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Someone (usually a child or teenager) is discovered to have a natural athletic ability while doing something else. They usually assume they are in trouble when they are spotted and called out for it. Common examples include showing off how quickly they can run away (in a high school setting, expect it to be the class nerd becoming a good sprinter by being forced to outrun the school bullies.) They'll quickly be recruited to [[Save Our Team|save the local team]] from failure.
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* In ''[[One Outs]]'', Kojima discovers Tokuchi largely by chance.
* In the ''[[My Heavenly Hockey Club]]'' manga (which is a slightly more sadistic and straight-forward version of ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''), Hana is recruited because she was struck by a car and survived... and is more or less invincible in her sleep.
* This is how Kasuka Heiwajima got his start as a [[Teen Idol]] in ''[[Durarara (Literature)|Durarara]]'' -- Originally, the talent scout was interested in recruiting his ([[Hair
* Somewhat averted by ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]].'' She joins every club in the school proving herself to have incredible talent in athletics along with just about everything else. However, she refuses to stay in any of those clubs because they don't hold her interest.
* ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]'' has Taiki who has join many clubs in general, and in each of them he's able to pull them off like a pro.
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