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* Best exemplified in the outbreak in "Series/AllOfUsAreDead"; as On-jo heads to the cafeteria exit, a stampede of panicked students block her way fleeing from the oncoming zombies into the cafeteria.
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* ''VideoGame/TheGetaway'': People would freak out and run during the first half of the game if you were seen with a gun in public, and [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome just like they would in real life]], at least some of them call the cops. Less of an issue in the second half, as you're playing a plainclothes police officer and usually accompanied by some uniformed colleagues.

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* ''VideoGame/TheGetaway'': People would freak out and run during the first half of the game if you were seen with a gun in public, and [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome just like they would in real life]], life, at least some of them call the cops. Less of an issue in the second half, as you're playing a plainclothes police officer and usually accompanied by some uniformed colleagues.
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* In ''Literature/ThePurpleCloud'', Adam returns home AfterTheEnd and finds the streets littered with people killed by the titular FogOfDoom. He learns from discarded newspapers that the fog originated somewhere in the South Pacific and expanded north and west at a rate of about four miles per hour, giving millions of people months to try to escape. In Norway and England, the bodies of Europeans are outnumbered by foreigners who travelled thousands of miles before the fog caught up with them. Docks and train stations in particular are completely packed with bodies, some of whom were run over by trains trying to outrun the cloud. Adam also finds that some people tried to hide in blocked-off mines, only for panicked crowds to break down the barriers and let the cloud in.

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* ''Film/TwentyEightWeeksLater'': When the rage virus has broken out again in London, as the panicked crowd of people flee in every direction, the military snipers on the roofs are given orders to shoot everyone in a desperate attempt to contain the virus.



* ''Film/28weekslater''. when the rage virus has broken out again in london, as the panicked crowd of people flee in every direction, the military snipers on the roofs are given orders to shoot everyone in a desperate attempt to contain the virus.



-->'''President Whitmore:''' If you feel compelled to leave these cities, please do so in an orderly fashion.
-->''([[GilliganCut Cut to people desperately trying to get out of New York]])''

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-->'''President Whitmore:''' If you feel compelled to leave these cities, please do so in an orderly fashion.
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* ''Film/28weekslater''. when the rage virus has broken out again in london, as the panicked crowd of people flee in every direction, the military snipers on the roofs are given orders to shoot everyone in a desperate attempt to contain the virus.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'': "Apocalypse Not" begins with Duckman's home city under attack by some sort of giant monster (actually a blow-up doll Duckman accidentally left connected to the airpump for too long), with the citizens fleeing in a massive panic. It then turns out this is being retold at a public preparedness meeting, with the mayor stating that the panicking crowd caused ''more'' damage to the city than the doll did, and the point of the meeting is to teach the citizens to stop blindly panicking every time there's an emergency. [[TheyJustDontGetIt The crowd panics twice more during the meeting itself]] just from the mayor mentioning the POSSIBILITY of a disaster. And by using the word "tidal wave" as an analogy.
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* ''Film/TheAbyss''. When the giant tidal wave threatens the city, the people at the beach flee in terror.



%%* {{Lampshaded}} in ''Film/LastActionHero''
* ''Film/TheNakedGun 2 ½'', where Frank Drebin tries to evacuate a crowd in orderly fashion.



* ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' when an escaping QUANTUM agent shoots a random girl.
* ''[[Film/{{DEBS}} D.E.B.S.]]'' When Lucy Diamond is spotted at the Endgame celebration, the crowd panics and flees.
* ''Film/KingKong1933''. When Kong attacks the native village while searching for Fay Wray, the natives leave in a justifiable hurry.
* And in the [[Film/KingKong1976 1976 Kong remake]], the crowd of New Yorkers has a similar reaction when Kong breaks out of his cage.

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* ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' ''Film/BattleOfBritain'': Berlin, when an escaping QUANTUM agent shoots a random girl.
* ''[[Film/{{DEBS}} D.E.B.S.]]'' When Lucy Diamond is spotted at
the Endgame celebration, lights go out and the crowd panics [[RedAlert air raid sirens start up]], announcing that the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Air Force]] has decided to [[CycleOfRevenge return the favor]] after the Luftwaffe ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero accidentally]]) bombed London. The Berliners understandably freak out and flees.
* ''Film/KingKong1933''. When Kong attacks the native village while searching for Fay Wray, the natives leave
flee in a justifiable hurry.
* And in the [[Film/KingKong1976 1976 Kong remake]], the crowd
search of New Yorkers has a similar reaction when Kong breaks out of his cage.shelter.



