History Main / HotPursuit

*** Shouted out in TheAnimatedSeries when a thief is being pursued by both the guards and Aladdin himself. The scene is an almost shot-for-shot remake of the one from the move (before the singing), only the thief in question is nowhere near as good as Aladdin is, and stole a huge diamond ("All this for a diamond?").

* In Creator/TerryPratchett's ''{{Discworld}}'' novels, policeman Sam Vimes exploits this age-old right of "hot trod" twice. In ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', he technically leads a pursuit across national borders in hot trod against the mad werewolf Wolfgang von Überwald - the local police recognise he has the right and stands back. And in ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'', he claims the same right to investigate crime in the disputed Shires region; technically speaking, the Watch even pursue the criminals into Quirm and faraway Howondaland to make arrests.

Police officers will engage in high speed pursuits involving dozens of patrol cars for the flimsiest of reasons. No TV police force has a "Do not pursue" policy for minor crimes. Officers involved in the chase are usually LemmingCops. Not to be confused with the ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' games of the same name, despite being examples of this trope. Neither should the critically-panned Creator/ReeseWitherspoon and Creator/SofiaVergara film of the same name, nor "[[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom hot fursuit]]", which is something else entirely.

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* P.F. Chisholm's "Robert Carey" series of historical novels are set in the late 1500's, on what was then the disputed border between the kingdoms of England and Scotland. The titular Sir Robert Carey (commander of the English border guards), in ''A Surfeit of Guns'', is patrolling the border one night near Carlisle and intercepts a fugitive crossing from the Scottish side. A short time after, his patrol halts a Scottish incursion of armed men, who turn out to be on the King of Scotland's lawful business, allowing them by ancient right to cross into England in hot pursuit of one escaping from justice. Recognising they have the right, Carey releases the fugitive to them, despite his pleas for mercy. [[note]]His interest is aroused by the fugitive's account of ''why'' he is being chased, and he then investigates unofficially[[/note]]
* In Creator/TerryPratchett's ''{{Discworld}}'' novels, policeman Sam Vimes exploits this age-old right of "hot trod" twice. In ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', he technically leads a pursuit across national borders in hot trod against the mad werewolf Wolfgang von Überwald - the local police recognise he has the right and stands back. And in ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'', he claims the same right to investigate crime in the disputed Shires region; technically speaking, the Watch even pursue the criminals into Quirm and faraway Howondaland to make arrests.
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Police officers will engage in high speed pursuits involving dozens of patrol cars for the flimsiest of reasons. No TV police force has a "Do not pursue" policy for minor crimes. Officers involved in the chase are usually LemmingCops. Not to be confused with the ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' games of the same name, despite being examples of this trope. Neither should [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom hot fursuit]], which is something else entirely.

->''"[[LampshadeHanging All this for a loaf of bread?]]"''

Police officers will engage in high speed pursuits involving dozens of patrol cars for the flimsiest of reasons. No TV police force has a "Do not pursue" policy for minor crimes. Officers involved in the chase are usually LemmingCops. Not to be confused with the ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' games of the same name, despite being examples of this trope. Neither should [[FurryFandom hot fursuit]], which is something else entirely.

* ''Pinball/HighSpeed'' has the police give chase to the player for running a red light... at 146 mph.

Police officers will engage in high speed pursuits involving dozens of patrol cars for the flimsiest of reasons. No TV police force has a "Do not pursue" policy for minor crimes. Officers involved in the chase are usually LemmingCops. Not to be confused with the NeedForSpeed games of the same name. Or [[FurryFandom hot fursuit]], which is something else entirely.

* Parodied in the extreme in ''TheBluesBrothers'' and ''{{Film/Taxi}} 2''. In the latter, insults about sexual tastes directed to some cops cause Paris' entire police force to chase down the main characters throughout the city (with predictably destructive results). In the former, running a red light is the catalyst for the titular Brothers to be chased down by every law enforcement agency in Illinois, up to and including the National Guard. They're also chased by [[ThoseWackyNazis Illinois Nazis]] and a renegade country band, but for different reasons.
** As in the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' example below, running a red light causes the cop who pulls the Blues Brothers over to notice that they have a ''massive'' record of major and minor traffic violation, in addition to "Joliet Jake" spending three years in prison for knocking over a liquor store. The really serious high speed pursuit comes after their initial attempt to escape from the police gets out of hand and they cause serious property damage. It's still an example of a case where the cops would be smarter to apply a "do not pursue" policy, but the initial red light is only the start of their problems.
*** Quite the opposite of "do not pursue", at one point early in the chase a police dispatcher calmly radios to all concerned that "the use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved."

* ''Film/TheChase'' is basically made of one long HotPursuit with half a dozen police cruisers always keeping the same distance to the getaway car.

* The GTA cops are lenient compared to those in ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'', who will pursue you to the end for traffic offences that GTA's police will ignore. Driver cops have even been known to go after the player when ''another'' car breaks the law.
* ''NeedForSpeed: Most Wanted''. While the wanted level increases, the police not only use squad cars, but in Level 3, they use Pontiac GTO, and in Level 5, they use "Corvette C6!" And let's not talk about "[[BonusBoss Sgt.Cross]]", with heavily-modified Corvette C6!!! There are several destructible environments while you can laugh at when you crashed on it and see [[LemmingCops how the cop cars WRECKED!]] while your car doesn't.
** [[OlderThanTheyThink Before]] ''Most Wanted'', there was ''NeedForSpeed III: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Hot Pursuit]]''. After ''Most Wanted'', there was ''Carbon''. And ''Undercover'', [[FanonDisContinuity but fans don't talk about that]].
** As of 2010, there's the new ''Hot Pursuit'', which is basically this trope entirely. With all of the [=EMP=]s, spike strips, and police helicopters being thrown around, the real good thing about this is that the players get hypercars, along with the police. Also, players, like in the previous HP games, can play as the cops. Who can drive street racers off the road [[DisproportionateRetribution and down the cliffs]]. However, racers get a few weapons of their own.

* Occurs during the "Sk8r Boi" level of ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'', where the Agents are assisting a cabbie who DrivesLikeCraz. [[spoiler:If you pass the third segment, the cops, informed that Jack's passenger is a woman in labor, subvert this by giving up the pursuit and escorting you, as they would in real life.]]

* The GTA cops are lenient compared to those in Driver, who will pursue you to the end for traffic offences that GTA's police will ignore. Driver cops have even been known to go after the player when ''another'' car breaks the law.

* One of the rescue missions in Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''[[Pinball/Rescue911 Rescue 911]]'' is "Hostage", which involves a police chase.

-->-- '''Aladdin''', '''''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'''''

* Another non-car incident occurs towards the latter third of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI''. Granted, at this point your character has killed half a dozen important members of society and countless soldiers and guards and they're on the lookout for funny behavior in a white hood, but even so much as knocking someone over or climbing a wall will cause Altair to have half the city watch chasing him.