[[quoteright:299:[[Film/TheCircus https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_circus_chase.jpg]]]]

->''"One jump ahead of the slow pokes\\
One skip ahead of my doom\\
Next time, gotta use a nom de plume\\
One jump ahead of the hitmen\\
One hit ahead of the flock\\
I think I'll take a stroll around the block!"''
-->-- '''Aladdin''', "One Jump Ahead," ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''

One of the most basic action scenes in fiction: one party is trying to get away from another. The variations you can hang on this premise are endless. Chases featuring {{Cool Car}}s is practically a trope unto itself, and whole genre of films has cropped up dedicated to it. Bonus funny points if it's accompanied by Benny Hill music. Tends to happen if a writer is trying to do a [[NarrativeBeats procedural]] of some kind.

See also DistractionTropes, EscapeTropes, MotorVehicleTropes, FightScene.
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!!Common elements:
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* OneDimensionalThinking
* AcrophobicBird
* AdvancingBossOfDoom
* AdvancingWallOfDoom
* AerialCanyonChase
* AutomatedAutomobiles
* BabyCarriage
* BananaInTheTailpipe
* BigHeroicRun
* BlindAlley
* BringingRunningShoesToACarChase
* BrokenHeel
* CarChaseShootOut
* CarHoodSliding
* CarSkiing
* CatchAFallingStar
* ChainLinkFence
* TheChase (when an entire plot is built on this)
* ChasedByAngryNatives
* ChaseFight
* ChasedOffIntoTheSunset
* ChaseSceneObstacleCourse
* ChaseStopsAtWater
* CliffStack
* ClimbingClimax
* ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre
* ConvenientDecoyCat
* ConvenientEscapeBoat
* CrashingThroughTheHarem
* CrisisCatchAndCarry
* CrowdHockey
* DangerousClifftopRoad
* DangerWithADeadline
* DecoyConvoy
* DodgeByBraking
* DownLADrain
* DramaticChaseOpening
* DramaticSlip
* DrivesLikeCrazy
* ElevatorEscape
* ElevatorSnare: In a chase, whoever took the stairs arrives first and ambushes whoever took the elevator.
* EmergencyCargoDump
* EscalatingChase
* EveryCarIsAPinto
* EveryoneChasingYou
* ExcuseMeComingThrough
* ExitPursuedByABear
* FlashedBadgeHijack
* FluorescentFootprints
* FollowThatCar
* FruitCart
* GetawayDriver
* GiveChaseWithAngryNatives
* GoneBehindTheBend
* HallOfMirrors
* HammerspacePoliceForce
* HandcarPursuit
* HelicopterBlender
* HeroStoleMyBike
* HeWentThatWay
* HighSpeedHijack
* HoodHopping
* HotPursuit
* ImprovisedZipline
* IncrediblyObviousTail
* InstantConvertible
* JammedSeatbelts
* JustKeepDriving
* KitchenChase
* LemmingCops
* LostInACrowd
* LowClearance
* LowSpeedChase
* MagicBrakes
* MobstacleCourse
* MoneyToThrowAway
* MultiTrackDrifting
* MyCarHatesMe
* NoEscapeButDown
* OffBridgeOntoVehicle
* OilSlick
* OutsideRide
* PedalToTheMetalShot
* PopTheTires
* ThePrecariousLedge
* PursuedProtagonist
* PushedAtTheMonster
* RacingTheTrain
* RaceAgainstTheClock
* RamByBraking
* RampJump
* {{Ramprovisation}}
* RemovableSteeringWheel
* RoadBlock
* RoadRunnerVsCoyote
* RoadSignReversal
* RollercoasterMine
* {{Roofhopping}}
* RopeBridge
* ScoobyDoobyDoors
* SearchingTheStalls
* SheetOfGlass
* SlipperySkid
* SloMoBigAir
* StairsAreFaster
* StairwellChase
* SuicidalGotcha
* TakeTheWheel
* TelevisionGeography
* ThemeParkLandscape
* TheyHaveTheScent
* ThunderingHerd
* ToyotaTripwire
* TrainEscape
* TryAndFollow
* TwistedAnkle
* UnconventionalVehicleChase
* UnderTheTruck
* VehicularSabotage
* WasntThatFun
* WronskiFeint
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