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{{trope}}
Our hero has to get to his destination ''yesterday'', and he's on foot. Unfortunately, there's a huge crowd between him and his goal, and for whatever reason, shouting at them to get out of his way just isn't cutting it. His only option is to weave his way through the crowd Frogger-style; changing speeds, cutting left and right to avoid clumps of people, and sometimes even ducking under carried objects and jumping over the incidental obstacles like benches and garbage cans. Generally, if the person is being chased or is fleeing a scene, they'll not even bother dodging, preferring to just bull their way through a crowd as best they can. (Naturally, the hero has to be nicer about it than the villain.) Of course, if the person being chased does this right, they tend to be [[Lost in
If one half of a couple is about to leave on a plane/boat/train/whatever, the odds that the other person will have to run the [[Mobstacle Course]] increase exponentially.
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* Daily mobstacle course training was how the protagonist of [[Eyeshield 21]] managed to (unintentionally) develop the skills needed to become a great runningback.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Nami went through one of these to get to the [[Cool Boat|Going Merry]] at the end of the Arlong Arc, though this example is a bit different from the norm in that the crowd is an issue because they're trying to ''thank'' her. Being Nami, she not only gets through the crowd with ease, she steals all their money in the process.
* In the ''[[Kenichi:
== Comics ==
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* Subverted in ''[[Hackers]]'', where the heroes are able to not only weave through the crowded conditions around Grand Central Station easily, they use the crowd (and the traffic) to keep the FBI at bay for a while.
* Used ''[[Batman:
* Deckard does this while pursuing Zhora through the crowd in ''[[Blade Runner]]''.
* Subverted in ''[[Ong Bak]]: The Thai Warrior'' in which Tony Jaa, confronted by a crowd, ''runs across people's heads''. The [[Mooks]] chasing him are unable to duplicate the feat and must push through the [[Mobstacle Course]].
* Likewise in ''[[
* In ''[[The Princess Bride (
* In ''[[
** Later in ''[[
*** Or simply change places with them
* In ''[[
* In ''Broadcast News'', Joan Cusack's character must cross a [[Mobstacle Course]] to get a badly needed newstape to the broadcast booth in order for the tape to be included in that night's news broadcast. She barely gets it there in time, but she gets it there.
* ''[[Film/Equilibrium|Equilibrium]]'': John Preston does this at least twice. He didn't have any place in particular to go one of the times, he was just running to blow off some steam or possibly to be alone and he floored random citizen onto his back!
* ''[[
** ''[[
* ''The Wind And The Lion'': While the U.S. Marines are trotting through the streets of Tangier, they run into a crowd of people and push them out of the way, including throwing two people into market stalls along a wall.
* ''[[Wanted]]''. One of the various climactic scenes is this trope [[Incendiary Exponent|on fire.]] The main character runs through a huge loom hallway covered with explosive rats, shooting the hell out of everyone that gets in his way, never once reloading his weapons- instead, he catches the guns his enemies drop out of the air. And he doesn't stop moving.
* The climax of ''[[
* ''[[
* In the Hungarian film ''[[
== Literature ==
* 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
* In one of [[
* ''[[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 series)|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 ''[[
* 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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* One of the highlighted features of ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' was the protagonists capacity to make his way unnoticed through [[Mobstacle Course|crowds]], weaving in and out, and gently pushing people aside without breaking pace.
* Ryo ends up having to do this a few times while chasing various people in ''[[Shenmue]]''.
* You do this automatically if someone's in your way in ''[[Prototype (
* The [[Nintendo]] ''[[Back to The Future]]'' game. And what's better, [[Everything Trying to Kill You|everyone wants Marty dead]], including [[Sheet of Glass|guys carrying windows]] and hula hoop girls.
* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' invokes a tragic version of this while you're trying to get to Jason.
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* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "A Taste of Freedom", during Freedom Day (the day for doing whatever you want with no regard for consequences) Bender attaches a cowcatcher to himself for pushing through crowds.
* In [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]], our introduction to the titular character occurs as he dashes with a stolen piece of bread through crowds, fakirs, and herds of sheep with ease while his pursuers take the "toss-everyone-aside" approach.
* This is how Kronk loses the bag holding the unconscious Kuzco in ''[[The Emperor's New Groove
== Real Life ==
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