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On the Run

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On the Run	label	On the Run
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On the Run	comment	A thriller/adventure series by Gordon Korman, otherwise best known for his comedies, though he's written a lot of adventure stories lately. The series was published from 2005 to 2006.Aiden and Meg Falconer are fugitives on the run. The reason? Their parents were arrested for a crime they didn't commit: treason. With their parents' arrest being a huge media circus, the two were given new last names and transferred to a program for troubled youth (read: juvenile hall on a farm), but managed to escape. Their goal: to prove their parents' innocence. They soon find that in order to survive, they need to break the law. Stealing clothes to replace their prison outfits is just the start, as the two find themselves breaking into houses to hide, stealing food to keep their energy up, stealing money and even in some cases, cars, to be able to get around. And they need to stay one step ahead of the many people who are on the lookout for the juvenile escapees mentioned in the news.What follows is a massive chase, with Aiden and Meg having to use their wits and knowledge to survive, and sometimes relying on the help of anyone who might become an ally, which sometimes includes some rather shady people who might turn on them at any time.To make matters worse, it's not just the police who are after the two. An assassin is also out to get them, and prevent them from discovering the truth.The major characters are: Aiden - Age 15. Protective older brother. A fan of his dad's cheesy "Mac Mulvey" detective stories, which provide the inspiration for many of his crazier ideas that actually work. Sometimes tries to avoid bursting his sister's bubble when she has an idea that he doesn't think is very good, for fear of upsetting her. Hates crime and wants nothing to do with the lifestyle they find themselves forced to live. Meg - Age 11. Energetic younger sister. Less likely to declare an idea worthless. Not as savvy as her brother, but does crazy and impulsive things that sometimes work very well. Adapts pretty well to the fact that in order to survive, the two have to break the law. She's also able to lie convincingly, which helps a lot. Emmanuel Harris - The FBI agent who was considered a hero after locking up their parents for treason, but now believes he may have been wrong all along. He agonizes over the effects of what he did, and tries to find the kids after they escape juvenile custody. Miguel - A teenager from the juvenile center Aiden and Meg are sentenced to. A big bully who really gives Aiden a lot of crap, Miguel ends up helping the kids out later on when the camp burns down. Miguel happens to know a lot of tricks that are useful for evading law enforcement, and helps the two out. "Hairless Joe" - An incredibly determined assassin who tracks the kids from state to state, showing up wherever they might have reason to go, or wherever the news media mentions they were last seen, in an attempt to kill them. He pulls every trick he can to go after them, and even tries luring the kids into a trap. He also at times fakes being a police officer, an FBI agent, and so on in order to get information that only they would have access to. Agent Harris is after him at the same time he's after the kids. "Frank Lindenauer" - A mysterious man who could very well be the cause of the Falconer parents' arrest, and likely framed them. Aiden and Meg are after him, believing he may be the key to proving their parents' innocence. Turns out he is the assassin chasing the kids. He did frame their parents and he is out to murder the kids to cover up any lose ends.The books in the original series are: Chasing the Falconers The Fugitive Factor Now You See Them, Now You Don't The Stowaway Solution Public Enemies Hunting the HunterAfter On the Run, Gordon Korman wrote a sequel series, Kidnapped, which takes place immediately afterwards. Now exonerated, the Falconer family is still hated by many who are unwilling to believe they are innocent.The story deals with another conspiracy - Meg is kidnapped as part of a much larger cause, and Aiden tries to rescue her, this time with the help of Emmanuel Harris from the original series. Meanwhile, Meg tries many escapes on her own, and also tries to use her wits to send out signals and clues to those who would rescue her - some of which only Aiden understands. Kidnapped is a completely different story. Meg's sarcasm and wit are put more in the background, since she can't exactly banter with her captors the way she could with Aiden in the first series. Instead, the focus switches between Aiden's attempts to rescue Meg, and Meg's attempts to escape.There's also an additional dynamic: the kidnappers themselves. All three of them have different personalities and different motivations for kidnapping her, and Meg begins to know them quite well, and tries to deal with each kidnapper separately whenever she's left alone with one of them, while trying to take advantage of the one in his twenties, who's the nicest to her.The major characters in the sequel series are: Meg - Having survived the experiences of the first series, she has learned a few new things, including tricks from the cheesy detective novels her dad used to write, some of which help. She tries to size up her captors, determining how each would treat her differently, and use it to her advantage when possible. Aiden - Not happy with teaming up with Agent Harris, Aiden splits up from him often to try his own methods to learn Meg's whereabouts. Some of the clues Meg sends out are hints only Aiden would recognize. Emmanuel Harris - The FBI agent from the first series is now an ally, and is badass and no-nonsense as ever, while trying to make up for his mistake of having ruined the family's life in the first place. Rufus Sehorn, "The Blog Hog" - An uninvited blogger who shows up at the Falconer residence and offers to help them receive help via his blog, and somehow manages to get information for the family through suspicious means. He's the co-leader of the whole kidnapping plot along with Marcelle, and a member of HORUS. Richie - A friend of Aiden's, who desperately wants to help out with the rescue. "Spidey" - One of the kidnappers. He's loud, threatening, large, and has no qualms about hurting Meg. His real name is Joseph "Joe" McFadden. "Tiger" - One of the kidnappers. While her words are semi-reassuring, her icy-cold, all-business demeanor scares Meg far more than "Spidey". Her real name is Marcelle Devereaux. She turns out to be the co-leader of the kidnapping together with Sehorn, and a member of HORUS. "Mickey" - One of the kidnappers. A twenty-something man who often shows regret and even embarrassment as being involved with the kidnapping, and is very friendly to Meg. She takes advantage of his friendliness whenever she can, and tries to invoke Lima Syndrome. His real name is Sean Antonino.The sequel series has three books: The Abduction The Search The Rescue
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On the Run / int_1235f055	type	Dirty Coward
On the Run / int_1235f055	comment	After escaping from juvie, Miguel travels across several states to his brother's house, hoping he can lie low there. His brother (who is portrayed as a Dirty Coward but gets some Jerkass Has a Point moments) promptly informs him that the police keep dropping by to see if Miguel is living with him and that he'll get caught and get them both in trouble if he tries to stay there.
