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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"You ever watch [[The Flintstones]]? Well, did you ever notice how Fred would [[Wraparound Background|run by the same thing over and over again]]? Third time past this tree."''|'''Libby''', ''[[
The characters take a recommended [[Short Cuts Make Long Delays|short cut]] or are traveling through uncharted territory. After a while a character will see a notable marking, and point out that they passed one just like it half an hour ago, and an hour before that...
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Occasionally it won't be a landmark, but a set of footprints. Either the presence of footprints where you wouldn't expect anyone else, or the revelation that a character is following his own trail.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Naruto]]'' has a variation where recognizing a tree makes the group realize that they are in a genjutsu (illusion).
* ''[[One Piece]]'': During the Skypiea arc, [[No Sense of Direction|"it was on the right side of the map"]] Zoro ends up right back where he started at the sacrificial altar. After a bit of back and forth regarding whether he's been there before, he finally decides that this "new place" just looks the same as the old one and shrugs it off.
* In the ''[[Lucky Star]]'' OVA, while the main four are on a school camp, Konata forgets the compass and takes the gang on a detour, levaing them lost and causing Miyuki to remark that they seem to be
* In ''[[Uzumaki]]'', when Kirie and the others {{spoiler|escape from Kurozu-Cho and head into the spiral infested forest}}, they find themselves face to face another group that had {{spoiler|escaped as well}}, but had gone a different way. They soon realize that they've gone in circles.
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Tintin]]''
** In ''[[Tintin
** They do this again in ''[[Tintin
== Film ==
* ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'' pulls this off nicely. The three kids start to worry that ''something'' has them going in complete circles despite the fact that they've been heading south all day.
* In ''[[The Avengers (1998
* On ''[[Open Season]]'', Boog realizes the Elliot has been leading him around in circles when he sees the same animals he met before. Elliot corrects him: "Cir''cle''. One time around."
* ''[[Finding Nemo]]'': "Okay, I've definitely seen this speck of dust before."
== Literature ==
* ''[[
* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[
▲* ''[[And He Built a Crooked House]]'': The tesseract case was born in [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s story. In this case, one of the main characters winds up chasing ''himself'' around the entire tesseract several times before retrieving his own dropped hat and realizing what's happened.
▲* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]]'' Granny Weatherwax and Archancellor Ridcully end up passing the same tree with a bit of his robe snagged on it three times, despite her having lived in the woods her entire life. The [[The Fair Folk|Queen]] is getting past her mental defenses and disorienting them.
* ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]''
** Pooh and Piglet follow their own tracks around a tree and decide that the footprints were made by woozles.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[The Monkees]]'' episode "Monkees Marooned":
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* ''[[The X
* ''[[Star Trek:
== Video games ==▼
* In the Lunar Diplomacy quest in ''[[
* Worlds 4-4 and 7-4 in ''Super Mario Bros.'' will keep repeating unless Mario finds the correct route.
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[
▲* In ''[[Eight Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Fighter insists that they can't be lost, as he's been following the tracks of two guys, a big guy in armor and a small guy in a robe. Black Mage quickly points out the problem with this logic.
== Web Original ==
* ''[[Nyx Crossing]]'' has the characters notice it in episode 2.
== Western Animation ==
* Happens in the camping episode of ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]''.
* Lampshaded in a Cartoon Network music video featuring [[The Flintstones|Fred and Barney]] going past the same scenery multiple times (and commenting on it in subtitles). The song? "Circles" by Soul Coughing.
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Walk around in circles
Walk around in... }}
* Happened in the ''[[
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'''Fry''': Also, my shoe that fell off. }}
== Real Life ==
* Wilderness survival experts know this is a very real risk when traveling without a compass.
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