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This can often be in a [[Nightmare Sequence|scary dream sequence]]: the character is doing their best to move forward in the crowd, only to find that said crowd is getting denser and denser, resulting in the character being swept away as if in a tidal wave. Happens quite a bit in [[Crime and Punishment Series]] with the "Cop(s) chasing Suspect(s)" version.

Often a case of [[Truth in Television]]. Occasionally [[Played for Laughs]]. Compare to [[Excuse Me Coming Through]], where the crowd parts just when the hero or villain needs it to. If the character chooses a more direct path through the masses, it's a [[Foe-Tossing Charge]]. See also [[Le Parkour]].

Often a case of [[Truth in Television]]. Occasionally [[Played for Laughs]]. Compare to [[Excuse Me, Coming Through]], where the crowd parts just when the hero or villain needs it to. If the character chooses a more direct path through the masses, it's a [[Foe-Tossing Charge]]. See also [[Le Parkour]].

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* The main character of [[Cory Doctorow]]'s ''[[Down and Out In The Magic Kingdom]]'' does this all the time, which leads directly to his employment at Disney World.

* Done by Rincewind in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'', in a [[Shout Out]] to the ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'' example above.

* Done by Rincewind in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'', in a [[Shout-Out]] to the ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'' example above.

* In one of [[EE Doc Smith]]'s books (an early ''[[Lensman]]'' one, if memory serves) our hero is undercover with some criminals on a very highly populated planet - the criminals are experts at running the crowds, and the hero has to barge people aside and generally rush to keep up, and hope that the villain doesn't turn back to check on him. The expectation was that a guy in the position he was claiming to hold would know how to run the crowds, and it was a sort of [[Secret Test of Character]].

* ''[[New Moon]]'' does this in the big Italy scene. You've got to get to the other side of the square before the clock stops tolling in order to save your beloved from a successful suicide they really don't want to do..... did I mention we're having a festival?

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* ''[[Seinfeld]]'' does this with George while trying to get a ''Frogger'' arcade console across a busy New York City street. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* In the ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' episode, ''Turn and Face the Strange'', the ordinarily calm and collected Mr. Bennet has to make a desperate on-foot escape through a city street, comically knocking over just about every pedestrian in his way.

* In the ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' episode "[[Community (TV)/Recap/S2 E09 Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design|Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design]]" a [[Chase Scene]] occurs that includes examples of [[Excuse Me Coming Through]] and [[Mobstacle Course]] in the form of a Latvian Independence Parade... all within the confines of a blanket fort.

* In the ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' episode "[[Community (TV)/Recap/S2 E09 Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design|Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design]]" a [[Chase Scene]] occurs that includes examples of [[Excuse Me, Coming Through]] and [[Mobstacle Course]] in the form of a Latvian Independence Parade... all within the confines of a blanket fort.

* Happens when ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' visits big cities, especially in India. Sometimes used as a task where teams have to find a specific person within the mob.

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