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On the Run / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
On the Run / int_1439161f	comment	Heroic BSoD: Miguel has this after his brother disowns him and won't let Miguel live in his house.
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On the Run / int_18dd6739	type	Dressing as the Enemy
On the Run / int_18dd6739	comment	Dressing as the Enemy: Happens more than once, as a way of hiding in plain sight, or sneaking past those searching for the kids.
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On the Run / int_1b5fa24a	type	The Brute
On the Run / int_1b5fa24a	comment	The Brute: "Spidey", the meanest of the kidnappers.
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On the Run / int_1c1d243c	type	Brotherâ€“Sister Team
On the Run / int_1c1d243c	comment	Brother–Sister Team: Aiden and Meg. Both of them note to themselves many times that being on the run together is the only thing that makes it bearable.
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On the Run / int_1dfd19f9	type	Papa Wolf
On the Run / int_1dfd19f9	comment	Papa Wolf: John Falconer is very protective of his children and is willing to do whatever it takes to keep Aiden safe and get Meg back. Emmanuel Harris towards both of the siblings as well. He is determined to get Meg back and works with Aiden to find her, protecting the latter as best he can along the way. At the climax of the series, he confronts Sehorn when the HORUS agent has the kids cornered, and puts himself directly between them and a rampaging bear.
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On the Run / int_1e4a1e0e	type	I Owe You My Life
On the Run / int_1e4a1e0e	comment	I Owe You My Life: The reason Bo takes in Aiden and Meg, helps them out, and refuses to turn them in for the reward in Now You See Them, Now You Don't, and later saves their lives from Hairless Joe: Aiden had saved him from being murdered by a member of a rival gang. They later repay Bo when they find out that Zapp, one of the members of his gang, is The Starscream who's trying to have him killed, and get Zapp busted for counterfeiting.
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On the Run / int_214d3bf2	type	Dye or Die
On the Run / int_214d3bf2	comment	Dye or Die: Miguel realizes that Aiden and Meg would have to change their appearance, so he dyes their hair and cuts it.
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On the Run / int_22711892	type	It Never Gets Any Easier
On the Run / int_22711892	comment	It Never Gets Any Easier: Both played straight and averted. While the characters do feel this way at times, at other times, it's noted that even frequent bouts of fear become routine after a while.
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On the Run / int_2493b31d	type	Fire-Forged Friends
On the Run / int_2493b31d	comment	Fire-Forged Friends: By the end of the series, Aiden Falconer and Emmanuel Harris seem to have genuinely become this after working together to rescue Meg, as observed by Aiden's father. It plays a role in John also agreeing to bury the hatchet with him.
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On the Run / int_25208c30	type	Go Through Me
On the Run / int_25208c30	comment	Go Through Me: Agent Harris puts himself between the Falconer kids and a rampaging bear to protect them, which plays a big role in the Falconers finally forgiving him.
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On the Run / int_29292e6d	type	Walking the Earth
On the Run / int_29292e6d	comment	Walking the Earth: Occurs throughout the series, as the Falconer siblings travel around the country to avoid getting arrested.
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On the Run / int_297ab1b9	type	Parental Abandonment
On the Run / int_297ab1b9	comment	Parental Abandonment: Unusual variant: instead of being dead, they're in jail.
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On the Run / int_2a552d44	type	Recurring Element
On the Run / int_2a552d44	comment	Recurring Element: All of the odd-numbered volumes in the series have Aiden and Meg receiving assistance in avoiding police capture from some kind of shady ally who grows to like them and refuses to reveal their location to Harris when he interrogates them: Miguel in Book 1, Bo in Book 3, and the Mouth of America (a shock jock) in Book 5. All of the even-numbered titles have one of the siblings being captured by the authorities for a brief period: Meg in Book 2, Aiden in Book 4, and Meg again in Book 6 (voluntarily this time), and then both siblings briefly get thrown into juvie again near the end before Harris gets them out.
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On the Run / int_2b49eaf	type	Damsel out of Distress
On the Run / int_2b49eaf	comment	Damsel out of Distress: Meg repeatedly escapes from her abductors (although they keep recapturing her) or leaves behind clues that help people find her, and plays a major role in her own eventual rescue.
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On the Run / int_2dd4e28a	type	Clothesline Stealing
On the Run / int_2dd4e28a	comment	Clothesline Stealing: In the first novel, Meg and Aiden use this so they'll have alternative to juvie jumpsuits.
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On the Run / int_2dddd99d	type	False Flag Operation
On the Run / int_2dddd99d	comment	False Flag Operation: HORUS is actually behind Meg's kidnapping as part of a plan to kill the whole Falconer family. Rather than directly murdering them and likely being the prime suspects, HORUS intends to make it look like a simple ransom exchange gone wrong so they won't be suspected.
