Short Cuts Make Long Delays: Difference between revisions

** Of course, the movie was just kinda remake of ''Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' anyway, so that's to be expected...

* From ''[[Road Trip]]'' wherein the shortcut leads over a [[Broken Bridge]].

* ''[[The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou]]'': who '''didn't''' see disaster coming when Steve took a shortcut through [[Tempting Fate|Unprotected Waters]]?

 

** The fact this detour [[Because Destiny Says So|turns out to be necessary]] in order for Virginia to obtain the <s>[[Plot Coupon]]</s> poisoned comb so that she can deal out the suitably [[Hoist by His Own Petard|HoistByHerOwnPetard]], [[Karmic Death]] for the [[Big Bad]] only makes this hew even closer to the trope. ("It's the journey that matters," and [[The Quest]] usually requires that something very important be found or learned while the heroes are caught up in a seemingly random delay or distraction.)

* From the ''[[MASH]]'' episode "The Yalu Brick Road'':

'''BJ''': It is a shortcut! Look how fast we got lost! }}

* ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'': Reese thinks any different path one takes is a shortcut. Even if they're longer.

== [[Web Original]] ==

* In the ''[[Binder of Shame]]'', this is how the [http://albruno3.blogspot.com/2010/06/rpgnet-rant-16-great-gamma-world-death.html Great Gamma World Death March] went [[Off the Rails]].

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[Wacky Races]]'': Dick Dastardly once took a short cut that was blatantly shorter than the road he should have taken and ended up falling victim of a booby trap at a place he trespassed and the Mean Machine had to be practically rebuilt part by part. By the time Muttley finished rebuilding it, the land owner learned Dastardly tricked him to stop the other shortcut users and started shooting him. By the time he reached the finish line, he was in last, as [[Failure Is the Only Option|usual]], the Mean Machine had holes all over its body and it fell apart as Dastardly was about to cross the finish line.

* Invoked in an episode of ''[[Gummi Bears]],'' where Cavin is transformed into an ogre in order to infiltrate the ranks of Duke Igthorn's army. After accidentally "capturing" Cubbi, he ends up taking point on the Duke's next invasion, which he tries to sabotage by leading Igthorn and his ogres on a variety of wild goose chases in the guise of "shortcuts."

 

== Real Life ==