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"Basic Trope: It's time to stop running and kick some ass.

  • Straight: During a citywide riot, The Big Guy Flash Young and The Smart Gal Alicia P. Navarro are running from some crazed gangsters. Alicia cries out to Flash that she's too tired, in which Flash responds that he's tired too, before the two of them stop and kick some ass.
  • Exaggerated: Flash has his whole gang running away, but once they get tired of running, they start kicking ass by the millions.
  • Downplayed: Flash only does a brief sprint, before deciding to face his foes.
  • Justified: Flash and Alicia were ordered to get back home, but the two of them got tired. Well, not tired enough to kick ass, that is!
  • Inverted: Flash and Alicia put up a brave front... Before bolting away, much to the foes' bewilderment.
  • Subverted: Flash decides to pick Alicia up once she whines about getting tired...
  • Double Subverted: ...And promptly bashes her against one of the chasing enemy gangsters.
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig-Zagged: ???
  • Averted: ???
  • Enforced: ???
  • Lampshaded: This exchange:
    Alicia: I'm tired! I can't go on!
    Flash: Y'know what, I'm tired too!
    Alicia: What!? We can't outrun them, then!
  • Invoked: The above lampshading can count as this.
  • Exploited: They use the element of surprise to catch the enemies off guard and beat them while they're distracted.
  • Defied: Flash just picks Alicia up and keeps running.
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

Tired of Running yet? I sure as hell am, and I'm sick of running from these wimps!

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