"Trucked Up", Way to Die #416, is the third death to be featured in Dying To Tell The Story, which aired on December 29, 2010.
Plot[]
Leonard shows off his new red car to his girlfriend when his obnoxious cousin named Todd comes by and shows off his new black Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck to them. Unlike Leonard, Todd did not have to work to get his ride considering his nature as a spoiled brat; his parents gave him what he wanted. He encourages Leonard to check out his truck, much to his dismay, as the obnoxious cousin shows the features he had in his truck. He then decides to show off his favorite feature on the truck: a remote starter (which he installed against the manufacturer's warning). Leonard and his girlfriend still have no idea what to say as the start button is pressed, only for the truck to suddenly lurch forward and run over Todd, crushing his head and pulverizing his brain tissue, much to the horror of Leonard and his girlfriend.
This was due to Todd accidentally shifting the truck into gear while showing off his 8-ball shifter; when he started up the truck, it lurched forward, popped out of gear, knocked him on the ground and then crushed his skull and pulverized his brain tissue with the tires, sending this spoiled brat to Hell where he belongs.
Transcript[]
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Dan Glenn - Todd (Lead: Intended victim)
- Mike Monreal - Leonard (Lead)
- Alexis Pascarella - Leonard’s Girlfriend (Lead)
- Dr. Marc Kern - Himself (Clinical Psycologist)
- Dr. Boyd Flinders - Himself (Surgeon)
Goofs[]
- Continuity: Before the CGI sequence and big reveal, the hands of his supposedly dead body can be seen moving up and down after his head is crushed. This is only fixed in the final scene before the ending screen.
- Continuity: In the CGI Explanation Footage, Todd's eyeballs pop out of his skull as the truck crushes his head and pulverizes his brain tissue. However, this is not the case in the clip scenes as well as the conclusion.
- Factual Error: While Todd is showing his remote starter, the narrator doesn't mention the fact Todd is standing in front of the truck, although the aforementioned action is meant for him to be killed by it.
- Revealing Mistake: On Leonard's car, a California License Plate can be seen despite it taking place in New York.
- Revealing Mistake: Despite Todd's truck being equipped with a manual transmission, it still has the shifter for an automatic transmission on the steering column.
Trivia[]
- This death segment is based on the movie, Maximum Overdrive (1986).
- This death may have been based on the Happy Tree Friends TV series episode "Doggone It ", where Mime's head is crushed by a car like a pancake.
- 14 episodes later, a similar death named Skid Marked (Way To Die #419) features a similar way on how the head of a victim gets crushed by the tires of a vehicle, plus, it also includes the victim showing impression on the other people before death, however, it is not focusing on a truck, but on ghost riding a car.
- This is also the only death in the series to take place in Ithaca; a city in Cayuga Lake, New York.
- Leonard's car, due to it's model, is a Honda CRX.
- Todd's truck is a Chevy Silverado.
- This death takes place on a same day as Cardiac-A-Breast.
Foreign Names[]
- Encamionado (Trucked Up) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Plasta Aplastado (Bore Splatted) - European Spanish dub
- Malian nalitupayanad! (It splatters!) - Lazoran dub
- Partida Automática Para o Além (Automatic Departure To the Beyond) - Brazilian portuguese dub
Segment Nicknames[]
- Jerk Overdrived
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