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On the Run / int_2e338ce4	type	The Cavalry Arrives Late
On the Run / int_2e338ce4	comment	The Cavalry Arrives Late: Downplayed since, as mentioned above, Sorenson and the FBI do save Harris and the Falconers from a bear; however, by the time they arrive, all of the kidnappers have already been killed or incapacitated.
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On the Run / int_3036294e	type	Scary Black Man
On the Run / int_3036294e	comment	Scary Black Man: Emmanuel Harris is 6 feet 7 inches tall and intimidating to many people, a fact that is mentioned numerous times and remarked upon by many. He ends up with numerous nicknames, from "the 9-foot tall FBI agent" to "J. Edgar Giraffe".
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On the Run / int_313e9485	type	Hero with Bad Publicity
On the Run / int_313e9485	comment	Hero with Bad Publicity: Poor Aiden and Meg. As the story goes on, more and more people hate them, and they overhear more and more conversations about how terrible they are, how they should be locked up, and so on. Though they do have the occasional ally.
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On the Run / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
On the Run / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: "Mickey", one of Meg's captors. He won't let "Spidey" physically hurt her, and there are other lines he won't cross.
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On the Run / int_31e2ad94	type	Kid Detective
On the Run / int_31e2ad94	comment	Kid Detective: The heroes essentially have to become this to prove their parents' innocence, as they search for clues during their travels.
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On the Run / int_35f57671	type	Minion with an F in Evil
On the Run / int_35f57671	comment	Minion with an F in Evil: "Mickey" is the nicest of the kidnappers, and later makes a Heel–Face Turn
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On the Run / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
On the Run / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: Aiden gets into a fight with Miguel in the first book and loses very badly. Miguel is later on the receiving end of one from the assassin. Aiden is nearly killed when he runs into the assassin, only surviving because he got lucky and knocks him out with the below mentioned Improvised Weapon.
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On the Run / int_3ed23024	type	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
On the Run / int_3ed23024	comment	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Aiden tries to stand up to Miguel, someone higher in the pecking order at the juvenile hall than him and Meg. He loses very badly. Miguel, and Aiden shortly afterwards, are assaulted by the assassin and also lose badly, with Miguel even being non-fatally shot. Teenagers are no match for a trained killer. After escaping from juvie, Miguel travels across several states to his brother's house, hoping he can lie low there. His brother (who is portrayed as a Dirty Coward but gets some Jerkass Has a Point moments) promptly informs him that the police keep dropping by to see if Miguel is living with him and that he'll get caught and get them both in trouble if he tries to stay there. Throughout the series, the siblings often fall asleep when they're trying not to, oversleep once they do, and/or have to keep each other awake in situations where it's not safe to fall asleep (such as the back of a motorcycle). These are kids who are going for long periods without any rest; they do need sleep, and will only be able to stave off exhaustion for so long before it catches up to them. Aiden and Meg taunt Emmanuel Harris by leaving behind photos of themselves. This allows Harris to better track them, since he is able to publish these pictures of what they look like now (as opposed to the outdated mug shots the authorities had been using before) and thus members of the general public recognize them far more easily. The assassin at one point tracks Aiden and Meg to police station. Finding them there gives them the chance to escape since he can't kill them in a building full of witnesses, let alone police officers. Agent Harris wants to find Aiden and Meg in hopes that he can keep them from getting into real danger. They are still mad at him for the wrongful arrest of their parents, and despite his attempts to make amends, they are extremely distrustful and want nothing to do with him. Harris at one point tries to enlist the local police to find Aiden and Meg. They only provide him with temporary assistance since they are busy enough already.
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On the Run / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
On the Run / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Miguel was transferred to a maximum security prison, and his life is still in shambles. Also, the sequel series opens with the family taking crap because the parents are still thought by many to be traitors.
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On the Run / int_446c5792	type	Villainous Rescue
On the Run / int_446c5792	comment	Villainous Rescue: When one of Meg's escape attempts nearly results in her death, her captors rescue her... but don't let her go, obviously.
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On the Run / int_44bed14c	type	Hostage Situation
On the Run / int_44bed14c	comment	Hostage Situation / Mexican Standoff: The climax of the series involves this. Lindenauer/McKenzie takes Meg hostage and has her at gunpoint while FBI agent Lucy Batista has a gun on him. Lindenauer knows Batista can't shoot him before he shoots Meg, and plans to use Meg to escape and then kill her afterwards. It's eventually resolved when, after multiple distractions, Batista is able to shoot and kill Lindenauer.
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On the Run / int_4de1a4f7	type	Improvised Weapon
On the Run / int_4de1a4f7	comment	Improvised Weapon: A fish mounted on a wall is used to knock out an assassin.
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On the Run / int_4f828b45	type	Post-Climax Confrontation
On the Run / int_4f828b45	comment	Post-Climax Confrontation: After the kidnappers and HORUS have been defeated, the Falconers and Harris are almost mauled by a bear before the FBI shows up.
