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It's a well-observed cliche to start [[TrappedInAnotherWorld an isekai]] work with the protagonist [[LookBothWays being run over by a vehicle]] so they will die and ReincarnateInAnotherWorld.
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ReincarnateInAnotherWorld. MemeticMutation has conflated these into "Truck-kun", the ''same'' truck heroically going around killing ordinary teenagers so as to send fantasy worlds the hero they're summoning.
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[[caption-width-right:350:And here's where our story ''really'' starts...]]
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* ''Film/ElevenFourteen'' starts with Jack Levine running into someone will driving while talking on his cellphone. And intoxicated. Due to the film's AnachronicOrder, this is also where it ends.
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* Played straight in Anime/ZombieLandSaga, since the protagonist Sakura literally dies hit by a truck in the cold opening of episode 1. A very metal OP ensues, and then she spends the rest of the show as a resurrected zombie/idol at the beck and call of a necromancer/producer.
* Barely avoided in the manga and anime ''Manga/FlyMeToTheMoon''. The protagonist Nasa meets his love by being ''almost'' hit by a truck - from which she rescues him. He's still wounded and loses a lot of blood, resulting in him being hospitalized and spending a long time in rehab.
* Barely avoided in the manga and anime ''Manga/FlyMeToTheMoon''. The protagonist Nasa meets his love by being ''almost'' hit by a truck - from which she rescues him. He's still wounded and loses a lot of blood, resulting in him being hospitalized and spending a long time in rehab.
* Barely avoided in the manga and anime ''Manga/FlyMeToTheMoon''. The protagonist Nasa meets his love by being ''almost'' hit by a truck - from which she rescues him. He's still wounded and loses a lot of blood, resulting in him being hospitalized and spending a long time in rehab.
* Played straight in ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'', since the protagonist Sakura literally dies hit by a truck in the cold opening of episode 1. A very metal OP ensues, and then she spends the rest of the show as a resurrected zombie/idol at the beck and call of a necromancer/producer.
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* Inverted in ''Film/ASimpleFavor'': The day is saved when [[spoiler:Darren runs over Emily just as she was about to shoot Stephanie, which doesn't kill her, but does leave her unable to flee when the police arrive.]]
* Inverted in ''Film/ASimpleFavor'': The day is saved when [[spoiler:Darren runs over Emily just as she was about to shoot Stephanie, which doesn't kill her, but does leave her unable to flee when the police arrive.]]
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* A couple of episodes of ''Series/TheFugitive'' started with the protagonist either being hit by a car or hitting someone with a car he was driving. Given that he's on the run from the law, this is obviously a bigger problem for him that it would be for someone else in the same situation.
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* A couple of episodes of ''Series/TheFugitive'' started with the protagonist either being hit by a car or hitting someone with a car he was driving. Given that he's on the run from the law, this is obviously a bigger problem for him that it would be for someone else in the same situation.
* The intro of ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' has the protagonist retell a nightmare in which he ran over a hitchhiker on a road at night. Watch the scene [[https://youtu.be/AXZE9LdWOxk?t=63 here]].
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* The intro of ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' has the protagonist retell a nightmare in which he ran over a hitchhiker on a road at night. Watch the scene [[https://youtu.be/AXZE9LdWOxk?t=63 here]].
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* The song and animated film ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'' revolve around the titular vehicular accident happening to the protagonist's grandmother courtesy of SantaClaus. While the song is about how the narrator discovers in a darkly comedic fashion that [[YesVirginia Santa truly exists]], the animated special revolves around the BlackSheep of the family [[FrivolousLawsuit trying to sue Santa for whatever she can]] and Santa accidentally kidnapping Grandma because [[EasyAmnesia the collision made her forget where she lives]].
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* The song and animated film ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'' revolve around the titular vehicular accident happening to the protagonist's grandmother courtesy of SantaClaus. While the song is about how the narrator discovers in a darkly comedic fashion that [[YesVirginia [[SantasExistenceClause Santa truly exists]], the animated special revolves around the BlackSheep of the family [[FrivolousLawsuit trying to sue Santa for whatever she can]] and Santa accidentally kidnapping Grandma because [[EasyAmnesia the collision made her forget where she lives]].
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* This is the typical kickoff point for many [[TrappedInAnotherWorld "isekai"]] anime, in which the protagonist hit by a truck will ReincarnateInAnotherWorld. It's so common it's become its own meme, and anime fans will talk about the deadly truck-kun, slayer of [=NEETs=]. It's also made fun of in ''Anime/KonoSuba'', where the protagonist, Kazuma, is almost hit by an extremely slow ''tractor'' - actually dying of shock - and his death is so absurd, ''his own family'' apparently laughed at it.
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* This is the typical kickoff point for many [[TrappedInAnotherWorld "isekai"]] anime, in which the protagonist hit by a truck will ReincarnateInAnotherWorld. It's so common it's become its own meme, and anime fans will talk about the deadly truck-kun, slayer of [=NEETs=]. It's also made fun of in ''Anime/KonoSuba'', ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', where the protagonist, Kazuma, is almost hit by an extremely slow ''tractor'' - actually dying of shock - and his death is so absurd, ''his own family'' apparently laughed at it.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/ActionLeagueNow'', whenever someone goes out into the road, they will get run over by a car (or some other kind of vehicle on occasion). This has even defeated the MonsterOfTheWeek a few times.
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* Played straight in Anime/ZombieLandSaga, since [[spoiler: the protagonist Sakura literally dies hit by a truck in the cold opening of episode 1. A very metal OP ensues, and then she spends the rest of the show as a resurrected zombie/idol at the beck and call of a necromancer/producer.]]
* Barely avoided in the manga and anime ''Manga/FlyMeToTheMoon''. The protagonist Nasa meets his love by being ''almost'' hit by a truck - from which she rescues him. He's still wounded and loses a lot of blood.
