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See: [[The Problem With Fighting Death]].
 
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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== [[Film]] ==
* Ivan Vanko/Whiplash in ''[[Iron Man (Film)|Iron Man]] 2'' uses this strategy against Tony and Rhodes. By the time he engages the two in battle, they've already burned a lot of energy and ammunition on the army of drones Vanko sent against them. Furthermore, Tony has used up his [[One -Hit Kill]] ace-in-the-hole. Vanko still loses, however, because of a [[Forbidden Chekhov's Gun]].
* Jason Voorhees, [[Implacable Man|believe it or not]], uses this in ''[[Friday the 13 th13th (Film)|Friday the 13 th]] Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'', where Jason faces against a teen boxer in [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]. Jason never even throws a punch and [[Stone Wall|soaks up punishment upon punishment]] until the boxer gets tired. Then Jason decapitates him with [[One Hit KO|one punch]].
** Of course, Jason could have done this at the very start of the fight too.
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Monty Pythons Life of Brian]]''; a skirmisher-type [[Gladiator Games|gladiator]] matched against a [[Mighty Glacier]] in heavy armour takes one look at him, [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|drops his weapons and runs away]]. His opponent chases him for several circuits of the arena, and then drops dead of a [[Hollywood Heart Attack]].
* In ''[[Real Steel]]'', Charlie details how he, back when humans did the actual boxing, fought an opponent he wasn't expected to be able to contend with to a near-victory simply because his opponent couldn't knock him down. {{spoiler|Atom's near-victory happens in much the same way, since he's built to take hits and the other robot doesn't have enough juice to last five rounds.}}
 
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** Against normal men anyway (though Dr. Hibbert claims being beaten by a two-by-four would have the same result). Against [[Mike Tyson]] expy Drederick Tatum however...
* In the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short "Gorilla My Dreams", [[Bugs Bunny]] is being chased by a gorilla. Just when things seem hopeless for Bugs, he finds that by the time the gorilla has caught him he was too tired to beat him up and falls over exhausted.
** [[Stalking Is Love|Pepe Le Pew.]] He has a flamboyant hop which allows him to keep pace with a fleeing mate without tiring himself. The faster she runs, the more helpless she'll be when he catches her. Ironically, there was at least one cartoon [[Laser -Guided Karma|where that very tactic was used against him]].
* In the ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'' episode "A Leaf in the Wind", [[Fictional Sport|pro-bending]] team the Fire Ferrets pull this off twice. In the first instance, Mako is the only one left standing, so he just dodges until his opponents get tired, which allows him to take [[One -Hit Polykill|all three out]]. In the second, Mako and Bolin are pinned while Korra is nearly forced [[Ring Out|off the edge]]. Korra has [[Die or Fly|an epiphany]] about airbending movements, which allows her to dodge perfectly, achieving the same result as Mako.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
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