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{{trope}}
{{quote|"You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff! Gnnk! I hate this game! I hate the whole world! Aghhh! What a stupid game! You must have cheated! You must have used some sneaky, underhanded mindmeld to make me lose! I hate you! I didn't want to play this idiotic game in the first place! I knew you'd cheat! I knew you'd win! Oh! Oh! Aarg!
|'''Calvin''', ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''}}
There are many ways of facing a defeat. Sometimes, some people will admit [[Graceful Loser|defeat, compliment the one who bested them
The '''Sore Loser''' is a character who [[Captain Obvious|doesn't take defeat very well]], no matter what kind of defeat was it. Unlike the graceful one, the Sore will get very snippy and bad tempered, insult his opponent, accuse him of cheating, rant about his "superior skills" and in some extreme cases even try to [[Serious Business|kill his rival himself]]. Depending on the setting, he could do things like [[Flipping the Table]], throw away the cards he was using, angrily swipe all the remaining pieces from the chessboard and so on. In a fighting series, the loser will usually lose his calm behaviour, resort to cheap tricks in order to win, adopt [[No
Of course, if the opponent engages in [[Unsportsmanlike Gloating]], he's basically giving you a license to react this way. The winner's reaction is a good way of telling who you're actually supposed to root for.
It is often the launching pad for [[Villainous Breakdown]], attempted [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] and in some extreme cases, [[One
{{examples
== [[Advertising]] ==
* In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSYfo8PwLQU this commercial], a witch doctor shrinks a guy's head for beating him at ''[[Dr. Mario]]''.
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Dishing Out Dirt|Gaara]] in the first part of ''[[
** {{spoiler|Madara. Just Madara.}}
* Several villains from ''[[
* After Vegeta from ''[[
* [[Eyepatch of Power|Nnoitra]] [[Sinister Scythe|Gilga]] from ''[[
*
** Panik even more so. Bandit Keith too, after losing to Joey. "No one beats Bandit Keith." Rex and Weevil are even willing to join a demonic cult to get even with Joey and Yugi, and they don't even learn ''after'' that.
** Joey proves little better in the KC Grand Prix arc. "I can't believe I lost to a guy with pink hair!" he sobs after losing to Seigfried, although at least he waits until he and his friends are alone before throwing a tantrum. Ironically, this puts him in Kaiba's cheering section in the duel between Kaiba and Seigfried.
* Ash Ketchum from ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'' gets ''really'' upset at the end of the first season when his friend beats him during a tournament, causing him to be eliminated. Though this was mostly how he was defeated, his Charizard fell asleep in the middle of the match (this was during a time when Charizard refused to obey Ash's orders and would only listen if his opponents were strong). As that was his last Pokemon, Ash wound up losing by disqualification.▼
** In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS]]'', in the episode where the Rush Duel Club tries out for the new baseball team, Yuka (of the Goha 6) shows up to challenge Romin using her baseball themed deck. Romin eventually loses, and is so upset over it that, despite Yuka then telling her she made the team (as starting pitcher, no less) she refuses and storms off.
* The usually cold and confident [[White Haired Pretty Boy|Ryuugo Daimaru]] from ''[[Gamaran (Manga)|Gamaran]]'' goes apeshit on his brother [[Tyke Bomb|Sakon]] when he's incapacitated in battle. {{spoiler|It bites him in the ass later when an enraged and crazy Sakon tears his spine out.}}▼
▲* Ash Ketchum from ''[[Pokémon (
* Asuka from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' certainly comes across as a sore loser, though to be fair she is pretty much on a downward spiral to insanity.▼
▲* The usually cold and confident [[White
* [[Tyke Bomb|Clotho Bauer]] and [[Villain With Good Publicity|Muruta Azrael]] of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'' are a dark take on this trope. The former's a [[Sociopathic Soldier]] who views fighting as a game, and in his own words, hates to lose. The latter's a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] who knows real people are dying but honestly, [[Lack of Empathy|couldn't]] [[We Have Reserves|care]] [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|less]], and sees the entire thing in terms of winning and losing. Azrael actually dies while ranting about how "I can still win. I ''always'' win!"▼
▲* Asuka from ''[[
* Paptimus Scirocco from ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]'' ain't much better. The last thing he does as he dies is use his powers to [[Mind Rape]] [[The Hero]] into a coma, though given that said hero just killed him in [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice|nightmarish fashion]], it's a little understandable. ▼
▲* [[Tyke Bomb|Clotho Bauer]] and [[Villain
** Amusingly, in the spinoff [[Dynasty Warriors Gundam]] games Scirocco calls out the [[Big Bad|Musha Gundam]] as one of these after it tries pulling the very same trick on Scirocco himself.▼
▲* Paptimus Scirocco from ''[[
* [[Impossible Hourglass Figure|Flare]] [[Prehensile Hair|Corona]] from ''[[Fairy Tail (Manga)|Fairy Tail]]''. As soon as she realized that her opponent was actually beating her, she used her hair to threaten a ''6-year old girl'' in the audience to force her opponent to step down.▼
▲** Amusingly, in the spinoff ''[[Dynasty Warriors: Gundam]]'' games Scirocco calls out the [[Big Bad|Musha Gundam]] as one of these after it tries pulling the very same trick on Scirocco himself.
