Ring Out: Difference between revisions

Occasionally justified by the rules of the sport - but only a few [[Real Life]] sports use it. Another attempt at a [[Hand Wave]] is to make the edge of the ring be a [[Bottomless Pit]]. The [[Ring Out Boss]] is a subtrope of this where a boss in a videogame has to be defeated by a [['''Ring Out]]'''.

* In each [[Tournament Arc]] of ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]'', this was a valid way of winning...until the Cell Games, when Cell decides to [[Stuff Blowing Up|nuke the ring from orbit]] so they can keep fighting since Goku's made it so fun to play.

* The [[Martial Arts and Crafts|Martial Arts Gymnastics]] tournament in ''[[Ranma One Half½]]''. Notable in that the ring can move on command.

** Though in the Dark Tournament, you have to be outside the ring for ten seconds (or more accurately, ten counts) to be considered out. Most fights end with somebody dead or unconscious anyway because otherwise they can just climb back into the ring. The exception being [[Book Dumb|Kuwabara]] who spent most of his counts arguing with his teammate in his first fight, and was later tricked into being warped out of the stadium... [[What an Idiot!|twice.]]

* In [[Bloodsport (Film)|Bloodsport]] and its sequels, knocking or forcing your opponent off the raised fighting platform is an [[Instant Win Condition]].

* The Battle Royal, where you must toss your opponents out of the ring (over the top rope only) to win. And there are a lot of variations on it (WWE's ''Royal Rumble'', where the entrants enter in sequence, is probably the most well known).

** ''[[Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance]], [[Mortal Kombat Deception (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat: Deception]] and [[Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat Armageddon]]''. Sometimes the Ring Out will just result in the battle moving to a different stage. In the two latter games, some of those stages have [[Everything Trying to Kill You|Death Traps]], so pushing the character to the bounds meant that they lost the round.

* ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]] Z: Budokai'', although only on a stage based on the World Martial Arts Tournament ring.

* ''[[Jump Super Stars]]'' lets you get a KO by knocking someone out of the "panels" (after bashing your way through the [[Painting the Fourth Wall|side of the page]]).

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'' has a sumo minigame in which you have to push your Goron opponent out of bounds to win.

* In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', this is the ONLY way to win (except in Coin Mode; ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' also have an [[Hit Point]]-based Stamina Mode that simulates the traditional beat-em-up fighting style).

* In ''[[Def Jam Series|Def Jam: Fight For New York]]'', there are a couple stages with ring out potential. But you have to smash the ring barriers with the opponent's face a few times in order to get them through. Then there's the Subway stage, where a Ring Out is only an instant win if a train is coming.

* ''[[Battle Arena Toshinden]]'' (with the additional [[Good Bad Bug]] of the victor being able to fall out of the ring themselves during their [[Victory Pose]]). In fact, beating the game on a two-day rental was a fairly mean feat if you once figured out the knack for performing the [[Ring Out]] trick even up to and on the final boss.

* ''[[Dark Messiah (Videoof Game)Might and Magic|Dark Messiah]]'' has a kick attack that can send enemies flying a good distance. The game's environments are built in such a way that this move can be more devastating than the best spells or weapons, to the point where 1UP.com dubbed it "The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot Deathboot in the Land of the Conspicuously Placed Spike Racks".

* This is how King Hippo is KOed in ''[[Punch -Out!!]] Wii''.

* The bosses of Castles 1 and 7 in ''[[Super Mario World (Videovideo Gamegame)|Super Mario World]]'' can only be defeated by knocking them off the platform into the surrounding Lava Pit.

** Inverted in ''[[Super Mario 64 (Video Game)|Super Mario 64]]'' with Big Bob-omb. Throwing him off his mountain will restart the battle from the beginning.

* One stage in ''[[Brutal Paws Of Fury|Brutal: Paws Of Fury]]'' is a bridge from which you can knock your enemies off.

* One fight in ''[[King's Quest: Mask of Eternity (Video Game)|King's Quest Mask of Eternity]]'' can only be won by knocking your opponent off of the tower you're fighting on.

* In ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'' this is an [[Justified Trope|important]] mechanic of [[Fictional Sport|pro-bending]]. Forcing an opposing player off the back (and only the back) of the arena and into the [[Rule of Pool|surrounding pool]] removes them from the game for the remainder of the round. Forcing all three opposing players off the back in a single round is an [[Instant Win Condition]], which is why, in a best of three rounds format, the third round is always played. It's the only way left to win for a team down two rounds.

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