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== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* ''[[The Mahabharata]]''
** While touring the historical spots of the Ramayana, Arjuna asks why Vishnu's incarnation of Rama worked with the monkeys to build a stone bridge to Sri Lanka. He asserts with Rama's marksmanship and divine status that he could have made a bridge of arrows. A monkey nearby laughs; he says that mere arrows wouldn't hold up an army. They make a bet; Arjuna will make a bed of arrows and if it can hold the monkey, the monkey will serve Arjuna for a short period of time. If the monkey breaks the bridge, Arjuna will immolate himself. The monkey breaks the first two attempts, but a Brahman intervenes before Arjuna tosses his body in a fire. He points out they didn't have a witness, so how is the bet legitimate? Round three goes better for Arjuna; the monkey can't break the bridge. Worried he'll lose, the monkey reveals that he is the immortal Hanuman, assumes his mountain form, and stamps on the bridge several times. It still holds. {{
** This is how Yudisthira loses his kingdom. He's honor-bound to not refuse a challenge, and Duryodhana challenges him to a high-stakes game of dice. This leads to him and his brothers being exiled for several years, as well as the eventual war when Duryodhana refuses to return the kingdom as promised.
** During the Pandavas' exile, they hear the story of King Nala. Nala was not good at gambling, so his cousin easily swindled him out of his kingdom over a bout of dice, exiling him and his wife Damayanti. The two ended up separated in the woods, though Damayanti fortunately finds her way back to her father's kingdom. Nala goes in disguise to work with horses for another king, and learns tricks of dice from him. He challenges his cousin to another round, and wins easily.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[DuckTales]]'': Donald Duck, at his cousin Gladstone Gander's urging, plays several at them at a Macaw casino in "The House of the Lucky Gander!" He sends a wheel of fortune spinning through the casino corridors with a loud crash, fails to get the pachinko machine to work, and can't even guess how many fingers an employee is holding up. When Donald rage-quits, believing that Gladstone is making him look bad in front of Louie, {{spoiler|Scrooge and the others find out that the casino is a trap. luck spirit and deity Liu Hai is keeping Gladstone as a prisoner to feed on his luck. Scrooge challenges Liu Hai to an all-stakes game where if he wins, Liu Hai lets them go. Liu Hai agrees, only to choose ''Donald'' as Scrooge's champion, much to Scrooge's disappointment because he wanted to compete in the challenge and Gladstone as Liu Hai's champion. It seems Gladstone will win, but Louie gives Donald a [[Rousing Speech]] that rallies him to crash through the obstacles and hit the finish line first.}} To free Gladstone, whom Liu Hai still has prisoner, Scrooge points out that since Donald won he is luckier than Gladstone and should be taken instead. Everyone calls Scrooge out for this, but he merely counts down "Three, two one-"; just a few seconds of feeding on Donald's bad luck causes Liu Hai to shrivel up on the spot}}.
* ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'': In "Paw and Order," Nasty Jack's cronies
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