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* [[Pinocchio]] runs away from his creator/father, Geppetto. The book version is actually far more disturbing than the Disney movie, featuring the puppet being hanged and then nursed back life by the Blue Fairy, before he goes on the run again, and eventually, turns into a donkey, gets swallowed by a whale, and etc.
* In Robertson Davies' [[Deptford Trilogy]], Paul Dempster runs away to join the circus.
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** Harry runs away from the Dursleys after he blows up Aunt Marge in ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (novel)|Prisoner of Azkaban]]''.
** In ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel)|Goblet of Fire]]'', Harry briefly considers running away from Hogwarts rather than facing the First Task.
*** Harry considers it again in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (novel)|Order of the Phoenix]]'', a bit more seriously than in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel)|Goblet of Fire]]''.
** Sirius did this as a teenager.
* In one of the ''[[Smallville]]'' novels, Clark runs away to Metropolis. This is similar to an plotline that occurs in the TV Series, except that in the novel, Clark doesn't put on a red kryptonite ring and go insane.
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