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** The first game has three of these occurences: first, after the player defeats [[DiscOneFinalBoss Capek]], a 60-second self-destruct sequence is initiated. Second, the player initiates a missile launch sequence with the missile bay doors jammed closed by Hendrix, and has to rush back to the tram to escape. Finally, to destroy the space station, the player overloads the station's reactor.
** ''Red Faction II'' has you destroy an ammo dump, and the cutscene afterwards shows Alias and Repta running away from the explosion.

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** The first game has three of these occurences: occurrences: first, after the player defeats [[DiscOneFinalBoss Capek]], a 60-second self-destruct sequence is initiated. Second, the player initiates a missile launch sequence with the missile bay doors jammed closed by Hendrix, and has to rush back to the tram to escape. Finally, to destroy the space station, the player overloads the station's reactor.
** ''Red Faction II'' has two occurrences: first, you plant three charges and have to return to your squadmate Quill before they detonate. Second, you plant three charges to destroy an ammo dump, dump and have 45 seconds to get out, with the cutscene afterwards shows showing Alias and Repta running away from the explosion.
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* In ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'', Leviathan is forced to flee a science facility's basement when an enemy agent sets fire to it, requiring her to stay ahead of the flames as they race through the air towards her.

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** Jasmine the stripper with a heart of gold, her cute son and her dog are running from the fireball in Los Angeles. While she has a good lead on it, the dog barely jumps out of the way of the fireball which fills the tunnel, just in time. Conveniently enough, the fire also fails to consume all the oxygen available in the confined space they take shelter in. And the explosion big enough to destroy most of Los Angeles fails to blast through the door behind which our characters are hiding.
*** In the novelization, Jasmine, the kid, and the dog are saved by the presence of a metal grate leading down into the city's subway system. The air rushing out of the grate into the fire saves them by both cooling them and giving them oxygen to breathe. The author specifically writes that Jasmine needs to cling to the grate to avoid being blown back out into the fire. Not that that's much more realistic.

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** Jasmine the stripper with a heart of gold, her cute son and her dog are running from the fireball in Los Angeles. While she has a good lead on it, the dog barely jumps out of the way of the fireball which fills the tunnel, just in time. Conveniently enough, the fire also fails to consume all the oxygen available in the confined space they take shelter in. And the explosion big enough to destroy most of Los Angeles fails to blast through the door behind which our characters are hiding.
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hiding. In the novelization, Jasmine, the kid, and the dog are saved by the presence of a metal grate leading down into the city's subway system. The air rushing out of the grate into the fire saves them by both cooling them and giving them oxygen to breathe. The author specifically writes that Jasmine needs to cling to the grate to avoid being blown back out into the fire. Not that that's much more realistic.
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** ''Film/Expend4bles'' has the climax end with [[spoiler:Barney]] and Christmas outrun a nuclear explosion in a helicopter after they destroy Rahmat's ship moments before the nuke goes off.

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* In ''{{VideoGame/Contra}} III: The Alien Wars'', [[BigBad Red Falcon's]] base [[LoadBearingBoss blows up]] after its defeat. And in the Hard Mode run, the FinalBoss turns out to be NotQuiteDead. The player, hanging from the bottom of the extraction helicopter, has to shoot the boss down into the inferno. Creator/{{Konami}} loves this trope. This also occurs in ''Shattered Soldier'' during the TrueFinalBoss fight and in the opening sequence of ''Neo Contra''.

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In ''{{VideoGame/Contra}} III: The Alien Wars'', ''VideoGame/ContraIIITheAlienWars'', [[BigBad Red Falcon's]] base [[LoadBearingBoss blows up]] after its defeat. And in the Hard Mode run, the FinalBoss turns out to be NotQuiteDead. The player, hanging from the bottom of the extraction helicopter, has to shoot the boss down into the inferno. Creator/{{Konami}} loves this trope. trope.
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This also occurs in ''Shattered Soldier'' ''VideoGame/ContraShatteredSoldier'' during the TrueFinalBoss fight and in the opening sequence of ''Neo Contra''.''VideoGame/NeoContra''.
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** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' had an extended "outrun the fireball" scene as Wedge and Lando's crew blew up the Death Star II's core and had to escape the resulting blast; Wedge at least had plenty of a head start. A TIE Intercepter fails to do so and is destroyed. The Millennium Falcon is also partially engulfed by the explosion, leading to an OutOfTheInferno moment and giving the visual impression of the Falcon being shot out of the Death Star like a bullet.
** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' had the exact same scene, but scaled down. Anakin flies into the main droid control ship, then fires two proton torpedoes straight into the main reactor. The ship starts to blow up from the inside, and Anakin flies as fast as he can toward the exit with flames shooting all over the place, feeling it necessary to quip "now ''this'' is podracing!" as he does so. There is an additional shot of a squad of battle droids failing at this.

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** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' had has an extended "outrun the fireball" scene as Wedge and Lando's crew blew blow up the Death Star II's core and had have to escape the resulting blast; Wedge at least had has plenty of a head start. A TIE Intercepter fails to do so and is destroyed. The Millennium Falcon is also partially engulfed by the explosion, leading to an OutOfTheInferno moment and giving the visual impression of the Falcon being shot out of the Death Star like a bullet.
** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' had the exact same scene, but scaled down. ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': Anakin flies into the main droid control ship, then fires two proton torpedoes straight into the main reactor. The ship starts to blow up from the inside, and Anakin flies as fast as he can toward the exit with flames shooting all over the place, feeling it necessary to quip "now ''this'' is podracing!" as he does so. There is an additional shot of a squad of battle droids failing at this.