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On the Run / int_4fa986e	type	Dudley Do-Right Stops to Help
On the Run / int_4fa986e	comment	Dudley Do-Right Stops to Help: Despite being fugitives who can't afford to risk being caught, the Falconer siblings do tip off the police to bust a couple of crimes unrelated to them in order to help some people they befriend while on the run: In The Fugitive Factor, Meg befriends an unhappy girl named Chelsea who's staying with her father at the same hotel that she and Aiden are at. She eventually figures out that Chelsea has been forced into burglary by her father, who makes her rob the hotel rooms of rich guests, and in order to free her from her father's tyranny, Meg tips the cops off about the thieves' identities and provides the address of the fence where Chelsea's dad pawns the items he makes his daughter steal. In Now You See Them, Now You Don't, Aiden notices that a young man is about to be stabbed and saves his life. This gangster, Bo, takes the Falconers in to repay them, keeps their secret after learning their identities, and later saves their lives from Hairless Joe. The siblings also learn during this time that Zapp, one of the other gang members, is trying to have Bo killed (having arranged the attempted stabbing) and take over the gang. To return the favor to Bo, they tip off Agent Harris to bust Zapp for counterfeiting.
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On the Run / int_500c55cf	type	Series Goal
On the Run / int_500c55cf	comment	Series Goal: Rescue Meg (or rescue herself, in Meg's case).
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On the Run / int_50ae8e55	type	Little Miss Snarker
On the Run / int_50ae8e55	comment	Little Miss Snarker: Meg.
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On the Run / int_51ecf708	type	Self-Disposing Villain
On the Run / int_51ecf708	comment	Self-Disposing Villain: Rufus Sehorn's shootout trying to murder the Falconers and Harris causes the mine to collapse, killing him via being Buried Alive and/or crushed to death.
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On the Run / int_543a0278	type	Villain Respect
On the Run / int_543a0278	comment	Villain Respect: When "Tiger" turns on "Spidey" near the climax of the third book, she outright tells him that, out of the three people she's been trapped with for the past week (him, "Mickey", and Meg), the latter is the only one worthy of her respect.
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On the Run / int_5466745d	type	Clear Their Name
On the Run / int_5466745d	comment	Clear Their Name: What kicks off the story as the two initially escape from juvie, and the driving force for much of the plot.
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On the Run / int_547bb916	type	Living with the Villain
On the Run / int_547bb916	comment	Living with the Villain: Rufus Sehorn, the blogger who shacks up with the Falconer family and offers to help, is actually working with the kidnappers.
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On the Run / int_5b19cc1b	type	Air-Vent Passageway
On the Run / int_5b19cc1b	comment	Air-Vent Passageway: It's portrayed as being very claustrophobic, but it is used.
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On the Run / int_5bdf025f	type	Instant Sedation
On the Run / int_5bdf025f	comment	Instant Sedation: Meg is chloroformed a few times within the series. It takes just seconds after a while.
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On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_5bdf025f
On the Run / int_5f861d0f	type	Only Friend
On the Run / int_5f861d0f	comment	On the other hand, they (along with Aiden) are totally fooled by Rufus Sehorn into thinking he's their Only Friend and greatest ally, when he's actually a HORUS agent behind Meg's kidnapping who's planning to murder them. This is the second time they've been tricked by a HORUS agent pretending to be their friend, as Sehorn himself lampshades, after the first time this happened (with Lindenauer) caused the events of both series to happen in the first place. By contrast, Agent Harris himself is pretty much the only person who never trusts Sehorn from the beginning.
On the Run / int_5f861d0f	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_5f861d0f	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_5f861d0f
On the Run / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
On the Run / int_617f0563	comment	Heel–Face Turn: One of the captors, the college-aged one named Sean, pulls this by helping Meg escape when he realizes that his accomplices don't actually plan to let her go.
On the Run / int_617f0563	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_617f0563	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_617f0563
On the Run / int_65fcc287	type	Lima Syndrome
On the Run / int_65fcc287	comment	Lima Syndrome: Meg attempts to produce this in her captors, or at least the college-aged one. “Mickey” starts caring enough about Meg that he helps her escape at the end of the second book.
On the Run / int_65fcc287	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_65fcc287	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_65fcc287
On the Run / int_69681e01	type	Big Brother Instinct
On the Run / int_69681e01	comment	Big Brother Instinct: Aiden spends the entire trilogy trying to save his little sister. Same with "Mickey". He's only a part of the kidnapping scheme to help his kid brother. That's the reason why he doesn't want to hurt Meg, and when he realizes that his accomplices do intend to harm her, he helps her escape.
On the Run / int_69681e01	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_69681e01	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_69681e01
On the Run / int_6a47a1e2	type	Knight of Cerebus
On the Run / int_6a47a1e2	comment	Knight of Cerebus: The assassin. Unlike Miguel, who was a jerk but ultimately sympathetic, and Emmanuel Harris who is a Hero Antagonist, the assassin is actually evil. He first appearance has him assault and nearly kill Miguel and Aiden. He continues to be the biggest threat in later books as he tries to murder the siblings. Taken up even further with The Reveal that he is Frank Lindenauer, and he did frame Aiden and Meg's parents.
On the Run / int_6a47a1e2	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_6a47a1e2	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_6a47a1e2
On the Run / int_6b2b3b59	type	The Reveal
On the Run / int_6b2b3b59	comment	The Reveal: HORUS Global Group—whose members were believed to all be dead or in jail—is secretly still around, and Meg's kidnapping was actually part of their plot to kill the whole Falconer family in such a way that they wouldn't be considered the main suspects. Rufus Sehorn and Marcelle Devereaux ("Tiger") both work for HORUS and are the masterminds behind the plan.
