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* ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest1941'': In issue #159, Batman and Robin are driving the Batmobile along a winding old road as chasing the Anti-Batman's car. Obstacles include trees, low branches, poor visibility, cloud dusts, and a bi big statue which the Batmobile ends crashing against.
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-->'''Regan:''' MARKET! ''*piles through fruit cart in a market*''
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-->'''Regan:''' [[NoIndoorVoice I CAN'T!]]
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* ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest1941'': In issue #159, Batman and Robin are driving the Batmobile along a winding old road as chasing the Anti-Batman's car. Obstacles include trees, low branches, poor visibility, cloud dusts, and a bi statue which the Batmobile ends crashing against.
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* ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest1941'': In issue #159, Batman and Robin are driving the Batmobile along a winding old road as chasing the Anti-Batman's car. Obstacles include trees, low branches, poor visibility, cloud dusts, and a bi statue which the Batmobile ends crashing against.
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** Bond is wrestling with an assassin for control of the stolen landrover they're inside while driving down a DangerousClifftopRoad on the Rock of Gibraltar. Suddenly Bond sees tourists blocking the road ahead, so he yanks the steering wheel aside so they drive through a souvenir stand and several cafe chairs instead, all fortunately unoccupied.
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** In ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' Bond is wrestling with an assassin for control of the stolen landrover they're inside while driving down a DangerousClifftopRoad on the Rock of Gibraltar. Suddenly Bond sees tourists blocking the road ahead, so he yanks the steering wheel aside so they drive through a souvenir stand and several cafe chairs instead, all fortunately unoccupied.
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* ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'': One of the land rovers chasing James Bond and [[SpearCounterpart Wai Lin]] drives into a truckload of boxes... containing fireworks, which (of course) [[StuffBlowingUp proceed to go off from the impact]].
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** Bond is wrestling with an assassin for control of the stolen landrover they're inside while driving down a DangerousClifftopRoad on the Rock of Gibraltar. Suddenly Bond sees tourists blocking the road ahead, so he yanks the steering wheel aside so they drive through a souvenir stand and several cafe chairs instead, all fortunately unoccupied.
** ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'': One of theland rovers landrovers chasing James Bond and [[SpearCounterpart Wai Lin]] drives into a truckload of boxes... containing fireworks, which (of course) [[StuffBlowingUp proceed to go off from the impact]].
** Bond is wrestling with an assassin for control of the stolen landrover they're inside while driving down a DangerousClifftopRoad on the Rock of Gibraltar. Suddenly Bond sees tourists blocking the road ahead, so he yanks the steering wheel aside so they drive through a souvenir stand and several cafe chairs instead, all fortunately unoccupied.
** ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'': One of the
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* ''Fanfic/ThingsIAmNotAllowedToDoAtThePPC'': Since PPC HQ runs on RuleOfFunny more often than not, any chase scene that happen within its halls tend to come across objects that get in the way of the participants. Rule 1883 specifically mentions not complaining about running into any {{fruit cart}}s or [[SheetOfGlass plate glass windows]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Ming chases Mei back to their home first by car then, after the street is blocked, on foot crashing through some teens playing basketball.
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* ''VideoGame/PrayerOfTheFaithless'': During Aeyr's run through Purgatory, the player will notice that the final section has a room full of bridges that disappear and reappear in an interval. [[spoiler:When Mia goes through this section, she has to run from Gauron's Revenant body while trying to cross these bridges. Getting caught doesn't kill her, but it does result in Gauron doing some damage to her HP.]]
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* Done in [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2011-02-06/comic/chase-sequence/cut-to-the-chase/ this]] ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' comic while Lothar and Rogue are chasing an antelope perp. [[RuleOfThree Three sets of three panels]] show how each of them deals with the obstacles (a street hotdog vendor, a fire escape, and a delivery truck full of beer, cigars, and sunglasses).
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* Done in [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2011-02-06/comic/chase-sequence/cut-to-the-chase/ this]] ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' comic while Lothar and Rogue are chasing an antelope perp. [[RuleOfThree Three sets of three panels]] show how each of them deals with the obstacles (a street hotdog vendor, a fire escape, and a delivery truck full of beer, cigars, and sunglasses).
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* ''Film/MovingViolation'''s many chase scenes feature cars smashing through various obstacles, including road signs, two or three buildings, some cardboard boxes that explode into a flurry of packing peanuts, and an oil well and a gas station, both of which create huge explosions.
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* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. The episode "Blind Run" had a variation where Bodie requisitions a delivery van to escape the killers pursuing them. Our heroes are in such a hurry they drive off without closing the rear doors, throwing its cargo of cardboard boxes onto the road (a {{blooper}} scene reveals that Creator/MartinShaw fell out the back as well!)
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* Two adverts for the Nissan Almera spoofed these sorts of shows, complete with FruitCart moment.
** The first one, [[{{Homage}} homaging]] ''Series/TheProfessionals''...
-->'''Bodie:''' Turn left!
-->'''Doyle:''' Why?
-->'''Bodie:''' Litter! Makes the car look good!
** And as for ''Series/TheSweeney''...
-->'''Regan:''' MARKET! ''*piles through fruit cart in a market*''
-->'''Carter:''' Stop shouting!
-->'''Regan:''' [[NoIndoorVoice I CAN'T!]]
*** "Market!" was a Mondegreen of the show's famous catchphrase "Mark it!"
** The first one, [[{{Homage}} homaging]] ''Series/TheProfessionals''...
-->'''Bodie:''' Turn left!
-->'''Doyle:''' Why?
-->'''Bodie:''' Litter! Makes the car look good!
** And as for ''Series/TheSweeney''...
-->'''Regan:''' MARKET! ''*piles through fruit cart in a market*''
-->'''Carter:''' Stop shouting!
-->'''Regan:''' [[NoIndoorVoice I CAN'T!]]
*** "Market!" was a Mondegreen of the show's famous catchphrase "Mark it!"
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* The Gypsy mother seen in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is fleeing from the vicious Judge Frollo down a Parisian street. She's running on foot and carrying an infant, while Frollo is riding his fearsome black stallion. The only reason Frollo can't overtake this Gypsy is that [[LowClearance various shop signs hanging from overhead brackets impede his progress]], at times nearly knocking him off his horse.
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* The Gypsy mother seen in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' is fleeing from the vicious Judge Frollo down a Parisian street. She's running on foot and carrying an infant, while Frollo is riding his fearsome black stallion. The only reason Frollo can't overtake this Gypsy is that [[LowClearance various shop signs hanging from overhead brackets impede his progress]], at times nearly knocking him off his horse.
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* Batou pursues an optic-camo user through a market in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell''. His invisible quarry shoves customers aside and plows through a pile of melons, which Batou then shoots to disrupt his camo.
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* Batou pursues an optic-camo [[InvisibilityCloak optic-camo]] user through a market in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell''.''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995''. His invisible quarry shoves customers aside and plows through a pile of melons, which Batou then shoots to disrupt his camo.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/LostJudgment'' have chase sequences featuring various quick-time events as you try to catch suspects. Move left and right to avoid pedestrians, press X to duck under thrown objects, press triangle to jump over bicycles, traffic cones, people ...
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* In ''Film/TheBlueIguana'''s opening chase scene, bail-jumping kidnapper Louie Sparks knocks over trash cans to delay bounty hunter Vince.
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* In ''Film/TuffTurf'', Nick's car [[spoiler:driven by Jimmy]] chases after Morgan, who runs into an alley, knocking trash cans and boxes in front of it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E12TheGunganGeneral The Gungan General]]": During their second escape attempt, Dooku is seen knocking over stacks of boxes behind the trio as they flee the pirates in order to impede their pursuers.
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** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E12TheGunganGeneral The Gungan General]]": During their second escape attempt, Dooku is seen knocking over stacks of boxes behind the trio as they flee the pirates in order to impede theirpursuers. pursuers.
** [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E7DangerousDebt "Dangerous Debt"]]: Once they get outside, Ahsoka and the Martez sisters knock crates and barrels over to impede the pursuing Pyke guards.
** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E12TheGunganGeneral The Gungan General]]": During their second escape attempt, Dooku is seen knocking over stacks of boxes behind the trio as they flee the pirates in order to impede their
** [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E7DangerousDebt "Dangerous Debt"]]: Once they get outside, Ahsoka and the Martez sisters knock crates and barrels over to impede the pursuing Pyke guards.
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* The Gypsy mother seen in Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is fleeing from the vicious Judge Frollo down a Parisian street. She's running on foot and carrying an infant, while Frollo is riding his fearsome black stallion. The only reason Frollo can't overtake this Gypsy is that [[LowClearance various shop signs hanging from overhead brackets impede his progress]], at times nearly knocking him off his horse.
* The Gypsy mother seen in Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is fleeing from the vicious Judge Frollo down a Parisian street. She's running on foot and carrying an infant, while Frollo is riding his fearsome black stallion. The only reason Frollo can't overtake this Gypsy is that [[LowClearance various shop signs hanging from overhead brackets impede his progress]], at times nearly knocking him off his horse.
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* In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', the ''Millennium Falcon'' is pursued by three Imperial cruisers and four [=TIE=] fighters. The Imperials steer the ''Falcon'' toward an AsteroidThicket, aiming to limit their quarry's escape routes. Solo daringly steers into the asteroids, and the fighters give chase. [[spoiler:Two fighters are lost to the asteroids, while the other two collide in a right-of-way bottleneck.]]
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* In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', the ''Millennium Falcon'' is pursued by three Imperial cruisers and four [=TIE=] TIE fighters. The Imperials steer the ''Falcon'' toward an AsteroidThicket, aiming to limit their quarry's escape routes. Solo daringly steers into the asteroids, and the fighters give chase. [[spoiler:Two fighters are lost to the asteroids, while the other two collide in a right-of-way bottleneck.]]
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* ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'': One of the land rovers chasing James Bond and [[SpearCounterpart Wai Lin]] drives into a truckload of boxes... containing fireworks, which (of course) [[StuffBlowingUp proceed to go off from the impact]].
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* ''Series/TopGear'': Parodied in the second hand police cars challenge; the hosts drive their cars around the track to show off how fast their cars would be in a chase. Hammond is awarded points for flamboyant driving by crashing through a pile of gratuitous cardboard boxes slightly off the edge of the track.
* ''Series/TopGear'': Parodied in the second hand police cars challenge; the hosts drive their cars around the track to show off how fast their cars would be in a chase. Hammond is awarded points for flamboyant driving by crashing through a pile of gratuitous cardboard boxes slightly off the edge of the track.
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* In Music/BillBailey's "Starsky And Hutch" segment, the duo are looking to make a getaway while pursued by the mob.
--> "How about that alley?"
--> "No, there's no boxes down that one. No, go down that one."
--> ''[They go down another alley, no boxes. What are they going to do?]''
-->"Right, stop the car, get some boxes out of the boot, [[InvokedTrope set them up,]] drive around the block..."
* In Music/BillBailey's "Starsky And Hutch" segment, the duo are looking to make a getaway while pursued by the mob.
--> "How about that alley?"
--> "No, there's no boxes down that one. No, go down that one."
--> ''[They go down another alley, no boxes. What are they going to do?]''
-->"Right, stop the car, get some boxes out of the boot, [[InvokedTrope set them up,]] drive around the block..."
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E12TheGunganGeneral , "The ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E12TheGunganGeneral The Gungan General"]]: General]]": During their second escape attempt attempt, Dooku is seen knocking over stacks of boxes behind the trio as they flee the pirates in order to impede their pursuers.
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Two characters/groups, where the second is in pursuit of the first, tend to encounter several obstacles that heighten the drama of the chase. These obstacles tend to be superficial (they obscure vision), solid (they prevent progress), and some that mix the two types (act to block progress for one character, but only obscures the vision of the other).
Trash cans, cardboard boxes, newspaper stalls, and clothes hanging from the drying line are all popular ideas for both footraces and car chases. Getting drenched by a bucket of paint is more popular with car chases, as the driver is blinded for longer. Drywall tends to be used when the chase is on foot, the pursued going around and the pursuer going ''through''. The explosion as one character plows through an obstacle is fun and flashy, and is the reason [[FruitCart food carts and boxes of fruit]] are popular: after the crash, pieces of red and yellow are flying everywhere.
Some obstacles prevent progress, but do not act to obscure vision, such as a fence at the end of an alley. Characters who scale the fence before their pursuer arrives tend to escape, but this is more likely the scene for a climatic confrontation as the pursued is cornered.
Many times, the obstacles are invoked by the pursued to create TryAndFollow. Being chased into a crowd of people is a MobstacleCourse (note that the Mobstacle course does not require a Chase).
If this shows up in video games, expect to PressXToNotDie.
SuperTrope to the following:
* BabyCarriage
* CardboardBoxes
* ChainLinkFence
* ElevatorSnare
* ExcuseMeComingThrough
* FruitCart
* RoadBlock
* SheetOfGlass
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* A commercial for Marvin Windows broadcast during March 2005 hit all the chase-scene obstacles, with cars running through carts, crates of chickens, crowds on sidewalks -- only to come to a screeching halt so as not to damage a [[SheetOfGlass huge Marvin window]] being rolled slowly across the street.
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* The 2004 ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' film: Robot ninja ladies are driving a van in pursuit of Deunan and Hitomi, crashing into a watermelon stand.
* Batou pursues an optic-camo user through a market in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell''. His invisible quarry shoves customers aside and plows through a pile of melons, which Batou then shoots to disrupt his camo.
* In the ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' episode "Race For Revenge, Part I", Melange drives clean through a fruit stand while being pursued by the police and the Mach 5.
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* ''Fanfic/GarfieldInAlongCameASplut'': Garfield, while being chased in [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture the DeLorean]], crashes through every obstacle in his path ''except'' fruit carts "which Garfield adores more than anything in life itself".
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* The Gypsy mother seen in Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is fleeing from the vicious Judge Frollo down a Parisian street. She's running on foot and carrying an infant, while Frollo is riding his fearsome black stallion. The only reason Frollo can't overtake this Gypsy is that [[LowClearance various shop signs hanging from overhead brackets impede his progress]], at times nearly knocking him off his horse.
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* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'': One of the most iconic scenes in the film starts as a simple parking lot chase outside an indoor mall. The eponymous brothers then crash through a toy store, and the police follow suit. They swerve around (and sometimes go through) booths, clip and sometimes go through corner stores, and finally fly out the window of one of the anchor stores.
* In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', the ''Millennium Falcon'' is pursued by three Imperial cruisers and four [=TIE=] fighters. The Imperials steer the ''Falcon'' toward an AsteroidThicket, aiming to limit their quarry's escape routes. Solo daringly steers into the asteroids, and the fighters give chase. [[spoiler:Two fighters are lost to the asteroids, while the other two collide in a right-of-way bottleneck.]]
* ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'': (Parodied) When [[spoiler:Michelle]] is exposed as TheMole, she tries to run away, which leads to Ramada giving chase to start the DesignatedGirlFight. The chase quickly devolves into several ''Series/AmericanGladiators''-themed obstacles that the girls have to pass, complete with the theme song playing in the background.
* ''Film/TheMasterTouch'': There's a car chase with such obstacles as garbage on the sidewalk, falling dirt in a construction site, a parked car's open doors, a set of stairs, and a giant stack of cardboard boxes all of which are driven through or over.
* ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'': One of the land rovers chasing James Bond and [[SpearCounterpart Wai Lin]] drives into a truckload of boxes...containing fireworks, which (of course) [[StuffBlowingUp proceed to go off from the impact]].
* ''Film/{{Quick}}'': During the chase through the marketplace, the bike slams through a pile of empty cardboard boxes.
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* ''Series/TopGear'': Parodied in the second hand police cars challenge; the hosts drive their cars around the track to show off how fast their cars would be in a chase. Hammond is awarded points for flamboyant driving by crashing through a pile of gratuitous cardboard boxes slightly off the edge of the track.
* Spoofed in ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace'' when a chase scene ends with the MonsterOfTheWeek crashing into a huge mountain of cardboard boxes sitting in the middle of a forest for no apparent reason.
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* In Music/BillBailey's "Starsky And Hutch" segment, the duo are looking to make a getaway while pursued by the mob.
--> "How about that alley?"
--> "No, there's no boxes down that one. No, go down that one."
--> ''[They go down another alley, no boxes. What are they going to do?]''
-->"Right, stop the car, get some boxes out of the boot, [[InvokedTrope set them up,]] drive around the block..."
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* The ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} Gamemastery Guide'' has mechanics for impromptu chase scenes: The GM lays down a row of cards representing obstacles (each obstacle has a choice of skill checks to overcome them) and controls a fleeing NPC. The {{Player Character}}s and NPC then attempt skill checks to progress through the obstacle course until the pursuers catch up, or the pursued reaches a point that marks a safe escape.
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* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'':
** First game has Crash [[IndyEscape chased by a rolling ball of death]] in some levels. During this, you have to run towards the camera while avoiding obstacles coming your way that may either slow you down or outright kill you.
