Dinky Drivers/Playing With

Basic Trope: A group of small characters have to work together to operate a vehicle.
 * Straight: The Tropers, a species of two-inch-tall beings, try to drive a car so they can get across town quickly. They divide the work equally, Bob handling the pedals, Alice handling the steering, Charlie shifting the gears, and David watching for traffic.
 * Exaggerated: The Tropers need to operate a planet-sized Space Station to get across the galaxy. Each troper handles a separate component, stacking on top of each other to reach some of the hard to reach buttons.
 * Downplayed: Two kids work together to operate a car, one on the floor pushing the pedals, and one on top doing the rest.
 * Justified: Cars were not designed for tiny people, so they must work together to handle all of the components.
 * Inverted: The gargantuan Tropers need five cars apiece to get anywhere.
 * Subverted: The Tropers need to get across town quickly, so they sneak aboard a subway car going in the proper direction.
 * Double Subverted: When the subway operator suddenly collapses, the Tropers take over the controls.
 * Parodied: ???
 * Deconstructed: Due to their lack of driving knowledge and practice, the Tropers end up driving their hijacked car into a crowd of people.
 * Reconstructed: To prevent injuring people when they need to drive a car, the Tropers teach themselves how to drive and spend hours on coordinated driving exercises.
 * Zig Zagged: ???
 * Averted:
 * The Tropers are normal-sized characters and can operate vehicles normally.
 * The tiny Tropers drive appropriately tiny vehicles.
 * Enforced: ???
 * Lampshaded: "Okay, guys, we need to get across town fast! Who's got the ropes and semaphores?"
 * Invoked: ???
 * Defied: The Tropers take a cab.
 * Discussed: ???
 * Conversed: ???

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