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* '''Basic Trope''': A character takes a shortcut, only to get lost.
* '''Played Straight''': [[Nuclear Family|The Tropers]] are on a road trip. [[Bumbling Dad|Bob]] decides to take the [[Scenic Route]]...and ends up getting the family lost.
* '''Exaggerated''': The Tropers [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|wind up stranded out in the middle of the desert]].
* '''Inverted''': Bob takes the [[Scenic Route]], and it gets them to their destination in less time than it would have taken to stay on the main roads.
* '''Justified''': Bob is too proud to ask directions when he gets lost.
** The Tropers had to complete some silly [[Fetch Quest]] or [[Going to See
** Bob had to go off the main route to find a rest stop because one of the kids had a [[Potty Emergency]].
** There is a possible shortcut going that way, but it's either closed due to road construction or requires several turns and Bob keeps missing them.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "[[Christopher Columbus]] didn't need directions, and neither do I!"
* '''Averted''': Bob does not take any shortcuts.
* '''Enforced''': [[
* '''Invoked''': Bob decides to take a shortcut, even [[Directionless Driver|throwing the map out the window]].
* '''Defied''': Bob is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know that this will cause problems, so he stays on main roads.
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