History Main / WalkIntoMordor

* Even {{Google}} has gotten in on the act. Go to their directions page, enter "The Shire" as the start point and "Mordor" as the destination and choose "Walking" as your tramsportation method and Google will warn you "Use caution – One does not simply walk into Mordor."

* They are building [[InsurmountableWaistHighFence a wall]] on the US-Mexican border. To sneak in, illegal immigrants must walk across the desert (they already do).
** For other Latinos they have to first cross Mexico before the wall. And Mexico - rather than deport illegal immigrants as the United States does - tends to straight-up imprison them. They have trudge the country through its searing heat, poisonous scorpions, and the occasional {{Chupacabra}}.
** They're actually building it inside the border, because it's easier[[note]]while from an engineering standpoint which side is easier depends on the local terrain, from a ''legal'' standpoint it's nice if the people trying to breach the wall are ''already in your jurisdiction'', meaning you can arrest them just for ''being'' there instead of having to wait until they're through or rely on the cooperation of the police on the other side,[[DirtyCop corrupt]] ''[[DirtyCop Federales]]'' being a Trope in their own right[[/note]], which means it cuts through farms and other properties, and isolates US citizens on the Mexican side. One does not simply walk into Mordor even if you live in Mordor.
** The design used is a complete joke though. Anyone with tin snips can go straight through the wall in less than a minute.

* The ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' novel ''[[Literature/HaloFirstStrike First Strike]]'' mentions that anything larger than a piece of ''dirt'' is catalogued and vaporized within a certain proximity to the Covenant capital ''High Charity''. Ships are also required to transmit the proper security codes constantly, with failure to do so resulting in their instant annihilation by hundreds of their fellow ships. This may have been exaggerated, however. Either way, the Prophets didn't count on someone teleporting directly inside (Master Chief via Delta Halo's teleportation grid, and ''In Amber Clad'' via slipspace, with possible assistance from the same grid).

* The ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' novel ''First Strike'' mentions that anything larger than a piece of ''dirt'' is catalogued and vaporized within a certain proximity to the Covenant capital ''High Charity''. Ships are also required to transmit the proper security codes constantly, failure to do so resulting in their instant annihilation by hundreds of their fellow ships. This may have been exaggerated, however. Either way, the Prophets didn't count on someone teleporting directly inside (Master Chief via Delta Halo's teleportation grid, ''In Amber Clad'' via slipspace, with possible assistance from the same grid)

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* In ''MyWorldMyWay'', Chaos World is one of the continents bordering the princess' castle. She can't access it until close to the end of the game, but she has no problem waltzing in and out of Chaos World at her leisure.

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* One {{Website/YouTube}}r has turned [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5rtT29AHTU "One Does Not Simply ROCK into Mordor"]] into an actual rock song.
** Another {{YouTube}}r referenced this with another meme for "[[www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8fndX_7PqQ Leo Strut]]".
* Halgor in the [[Music/RhapsodyOfFire Dark Secret Saga]], is apparently a giant, mountain-like citadel surrounded by rocky wastelands and swamps infested by carnivorous snakes. This is one of the reasons why the heroes have to walk there, the other being the presence of the Black Order's soldiers and demons around, forcing them to keep a low profile. Subverted with the abandoned dark fortress of Har Kuun, which can be reached by horse.
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[[folder:New Media]]
* The animation quoted up top. [[http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee306/Loracarol/mordor.gif "Nuh-uh! You need, like... an army and stuff."]]
-->'''Boromir:''' Maybe some ninjas... and wizards... [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Ninja Wizards!]] Maybe [[BearsAreBadNews some bears]], too... bears that shoot FrickinLaserBeams out of their eyes! Oh, man, that would be so awesome.
* Along the same lines is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EWfllJ6kNw this vid]]
-->''What about a catapult? Why not'' hurl ''the Ring into Mordor?''
-->'''later:''' ''Something this small is really hard to trajectorize.''
* One does not simply tank [[WebOriginal/LOLCats cat]] into Mordor!!! Heck, Encyclopedia Dramatica has an article about it.
* Even {{Google}} has gotten in on the act. Go to their directions page, enter "The Shire" as the start point and "Mordor" as the destination and choose "Walking" as your tramsportation method and Google will warn you "Use caution – One does not simply walk into Mordor."
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** ''VideoGamne/{{Fallout 4}}'''s Mordor region, the Glowing Sea, which you must walk through to find Virgil in the main storyline, is in the far southwest corner of the map, has many craggy slopes to hike over, and is large enough that parts of it are outside the normal map boundaries.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', the various districts of Washington DC are isolated by insurmountable piles of rubble (and in fact are separate cells from the main Capital Wasteland), so the only way to reach them is through the labyrinth of underground subway and utility tunnels. Reaching the game's true {{Mordor}}, The Pitt from the DLC of the same name, takes a 200+ mile railroad journey[[note]]instantaneous in real time; after you start the rail cart, there's a fade to black and the game resumes at the other end[[/note]].

