Endurance Duel: Difference between revisions

Sometimes, it can be just one character who has to endure the danger that befalls him. This can be used to show the character's prowess, which can impress the person who had him endure the danger in the first place.

 

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In [[Cromartie High School]], the toughest badass in the class is decided by seeing who could hold a hot flame on their back the longest.

* In the [[Tournament Arc|Dark Tournament]] of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', Yusuke {{spoiler|wins his first fight}} after he and his opponent nearly kill each other, and just decide to [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]] until one of them falls.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Piers Anthony's ''Virtual Mode'' had something like this in the beginning.

* [[The Outsiders]]:

{{quote| "What happened to Shepard?" I asked, remembering Tim Shepard's kid brother. Curly, who was a tough, cool, hard-as-nails Tim in miniature, and I had once played chicken by holding our cigarette ends against each other's fingers. We had stood there, clenching our teeth and grimacing, with sweat pouring down our faces and the smell of burning flesh making us sick, each refusing to holler, until Tim happened to stroll by. When he saw that we were really burning holes in each other he cracked our heads together, swearing to kill us both if we ever pulled a stunt like that again. I still have the scar on my forefinger. Curly was an average downtown hood, tough and not real bright, but I liked him. He could take anything. }}

 

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* [[Cougar Town]] had a comic version of this, with Andy and Bobby forced to look into each other's eyes while "Cat's in the Cradle" plays. First to cry loses.

** Another epsiode had Jules and Bobby in a "white shirt" standoff. First to get a stain on their shirt loses.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

 

== [[Real Life]] ==