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* Played straight in Anime/ZombieLandSaga, since [[spoiler: the protagonist Sakura literally dies hit by a truck in the cold opening of episode 1. A very metal OP ensues, and then she spends the rest of the show as a resurrected zombie/idol at the beck and call of a necromancer/producer.]]
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* Barely avoided in the manga and anime ''Manga/FlyMeToTheMoon''. The protagonist Nasa meets his love by being ''almost'' hit by a truck - from which she rescues him. He's still wounded and loses a lot ofblood.
blood, resulting in him being hospitalized and spending a long time in rehab.
* Barely avoided in the manga and anime ''Manga/FlyMeToTheMoon''. The protagonist Nasa meets his love by being ''almost'' hit by a truck - from which she rescues him. He's still wounded and loses a lot of
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* This is the typical kickoff point for many [[TrappedInAnotherWorld "isekai"]] anime, in which the protagonist hit by a truck will ReincarnateInAnotherWorld. It's so common it's become its own meme, and anime fans will talk about the deadly truck-kun, slayer of [=NEETs=]. It's also made fun of in ''Anime/KonoSuba'', where the protagonist, Kazuma, is hit by an extremely slow ''tractor'' - and his death is so absurd, ''his own family'' apparently laughed at it.
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* This is the typical kickoff point for many [[TrappedInAnotherWorld "isekai"]] anime, in which the protagonist hit by a truck will ReincarnateInAnotherWorld. It's so common it's become its own meme, and anime fans will talk about the deadly truck-kun, slayer of [=NEETs=]. It's also made fun of in ''Anime/KonoSuba'', where the protagonist, Kazuma, is almost hit by an extremely slow ''tractor'' - actually dying of shock - and his death is so absurd, ''his own family'' apparently laughed at it.
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* Barely avoided in the manga and anime Tonikaku Kawaii. The protagonist Nasa meets his love by being ''almost'' hit by a truck - from which she rescues him. He's still wounded and loses a lot of blood.
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* Barely avoided in the manga and anime Tonikaku Kawaii.''Manga/FlyMeToTheMoon''. The protagonist Nasa meets his love by being ''almost'' hit by a truck - from which she rescues him. He's still wounded and loses a lot of blood.
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* This is the typical kickoff point for many "isekai" anime, in which the protagonist hit by a truck is transported to another world. It's so common it's become its own meme, and anime fans will talk about the deadly truck-kun, slayer of NEETs. It's also made fun of in ''Anime/KonoSuba'', where the protagonist, Kazuma, is hit by an extremely slow *tractor* - and his death is so absurd, *his own family* apparently laughed at it.
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* This is the typical kickoff point for many "isekai" [[TrappedInAnotherWorld "isekai"]] anime, in which the protagonist hit by a truck is transported to another world. will ReincarnateInAnotherWorld. It's so common it's become its own meme, and anime fans will talk about the deadly truck-kun, slayer of NEETs. [=NEETs=]. It's also made fun of in ''Anime/KonoSuba'', where the protagonist, Kazuma, is hit by an extremely slow *tractor* ''tractor'' - and his death is so absurd, *his ''his own family* family'' apparently laughed at it.
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* Played straight in Anime/ZombieLandSaga, since [[spoiler: the protagonist Sakura literally dies hit by a truck in the cold opening of episode 1. A very metal OP ensues, and then she spends the rest of the show as a resurrected zombie/idol at the beck and call of a necromancer/producer.]]
* Played straight in Anime/ZombieLandSaga, since [[spoiler: the protagonist Sakura literally dies hit by a truck in the cold opening of episode 1. A very metal OP ensues, and then she spends the rest of the show as a resurrected zombie/idol at the beck and call of a necromancer/producer.]]
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* This is the typical kickoff point for many "isekai" anime, in which the protagonist hit by a truck is transported to another world. It's so common it's become its own meme, and anime fans will talk about the deadly truck-kun, slayer of NEETs. It's also made fun of in ''Anime/KonoSuba'', where the protagonist, Kazuma, is hit by an extremely slow *tractor* - and his death is so absurd, *his own family* apparently laughed at it.
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* A couple of episodes of ''Series/TheFugitive'' started with the protagonist either being hit by a car or hitting someone with a car he was driving. Given that he's on the run from the law, this is obviously a bigger problem for him that it would be for someone else in the same situation.
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* The intro of ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' has the protagonist retell a nightmare in which he ran over a hitchhiker on a road at night. Watch the scene [[https://youtu.be/AXZE9LdWOxk?t=63 here]].
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* Inverted in ''Film/Deadpool2'': The threat of Russell Collins growing up to become evil (which is the reason Deadpool and Cable have come to blows) truly ends when Dopinder the cab driver runs over the orphanage headmaster as he tries to run away during the final battle.
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* While Strange is not exactly hit by a car, a vehicular accident is the incident that sets the plot in motion in ''Film/DoctorStrange''.
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** In "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS27E8FathersDay Father's Day]]", the Doctor takes Rose back in time to the day her father was killed by a motorist. She stops the death but then the ClockRoaches come out. It turns out the only way to stop the destruction of the universe is for him to get hit by a car and die.
** Inverted in "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft Turn Left]]", where an alternate reality version of Donna keeps her main universe version on the correct path by running in front of a lorry, getting killed in an accident but creating a traffic jam so Donna goes the other direction instead.
** Inverted in "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft Turn Left]]", where an alternate reality version of Donna keeps her main universe version on the correct path by running in front of a lorry, getting killed in an accident but creating a traffic jam so Donna goes the other direction instead.
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** In "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS27E8FathersDay "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E8FathersDay Father's Day]]", the Doctor takes Rose back in time to the day her father was killed by a motorist. She stops the death but then the ClockRoaches come out. It out; it turns out the only way to stop the destruction of the universe is for him to get hit by a car and die.
** Inverted in"[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft Turn Left]]", where an alternate reality version of Donna keeps her main universe version on the correct path by running in front of a lorry, getting killed in an accident but creating a traffic jam so Donna goes the other direction instead.
