#stay in the car
Very Good Trope: Civillian is told “ stay in the car” while hero goes to confront villain. Hero gets in over head and all seems disaster. Civillian crashes car into villain.
Me, watching: ohhohoho! But they stayed in the car! Yesss, this is very good!
Half the fun is that they followed the letter of the order while violating the spirit. The other half is watching Chekhov’s Civillian smash through the wall.
chekhov’s civilian, i love it. you can stay.
Inversely…
Hero: Stay in the car, I’ve got this. (Goes fight Villain)
Civilian: (Turns on radio and reclines)
Villain: (Sends Hero flying)
Hero: (lands in car)
Civilian: (drives off with Hero)
Villain: (Chases car)
Civilian: (Shifts to reverse)
Villain: (Gets run over)
