bob Semple tank]]).

** In ''Film/CasinoRoyale'', Bond is chasing the bomb maker across a construction site, and gets in a loader and drives at the bomb maker; demolishing a lot of the construction site in the process.

* [[https://www.damninteresting.com/the-wrath-of-the-killdozer/ The infamous Killdozer]] was an improvised tank built out of a 30-ton concrete-and-steel bunker, a hunting rifle, a bulldozer, some video equipment, an oxygen bottle, and one disgruntled man upset that he was forced to sell his muffler repair shop to the city because of shady dealings with the new concrete plant. At 3 PM, on June 4th 2004, Marvin Heemeyer rampaged all over the city of Granby, Colorado for two hours, ruining about 13 buildings and racking up seven million dollars in damages. The rampage came to an end when the Killdozer’s treads got stuck in a basement and could not get out due to damage to the fuel tank, and Heemeyer shot himself.

* This trope is the impetus for creating a Special Vehicles section of the police in ''{{Anime/Patlabor}}'' after criminals start using large construction machines called "Labors" to commit crimes across the nation.

Bulldozers tend to be popular picks because their resemblance to tanks and their front plows that are capable of moving large chunks of land make them very versatile vehicles. As they are more useful in both landscaping and destruction than most other vehicles, a savvy character looking to cause mayhem will likely pick one as their go-to option. Other popular picks include the front-end loader (with its large all-terrain wheels and maneuverable scoop), the wrecking ball crane (the quintessential demolition vehicle), and the excavator (with its modifiable arm and the ability to turn a complete 180). In sci-fi settings, construction robots may count as well [[AIIsACrapshoot if their programming is overridden to cause nothing but destruction]]. It also may count exo-suits or mechas that were primarily created for the use of construction but are then commandeered to be used for combat instead.

SubTrope of {{Irony}} and NotTheIntendedUse. SuperTrope of ForkliftFu. See also NoOSHACompliance for when general safety in a workplace is thrown out the window. Compare ThisIsADrill and DrillTank.

* [[https://www.damninteresting.com/the-wrath-of-the-killdozer/ The infamous Killdozer]] was an improvised tank built out of a 30-ton concrete-and-steel bunker, a hunting rifle, a bulldozer, some video equipment, an oxygen bottle, and one disgruntled man upset that he was forced to sell his muffler repair shop to the city because of shady dealings with the new concrete plant. At 3 PM, on June 4th 2004, Marvin Heemeyer rampaged all over the city of Granby, Colorado for two hours, ruining about 13 buildings and racking up seven million dollars in damages. The rampage came to an end when the Killdozer’s tread got stuck in a basement and could not get out due to damage to the fuel tank, and Heemeyer shot himself.

SubTrope of {{Irony}} and NotTheIntendedUse. See also Main/NoOSHACompliance for when general safety in a workplace is thrown out the window. SuperTrope of ForkliftFu. No relation to {{Deconstruction}}.

* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' strip "[[https://xkcd.com/677/ Asshole]]" stars Beret Guy getting a backhoe to smack a couple who called him an asshole whether he drove a SUV or a hybrid car.

A Construction Vehicle Rampage flips the intention on it's head, using tools of creation as weapons of war.

* ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin'': The Mobile Worker MW-01 is a HumongousMecha designed with construction purposes in mind, acting as a humanoid bulldozer. The Principality of Zeon saw the potential to turn it into a war machine, and had both Mash and Ramba Ral duke it out to test its combat capabilities. Despite promising results, the Zeon engineers decided that the design would be too slow and ineffective for real combat, and began the mobile suit development project based off of the MW-01 with the MS-06 Zaku as the eventual endpoint.

Bulldozers tend to be popular picks because their resemblance to tanks and their front plows that are capable of moving large chunks of land make them very versatile vehicles. They usually specialize in landscaping and destruction than most other vehicles, so a savvy character looking to cause mayhem will likely pick one as their go-to option. Other popular picks include the front-end loader (with its large all-terrain wheels and maneuverable scoop), the wrecking ball crane (the quintessential demolition vehicle), and the excavator (with its modifiable arm and the ability to turn a complete 180). In sci-fi settings, construction robots may count as well [[AIIsACrapshoot if their programming is overridden to cause nothing but destruction]]. It also may count exo-suits or mechas that were primarily created for the use of construction. But then are commandeered to be used for combat instead.

* ''Film/IRobot'': A demolition robot's schedule is edited while Creator/WillSmith is investigating the building in question.

** In the car chase scene in ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', the Rev-9 Terminator pursues Dani, Grace and Diego in a dump truck fitted with a bulldozer blade.
* ''The Fighting Seabees'': When attacked by the Japanese, the soldiers of the Construction Battalion use their construction machinery as part of the defense. In the final scene, the hero attaches explosives to the blade of a bulldozer and uses it to ram a petroleum storage tank. The resulting explosion sends burning fuel into the path of the attacking Japanese, saving the American base.

* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': A sketch from "More Blood, More Chocolate" features WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder's vehicles help him kill some union thugs who want to shut him down.

* [[https://www.damninteresting.com/the-wrath-of-the-killdozer/ The infamous Killdozer]] was an improvised tank built out of a 30-ton concrete-and-steel bunker, a hunting rifle, a bulldozer, some video equipment, an oxygen bottle, and one disgruntled man upset that he was forced to sell his muffler repair shop to the city because of shady dealings with the new concrete plant. At 3 PM, on June 4th 2004, Marvin Heemeyer rampaged all over the city of Granby, Colorado for two hours, ruining about 13 buildings and racking up seven million dollars in damages.