Which character do you think is the best student at the Prometheus School of Running Away From Things?

IMDB User poll: Which character do you think is the best student at the Prometheus School of Running Away From Things? (established May 23, 1934)

At the Prometheus School of Running Away From Things, you learn how to outrun objects in a straight line. Which character at this school from film and television do you think is the best at doing this?





Adam Goldberg from Adam Spielberg (2018)
Ran away from a paper-mache boulder in a straight line and got run over, breaking his arm.

Alex Browning from Final Destination (2000)
Ran away from a falling tree in a straight line that fell on him and almost made him drown in a puddle of mud, but still made it out alive.

Annabeth Chase, Clarisse LaRue and Tyson from Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters (2013)
Ran away from Kronos in a straight line and hid under the boardwalk while Percy fought Kronos.

Barry William Cox from I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Ran away from a car chasing him in a straight line, then ran to the right near a billboard where the car crashed through with him on the front and survived.

Buckaroo Banzai from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: The 8th Dimension (1984)
Ran away from a truck driven by a Red Lectoid in a straight line and would have gotten run over if a helicopter didn't come to save him just in time.

Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story (1995)
Ran away from a globe, slipped on a pencil, and rolled to the window where a desk lamp knocked him out after a globe hit it.

Candace Flynn, Baljeet Tjinder, Buford Van Stomm, and Stacy Hirano from Vanessessary Roughness (2009)
Ran away from a push-button lawnmower in a straight line, then rode down an up escalator on a shopping cart, which launched all of them into an aisle of greeting cards.

Cuddles from Happy Tree Friends: Sweet Ride (2001)
Skateboarded away from Nutty in a straight line until Nutty tripped and got his face stuck in a beehive.

Dash Parr from The Incredibles (2004)
Ran away from 4 flying saucers in a straight line and fell off a cliff onto one of the saucers. He punched the guy in the saucer, who punched Dash off and didn't see his saucer about to hit a cliff until it was too late. Dash fell into the jungle and another saucer hit the bottom of a palm tree and exploded after another one cut through the middle of the tree. He ran across the water from 2 saucers shooting at him and they hit each other and exploded when trying to get into the water tunnel from opposite ends. Dash barely survived when he ducked down into the water.

Elizabeth Shaw from Prometheus (2012)
Ran away from a rolling donut spaceship in a straight line and rolled away just in time before the ship fell down on her.

Eugene Krabs from Patty Hype/Krusty Katering (2000/2017)
Ran away from a crowd of angry customers leaving a rainbow trail behind them who had discoloring side effects from Spongebob's Pretty Patties, but couldn't escape them because he gave his key to the Krusty Krab to Spongebob. Ran away from a waterbed in a straight line and after he slid on a mess of food and got propelled in the air by a sideways table, the fireworks on his back got lit by a chandelier which helped him escape faster.

Foxxy Love from Breakfast Food Killer (2007)
Ran away from a giant marshmallow in a straight line long enough to get pushed out of the way by Wooldoor when she almost got run over by it.

Geoff and Brody from Ca-noodling (2015)
Ran away from a boulder in a straight line and made it out of the cave, then ran back in as the boulder mysteriously disappeared.

Gordie Lachance, Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp, and Vern Tessio from Stand By Me (1986)
Ran away from an oncoming train in a straight line. Chris and Teddy made it to the end of the track, but Gordie and Vern jumped off and had to climb back up the ground under the track.

Greenrind from Captain Nut and the Super Fruits (2006)
Ran away from Blendark in a straight line and ran long enough for Coconut Fred to fly in and save him.

Grover Underwood from Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters (2013)
Ran away from Kronos in a straight line, but didn't run fast enough and got eaten by Kronos.

Gumball, Darwin and Anais from The Allergy (2014)
Ran away from a falling panda truck in a straight line until it stopped barreling towards them.

Hale Caesar from The Expendables (2010)
Ran away from a collapsing building in a straight line and survived.

Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley, and Luna Lovegood from Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Ran away from falling shelves of crystal balls in a straight line and made it to the exit door in time.

