Escape Tropes

When you gotta go, you gotta go. Here are some tropes about daring escapes-- from fleeing the scene of a crime, to masterminding a prison break.

Many of these stem from, or lead to, a Chase Scene.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have some very unpleasant people on my tail. Just need... some place to hide...

Tropes:
See also:
 * Distraction Tropes
 * Insecurity System


 * Alone With Prisoner Ploy
 * Always Close
 * Air Vent Passageway
 * Balcony Escape
 * Bathroom Break Out
 * Bedsheet Ladder
 * Bench Breaker
 * Big Damn Fire Exit
 * Big Heroic Run
 * Broken Heel
 * Cacophony Cover Up
 * Come With Me If You Want to Live
 * Convenient Cranny
 * Convenient Decoy Cat
 * Convenient Escape Boat
 * Curtain Camouflage
 * Ejection Seat
 * Elevator Escape
 * Elopement
 * Escape Artist
 * Escape From the Crazy Place
 * Escape Pod
 * Escape Sequence
 * Exit Pursued By a Bear
 * Fakeout Escape
 * Fake Out Make Out
 * Giving Them the Strip
 * Great Escape
 * Hyperspeed Escape
 * Imminent Danger Clue
 * Indy Escape
 * Infraction Distraction
 * Its Probably Nothing
 * Land in The Saddle
 * Lost in A Crowd
 * Make It Look Like a Struggle
 * Mercy Lead
 * Must Let Them Get Away
 * No Escape but Down
 * Not So Great Escape
 * Prisoner of Zenda Exit
 * Right Under Their Noses
 * Run for The Border
 * So Long Suckers
 * So Much for Stealth
 * Terrifying Rescuer
 * Throwing the Distraction
 * Thwarted Escape
 * Time Travel Escape
 * Train Escape
 * Try and Follow
 * Tunnel King
 * Underground Railroad
 * Underside Ride
 * Vehicle Vanish
 * Villain Exit Stage Left
 * We Will Meet Again

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