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== [[Trope Codifier]] ==

The [[Trope Codifier]] is Ryōga Hibiki of ''[[Ranma ½]]''. He's ''so'' predictably late that everyone schedules their meetings with him a week early to allow for a week of him finding his way. This [[In the Blood|runs in his family]] and leads to [[Parental Abandonment]] as they can never manage to be home at the same time (girl-Ranma was even able to claim she was a sister he had never met using this and a [[Wig, Dress, Accent]]). He seems to always either take the wrong direction (when given the choice between three roads, one of which he's told is right and one of which he's told is wrong, he takes the third road), or take directions too literally (when told to go "straight down the road" to the Seikan Tunnel from Hokkaido, he did just that—despite the fact the road curved and his route caused him to leap off of the road). His absurd levels of stamina, which lets him run at top speed for literally hours or even days without stopping, as well as being able to [[Made of Iron|plough right through]] [[Does Not Know His Own Strength|everything in his path]], does not make things better, as he can cover distances far sooner than direction-givers might expect and, particularly after learning the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Breaking Point]], there's literally nothing that can force him to change directions.

Canon:

* In the anime, an early montage showing Ryōga's travels includes an image of him standing in front of [[Moscow|the Kremlin]].

* And then there's the Shishi Hokodan story arc, which starts with Ranma reading a letter from Ryōga, which he claims to have sent from Hokkaido. It's accompanied by a photo of him standing in front of a sign reading "Welcome to Hong Kong" with Chinese locals visible in the background, so there is [[Canon]] evidence of Ryōga traversing an ocean without realizing it.

* In his first appearance, there's a snippet with people laughing when he says he walked to that location. He's on a ''yacht''.

* At one point, he goes the wrong direction ''immediately after being given directions''.

* He once made a map describing how he found the item of the week. The map show France, Africa, China, the dojo, and a red car.

* He even went the wrong direction from the starting line in a race. It was a ''three-legged'' race and he was tied to Ukyō, who was going the right way.

* One of his [[Image Song]]s (''Haikei Akane-san'') is written as a travel card/love letter to Akane. He angsts a lot about being so far away from her, but the lyrics make it clear that while he thinks he's in the other end of Japan, he's probably in her backyard.

Fan Works:

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* In ''[[Ranma ½: The Abridged Chronicles]]'', he's gone from having No Sense of Direction, to having No Sense of Direction and a [[Directionless Driver|stubborn refusal to ask for them]]. When he finally decides to ask, he thinks that "north" is "up."

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* Fanfiction likes to [[Up to Eleven|emphasize]] this. Numerous fanfics have him getting so badly lost he somehow manages to wander into ''[[Crossover|other dimensions]]''.

Fanon:

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* The fact that both his mother and his father share his inability to find his way without a ''lot'' of trial-and-error occasionally gives rise to [[Fan Wank|theories]] that they're [[Squick|related somehow]]. On the other hand, at least one writer suggested his father was just a [[Traveling Salesman]], and only his mother was cursed.

== Advertising ==

* One commercial for a mobile phone's GPS mapping feature shows [[Ozzy Osbourne]] needing the device to find the bathroom in his mansion. Hilariously enough, it actually shows he didn't even know he had said bathroom. (This may be justified. Ozzy is quite wealthy, and so, probably has a considerably large house. Combine this with the effects of his long-term use of hardcore drugs...)

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== Anime and Manga ==

* Red Blood Cell from ''[[Cells at Work!]]''.

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* The [[Trope Codifier]] is Ryōga Hibiki of ''[[Ranma ½]]''. He's ''so'' predictably late that everyone schedules their meetings with him a week early to allow for a week of him finding his way. This [[In the Blood|runs in his family]] and leads to [[Parental Abandonment]] as they can never manage to be home at the same time (girl-Ranma was even able to claim she was a sister he had never met using this and a [[Wig, Dress, Accent]]). He seems to always either take the wrong direction (when given the choice between three roads, one of which he's told is right and one of which he's told is wrong, he takes the third road), or take directions too literally (when told to go "straight down the road" to the Seikan Tunnel from Hokkaido, he did just that—despite the fact the road curved and his route caused him to leap off of the road). His absurd levels of stamina, which lets him run at top speed for literally hours or even days without stopping, as well as being able to [[Made of Iron|plough right through]] [[Does Not Know His Own Strength|everything in his path]], does not make things better, as he can cover distances far sooner than direction-givers might expect and, particularly after learning the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Breaking Point]], there's literally nothing that can force him to change directions.

