History Main / DinkyDrivers

-->--Buzz Lightyear, ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''

---> Chief Wiggum: Awww, isn't that cute, a baby driving a car... and hey look there's a dog driving a bus!

* A seven-year-old boy in Utah [[http://www.chinoblanco.com/2009/07/seven-year-old-utah-boy-makes-his.html stole his family's car]] in an attempt to get out of going to church.

* The children's novel ''The Great Ringtail Garbage Caper'' involves a crack team of ''raccoons'' stealing the local garbage truck. They actually had a decent reason for the whole caper. [[spoiler:The garbage truck was removing all the scraps they were living off, so they did the job themselves to get first dibs on the trash.]]

A situation that regularly appears in works with [[{{Lilliputians}} miniature protagonists]] is to have them operate a car, airplane, spaceship, or other vehicle. Since the vehicle was built for larger, "regular"-sized people, this will require a team of the dimunitive characters working together to operate the numerous controls. [[MacGyvering Jury-rigged assistive devices]] made with BambooTechnology or NoodleImplements might be used.

* Occurs in the {{Dragonlance}} ''Legends'' trilogy of all things. Tasslehoff finds himself unable to operate the full size captain's chair that psychically controls the flying citadel, and has to enlist a nearby gully dwarf in order to do it. [[HilarityEnsues Gully dwarves being what they are...]]

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* Occurs in each book of Creator/TerryPratchett's NomesTrilogy:

* In the first ''LevenThumps'' book, Clover (officially 12 inches in height) decides to, er, commandeer a motor vehicle in order to catch up to protagonists Leven and Winter. He eventually sets up a system to keep the pedals pushed while he hurtles along the street at breakneck pace. He's the only one on the road who finds it fun, [[DrivesLikeCrazy for some reason...]]

* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', [[TalkingAnimal Bun-]][[HeroicSociopath Bun]] occasionally steals Torg's car, with [[TalkingAnimal Kiki]] working the pedals. In [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20060404 this]] instance, Torg (human) accompanies them -- and instead of driving normally, ''he'' has to work the pedals, with Kiki on the gear stick.

In The Gnome Mobile, two kids drive a car. Neither is big enough to reach pedals and see over
dashboard so one steers while the other moves the pedals. In Little Man, a 30" tall dwarf pretending to be a toddler gets in a car and drives it, using a toy bat to move the pedals.
In Ted, John's teddy bear drives and it has built up pedals so he can reach them.

-->--Buzz Lightyear, ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory 2''

* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory 2'', Buzz Lightyear's team of toys commandeer a Pizza Planet truck in pursuit of Al and Woody.

-->--Buzz Lightyear, ''ToyStory 2''

* In ''ToyStory 2'', Buzz Lightyear's team of toys commandeer a Pizza Planet truck in pursuit of Al and Woody.

* In ''SluggyFreelance'', [[TalkingAnimal Bun-]][[HeroicSociopath Bun]] occasionally steals Torg's car, with [[TalkingAnimal Kiki]] working the pedals. In [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20060404 this]] instance, Torg (human) accompanies them -- and instead of driving normally, ''he'' has to work the pedals, with Kiki on the gear stick.

* The ''SouthPark'' episode "Towelie" has the kids steal a truck during their quest to recover their video game system.

* Averted by the Ant Hill Mob on both ''WackyRaces'' and ''ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop''. They have no problem operating vehicles scaled for humans of normal stature.

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* Occurs in each book of TerryPratchett's NomesTrilogy:

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* In ''ToyStory 2'', Buzz's team of toys commandeer a Pizza Planet truck in pursuit of Al and Woody.

* Alvin, Simon and Theodore do this in the first ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' movie. Supposedly Alvin can do this because he played a driving video game earlier in the movie.

* In SluggyFreelance, [[TalkingAnimal Bun-]][[HeroicSociopath Bun]] occasionally steals Torg's car, with [[TalkingAnimal Kiki]] working the pedals. In [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20060404 this]] instance, Torg(human) accompagnies them - and instead of driving normally, ''he'' has to work the pedals, with Kiki on the gear stick.

* Appears in ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' whenever they commandeer a vehicle for their missions.

-->'''Stan:''' "Alright, that does it! BrakeAngrily, Kenny!"
* In the ''PinkyAndTheBrain'' short "Opportunity Knox," Brain controls the steering wheel of a van with pulleys while Pinky operates the pedals.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' has the Rangers (rodent-sized rodents) trying to land a LawyerFriendlyCameo of the Space Shuttle.

* One episode of ''ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' has the Rangers (rodent-sized rodents) trying to land a LawyerFriendlyCameo of the Space Shuttle.

->"Slink, take the pedals! Rex, you navigate! Hamm and Potato, operate the levers and knobs."

A situation that regularly appears in works with [[{{Lilliputians}} miniature protagonists]] is to have them operate a car, airplane, spaceship, or other vehicle. Since the vehicle was built for "regular"-sized people, this will require a team of the dimunitive characters working together to operate the numerous complicated controls. [[MacGyvering Jury-rigged assistive devices]] made with BambooTechnology or NoodleImplements might be used.

More often than not, HilarityEnsues as the DysfunctionalFamily or RagTagBunchOfMisfits fail to coordinate their operations -- they end up bickering with each other while their vehicle [[DrivesLikeCrazy careens all over the place]]. If the characters wouldn't normally know how to drive, TaughtByTelevision or IKnowMortalKombat may be invoked to explain how they acquired some driving skills.

Naturally, this typically involves {{Lilliputians}} or ''very'' LittlePeople, though [[IncredibleShrinkingMan other]] [[{{Sizeshifter}} character]] [[AdorableEvilMinions types]] may be used as the work demands.