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* In ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', Michael ends up accidentally running over Meredith when he pulls in to the parking lot in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheOfficeUSS4E1FunRun "Fun Run."]] While she's in the hospital, the doctor discovers a previous case of rabies, so Michael being Michael decides to host an office fun run for rabies treatment.
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* In ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', Michael ends up accidentally running over Meredith when he pulls in to the parking lot in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheOfficeUSS4E1FunRun "Fun Run."]] "[[Recap/TheOfficeUSS4E1FunRun Fun Run]]". While she's in the hospital, the doctor discovers a previous case of rabies, so Michael being Michael decides to host an office fun run for rabies treatment.
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* In ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E134YouDrive "You Drive"]], Ollie Pope runs over and kills a kid before the opening narration, and the story revolves around his guilt making his car a SentientVehicle.
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* In ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E134YouDrive "You Drive"]], "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E134YouDrive You Drive]]", Ollie Pope runs over and kills a kid before the opening narration, and the story revolves around his guilt making his car a SentientVehicle.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': "Christmas" opens with everyone in town in the holiday spirit... [[MoodWhiplash and then the Wattersons accidentally run someone over]]. The family minus Nicole believe the man is an amnesiac Santa Claus, causing Richard to go out and do good deeds to get himself off the naughty list while the kids try to jog his memory.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', [=BoJack=] and Wanda's subplot in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E04AfterTheParty "After The Party"]] starts when they run over a deer (an anthropomorphic one, [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals of course]]) and have to find him and get him to the hospital.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', [=BoJack=] and Wanda's subplot in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E04AfterTheParty "After The Party"]] starts when they run over a deer (an anthropomorphic one, [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals of course]]) and have to find him and get him to the hospital.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': "Christmas" "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS2E15Christmas Christmas]]" opens with everyone in town in the holiday spirit... [[MoodWhiplash and then the Wattersons accidentally run someone over]]. The family minus Nicole believe the man is an amnesiac Santa Claus, causing Richard to go out and do good deeds to get himself off the naughty list for running over Santa while the kids try to jog his memory.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', [=BoJack=] and Wanda's subplot in[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E04AfterTheParty "After "[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E04AfterTheParty After The Party"]] Party]]" starts when they run over a deer (an ([[WorldOfFunnyAnimals an anthropomorphic one, [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals of course]]) one]]) and have to find him and get him to the hospital.
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** In the episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar Bart Gets Hit By A Car]]'' Bart [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gets hit by a car]]. Being more specific, he gets hit by C. Montgomery Burns' car, and the episode revolves around the courtroom hearing that ensues when Homer decides to [[FrivolousLawsuit sue Burns for all the money he can]].
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** In the episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar Bart Gets Hit By A Car]]'' Car]]", Bart [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gets hit by a car]]. Being more specific, he gets hit by C. Montgomery Burns' car, and the episode revolves around the courtroom hearing that ensues when Homer decides to [[FrivolousLawsuit sue Burns for all the money he can]].
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E09IAnnoyedGruntBot I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]", Bart deliberately throws his bicycle in the path of Dr. Hibbert's car. After the collision, Dr. Hibbert assures Bart he'll pay for a new bike, then returns to his car, vowing to keep his eyes on the road... before hitting Snowball II as well, killing her.
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E09IAnnoyedGruntBot I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]", Bart deliberately throws his bicycle in the path of Dr. Hibbert's car. After the collision, Dr. Hibbert assures Bart he'll pay for a new bike, then returns to his car, vowing to keep his eyes on the road... before getting distracted and hitting Snowball II as well, killing her.
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* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', it happens quite often. It can be at any given moment of the episode if cars or highways are involved, but one particular example comes to mind. A girl just escaped her death and goes to the highway, where's she's almost ran over by the Winchesters. '''Administrivia/ExamplesAreNotGeneral'''
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* This kickstarts ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'', both the first game and [[Film/SilentHill the movie]]. '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample'''
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* This kickstarts ''VideoGame/SilentHill'', both the first game and the movie. '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample'''
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* This kickstarts ''VideoGame/SilentHill'', ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'', both the first game and [[Film/SilentHill the movie.movie]]. '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample'''
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* Inverted in ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'': the main villain Yoshikage Kira is ultimately defeated when an ambulance accidentally runs over his head when he's lying on the street after Jotaro beats him up.
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* Inverted in ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'': the main villain Yoshikage Kira is ultimately defeated when an ambulance accidentally runs over his head when he's lying on the street after Jotaro beats him up.
* Inverted in ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'': the main villain Yoshikage Kira is ultimately defeated when an ambulance accidentally runs over his head when he's lying on the street after Jotaro beats him up.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'': The premise of the movie is that Sparky the dog gets fatally hit by a car, then Victor brings him back to life [[LightningCanDoAnything with lightning]].
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* In the ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' episode "Josh Runs Into Oprah," Josh accidentally runs over Creator/OprahWinfrey on his way to see her show for his birthday. The rest of the episode has him try to find her at the hospital to apologize.
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* In the ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' episode "Josh Runs Into Oprah," into Oprah", Josh accidentally runs over Creator/OprahWinfrey on his way to see her show for his birthday. The rest of the episode has him try to find her at the hospital to apologize.
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** In [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS27E8FathersDay "Father's Day"]], the Doctor takes Rose back in time to the day her father was killed by a motorist. She stops the death but then the ClockRoaches come out. It turns out the only way to stop the destruction of the universe is for him to get hit by a car and die.
** Inverted in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft "Turn Left"]], where an alternate reality version of Donna keeps her main universe version on the correct path by running in front of a lorry, getting killed in an accident but creating a traffic jam so Donna goes the other direction instead.
* In ''Life On Mars'' (both [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 the British Original]] and [[Series/LifeOnMars2008 the American remake]]), this is how Sam Tyler gets sent back in time; he gets hit by a car in the present day, and wakes up in 1973, unsure if he's in a coma, in the afterlife, or really back in time.