On the Run / int_6b2b3b59	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_6b2b3b59	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_6b2b3b59
On the Run / int_6ee10e0	type	My Greatest Failure
On the Run / int_6ee10e0	comment	My Greatest Failure: Still upset over the fact that he's responsible for the upheaval of Aiden and Meg's family, FBI Agent Harris takes it upon himself to get involved with Meg's rescue to try to atone for what he did. Even after he's taken off the case in the second book, he still continues working with Aiden to find her.
On the Run / int_6ee10e0	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_6ee10e0	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_6ee10e0
On the Run / int_6fc8bf2b	type	Corruption of a Minor
On the Run / int_6fc8bf2b	comment	Corruption of a Minor: In The Fugitive Factor, they encounter a girl whose dad is forcing her to steal things that he then sells.
On the Run / int_6fc8bf2b	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_6fc8bf2b	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_6fc8bf2b
On the Run / int_733e007a	type	Unwitting Pawn
On the Run / int_733e007a	comment	Unwitting Pawn: The abduction plot isn't really about a simple exchange for ransom money, but only one of Meg's three captors ("Tiger") knows this, and is working with a secret fourth kidnapper (Sehorn). Their two accomplices ("Mickey" and "Spidey"), who are Only in It for the Money, are just their patsies, and the latter doesn't realize this until it's too late.
On the Run / int_733e007a	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_733e007a	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_733e007a
On the Run / int_7d53bc0b	type	Hollywood Silencer
On the Run / int_7d53bc0b	comment	Hollywood Silencer: In literary form.
On the Run / int_7d53bc0b	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_7d53bc0b	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_7d53bc0b
On the Run / int_7d7c8e54	type	Being Watched
On the Run / int_7d7c8e54	comment	Being Watched: Aiden and Meg get good at detecting when someone's following them or recognizes them.
On the Run / int_7d7c8e54	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_7d7c8e54	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_7d7c8e54
On the Run / int_80a7d3e2	type	Convicted by Public Opinion
On the Run / int_80a7d3e2	comment	Convicted by Public Opinion: Although the Falconer parents have been proven innocent (as should be made clear by the fact that they're now living at home), their house is the victim of vandalism and their kids take a lot of crap at school. What's more, one of the kidnappers hates the Falconer parents.
On the Run / int_80a7d3e2	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_80a7d3e2	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_80a7d3e2
On the Run / int_895ec17	type	Only in It for the Money
On the Run / int_895ec17	comment	Only in It for the Money: Sean/"Mickey" only got involved with kidnapping for the ransom money, which he needs in order to afford a lawyer for his 16-year-old brother who'd gotten in trouble with the law. He's rather ashamed of it, and once he find evidence that his partners have more than money in mind and plan to actually hurt Meg, he helps her escape. While there are hints in the second book that Joe/"Spidey" has a grudge against the Falconers for being traitors, it turns out that this really is the case for him, too. He is bewildered and outraged to learn from Marcelle/"Tiger" when she turns on him that money was never really the end goal of the kidnapping. It's possible that the anti-Falconer articles "Mickey" found that he thought were "Spidey"'s were really "Tiger"'s all along.
On the Run / int_895ec17	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_895ec17	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_895ec17
On the Run / int_8cb4ea46	type	By-the-Book Cop
On the Run / int_8cb4ea46	comment	By-the-Book Cop: Mike Sorenson, who replaces Emmanuel Harris as the lead agent on Meg's kidnapping case at the beginning of the second book, and causing tension with the rest of the Falconer family to the point that Aiden runs away to find Meg by himself. Him finally overcoming this and being willing to bend protocol in an emergency is what allows him to become The Cavalry for the climax of the series.
On the Run / int_8cb4ea46	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_8cb4ea46	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_8cb4ea46
On the Run / int_8d718b9e	type	Bears Are Bad News
On the Run / int_8d718b9e	comment	Bears Are Bad News: Inverted at first. The bear is only a cute cub, and actually proves to be useful, providing a vital distraction for Meg, John, and Louise, who are being held at gunpoint by HORUS, to escape. Played straight, though, with the cub's Mama Bear. It mauls and badly injures Joe/"Spidey", and tries to attack Aiden, Meg, and Harris before The Cavalry shows up Just in Time.
On the Run / int_8d718b9e	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_8d718b9e	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_8d718b9e
On the Run / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
On the Run / int_970c790a	comment	The ultimate fate of Rufus Sehorn during the mine cave-in at the climax is either this or being crushed to death.
On the Run / int_970c790a	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_970c790a	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_970c790a
On the Run / int_97914ed	type	Idiot Savant
On the Run / int_97914ed	comment	Idiot Savant: Oznot, who has a severe mental disorder of some sort and is unable to communicate verbally, but draws excellent portraits. A crucial detail in these portraits eventually allows Aiden to make the connection that Hairless Joe is actually Frank Lindenauer, the very man they've been searching for.
On the Run / int_97914ed	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_97914ed	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_97914ed
On the Run / int_9b06e314	type	Greater-Scope Villain
On the Run / int_9b06e314	comment	Greater-Scope Villain: HORUS Global Group, the front organization for terrorists that John and Louise Falconer were tricked into helping. The Big Bad of the "On the Run" series, Frank Lindenauer, worked for them in the past, but the group as a whole doesn't play a larger role until the "Kidnapped" sequel series.
