Escape
Start out
Start out verb - Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
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Both terms in one sentence
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Locked in a Room: Problem Sleuth and Ace Dick start out bitterly hating each other and both locked in their respective offices and the game ends when they finally escape.
Source: Webcomic / Problem Sleuth - Alias: While it doesn't start out a gag or even particularly funny, Sark's talent to escape any bad situation becomes universally acknowledged by both the creators, characters and the fans.
Source: Running Gag / Live-Action TV - Splinter and the Turtles start out as test subjects in a lab owned by Baxter Stockman, the mutagen is an alien substance developed by Krang, April O'Neil is an intern in the lab, and the Turtles escape into the sewers with Splinter after Shredder's Foot Clan attempts to steal them from the lab.
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