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* A heroic version occurs in the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' animé when Ash is facing Drake, the Orange Islands champion. Through most of their match, Ash has knocked out five of Drake's pokemon, while Drake has taken out only two of his. Drake sends out his trump card, a very powerful Dragonite, but Ash eventually manages to beat it by rotating his remaining pokemon and forcing Dragonite to take them down one by one. Dragonite defeats Charizard, Squirtle and Tauros one after another, but they all do enough damage that the Dragonite is exhausted by the time Pikachu is sent out.

* In an anime where [[Magic Music|singing]] is the (pretty much) only method of battle, [[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]] had a gauntlet run. And it was [[Played for Laughs]]. Why? In the first level of the tower the bad guys made as part of some ridiculous plan or other, the first 'boss', [[Kawaiiko|Alala]], was merely bypassed and ignored. In the second level was [[Dragon Lady|Lanhua]], who was [[Bowled Over]] by a bowling ball (don't ask how it go there, they don't know either). The third was [[Villainous Crossdresser|Lady Bat]] was 'repelled' when his [[Viewer Gender Confusion|(yes, his)]] breath [[It Makes Sense in Context|reeked of curry]]. The fourth level had [[Monster of the Week|the 'planner' Napoleon]], who let them by after the heroines threatened them with a beating (he was rather short). It was at the fifth and final level where the singing ensued. But not before a [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Crowning Music of Funny]] [[It Makes Sense in Context|from the hostage the heroines were trying to rescue]].