On the Run / int_9b06e314	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_9b06e314	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_9b06e314
On the Run / int_a27da813	type	Stern Chase
On the Run / int_a27da813	comment	Stern Chase: The kids just can't stay in one town for too long, as their pursuers soon find them.
On the Run / int_a27da813	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_a27da813	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_a27da813
On the Run / int_a3515d6	type	Contrasting Sequel Antagonist
On the Run / int_a3515d6	comment	Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: The Big Bad of "On the Run", Hairless Joe, was an Obviously Evil assassin who was clearly the main bad guy from the very beginning. In "Kidnapped", while the kidnappers seem to be the same, two of them are actually Unwitting Pawns to the third, who is working together with a Hidden Villain who appears to be a harmless friend and ally of the Falconers and only shows his true colors at the climax: Rufus Sehorn.
On the Run / int_a3515d6	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_a3515d6	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_a3515d6
On the Run / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
On the Run / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: In the original "On the Run" series, while proving John and Louise Falconer innocent was the Series Goal, they got very little actual screentime, since they were in prison until the very end of the series. Here, now that they're out of prison and trying to resume normal lives, they have much larger roles and presence throughout all three books, and even become Parents in Distress during the climax of the series.
On the Run / int_a65288e2	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_a65288e2	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_a65288e2
On the Run / int_a8217606	type	Sweet Polly Oliver
On the Run / int_a8217606	comment	Sweet Polly Oliver: Meg is disguised as a boy on a couple of different occasions to throw off everyone who's searching for a brother and sister.
On the Run / int_a8217606	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_a8217606	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_a8217606
On the Run / int_ab5eea65	type	Dramatic Irony
On the Run / int_ab5eea65	comment	Dramatic Irony: When Sehorn is driving John and Louise to the ransom dropoff to get Meg back, they silently note with some irritation that he seems way too cheerful under the circumstances, but don't know why. The readers, meanwhile, have just learned along with Sorenson that Sehorn is in the league with the kidnappers, and thus realize that he's so cheerful because everything is going according to plan and the Falconers are already captured even though they haven't realized it yet.
On the Run / int_ab5eea65	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_ab5eea65	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_ab5eea65
On the Run / int_ac560dc4	type	Save the Villain
On the Run / int_ac560dc4	comment	Save the Villain: Aiden reflexively does this for Hairless Joe in Public Enemies when the latter almost falls down the elevator shaft he tried to throw Aiden and Meg into. Aiden later laments this since it would have made things much less dangerous for him and Meg, but it turns out to have been very important because Hairless Joe and Frank Lindenauer are really one and the same, and the Falconers need him alive to prove their parents' innocence.
On the Run / int_ac560dc4	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_ac560dc4	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_ac560dc4
On the Run / int_acecb17d	type	Chekhov's Skill
On the Run / int_acecb17d	comment	Chekhov's Skill: Chelsea from The Fugitive Factor displays some impressive gymnastic skills a few chapters before it turns out that she is the (unwilling but forced into it by an abusive dad) local Classy Cat-Burglar.
On the Run / int_acecb17d	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_acecb17d	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_acecb17d
On the Run / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
On the Run / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Aiden realizes the kidnapping is happening in front of him as he watches.
On the Run / int_ad1db87c	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_ad1db87c	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_ad1db87c
On the Run / int_ad641426	type	Trademark Favorite Food
On the Run / int_ad641426	comment	Trademark Favorite Food: You don't mess with Emmanuel Harris's coffee. He knows his coffee.
On the Run / int_ad641426	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_ad641426	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_ad641426
On the Run / int_b1a7cd14	type	Tap on the Head
On the Run / int_b1a7cd14	comment	Tap on the Head: Multiple times, Meg hits her head by falling or being pushed, is knocked unconscious, and wakes up later with nothing more than a headache.
On the Run / int_b1a7cd14	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_b1a7cd14	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_b1a7cd14
On the Run / int_b5f5824e	type	Linked List Clue Methodology
On the Run / int_b5f5824e	comment	Linked List Clue Methodology: How the kids follow the trail of "Frank Lindenauer".
On the Run / int_b5f5824e	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_b5f5824e	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_b5f5824e
On the Run / int_b75b35ac	type	Forgiveness
On the Run / int_b75b35ac	comment	Forgiveness: When John Falconer asks how he and his wife can repay Agent Harris for protecting their children, Harris reveals that all he really wants is for them to forgive him for his mistake that led to the events of the previous series and this one. John grants him this forgiveness.
On the Run / int_b75b35ac	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_b75b35ac	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_b75b35ac
On the Run / int_c2393191	type	Show Within a Show
On the Run / int_c2393191	comment	Show Within a Show: Aiden and Meg constantly save themselves in dangerous situations by using tricks from the Mac Mulvey Hard Boiled Detective novel series, with Mulvey being a fictional character who their father created.
On the Run / int_c2393191	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_c2393191	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_c2393191
On the Run / int_c2676b00	type	Jurisdiction Friction
On the Run / int_c2676b00	comment	Jurisdiction Friction: Occurs between Harris and Adler, the head of Juvenile Corrections.
On the Run / int_c2676b00	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_c2676b00	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_c2676b00
On the Run / int_c2afffe	type	Take Me Instead
On the Run / int_c2afffe	comment	Take Me Instead: In the series climax when Frank Lindenauer has captured Meg and is holding her at gunpoint, Aiden—who knows Frank will kill her as soon as he escapes—tries to bargain with him to exchange himself for Meg as Lindenauer's hostage. Meg, of course, refuses to allow this, and Lindenauer mocks their self-sacrificing natures.