** Inverted in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft "Turn Left"]], where an alternate reality version of Donna keeps her main universe version on the correct path by running in front of a lorry, getting killed in an accident but creating a traffic jam so Donna goes the other direction instead.
* In ''Life On Mars'' (both [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 the British Original]] and [[Series/LifeOnMars2008 the American remake]]), this is how Sam Tyler gets sent back in time; he gets hit by a car in the present day, and wakes up in 1973, unsure if he's in a coma, in the afterlife, or really back in time.
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** In [[https://tvtropes."[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS27E8FathersDay "Father's Day"]], Father's Day]]", the Doctor takes Rose back in time to the day her father was killed by a motorist. She stops the death but then the ClockRoaches come out. It turns out the only way to stop the destruction of the universe is for him to get hit by a car and die.
** Inverted in[[https://tvtropes."[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft "Turn Left"]], Turn Left]]", where an alternate reality version of Donna keeps her main universe version on the correct path by running in front of a lorry, getting killed in an accident but creating a traffic jam so Donna goes the other direction instead.
* In ''LifeOn on Mars'' (both [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 the British Original]] and [[Series/LifeOnMars2008 the American remake]]), this is how Sam Tyler gets sent back in time; he gets hit by a car in the present day, and wakes up in 1973, unsure if he's in a coma, in the afterlife, or really back in time.
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* Happens at the beginning of ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'', when Agent York crashes his car, startled by the Raincoat Killer that just appeared out of nowhere on the road.
* Right before the start of ''VideoGame/Persona2 Eternal Punishment'', Anna Yoshizaka was the victim of a hit-and-run that resulted in her CareerEndingInjury. This starts a series of events that begin with the murder of the suspect, trigger the events of the game (as it's the investigation behind the murder that brings the party together) and induces a boss fight with the one who ordered the murder.
* This kickstarts ''VideoGame/SilentHill'', both the first game and the movie. '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample'''
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* In ''VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays'', the 1948 part begins with Rose hitting a girl who jumped in front of her car, apparently running from procurers. She [[LaserGuidedAmnesia loses her memories]] in the process and Rose gives her a temporary name, "Rapunzel". [[spoiler:It turns out the girl ''literally'' jumped in front of the car so that Rose would "save" her, since her mission was to infiltrate Primavera and get close to Rose.]]
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* Happens at the beginning of ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'', when Agent York crashes his car, startled by the Raincoat Killer that just appeared out of nowhere on the road.
* Right before the start of ''VideoGame/Persona2 Eternal Punishment'', Anna Yoshizaka was the victim of a hit-and-run that resulted in her CareerEndingInjury. This starts a series of events that begin with the murder of the suspect, trigger the events of the game (as it's the investigation behind the murder that brings the party together) and induces a boss fight with the one who ordered the murder.
* This kickstarts ''VideoGame/SilentHill'', both the first game and the movie. '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample'''
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* In ''VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays'', the 1948 part begins with Rose hitting a girl who jumped in front of her car, apparently running from procurers. She [[LaserGuidedAmnesia loses her memories]] in the process and Rose gives her a temporary name, "Rapunzel". [[spoiler:It turns out the girl ''literally'' jumped in front of the car so that Rose would "save" her, since her mission was to infiltrate Primavera and get close to Rose.]]
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* Happens at the beginning of ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'', when Agent York crashes his car, startled by the Raincoat Killer that just appeared out of nowhere on the road.
* Right before the start of ''VideoGame/Persona2 Eternal Punishment'', Anna Yoshizaka was the victim of a hit-and-run that resulted in her CareerEndingInjury. This starts a series of events that begin with the murder of the suspect, trigger the events of the game (as it's the investigation behind the murder that brings the party together) and induces a boss fight with the one who ordered the murder.
* This kickstarts ''VideoGame/SilentHill'', both the first game and the movie. '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample'''
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* In ''VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays'', the 1948 part begins with Rose hitting a girl who jumped in front of her car, apparently running from procurers. She [[LaserGuidedAmnesia loses her memories]] in the process and Rose gives her a temporary name, "Rapunzel". [[spoiler:It turns out the girl ''literally'' jumped in front of the car so that Rose would "save" her, since her mission was to infiltrate Primavera and get close to Rose.]]
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* Inverted in ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'': the main villain Yoshikage Kira is ultimately defeated when an ambulance accidentally runs over his head when he's lying on the street after Jotaro beats him up.
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In ''Film/DrDolittle'' starring Creator/EddieMurphy the title character reawakens his ability to SpeaksFluentAnimal after hitting a dog with his car, an ability he had suppressed and forgotten since childhood. The dog, who would be later adopted by the doctor, runs off no worse for the wear, but not before yelling at Dolittle to watch where he was going. This incident would lead to the rest of the movie with Dr. Dolittle finding himself dealing with animals coming to him for medical issues once it gets out he can understand them.
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Someone is hit by a car, and that kicks off or resumes the plot.
It may be that TheHero is driving, or not. Maybe they are a passenger, or it's a GetawayDriver, or it's the hero themselves who is hit by a car. This trope counts regardless of who does what, because what matters is the dramatic potential of a character getting hit by the car. It's a memorable way to bring TheTeam together, and provides immediate stakes. Put simply, car accidents are dramatic.
The injuries incurred by this IncitingIncident can range from [[DeathIsDramatic death]], in which case it's usually a PlotTriggeringDeath, to serious injury, to being completely unharmed. The latter often doubles as an a BigEntrance. It may overlap with DrunkDriver or DrivesLikeCrazy (especially in more comic settings), and it may be caused when DriverFacesPassenger or by VehicularSabotage. It can be related to LookBothWays, if the character doesn't look before they step out.
Often the cliched start of [[TrappedInAnotherWorld an isekai]] genre where getting [[LookBothWays run over by a vehicle]] causes them to die and ReincarnateInAnotherWorld.
