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7	[[caption-width-right:350:Sword fighting! On motorbikes!]]
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9	-> '''Louis:''' Run, or shoot? ''[Infected horde gets closer]''\
10	'''Louis:''' ''RUN OR SHOOT?!'' \
11	'''Bill:''' ''Both!''
12	-->-- ''Videogame/Left4Dead'' trailer
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15	An JustForFun/XMeetsY cross between a ChaseScene and a FightScene. At least two combatants are battling in a normal way, but their fight takes them on a journey as well. This could be because one or both fighters is trying to get to a specific destination, or maybe because they're just trying to ''get away'' from the beatdown they might be taking.
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17	When on the ground, this could feature copious amounts of LeParkour and RoofHopping, these fights tend to go anywhere and everywere. This is also highly improbable, as the fighters, if human, would likely be tired out of their minds to fight, run and [[TalkingIsAFreeAction give snappy quips]] at the same time. Of course, the fighters could be simply superhuman.
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19	The mobile fight might also take place with cars, [[HardTruckin trucks]], a train, boats, or spaceships.
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21	If this is seen as a video game mechanic in a FightingGame, that is FreeFloorFighting. See also GetBackHereBoss and (in reverse) AdvancingBossOfDoom.
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23	While this is often referred to as a SternChase in naval warfare, ''that'' trope actually refers to a much longer pursuit with actual fighting being relatively rare, such as a fugitive on the run from the law.
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31	* ''Anime/LupinIIIEpisode0FirstContact'': The duel between Lupin and Goemon. Lupin runs away as an increasingly frustrated Goemon tries to fight him. It begins with Goemon on foot, chasing Lupin in a car, then they're running on top of cars, as well as around Central Park. Lupin mostly just wants to escape.
32	* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Pain and the Kyuubi engage in this. Both are near-godlike beings, and the anime uses deliberate OffModel animation to emphasise the speed and power of the chase.
33	* In the [[TournamentArc Davy Back Fight arc]] of ''Manga/OnePiece'', Zoro and Sanji do this as they attempt to reach Tonjit so they can tag him.
34	* In Manga/RanmaOneHalf, occasionally the fights turn into this, but a couple of them were explicitly this, because they were a race to the finish line while trying to take out the competition at the same time.
35	* In ''Manga/SoulEater'' this is how the fight between [[TheUndead Sid]] and [[{{Samurai}} Mifune]] goes (while essentially snowboarding without the boards no less).
36	* This is the premise of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', which is all about [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries card games on motorcycles]].
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39	[[folder:Comic Books]]
40	* ''ComicBook/AllNewUltimates'': Taskmaster captured the Ultimates and placed them all in his van. Sidewinder hotwired and stole the van, with the unconcious Ultimates in it, right in Taskmaster's nose. And, while he tries to retrieve his prey, Bombshell is also after the whole group, to save the Ultimates.
41	* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': During an Arkham breakout Tim chases down an escapee, fighting him with his staff and batarangs as they speed down the freeway. Eventually Tim ends up vaulting himself onto the truck the escapee stole and knocking him out.
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44	[[folder:Films — Animation]]
45	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'' has several. The Red Hood always runs from Batman until their final encounter, usually fighting the whole way.
46	* ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'': Cloud has a sword and gun fight with Loz and Yazoo while chasing Kadaj while all four of them are riding motorcycles. Cloud actually ends up slicing one of the bikes in half when it gets launched at his head.
47	* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2''. Po chasing Wolf Boss across Gongmen City on rickshaws! HilarityEnsues. Po wins the fight, only to find that Wolf Boss isn't just running from him, he's running ''to'' the palace, [[OhCrap guarded by an entire army of wolf soldiers]].
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50	[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
51	* ''Film/BadBoysII'' has a car chase about half an hour in, with hordes of {{Mooks}} chasing after Marcus' [[spoiler:undercover]] sister. With Mike and Marcus, as well as [[HammerspacePoliceForce the rest of Miami's Finest]] chasing them, the resulting back-and-forth gunfire [[MoreDakka expends more ammo than most wars]]. The chase even comes to a halt partway through, replaced with a massive shootout before the chase resumes.
52	* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers''. The title characters are trying to get to the Cook County Assessor's office to pay the tax on the orphanage. They're pursued by police officers, National Guard troops, Nazis [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and a country-western band]], with much destruction along the way.
53	* ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', the two main female characters have one of these across the rooftops.
54	* The climax of ''Film/FaceOff'' is all this. Castor and Archer start out with a showdown in a church which leads to a long chase scene on boats as they try to kill and evade each other, ending with a showdown on a beach in a totally different city.
55	* ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. The scene where the Baroness and Storm Shadow are driving to the Eiffel Tower in order to attack it and fighting with the Joes as they do so.
