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* '''Exaggerated''': Ryan is pursued by Trooper Jones across the country, to the ends of the earth [[RecycledInSpace and beyond]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': Ryan is pursued by Trooper Jones across the country, to the ends of the earth [[RecycledInSpace [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace and beyond]].
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Go back to [[SternChase Stern Chase]] if you want, but don't stay long...

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Go back to the [[SternChase Stern Chase]] main page]] if you want, but don't stay long...
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* '''Deconstructed''': [[NotHelpingYourCase Ryan's flight only serves to make him look guilty, regardless of the evidence he has in his favor]].
** The evidence Ryan believes will exonerate him doesn't exist or has been destroyed. By the time he figures that out, it's too late to stop running.

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* '''Deconstructed''': [[NotHelpingYourCase Ryan's flight only serves to make him look guilty, regardless of the evidence he has in his favor]].
** The evidence Ryan believes will exonerate him doesn't exist or has been destroyed. By the time he figures that finds out, it's too late to stop running.
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* '''Conversed''': Jones talks with [[HappilyMarried his wife]] about how he isn't sure if Ryan is guilty or not.

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* '''Conversed''': Jones talks with [[HappilyMarried his wife]] about how he isn't sure Ryan's doggedness during the pursuit makes him unsure if Ryan the man is guilty or not.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': Ryan and Jones have a chase using rowboats at some point.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Ryan and Jones have a high-speed chase using rowboats at some point.[[{{Bathos}} rowboats]].
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* '''Reconstructed''': Ryan [[KangarooCourt wouldn't have been able to get a fair trial]] [[JokerJury in the venue where the crime was committed]]. Staying there would mean a death sentence regardless of innocence or guilt.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Ryan [[KangarooCourt wouldn't have been able able]] [[JokerJury to get a fair trial]] [[JokerJury [[HangingJudge in the venue where the crime was committed]]. Staying there would mean a death sentence regardless of innocence or guilt.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character is pursued relentlessly over a period of time.

* '''Straight''': [[TheDrifter Ryan]] is pursued across the state by [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Trooper Jones]] [[FrameUp for a crime he may or may not have committed]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Ryan is pursued by Trooper Jones across the country, to the ends of the earth [[RecycledInSpace and beyond]].
* '''Downplayed''': Ryan travels across a local park to prove his innocence.
* '''Justified''': [[ClearMyName The evidence Ryan needs to exonerate him is not in the jurisdiction]], and no one on the law's side will help him retrieve it.
* '''Inverted''': Ryan tries to solve the crime he's been accused of while locked in his cell.
* '''Subverted''': Ryan tries to run, but is caught and imprisoned right off.
* '''Parodied''': Ryan and Trooper Jones have a high-speed chase right after meeting each other.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Ryan [[FriendOnTheForce is able to convince Trooper Jones of his innocence early on]]; he allows Ryan to leave and collect the evidence needed to exonerate him. Unfortunately, [[InspectorJavert the town's police chief Smith has other plans]]...
* '''Averted''': Ryan's innocence or guilt is proven before he can go anywhere.
** Ryan has an ironclad alibi which disproves the accusations against him.
** Ryan has made friends in town [[CharacterWitness who vouch for his innocence]].
* '''Enforced''': [[WalkingTheEarth Moving from place to place is a facet of Ryan's daily life]].
* '''Lampshaded''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion "If you're innocent, why run?"]]
* '''Invoked''': Ryan is [[TheScapegoat scapegoated]] for a crime by unscrupulous locals chiefly because he is a stranger in town, and therefore a prime suspect.
* '''Exploited''': Ryan's frame-up [[BatmanGambit hinges on the assumption that he will try and flee custody]], which is what the real perpetrator needs to happen to keep suspicion off of him.
* '''Defied''': Ryan stands his ground in an attempt to reason with the authorities.
* '''Discussed''': Ryan has a conversation [[ContemplateOurNavels regarding the crime of being a nomad in a world where everyone else stands still]].
* '''Conversed''': Jones talks with [[HappilyMarried his wife]] about how he isn't sure if Ryan is guilty or not.
* '''Implied''': Ryan avoids major roads and keeps a low profile while in town.
* '''Deconstructed''': [[NotHelpingYourCase Ryan's flight only serves to make him look guilty, regardless of the evidence he has in his favor]].
** The evidence Ryan believes will exonerate him doesn't exist or has been destroyed. By the time he figures that out, it's too late to stop running.
* '''Reconstructed''': Ryan [[KangarooCourt wouldn't have been able to get a fair trial]] [[JokerJury in the venue where the crime was committed]]. Staying there would mean a death sentence regardless of innocence or guilt.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Ryan and Jones have a chase using rowboats at some point.
* '''Played for Drama''': The true culprit of the crime Ryan was framed for is never found, [[NoEnding leaving his fate permanently up in the air]].

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