Try and Follow: Difference between revisions

== Comic Books ==

 

** "STUPID, STUPID RAT CREATURES!"

* In ''[[Sin City]]'', a common technique in avoiding persuing cop cars is to head to Old Town where they aren't allowed. A civilian car is fine since it's a possible customer for the prostitutes but since the girls have their own rules, a squad car is likely to get blown apart.

== Film ==

 

** Homaged in, among many other things, ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3'', where Snake does the same to escape Ocelot, whose response to this is "[[Try Not to Die|Don't you die on me yet...]]"

* ''[[Rambo]]'' (In First Blood, he was being chased through the woods and actually jumped from a small cliff into trees to escape.)

* Subverted in [[The Matrix]]. Morpheus gave Neo the ultimatum of either escaping by jumping onto a window washing platform or being captured by the Agents. Neo chose the second option.

** The [[Expanded Universe]] shows that such ploys are such a standard part of Han's repertoire that this trope could be named the "Han Solo Gambit".

* Simba's escape from the Hyenas through a thorn bush field after Mufasa's death in ''[[The Lion King]].'' Of course, Simba didn't mean to do this, but it had the same effect.

{{quote| '''Buttercup''': We'll never survive!<br />

'''Wesley''': Nonsense! You're only saying that because no one ever has. }}

* The most hilarious moment in the film ''[[True Lies]]'' involves Arnold Schwarzenegger on a horse (borrowed from a mounted city cop) chasing a bad guy on a motorcycle through an improbable array of settings, including crashing through an elegant soiree in a grand hotel. Eventually the villain uses a ramp to do a suicidal leap from the hotel roof... into a rooftop swimming pool a hundred feet away and twenty feet down. Arnold attempts to follow -- only to have his horse come to a dead stop and give him an "Are you insane?" look.

* Subverted in ''[[Fantastic Four]]: Rise of the Silver Surfer.'' When Johnny tries this move, apparently hoping his superior knowledge of the area will pay off, the Surfer phases stoically through the obstacles.

* In Mel Gibson's ''[[Apocalypto]]'', Jaguar Paw's jump from a waterfall is a turning point for the character and story. When his pursuers actually ''do'' follow and survive, he realizes that he can't just outrun them. After all, he is Jaguar Paw. He is a hunter. And this is ''his'' forest.

* In ''[[The Destroyer|Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins]]'', at one point Remo is being chased by a relentless trio of doberman pinschers. He climbs to the roof of a building to escape, but they follow somehow, at which point he [[It Makes Sense in Context|runs across a cable connecting the building he's on to another building]]. He even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] the situation by uttering a sarcastic, "Try and follow me now, you bastards!" Two of the dogs leave the roof to find other avenues of approach. But the third dog ''follows him across the cable''.

 

== Literature ==

 

* In ''[[Lucky Starr]] and the Rings of Saturn'', Starr evades pursuit by flying directly at Saturn's moon Mimas in an apparent crash dive. {{spoiler|His [[Weaponized Exhaust|drive exhaust]] vaporizes the icy substance of the moon ahead of him, giving him sufficient room to come to a stop beneath the moon's surface.}}

* In the ''[[Descent]]'' novels, St. John, during a dogfight around Shiva Station, decides to lose his tail by flying mere meters above the station's hull, dodging and weaving among the towers, antennae, and other assorted space station stuff. This absolutely horrifies his co-pilot, who is convinced that they are going to die. Fortunately, they do not. ''Un''fortunately, the pilot chasing them is good enough to follow them.