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There is an important [[MacGuffin]] that two or more characters want. One character manages to get his or her hands on it, and now he or she needs to escape. [[Stern Chase|Unfortunately, now everybody is after his or her ass,]] [[Implacable Man|and they won't stop until they get it.]] In fact, they probably will get it, in which case, the hunter now becomes the hunted, as this character must flee, before the others snatch the [[MacGuffin]] back from them.
Often the reason the character opt to run instead of fight is due to a time crunch. They can't afford to take the time to fight, or no-one is strong enough to beat the other without getting badly injured. Or maybe there a [[Melee a Trois|just some many people involved in the chase, it's impossible to keep track of all the players.]] Expect the aforementioned
In some older Cartoons, it would often have one character running off with the
A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Chase Fight]], with a bit of [[Cat and Mouse Boss]] thrown in, with the twist that [[Inverted Trope|rather than getting a power up that makes the boss run from you, you claim an object that means now you have to run from him.]] Will likely either be the result of, or caused by a [[Melee a Trois]]. Also see [[Crowd Hockey]], particularly for when the melee takes place in crowded areas, As well as [[Loot Drama]]. Compare [[Stolen MacGuffin Reveal]], where the [[MacGuffin]] is only stolen once (twice, tops).
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]'' has [[Action Girlfriend|Miu]] battling [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Rimi,]] for ownership of a disk that has important information about Yami. The disk changed hands a few times before [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|being accidentally broken]] [[Shaggy Dog Story|by Thor.]] To throw salt on the wound, [[Red Herring|It was a fake.]]
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* ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]'' climaxes with one of these. The [[MacGuffin]] in question is the fabulous Baseball Diamond, which the Muppets end up actually playing baseball with.
== [[Live
* ''[[Angel]]'' Season 4: Several different factions want to get their hands on Angel's baby son.
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'': Who Mourns for Mourn? - Everyone fighting of Morn's latinum.
== [[
* ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'': For a while the Hardcore Title was defended on the "24/7 rule." Anybody could challenge for the belt at any time 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, no matter what the champ was doing, as long as they had a WWF ref to call the match. Frequently the new champ would then be attacked by one of his friends, who would win the belt only to be challenged in turn, and so on.
== [[Tabletop
* ''[[Paranoia (game)|Paranoia]]'': This is the basis for the first three sections of the adventure ''The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues''. Almost every secret society and service group in Alpha Complex wants the title Black Box, but most of them don't even know what's in it. It changes hands repeatedly between the various groups during the missions.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* There is an entire gameplay type for multiplayer
* ''[[Space Station 13]]''. Changelings, Nuclear authentication disks, wizards, RC Ds, EVA, and to many others to count. The game is a giant one.
* ''[[Persona 3]]'': The Answer has one point where {{spoiler|all of the main party members are fighting each other}} over their individual pieces of the [[Dismantled MacGuffin|Key of Time]].
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[[Category:MacGuffin]]
▲[[Category:MacGuffin Melee]]
[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]
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