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Sometimes this particular trope can provide good motive for [[Character Development]] but at the same time may fall into the trap of [[Bond Villain Stupidity|the antagonist leaving him alive for little adequately explained reason]] if the method of the hero's survival from the defeat isn't portrayed the right way. Often, these first two losses will be quick and [[Curb Stomp Battle|supremely one sided]], though this may not always be the case, particularly with [[Boring Invincible Hero|those certain characters]] where such losses are always due to cheating or some other unfair circumstances.

 

 

This trope is often invoked in order to stress to the audience just how difficult it is to overcome this particular obstacle without dragging it on to the point of madness. The magic sweet spot for this formula, [[Rule of Three|as is almost natural]], appears to be over the course of three confrontations. Sometimes this trope can also be invoked in the same battle, if [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya|the hero all but loses yet still manages to get up on sheer willpower]] twice over the course of the fight, though generally it almost always happens over the course of three separate battles.

* Happens twice in ''[[Bakuman｡]]'', with the main characters' attempts to get a popular manga that will allow Mashiro's fiancee Azuki to get a lead role. Their first series gets canceled and they quit their second under the condition that if they can't get something serialized by the time their contract ends, they can no longer write for Jump. They have three chances to do so, and fail the first two, but their final manga, Perfect Crime Party, manages to get serialized {{spoiler|but this gets subverted when it turns out that PCP won't be able to get a sponsor for an anime}}.

* [[Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation|Muhyo]] has three separate encounters with Enchu. In the first at the MLS, Enchu leaves after Muhyo sentences the ghosts he sent. In the second {{spoiler|at the Arcanum}}, he escapes with {{spoiler|Rio, before her traitor's mark can be removed}}. In the third, Muhyo {{spoiler|is able to bring Enchu to his senses and convince him to drive out Teeki from his body}}.

* In [[Mai-Otome]], Arika and Nina have three battles after Nina's [[Face Heel Turn]]. The first two end with no clear winner, bu Arika is victorious in the third.

 

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