History Main / MobstacleCourse

* 'Strip Running' in ''Literature/TheCavesofSteel'' is based on this, complicated by walkways of increasing and decreasing speed.

* Subverted in ''Film/OngBak: The Thai Warrior'' in which Tony Jaa, confronted by a crowd, ''runs across people's heads''. The {{Mooks}} chasing him are unable to duplicate the feat and must push through the MobstacleCourse.

* In ''Film/BroadcastNews'', Joan Cusack's character must cross a MobstacleCourse to get a badly needed newstape to the broadcast booth in order for the tape to be included in that night's news broadcast. She barely gets it there in time, but she gets it there.

* In the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E09ConspiracyTheoriesAndInteriorDesign Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design]]" a ChaseScene occurs that includes examples of ExcuseMeComingThrough and MobstacleCourse in the form of a Latvian Independence Parade... all within the confines of a blanket fort.

* The entire sport of roller derby could be summed up as a) making the most impassable MobstacleCourse possible for the opposition and b) helping your team pass through the opposition's MobstacleCourse as quickly as possible.

* In Creator/DonRosa's DonaldDuck story "On Stolen Time", Donald and his nephews chase the Beagle Boys atop the heads of a crowd of people who have been frozen in time.

* In ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', our introduction to the titular character occurs as he dashes with a stolen piece of bread through crowds, fakirs, and herds of sheep with ease while his pursuers take the "toss-everyone-aside" approach.
* This is how Kronk loses the bag holding the unconscious Kuzco in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.

* Done by Rincewind in ''Discworld/TheLastContinent'', in a ShoutOut to the ''Film/CrocodileDundee'' example above.

See CardboardBoxes when the hero start knocking over random objects behind him in order to hinder his pursuers.

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See CardboardBoxes when the hero start knocking over random object behind him in order to hinder his pursuers.

* ''Film/{{Wanted}}''. One of the various climactic scenes is this trope [[IncendiaryExponent on fire.]] The main character runs through a huge loom hallway covered with explosive rats, shooting the hell out of everyone that gets in his way, never once reloading his weapons- instead, he catches the guns his enemies drop out of the air. And he doesn't stop moving.

* Sena in ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' has been doing this since he was a kid, so his dodging skills are insane: Even while holding cellphones or other loads he can easily weave through crowds while not noticeably hitting many of them. This is actually his main EstablishingCharacterMoment and the moment that kicks off the whole plot: Hiruma watches him run away from the Ha-Ha Bros as they continue their usual bullying routine, even weaving through a rush hour mob, and sees a perfect football player.

** During the "Agent Training Program", Neo is continually bumping into people as he and Morpheus walk through a crowded New York City street. Conveniently, the crowd parts for Morpheus.

* ''NewMoon'' does this in the big Italy scene. You've got to get to the other side of the square before the clock stops tolling in order to save your beloved from a successful suicide they really don't want to do..... did I mention we're having a festival?

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' does this with George while trying to get a ''Frogger'' arcade console across a busy New York City street. HilarityEnsues.

* Deckard bumps into several pedestrians while pursuing Zhora through a crowd in ''Film/BladeRunner''.

* Deckard does this while pursuing Zhora through the crowd in ''Film/BladeRunner''.

* Done by Rincewind in ''Discworld/TheLastContinent'', in a ShoutOut to the ''CrocodileDundee'' example above.

** ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'':, Bond chasing Silva through the London Underground during rush hour.

If one half of a couple is about to leave on a plane/boat/train/whatever, the odds that the other person will have to run the MobstacleCourse increase exponentially.

* Ryo ends up having to do this a few times while chasing various people in ''{{Shenmue}}''.

* The employees of theme parks (especially the larger ones, like the {{Disney}} parks) become World Champions at the art of navigating a Mobstacle Course. Having to get from Point A to Point B through a crowd of 80,000+ people gets them lots of practice.

* In ''PsychoBusters'', one character is trapped in a [[MasterOfIllusion illusion of a town]] [[NightOfTheLivingMooks full of zombies]]. He uses this trope to avoid the zombies.
* Daily mobstacle course training was how the protagonist of {{Eyeshield 21}} managed to (unintentionally) develop the skills needed to become a great runningback.
* In ''OnePiece'', Nami went through one of these to get to the [[CoolBoat Going Merry]] at the end of the Arlong Arc, though this example is a bit different from the norm in that the crowd is an issue because they're trying to ''thank'' her. Being Nami, she not only gets through the crowd with ease, she steals all their money in the process.
* In the ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' manga, while training for the fight with Pollux, Kenichi's TricksterMentor Hayato Fuurinji made him use this as a training technique.
* Sena in {{Eyeshield21}} has been doing this since he was a kid, so his dodging skills are insane: Even while holding cellphones or other loads he can easily weave through crowds while not noticeably hitting many of them. This is actually his main EstablishingCharacterMoment and the moment that kicks off the whole plot: Hiruma watches him run away from the Ha-Ha Bros as they continue their usual bullying routine, even weaving through a rush hour mob, and sees a perfect football player.

** ''Film/CasinoRoyale'': Mollaka, the bomb-making LeParkour villain, gets chased by Bond in Madagascar through a construction site and an embassy. He practically goes out of his way to push and shove bystanders aside as well as kick one off a superstructure quite ruthlessly, even though he demonstrates several times that he can avoid obstacles with ease with his free running skill.

* The Creator/{{Nintendo}} ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' game. And what's better, [[EverythingTryingToKillYou everyone wants Marty dead]], including [[SheetOfGlass guys carrying windows]] and hula hoop girls.
* ''HeavyRain'' invokes a tragic version of this while you're trying to get to Jason.

* In ''Film/{{Unknown}}'', during an on-foot chase scene through a hospital, the assassin is constantly blocked by people in his path, which prevents him from catching on to the hero who can escape.