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{{quote|''"No more running. I aim to misbehave."''|'''Malcolm Reynolds''', ''[[Serenity]]''}}
{{quote|''"No, I'm tired of running! [[I Am Not Shazam|Did Braveheart run away? Did Payback run away?]]"''|'''Homer Simpson'''
Sometimes it's easier to run. Especially if there are [[Stern Chase|people chasing you]] who want to capture or hurt or kill you. And especially if these people are stronger or greatly outnumber you and to face them is to [[Run or Die|give up your life or freedom]]. In these cases, it's a lot easier to run.
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See also [[Do Not Go Gentle]], [[Rousing Speech]]. For the video game mechanic, see [[Sprint Meter]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In the first episode of ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'', Akito goes out to distract the Jovians while the Nadesico launches. He spends a lot of time just running before he says, "The hell with this!", turns around and starts beating on them with his [[Rocket Punch]].
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* In ''[[Child of the Hive]]'', Sophie {{spoiler|builds mental shields to prevent the Hive getting into her brain. Eventually she decides that the only way to be free is to confront the Hive, turning their mental connection into her greatest weapon.}}
* [[Cal Leandros]] and his brother decide to stop running from his Auphe relatives and settle down in NYC at the beginning of the series. {{spoiler|As it turns out, running did them no good anyway, as the Auphe could track Cal anywhere, any time.}}
* Rather surprisingly (not least to himself), [[Lovable Coward|Rincewind]] does this in ''[[
{{quote|Rincewind had always relied on running away. But sometimes, perhaps, you had to stand and fight if only because there was nowhere left to run.}}
* Discussed, to some extent, in [[Tom Clancy]]'s ''[[Clear and Present Danger]]'' (the book, not the film). The situation: the American special forces squad are being pursued by a 200-man army of
== [[Live
* There was a skit from ''[[The State]]'' where they played with this. A man escapes from prison (through a wide open gate) and then returns years later, but finds that they gave up looking for him.
* In ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'', John advocates this strategy when dealing with [[Implacable Man|Cromartie]], saying he's tired of constantly running from him and wants to turn the tables on the Terminator.
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* The song "Easier to Run" by Linkin Park talks about how it is a lot easier to run from your problems instead of choosing to face them head on.
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* In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', Shepard visits the Migrant Fleet, the traveling home of the quarians. The quarians are a people who lost a [[Robot War]] to their own creations, and have spent the last three hundred years wandering, nomadic. Admiral Shala'Raan [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5LWctIJjmg reveals] that there's a growing movement among the fleet to return to the homeworld and fight - even though as things stand that would be suicide.
{{quote|"We grow tired of wandering the stars, Shepard. We want our world back. We have paid enough for our mistake."}}
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** In a rather surprising twist, one would be well to notice that Sephiroth flees the party several times in [[Final Fantasy VII]]. However, it should also be noted that had he faced them at the time, he almost [[Took a Level in Badass|would have]] [[Implausible Fencing Powers|certainly]] [[One-Winged Angel|killed them.]]
** The one time you DO finally fight him (ignoring Bizzaro and [[One-Winged Angel|Safer]] [[Trope Namer|Sephiroth]]), it's scripted so that you beat him on the first attack. With an [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|Omnislash]], at that.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Played for comedic effect in the ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]''-based webcomic ''[[Bob and George]]'' by David Anez. Yellow Demon chases Mega Man and Proto Man around for a few comics, until Mega Man decides to stand and fight. [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000715 And throw in some movie quotes while he's at it.]▼
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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'''Predaking''': "Tornedron, face Predaking! To the end!" }}
** As for how it turned out, {{spoiler|they totally die. But they get better. Because Grimlock saves the day. No, really.}}
▲* Played for comedic effect in the ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]''-based webcomic ''[[Bob and George]]'' by David Anez. Yellow Demon chases Mega Man and Proto Man around for a few comics, until Mega Man decides to stand and fight. [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000715 And throw in some movie quotes while he's at it.]
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