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* '''Basic Trope''': A character takes a shortcut, only to get lost. |
* '''Basic Trope''': A character takes a shortcut, only to get lost. |
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* '''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. |
* '''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. |
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* '''Exaggerated''': The Tropers [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero|wind up stranded out in the middle of the desert]]. |
* '''Exaggerated''': The Tropers [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|wind up stranded out in the middle of the desert]]. |
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* '''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. |
* '''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. |
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* '''Justified''': Bob is too proud to ask directions when he gets lost. |
* '''Justified''': Bob is too proud to ask directions when he gets lost. |
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** The Tropers had to complete some silly [[Fetch Quest]] or [[Going to See |
** The Tropers had to complete some silly [[Fetch Quest]] or [[Going to See the Elephant|go see some cheesy tourist trap]] [[It's the Journey That Counts|on the way]]. |
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** Bob had to go off the main route to find a rest stop because one of the kids had a [[Potty Emergency]]. |
** Bob had to go off the main route to find a rest stop because one of the kids had a [[Potty Emergency]]. |
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** 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. |
** 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!" |
* '''Lampshaded''': "[[Christopher Columbus]] didn't need directions, and neither do I!" |
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* '''Averted''': Bob does not take any shortcuts. |
* '''Averted''': Bob does not take any shortcuts. |
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* '''Enforced''': [[ |
* '''Enforced''': [[It's the Journey That Counts]], [[Idiot Plot]] |
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* '''Invoked''': Bob decides to take a shortcut, even [[Directionless Driver|throwing the map out the window]]. |
* '''Invoked''': Bob decides to take a shortcut, even [[Directionless Driver|throwing the map out the window]]. |
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* '''Defied''': Bob is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know that this will cause problems, so he stays on main roads. |
* '''Defied''': Bob is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know that this will cause problems, so he stays on main roads. |
Latest revision as of 18:39, 9 April 2014
- Basic Trope: A character takes a shortcut, only to get lost.
- Played Straight: The Tropers are on a road trip. Bob decides to take the Scenic Route...and ends up getting the family lost.
- Exaggerated: The Tropers 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 go see some cheesy tourist trap on the way.
- 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.
- Subverted: Bob stays on main roads in populated areas.
- Double Subverted: But he takes a wrong turn and gets lost.
- Deconstructed:
- Reconstructed:
- Parodied: The car is seen in front of stock scenery of Mt. Everest, the Pyramids, a beach, the surface of the moon, etc.
- Lampshaded: "Christopher Columbus didn't need directions, and neither do I!"
- Averted: Bob does not take any shortcuts.
- Enforced: It's the Journey That Counts, Idiot Plot
- Invoked: Bob decides to take a shortcut, even 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.
- Discussed:
- Conversed:
- Played For Laughs: Almost always is.
- Played For Drama: The Tropers have to stay in a creepy little town with a Dark and Troubled Past involving a deranged killer.