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* Skeletor in ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' frequently teleports away to safety whenever his schemes fail, or sometimes onto a conveniently placed vehicle.
* Skeletor in ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' frequently teleports away to safety whenever his schemes fail, or sometimes onto a conveniently placed vehicle.
* Spoofed in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode, "Super Best Friends", where the villain escapes via a Cobra Commander-like escape pod. The heroes just stand around and curse watching him get away.
* Spoofed in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode, "Super Best Friends", where the villain escapes via a Cobra Commander-like escape pod. The heroes just stand around and curse watching him get away.
* Done by Batman to the Legion of Doom at the end of ''[[Justice League|Justice League Unlimited]]''. For helping save the world from Darkseid's invasion, he gave them "A five minute head start." As the last episode of the series, it was more than enough time.
* Done by Batman to the Legion of Doom at the end of ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League Unlimited]]''. For helping save the world from Darkseid's invasion, he gave them "A five minute head start." As the last episode of the series, it was more than enough time.
* Repeatedly (and suspiciously) used in the TV series ''[[G.I. Joe]]''. After defeating the doomsday device of the week, G.I. Joe will often round up lower echelon Cobra troopers to presumably face prison, but the upper echelon villains such as Cobra Commander, Destro and Zartan will always escape. Sometimes, this is due to most of them being slippery masters of disguise, but on a couple of occasions the Joes will literally watch them run or drive away, which is particularly odd when you consider that the Joes usually still have plenty of working vehicles at the end of a mission. Job security, maybe?
* Repeatedly (and suspiciously) used in the TV series ''[[G.I. Joe]]''. After defeating the doomsday device of the week, G.I. Joe will often round up lower echelon Cobra troopers to presumably face prison, but the upper echelon villains such as Cobra Commander, Destro and Zartan will always escape. Sometimes, this is due to most of them being slippery masters of disguise, but on a couple of occasions the Joes will literally watch them run or drive away, which is particularly odd when you consider that the Joes usually still have plenty of working vehicles at the end of a mission. Job security, maybe?
** And it's not like Cobra Commander usually makes much attempt to conceal his intention to run away, what with his habit of loudly shouting "COOOOOOBRA! RETREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAT!" in full earshot of the Joes.
** And it's not like Cobra Commander usually makes much attempt to conceal his intention to run away, what with his habit of loudly shouting "COOOOOOBRA! RETREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAT!" in full earshot of the Joes.
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