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{{trope}}
{{quote|''Tenchi, same name as the sword. Tenchi can't be copied. Very clever, Tsunami...You've won, boy.''
|'''Kagato''', ''[[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi Muyo]]''}}
The heroes have struggled long and hard, but they have finally beaten everything that the [[Big Bad]] can throw at them. They have clearly defeated him. The villain, rather than trying to [[Prisoner of Zenda Exit|escape]] or [[Taking You with Me|try and take the heroes with him]], graciously acknowledges their victory and yields, surrendering himself to their justice, resulting in a [[Twist Ending]] (or really, an [[The Untwist|Untwist Ending]]).
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Contrast [[Sore Loser]], [[Unsportsmanlike Gloating]], [[I Surrender, Suckers]].
If the character loses in love, not in war, that's [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]].
[[Super-Trope]] to [[Villain's Dying Grace]] and [[Touche]], which the villain is likely to say.▼
▲[[Super-Trope]] to [[Villain's Dying Grace]] and [[
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== Advertising ==
* In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo7jS88LZc8 this commercial] for [[League of Legends]] a "noob" player vividly describes the thrilling and exciting online battle he took part in, despite eventually admitting that he was on the losing side.
== Anime and Manga ==
* When [[Big Bad|Raoh]] of ''[[Fist of the North Star]],'' broken-and-defeated by Kenshiro, [[Final First Hug|holds the younger warrior's face for the first and final time like a big brother]]:
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* Rigardo in ''[[Claymore]]'' becomes this to Clare, admiring her sheer willpower and resolve before {{spoiler|being torn apart by her [[One-Winged Angel|half-awakened]] [[Super-Powered Evil Side|form]] during her [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]].}}
* Early in ''[[Captain Harlock]]'', when an enemy commander loses a ship duel to the eponymous captain, he detonates his ship next to Harlock's, charging it magnetically to make enemy lasers miss it.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', {{spoiler|Lust. Even as she is ''dying'', slowly being consumed by fire, she holds no resentment towards Roy, her final words being, "It's a shame, but it doesn't feel to bad to be killed by a man like you..."}}
== Comic Books ==
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** In one of the movies, he admits defeat, surrenders his empire and ''retires in the countryside with Cleopatra''.
*** "You are gods, and one cannot fight gods."
* This is zigzagged in the second ''[[Batman]] / [[Spider-Man]]'' inter-company crossover. {{spoiler|When Ra's Al-Ghul realizes he's been [[Out-Gambitted]] by The Kingpin, who had been working with Spidey (opposed to Ra's himself) he ''laughs his head off'' and congratulates him for his cleverness, then tells Fisk and the heroes they can leave his stronghold unmolested. ''However'', he then tells Kingpin that the cure for his wife he had promised doesn't actually exist, and the two heroes have to hold the big man back. And as the final page shows, Ra's is lying; the cure does exist, and if not for Talia, she wouldn't have gotten it.}}
* In one Pre-Crisis story, the Prankster seems to be this; after his crazy pranks cause chaos in Metropolis, [[Superman]] eventually tracks him down, only for the villain, surprisingly, to laugh his head off and surrender. Of course, the Prankster - who in this version became a villain after losing his job hosting a kid's television program - had never intended to get away with it; [[Xanatos Gambit| he'd planned all the chaos as a publicity stunt]], and also planned to write a book that he'd publish after doing time, hopefully making a fortune. Seeing as this was his last appearance Pre Crisis, one can only guess how successful it was.
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* In ''[[The Tainted Grimoire]]'', after being defeated by {{spoiler|Luso}}, {{spoiler|Vaticus}} gives him an important item and supported the accusations against him when Aquila held a city-wide conference.
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* In ''[[Animorphs]]'' {{spoiler|Visser One (the former Visser Three)}} responds in this fashion after their defeat in {{spoiler|book 53. Which is kind of odd considering his psychopathic behavior during his lesser defeats.}}
* Martel, in ''[[The Elenium]]'', takes being beaten {{spoiler|(and killed)}} by Sparhawk with dignity. Sparhawk acknowledges this by bringing Sephrenia over so Martel can {{spoiler|die in the presence of those he loved most.}}
* In ''[[The Winds of War and War and Remembrance]]'' not only is Leslie graceful about losing the hand of Natalie to Byron, he actually [[Exaggerated Trope|dies]] at least partly for her or at least in despair over her fate. And not so as to impress her enough to win her back, but merely because she is a friend even though not a lover.
== Live Action TV ==
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* In the ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' remake, one episode involved a man who wants to become the best business man by any means. Roarke slowly turns him into a remorseless demon. At the final moments, his dog returns to him and he shed a [[Tears of Remorse|single tear]], which Roarke takes and hands to his assistant, happy to lose the bet once more.
