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Chase Scene
(aka: Car Chase)

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Chase Scene (trope)

"One jump ahead of the slowpokes, one skip ahead of my doom
Next time, gotta use a nom de plume
One jump ahead of the hitmen, one hit ahead of the flock
I think I'll take a stroll around the block!"
Aladdin, "One Jump Ahead," Aladdin

One of the most basic action scenes in fiction: one party is trying to get away from another. The variations you can hang on this premise are endless. Chases featuring Cool Cars is practically a trope unto itself, and whole genre of films has cropped up dedicated to it. Bonus funny points if it's accompanied by Benny Hill music. Tends to happen if a writer is trying to do a procedural of some kind.

See also Distraction Tropes, Escape Tropes, Motor Vehicle Tropes, Fight Scene.


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Alternative Title(s): Car Chase

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Blue to the Rescue

Blue chases after a drunk driver, and risks his life to stop her from running down a group of schoolchildren.

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