Road Trip Across the Street/Playing With

• Basic Trope: A character takes what looks to be a long road trip...but the distance is short.
• Played Straight: Alice and Bob pack up the car with suitcases full of clothes and supplies and the kids, only to drive to Alice's mom's house down the street.
• Exaggerated: Alice's mom lives next door.
• Inverted: Alice's mom comes to see them.
  • Alice and Bob and their kids pack up for a long journey across the country.
• Justified: They're Going to See the Elephant
  • A wormhole or other such portal opens, allowing them to reach their destination faster.
• Subverted: Bob turns the corner.
• Double Subverted: Alice's mom lives only a block away.
• Deconstructed:
• Reconstructed:
• Parodied: The purpose of this trip is...to go to the end of the driveway to get the mail.
• Lampshaded: "That was a quick trip!"
• Averted: Alice and Bob don't go anywhere.
  • Alice and Bob are taking their family on a much longer trip.
• Enforced: Rule of Funny
• Invoked:
• Defied: Alice and Bob don't feel it's necessary to pack three months' worth of clothes for a three day trip.
• Discussed: "That's an awful lot of luggage for a short trip to Grandma's."
• Conversed: "Doesn't she, like, live next door?"
• Played For Laughs: Almost always is
• Played For Drama: