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eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
25th Feb, 2017 02:00:05 AM
I am not aware of such a trope, but see Short Cuts Make Long Delays for when the arrogant idiots claimed their route was the shorter one.
So, there's a group of people who are trying to get somewhere. They end up splitting into two groups, and the group the story follows, being led by or consisting of the arrogant idiots, end up taking a long time and some unnecessary detours. When they eventually arrive at their destination, they find the other group's beat them there. What trope is this?