39,327
edits
Graceful Loser: Difference between revisions
m
update links
m (update links) |
m (update links) |
||
Line 8:
Can happen more often in series where there is a [[Cardboard Prison]] involved. A villain who happens to [[Know When to Fold'Em]] just may do this. Can also happen when he chooses to [[Face Death with Dignity]].
Contrast [[Unsportsmanlike Gloating]], [[I Surrender, Suckers]].
[[Super-Trope]] to [[Villain's Dying Grace]] and [[Touche]], which the villain is likely to say.
Line 30:
* Kagato in ''[[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi Muyo]]'' becomes this after Tenchi delivers the final blow.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'' after Zoro defeated {{spoiler|Kaku}}, he hands him the key to Robin's cuffs and even shares a joke with Zoro before passing out.
* In ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]] Best Wishes'' [[Kuudere|Trip/Shooti]] takes a loss against a crowd of people in the Don Tournament very well in contrast to Ash's previous rival Paul who [[Rage Quit]] when he was losing in the double battle match. However, he states that he is annoyed with losing, but decides that he'll get better to prevent losing again. Then again, this is toward Cilan. He seems disturbed having a draw with Ash though.
* 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.
Line 51:
== Fanfiction ==
* 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.
Line 116:
* In ''[[Exalted]]'', Ligier, the fetich soul of the Yozi Malfeas sort of invokes this concept. He refuses to fight anyone not worthy of fighting him (either tens of thousands of Dragonblooded or a full circle of experienced Solars) and if a party can best him enough to deal 25 health levels of damage or so to him - the book mentions this is merely a scratch to him, by the way - he will flourish, then withdraw from the fight and refuse to fight the group for 25 hours. He can be pressed into combat if his opponents keep attacking him. A word of advice: [[Total Party Kill|DON'T.]]
* In the sample adventure for [[Spirit of the Century]] {{spoiler|The book suggests that should the characters convince the council running the scientific awards that Dr. Methusala is a threat, or is otherwise a liability, he will leave at their behest. Of course, he'll also be rather miffed, and when Dr. Methusala gets miffed, people cease to ever have been.}}
* [[Forgotten Realms|Zulkir Szass Tam]] is said to be genuinely respectful and even admiring of any heroic adventurers who thwart his plans, in no small part because they'd probably ''have'' to be [[Worthy Opponent|Worthy Opponents]] to beat someone with his level of power and cunning.
* In the first edition of ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', the demon lord Pazuzu is said to genuinely not hold any grudge against any mortal heroes who ruin his plans, particularly if they showed great cunning in doing so, and is in fact quite [[Affably Evil]] overall.
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Jade Empire]]''. Sir Roderick Ponce Von Fontlebottom the [[Magnificent Bastard]] accepts defeat quite gracefully, and honors your demands, even giving up his prized blunderbuss [[I Call
* The hero and villain of the first ''[[Shadow Hearts]]'' both admit at the end that they understand each other's motives, and that they will decide the fate of the world with a [[Might Makes Right]] smackdown with no ill feelings towards the victor. The villain lives up to his promise, returning in the second game as a [[Spirit Advisor]].
** A similar case happens in the second game, furthered by the case that the hero and the villain there have pretty much zero animosity towards each other the whole game. The villain even provides the hero with both the means to say goodbye to his dead girlfriend and the key to figuring out exactly what he's planning. They also part amicably at the end.
Line 153:
** {{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.
| |||