If a character (nearly) runs into someone, but doesn't actually hit them (and that kick-starts the plot), that would be a subversion. If a plot ends by someone being run over, that would be an inversion.
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* Inverted in ''Film/ASimpleFavor'': The day is saved when [[spoiler:Darren runs over Emily just as she was about to shoot Stephanie, which doesn't kill her, but does leave her unable to flee when the police arrive.]]
* At the beginning of ''Film/TheATeam'', Barakus almost runs over Hannibal, which appears to have come out of nowhere from Barakus's view.
* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', shortly after arriving in 1955 Marty accidentally gets run over by his grandfather's car, which introduces him to his mother (who is instantly smitten with him) and accidentally prevents his parents from meeting. This triggers the main subplot where Marty must work to get his parents back together to stop the GrandfatherParadox obliterating him from existence.
* ''Film/BigFatLiar'': The plot begins when Jason is hit by Marty Wolf's limo and is given a ride to school as a result. Jason accidentally leaves his assignment in the limo and Marty steals a movie idea from them, kicking off the main conflict.
* In ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', the main character is introduced to the BigBad when he runs ''through'' him with a semi truck. The villain in question was a walking dream (a ghost, essentially).
* In ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn1984'' and ''Film/DisciplesOfTheCrow'' (kept from Creator/StephenKing's original short story), Burt and Vicky accidentally run over a boy who stumbles out in the road and take him to their nearby town. His throat was already slit, though, because he was trying to escape from there.
In ''Film/DrDolittle'' starring Creator/EddieMurphy the title character reawakens his ability to SpeaksFluentAnimal after hitting a dog with his car, an ability he had suppressed and forgotten since childhood. The dog, who would be later adopted by the doctor, runs off no worse for the wear, but not before yelling at Dolittle to watch where he was going. This incident would lead to the rest of the movie with Dr. Dolittle finding himself dealing with animals coming to him for medical issues once it gets out he can understand them.
* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Story_%28film%29 Ghost Story]]''. As one of the protagonists is driving in a snowstorm, the ghost of a woman he murdered appears before him, causing him to swerve to the side of the road. He is then attacked (and presumably killed) by one of the ghost's accomplices.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'': The premise of the movie is that Sparky the dog gets fatally hit by a car, then Victor brings him back to life [[LightningCanDoAnything with lightning]].
* ''Film/GhostInTheShell'' has a truck driver run over a naked woman on a rainy freeway. It turns out to be [[spoiler:Project 2501 escaping in a cyborg body]].
* In ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109542/ Dark Angel: The Ascent]]'', we see this from the victim's point of view. Veronica, a rebellious teenage demon, sneaks out of Hell to take a peek on Earth. Unfortunately, she arrives in the sewer, and when she emerges from a manhole in the middle of a busy street, she's immediately hit.
* ''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons'' begins with the Hendersons hitting a {{Bigfoot}} (the titular Harry) with their car, then taking it home to recuperate.
* ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'': What they did last summer was run over a pedestrian walking on a coastal road and put the body in the water. [[spoiler:The twist is that he didn't actually die, and he's back for revenge.]]
* Played with in ''Film/TheLovedOnes''. Brent actually ''avoids'' running over the plot (not knowing that's what he'd be doing) when he swerves to avoid a boy stumbling around in the middle of the road, killing his father and restarting the actual plot. But it turns out that [[spoiler:he was actually one of Lola and her father's victims, barely clinging to life.]]
* This was a RunningGag in ''Film/{{Thor}}''. Jane meets Thor after hitting him with a car and later, after he escapes form the hospital, hits him again just when she needs information from him.
* ''Film/UneditedFootageOfABear'' doesn't really get started until Donna runs into her EvilClone in the street, who attacks her, forces her out of the car, and then hits her with said car. This allows the clone to take over her life for a while and do ''[[NothingIsScarier something]]'' to her kids, while the real Donna is stuck crawling home.
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* ''Literature/EveAndAdam'': The first chapter ends when Eve is hit by a car, and that's how she enters the hospital that holds most of the plot.
-->I'm thinking of an apple when the streetcar hits and my leg severs and my ribs crumble and my arm is no longer an arm but something unrecognizable, wet and red.
* A variant in the Creator/AgathaChristie novel ''Literature/MurderIsEasy'', where an old lady shares her fear of a murderer with a young man on the train. A few days later, the guy learns of her death in an automobile accident and investigates. [[spoiler:It turns out that while the driver himself had nothing to do with the story, the murderess pushed the old lady in the way and gave the wrong licence number to frame another character.]]
* A subtle example in ''Literature/TheShining''. Jack, even after [[AbusiveParents breaking Danny's arm]], is in denial about his alcoholism. He only comes round and decide to go sober (which is how the Overlook tempts him) after he and a drinking buddy hit a bike while driving under the influence. Both of them are seriously disturbed by what could've happened if someone had been on that bike.
* Creator/SeananMcGuire's ''Literature/GhostStories'' series is about the urban legend of the hitcher girl (Rose Marshall). '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample -- does the hitcher girl get hit by a car?'''
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* ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'': Benny as an old homeless person gets run over by a car full of young women. They take him home, clean him up, buy him new clothes, and bring him to a party. But it turns out it's AllJustADream of his. Then he really does get run over by a car full of young women. They take one look at him, see it's just an old homeless bum, and drive off.
* ''Series/DeadToMe'': The plot is kicked off when Jen's husband is killed in a hit-and-run, and she joins a grief support group, where she meets Judy. The two women become [[HeterosexualLifePartners fast friends]], and Judy agrees to help Jen try and find out who did it. [[spoiler:The twist? ''She'' did, albeit by accident, and is an absolute wreck from the guilt.]]
