Tropes about physical pathways and what happens around them.
See also Navigation Tropes, Stealth Tropes, Escape Tropes, and A Safe Index to Hide.
Categories:
Traveling a path:
- Absurdly Ineffective Barricade
- At the Crossroads
- Checkpoint Charlie
- Dangerous Clifftop Road
- Doomed Expedition
- Insurmountable Waist-High Fence
- Journey to the Sky
- No Sidepaths, No Exploration, No Freedom
- Off-into-the-Distance Ending
- Ridiculously Difficult Route
- Run for the Border
- Shortcuts Make Long Delays
- Stay on the Path
- Travel Montage
- Walk into Mordor
- Wrong Turn at Albuquerque
- Yellow Brick Road
- You Can't Miss It
Bridges:
- Bridge Logic
- "Jump Off a Bridge" Rebuttal
- Off Bridge, onto Vehicle
- Rope Bridge
- Sand Bridge at Low Tide
- Take It to the Bridge
- Troll Bridge
Climbing:
- Climbing the Cliffs of Insanity
- Climb, Slip, Hang, Climb
- Le Parkour
- Plummet Perspective
- The Precarious Ledge
- Roofhopping
- Scaling the Summit
Ramps:
Roads:
- Abbey Road Crossing
- Burning Rubber
- Road Block
- Roadside Wave
- Road-Sign Reversal
- Rules of the Road
- Vapor Trail
- We Don't Need Roads
Stairs:
- Absurdly Long Stairway
- Can't Use Stairs
- Ending by Ascending
- Grand Staircase Entrance
- It's All Upstairs From Here
- Mind Your Step
- Sensational Staircase Sequence
- Staircase Tumble
- Stairs Are Faster
- Stairway to Heaven
- Stairwell Chase
- Surprise Slide Staircase
Teleportation Tropes:
Other:
- Air-Vent Passageway
- Chimney Entry
- Dumbwaiter Ride
- Secret Path
- Secret Underground Passage
- Stuck in a Chimney