** In the second game, The FinalBoss fight has you [[GetBackHereBoss trying to chase the boss]] with a jetpack while he's flying through a space tube with lots of asteroids abound. Crashing into an asteroid will slow you down, so try avoid them as much as possible.
* ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'': Players can drop trap-type obstacles that obstruct/slow down other racers.
* In ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'', expect any chase scene involving Connor to have obstacles both thrown and inconveniently placed in his way. A notable example involves a chase with a deviant where he has to run through several farms and dodge people, heavy machinery, as well as crops among other things.
* In ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', Jayden has to pursue a suspect through a supermarket. Said suspect will try to slow Jayden down by throwing things like ice, fruit, and live chickens behind himself.
* ''{{VideoGame/Pepsiman}}'': Act 3 of each level involves Pepsiman being [[AdvancingWallOfDoom chased by something]] and Pepsiman has to navigate through obstacles to survive.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}'', a chase scene on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Island has you trying to protect Charlie from a mob of people running for his golden ticket. You have to knock over boxes of fruit and dump piles of snow to slow them down.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' parodied ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' by having the beavers (as cops) chasing their suspects down a "city". Every obstacle they have to overcome is nothing more than a cardboard box.
--> "Quick, they're headed for the cardboard box district!"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The cops are taking Bart for a day on the job. While they are explaining that it's not the action-oriented job Hollywood makes it out to be, they are interrupted by a heist and immediately start a high-speed chase through an alley full of cardboard boxes.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E12TheGunganGeneral , "The Gungan General"]]: During their second escape attempt Dooku is seen knocking over stacks of boxes behind the trio as they flee the pirates in order to impede their pursuers.
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Trash cans, cardboard boxes, newspaper stalls, and clothes hanging from the drying line are all popular ideas for both footraces and car chases. Getting drenched by a bucket of paint is more popular with car chases, as the driver is blinded for longer. Drywall tends to be used when the chase is on foot, the pursued going around and the pursuer going ''through''. The explosion as one character plows through an obstacle is fun and flashy, and is the reason [[FruitCart food carts and boxes of fruit]] are popular: after the crash, pieces of red and yellow are flying everywhere.
Some obstacles prevent progress, but do not act to obscure vision, such as a fence at the end of an alley. Characters who scale the fence before their pursuer arrives tend to escape, but this is more likely the scene for a climatic confrontation as the pursued is cornered.
Many times, the obstacles are invoked by the pursued to create TryAndFollow. Being chased into a crowd of people is a MobstacleCourse (note that the Mobstacle course does not require a Chase).
If this shows up in video games, expect to PressXToNotDie.
SuperTrope to the following:
* BabyCarriage
* CardboardBoxes
* ChainLinkFence
* ElevatorSnare
* ExcuseMeComingThrough
* FruitCart
* RoadBlock
* SheetOfGlass
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* A commercial for Marvin Windows broadcast during March 2005 hit all the chase-scene obstacles, with cars running through carts, crates of chickens, crowds on sidewalks -- only to come to a screeching halt so as not to damage a [[SheetOfGlass huge Marvin window]] being rolled slowly across the street.
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* The 2004 ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' film: Robot ninja ladies are driving a van in pursuit of Deunan and Hitomi, crashing into a watermelon stand.
* Batou pursues an optic-camo user through a market in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell''. His invisible quarry shoves customers aside and plows through a pile of melons, which Batou then shoots to disrupt his camo.
* In the ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' episode "Race For Revenge, Part I", Melange drives clean through a fruit stand while being pursued by the police and the Mach 5.
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* ''Fanfic/GarfieldInAlongCameASplut'': Garfield, while being chased in [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture the DeLorean]], crashes through every obstacle in his path ''except'' fruit carts "which Garfield adores more than anything in life itself".
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* The Gypsy mother seen in Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is fleeing from the vicious Judge Frollo down a Parisian street. She's running on foot and carrying an infant, while Frollo is riding his fearsome black stallion. The only reason Frollo can't overtake this Gypsy is that [[LowClearance various shop signs hanging from overhead brackets impede his progress]], at times nearly knocking him off his horse.
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* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'': One of the most iconic scenes in the film starts as a simple parking lot chase outside an indoor mall. The eponymous brothers then crash through a toy store, and the police follow suit. They swerve around (and sometimes go through) booths, clip and sometimes go through corner stores, and finally fly out the window of one of the anchor stores.
