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** At the end of [[Alan Moore]]'s ''[[The Killing Joke]]'', Batman starts to empathize and reach out to The Joker to get him to give up crime. The Joker, defeated and oddly calm, finishes a joke started earlier in the story... [[Actually Pretty Funny|and Batman laughs with him]].

** And then there's Humpty Dumpty, who doesn't even resist arrest. In fact, he even helps Batgirl with her dislocated arm.

* [[The Sandman ~~(Comic Book)~~|Dream]] of the Endless.

* [[The Sandman|Dream]] of the Endless.

** Some minor characters in the comics also go down this way:

*** Dr. Destiny {{spoiler|after he botches it up all by himself.}}

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* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Amy's Choice", after our heroes have worked their way through his dream trap, the Dream Lord gracefully admits defeat and accepts his end of the bargain, saving their lives and fading away. {{spoiler|It's a subversion; when he leaves them, they're still trapped in his dream trap, and this is just his way of trying to fool them.}}

* In the 1980s ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', a group of neighborhood men play poker against the devil, who keeps winning with triple 6's. So for a final hand, double or nothing to get back the souls lost, they play lowball, where the devil's typical hands, of course, lose. The Devil smiles and gives them back everything they've lost. Further, charmed by their pluck, he fills the fridge with beer and snacks they were too poor to afford for their game.

* The ''[[Smallville]]'' episode "Combat" has Clark being forced to fight against an escaped prisoner (from the Phantom Zone) named [[Smallville/Phantom Zone~~/Characters~~|Titan]]. The fight is brutal, forcing Clark to actually use his full strength. After being tossed rather forcefully to the ground, Titan rises and turns to reveal that he has been fatally impaled by his own arm-spike. Evidently aware of his mortal wound, he simply smiles, says "[[Worthy Opponent|Good fight!]]" and drops dead.

* The ''[[Smallville]]'' episode "Combat" has Clark being forced to fight against an escaped prisoner (from the Phantom Zone) named [[Smallville/Characters/Phantom Zone|Titan]]. The fight is brutal, forcing Clark to actually use his full strength. After being tossed rather forcefully to the ground, Titan rises and turns to reveal that he has been fatally impaled by his own arm-spike. Evidently aware of his mortal wound, he simply smiles, says "[[Worthy Opponent|Good fight!]]" and drops dead.

* 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.]]

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{{quote| "There will be no war today, Prime. You have earned Galvatron's respect."}}

* In ''[[Hot Wheels Battle Force 5]]'', {{spoiler|Kalus takes the Vandal's final defeat fairly well. They may have lost all their Sentient technology, but he's reunited his planet under his rule, defeated the Red Sentients attacking his world, and finally gets his hands on [[The Starscream|Grimian]] and seems content with that.}}

* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic ~~(Animation)~~/Recap/S2 E7 May the Best Pet Win|May the Best Pet Win]]", in which Rainbow Dash has a contest to see what animal becomes her pet, the falcon is a remarkably good sport about losing to a tortoise on [[Exact Words|a technicality]], even going so far as to shake, er, forelimbs.

* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E7 May the Best Pet Win|May the Best Pet Win]]", in which Rainbow Dash has a contest to see what animal becomes her pet, the falcon is a remarkably good sport about losing to a tortoise on [[Exact Words|a technicality]], even going so far as to shake, er, forelimbs.

** When Fluttershy tells motivational worker Iron Will that she refuses to pay up for his seminar due to him saying that he guarantees 100% satisfaction or else "You don't pay", he keeps his word (though not before asking if she's even mildly satisfied) and continues his way, even considering his experience with her worth using in his next seminar.

* In an episode of ''[[American Dad]]'', Francine goes to her 20th anniversary high school reunion, where they get the ballot box from Homecoming out of a time capsule. Inside they discover two uncounted votes which show Francine's rival should have been Homecoming queen. Francine handles it admirably, simply saying "How about that?" and giving her tiara to the other girl. Stan however has a [[Freak-Out]], since he wanted to date the Homecoming queen to make up for his being a total loser in high school.