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Used in different mediums for different reasons. Often used patriotically, because the main character lives in your country, and they win! Sometimes used to introduce a new archnemesis and spice up the show's competitors. This is probably a trope because it tends to happen in [[Real Life]].
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== Anime ==
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Iron Man]]'s first encounter with [[Dirty Communist]] villain the Titanium Man was in the context of a televised battle on neutral territory agreed upon by the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
* In an early ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' story, a war between Mega-City One and a [[The Great Politics Mess -Up|Sov-controlled East-Meg One]] is fought by fielding small four-man teams from each Mega-City against one another in an Olympics-style competition...to the death.
 
 
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== Real Life ==
* Soccer is notorious for [[Football Hooligans|rioting and fights]] breaking out at games. Disputed matches between countries where both the sport is [[Serious Business|extremely popular]] and [[Patriotic Fervour|national feelings run high]] have lead to ''hundreds of deaths,'' especially in Latin America.
** Actually, in 69 [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_War:Football War|a real WAR]] started after an heated game of soccer.
* This happened in real life with [[Super Smash Brothers]] at a huge tournament called Genesis, where the best North American player (and up until that point generally considered best player in the world) came one hit away from losing the grand finals to Europe's best player. Watching the matches, it comes down to a lot of cheering on both sides for their respective player/country.
* The so-called "Miracle on Ice", both in [[Real Life]] and the movie they made about it.
** Less known but no less awesome is the [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_Series:Summit Series|Summit Series]] between Canada and the Soviet Union, an invitational tournament consisting of eight exhibition games. Canadian Paul Henderson [[Down to The Last Play|scored the winning goal of the last game (until then, the tournament had been a tie) with under a minute left to play.]]
* [[The World Cup]].
* The [[Olympic Games]].
* The infamous [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match:Blood in the Water match|"Blood in the Water"]] polo match between Hungary and the USSR. Right on the heels of a Soviet invasion to put down a rebellion, the game degenerated into one of the most violent and emotional sporting events of the time.
* Any major gaming tournament, such as Evolution 2K. It's most obvious in 2D [[Fighting Game|FightingGames]], where the mindset can usually be broken down to "Daigo Umehara (Japan) vs Justin Wong (USA)".
* Bobby Fischer vs. Boris Spasky in Iceland in 1972. Pity Bobby was insane and Spasky was not a serious communist party member. (Unlike Karpov who took over after Bobby went into hiding.)
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