56	* ''Film/{{Heat}}'' (1995) has the running firefight that takes place after a botched robbery.
57	* Very common in ''Film/MadMax'' films. The vehicular chase fights through apocalyptic wastelands are probably the most iconic part of the franchise. The [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad fourth film]] is about 65% Chase Fight.
58	* Morpheus and Trinity's highway battle against the Twins in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' while trying to reach an exit so they can escape the Matrix. And there's Agents of the Matrix joining in, the more the merrier.
59	* Midway through ''Film/OngBak'', Tony Jaa partakes in one of these. Naturally, he is trying to avoid confrontation, but as soon as he gets cornered, he lays a serious beat down on any of those dumb enough to attack him.
60	* The fight between [[MeleeATrois Jack, Will and Norrington]] from ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'', which takes place concurrently to Elizabeth, Pintel and Ragetti chase-fighting the ''Flying Dutchman'''s landing party.
61	* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. The running battle between Indiana and the Nazi convoy that's trying to get the Ark to Cairo. Indiana chases after it on a horse, eventually boards the truck and fights everyone involved.
62	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
63	** ''Film/ANewHope'': During the beginning of the movie. Princess Leia's starship is fighting with Darth Vader's Star Destroyer as she tries to escape so she can give technical data on the Death Star to the Rebel Alliance.
64	** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': Shortly before departing from Tattooine, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon have a high-speed confrontation against Darth Maul. It gives them the realization that the thought-to-be-extinct Sith are back.
65	** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': Halfway through the movie, Obi-Wan battles General Grievous in a fight that begins in a stationary outpost full of droids, but continues across the sorrounding areas while Grievous tries to escape. Much later in the movie, Obi-Wan and Anakin have their fateful lightsaber duel across the moving rocks of the lava river in Mustafar. Obi Wan wins both fights, but they hardly feel like victories for him (much less so the second).
66	** ''Film/{{Solo}}'': A chase fight occurs when several TIE Fighters chase the ''Millennium Falcon'' through the Akkadese Maelstrom.
67	* ''Film/TotalRecall1990'': Benny drives Quaid and Melina to the Last Resort as Richter and his partner follow in their car, with both parties shooting at each other.
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71	* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'', of course, being ''Horatio Hornblower [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]'', features more than a few of these. The first book has a lone undergunned light cruiser doggedly chasing down a much more powerful merchant cruiser, later books have entire fleets engaging in chases when one fleet or the other is forced to disengage and retreat, with their enemies not wanting them to escape with their forces intact. One book has an outmatched force [[DelayingAction trick a much larger force into chasing them deeper into the system]] so that [[TheCavalry their reinforcements]] can trap the attacking fleet inside [[NoWarpingZone the system hyperlimit]].
72	* ''Literature/HoratioHornblower'': The first-published book, ''The Happy Return''[[note]] [[MarketBasedTitle Beat To Quarters, in the US]][[/note]], featured a climactic chase between Captain Hornblower's frigate HMS ''Lydia'' against the much more powerful warship ''Natividad''. Also, the ''Natividad's'' stern guns have a longer range than the ''Lydia's'' forward guns, which means that the ''Lydia'' has to soak several hits before she can get close enough to return fire. To pass the time, and [[StiffUpperLip to keep his men from realizing how nervous he is about the situation]], he invites his officers to a game of cards, and orders the sailors to have a dancing competion, even as cannon shot from the ''Natividad'' lands all around them.
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76	* ''Series/The100'' has an episode where Clarke and Lexa are being chased by a ferocious gorilla, but with Clarke occasionally forcing it back for a bit with gunfire.
77	* Happens all the time on all the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series when two or more ships battle each other while at warp speed.
78	* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': two documentary presenters--one about Sir Walter Scott, the other about trees--fight each other in separate cars over the microphone.
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82	* {{Wrestling/ECW}} matches tended to go all over the arena.
83	* Wrestling/{{WWE}} "Hardcore" matches often go backstage, and recently Wrestling/{{Kane}} [[http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=jV8N6g_qRqM chokeslammed]] Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr into the Gulf of Mexico after Mysterio Hurricanrana'd Wrestling/JackSwagger into the ocean. (The match started in an arena that's within spitting distance to the ocean.)
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87	* ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder'': When the godmodder left for the house of Villains in the tvtropes session, the players followed him, beginning a massive fight with Metal Sonic, and two of the five terror nether mobs.
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91	%%* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'': You'll probably have these.
92	* A really awesome example in ''VideoGame/JitsuSquad'', during the second ([[RecurringBoss of three]]) fights against Dash Kobayashi. It's a LavaSurfing stage where both of you trade slashes and stabs while moving on a river of lava. And it's played to the tune of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lRqrcu_Gq0 this awesome and appropriately-titled song]].
