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Author: Arivne

Dec 24th 2010 at 4:24:21 AM

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* The beginning of DeanKoontz' ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Place The Bad Place]]''.
->Frank Pollard wakes up in an alley at night, filled with confusion and fear. He knows nothing but his name, and that he must escape fast, or else he will be killed. Pursued by a mysterious assailant, Frank barely escapes with his life.

[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Return of The Archons". It starts with Lieutenant Sulu and another crewman running from some pursuers in a city street. Sulu contacts the Enterprise for an emergency beam-up but the Enterprise crew takes too long and Sulu is affected by one of the aliens' weapons. The other crewman gets away, but is later caught and affected as well.

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''JonnyQuest''
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_v8FrXi9co Dragons of Ashida]]". Starts with a native running away from the title monsters.
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H6flTlW2S0 The Fraudulent Volcano]]". Starts with a man escaping from an underground installation and being pursued by armed guards in hovercraft.

The ''Film/WildWildWest'' and ''TheMatrix'' film examples on PursuedProtagonist fit better here.