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The racecourse or other path is marked off by arrows. Either a villain or a prankster mucks things up by flipping the sign so the arrows point the other way. Can also include incidents where someone who, with honest intentions, by mistake thinks the sign is wrong and "fixes" it, whereupon [[Hilarity Ensues]].
See also: [[Rules of the Road]], and [[Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat]], as this is one of the ways he does it.
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The Master does this to delay the Doctor's journey to the town of Devil's End in "The Daemons".
* In the ''[[Amazing Stories (TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'' episode "Mummy Daddy", an actor playing the role of the Mummy in a horror film receives a phone call that his wife has gone into labour. On the way to the maternity hospital, he is mistaken for a real Mummy by superstitious villagers. They start shooting at him, and one of the shots spins the road sign for the maternity hospital.
* Ethel does it in the ''[[
* [[Almighty Janitor|The Janitor]] does this to JD during [[It Makes Sense in Context|his birthday triathlon]] in ''[[Scrubs]]''. JD ends up biking uncontrollably down a near-vertical hill.
* In the ''[[M.I. High]]'' episode "The Others", Blane foils the government agents testing the team by swapping the signs pointing to the library and the cafeteria.
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* The 'removing road signs to confuse invading troops' version happens in ''[[All Creatures Great and Small]]''. A local tells the soldier who is removing a sign that, if he wants to confuse the Germans, he should leave that particular sign up as it has been pointing the wrong way for years.
* In ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'', Ted does this in order to {{spoiler|stop Clive's relatives from getting to the church to prevent Clive and Gladys' wedding}}.
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* ''[[Superfriends]]'' 1973-74 episode "The Fantastic Frerps". This is how King Plasto diverts a shipment of raw plastic from the real GREPS building to his imitation.
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Fall Weather Friends," Rainbow Dash flips the sign marking the path for the Running of the Leaves, sending Applejack off the track. She hastily flips it back when she hears Twilight Sparkle coming, to keep from being caught.
* In the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' parody of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'', when sabotaging Gunderstank. Billy spins the signs when Grim leads a field trip, so the signs are reversed yet upside down.
{{quote|'''Dean Toadblatt''': [[Too Dumb to Live|Hey, jerkwad, you’re going the wrong way! The Enchanted Meadow is in that spooky cave, and the deadly Manticore is in that happy meadow! Can’t you read?]]}}
* Happens in ''[[Doctor Snuggles]]''.
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