93	* The boss fight against Vengeance in ''VideoGame/GhostRider2007''. You're on a fiery motorcycle, pursuing vengeance who's on a similar ride, and the two of you duke it out while chasing one another down a tunnel until the loser crashes.
94	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': During an EscortMission of a coach from Hyrule Castle Town to Kakariko Village, Link has to fight off several Bokoblins while riding Epona. At one point, Link must also defeat King Bulblin in a joustic match like in an earlier moment (albeit requiring a different method this time due to the opponent's higher defense).
95	* ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge''. The real chase fight scene is with [[spoiler:Celeste]] and the two of you end up fighting on top of a ship crate with LeParkour action.
96	* The cutscene after final fight between Travis and Henry in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' features this, as a visual metaphor for them trying to [[CallBack "find that exit they call paradise"]]
97	* This tends to be a recurring element in ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games:
98	** In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', the final battle between Sonic and Shadow is a chase along an abandoned space station. The preceding levels are even called Final Chase and Final Rush.
99	** ''VideoGame/SonicAdvance2'' was almost exclusively this style of BossBattle.
100	** ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' follows this trend with two of its {{Boss Battle}}s, though only one is technically a chase; the other is more like a run-from-an-AdvancingWallOfDoom-while-doing-a-BossBattle.
101	** In games with Super Sonic only final bosses, this tends to be the format they fall under.
102	** ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' does this for most of the bosses. Sonic Vs Infinite on a snake, Sonic and The Avatar Vs Infinite 3 near Imperial Tower, and Sonic, Classic Sonic, and The Avatar vs [[spoiler:Egg Robo in what appears to be cyberspace likely created by the Prometheus Ruby]].
103	* ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' features a SuperSpeed variant with ComicBook/TheFlash and [[EvilCounterpart Reverse Flash]], starting in Metropolis and ending in Gotham City before they slug it out with each other.
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107	* The climax of the second half of ''WebAnimation/{{Bunnykill}} 5'' involves [[spoiler:Dust, in full-on RoaringRampageOfRevenge mode after the PsychoSerum incident that led to him killing Snowball, having an awesome one of these against Smoke, one of the two bad guys responsible for the incident, involving Dust leaping from vehicle to vehicle, mowing down or shanking mooks in his way, and battling Smoke in his damaged helicopter gunship with machine guns and rockets, and ultimately having a one-on-one duel atop a moving semi that gets destroyed during the battle.]]
108	* In ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'', [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] vs. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] (2021) starts as one of these, with Cloud on the Fenrir and Link on the Master Cycle Zero. Eventually, though, both bikes are removed from the fight: The Master Cycle Zero is blown to smithereens by Cloud's Thunder, and the Fenrir gets removed from the fight by an Ancient Arrow.
109	* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' shows [[TheBigGuy Maine]], [[TheAce Carolina]], and [[TheLancer York]] trying to get a briefcase from [[LaResistance Insurrectionist soldiers]], while racing down a highway.
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113	* In ''WebVideo/{{Dream}}'''s Minecraft Manhunts, this is what usually happens when the hunters are chasing Dream.
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117	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. The climactic battle between Aang and [[BigBad Fire Lord Ozai]] is this on both sides, with each chasing the other at various times.
118	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. In "His Silicon Soul," the android Batman chases the real Batman around the Bat Cave as they fight.
119	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. This is half the fun of watching the fights between Peter and the giant chicken.
120	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Tenzin fights [[ArcVillain Zaheer]] in the episode "The Ultimatum". The first part of the fight is a chase, with Zaheer trying to escape from Tenzin so they can fight on higher grounds.
121	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}''. In "A Dream Walking," Popeye and Bluto chase after a sleepwalking Olive ''while'' fighting over who gets to save her.
122	* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Most of Jack's fights are pretty short, brutal and in his favour. However when he fights the formidable Minions of Set he is utterly on the back foot, and has to flee in between short desperate fights in order to survive. Add to this there is only ''one'' way to destroy the Minions and that is through summoning a god with a scarab split into three pieces, and our hero has to find the scarab first. Good luck with that, Jack.
123	* In a {{homage}} to ''Revenges of the Sith'', one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' had Bart and Principal Skinner in one involving each others food allergies (peanuts for Skinner, shrimp for Bart).
124	* The final season of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'' features a long scene with three Jedi and Chancellor Palpatine fleeing from General Grievous and occasionally stopping to fight him.
125	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'' Thundera's GladiatorGames in their [[TheThunderdome thunderdome]] take this format: a race between two {{Catfolk}} competitors climbing, swinging, jumping and running up a giant tree to to ring a bell at its top, where [[BloodSport violent]] kicking and punching in order to knock a competitor out of the tree are entirely acceptable methods of getting ahead. Young Prince Lion-O challenges Tygra to a match only to suffer a particularly humiliating RingOut, landing in a pool of water below.
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