▲* [[Impossible Hourglass Figure|Flare]] [[Prehensile Hair|Corona]] from ''[[
== [[Film]] ==▼
* Death from ''[[Bill and Ted (
▲== Film ==
▲* Death from ''[[Bill and Ted (Film)|Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey]]'', who keeps demanding rematches every time he loses.
* The ''[[Predator]]'', who, once defeated, attempts to self destruct with an explosive powerful enough to destroy a sizable area around him, and judging by his [[Evil Laugh]], he hoped to catch the person who defeated him in it too.
* In ''[[Sherlock Holmes (
== [[Literature]] ==
*
* Conall Haldane loses an informal archery match to Dhugal McArdry early in ''[[Deryni|The King's Justice]]'' and "all but slammed down his bow, though he did manage a stiff little bow of acknowledgment before stalking off sullenly toward the stables". This is noticed and commented upon; Kelson says his cousin "hasn't yet learned the graceful art of losing."
==
* Ceraphim is the [[Dragon-in-Chief]] of the ''[[The Lord of Darkwood]]'' (the real Big Bad is a world destroying idiot god [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]). Acting through others is a point of pride for him. Normally when faced with a hero [[The Corrupter|he tries to corrupt]] them, and if that proves impossible, tries to corrupt the hero's supporters into killing the hero. When neither of these worked against Lord Darkwood {{spoiler|as his last act before being banished, Ceraphim killed Darkwood's [[Parental Substitute|Father Figure]] to cause Darkwood pain.}}
▲* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire (Literature)|A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' and [[Game of Thrones|its TV adaptation]], when [[Blood Knight|Ser Gregor Clegane]] is unhorsed in a tourney, he calls for his sword and proceeds to decapitate his steed and attempt to murder his victorious opponent in full view of the King and his court.
▲* Conall Haldane loses an informal archery match to Dhugal McArdry early in ''[[Deryni|The King's Justice]]'' and "all but slammed down his bow, though he did manage a stiff little bow of acknowledgment before stalking off sullenly toward the stables". This is noticed and commented upon; Kelson says his cousin "hasn't yet learned the graceful art of losing."
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Roger Fox is this on ''[[FoxTrot]]'', mostly in regards to chess and golf, two activities he's lousy at. On the rare occasions where he wins, he's a [[Unsportsmanlike Gloating|terrible winner]] too, and neither Andy nor Jason are willing to play him unless they owe him for something.
* ''[[Peanuts]]'':
** In one Sunday strip, after Lucy strikes out while playing baseball, she says she deserves four strikes because she's a girl. They give her one, but she misses again. Then she says she should get five because she was sick yesterday. Again, they give her one, but she misses again. Then she smarmily says she should get six because she's so cute. But they don't give her one. She storms off saying, "What kind of stupid game is this where you only get five strikes?"
** Snoopy doesn't mind losing when he plays shortstop, but in one arc where Charlie Brown let him be manager, he threw a fit after losing, taking his anger out — physically that is — on the team and the equipment, then stormed off roaring "I hate losing!!" Which is likely why, in the last strip of the arc, he was very eager to relinquish the job back to Charlie Brown.
** In another strip, Snoopy is playing tennis, and is upset when his serve is called out, complaining that "I hit it on the exact middle of the outer part of the edge of the front part of the back part of the line!"
*** Of course, his doubles partner Molly Volley is a tough, mean girl who is a ''very'' bad loser. The first time she was his partner, they lost and Snoopy had to run for his life!
** Snoopy again, in one arc, he is nominated for the Daisy Hill Puppy Cup, but he does not win:
{{quote|'''Snoopy:''' AAUGH!! (Runs away screaming.) I HATE THE WORLD! I HATE EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING IN THE WHOLE STUPID WORLD-WIDE WORLD!
'''Charlie Brown:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|There's nothing like a good loser]].}}
== [[Oral Tradition|Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends]] ==
== Video Games ==▼
* [[Classical Mythology|The Greek Gods]]: according to myth, Arachne, after claiming she was a better weaver than Pallas Athena, ''actually won'' a weaving contest against the goddess, and then was turned into a spider out of spite.▼
* Lakhesis in the second ''[[God of War (Video Game)|God of War]]'' is at first polite and even [[Foe Yay|flirty]] towards Kratos. Then the "petulant mortal they were controlling" kick her curvaceous ass, prompting her to become suddenly far harsher.▼
* [[Shock and Awe|Thor]] from [[Norse Mythology]]. In one myth he, Loki and another guy are invited in Utgard (the capital of the giants) and are humiliated in a series of challenges (the giants were cheating). When Thor fails his task (drinking from an apparently bottomless jug) he furiously demands two more chances to prove his power.▼
▲== [[Video Games]] ==
▲* Lakhesis in the second ''[[God of War (
** In the sequel, Hermes too is quite bratty.
* [[The Dragon|Rothschild]] in ''[[Musashi
* To some extent Nines Rodriguez from ''[[
* [[Bratty Half
* In one of the ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' race games, the [[Big Bad]] is basically this.
