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== Live-Action TV ==
* The various
* The plot-central Scions of ''Revelations'' both play this straight and (slightly) subvert it: the Final Battle will occur when there are exactly two of them, leading some people to try killing them off to speed things up, while others seek to save them in a [[Race Against the Clock]]... but not all the Scions are known, and some of the claimants are bluffing, deluded, or already dead (no, really!). There is always a feeling that their numbers are running out, but it isn't clear until very late exactly how close things are.
* The duel of the 13 Riders in ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]''.
** This occurs in the ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' movie where Decade, having embraced his role as the Destroyer of Worlds, sets out to defeat every Kamen Rider.
** This also occurs in ''[[Kamen Rider Black]]'' on a smaller scale. A duel between two riders in a contest of who is to be God.
* In the universe of ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'', only one child per wizard family
* Implied in season 6 of ''[[Lost]]'', with the revelation that {{spoiler|several main characters are candidates to replace Jacob as protector of the island, but only one will be able to actually fill this role.}}
* This trope is most of Sylar's plotline in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', in Season 1 especially, and in Season 3:Volume 4 when he {{spoiler|teams up with Danko to eliminate them all, there
* In the Season 10 premiere of ''[[Smallville]]'', the old Lex clone states that "there can only be one [[Lex Luthor]]" before using an [[Kill It with Fire|improvised flamethrower]] on the other clones.
* On the ''[[Angel]]'' Season 5 episode "Destiny" {{spoiler|Lindsey and Eve}} deceive Angel and Spike into believing that the existance of two champion vampires with a soul is causing universal chaos.
* In ''[[Community]]'' episode [[Community/Recap/S1/E23 Modern Warfare|Modern Warfare]] only the last man standing will receive the prize.
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