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{{trope}}
Two characters confront each other in a showdown. Sometimes it's a showdown to the death, but other times, it's something a little less elaborate. The best way to settle it is to see who can endure something the longest, whether it's laughter or even quicksand, or maybe enduring a whole swarm of bees.
Essentially, this is what's known as an Endurance Duel.
Sometimes, it can be just one character who has to endure the danger that befalls him. This can be used to show the character's prowess, which can impress the person who had him endure the danger in the first place.
Compare: [[Duel to the Death]]
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== '''Examples''' ==
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== [[Film]] ==
* The [[Centerpiece Spectacular|fist fight]] between George Nada and Frank Armitage]] in ''[[They Live!]]'' is a long, drawn-out, exhausting experience that is only "won" by the man who has the willpower and endurance to remain (shakily) standing at the end.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* [http://garfield.nfshost.com/2000/09/17/ This] [[Garfield]] strip had Garfield and Jon seeing who would endure the hotness of each pepper they ate. Garfield lost after eating a Peruvian Death Pepper.
== [[Literature]] ==
* The [[Hank the Cowdog]] book, "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Case Of The Deadly Ha-Ha Game]]".
* In [[Discworld/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]], two witches have a competition to see who can stare at the sun longest without blinking or looking away.
* Piers Anthony's ''Virtual Mode'' had something like this in the beginning.
* [[The Outsiders]]:
{{quote|"What happened to Shepard?" I asked, remembering Tim Shepard's kid brother. Curly, who was a tough, cool, hard-as-nails Tim in miniature, and I had once played chicken by holding our cigarette ends against each other's fingers. We had stood there, clenching our teeth and grimacing, with sweat pouring down our faces and the smell of burning flesh making us sick, each refusing to holler, until Tim happened to stroll by. When he saw that we were really burning holes in each other he cracked our heads together, swearing to kill us both if we ever pulled a stunt like that again. I still have the scar on my forefinger. Curly was an average downtown hood, tough and not real bright, but I liked him. He could take anything. }}
* The Trial of the Long Knives in [[Inheritance Cycle|Brisingr]], which is fought by making cuts on one's own arms. First one who lacks the nerve to make another cut loses.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* There was an episode of [[Cheyenne]] where the titular hero faces off against an indian warrior by seeing who could stand in a pit of quicksand the longest.
* [[Cougar Town]] had a comic version of this, with Andy and Bobby forced to look into each other's eyes while "Cat's in the Cradle" plays. First to cry loses.
** Another epsiode had Jules and Bobby in a "white shirt" standoff. First to get a stain on their shirt loses.
* The Minbari's Star-fire wheel in ''[[Babylon 5]]''. The way the Minbari picked their leaders in the past was that the candidates would be placed in a beam of intense heat. The heat would be slowly cranked up. The one who stayed in the beam, risking death for their cause, got to be the winner.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The whole point of Spank-Offs in the [[Collar 6]] universe.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] episode "Dunces And Dragons"; in one scene, Spongebob and friends come across the dark knight, who is essentially a [[Captain Ersatz|medieval version of Sandy Cheeks]]. Spongebob easily endures Medieval Sandy's moves by countering back with his own moves, his karate (which he often [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"|pronounces as "kare-uh-tay"]]).
== [[Real Life]] ==
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