* In the ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' episode "Josh Runs Into Oprah," Josh accidentally runs over Creator/OprahWinfrey on his way to see her show for his birthday. The rest of the episode has him try to find her at the hospital to apologize.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** In [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS27E8FathersDay "Father's Day"]], the Doctor takes Rose back in time to the day her father was killed by a motorist. She stops the death but then the ClockRoaches come out. It turns out the only way to stop the destruction of the universe is for him to get hit by a car and die.
** Inverted in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft "Turn Left"]], where an alternate reality version of Donna keeps her main universe version on the correct path by running in front of a lorry, getting killed in an accident but creating a traffic jam so Donna goes the other direction instead.
* In ''Life On Mars'' (both [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 the British Original]] and [[Series/LifeOnMars2008 the American remake]]), this is how Sam Tyler gets sent back in time; he gets hit by a car in the present day, and wakes up in 1973, unsure if he's in a coma, in the afterlife, or really back in time.
* ''Series/{{MASH}}''. Whiplash Wang, who makes a meager living by purposely getting run over by [=GI=]s in jeeps, then making them pay him off to keep him from reporting it.
* Happens in ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' to Barnaby's wife. In the end it turns out it was a real woman who disappeared in the secret entrance of a roadside building. However, the show puts in a RealAfterAll moment when Barnaby also barely avoids running over a woman in the same spot... but this time, there is clearly no one there.
* In ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', Michael ends up accidentally running over Meredith when he pulls in to the parking lot in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheOfficeUSS4E1FunRun "Fun Run."]] While she's in the hospital, the doctor discovers a previous case of rabies, so Michael being Michael decides to host an office fun run for rabies treatment.
* The plot of ''Series/RussianDoll'' kicks off when Nadia gets run over by a taxi on her birthday, resulting in her death. She suddenly finds herself back at her birthday party a few hours earlier and eventually realizes that she's stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop. Every time she dies, she ends up back at the party. Nadia spends the rest of the first season trying to find a way out.
* Both the American limited series ''Series/SevenSeconds'' and its inspiration, the Russian film ''Film/TheMajor'', begin with a police officer rushing to the hospital because his wife is in labor and accidentally hitting a boy with his car along the way.
* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', it happens quite often. It can be at any given moment of the episode if cars or highways are involved, but one particular example comes to mind. A girl just escaped her death and goes to the highway, where's she's almost ran over by the Winchesters. '''Administrivia/ExamplesAreNotGeneral'''
* In ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E134YouDrive "You Drive"]], Ollie Pope runs over and kills a kid before the opening narration, and the story revolves around his guilt making his car a SentientVehicle.
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%%* There's the old song from the 1950s about the hitcher girl and the jacket she borrows from the nice boy who stops to give her a ride home. '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample -- does the hitcher girl get hit by a car?'''
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': "Christmas" opens with everyone in town in the holiday spirit... [[MoodWhiplash and then the Wattersons accidentally run someone over]]. The family minus Nicole believe the man is an amnesiac Santa Claus, causing Richard to go out and do good deeds to get himself off the naughty list while the kids try to jog his memory.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', [=BoJack=] and Wanda's subplot in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E04AfterTheParty "After The Party"]] starts when they run over a deer (an anthropomorphic one, [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals of course]]) and have to find him and get him to the hospital.
* Several examples in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In the episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar Bart Gets Hit By A Car]]'' Bart [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gets hit by a car]]. Being more specific, he gets hit by C. Montgomery Burns' car, and the episode revolves around the courtroom hearing that ensues when Homer decides to [[FrivolousLawsuit sue Burns for all the money he can]].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E20BrakeMyWifePlease Brake My Wife, Please]]", Homer gets addicted to walking after losing his driver's license, while Marge gets stressed from all driving she has to do for her family now. This culminates with Marge impulsively attacking Homer, starting with her hitting him with her car. This shows marital issues between them.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E09IAnnoyedGruntBot I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]", Bart deliberately throws his bicycle in the path of Dr. Hibbert's car. After the collision, Dr. Hibbert assures Bart he'll pay for a new bike, then returns to his car, vowing to keep his eyes on the road... before hitting Snowball II as well, killing her.
* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'': Played with in "[[BabysittingEpisode Three Men And My Baby!]]", where the episode starts with Sonic and Tails riding their hoverboards being towed by Knuckles' monster truck, which swerves out of control when Knuckles gets distracted by the pizza from his portable oven. Lady Walrus is in the truck's path and Knuckles manages to swerve away at the last moment to avoid running her over... [[HopeSpot only for the tree his truck crashes into instead to fall onto Lady Walrus]] and injure her so that she must entrust her baby Chumley to Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles for the episode's plot.
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* Happens at the beginning of ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'', when Agent York crashes his car, startled by the Raincoat Killer that just appeared out of nowhere on the road.
* Right before the start of ''VideoGame/Persona2 Eternal Punishment'', Anna Yoshizaka was the victim of a hit-and-run that resulted in her CareerEndingInjury. This starts a series of events that begin with the murder of the suspect, trigger the events of the game (as it's the investigation behind the murder that brings the party together) and induces a boss fight with the one who ordered the murder.
* This kickstarts ''VideoGame/SilentHill'', both the first game and the movie. '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample'''
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* In ''VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays'', the 1948 part begins with Rose hitting a girl who jumped in front of her car, apparently running from procurers. She [[LaserGuidedAmnesia loses her memories]] in the process and Rose gives her a temporary name, "Rapunzel". [[spoiler:It turns out the girl ''literally'' jumped in front of the car so that Rose would "save" her, since her mission was to infiltrate Primavera and get close to Rose.]]
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It may be that TheHero is driving, or not. Maybe they are a passenger, or it's a GetawayDriver, or it's the hero themselves who is hit by a car. This trope counts regardless of who does what, because what matters is the dramatic potential of a character getting hit by the car. It's a memorable way to bring TheTeam together, and provides immediate stakes. Put simply, car accidents are dramatic.
