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== Literature ==
* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' a witch that loses a duel will generally leave town. Being publicly defeated makes it hard to maintain authority, and most witches are proud enough not to want to stick around people who've seen them lose.
== Live-Action TV ==
* Robbie Rotten frequently employs this trope on ''[[LazyTown]]'' as a way to try to make Sportacus leave the titular town.<ref>It's worth noting that this rule only applied to Sportacus. If it applied to Robbie, then [[Failure Is the Only Option|the show would quickly lose its villain.]]</ref> It's so predictable that Sportacus [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it in an ''one of the earlier episodes.''▼
{{quote|'''Robbie:''' If I win, you have to leave Lazy Town ''forever.''▼
'''Sportacus:''' The usual, right? }}▼
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* William Regal also lost this kind of match. Regal failed a drug test and the WWE needed a kayfabe explanation for his suspension that followed said test.
** The reason for the match as opposed to simply taking him off TV was that Regal was in the middle of a ''major'' push at the time.
▲* Robbie Rotten frequently employs this trope on ''[[LazyTown]]'' as a way to try to make Sportacus leave the titular town.<ref>It's worth noting that this rule only applied to Sportacus. If it applied to Robbie, then [[Failure Is the Only Option|the show would quickly lose its villain.]]</ref> It's so predictable that Sportacus [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it in an ''one of the earlier episodes.''
▲{{quote|'''Robbie:''' If I win, you have to leave Lazy Town ''forever.''
▲'''Sportacus:''' The usual, right? }}
* [[Kevin Nash]] & [[Goldberg]] both lost Loser Leaves [[WCW]] matches to [[Scott Steiner]] in 2001, which actually stuck [[Real Life Writes the Plot|due to the company going out of business before they could be brought back]].
** This was actually part of Eric Bischoff's big plan to [[Continuity Reboot|reboot]] the company following his plans to purchase WCW. The original idea was to have Steiner wipe out every good guy on the roster on his way to [[The Bad Guy Wins|having complete dominance over the company]]. At around the point where this scenario had played out, the ownership transfer to Bischoff's consortium would be complete. In the inaugural Nitro of his regime, he would bring back all the [[Face]]s at once and kick the new company off with a fresh start. [[What Could Have Been|Unfortunately]], after WCW programming was taken off television in the wake of the AOL/Time Warner merger, the buyout was canceled and WCW itself was shut down shortly thereafter.
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