"There and Back" Story: Difference between revisions

The journey is usually treated as a major plotline, if not ''the'' main plot itself, and the secondary and tertiary locations and characters that our group encounters are at most a source of smaller subplots, which are usually resolved shortly before that location is left - after all, it's about the journey, not the destination. That said, if a specific subplot ''isn't'' resolved immediately, [[Chekhov's Gun|expect them to come up sometime down the]] [[Stealth Pun|road.]]

 

 

This plotline is a key fixture of many works of [[Children's Literature]] and [[Coming of Age Stories]]. [[The Big Race]] is a frequent form of this, as is many a [[Vacation Episode|Vacation]] or [[Road Trip Episode]] ([[Road Movie|including the movies]]). Expect "[[Are We There Yet?]]" to be asked quite often.

* ''[[Dora the Explorer]]'' does this [[Once an Episode]], with Map detailing the path Dora and Boots will take. The path always includes two primary landmarks prior to the destination itself, and at least a couple of subplots (often involving one of Dora's friends) occur that requires their assistance before they can continue.

** The spinoff series ''[[Go, Diego, Go!]]'' operates much the same way, with Click acting as the guide, and Diego saves any endangered animals he meets along the way.

 

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