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** [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]] on whether it was a bad decision. She had to keep the others from interfering so she sent Ty Lee and Mai to take them on. And they did nearly win, if not for Appa.
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* In the Greek myth of the Minotaur, the hero Theseus was able to find his way out of King Minos' labyrinth by unspooling a ball of thread given to him by Ariadne.

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* In the Greek myth of the Minotaur, the hero Theseus was able to find his way out of King Minos' labyrinth by unspooling using a ball of thread given to him by Ariadne.Ariadne. He tied one end to the entrance and unwound it as he walked, so he could follow it out afterwards.
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* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Aang leaves a trail of Appa's shedded fur for Azula to follow in "The Chase", deciding to confront her personally at a place of his choice. In a GenreSavvy–[[HangingSeparately but ultimately bad]]–decision, Azula follows the trail herself, but sends her minions to search for the other members of the [[FanNickname Gaang]].

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* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Aang leaves a trail of Appa's shedded fur for Azula to follow in "The Chase", deciding to confront her personally at a place of his choice. In a GenreSavvy–[[HangingSeparately GenreSavvy–[[DividedWeFall but ultimately bad]]–decision, Azula follows the trail herself, but sends her minions to search for the other members of the [[FanNickname Gaang]].
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* In the first appearance of Naga in the ''{{Slayers}}'' OVA, Lina and Naga have to navigate a maze and Lina marks their trail with chalk marks so they can find their way out. Then she learns that Naga thought it was just graffiti and wiped the marks off.


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* In ''TheElenium'', Sparhawk and his friends track Adus through a maze by following the blood trail he was leaving from a wound he received shortly before entering the maze. Then they realize that given the length of the trail, she should have already bled to death and discover that at some point the red splatters they had been following had switched from blood to paint.


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* In the TV movie ''GetSmart Again'', Professor Helmut Schmelding left a trail of books from the entrance of the warehouse that the KAOS agents were hiding in to the actual entrance of their base, starting with a copy of Hansel and Gretel.
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* ''Fable 2'' uses a glowing trail on the ground to point the way to the player's active objective, rather than a blip on a radar screen. It's even referred to as a "breadcrumb trail."
* DeadSpace has a similar effect, though rather than being always on, it's invoked by a button press, when then shows a specific path the player must take.
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* The Track psyenergy in [[GoldenSunDarkDawn Golden Sun Dark Dawn]] allows you to follow a scent path to find your way around. However the only times it's useful are in the first dungeon you can use it in [[UselessUsefulSpell (and it isn't necessary if you know how to traverse it)]], and a puzzle in the final dungeon [[ThisLooksLikeajobforAquaman that requires you to follow the hidden scent path to unlock a gate.]]


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* [[JohnnyBravo Johnny Bravo]] once used a trail of bread crumbs thining it would help him find his way home. Sure enough, birds ate the trail and he got lost [[NoSenseofDirection even though he was right outside his house.]] Another time, Johnny, Carl, and Susie were traveling in the woods and Carl [[GenreSavvy used a trail of pebbles while stating Hansel and Gretel's mistake.]] They get lost because [[TooDumbtoLive Johnny eats the pebbles.]]
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* One episode of ''{{Pokemon}}'' has the Team Rocket capture all the Pokemon in a gathering, including Ash's and his friend's, they were tracked down by following trail of ink shot by Misty's Horsea on the road.
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* ''TheHallelujahTrail:'' Oracle Jones stakes out a safe path through [[QuicksandSucks Quicksand Bottoms]] with torn up strips of his red long-johns. [[spoiler: Then Cora Massingale and the ladies of Group C move his stakes.]]
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* In old adventure games that contained unmappable mazes of identical passages, players often resorted to leaving a trail of objects to find their way around.
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* In EarthboundZero, you can eat the Bread item to recover some HP. However, if you Use it instead, you get Crumbs, and by using Crumbs, you return to the spot you were in when you used the bread. Handy!
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* In ''YuYuHakusho'', [[GreenThumb Kurama]] uses [[http://yuyuhakusho.wikia.com/wiki/File:Lamp_weed.JPG Lamp Weeds]] to mark his trail.
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** [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]] on whether it was a bad decision. She had to keep the others from interfering so she sent Ty Lee and Mai to take them on. And they did nearly won, if not for Appa.

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** [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]] on whether it was a bad decision. She had to keep the others from interfering so she sent Ty Lee and Mai to take them on. And they did nearly won, win, if not for Appa.
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* In the Greek myth of the Minotaur, the hero Theseus was able to find his way out of King Minos' labyrinth by unspooling a ball of thread given to him by Ariadne.
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* In ''{{At World's End}}'', Will Turner leaves a trail of bodies strapped to barrels in order to lead Beckett to Shipwreck Cove. At least until Jack interferes and sends Will with them.

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* In ''{{At ''{{Pirates of the Caribbean}}: At World's End}}'', End'', Will Turner leaves a trail of bodies strapped to barrels in order to lead Beckett to Shipwreck Cove. At least until Jack interferes and sends Will with them.
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* In ''{{At World's End}}'', Will Turner leaves a trail of bodies strapped to barrels in order to lead Beckett to Shipwreck Cove. At least until Jack interferes and sends Will with them.
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** Likewise in Spain.
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** [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]] on whether it was a bad decision. She had to keep the others from interfering so she sent Ty Lee and Mai to take them on. And they did nearly won, if not for Appa.