* Ace Hardlight in ''[[Ratchet: Deadlocked]]''.
* Laharl, the protagonist of ''[[
* ''[[
** His son Adelheid takes his own defeats in grace and stride. His daughter Rose however.....
** The "
* In ''[[
** In the third title, [[Light Is Not Good|Beowulf]] is the only defeated Devil (except for Leviathan) that won't bow to Dante, and he rather flee, swearing revenge.
* In ''[[Batman
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Knight]]'', Harley is even worse than the Riddler, taking being arrested by Batman with all the dignity of a kindergartner. He has to ''carry her'' as she futilely kicks, hits him, and cries like a baby.
* Razor in ''[[Need for Speed
* If you beat a Slytherin at anything in one of the ''[[Harry Potter (
*# They declare that they didn't really try anyway.
** In the ''
* ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]'' has two Gym Leaders who really hate losing:
** Whitney (the [[Wake Up Call Boss]] of the game throws a fit and bursts into tears when you defeat her. (Which by the way, will likely happen after she's flattened your Pokemon ''several'' times.) Before you can get the Plains Badge you have to talk to the trainer you battled before battling her, who tells you Whitney does this ''all the time''.
== Western Animation ==▼
** Clair is worse than Whitney, and one of the of the most infamous examples in the franchise. She won't acknowledge your victory, claiming you have "lazy ideals", and that earing the Badge requires a trial that involves going through the Dragon's Den to find the elder. Even after you manage this, she won't relinquish it until Lance ''orders'' her to do so. This this humiliates Clair even more, as Lance reminds her that even ''she'' failed the trial on her first attempt.
* Hades in ''[[Hercules (Disney)|Hercules]]'' takes the victories of the titular hero over his monsters ''[[Playing With Fire|badly]]''.▼
*** ''Crystal'' and later adaptations make this worse, as the official rules in these versions say trial is ''not'' required to gain the Badge, she tells the player to undergo it in hopes they'd fail, and then throws a childish tantrum when you succeed.
▲* [[Classical Mythology|The Greek Gods]]: according to myth, Arachne, after claiming she was a better weaver than Pallas Athena, ''actually won'' a weaving contest against the goddess, and then was turned into a spider out of spite.
▲* [[Shock and Awe|Thor]] from [[Norse Mythology]]. In one myth he, Loki and another guy are invited in Utgard (the capital of the giants) and are humiliated in a series of challenges (the giants were cheating). When Thor fails his task (drinking from an apparently bottomless jug) he furiously demands two more chances to prove his power.
▲== [[Western Animation]] ==
▲* Hades in ''[[Hercules (
* Charles Yamamoto from the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "Killer Queen". His motive for tracking Chris down to the "fat farm" Chris was at is [[Disproportionate Retribution| because Chris had beaten him in a hot dog eating contest]], and he also killed several other campers after mistaking them for Chris. That's about as sore as you can get.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* [
** A political cartoon of the time showed the room the tournament took place in in shambles, a broken computer, and chess pieces everywhere, and Kasparov stomping out of the room in a huff. A man in the background says to another "I wonder when they'll teach a computer to do ''that''."
* [[Donald Trump]]. Even a casual glimpse at transcriptions of his speeches and his postings on <s>[[Twitter]]</s> X and Truth Social show that the man is absolutely ''obsessed'' with winning and being a winner, to the point that "loser" seems to be the absolute worst thing he can think to call someone.<ref>Which includes his political opponents, media outlets which do not worship him slavishly, and American soldiers who were captured, wounded or killed in action, among many, many others.</ref> And he routinely declared ''before'' any votes were cast that any election in which he was running was already rigged against him, to excuse his defeats -- and insisted that the Presidential election that he did win was ''also'' rigged against him, apparently because he didn't get 100% of the vote. Seriously, it's bad enough he is the only U.S. President in history to refuse to acknowledge the results of an election, even worse that his followers attacked the U.S. Capitol, but his lame accusations of widespread voter fraud and lamer attempts to prove it have bordered on the absurd. [[The Other Wiki]] has [[w:Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|three entire]] [[w:2021 United States Capitol attack|entries]] [[w:Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election|related to this]].<ref>The first for accusations and public activities, the second the most notorious example, the Capitol riot, and the third for lawsuits.</ref>
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