* ''Film/{{Dogma}}'': After Bartleby breaks Officer [=McGee=]'s neck.
* ''Film/{{Damnatus}}'': Complete with bell-ringing doom prophet.



* When the reporter on the airplane manages to get the fact that terrorists have seized control of the air traffic control systems of the airport in ''Film/DieHard2'' on the evening news, everyone in the airport panics. This mainly serves to ensure that the cops can't get through the crowds to attempt to do anything about it.

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* When the reporter on the airplane manages to get the fact that terrorists have seized control of the air traffic control systems of the airport in ''Film/DieHard2'' on the evening news, everyone in the airport panics. This mainly serves to ensure that the cops can't get through the crowds to attempt to do anything about it.''Film/{{Damnatus}}'': Complete with bell-ringing doom prophet.



* ''Film/TheAbyss''. When the giant tidal wave threatens the city, the people at the beach flee in terror.

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* ''Film/TheAbyss''. ''[[Film/{{DEBS}} D.E.B.S.]]'' When Lucy Diamond is spotted at the Endgame celebration, the crowd panics and flees.
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When the giant tidal wave threatens reporter on the city, airplane manages to get the fact that terrorists have seized control of the air traffic control systems of the airport in ''Film/DieHard2'' on the evening news, everyone in the airport panics. This mainly serves to ensure that the cops can't get through the crowds to attempt to do anything about it.
* ''Film/{{Dogma}}'': After Bartleby breaks Officer [=McGee=]'s neck.
* Numerous films in the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise feature mobs of Tokyo citizens stampeding away when the big green guy (or one of his opponents) appears on the scene.
* ''Film/IndependenceDay'': People are temporarily in awe at seeing the alien ships arriving. Then once one of them starts to park itself over New York City, they break out into a panic to get out while they can.
-->'''President Whitmore:''' If you feel compelled to leave these cities, please do so in an orderly fashion.
-->''([[GilliganCut Cut to
people at the beach flee in terror.desperately trying to get out of New York]])''



* ''Film/BattleOfBritain'': Berlin, when the lights go out and the [[RedAlert air raid sirens start up]], announcing that the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Air Force]] has decided to [[CycleOfRevenge return the favor]] after the Luftwaffe ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero accidentally]]) bombed London. The Berliners understandably freak out and flee in search of shelter.
* Numerous films in the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise feature mobs of Tokyo citizens stampeding away when the big green guy (or one of his opponents) appears on the scene.
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark''

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* ''Film/BattleOfBritain'': Berlin, when the lights go out and the [[RedAlert air raid sirens start up]], announcing that the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Air Force]] has decided to [[CycleOfRevenge return the favor]] after the Luftwaffe ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero accidentally]]) bombed London. The Berliners understandably freak out and flee in search of shelter.
* Numerous films in the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise feature mobs of Tokyo citizens stampeding away when the big green guy (or one of his opponents) appears on the scene.
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark''
''Franchise/JurassicPark'':



* ''Film/IndependenceDay'': People are temporarily in awe at seeing the alien ships arriving. Then once one of them starts to park itself over New York City, they break out into a panic to get out while they can.
-->'''President Whitmore:''' If you feel compelled to leave these cities, please do so in an orderly fashion.
-->''([[GilliganCut Cut to people desperately trying to get out of New York]])''

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* ''Film/IndependenceDay'': People are temporarily in awe at seeing ''Franchise/KingKong'':
** ''Film/KingKong1933'': When Kong attacks
the alien ships arriving. Then once one of them starts to park itself over New York City, they break out into a panic to get out native village while they can.
-->'''President Whitmore:''' If you feel compelled to
searching for Fay Wray, the natives leave these cities, please do so in an a justifiable hurry.
** And in the [[Film/KingKong1976 1976 Kong remake]], the crowd of New Yorkers has a similar reaction when Kong breaks out of his cage.
%%* {{Lampshaded}} in ''Film/LastActionHero''
* ''Film/TheNakedGun 2 ½'', where Frank Drebin tries to evacuate a crowd in
orderly fashion.
-->''([[GilliganCut Cut to people desperately trying to get out of New York]])''* ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' when an escaping QUANTUM agent shoots a random girl.

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* ''Film/IronMan2'': The result of the [[spoiler:attack at the Expo. Rather well done in the regard that the matter of having to evacuate a huge, displaced crowd is followed up on later.]]

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* ''Film/IronMan2'': The result of the [[spoiler:attack at the Expo. Rather well done in the regard that the The matter of having to evacuate a huge, displaced crowd is followed up on later.]]

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