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Usually begins [[In Medias Res]]. If the hero gets pursued later in the story, expect a character briefly introduced earlier [[Come with Me If You Want to Live|to rescue him, thus ending the chase]]. |
Usually begins [[In Medias Res]]. If the hero gets pursued later in the story, expect a character briefly introduced earlier [[Come with Me If You Want to Live|to rescue him, thus ending the chase]]. |
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Can overlap with [[Dramatic Chase Opening]]. Compare [[Bring News Back]]. |
Can overlap with [[Dramatic Chase Opening]]. Compare [[Bring News Back]]. |
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[[Sub-Trope]] of [[Herald]]. |
[[Sub-Trope]] of [[Herald]]. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* The novel ''[[Green Rider]]'' opens with a messenger who's been shot in the back trying to escape pursuit. He meets the heroine and makes her swear to deliver his message, then dies on the spot. |
* The novel ''[[Green Rider]]'' opens with a messenger who's been shot in the back trying to escape pursuit. He meets the heroine and makes her swear to deliver his message, then dies on the spot. |
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** And then goes on to save the heroine's life several times despite being DOA (Dead On Arrival) |
** And then goes on to save the heroine's life several times despite being DOA (Dead On Arrival) |
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* The prologue of Christopher Paolini's ''[[Inheritance Cycle|Eragon]]''. The [[MacGuffin]] gets teleported at the last minute. |
* The prologue of Christopher Paolini's ''[[Inheritance Cycle|Eragon]]''. The [[MacGuffin]] gets teleported at the last minute. |
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* [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'' begins (not in the very first scene but very soon after) with a palace guard rushing to escape, er, other palace guards while trying to spirit the baby prince out of the castle following the king's death. When who should he meet, before dying of an arrow wound, but the three witches... |
* [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'' begins (not in the very first scene but very soon after) with a palace guard rushing to escape, er, other palace guards while trying to spirit the baby prince out of the castle following the king's death. When who should he meet, before dying of an arrow wound, but the three witches... |
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[[Category:Film Tropes]] |
[[Category:Film Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Pursued Protagonist]] |
[[Category:Pursued Protagonist]] |
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[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]] |
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