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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' in the anime features this in the [[Freaky Friday Flip]] episode. After the latest card makes Syaoran and Kero switch bodies, Syaoran ends up trapped in an arcade crane game machine. Turns out that Kero is the only one with the skills, owing to his many hours spent gaming. He gets frustrated when the first few attempts go south.
* In ''[[Romantic Killer (anime)]]'', Hijiri asks how a game like this is fun when he follows Anzu to an arcade after their work shift ends. He says that with his wealth, he could ''buy'' all the toys in the arcade. Anzu tells him part of the fun is not knowing what you will get.
* [[Sailor Moon]]:
** Crane Game Joe has one as his [[Establishing Character Moment]]. He uses telekinesis to win toys from crane arcade games, so as to bypass the established rigging. The DiC dub tries to handwave that he donates the toys to charity, but in the original anime and Viz dub, he keeps it for himself.
** During episode 109 of ''S'' where Minako gets her heart stolen, she's playing a crane game while talking to Usagi about making herself worthy. Usagi, flashing back to when Minako and the Senshi died in season one as well as everyone getting their hearts stolen, starts banging her against the machine, begging her not to risk her life. As a result, Minako wins ''twenty'' toys, which she proceeds to give to everyone. When her heart gets removed and she runs off with it, the Senshi toss the toys at the daimon to distract it.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'': the season 0 manga shows a variant with Capmon, Capsule Monsters. Kids collect these monsters from vending machines and then use them for battle. You get random capsules from a machine and thus do not know what levels you will get, making the odds high-stakes. Yugi nearly tears apart a machine when he only gets level one monsters, asking why it isn't working. (Turns out it was rigged.)
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