Indiana Jones from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Ran away from a boulder and made it out of the cave before the boulder blocked the exit.

Joe Lamb, Cary and Charles Kaznyk from Super 8 (2011)
Ran away from a crashing train in a straight line and barely avoided getting killed by all of the huge crashes and explosives.

John McClane from Die Hard (1988)
Ran away from a plane shooting at him and jumped down to the lower part of the roof.

Johnny and Dukey from Johnny vs. Bling-Bling 3/Bathtime for Johnny/Mush, Johnny, Mush (2007/2011)
Ran away from a missile in a straight line, then split up so the missile would hit Bling-Bling's helicopter instead. Only Johnny ran away from a bath robot in a straight line and swung around on a vine to avoid the lake while the robot fell in. They both ran away from a snowball in a straight line and Dukey clawed into the ice to help him and Johnny turn out of the way to avoid the snowball.

Joy and Sadness from Inside Out (2015)
Ran away from the collapsing goofball island in a straight line and made it out in time before they could fall down with the island.

Justin Peter Griffin from Internal Affairs (2012)
Ran away from an ice cream truck that Ernie was driving in a straight line and hung on to the side of the ice cream truck before he could get run over.

Kevin, Stuart and Bob from Animated Atrocities #151: Minions (2011)
Ran away from barbarians in a straight line and narrowly dodged a man in a spiky ball suit. They hid in a telephone booth to the side, where there was a masked guy with a chainsaw, so they had to keep running straight. They carefully walked under a tripwire and tripped 6 people behind them.

Lightning McQueen and Mater from Cars/Animated Atrocities #46: Cars 2 (2006/2011)
Ran away from Frank in a straight line and made it past the fence area that kept Frank in. They also ran away from Lizzie in a straight line when she pretended to be a train.

Ludlow Lamonsoff from Pixels (2015)
Ran away from Pac-Man in a straight line after Pac-Man ate his car until Eddie drove his car into the Pac-Man to save him from getting eaten.

Lumpy from Out on a Limb/Ipso Fatso/Concrete Solution/Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow (2003/2006)
Ran away from a tree in a straight line, but didn't make it in time and it fell on his leg. Wheeled away from Disco Bear's treadmill in a straight line, but couldn't outrun the treadmill which got stuck to his wheelchair and he crashed into a wall and died. Ran away from Nutty in a straight line and got knocked off a bridge. Biked away from Flippy's helicopter in a straight line and survived, since Flippy drove his plane away from Lumpy and crashed into a tree.

Marlin and Dory from Finding Nemo (2003)
Swam away from a falling shipwreck in a straight line, which was stopped by the wall underneath a sea cliff before it could fall on them.

Marty McFly from Back to the Future Part 2 (1989)
Ran away from Biff in a straight line on a hoverboard and made it to the end of the tunnel just in time to be pulled up by a string of flags on Doc Brown's flying car.

Mateo Fernando Aquino Liwanag from Secret Shopper (2016)
Ran away from a forklift in a straight line and knocked over the secret shopper on the way.

Megamind from Megamind (2010)
Ran away from a copper ball thrown by Hal in a straight line and escaped by going down the subway stairs. He also drove on a rocket motorcycle away from a tall building thrown by Hal in a straight line.

Meredith Vickers from Prometheus (2012)
Ran away from a rolling donut spaceship in a straight line, but didn't run fast enough and got crushed.

Milo Murphy, Melissa Chase and Zack Underwood from Going the Extra Milo/Backward to School Night/Snow Way Out (2016/2017/2019)
Ran away from

Mr. Incredible from The Incredibles (2004)
Ran away from the Omnidroid in a straight line and got to the side in a sea cliff so the Omnidroid would fall in the water.

Orville from The Rescuers (1977)

Ran away from Medusa's swampmobile in a straight line, and got sucked in and pushed out covered in smoke.

Patrick Star from Opposite Day/The Krabby Patty that Ate Bikini Bottom (1999/2011)
Ran away from Squidward's lawnmower in a straight line with Spongebob. Ran away from a giant krabby patty in a straight line with Spongebob and Squidward. Spongebob and Patrick later got rescued by Sandy's bamboo helicopter.

