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: