History Main / ConvenientEscapeBoat

* In ''WatershipDown'', a group of ''rabbits'' manage to pull this off, though the author quickly comments that it worked mainly by chance and circumstance.

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* In ''HoratioHornblower'', the title hero and his some of his best sailors are captured and taken into France for a show trial and execution. While they are being transported, they stop near a river with a convenient row boat available. Being Badass Sailors, they are able to work out an escape once they have access to a boat and water.

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* In ''GrandTheftAuto'', you can often rely on a boat being near water to help you make an easy escape. An example is ''The Snow Storm'' in GTA IV, where after you fight your way out of the hospital you can continue to push through the police on land, or take the easy route and jump in a nearby boat.

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* Played with in ''[[GarrettPI Sweet Silver Blues]]'', twice. The first time, Garrett gives a thug the slip by running out to the end of a dock and onto a ship, then keeps going ''off'' the ship into the water. The thug backs off rather than encounter the [[spoiler: Crown agents]] whose ship it is. The second time, Morley plays this trope straight as he runs along the dock to the ship that's taking him and Garrett home ... only he's arranged for his pursuer to be nabbed by [[spoiler: those same Crown agents]] who are waiting in ambush at the dockyard.

* ''{{Dawn of the Dead}}'' does this... though [[DownerEnding It Doesn't End Well]]

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Often subverted by having the jumper land on the boat, only to discover that the boat is pulling ''in'', not out. Closely related its action-movie brethren {{Roofhopping}}, TrashLanding, and TrainEscape. Car examples may include a RampJump.

* ''Pokemon4Ever'' used this at the beginning when Ash tried to catch a ferry.

** Invoked when Indy and his dad are trying to escape Castle Brunwald. They find several boats and Indy acts like he's going to use one of them to escape (fooling even his father) but he's really trying to trick the Nazis into thinking they used the boat: he actually plans to escape using a motorcycle with attached sidecar.

* Subverted twice in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''

** While Indiana and Dr. Schneider are fleeing members of the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword they find a boat and try to escape, but the Brotherhood members also find boats, pursue and catch up to them.
** When Indy and his dad are trying to escape Castle Brunwald they find several boats. Indy acts like he's going to use one of them to escape (fooling even his father) but he's really trying to trick the Nazis into thinking they used the boat: he actually plans to escape using a motorcycle with attached sidecar.

** When Indie and his dad are trying to escape Castle Brunwald they find several boats. Indy acts like he's going to use one of them to escape (fooling even his father) but he's really trying to trick the Nazis into thinking he used the boat: he actually plans to escape using a motorcycle with attached sidecar.

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* In ''IndianaJones and the Last Crusade'', this is [[InvokedTrope invoked]] when Indie and his dad pretend to escape on a boat when being chased by Nazis; in fact, they use a motorcycle and sidecar.
** They also attempt to escape on boat from members of the secret society, but are unsuccessful.

* ''[=~Pokémon 4Ever~=]'' used this at the beginning when Ash tried to catch a ferry.

* This happens in ''White Lightning'', and inspired a similar act in ''TheSimpsons'' (see below)

* This is done somewhat in the movie ''Lord of the Rings,'' when the Nazgul are chasing the hobbits-- and the hobbits ''pull off'' in the ferry, before Frodo even gets there. Naturally, Frodo has to jump for it-- and makes it... just in time. (In the book, it was nowhere this dramatic; the Nazgul follows them to the river, but is unseen until long after they've pulled off).
* This is also done in the movie ''Some Like it Hot,'' where Jack Lemmon's "Fiance" just happens to be there waiting for him in a boat.

* In ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'', this is [[InvokedTrope invoked]] when Indie and his dad pretend to escape on a boat when being chased by Nazis; in fact, they use a motorcycle and sidecar.

* Parodied in FiftyFirstDates when Adam Sandler's character pretends to be a CIA agent, he leaps off the dock and onto some guy's jet ski. He bribes the guy to just keep driving as if this was normal.

* In the first (of many) Dragonlance trilogies. Too bad the dwarf had a fear of water.
* In HoratioHornblower, the title hero and his some of his best sailors are captured and taken into France for a show trial and execution. While they are being transported, they stop near a river with a convenient row boat available. Being Badass Sailors, they are able to work out an escape once they have access to a boat and water.

* Literature/TimeScout: During one of his many escapes, Skeeter ends up in the Tiber. Fortunately a boat happens to be right at hand. Also, a Convenient Escape Horse, in that as soon as he gets out of the water he happens upon a champion racing horse.

** They also invert is with the ShowWithinShow ''Knightboat''. The boat always has a canal or inlet that it can follow when enemies try to escape by going inland.

* Subverted in ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'', in which the very clever werewolves have one of their pack ''waiting inside'' the ConvenientEscapeBoat.

* Subverted in ''[[Discworld/TheFifthElephant]]'', in which the very clever werewolves have one of their pack ''waiting inside'' the ConvenientEscapeBoat.

This also counts if you drive off a bridge and a barge shows up below. Very rarely is the subject of how the escapee gets off the boat addressed-- ''they'' might end up swimming back to shore, too.

* This happens in ''WhiteLightning'', and inspired a similar act in ''TheSimpsons'' (see below)

* ''[[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Pokemon 4Ever]]'' used this at the beginning when Ash tried to catch a ferry.