History Main / TwoRoadsBeforeYou

* The RobertFrost poem ''The Road Not Taken'' '''parodies''' this trope: even when the guy takes one road, there is no difference with the other except that it was less traveled. See more at its entry at MisaimedFandom/Literature

* The RobertFrost poem ''The Road Not Taken'' '''parodies''' this trope: even when the guy takes one road, there is no difference with the other except that it was less traveled.

* The RobertFrost poem ''The Road Not Taken''.

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* On ''StarTrekVoyager'', the Doctor is presented a choice between saving a friend and saving someone he didn't know well, and both had identical chances of survival. The guilt from choosing his friend drives the Doctor insane as it creates a conflict between his base programming and what he'd become.

* ''{{iCarly}}'': Spencer uses this analogy to help Carly decide between staying at Ridgeway or switching to the private school Briarwood in iMay Switch Schools:

* Monty Hall's "The box or the curtain?" on ''[=~Let's Make a Deal~=]''

** In Chain of Memories, at the end of Riku's story, [[spoiler: [=DiZ=] tells him to choose the road he'll take. The road to light, or the road to darkness. Riku [[TakeAThirdOption chooses the middle road]]. "The road to dawn."]]

* [[{{Balto}} Aleu]] gets this question posed to her by her [[SpiritAdvisor Spirit Guide]], Muru. She can continue on and find out who she really is, or return home to her family and old life. This one gets bonus points for being posed in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RdNcwpQN34&feature=related song]].

* The TropeNamer is ''MahouSenseiNegima'', with Rakan explaining the difference between the main character's [[IdiotHero father's]] path and his [[OurVampiresAreDifferent master's]] path. [[spoiler:Negi chose the indirect route and begins the hard journey of mastering Magica Erebia, in which he succeeded.]]

* Played for laughs in the ''{{AdventureTime}}'' episode "Another Way," when Finn meets at a crossroads where he must chose between going down a path that will make his hair fall out or a path that will make him smelly forever. [[TakeAThirdOption He ops for a third option]]: going straight through the middle of the two paths, which happens to be covered in thorny bushes.

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* In ''[=~Pokémon~=]'', Dawn had to choose between Kenny, her childhood friend, and Ash, with whom she had been traveling for a long time. Guess whom she chose?

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* The professor offering the player a choice among three starters at the beginning of every ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' game. There are also the fossils you can choose between in most versions, usually with a "fossil maniac" ready to take the one you don't grab.

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* In the Greek myth "The Judgment of Paris", he -- had to choose among Wisdom, Power and Love (as personified by Minerva, Juno and Venus). It wasn't entirely a fair choice, though -- all three goddesses used bribes.

* The later ''{{Ultima}}'' games began with a series of two-choice presentations, between which of two Virtues conflict in hypothetical situations. In the end, the destination is the same, as the Avatar comes to embody all the Virtues.

[[caption-width-right:299:Choose wisely.[[hottip:*:All choices final. Floating Doors Inc. is not responsible for regret, ruined lives or death.]]]]

->"You've got [[TropeNamer two roads before you]]: One is the path of righteousness, where you carefully walk the road to the light--[[RightMakesMight the direct route]]. [[ThePowerOfFriendship That's your merry co-op play]]. [[DarkIsNotEvil The other is the path of heresy]], [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique searching for power along the path to darkness]]--[[DeadlyUpgrade the indirect route]]. Single player. [[LonersAreFreaks It fits a shut i--]][[IntelligenceEqualsIsolation lone wolf]] like yourself."

* The TropeNamer is ''MahouSenseiNegima'', with Rakan explaining the difference between the main character's [[IdiotHero father's]] path and his [[OurVampiresAreDifferent master's]] path.

* In ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', at the end of season 2, Iroh tells Zuko he needs to choose whether to side with either the Avatar or Azula. The episode is even called "The Crossroads of Destiny."

* In the Greek myth "The Judgment of Paris", heParishad to choose among Wisdom, Power and Love (as personified by Minerva, Juno and Venus).

[[caption-width-right:299:Hmm...[[RedPillBluePill Red Door, Blue Door...]]]]

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* ''KingdomHearts'' has the choice among the sword, shield and wand, presented by a...caption thing stating in unequivocal terms that the choice will shape the rest of the adventure.
** In Chain of Memories, at the end of Riku's story, [=DiZ=] tells him to choose the road he'll take. The road to light, or the road to darkness. Riku [[TakeAThirdOption chooses the middle road]]. "The road to dawn."