The injuries incurred by this IncitingIncident can range from [[DeathIsDramatic death]], in which case it's usually a PlotTriggeringDeath, to serious injury, to being completely unharmed. The latter often doubles as an a BigEntrance. It may overlap with DrunkDriver or DrivesLikeCrazy (especially in more comic settings), and it may be caused when DriverFacesPassenger or by VehicularSabotage. It can be related to LookBothWays, if the character doesn't look before they step out.
Often the cliched start of [[TrappedInAnotherWorld an isekai]] genre where getting [[LookBothWays run over by a vehicle]] causes them to die and ReincarnateInAnotherWorld.
If a character (nearly) runs into someone, but doesn't actually hit them (and that kick-starts the plot), that would be a subversion. If a plot ends by someone being run over, that would be an inversion.
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* Inverted in ''Film/ASimpleFavor'': The day is saved when [[spoiler:Darren runs over Emily just as she was about to shoot Stephanie, which doesn't kill her, but does leave her unable to flee when the police arrive.]]
* At the beginning of ''Film/TheATeam'', Barakus almost runs over Hannibal, which appears to have come out of nowhere from Barakus's view.
* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', shortly after arriving in 1955 Marty accidentally gets run over by his grandfather's car, which introduces him to his mother (who is instantly smitten with him) and accidentally prevents his parents from meeting. This triggers the main subplot where Marty must work to get his parents back together to stop the GrandfatherParadox obliterating him from existence.
* ''Film/BigFatLiar'': The plot begins when Jason is hit by Marty Wolf's limo and is given a ride to school as a result. Jason accidentally leaves his assignment in the limo and Marty steals a movie idea from them, kicking off the main conflict.
* In ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', the main character is introduced to the BigBad when he runs ''through'' him with a semi truck. The villain in question was a walking dream (a ghost, essentially).
* In ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn1984'' and ''Film/DisciplesOfTheCrow'' (kept from Creator/StephenKing's original short story), Burt and Vicky accidentally run over a boy who stumbles out in the road and take him to their nearby town. His throat was already slit, though, because he was trying to escape from there.
In ''Film/DrDolittle'' starring Creator/EddieMurphy the title character reawakens his ability to SpeaksFluentAnimal after hitting a dog with his car, an ability he had suppressed and forgotten since childhood. The dog, who would be later adopted by the doctor, runs off no worse for the wear, but not before yelling at Dolittle to watch where he was going. This incident would lead to the rest of the movie with Dr. Dolittle finding himself dealing with animals coming to him for medical issues once it gets out he can understand them.
* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Story_%28film%29 Ghost Story]]''. As one of the protagonists is driving in a snowstorm, the ghost of a woman he murdered appears before him, causing him to swerve to the side of the road. He is then attacked (and presumably killed) by one of the ghost's accomplices.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'': The premise of the movie is that Sparky the dog gets fatally hit by a car, then Victor brings him back to life [[LightningCanDoAnything with lightning]].
* ''Film/GhostInTheShell'' has a truck driver run over a naked woman on a rainy freeway. It turns out to be [[spoiler:Project 2501 escaping in a cyborg body]].
* In ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109542/ Dark Angel: The Ascent]]'', we see this from the victim's point of view. Veronica, a rebellious teenage demon, sneaks out of Hell to take a peek on Earth. Unfortunately, she arrives in the sewer, and when she emerges from a manhole in the middle of a busy street, she's immediately hit.
* ''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons'' begins with the Hendersons hitting a {{Bigfoot}} (the titular Harry) with their car, then taking it home to recuperate.
* ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'': What they did last summer was run over a pedestrian walking on a coastal road and put the body in the water. [[spoiler:The twist is that he didn't actually die, and he's back for revenge.]]
* Played with in ''Film/TheLovedOnes''. Brent actually ''avoids'' running over the plot (not knowing that's what he'd be doing) when he swerves to avoid a boy stumbling around in the middle of the road, killing his father and restarting the actual plot. But it turns out that [[spoiler:he was actually one of Lola and her father's victims, barely clinging to life.]]
* This was a RunningGag in ''Film/{{Thor}}''. Jane meets Thor after hitting him with a car and later, after he escapes form the hospital, hits him again just when she needs information from him.
* ''Film/UneditedFootageOfABear'' doesn't really get started until Donna runs into her EvilClone in the street, who attacks her, forces her out of the car, and then hits her with said car. This allows the clone to take over her life for a while and do ''[[NothingIsScarier something]]'' to her kids, while the real Donna is stuck crawling home.
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* ''Literature/EveAndAdam'': The first chapter ends when Eve is hit by a car, and that's how she enters the hospital that holds most of the plot.
-->I'm thinking of an apple when the streetcar hits and my leg severs and my ribs crumble and my arm is no longer an arm but something unrecognizable, wet and red.
* A variant in the Creator/AgathaChristie novel ''Literature/MurderIsEasy'', where an old lady shares her fear of a murderer with a young man on the train. A few days later, the guy learns of her death in an automobile accident and investigates. [[spoiler:It turns out that while the driver himself had nothing to do with the story, the murderess pushed the old lady in the way and gave the wrong licence number to frame another character.]]
* A subtle example in ''Literature/TheShining''. Jack, even after [[AbusiveParents breaking Danny's arm]], is in denial about his alcoholism. He only comes round and decide to go sober (which is how the Overlook tempts him) after he and a drinking buddy hit a bike while driving under the influence. Both of them are seriously disturbed by what could've happened if someone had been on that bike.
* Creator/SeananMcGuire's ''Literature/GhostStories'' series is about the urban legend of the hitcher girl (Rose Marshall). '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample -- does the hitcher girl get hit by a car?'''
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* ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'': Benny as an old homeless person gets run over by a car full of young women. They take him home, clean him up, buy him new clothes, and bring him to a party. But it turns out it's AllJustADream of his. Then he really does get run over by a car full of young women. They take one look at him, see it's just an old homeless bum, and drive off.
