History Main / ChaseFight

* This tends to be a recurring element in SonicTheHedgehog games:

** Sonic Forces does this for most of the bosses. Sonic Vs Infinite on a snake, Sonic and The Avatar Vs Infinite 3 near Imperial Tower, and Sonic, Classic Sonic, and The Avatar vs [[spoiler:Egg Robo in what appears to be cyberspace likely created by the Prometheus Ruby]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'' has several. The Red Hood always runs from Batman until their final encounter, usually fighting the whole way.

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* The fight between [[MeleeATrois Jack, Will and Norrington]] from ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'', which takes place concurrently to Elizabeth, Pintel and Ragetti chase-fighting the ''Flying Dutchman'''s landing party.

** The beginning of ''[[Film/StarWarsANewHope Episode IV: A New Hope]]''. Princess Leia's starship is fighting with Darth Vader's Star Destroyer as she tries to escape so she can give technical data on the Death Star to the Rebel Alliance.
* ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. The scene where the Baroness and Storm Shadow are driving to the Eiffel Tower in order to attack it and fighting with the Joes as they do so.
* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. The running battle between Indiana and the Nazi convoy that's trying to get the Ark to Cairo. Indiana chases after it on a horse, eventually boards the truck and fights everyone involved.
* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers''. The title characters are trying to get to the Cook County Assessor's office to pay the tax on the orphanage. They're pursued by police officers, National Guard troops, Nazis [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and a country-western band]], with much destruction along the way.
* ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', the two main female characters have one of these across the rooftops.

* ''Film/{{Heat}}'' (1995) has the running firefight that takes place after a botched robbery.
* Midway through ''Film/OngBak'', Tony Jaa partakes in one of these. Naturally, he is trying to avoid confrontation, but as soon as he gets cornered, he lays a serious beat down on any of those dumb enough to attack him.
* Very common in ''Film/MadMax'' films. The vehicular chase fights through apocalyptic wastelands are probably the most iconic part of the franchise. The [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad fourth film]] is about 65% ChaseFight.
* ''Film/BadBoysII'' has a car chase about half an hour in, with hordes of {{Mooks}} chasing after Marcus' [[spoiler:undercover]] sister. With Mike and Marcus, as well as [[HammerspacePoliceForce the rest of Miami's Finest]] chasing them, the resulting back-and-forth gunfire [[MoreDakka expends more ammo than most wars]]. The chase even comes to a halt partway through, replaced with a massive shootout before the chase resumes.
* The climax of ''Film/FaceOff'' is all this. Castor and Archer start out with a showdown in a church which leads to a long chase scene on boats as they try to kill and evade each other, ending with a showdown on a beach in a totally different city.

* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'', of course, being ''Horatio Hornblower [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]'', features more than a few of these. The first book has a lone undergunned light cruiser doggedly chasing down a much more powerful merchant cruiser, later books have entire fleets engaging in chases when one fleet or the other is forced to disengage and retreat, with their enemies not wanting them to escape with their forces intact. One book has an outmatched force [[DelayingAction trick a much larger force into chasing them deeper into the system]] so that [[TheCavalry their reinforcements]] can trap the attacking fleet inside [[NoWarpingZone the system hyperlimit]].

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*** ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' follows this trend with two of its {{Boss Battle}}s, though only one is technically a chase; the other is more like a run-from-an-AdvancingWallOfDoom-while-doing-a-BossBattle.

* ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge''. AND HOW!
** Then again, the REAL chase fight scene is with [[spoiler:Celeste]] and the two of you end up fighting on top of a ship crate with LeParkour action.

** In the SequelSeries, ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Tenzin fights [[ArcVillain Zaheer]] in the episode "The Ultimatum". The first part of the fight is a chase, with Zaheer trying to escape from Tenzin so they can fight on higher grounds.

* Very common in Film/MadMax films. The vehicular chase fights through apocalyptic wastelands are probably the most iconic part of the franchise. The [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad fourth film]] is about 65% ChaseFight.

** ''SonicAdvance 2'' was almost exclusively this style of BossBattle.

* Wrestling/{{WWE}} "Hardcore" matches often go backstage, and recently Wrestling/{{Kane}} [[http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=jV8N6g_qRqM chokeslammed]] ReyMysterioJr into the Gulf of Mexico after Mysterio Hurricanrana'd Wrestling/JackSwagger into the ocean. (The match started in an arena that's within spitting distance to the ocean.)

While this is often referred to as a SternChase in naval warfare, ''that'' trope actually refers to a much longer pursuit with actual fighting being relatively rare, such as [[TheFugitive a fugitive]] on the run from the law.

