Endurance Duel: Difference between revisions

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In the [[Tournament Arc|Dark Tournament]] of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', Yusuke {{spoiler|wins his first fight}} after he and his opponent nearly kill each other, and just decide to [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]] until one of them falls.

 

== [[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.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* The [[Hank the Cowdog]] book, "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Case Of The Deadly Ha-Ha Game]]".

{{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.

** 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]] ==

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

 

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