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* In Chapter 498 of ''{{Naruto}}'', we learn that [[spoiler: Kushina]] was kidnapped, she left a trail of her hair to for some one to follow. [[spoiler: Minato]] was the only one who spotted the trail, which led to their eventual RescueRomance.
** Also, a few chapters earlier, it was deliberately [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by [[spoiler:Kabuto]], who left a ''trail of [[NightmareFuel dead bodies]]'' for the Konoha-tracker-nins all the way to [[spoiler:Madara's]] base, leaving both the trackers and the readers confused as to his true loyalties.
* ''ShoulderACoffinKuro'' has an example of a child using the food trail type to keep from getting lost in a forest. The main characters, themselves lost and trying to find their way to the girl's village, are decidedly dejected because they are certain that animals have already eaten the crumbs.
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* In Chapter 498 of ''{{Naruto}}'', we learn that [[spoiler: Kushina]] was kidnapped, she left a trail of her hair to for some one to follow. [[spoiler: Minato]] was the only one who spotted the trail, which led to their eventual RescueRomance.
** Also, a few chapters earlier, it was deliberately [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by [[spoiler:Kabuto]], who left a ''trail of [[NightmareFuel dead bodies]]'' for the Konoha-tracker-nins all the way to [[spoiler:Madara's]] base, leaving both the trackers and the readers confused as to his true loyalties.
* ''ShoulderACoffinKuro'' has an example of a child using the food trail type to keep from getting lost in a forest. The main characters, themselves lost and trying to find their way to the girl's village, are decidedly dejected because they are certain that animals have already eaten the crumbs.
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* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Aang leaves a trail of Appa's shedded fur for Azula to follow in "The Chase", deciding to confront her personally at a place of his choice. In a GenreSavvy–[[HangingSeparately but ultimately bad]]–decision, Azula follows the trail herself, but sends her minions to search for the other members of the [[FanNickname Gaang]].
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* In ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}'': '''The Two Towers'', Pippin purposely drops the brooch from his cloak so that Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli can know that he and Merry are still alive -- the point apparently being that the brooch, being Elf-made, would never fall by itself, and that Aragorn would know this.

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* In ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}'': '''The ''The Two Towers'', Pippin purposely drops the brooch from his cloak so that Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli can know that he and Merry are still alive -- the point apparently being that the brooch, being Elf-made, would never fall by itself, and that Aragorn would know this.
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* In the Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers, Pipping purposely drops the brooch from his cloak so that Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli can know that he and Merry are still alive - the point apparently being that the brooch, being Elf-made, would never fall by itself, and that Aragorn would know this.

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* In the ''{{The Lord of the Rings: the Rings}}'': '''The Two Towers, Pipping Towers'', Pippin purposely drops the brooch from his cloak so that Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli can know that he and Merry are still alive - -- the point apparently being that the brooch, being Elf-made, would never fall by itself, and that Aragorn would know this.
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*In the Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers, Pipping purposely drops the brooch from his cloak so that Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli can know that he and Merry are still alive - the point apparently being that the brooch, being Elf-made, would never fall by itself, and that Aragorn would know this.
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* In the {{CSI}} episode 'Gum Drops', while searching for a missing child only he believes is alive, Nick finds pieces of gum that he believes she dropped intentionally. This is emphasized by a picture in her room of her dressed as Gretel.

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* In the {{CSI}} ''{{CSI}}'' episode 'Gum Drops', "Gum Drops", while searching for a missing child only he believes is alive, Nick finds pieces of gum that he believes she dropped intentionally. This is emphasized by a picture in her room of her dressed as Gretel.
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* ''ShoulderACoffinKuro'' has an example of a child using the food trail type to keep from getting lost in a forest. The main characters, themselves lost and trying to find their way to the girl's village, are decidedly dejected because they are certain that animals have already eaten the crumbs.
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* In the {{CSI}} episode 'Gum Drops', while searching for a missing child only he believes is alive, Nick finds pieces of gum that he believes she dropped intentionally. This is emphasized by a picture in her room of her dressed as Gretel.
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* * ''{{Aliens}}''. Ripley dropped flares behind her while entering the xenomorphs' nest so she could find her way out.

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* * ''{{Aliens}}''. Ripley dropped flares behind her while entering the xenomorphs' nest so she could find her way out.



* On {{NCIS}}, when Ziva and Tony are trapped in a shipping container on the back of a lift, Ziva leaves a trail of money behind them in the hopes that Gibbs will follow it and find them.

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* On {{NCIS}}, ''{{NCIS}}'', when Ziva and Tony are trapped in a shipping container on the back of a lift, Ziva leaves a trail of money behind them in the hopes that Gibbs will follow it and find them.
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* On NCIS, when Ziva and Tony are trapped in a shipping container on the back of a lift, Ziva leaves a trail of money behind them in the hopes that Gibbs will follow it and find them.

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* On NCIS, {{NCIS}}, when Ziva and Tony are trapped in a shipping container on the back of a lift, Ziva leaves a trail of money behind them in the hopes that Gibbs will follow it and find them.
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* On NCIS, when Ziva and Tony are trapped in a shipping container on the back of a lift, Ziva leaves a trail of money behind them in the hopes that Gibbs will follow it and find them.
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