* In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', the ''Millennium Falcon'' is pursued by three Imperial cruisers and four [=TIE=] fighters. The Imperials steer the ''Falcon'' toward an AsteroidThicket, aiming to limit their quarry's escape routes. Solo daringly steers into the asteroids, and the fighters give chase. [[spoiler:Two fighters are lost to the asteroids, while the other two collide in a right-of-way bottleneck.]]
* ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'': (Parodied) When [[spoiler:Michelle]] is exposed as TheMole, she tries to run away, which leads to Ramada giving chase to start the DesignatedGirlFight. The chase quickly devolves into several ''Series/AmericanGladiators''-themed obstacles that the girls have to pass, complete with the theme song playing in the background.
* ''Film/TheMasterTouch'': There's a car chase with such obstacles as garbage on the sidewalk, falling dirt in a construction site, a parked car's open doors, a set of stairs, and a giant stack of cardboard boxes all of which are driven through or over.
* ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'': One of the land rovers chasing James Bond and [[SpearCounterpart Wai Lin]] drives into a truckload of boxes...containing fireworks, which (of course) [[StuffBlowingUp proceed to go off from the impact]].
* ''Film/{{Quick}}'': During the chase through the marketplace, the bike slams through a pile of empty cardboard boxes.
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* ''Series/TopGear'': Parodied in the second hand police cars challenge; the hosts drive their cars around the track to show off how fast their cars would be in a chase. Hammond is awarded points for flamboyant driving by crashing through a pile of gratuitous cardboard boxes slightly off the edge of the track.
* Spoofed in ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace'' when a chase scene ends with the MonsterOfTheWeek crashing into a huge mountain of cardboard boxes sitting in the middle of a forest for no apparent reason.
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* In Music/BillBailey's "Starsky And Hutch" segment, the duo are looking to make a getaway while pursued by the mob.
--> "How about that alley?"
--> "No, there's no boxes down that one. No, go down that one."
--> ''[They go down another alley, no boxes. What are they going to do?]''
-->"Right, stop the car, get some boxes out of the boot, [[InvokedTrope set them up,]] drive around the block..."
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* The ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} Gamemastery Guide'' has mechanics for impromptu chase scenes: The GM lays down a row of cards representing obstacles (each obstacle has a choice of skill checks to overcome them) and controls a fleeing NPC. The {{Player Character}}s and NPC then attempt skill checks to progress through the obstacle course until the pursuers catch up, or the pursued reaches a point that marks a safe escape.
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* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'':
** First game has Crash [[IndyEscape chased by a rolling ball of death]] in some levels. During this, you have to run towards the camera while avoiding obstacles coming your way that may either slow you down or outright kill you.
** In the second game, The FinalBoss fight has you [[GetBackHereBoss trying to chase the boss]] with a jetpack while he's flying through a space tube with lots of asteroids abound. Crashing into an asteroid will slow you down, so try avoid them as much as possible.
* ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'': Players can drop trap-type obstacles that obstruct/slow down other racers.
* In ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'', expect any chase scene involving Connor to have obstacles both thrown and inconveniently placed in his way. A notable example involves a chase with a deviant where he has to run through several farms and dodge people, heavy machinery, as well as crops among other things.
* In ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', Jayden has to pursue a suspect through a supermarket. Said suspect will try to slow Jayden down by throwing things like ice, fruit, and live chickens behind himself.
* ''{{VideoGame/Pepsiman}}'': Act 3 of each level involves Pepsiman being [[AdvancingWallOfDoom chased by something]] and Pepsiman has to navigate through obstacles to survive.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}'', a chase scene on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Island has you trying to protect Charlie from a mob of people running for his golden ticket. You have to knock over boxes of fruit and dump piles of snow to slow them down.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' parodied ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' by having the beavers (as cops) chasing their suspects down a "city". Every obstacle they have to overcome is nothing more than a cardboard box.
--> "Quick, they're headed for the cardboard box district!"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The cops are taking Bart for a day on the job. While they are explaining that it's not the action-oriented job Hollywood makes it out to be, they are interrupted by a heist and immediately start a high-speed chase through an alley full of cardboard boxes.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E12TheGunganGeneral , "The Gungan General"]]: During their second escape attempt Dooku is seen knocking over stacks of boxes behind the trio as they flee the pirates in order to impede their pursuers.
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