* On ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' it's actually rare for a losing team ''not'' to be graceful in defeat, and many teams in the Final 3 are just happy having gotten to run the whole race. Though notably averted with the teams that originally appeared on [[Survivor (TV series)|another CBS Reality Show.]]
* In an episode of ''[[Benson]]'' there was a wealthy and spoiled Arabian prince who uses [[Diplomatic Impunity]] to pretty much get away with everything, including purposely wrecking Benson's car after they had an argument. Benson decides to teach him a lesson by making him the ''victim'' of such vandalism, by convincing Clayton (whom the prince had also insulted) to pose as another diplomat and destroy a work of art the guy owned. The prince is so impressed by Benson's cleverness, he offers to buy him ''two'' new cars.
== Tabletop Games ==
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== [[Visual Novels]] ==
* The only thing that {{spoiler|James Moriarty}} says to his killer {{spoiler|Sherlock Holmes}} in ''[[Shikkoku no Sharnoth]]'' is {{spoiler|"aren't you supposed to do this at a waterfall?"}} He is, in fact, completely satisfied with what he managed to accomplish.
* Assassin in ''[[Fate/stay night
** And {{spoiler|Gilgamesh}}, who at least takes losing to Saber ''slightly'' better than you'd expect given [[Jerkass|his normal mode of behaviour]].
* In case 1-3 (Turnabout Samurai) of ''[[Phoenix Wright:
** Completely averted, however, by the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth]]'', {{spoiler|Quercus Alba}}. He constantly denies your claims unless you've completely proven them. This, however, makes finally taking him down all the more satisfying as you've ensured that he no longer has any wriggle room and must face punishment for his crimes.▼
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** {{spoiler|Acro}} would qualify. When you finally present irrefutable evidence that he was the (accidental) murderer of ringmaster Russel Berry, he simply congratulates you for seeing through him, figuring it out and calmly explains why he did what he did. He even congratulates Franziska for her part in exposing him. The last bit, though, sells it:
{{quote|{{spoiler|Acro}}: No. I'm not a victim. (tears start flowing down his face, all while he keeps genuinely smiling)
* Taken [[Up To Eleven]] by {{spoiler|Junko Enoshima}} in ''[[Danganronpa]]''. {{spoiler|When exposed as the true mastermind behind Monokuma, she takes defeat in stride, sentencing herself to the cruelest execution imaginable (which consists of all five of the previous executions, plus an additional one) and takes them in stride. For example, while the first victim of The 1,000 Blows (pelted by a thousand baseballs fired from pitching machines) was restrained with a straitjacket and chained to a post, Junko is not restrained in ''any'' way, dressing in a baseball uniform and smiling as she is hit by the brutal onslaught. The final part even shows she was holding the emergency override switch through the whole ordeal, meaning she could have saved herself at any time. She's even courteous enough to tell the survivors how to escape the school before it all happens. Of course, the nature of Junko's madness seems to be a type of masochism that causes her to equate despair with pleasure, so it's no surprise.}}
▲** Completely averted, however, by the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth]]'', {{spoiler|Quercus Alba}}. He constantly denies your claims unless you've completely proven them. This, however, makes finally taking him down all the more satisfying as you've ensured that he no longer has any wriggle room and must face punishment for his crimes.
== Web Comics ==
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* In the ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' episode "Tour de Pond" Rex Smythe-Higgins III takes his defeat much better than his grandfather.
* Zigzagged in the second episode of ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'', where Omi makes a bet with Raimundo that Kimiko can't win a Showdown on her own, wagering a week of chores. Eventually, Kimiko does defeat Jack, and Omi seems a graceful loser at first, given how impressed he is, and says he will gladly do his chores for a week. But then Raimundo reminds him that they doubled the bet ''twice'' (meaning it's actually a month) and he seems far less graceful.
* In the ''[[American Dad]]'' episode "The People vs. Martin Sugar", Roger remains a good sport [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duo-
* In the [[Grand Finale]] of [[Netflix]]'s version of ''[[Carmen Sandiego]]'', Acme finally raids VILE's headquarters. Sara Bellum and Professor Maelstrom both try to flee (neither makes it off the facility's grounds before being caught), while Coach Brunt tries to fight them (and is caught even faster). Countess Cleo, however, refuses to embarrass herself, simply waiting in her quarters and putting her hands in the air when they break down the door.
* Most of the criminals apprehended in the old ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' cartoons were upset at being apprehended by the "meddling kids", but former [[Stage Magician]] Bluestone the Great was an exception. When Fred asked how he - as the Phantom - managed to walk through walls, he even insisted on demonstrating how the illusion was done, personally.
* In the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' episode "Car Trouble", the two punks combine this trope with [[Unsportsmanlike Gloating]]; they end up arrested, but they aren't all that bummed because they get to troll Gizmo on the way to jail.
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