On the Run / int_c2afffe	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_c2afffe	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_c2afffe
On the Run / int_c3648b87	type	Teeth-Clenched Teamwork
On the Run / int_c3648b87	comment	Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Aiden doesn't like working with Agent Harris to look for Meg, being that Harris is the one who locked up his parents, after all.
On the Run / int_c3648b87	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_c3648b87	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_c3648b87
On the Run / int_c5385ad9	type	Horrible Judge of Character
On the Run / int_c5385ad9	comment	Horrible Judge of Character: Played with in regards to John and Louise Falconer: On the one hand, though FBI Agent Harris does sincerely want to help the Falconers get Meg back, they have understandable reasons for not liking and trusting him after all the harm he's caused to their family, and he himself fully acknowledges this. What's more, he does genuinely screw up the ransom handoff in the first book, which, naturally, makes them trust him even less and gets him taken off the case. On the other hand, they (along with Aiden) are totally fooled by Rufus Sehorn into thinking he's their Only Friend and greatest ally, when he's actually a HORUS agent behind Meg's kidnapping who's planning to murder them. This is the second time they've been tricked by a HORUS agent pretending to be their friend, as Sehorn himself lampshades, after the first time this happened (with Lindenauer) caused the events of both series to happen in the first place. By contrast, Agent Harris himself is pretty much the only person who never trusts Sehorn from the beginning.
On the Run / int_c5385ad9	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_c5385ad9	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_c5385ad9
On the Run / int_d001c42c	type	Anti-Villain
On the Run / int_d001c42c	comment	Anti-Villain: "Mickey" (real name Sean). The only reason he helps abduct Meg is so that he can help his younger brother. Anytime he shares a scene with Meg, he displays a mixture of Big Brother Instinct and Lima Syndrome. He later helps Meg escape and assists Aiden and Harris in finding her, and accordingly, gets off with a much lighter sentence than his accomplices.
On the Run / int_d001c42c	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_d001c42c	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_d001c42c
On the Run / int_d0b60f23	type	GoshDangItToHeck
On the Run / int_d0b60f23	comment	Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Mostly mild. No characters curse, and even some expressions are modified. "Apewire" is a stand-in for "apeshit". On the other hand, Miguel — a tough kid from juvie — gets hit by this hard in the first book. If he weren't such a badass, he'd be turned into a Bad Butt as a result of having his (many) insults censored in odd ways.
On the Run / int_d0b60f23	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_d0b60f23	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_d0b60f23
On the Run / int_d1a69ab2	type	We Need to Get Proof
On the Run / int_d1a69ab2	comment	We Need to Get Proof: The problem Aiden and Meg face.
On the Run / int_d1a69ab2	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_d1a69ab2	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_d1a69ab2
On the Run / int_d21f3d5d	type	Justified Criminal
On the Run / int_d21f3d5d	comment	Justified Criminal: Aiden and Meg eventually realize they have to break the law in order to survive. At one point, Aiden writes an apology letter for a vacationing family just before stealing their car.
On the Run / int_d21f3d5d	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_d21f3d5d	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_d21f3d5d
On the Run / int_d8b59bfb	type	I Don't Like You and You Don't Like Me
On the Run / int_d8b59bfb	comment	I Don't Like You And You Don't Like Me: Harris has more respect for the Falconer family, but they still don't like him, and he gives a similar speech to them when they agree to work together to rescue Meg.
On the Run / int_d8b59bfb	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_d8b59bfb	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_d8b59bfb
On the Run / int_d9e9ad7e	type	The Cavalry
On the Run / int_d9e9ad7e	comment	The Cavalry: The FBI backup, led by Mike Sorenson, shows up Just in Time to save Agent Harris and the Falconer siblings from being mauled by a bear, and arrests the kidnappers. The Cavalry Arrives Late: Downplayed since, as mentioned above, Sorenson and the FBI do save Harris and the Falconers from a bear; however, by the time they arrive, all of the kidnappers have already been killed or incapacitated.
On the Run / int_d9e9ad7e	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_d9e9ad7e	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_d9e9ad7e
On the Run / int_da1c8191	type	Writers Cannot Do Math
On the Run / int_da1c8191	comment	Writers Cannot Do Math: Meg is 11. So should she be in sixth grade, as the book says...except it's stated that her parents were arrested 14 months ago, and it's implied she was in sixth grade at the time they were arrested as well. A ten-year-old would only be in a sixth grade if they had a late birthday, but even if that was the case for Meg, that would mean she should be in seventh grade now.
On the Run / int_da1c8191	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_da1c8191	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_da1c8191
On the Run / int_da910c25	type	Authentication by Newspaper
On the Run / int_da910c25	comment	Authentication by Newspaper: The trio of kidnappers do this, but in turn, make Meg cry because the date on the newspaper is her birthday. "Mickey" tries to later remedy this by giving her a cupcake with a match on top (to act as a candle).
On the Run / int_da910c25	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_da910c25	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_da910c25
On the Run / int_dbca2c99	type	Red Herring
On the Run / int_dbca2c99	comment	Red Herring: Sean/"Mickey" appears to make the discovery that one of his partners-in-crime, Joe/"Spidey", hates the Falconer family and still considers them traitors, and helps Meg escape because he assumes that Joe plans to kill her rather than return her to her family. It's later revealed that Joe actually was, in fact, Only in It for the Money just like Sean; it's their third accomplice, Marcelle/"Tiger", who has ulterior motives for the kidnapping and doesn't actually plan to return Meg to her family.