* ''Series/DeadToMe'': The plot is kicked off when Jen's husband is killed in a hit-and-run, and she joins a grief support group, where she meets Judy. The two women become [[HeterosexualLifePartners fast friends]], and Judy agrees to help Jen try and find out who did it. [[spoiler:The twist? ''She'' did, albeit by accident, and is an absolute wreck from the guilt.]]
* In the ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' episode "Josh Runs Into Oprah," Josh accidentally runs over Creator/OprahWinfrey on his way to see her show for his birthday. The rest of the episode has him try to find her at the hospital to apologize.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** In [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS27E8FathersDay "Father's Day"]], the Doctor takes Rose back in time to the day her father was killed by a motorist. She stops the death but then the ClockRoaches come out. It turns out the only way to stop the destruction of the universe is for him to get hit by a car and die.
** Inverted in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft "Turn Left"]], where an alternate reality version of Donna keeps her main universe version on the correct path by running in front of a lorry, getting killed in an accident but creating a traffic jam so Donna goes the other direction instead.
* In ''Life On Mars'' (both [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 the British Original]] and [[Series/LifeOnMars2008 the American remake]]), this is how Sam Tyler gets sent back in time; he gets hit by a car in the present day, and wakes up in 1973, unsure if he's in a coma, in the afterlife, or really back in time.
* ''Series/{{MASH}}''. Whiplash Wang, who makes a meager living by purposely getting run over by [=GI=]s in jeeps, then making them pay him off to keep him from reporting it.
* Happens in ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' to Barnaby's wife. In the end it turns out it was a real woman who disappeared in the secret entrance of a roadside building. However, the show puts in a RealAfterAll moment when Barnaby also barely avoids running over a woman in the same spot... but this time, there is clearly no one there.
* In ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', Michael ends up accidentally running over Meredith when he pulls in to the parking lot in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheOfficeUSS4E1FunRun "Fun Run."]] While she's in the hospital, the doctor discovers a previous case of rabies, so Michael being Michael decides to host an office fun run for rabies treatment.
* The plot of ''Series/RussianDoll'' kicks off when Nadia gets run over by a taxi on her birthday, resulting in her death. She suddenly finds herself back at her birthday party a few hours earlier and eventually realizes that she's stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop. Every time she dies, she ends up back at the party. Nadia spends the rest of the first season trying to find a way out.
* Both the American limited series ''Series/SevenSeconds'' and its inspiration, the Russian film ''Film/TheMajor'', begin with a police officer rushing to the hospital because his wife is in labor and accidentally hitting a boy with his car along the way.
* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', it happens quite often. It can be at any given moment of the episode if cars or highways are involved, but one particular example comes to mind. A girl just escaped her death and goes to the highway, where's she's almost ran over by the Winchesters. '''Administrivia/ExamplesAreNotGeneral'''
* In ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E134YouDrive "You Drive"]], Ollie Pope runs over and kills a kid before the opening narration, and the story revolves around his guilt making his car a SentientVehicle.
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%%* There's the old song from the 1950s about the hitcher girl and the jacket she borrows from the nice boy who stops to give her a ride home. '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample -- does the hitcher girl get hit by a car?'''
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': "Christmas" opens with everyone in town in the holiday spirit... [[MoodWhiplash and then the Wattersons accidentally run someone over]]. The family minus Nicole believe the man is an amnesiac Santa Claus, causing Richard to go out and do good deeds to get himself off the naughty list while the kids try to jog his memory.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', [=BoJack=] and Wanda's subplot in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E04AfterTheParty "After The Party"]] starts when they run over a deer (an anthropomorphic one, [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals of course]]) and have to find him and get him to the hospital.
* Several examples in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In the episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar Bart Gets Hit By A Car]]'' Bart [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gets hit by a car]]. Being more specific, he gets hit by C. Montgomery Burns' car, and the episode revolves around the courtroom hearing that ensues when Homer decides to [[FrivolousLawsuit sue Burns for all the money he can]].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E20BrakeMyWifePlease Brake My Wife, Please]]", Homer gets addicted to walking after losing his driver's license, while Marge gets stressed from all driving she has to do for her family now. This culminates with Marge impulsively attacking Homer, starting with her hitting him with her car. This shows marital issues between them.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E09IAnnoyedGruntBot I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]", Bart deliberately throws his bicycle in the path of Dr. Hibbert's car. After the collision, Dr. Hibbert assures Bart he'll pay for a new bike, then returns to his car, vowing to keep his eyes on the road... before hitting Snowball II as well, killing her.
* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'': Played with in "[[BabysittingEpisode Three Men And My Baby!]]", where the episode starts with Sonic and Tails riding their hoverboards being towed by Knuckles' monster truck, which swerves out of control when Knuckles gets distracted by the pizza from his portable oven. Lady Walrus is in the truck's path and Knuckles manages to swerve away at the last moment to avoid running her over... [[HopeSpot only for the tree his truck crashes into instead to fall onto Lady Walrus]] and injure her so that she must entrust her baby Chumley to Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles for the episode's plot.
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* Happens at the beginning of ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'', when Agent York crashes his car, startled by the Raincoat Killer that just appeared out of nowhere on the road.
* Right before the start of ''VideoGame/Persona2 Eternal Punishment'', Anna Yoshizaka was the victim of a hit-and-run that resulted in her CareerEndingInjury. This starts a series of events that begin with the murder of the suspect, trigger the events of the game (as it's the investigation behind the murder that brings the party together) and induces a boss fight with the one who ordered the murder.
* This kickstarts ''VideoGame/SilentHill'', both the first game and the movie. '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample'''
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* In ''VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays'', the 1948 part begins with Rose hitting a girl who jumped in front of her car, apparently running from procurers. She [[LaserGuidedAmnesia loses her memories]] in the process and Rose gives her a temporary name, "Rapunzel". [[spoiler:It turns out the girl ''literally'' jumped in front of the car so that Rose would "save" her, since her mission was to infiltrate Primavera and get close to Rose.]]
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