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* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'': When [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Walter Peck]] orders the Ghostbusters' containment grid shut off, [[IgnoredExpert despite Peter, Egon, and even the electrical engineer Peck brought along, all trying to convince him what a]] ''[[IgnoredExpert terrible]]'' [[IgnoredExpert idea that is]], [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Egon, Peter, and Janine are seen edging around the police and toward the staircase, getting ready to run like hell]].

* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'': When [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Walter Peck]] orders the Ghostbusters' containment grid shut off, despite Peter, Egon, and even the electrical engineer Peck brought along, all trying to convince him what a ''terrible'' idea that is, [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Egon and Peter are seen edging around the police and toward the staircase, getting ready to run like hell]].

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheIslandOfMiraclesAnimalAdventure'' have the gang's first encounter with Dakke; while in the [[ExtinctAnimalPark futuristic Isle of Miracles]], Suneo and Gian accidentally pissed off a Wooly Rhinoceros who starts pursuing them. While fleeing, they stumble across a surprised Dakke, and the first thing they told him is "run from the rhino!"

* In Creator/JohnGrisham's ''Literature/TheFirm'', FBI Agent Tarrance calls the firm and leaves a message for Mitch [=McDeere=], demanding that he call "[[CovertDistressCall Judge Henry Hugo]]." Mitch knows it is Tarrance's ''"don't ask questions, just run for your life"'' signal, and does just that. He reflects that as dumb as Tarrance has otherwise been in handling his case, the idea for that signal was absolutely brilliant.

* In Creator/JohnGrisham's ''Literature/TheFirm'', FBI Agent Tarrance calls the firm and leaves a message for Mitch [=McDeere=], demanding that he call "Judge Henry Hugo." Mitch knows it is Tarrance's ''"don't ask questions, just run for your life"'' signal, and does just that. He reflects that as dumb as Tarrance has otherwise been in handling his case, the idea for that signal was absolutely brilliant.

** The linked example is an inner containment tube for a set of cobalt-60 sources manufactured in 1963 - normally, iit and the cobalt-60 it held would be stored inside a pile of lead bricks to absorb the gamma rays. Even after 60 years, those sources are still extremely radioactive. How radioactive? Without shielding, [[https://cen.acs.org/safety/Chemistry-Pictures-Drop-Run/98/web/2020/04 “if you sprint away immediately, you might not die"]].

* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'': When Walter Peck orders the containment grid shut off, despite Peter, Egon, and even the electrical engineer Peck brought along, all trying to convince him what a ''terrible'' idea that is, [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Egon and Peter are seen edging around the police and toward the staircase, getting ready to run like hell]].

* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'': When [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Walter Peck]] insists upon shutting off the Ghostbusters facility's containment grid, [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Egon silently mouths the word "boom" to Peter and Janine]] and starts moving towards the stairs.

* ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'': When the super-powered girl is hitting 500-mph fastballs, and the psychic tells you to [[http://eheroes.thecomicseries.com/comics/461/ run ...]]

[-[[caption-width-right:250:The occupational hazard of working for a polar bear who dabbles in MadScience. Yeah, you better run.]]-]

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'': The oft-referred as "Joestar Family Secret Technique", started by [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Joseph Joestar]]: When things got ridiculously out of hand, just ''run for your lives''. This being Joseph, however, he usually has a plan afterwards. It just requires him to run away from the current location to make it work. He even stated that he'll never abandon a fight, just using running to tactically re-position himself.

** In the trailer for season 12 episode "Stuck in the Middle (with You)", Castiel is dying...

** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' usually has at least one "scared" line (used when a civilian panics) that goes along the lines of, "Don't look -- just run!"

-->'''Nigel:''' Bob, do you read, over? [[KingOfTheDinosaurs Matilda's]] behind you. Don't look, just run!

** ...until you reach a high-enough level, then you ''have to'' fight the Reaper to get a token that opens the BonusDungeon.

* VideoGame/{{Pikmin 2}} has a situation quite similar to the example above in the form of Submerged Castle. If you spend too long on any floor in this cave, the [[EldritchAbomination Waterwraith]] comes down and attempts to steamroll you. It isn't fun.

* LetsPlay/TheRussianBadger has a humdinger of one: while playing {{VideoGame/Totally Accurate|BattleSimulator}} [[BattleRoyaleGame Battlegrounds]], Badger's pals Grouse and Badda dress up as [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Fred and Shaggy]]. Badda [[https://youtu.be/fkMW60W180E?t=458 inadvertently triggers a countdown on a nuclear warhead]], leading to the comical image of a Shaggy lookalike fleeing in googly-eyed terror without explaining himself until the nuke goes off. The crew barely manages to make it to minimum safe distance.