:In the anime, an early montage showing Ryōga's travels includes an image of him standing in front of the Kremlin. And then there's the Shishi Hokodan story arc, which starts with Ranma reading a letter from Ryōga, which he claims to have sent from Hokkaido. It's accompanied by a photo of him standing in front of a sign reading "Welcome to Hong Kong" with Chinese locals visible in the background, so there is [[Canon]] evidence of Ryōga traversing an ocean without realizing it. In his first appearance, there's a snippet with people laughing when he says he walked to that location. He's on a ''yacht''. At one point, he goes the wrong direction ''immediately after being given directions''. He once made a map describing how he found the item of the week. The map show France, Africa, China, the dojo, and a red car.He even went the wrong direction from the starting line in a race. It was a ''three-legged'' race and he was tied to Ukyō, who was going the right way. One of his [[Image Song]]s (''Haikei Akane-san'') is written as a travel card/love letter to Akane. He angsts a lot about being so far away from her, but the lyrics make it clear that while he thinks he's in the other end of Japan, he's probably in her backyard.

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:* In [[Ranma ½: The Abridged Chronicles~~|the abridged chronicles~~]], he's gone from having No Sense of Direction, to having No Sense of Direction and a [[Directionless Driver|stubborn refusal to ask for them]]. When he finally decides to ask, he thinks that "north" is "up."

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:* Fanfiction likes to [[Up to Eleven|emphasize]] this. Numerous fanfics have him getting so badly lost he somehow manages to wander into ''[[Crossover|other dimensions]]''.

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:* The fact that both his mother and his father share his inability to find his way without a ''lot'' of trial-and-error occasionally gives rise to [[Fan Wank|theories]] that they're [[Squick|related somehow]]. On the other hand, at least one writer suggested his father was just a [[Traveling Salesman]], and only his mother was cursed.

* Several of the Straw Hat pirates in ''[[One Piece]]'', as pictured.

** Roronoa Zoro (pictured above, upper left), by far the worst, is prone to get lost easily, to the point of taking off in the opposite direction as soon as the group sets out. When needing to go south, he once went in exactly the wrong direction despite being in the company of a bird whose head will only ever point to the south. When told to head north, he climbs the tallest building in the vicinity (again, the "north is up" principle). He can be quoted as having once said "It was on the right side of the map, so I just have to keep going right." He then turned to the left. Zoro gets lost in a situation where it should've been ''impossible'' (like when Nami outright tells him to ''follow her'' in the [[CP 9]] arc), and often blames the others for "getting lost". Hilariously seen in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCm-ypxAXdg this video.] To the tune of [[Ear Worm|Yakety Sax]], for added points. The absolute worst example has to be at Enies Lobby. He gets lost walking to a set of stairs ''20 feet in front of him.'' He blames Nami's bad directions. Chopper (pictured above, upper right) responded by offering to make Zoro ''[[Take That|a cure for hopeless idiocy]]''. Post-time skip, when the crew was reuniting on Sabaody Archipelago, Zoro was ''first'' one there and is incredibly smug about it (though it was thanks to Perona's help). Though played straight back into position when he decides to go fishing and gets on a pirate ship as well. {{spoiler|He blames destiny and cuts the ship in half.}} He has, on the other hand, no trouble finding someone when ''he wants to get away from them'', like in a post-Enies Lobby filler episode when he's wearing an embarrassing shirt he doesn't want to be seen in, and ends up running into ''everyone in the crew'' when trying to avoid them. He's been called a ''fantasista'' (roughly, calling someone a "daydreamer" in a derogatory fashion) twice. By Nami in Enies Lobby, and by Perona in the Whereabouts stories.