The 'Prometheus School of Running Away From Things' is a satirical trope and meme originating from the 2012 sci-fi film Prometheus. The meme specifically targets a scene where characters attempt to escape a massive, falling horseshoe-shaped spacecraft by running directly along its path of descent rather than simply veering to the side. Popularized by the YouTube channel CinemaSins, the phrase has since become the definitive label for any movie character who chooses the most inefficient and dangerous way to flee from a large object. In internet culture, it is frequently used to mock poor decision-making or to describe situations where someone is making a problem much harder to avoid than it actually is.