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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 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:
** {{spoiler|Damon Gant counts as well. When he's finally taken down for the shit he's pulled, he bursts into almost childish laughter and extremely fast clapping out of madness. Afterward though he calms down, apologizes to the Judge for being unable to make their later appointment and even admits that the justice system is in good hands with Wright, Udgey and Edgeworth at the helm.}}▼
** {{spoiler|Manfred von Karma}} could also be considered one. When found out as the ultimate perpetrator for the current case and the DL-6 incident that led to the death of Edgeworth's father Gregory, he doesn't take it so lightly, screaming Edgeworth's name out and smashing his head on the crowd bench behind him. However, afterward he calms down, he snaps at the judge for ''not delivering the verdict fast enough.''▼
** {{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). I'm a murderer.}}▼
** 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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* Taken [[Up To Eleven]] by Junko Enoshima in ''[[Danganronpa]]''. 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. 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.▼
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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.}}
== Web Comics ==
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* 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-y42hXrs even after being convicted of counterfeiting bootleg handbags.] Although, he ''does'' escape later.
* 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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