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Literature
"She ran away because she didn't think she could make her family happy, and she never went back because she thought she did them a favor. She kept running, because she never quite learned what home was supposed to feel like."
Live-Action TV
Miss Connie Barker, daughter of a carny barker, yearning for the bright lights and the gay life of the big city, ran away from home at the age of three. Floyd Darrow on the other hand couldn't run away from home because he lived in a trailer camp, and no matter how far he went, home was always catching up to him.
— Get Smart, "The Secret of Sam Vittorio"
Music
I wanna run away, never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth, instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answer, no more lies
I wanna shut the door, and open up my mind
I wanna know the truth, instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answer, no more lies
I wanna shut the door, and open up my mind
— Linkin Park, "Runaway"
I didn't think much about it
'Til it started happening all the time
Soon I was living with the fear every day
Of what might happen that night
I couldn't stand to hear the crying
Of my mother, and I remember when
I swore that that would be the last they'd see of me
And I never went home again
'Til it started happening all the time
Soon I was living with the fear every day
Of what might happen that night
I couldn't stand to hear the crying
Of my mother, and I remember when
I swore that that would be the last they'd see of me
And I never went home again
— Genesis, "No Son of Mine"
Something new emerged
Deep within her soul
Separating from her body
While driving down that road
In the middle of the night
Turning of a key
Started the ignition
Setting herself free
For Runaway Jane
Runaway Jane
Deep within her soul
Separating from her body
While driving down that road
In the middle of the night
Turning of a key
Started the ignition
Setting herself free
For Runaway Jane
Runaway Jane
— Dan Vapid and the Cheats, "Runaway Jane"
Theatre
"I ran away from home the day I was born."
— Peter, Peter Pan (1954)
Eurydice was a hungry young girl, a runaway
From everywhere she'd ever been
She was no stranger to the world
No stranger to the wind
From everywhere she'd ever been
She was no stranger to the world
No stranger to the wind
—Hermes, Hadestown
Video Games
Duke Albarea: Jusis, what is the meaning of this?! You dare to leave a letter like that and simply disappear?! Have you gone mad?!
Emma: Letter?
McBurn: Hey, Duke, you mind staying outta this? I was getting all fired up there before you came and ruined everything.
Duke Albarea: Silence! This has nothing to do with you! I will not stand for behavior like this, Jusis! You WILL do as I say! Your selfish actions will smear mud on the good Albarea name! Is that what you want?!
Jusis: My intentions are as I outlined in the contents of that letter. I intend to walk my own path, with my classmates at my side. I have no wish to dirty the Albarea name. On the contrary, I wish to find for myself how I should live as one who bears it.
Emma: Letter?
McBurn: Hey, Duke, you mind staying outta this? I was getting all fired up there before you came and ruined everything.
Duke Albarea: Silence! This has nothing to do with you! I will not stand for behavior like this, Jusis! You WILL do as I say! Your selfish actions will smear mud on the good Albarea name! Is that what you want?!
Jusis: My intentions are as I outlined in the contents of that letter. I intend to walk my own path, with my classmates at my side. I have no wish to dirty the Albarea name. On the contrary, I wish to find for myself how I should live as one who bears it.
Western Animation
"Daddy no want me. I'm gonna take a bus to Reno!"
— Ezekial, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
