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[[File:electricsign_1164.jpg|frame|It really couldn't be any clearer.]]
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''In fiction, road signs mean '''''exactly''''' what they say.''
''In fiction, road signs mean '''''exactly''''' what they say.''
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* ''[[Pee Wee's Big Adventure]]'' has a series of signs of upcoming curves, each increasingly twisty and ridiculous. Followed by falling rocks.
* ''[[Pee Wee's Big Adventure]]'' has a series of signs of upcoming curves, each increasingly twisty and ridiculous. Followed by falling rocks.
** This scene is noted for [[Special Effects Failure]], as you can see the signs moving along a track toward the camera.
** This scene is noted for [[Special Effects Failure]], as you can see the signs moving along a track toward the camera.
* One of the ''[[Cannonball Run]]'' films showed a racer sticking numbers to a speed limit sign, changing it from 55 mph to 155 mph
* One of the ''[[Cannonball Run]]'' films showed a racer sticking numbers to a speed limit sign, changing it from 55 mph to 155 mph
** They were driving a Lamborghini. So yeah...
** They were driving a Lamborghini. So yeah...
* ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' has a map that says that there's a fork in the road. Sure, the road branches into two, but there's also a GIANT fork in the road! (which is apparently a real landmark)
* ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' has a map that says that there's a fork in the road. Sure, the road branches into two, but there's also a GIANT fork in the road! (which is apparently a real landmark)
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== Literature ==
== Literature ==
* Invoked in the short story "Absolute Limits", in which frustrated government scientists note that everyone on the highway always breaks the speed limit--so they have the speed limit on that stretch [[Faster-Than-Light Travel|set to the speed of light]].
* Invoked in the short story "Absolute Limits", in which frustrated government scientists note that everyone on the highway always breaks the speed limit—so they have the speed limit on that stretch [[Faster-Than-Light Travel|set to the speed of light]].




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** Special note: this would fall under [[Genre Blind]], too. The scheme was to get Rhinokey arrested for speeding.
** Special note: this would fall under [[Genre Blind]], too. The scheme was to get Rhinokey arrested for speeding.
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' once featured a characteristically bizarre version in which the signs announced "killer clams", "cheese graters" and, horror of horrors, [[Edutainment Show|"EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION"]].
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' once featured a characteristically bizarre version in which the signs announced "killer clams", "cheese graters" and, horror of horrors, [[Edutainment Show|"EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION"]].
* In ''[[Wacky Races]]'', many of the times [[Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat]], it involves him flipping a directional sign so the arrow points in the other direction. Or he yanks a real road sign out of the ground so the others will miss the turn, or changes a 35 mph speed limit sign to read 85 mph. This one is oft imitated in other cartoons where there's [[Wacky Racing]].
* In ''[[Wacky Races]]'', many of the times [[Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat]], it involves him flipping a directional sign so the arrow points in the other direction. Or he yanks a real road sign out of the ground so the others will miss the turn, or changes a 35 mph speed limit sign to read 85 mph. This one is oft imitated in other cartoons where there's [[Wacky Racing]].
* In the opening credits of ''[[I Am Weasel]]'', Weasel's driving a convertible with a hot blonde. But he passes a road sign that reads "LOGO". He leaps out of the car in the direction the sign indicates, and jumps into the logo for the show.
* In the opening credits of ''[[I Am Weasel]]'', Weasel's driving a convertible with a hot blonde. But he passes a road sign that reads "LOGO". He leaps out of the car in the direction the sign indicates, and jumps into the logo for the show.
* This was a favorite gag of [[Tex Avery]]. If a character passed a "Fork ahead" sign, he would then bump into a giant fork sticking out of the ground. A "Hairpin turn" sign would indicate that the road would look ''exactly'' like a hairpin. And when characters stop at a school crossing, what should cross the road but a schoolhouse on two legs.
* This was a favorite gag of [[Tex Avery]]. If a character passed a "Fork ahead" sign, he would then bump into a giant fork sticking out of the ground. A "Hairpin turn" sign would indicate that the road would look ''exactly'' like a hairpin. And when characters stop at a school crossing, what should cross the road but a schoolhouse on two legs.
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