Escape or Escaping may refer to:

Computing

Escape character In computing and telecommunication, an escape character is a character (computing), character that invokes an alternative interpretation on the following characters in a character sequence. An escape character is a particular case of metacharac ...

, in computing and telecommunication, a character which signifies that what follows takes an alternative interpretation **

Escape sequence In computer science, an escape sequence is a combination of characters that has a meaning other than the literal characters contained therein; it is marked by one or more preceding (and possibly terminating) characters. Examples * In C and man ...

, a series of characters used to trigger some sort of command state in computers *

Escape key On computer keyboards, the Esc key (named ''Escape key'' in the international standard series ISO/IEC 9995) is a key used to generate the escape character (which can be represented as ASCII code 27 in decimal, Unicode U+001B, or ). The escape ...

, the "Esc" key on a computer keyboard

Film

* ''Escape'' (1928 film), a German silent drama film * ''Escape!'' (film), a 1930 British crime film starring Austin Trevor and Edna Best * ''Escape'' (1940 film), starring Robert Taylor and Norma Shearer, based on the novel by Ethel Vance * ''Escape'' (1948 film), starring Rex Harrison * ''Escape'' (1971 film), a television movie starring

Christopher George Christopher John George (Greek: Χριστόφορος Γεωργίου; February 25, 1931 – November 28, 1983) was an American television and film actor who starred in the 1960s television series ''The Rat Patrol''. He was nominated for a Gol ...

and William Windom * ''Escape'' (1980 film), a television movie starring

Timothy Bottoms Timothy James Bottoms (born August 30, 1951) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the lead in ''Johnny Got His Gun'' (1971); Sonny Crawford in ''The Last Picture Show'' (1971), where he and his fellow co-stars, Cy ...

and

Colleen Dewhurst Colleen Rose Dewhurst (3 June 1924 – 22 August 1991) was a Canadian-American actress mostly known for theatre roles. She was a renowned interpreter of the works of Eugene O'Neill on the stage, and her career also encompassed film, early drama ...

* ''Escape'' (1988 film), an Egyptian film directed by Atef El-Tayeb * ''Escape'' (2012 American film), a thriller starring C. Thomas Howell, John Rhys-Davies, Anora Lyn * ''Escape'' (2012 Norwegian film), a thriller film originally titled ''Flukt'' * ''Escapes'' (film), a 2017 documentary film about ''Blade Runner'' screenwriter Hampton Fancher * ''Escape'' (2021 film), an upcoming Malayalam film starring

Santhosh Keezhattoor Santhosh Keezhattoor (a.k.a. Maranan, will die in 9/10 movies) is an Indian film & theatre actor. He had acted in many leading and supportive roles. He won acclaim though doing character roles. Before entering into the film industry, he was wo ...

Literature

Books

*''Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini'', a 2006 book by

Sid Fleischman Albert Sidney Fleischman (born Avron Zalmon Fleischman; March 16, 1920 – March 17, 2010) was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for ...

* ''Escape'' (Jessop and Palmer book), a 2007 book about Jessop's upbringing in a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints polygamous community * ''Escape'' (Choose Your Own Adventure), a ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' book * ''Escape'' (McMillan book), a 2008 autobiographical book by smuggler David McMillan * ''Escape'', a 1939 novel by

Grace Zaring Stone Grace Zaring Stone (January 9, 1891 – September 29, 1991) was an American novelist and short-story writer.

under the pseudonym Ethel Vance * ''Escape'', a 2022 novel by K.R. Alexander.

Other print media

* ''Escape'' (play), a 1926 play by the British writer John Galsworthy * ''Escape'' (magazine), a British comic strip magazine published between 1983 and 1989 * "

Escape! "Escape!" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published as "Paradoxical Escape" (a publisher's change in the title) in the August 1945 issue of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' and reprinted as "Escape! ...