* ''{{Exalted}}'': Inverted with Malfeas, the Demon City. The most reliable[[note]]Safety is another matter.[[/note]] way to get there is by walking through Cecelyne the Endless Desert. [[EldritchLocation It takes exactly five days to cross her]]. The other way is to learn Sorcery and open a portal there, something the Yozis don't like.

** In general, as long as Percy is a member of a quest group, they can't fly anywhere. This dates back to the beginning of [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians the first series]].

* {{Inverted}} in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''; the only way for the wildlings to enter the Seven Kingdoms is to scale a giant wall made of (implied to be magical) ice.

* In ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' book ''The Son of Neptune'', the heroes can't just fly to Alaska because Zeus would kill Percy if he tried it. Then they got chased by cannibal giants when they stopped in UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}} and escaped on a private jet (arranged by Frank's grandmother in advance) that took them to Anchorage.

* {{Inverted}} in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''; the only way for the wildlings to enter the Seven Kingdoms is to scale a giant wall made of (implied to be magical) ice.

* In ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' book ''The Son of Neptune'', the heroes can't just fly to Alaska because Zeus would kill Percy if he tried it. Then they got chased by cannibal giants when they stopped in UsefulNotes/Vancouver and escaped on a private jet (arranged by Frank's grandmother in advance) that took them to Anchorage.

* {{Inverted}} in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''; the only way for the wildlings to enter the Seven Kingdoms is to scale a giant wall made of (implied to be magical) ice.

* In ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' book ''The Son of Neptune'', the heroes can't just fly to Alaska because Zeus would kill Percy if he tried it.

* ''{{Exalted}}'': Inverted with Malfeas, the Demon City. The most reliable[[note]]Safety is another matter.[[/note]] way to get there is by walking through Cecelyne the Endless Desert. [[EldritchLocation It takes exactly five days to cross her]]. The other way is by learning Sorcery and open a portal there, something the Yozis don't like.

->"''One does not simply walk into Mordor.''"

** They're actually building it inside the border, because it's easier[[note]]while from an engineering standpoint which side is easier depends on the local terrain, from a ''legal'' standpoint it's nice if the people trying to breach the wall are ''already in your jurisdiction'', meaning you can arrest them just for ''being'' there instead of having to wait until they're through or rely on the cooperation of the police on the other side,[[DirtyCop corrupt]] ''[[DirtyCop]]Federales]]'' being a Trope in their own right[[/note]], which means it cuts through farms and other properties, and isolates US citizens on the Mexican side. One does not simply walk into Mordor even if you live in Mordor.

** They're actually building it inside the border, because it's easier, which means it cuts through farms and other properties, and isolates US citizens on the Mexican side. One does not simply walk into Mordor even if you live in Mordor.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', the various districts of Washington DC are isolated by insurmountable piles of rubble (and in fact are separate cells from the main Capital Wasteland), so the only way to reach them is through the labyrinth of underground subway and utility tunnels. Reaching the game's true {{Mordor}}, The Pitt from the DLC of the same name, takes a 200+ mile railroad journey.

* Quite literally in [[LegoAdaptationGame Lego The Lord of the Rings]], as walking (or galloping if you picked up a horse) is the only way you can enter the place unless you [[TheMuppets travel by map]]. Becomes a [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]] because you get a Trophy/Achievement for it titled "One does not simply", with the description being "Walk into Mordor" (the icon is even a Lego version of the original meme!).

* One does not simply tank [[LOLCat cat]] into Mordor!!! Heck, Encyclopedia Dramatica has an article about it.

* And during the ColdWar, we of course had the Iron Curtain stopping passage between the east and west.

* In ''DarkSouls'', one doesn't simply walk into The Abyss. One must first drain the flooded New Londo and equip a certain ring before jumping into it. One must also be considerate of the [[DemonicSpider inhabitants]] one might find on the way.

* In ''DawnOfWar'', [[RiskStyleMap controlling a particular territory]] grants your forces a GlobalAirship that can drop them in any other, with the exception that each faction's home base can only be invaded from an adjacent territory. Once you have that and the territory that gives you two moves a turn the game is basically over.

* The Franchise/{{Halo}} novel ''First Strike'' mentions that anything larger than a piece of ''dirt'' is catalogued and vaporized within a certain proximity to the Covenant capital ''High Charity''. Ships are also required to transmit the proper security codes constantly, failure to do so resulting in their instant annihilation by hundreds of their fellow ships. This may have been exaggerated, however. Either way, the Prophets didn't count on someone teleporting directly inside (Master Chief via Delta Halo's teleportation grid, ''In Amber Clad'' via slipspace, with possible assistance from the same grid)

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* In ''TheIncredibles'', owing to the fact that Syndrome's [[ElaborateUndergroundBase base]] is on an [[UnderwaterBase island volcano]], the heroes end up having to swim to get there after their plane gets shot down. Vehicular access seems to be a big no-no, there is no ferry, and only monorails are allowed on the island (accessibility on foot is not necessary for this trope to apply, if more grueling methods of transportation are available).
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->"''[[MemeticMutation One does not simply]] [[TropeNamer walk into Mordor]].''"

* Parodied in ''DMOfTheRings'' when the party is informed of the Black Gate of {{Mordor}}.