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See also the subtrope [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game]]. |
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== [[Film]] == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* ''[[The Third Man]]''. |
* ''[[The Third Man]]''. |
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* ''Honored Enemy'' of ''[[The Riftwar Cycle]]'' in which soldiers on the opposing sides of a war [[Enemy Mine|band together]] to escape the dark elves chasing after them to kill them for a variety of reasons. |
* ''Honored Enemy'' of ''[[The Riftwar Cycle]]'' in which soldiers on the opposing sides of a war [[Enemy Mine|band together]] to escape the dark elves chasing after them to kill them for a variety of reasons. |
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* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "[[Black Colossus]]", after his defeat, Natohk abducts Yasmela. Conan chases after them. |
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "[[Black Colossus]]", after his defeat, Natohk abducts Yasmela. Conan chases after them. |
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** In "[[The Frost-Giant's Daughter|The Gods of the North]]", an obviously magical woman lures Conan into a chase that brings him to her giant brothers. When he kills them, he chases her |
** In "[[The Frost-Giant's Daughter|The Gods of the North]]", an obviously magical woman lures Conan into a chase that brings him to her giant brothers. When he kills them, he chases her again—this time, she is seriously frightened. |
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* In [[Poul Anderson]]'s ''[[A Midsummer Tempest]]'', chasing the escaped Rupert is half the book. |
* In [[Poul Anderson]]'s ''[[A Midsummer Tempest]]'', chasing the escaped Rupert is half the book. |
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* The [[Time Scout]] series is full of these, starting with the second book. Mostly they involve Skeeter Jackson. |
* The [[Time Scout]] series is full of these, starting with the second book. Mostly they involve Skeeter Jackson. |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
== [[Web Comics]] == |
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* [http://snuggleninja.blogspot.com/2011/12/attraction.html Snuggleninja] is always chasing the butterfly. |
* [http://snuggleninja.blogspot.com/2011/12/attraction.html Snuggleninja] is always chasing the butterfly. |
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* In [[Sinfest]], after [ |
* In [[Sinfest]], after [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209191626/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4203 Death realizes the zombie's a fugitive], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209174230/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4205 the chase is on.] |
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** Also, annually, Death has to chase down the year, who always tries to make a break for it. |
** Also, annually, Death has to chase down the year, who always tries to make a break for it. |
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Latest revision as of 06:57, 21 September 2018
A plot centered around characters pursuing one another.
A drawn out chase which forms an underlying theme for a series is a Stern Chase.
They Have the Scent is common in short chases.
See also the subtrope Hunting the Most Dangerous Game.
Examples of The Chase include:
Film
- The Third Man.
- The Fugitive.
- Smokey and the Bandit.
- Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
- The movie The Chase. Which makes it Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
- Apocalypto
- The Warriors (Stern Chase example)
Literature
- Honored Enemy of The Riftwar Cycle in which soldiers on the opposing sides of a war band together to escape the dark elves chasing after them to kill them for a variety of reasons.
- In Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian story "Black Colossus", after his defeat, Natohk abducts Yasmela. Conan chases after them.
- In "The Gods of the North", an obviously magical woman lures Conan into a chase that brings him to her giant brothers. When he kills them, he chases her again—this time, she is seriously frightened.
- In Poul Anderson's A Midsummer Tempest, chasing the escaped Rupert is half the book.
- The Time Scout series is full of these, starting with the second book. Mostly they involve Skeeter Jackson.
Live-Action TV
- The William Hartnell Doctor Who episode "The Chase," in which the Daleks first develop time travel and chase him and his companions all through time and space.
Newspaper Comics
- Dick Tracy had this as a major element in his stories as the police detective relentlessly chases a particular villain who gets more and more desperate as he realizes to his terror that this cop will not stop.
Web Comics
- Snuggleninja is always chasing the butterfly.
- In Sinfest, after Death realizes the zombie's a fugitive, the chase is on.
- Also, annually, Death has to chase down the year, who always tries to make a break for it.
Western Animation
- Pepe Le Pew and his kitty.
- Roadrunner & Wile E. Coyote.
- Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd/ Yosemite Sam/ various unnamed characters, Sylvester and Tweety Bird/ Speedy Gonzales/ various unnamed characters, Tom and Jerry, Dick Dastardly and Yankee Doodle Pigeon, Gargamel and the Smurfs, etc., etc., etc., etc., we get it, cartoons involve chasing.
- The entire plot of the Danny Phantom episode "Reality Trip". The Guys in White constantly pursue Danny and friends after Danny accidentally exposed his half ghost power to the public.
- This troper can't recollect a full episode devoted to this, but is willing to bet that The Simpsons have done it.
- The episode "The Chase" of Avatar: The Last Airbender stands out among numerous episodes dealing with the Fire Nation's pursuit of the heroes.