On the Run / int_dbca2c99	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_dbca2c99	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_dbca2c99
On the Run / int_dda99fa8	type	Despair Event Horizon
On the Run / int_dda99fa8	comment	Despair Event Horizon: The Falconer siblings, but especially Aiden, hit this after the climax of Hunting the Hunted, in which Lindenauer is now dead and, as far as they know, his gloated confession of having framed their parents wasn't taped successfully; they get chucked back into juvie and believe that their only possibility of proving their parents innocent is gone forever. Luckily, it turns out that the confession was recorded through other means, and Harris makes sure that all the Falconers are cleared of all charges.
On the Run / int_dda99fa8	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_dda99fa8	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_dda99fa8
On the Run / int_ddeaea82	type	Miscarriage of Justice
On the Run / int_ddeaea82	comment	Miscarriage of Justice: Aiden and Meg's parents' convictions, considering that they're totally innocent.
On the Run / int_ddeaea82	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_ddeaea82	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_ddeaea82
On the Run / int_de10dda2	type	Caught on Tape
On the Run / int_de10dda2	comment	Caught on Tape: Aiden and Meg eventually plan to expose the Big Bad and clear their parents' names by goading him into confessing to framing them and recording it on tape. It's subverted when, thanks to Hairless Frank ambushing Aiden on Turnbull's farm and the situation escalating so quickly, Aiden doesn't have the recorder on him when Lindenauer gloats about it during the final conversation and isn't able to get it on tape. It's then double-subverted because Turnbull's landlord had bugged his entire farm, and these bugs did record the confession successfully.
On the Run / int_de10dda2	featureApplicability	-0.3
On the Run / int_de10dda2	featureConfidence	1.0
On the Run	hasFeature	On the Run / int_de10dda2
On the Run / int_e13156e1	type	Mama Bear
On the Run / int_e13156e1	comment	Mama Bear: Louise Falconer is very protective of her children and is willing to do whatever it takes to keep Aiden safe and get Meg back. A literal example tries to attack the Falconer siblings after previously mauling one of the kidnappers.
On the Run / int_e13156e1	featureApplicability	1.0
On the Run / int_e13156e1	featureConfidence	1.0
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On the Run / int_e256a235	type	Creepy Gas-Station Attendant
On the Run / int_e256a235	comment	Creepy Gas-Station Attendant: One of the first adults Meg and Aiden encounter in the series is a grungy, burly man at a gas station and mini-mart who sells poor-tasting food and eyes them suspiciously throughout their talk. That said, his behavior is justified since he correctly suspects them of being escapees from juvie hall and has no way of knowing about their circumstances when he reports them to the police (although his teenage assistant implies that he is a Mean Boss regardless).
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On the Run / int_e35ab565	type	Indy Ploy
On the Run / int_e35ab565	comment	Indy Ploy: Improvised when chases occur.
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On the Run / int_e43b42ea	type	We Need a Distraction
On the Run / int_e43b42ea	comment	We Need a Distraction: And Meg and Aiden come up with quite a few.
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On the Run / int_e563bf09	type	Insistent Terminology
On the Run / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: The International Collective hates being called a gang, even though that's basically what they are.
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On the Run / int_e70127	type	The Mole
On the Run / int_e70127	comment	Agent Harris discovers in Hunting the Hunter that "Frank Lindenauer" isn't even Hairless Joe's real name; his true identity is Terence McKenzie, and he really was a low-level CIA agent for a while before he became The Mole, and, once the CIA discovered this, dropped out of sight before he could be fired and changed his identity.
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On the Run / int_eb28ab57	type	Bound and Gagged
On the Run / int_eb28ab57	comment	Bound and Gagged: Happens to Meg. Most of the time, she's free to walk around and try to orchestrate an escape.
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On the Run / int_f42f96fa	type	Would Hit a Girl
On the Run / int_f42f96fa	comment	Would Hit a Girl: "Spidey" has no compunctions about hurting Meg, and is very rough towards her.
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On the Run / int_f55d739f	type	The Baroness
On the Run / int_f55d739f	comment	The Baroness: "Tiger", one of the kidnappers.
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On the Run / int_f8f71b5f	type	Buried Alive
On the Run / int_f8f71b5f	comment	Buried Alive: The ultimate fate of Rufus Sehorn during the mine cave-in at the climax is either this or being crushed to death. Briefly seems to have happened to Aiden and Meg as well, who avoid being crushed by rocks like Sehorn was but are apparently trapped inside the mine. Luckily, they soon find and escape through a mine shaft.
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On the Run / int_fb60e9a2	type	He's Got a Weapon!
On the Run / int_fb60e9a2	comment	He's Got a Weapon!: Aiden shouts "knife!" when spotting someone armed with one.
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On the Run / int_fc9c4dfc	type	Defensive Failure
On the Run / int_fc9c4dfc	comment	Defensive Failure: Subverted. After he mockingly tells her "You don't have it in you," Meg would have shot the guy, except Aiden stopped her.
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On the Run / int_fcd9b657	type	Gallows Humor
On the Run / int_fcd9b657	comment	Gallows Humor: Meg asks Aiden if he's "hung himself" yet when talking about his macrame project.
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