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** The end of ''Film/{{Predator}}'', which featured an alien countdown, a spooky, ominous laugh, and an explosion with the power of a tactical nuke. This becomes even more ridiculous in the sequel, when Gary Busey's character reveals that the self-destruct device is powerful enough to completely level a radius of 300 city blocks. Yet Schwarzenegger got away, despite only starting his run when the timer WAS ALMOST UP. Might be FridgeBrilliance when one realizes that the predator could purposely limit the power of explosion to give Arnold a sporting chance of survival for the last time.
** ''Film/{{Predator 2}}''. Harrigan somehow isn't burnt to a crisp while running away from the fiery exhaust of the departing Predator ship.

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** ''Film/{{Predator}}'': The end of ''Film/{{Predator}}'', which featured climax features an alien countdown, a spooky, ominous laugh, and an explosion with the power of a tactical nuke. This becomes even more ridiculous in the sequel, when Gary Busey's character Mike reveals that the self-destruct device is powerful enough to completely level a radius of 300 city blocks. Yet Schwarzenegger Dutch got away, despite only starting his run when the timer WAS ALMOST UP. Might be FridgeBrilliance when one realizes that the predator could purposely limit the power of explosion to give Arnold a sporting chance of survival for the last time.
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** ''Film/{{Predator 2}}''.''Film/Predator2''. Harrigan somehow isn't burnt to a crisp while running away from the fiery exhaust of the departing Predator ship.



* Rambo has to outrun one in his [[Film/RamboIV fourth movie]] after he blows up the Tallboy Bomb. Done realistically too, he ties a claymore to it and then runs like hell to get as far as possible from the bomb, and when does it go off the shock-wave still overtakes him in seconds.
** During the FinalBattle in ''Film/RamboLastBlood'', Rambo detonates explosives in the tunnels of his ranch, forcing [[BigBad Martinez]] to make a run for it.

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** ''Film/RamboLastBlood'': During the FinalBattle, Rambo detonates explosives in the tunnels of his ranch, forcing [[BigBad Martinez]] to make a run for it.
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Rambo has to outrun one in his [[Film/RamboIV fourth movie]] after he blows up the Tallboy Bomb. Done realistically too, he ties a claymore to it and then runs like hell to get as far as possible from the bomb, and when does it go off the shock-wave still overtakes him in seconds.
** During the FinalBattle in ''Film/RamboLastBlood'', Rambo detonates explosives in the tunnels of his ranch, forcing [[BigBad Martinez]] to make a run for it.
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* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' has many of these occurrences.

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* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' has many of these occurrences.occurrences in some of the games:
** ''Combat Evolved'' has you escaping the Pillar Of Autumn in a Warthog before it blows, taking the ring with it.
** ''Halo 3'' has two of three of these sequences:
*** The first has you arming a bomb in the UNSC Crow's Nest base as a "little going-away gift for the Covenant". You make it to the elevator just as the bomb goes off.
*** The second one occurs in the Flood-infested High Charity, where, after rescuing Cortana, you destroy the city's reactors and escape.
*** The third one is a callback ''Combat Evolved'' example above, with you escaping in a Warthog once again. This time, from the activation of the newly-constructed replacement for the ring you destroyed in the first game.
** ''Halo 4'' has another vehicle escape sequence earlier in the game, but this time in a Ghost. After the Didact's awakening, the player has to escape from a collapsing canyon that's being sucked away by a gravity well.
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* ''Franchise/[[Halo]]'' has many of these occurrences.

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* ''Franchise/[[Halo]]'' ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' has many of these occurrences.
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** The last two intervals of the game involve you setting the Origin Facility to blow just after Alma is released from the Vault and escaping, all while Alma sends her ghosts after you. You narrowly make it out just as the place blows.
** The expansion pack ''Perseus Mandate'' has a point where you witness the Origin Facility's destruction from the Sergeant's perspective. In this sequence, you have to escape through a hallway that leads underground to avoid being caught in the blast.
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* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'': When [[spoiler:Fearless]] sets off a volcanic eruption, everyone inside the volcano tries to do this. Hiccup makes it. [[spoiler:Mildew and the Screaming Death]]...aren't so lucky.
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* In the ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' episode "War Zone", Walker and Trivette must outrun a bomb explosion set off in a house by a dead body.

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* In the ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' episode "War Zone", "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS3E16AndE17WarZone War Zone]]", Walker and Trivette must outrun a bomb explosion set off in a house by a dead body.body [[HangingAround whose noose activated it]].
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** The fan-hack game ''Sonic Boom'' (no relation to the 2014 ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'' game series) has the game's final level be Sonic outracing a massive fireball and getting caught in it saps your rings.

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** The fan-hack game ''Sonic Boom'' (no relation to the 2014 ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'' game series) has the game's final level be Sonic outracing a massive fireball and caused by the Power Plant's reactor going critical; getting caught in it saps your rings.rings, and the explosion is fast enough that you have to be racing away at max speed ''the whole level'' if you don't want to die.
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* While very unlikely, just being in the freaking ''vicinity'' of someone who has diarrhea ''bad'' immediately becomes this.

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