Percy Jackson from Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters (2013)
Ran away from Kronos in a straight line and found the sword to fight Kronos.

Sam, Clover and Alex from Truth or Scare/Evil Graduation (2004/2008)
Sam and Clover ran away from a giant roll of newsprint in a straight line and got sprayed with ink and stuck on a converyor belt and tied up. They then rolled away from a paper-cutting machine in a straight line and Clover stopped it by putting her foot a rope holding a stack of papers together and swung it around to jam the cutter. All 3 of them ran away from a football parade float in a straight line and jumped before a football bomb hit the ground underneath them, then hid in the hole it created as the float passed over them.

Sandy Cheeks from It Came From Goo Lagoon (2014)
Ran away from a big ball of purple goo in a straight line with Spongebob until it rose above them and took Patrick.

Sarah Connor from The Terminator (1984)
Ran away from a gasoline truck in a straight line until Kyle Reese put a stick of dynamite in a pipe underneath the truck and it exploded.

Simba from The Lion King (1994)
Ran away from a stampede of wildebeests in a straight line and held on to a branch in the ground long enough for Mufasa to save him and put him on a cliff that was safe from the hyena stampede.

Spike from A Matter of Principals (2018)
Ran away from a big wheel of limburger cheese until it fell sideways on him.

Spongebob Squarepants from Opposite Day/Skill Crane/#23 of Admirable Animations #25: Krabs a la Mode/The Krabby Patty that Ate Bikini Bottom/It Came From Goo Lagoon (1999/2005/2007/2011/2014)
Ran away from Squidward's lawnmower in a straight line with Patrick. Ran away from a crane Squidward was spinning around in a straight line and survived when it hit the Krusty Krab. Ran away from Plankton's Zamboni in a straight line but got stuck on the front with 6 hockey players and Squidward. Ran away from a giant Krabby Patty in a straight line with Squidward and Patrick and he and Patrick were rescued by Sandy's helicopter while Squidward hid someplace unknown. Ran away from a big ball of purple goo in a straight line with Sandy until it rose above them and took Patrick.

Squidward Tentacles from The Krabby Patty that Ate Bikini Bottom (2011)
Ran away from a giant krabby patty in a straight line. He disappeared before Patrick started running with Spongebob, but must have escaped it somehow since he never got eaten with Mr. Krabs and Plankton.

Star Butterfly from The Banagic Incident (2015)
Ran away from pirate-costumed waiters in a straight line and used a magic spell to help her shopping cart jump over a bus.

Steven Universe: The Test (2015)
Ran away from a boulder in a straight line and jumped off the ramp onto a vine just in time.

Thomas and Minho from The Maze Runner (2013)
Ran away from a Griever in a straight line and made it out before the maze wall closed on them and crushed the Griever.

Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004)
Ran away from a stampede of wildebeests in a straight line, somehow got up on top on one of them, and fell off a cliff into a river, then fell off a waterfall. They survived and made it to shore.

Tony Stark from Iron Man 3 (2013)
Ran away from a falling water tower in a straight line and held tight onto a fence far away from it when the water tower crashed and flooded the ground.

Twilight Sparkle from Owl's Well That Ends Well (2011)
Ran away from a huge dragon in a straight line and made it out of the woods with her owl's help.

Uncle Blobb from The Amazing Carnival of Complaining (2001)
Ran away from a big rolling apple-shaped ride in a straight line and jumped off the side at some point off screen before the conveyor belt stopped.

This blog was created 3 weeks before my 17th birthday on August 14, 2015 and finished on my 17th birthday, September 4, 2015 (which is also Google's 17th birthday)!

Results (of 47 votes)
1st: Indiana Jones-17
2nd: Dash Parr-7
3rd: Buzz Lightyear-6
4th: Marlin and Dory-5
5th: Alex Browning-4
6th: Gordie/Chris/Teddy/Vern-2
6th: Mateo-2
6th: Thomas and Minho-2
7th: Barry William Cox-1
7th: Grover Underwood-1
7th: Twilight Sparkle-1
7th: Tyson-1