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* Happens in every series in ''[[Transformers]]''. Typically the reason for the Decepticons getting away in the old series was that they could fly and the Autobots couldn't, even though they could in the pilot episode. A spin on it was done in ''Transformers Armada'', where the Decepticons got away by teleporting; the episodes that revolved around getting a Minicon always had them teleporting away, regardless of whether they got it or not. This led some to some moments where they would leave even if they had the overall advantage. Although this wasn't the only Transformers series that did it, it did it the most frequently.
* In an episode of ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]'', [[Villain of the Week]] The Junkman has been tied to a chair on his own ship. He tricks Jimmy into freeing him, then heads over to an escape pod, and escapes, while everyone just stands there.
* In ''[[The Magician (French TV series)|The Magician]]'', while Ace Cooper would always be able to capture the minor, one shoot villains in each episode, the major baddies such as Black Jack, Sonny Boy and Faceless would always escape. In Black Jack's case, it's not that he ran away, but is that his lawyer Clockwise would always be able to twist the facts around so Black Jack wouldn't be arrested.
* [[Big Bad|Slade]] does this in the first season finale of ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', after his mask gets knocked off and he's decided he's had enough. He ''does'', however, trigger his lair's self-destruct so that the Titans won't be able to follow him. The season four finale has a variation, as Slade is actually [[Enemy Mine|not really a villain at that point]] and gets flung away by [[Satan|Trigon]] from the final battle, not to be seen again. Later on, though, Robin expresses his belief that Slade survived and returned to his villainous ways.
* At the end of [[The Movie]] of ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', Joker is apparently so used to this trope through the years tangling with Batman that when Terry destroys his [[Kill Sat]] control and sends the ensuing [[Death From Above]] heading right towards the Joker's hideout, his only response is:
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