", a 1945 science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov * ''Escape'' (manga), a 1981 short manga by Akira Toriyama

Music

Albums

* ''Escape'', a 2022 EP by

Daoko is a Japanese singer and rapper born in Tokyo. She started her career when one of her uploaded videos on Nico Nico Douga received attention at the age of 15 in 2012. Career The name Daoko (ダヲコ) was originally her web nickname. Her first ...

with Yohji Igarashi * ''Escape'' (EP), a 2012 EP by Kim Hyung-jun * ''Escape'' (Enrique Iglesias album), or the title song (see below), 2001 * ''Escape'' (Jody Harris and Robert Quine album), 1981 * ''Escape'' (Journey album), or the title song, 1981 * ''Escape'' (Nine Lashes album), 2009 * ''Escape'' (Ram-Zet album), 2002 * ''Escape'' (Whodini album), or the title song, 1984

Songs

* "Escape" (Enrique Iglesias song), 2001 * "Escape" (Misia song), 2000 * "

Escape (The Piña Colada Song) "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" is a song written and recorded by British-born American singer Rupert Holmes for his album '' Partners in Crime''. As the lead single for the album, the pop song was recommended by ''Billboard'' for radio broadc ...

", 1979 song by Rupert Holmes * "Escape", a song by Kehlani from

SweetSexySavage ''SweetSexySavage'' is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Kehlani. The album was released on January 27, 2017, by Atlantic Records. Kehlani started work on the album shortly after the release of their mixtape '' You Should Be ...

* "Escape", a song by Craig Armstrong * "Escape", a song by Matisyahu from ''

Light Light or visible light is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye. Visible light is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400–700 nanometres (nm), corresponding to frequencies of 750–420 tera ...

'' * "Escape", a song by Metallica from '' Ride the Lightning'' * "Escape", a song by Muse from '' Showbiz'' * "Escape", a song by Alice Cooper from the 1975 album '' Welcome to My Nightmare'' * "Escaping" (song), 1989 song by Margaret Urlich * "Escaping", a song by Blues Traveler from the single " Run-Around", 1995 * "Escaping", a song by High Flight Society from the album '' High Flight Society'', 2007 * "Escaping", a song by Kiko Loureiro from the album '' No Gravity'', 2005 * "Escaping", a song by Kathryn Williams from the album ''

Over Fly Over ''Over Fly Over'' is the fifth album by Kathryn Williams Kathryn Williams (born 15 February 1974, Liverpool, England) is an English singer-songwriter who to date has released 14 studio albums, written and arranged for a multitude of artists, ...

'', 2005 * "Escape", a 2022 song by Kx5 and Hayla

Persons

* Amancio Escapa Aparicio, Roman Catholic bishop * Joseph Escapa (c. 1572–1662), Macedonian rabbi *

Michal Escapa Michal Escapa ( he, מיכל אסקפה) is a former Israeli Paralympic champion. The wrong reports Since at the dawn of the Paralympic Games there was no precision in reporting the results of the competitions, the Israeli athlete was indicated ...

(born 1937), Isralian paralympic multi-sport athlete

Radio

* ''Escape'' (radio program), a radio drama series on CBS * Escape (Sirius XM), a music channel on satellite radio

Television

Escape (TV network) Ion Mystery (formerly Escape and Court TV Mystery, stylized as ESCAPE and MYSTERY; formerly branded on-air as Mystery) is an American free-to-air television network owned by the Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. It focu ...

, American TV network now named Ion Mystery since 2022 * ''Escape'' (1950 TV series), a 1950 American drama anthology series that aired on CBS * ''Escape'' (1973 TV series), a 1973 American adventure anthology series that aired on NBC * ''Escape'' (British TV series), a 1957 British anthology series * ''Escape'', a ''

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...

'' episode

Video games

* ''Escape'' (video game), a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by New Generation Software in 1982 *

Westone Bit Entertainment was a video game developer founded in May 1986, based in Mukoujima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo. They were most famous for the '' Wonder Boy/Monster World'' series. Originally called , the company was renamed to Westone as the word Escape made them sound un ...

, a video game company formerly known as Escape

Other uses

* Extreme-ultraviolet Stellar Characterization for Atmospheric Physics and Evolution, a NASA Small Explorer satellite *

Ford Escape The Ford Escape is a compact crossover SUV sold by Ford since 2000 over four generations. The first generation was jointly developed with Mazda which also created the Mazda Tribute and Mercury Mariner as the twin model. Second generations of th ...

, a small sport utility vehicle *

Escape Cliffs Escape Cliffs is a place on the northern coast of the Northern Territory of Australia and the site of the fourth of a series of four failed attempts to establish permanent settlement in Australia's Top End. The previous attempts were at Fort ...

, historic settlement site in the Northern Territory, Australia *

E-scape E-scape was a project run by the Technology Education Research Unit (TERU) at Goldsmiths University of London, England that developed an approach to the authentic assessment of creativity and collaboration based on open-ended but structured activiti ...

, a project at Goldsmiths University, London