An XMeetsY cross between a ChaseScene and a FightScene. At least two combatants are battling in a normal way, but their fight takes them on a journey as well. This could be because one or both fighters is trying to get to a specific destination, or maybe because they're just trying to ''get away'' from the beatdown they might be taking.

* ''[[Film/BadBoys Bad Boys 2]]'' has a car chase about half an hour in, with hordes of {{Mooks}} chasing after Marcus' [[spoiler:undercover]] sister. With Mike and Marcus, as well as [[HammerspacePoliceForce the rest of Miami's Finest]] chasing them, the resulting back-and-forth gunfire [[MoreDakka expends more ammo than most wars]]. The chase even comes to a halt partway through, replaced with a massive shootout before the chase resumes.

If this is seen as a video game mechanic in a FightingGame, that is FreeFloorFighting. See also GetBackHereBoss.

** Then again, the REAL chase fight scene is with [[spoiler:Celeste]] and you guys end up fighting on top a ship crate with LeParkour action.

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* BatmanUnderTheRedHood has several. The Red Hood always runs from Batman until their final encounter, usually fighting the whole way.
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* In a {{homage}] to ''Revenges of the Sith'', one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' had Bart and Principal Skinner in one involving each others food allergies (peanuts for Skinner, shrimp for Bart).

* Wrestling/{{WWE}} "Hardcore" matches often go backstage, and recently Wrestling/{{Kane}} [[http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=jV8N6g_qRqM chokeslammed]] ReyMysterioJr into the Gulf of Mexico after Mysterio Hurricanrana'd JackSwagger into the ocean. (The match started in an arena that's within spitting distance to the ocean.)

* The cutscene after final fight between Travis and Henry in NoMoreHeroes features this, as a visual metaphor for them trying to [[CallBack "find that exit they call paradise"]]

* Very common in Film/MadMax films. The vehicular [[ChaseFight chase fights]] through apocalyptic wastelands are probably the most iconic part of the franchise.

* Very common in Film/MadMax films. The vehicular [[ChaseFight chase fights]] through apocalyptic wastelands are probably the most iconic part of the franchise.

** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' Obi-Wan vs. Anakin.

* ''HoratioHornblower'': The first-published book, ''The Happy Return''[[note]] [[MarketBasedTitle Beat To Quarters, in the US]][[/note]], featured a climactic chase between Captain Hornblower's frigate HMS ''Lydia'' against the much more powerful warship ''Natividad''. Also, the ''Natividad's'' stern guns have a longer range than the ''Lydia's'' forward guns, which means that the ''Lydia'' has to soak several hits before she can get close enough to return fire. To pass the time, and [[StiffUpperLip to keep his men from realizing how nervous he is about the situation]], he invites his officers to a game of cards, and orders the sailors to have a dancing competion, even as cannon shot from the ''Natividad'' lands all around them.

* In ''[[{{Spyro}} Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning]]'', both fights against Cynder.

* During an EscortMission of a coach from Kariko Village to Hyrule Castle Town in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' Link has to fight off several Bokoblins. It's notably one of the most reviled moments in a Zelda game for, well, [[NintendoHard a]] [[ScrappyMechanic few]] [[ThatOneLevel reasons]].

* The climax of the second half of ''{{Bunnykill}} 5'' involves [[spoiler:Dust, in full-on RoaringRampageOfRevenge mode after the PsychoSerum incident that led to him killing Snowball, having an awesome one of these against Smoke, one of the two bad guys responsible for the incident, involving Dust leaping from vehicle to vehicle, mowing down or shanking mooks in his way, and battling Smoke in his damaged helicopter gunship with machine guns and rockets, and ultimately having a one-on-one duel atop a moving semi that gets destroyed during the battle.]]

* The climactic battle between Aang and [[BigBad Fire Lord Ozai]] in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' was this on both sides, at various times.
** \ In the SequelSeries, ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Tenzin fights [[ArcVillain Zaheer]] in the episode "The Ultimatum". The first part of the fight is a chase, with Zaheer trying to escape from Tenzin so they can fight on higher grounds.
* Any of the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' fights that pit Peter against the giant chicken.
* In the ''{{Popeye}}'' cartoon "A Dream Walking," Popeye and Bluto chase after a sleepwalking Olive ''while'' fighting over who gets to save her.
* The final season of ''StarWarsCloneWars'' features a long scene with three Jedi and Chancellor Palpatine fleeing from General Grievous and occasionally stopping to fight him.

* ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': In "His Silicon Soul," the android Batman chases the real Batman around the Bat Cave as they fight.