"One jump ahead of the slow pokes
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!"
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.
See also Distraction Tropes, Escape Tropes, Motor Vehicle Tropes, Fight Scene.
Common elements:
- 1-Dimensional Thinking
- Acrophobic Bird
- Advancing Boss of Doom
- Advancing Wall of Doom
- Aerial Canyon Chase
- Automated Automobiles
- Baby Carriage
- Banana in the Tailpipe
- Big Heroic Run
- Blind Alley
- Bringing Running Shoes to a Car Chase
- Broken Heel
- Car Chase Shoot Out
- Car Hood Sliding
- Car Skiing
- Catch a Falling Star
- Chain-Link Fence
- The Chase (when an entire plot is built on this)
- Chased by Angry Natives
- Chase Fight
- Chased Off into the Sunset
- Chase-Scene Obstacle Course
- Chase Stops at Water
- Cliff Stack
- Climbing Climax
- Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
- Convenient Decoy Cat
- Convenient Escape Boat
- Crashing Through the Harem
- Crisis Catch And Carry
- Crowd Hockey
- Dangerous Clifftop Road
- Danger with a Deadline
- Decoy Convoy
- Dodge by Braking
- Down L.A. Drain
- Dramatic Chase Opening
- Dramatic Slip
- Drives Like Crazy
- Elevator Escape
- Elevator Snare
- Emergency Cargo Dump
- Escalating Chase
- Every Car Is a Pinto
- Everyone Chasing You
- Excuse Me, Coming Through!
- Exit, Pursued by a Bear
- Flashed-Badge Hijack
- Fluorescent Footprints
- Follow That Car
- Fruit Cart
- Getaway Driver
- Give Chase with Angry Natives
- Gone Behind the Bend
- Hall of Mirrors
- Hammerspace Police Force
- Handcar Pursuit
- Helicopter Blender
- Hero Stole My Bike
- He Went That Way
- High-Speed Hijack
- Hood Hopping
- Hot Pursuit
- Improvised Zipline
- Incredibly Obvious Tail
- Instant Convertible
- Jammed Seatbelts
- Just Keep Driving
- Kitchen Chase
- Lemming Cops
- Lost in a Crowd
- Low Clearance
- Low-Speed Chase
- Magic Brakes
- Mobstacle Course
- Money to Throw Away
- Multi-Track Drifting
- My Car Hates Me
- No Escape but Down
- Off Bridge, onto Vehicle
- Oil Slick
- Outside Ride
- Pedal-to-the-Metal Shot
- Pop the Tires
- The Precarious Ledge
- Pursued Protagonist
- Racing the Train
- Race Against the Clock
- Ram by Braking
- Ramp Jump
- Ramprovisation
- Removable Steering Wheel
- Road Block
- Road Runner vs. Coyote
- Road-Sign Reversal
- Rollercoaster Mine
- Roofhopping
- Rope Bridge
- Scooby-Dooby Doors
- Searching the Stalls
- Sheet of Glass
- Slippery Skid
- Slo-Mo Big Air
- Stairs Are Faster
- Stairwell Chase
- Suicidal "Gotcha!"
- Take the Wheel
- Television Geography
- Theme Park Landscape
- They Have the Scent!
- Thundering Herd
- Toyota Tripwire
- Train Escape
- Try and Follow
- Twisted Ankle
- Unconventional Vehicle Chase
- Under the Truck
- Vehicular Sabotage
- Wasn't That Fun?
- Wronski Feint
