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== [[Comic Books]] == |
== [[Comic Books]] == |
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* ''[[wikipedia:Superman vs. Muhammad Ali|Superman vs Muhammad Ali.]]'' |
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** Incredibly enough, Muhammad Ali wins. |
** Incredibly enough, Muhammad Ali wins. |
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** [[Justified]]: Superman didn't have his Yellow-sun strength, had no experience boxing, and {{spoiler|it wasn't really him that Ali boxed anyway}}. |
** [[Justified]]: Superman didn't have his Yellow-sun strength, had no experience boxing, and {{spoiler|it wasn't really him that Ali boxed anyway}}. |
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* ''[[The Honeymooners]]'': Ralph inadvertently challenges a much tougher person to a boxing match. |
* ''[[The Honeymooners]]'': Ralph inadvertently challenges a much tougher person to a boxing match. |
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* ''[[I Dreamof Jeannie]]'': "The Strongest Man In the World". |
* ''[[I Dreamof Jeannie]]'': "The Strongest Man In the World". |
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* ''[[Are You Being Served (TV)|Are You Being Served]]'': Captain Peacock is challenged to a boxing match, but backs out. Mr. Humphries is chosen to take his place in a wrestling match and loses. Then Mrs. Slocombe enters the ring. |
* ''[[Are You Being Served? (TV)|Are You Being Served]]'': Captain Peacock is challenged to a boxing match, but backs out. Mr. Humphries is chosen to take his place in a wrestling match and loses. Then Mrs. Slocombe enters the ring. |
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* ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'': Dennis goes out with a female boxer, but is challenged by her ex-girlfriend, also a boxer. |
* ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'': Dennis goes out with a female boxer, but is challenged by her ex-girlfriend, also a boxer. |
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* ''[[ICarly (TV)|I Carly]]'': the one-hour special "iFight Shelby Marx", in which Carly watches MMA fighter Shelby Marx (played by [[Victoria Justice]]) on TV and, [[I Was Just Joking|as a joke]], challenges her to a match. [[Oh Crap|Shelby accepts.]] |
* ''[[ICarly (TV)|I Carly]]'': the one-hour special "iFight Shelby Marx", in which Carly watches MMA fighter Shelby Marx (played by [[Victoria Justice]]) on TV and, [[I Was Just Joking|as a joke]], challenges her to a match. [[Oh Crap|Shelby accepts.]] |
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* ''[[Bones]]'' and Booth fly to Las Vegas to investigate a murder, and discover a women's underground MMA fighting ring. |
* ''[[Bones]]'' and Booth fly to Las Vegas to investigate a murder, and discover a women's underground MMA fighting ring. |
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* ''[[Ally McBeal]]'', with kickboxing. |
* ''[[Ally McBeal]]'', with kickboxing. |
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* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' uses this as a premise to let the main characters beat the tar out of one another over recent goings on midway through season 3. |
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** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that real military culture has been known to adopt boxing in the past, but played straight in that {{spoiler|Roslin}} turns out to be a fan and knows a thing or two about it. With the [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|Admiral, the Colonel, the CAG and most of the crew and pilots present and engaged]], [[Fridge Logic|one wonders what might have happened had the Cylons decided to attack right then]]...<ref>[[Truth in Television]] or not, is it really good for morale to have the ranking staff officer beat up by an enlisted man in front of the troops?</ref> |
** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that real military culture has been known to adopt boxing in the past, but played straight in that {{spoiler|Roslin}} turns out to be a fan and knows a thing or two about it. With the [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|Admiral, the Colonel, the CAG and most of the crew and pilots present and engaged]], [[Fridge Logic|one wonders what might have happened had the Cylons decided to attack right then]]...<ref>[[Truth in Television]] or not, is it really good for morale to have the ranking staff officer beat up by an enlisted man in front of the troops?</ref> |
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* ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' a couple of times: Martinez decides to enter the [http://www.nypbc.com/ Smoker] and gets trained by Lieutenant Fancy (who beats him up pretty good during a friendly sparring match); several seasons later Detective Clark enters it too. |
* ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' a couple of times: Martinez decides to enter the [http://www.nypbc.com/ Smoker] and gets trained by Lieutenant Fancy (who beats him up pretty good during a friendly sparring match); several seasons later Detective Clark enters it too. |
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* A boxer (Ben Murphy) arrives on ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' to clobber an opponant who beat him in the past. |
* A boxer (Ben Murphy) arrives on ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' to clobber an opponant who beat him in the past. |
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* ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' got this one out of the way. In the first single-hour episode, "The Final Round", David befriends a boxer who is unwittingly delivering drugs and then is supposed to suffer a fatal heart attack during a fight. This was the first instance of Banner being conveniently being knocked out so that he doesn't Hulk out until later. |
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' got this one out of the way. In the first single-hour episode, "The Final Round", David befriends a boxer who is unwittingly delivering drugs and then is supposed to suffer a fatal heart attack during a fight. This was the first instance of Banner being conveniently being knocked out so that he doesn't Hulk out until later. |
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* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' TOS episodes "[ |
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' TOS episodes "[[wikipedia:The Big Tall Wish|The Big Tall Wish]]" and "[[wikipedia:Steel chr(28)The Twilight Zonechr(29)|Steel]]". |
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* ''[[Cold Case (TV)|Cold Case]]'': "Yo Adrian", doubling as a [[Whole-Plot Reference]] to ''[[Rocky (Film)|Rocky]]''. |
* ''[[Cold Case (TV)|Cold Case]]'': "Yo Adrian", doubling as a [[Whole-Plot Reference]] to ''[[Rocky (Film)|Rocky]]''. |
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* In a ''[[Remington Steele (TV)|Remington Steele]]'' episode a baby is found in a boxer's locker and he asks the Steele agency for help. Hijinx ensue as the boxer readies for a match and Remington is revealed to be a very competent boxer. |
* In a ''[[Remington Steele (TV)|Remington Steele]]'' episode a baby is found in a boxer's locker and he asks the Steele agency for help. Hijinx ensue as the boxer readies for a match and Remington is revealed to be a very competent boxer. |
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* ''[[Friday the |
* ''[[Friday the 13th: The Series]]'' had "Shadow Boxer", which naturally revolved around a pair of [[Artifact of Doom|cursed boxing gloves.]] |
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* ''[[Due South]]'' episode "Mountie and Soul". |
* ''[[Due South]]'' episode "Mountie and Soul". |
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* ''[[Knight Rider]]'' ep 4.16 "The Redemption of a Champion," in the original series. |
* ''[[Knight Rider]]'' ep 4.16 "The Redemption of a Champion," in the original series. |
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