History Main / EscapeSequence

* The game of the movie for ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'' had a Dryptosaurus which one couldn't defeat, and had to trick off the cliff through a highly convoluted maneuver.

* ''VideoGame/FatalFrame 2'': When Sae's ghost appears after Mio drops her camera.
** Heck, the Fatal Frame series in general does this with each BigBad. Most of the game is spent periodically having to flee from them, since there's no way to fight them until the final battle.

* It occurs during the 'Ruined Zoo' section of ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl's'' Subspace Emissary, where you run from the Pig King Statue.

*** The player-preferred solution to this section is [[SequenceBreaking to trigger the Mursaat's patrol and then retreating to a safe point]]; the Mursaat will pass by and clear the path of Iron Summit before dying in siege weapon fire.

* Happens a lot in the early chapters of ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''. In the first couple of chapters, Gordon has to flee through tenement buildings, across rooftops and over railway lines. Once he gains the crowbar and clubs a soldier to death for his 9mm, however, he can (mostly) stop running. Later, during the Route Kanal chapter, a Hunter-Chopper makes repeated appearances, forcing Gordon into sewers and similar to escape. Then follows an (amazing) airboat section in which dropships zoom overhead and you flee through the canals. After that, you encounter the Hunter-Chopper again, but are able to engage it in a Boss Battle with your Vort-enhanced pulse rifle.
** Episode II also had the Hunter-Chopper chase you as you fled in the muscle car. Once you reached the resistance outpost you can put on a clinic hurling the choppers mines back at it.

* The prologue of ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'' ends with King Boo trying to [[AndIMustScream trap Luigi in a picture frame, just as he did with Mario, Peach and the Toads]]. Since Luigi is defenseless at the moment, all you can do is run to the end of the hallway and escape via falling down a laundry chute. And don't let King Boo catch you, or you'll get a NonStandardGameOver where Luigi gets framed, spending his last moments screaming in terror.

*** Of course, it's still invincible until the story calls for you to kill it, as the SA-X's last appearance prior to the fight is before you get the Plasma Beam, which is needed to damage it.

** ''VideoGame/The3rdBirthday'': Anytime the Reaper appears, except for the last time where the soldiers are bringing in The [[EnergyWeapon Berzerkers]]. The BGM is even an arrange of UB's theme.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' has the chase to Marrymore Chapel, in which Mario is both chasing and being chased - the villain is in front of him, but the {{Mook}}s are behind him.
* One of the doors in Baby Bowser's castle in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland'' features Tap Tap the Golden chasing you in an insanely annoying [[AutoScrollingLevel auto scrolling area.]]

** [[VideoGame/PaperMario The original game]] had the sequence with Tubba Blubba.

%% Not an example * ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'' has one for ''every'' non-boss level - after hitting a frog switch, Wario is forced to traverse through the level to get back to the entry portal before time runs out, often taking completely new paths to do so. If Wario doesn't make it in time, he starts rapidly losing coins until he hits zero and [[DeathThrows gets thrown off the stage]].

* One occurs in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' Wrath of the Lich King patch 3.3, it involves your 5man party plus one AI heroine (Jania Proudmoore for Alliance, Sylvanas for Horde) as you try to escape from the Lich King who keeps creating ice walls that your NPC ally has to destroy as he keeps sending undead minions at you. He can be damaged while advancing, but he has far too much health to be killed within the escape sequence. (Unless you used a bug to lead him in circles in the starting room instead of a planned course. In that case killing him "just" takes ages and he drops nothing.) It is not until the final encounter of the expansion's last raid that you finally fight him head-on.
** There's also some solo quests where the Lich King appears, and he starts casting [[TitleDrop Wrath of the Lich King]]. Run.