Subverted in The Thing: It starts off with a husky being pursued be Norwegians in a helicopter who are throwing sticks of dynamite.Marv's story in Sin City begins this way with a SWAT team moving in to capture the hero.

She passes them on to R2, who gets them to Farm Boy Luke and kick starts the adventure.

A New Hope opens this way, with Leia being pursued by a Star Destroyer on her way to deliver the plans of the Death Star to the rebellion.

Octopussy had Agent 009 in a clown costume, pursued by a knife thrower, before dying in the British Embassy with the MacGuffin in his hand.

One of the kidnapped scientists was fleeing through a forest, being pursued by a giant flying buzzsaw.

The film version of Wild Wild West opened this way see the page quote.

Although this isn't the beginning of her story, it kicks off the Enter the Matrix video game and the second film. She's a strange example because she is delivering a message inside the Matrix while her crew mates are pursued by sentinels in the real world.

Jue of Final Flight of the Osiris in The Animatrix is a version of this.

The opening chase with Trinity and the agents in The Matrix.

If the hero gets pursued later in the story, expect a character briefly introduced earlier to rescue him, thus ending the chase.Д¬an overlap with Dramatic Chase Opening. It's not uncommon for said Protagonist to require rescuing as one of the heroes' first tasks, either, for which they may need to gather allies. If the pursued protagonist survives, they will likely either become a mentor to the hero, Love Interest, or otherwise become a steadfast ally. Will he resist or embrace The Call to adventure? Enter the real Hero who has been Easing Into the Adventure and becomes the Pursued Protagonists' last desperate hope to keep their cargo safe, by handing them the MacGuffin, Phlebotinum, or a Fetch Quest Delivery Quest with little explanation of what exactly he's got in his hands, much less gotten into. However, they have a 100% chance of keeping their cargo out of enemy hands. The Pursued Protagonist has a 50/50 chance of survival, much less escaping capture. If he is critically injured, he will inevitably survive just long enough to alert others. If the Spear Carrier has escorts, expect them to wear copious amounts of red.

This is a standard opening for a movie, book, or cartoon-have a Spear Carrier or other protagonist in the adventure pursued by relentless, shadowy figures who outnumber them, whether it's on Hellish Horseback, spaceships, cars, roofhopping, or any of a thousand methods of pursuit.

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