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

** In an earlier storyline, Breya's starship was being repaired in a stolen-and-resold Ob'enn fabbery. A pair of Ob'enn Thunderhead Superfortress-class ships were bearing down on them, causing Breya and Kevyn - onboard the ship - to hit the throttles and tear out of there in the hopes of at least DISTRACTING the attackers. Aboard the fabbery, Warrant Officer Thurl sees the ship leave, and immediately heads for the lifeboat at a dead run, encouraging the rest of the engineering squad to keep up. He comments, "If the ''Athens'' left like there's no tomorrow, then there probably '''won't''' be..."

* If you are in a forest, and all animals suddenly start running in the same direction, run with them. They have a good reason for it. It can safe your life.

* ''ExterminatusNow''

DontTryThisAtHome exists for a reason: some things are best just left to the professionals. Firemen, policemen, bomb techs, seasoned military veterans even action heroes and superheroes, put their bodies and lives on the line in the course of their job dealing with lots of dangerous stuff.

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* Also in TerryPratchett's ''JohnnyAndTheBomb'', where, during the Battle of Britain, an explosives expert is working on an unexploded bomb. Some falling bricks tumble down and hit the bomb, which starts ticking. A policeman asks, "Once they start ticking, how long until ..." then realizes he's talking to an empty space where the bomb tech was a moment ago.
** In ''{{Discworld}}'', alchemists must be smart and athletic. Smart enough to know when their experiment is about to explode, and athletic enough to get behind cover before it does. The smart part also includes running when somebody else starts running.

** In Entry #42, Jay shouts this to [[spoiler: Alex]] after having an encounter with the Operator. Its... [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Funny/MarbleHornets funnier than it sounds]].

* [[JerkJock Dash]] gets this from his hero [[DannyPhantom Danny Phantom]] when they're both shrunk. Because he's losing his powers from said incident, Danny can't fight any obstacles in his path, so he tells Dash to make a break for it. They pretty much do this for the majority of the episode.

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* The amount of running involved in ''Series/DoctorWho'' is something of a RunningGag ([[AWorldwidePunomenon sorry]]), to the point where "RUN!" is the Doctor's first line in the new series.

-->'''Lothar:''' Runs pretty fast for a nerdy dude.

* In ''[[JurassicPark The Lost World]]'' LightGun game, the second level requires the players to shoot their way through Site B's Visitor Center to locate Ian and Sarah. They find them, and one of the player characters asks what's going on (Ian and Sarah are running towards them). All they get is a "RUN!"

* ''TheWhiteboard'': Doc, the central character and polar bear who runs the paintball shop, dabbles in MadScience on the side. His friends and colegues quickly learn that when something goes wrong at the workbench, you don't want to be anywhere in the blast zone, [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb440.html a fact being demonstrated here]] to new hire Sandy.

* Carlos Mencia on ''MindOfMencia'' referenced this trope regarding the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. A child at a resort apparently saw animals that were natural enemies running away from the water and remembered a nature documentary that said animals can often sense danger before humans. He told his family this and they ran for the high ground just before the wave hit. Mencia took this one step further, "If you see a cop, a black guy and a Mexican holding hands and running, then ''RUN''!"

* From ''{{Tremors}} II'': They trap the monsters in a garage, Earl [[NoKillLikeOverkill rigs every explosive]] [[CrazyPrepared Burt]] has to explode. Everyone runs for it, then hides behind a wooden shed a distance off from the garage, except for Burt.

* You are advised by the [[{{Mook}} Pigmasks]] in the Chimera Laboratory in ''{{Mother 3}}'' to GET THE HECK OUT OF THERE if you see the Ultimate Chimera (described as being the red one with the teeth). This is for good reason; should you attempt to approach it, you don't even get a HopelessBossFight; you lose, right then and there.

* The first ''{{Hellboy}}'' film has [[PlayingWithFire Liz]] gaining full control of her powers near the end. As she [[WreathedInFlames immolates herself]], she tells her companion "You should be running."

* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''[[CallahansCrosstimeSaloon Callahan's Secret]]'', where a rookie to the New York City bomb squad specifically thinks "If he's running, I need to get the hell out of here!" when he sees his superior, Sergeant Noah Gonzalez, take off running in the middle of a defusing operation.

-->Burt: No No No keep going! It's gonna be big!
-->Kate: Is he serious?
-->Earl: Burt knows his bombs.

* The first {{Hellboy}} film has [[PlayingWithFire Liz]] gaining full control of her powers near the end. As she [[WreathedInFlames immolates herself]], she tells her companion "You should be running."

* Also in Terry Pratchett's ''Johnny And The Bomb'', where, during the Battle of Britain, an explosives expert is working on an unexploded bomb. Some falling bricks tumble down and hit the bomb, which starts ticking. A policeman asks, "Once they start ticking, how long until ..." then realizes he's talking to an empty space where the bomb tech was a moment ago.
** In ''Discworld'', alchemists must be smart and athletic. Smart enough to know when their experiment is about to explode, and athletic enough to get behind cover before it does. The smart part also includes running when somebody else starts running.

*** The above quote is from the Youtube Special, when they were trying to ignite ''a million matchheads'' at night.

* BobAndGeorge: Bob reminds George of his superpowers and reacts appropriately. [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020720c So do others]]

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[[caption-width-right:194:Rule 3 in action. (The red things are mines. The guy on the top is the commander. The guy in the middle is the ordinance tech.)]]

* The story about the kid referred to ''Live-Action TV'' is partially true. There was a kid who had just recently learned that if the water draws back, there will be a huge flood wave. The kid warned their parents and so a lot of people could run to safety, while on the other hand OTHER people walked INTO the ocean to look where the water went.

[[caption-width-right:194:Rule 3 in action.]]

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