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A character graciously admits defeat, while at least trying to save face. This is usually accomplished by saying words such as "Touché" (a term in fencing that acknowledges an opponent landing a hit), "point taken", "I stand corrected" (both when losing an argument) or "Well played".
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Compare [[Worthy Opponent]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Used as an [[Played For Laughs|off-joke]] in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''
{{quote|'''[[Big Bad|Sartoious:]]''' You see, gentlemen, as a new student here I'd rather not stand out.
'''Hassleberry:''' Then [[Anime Hair|get a new haircut!]]
'''Sartorious:''' Touché.}}
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', Muldoon is outwitted by the raptors and says "Clever girl" just before being eaten.▼
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* In ''[[Frasier]]'', Niles had heart surgery, and Frasier made a promise to God to be nice to Niles if he lived. Niles then acted insufferably (over his fear of what might happen again), and Frasier wanted to lay into his brother, but felt he couldn't break his promise. Then he found a loophole, and felt it was enough. But it turned out their father already talked Niles out of it. Frasier then just said "Well played, God. I'll see you at Easter."
* In the first season of ''[[The Naked Truth (TV series)|The Naked Truth]]'', Nora gets her Camilla's job back by tricking the owner of The Comet. He said earlier "Who said life was fair?", and after she tricked him, [[Ironic Echo|she said the same thing]]. He said "Touché", although did give her a crappy assignment as payback.▼
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* In a series of ''[[Peanuts]]'' strips, Charlie Brown and Linus are discussing current events and the future. Charlie Brown is very cynical, Linus is overly optimistic. Until...
{{quote|'''Charlie Brown:''' So you think the world is getting better? Well if you've got so much confidence in the world getting better, how come you hang onto [[Security Blanket| that blanket]]?
''([[Beat Panel]] as Linus looks at the blanket.)''
'''Linus:''' Touché!}}
== [[Radio]] ==
* ''[[The Goon Show]]'' actually parodied it.▼
{{quote|"Touché."▼
"Threeché!" }}▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' Spy will occasionally greet an enemy that kills him with "Well played."▼
== [[Web Original]] ==
* A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Naruto the Abridged Series]]''. Iruka, as the first person in the series to say it, gets irritated whenever other characters use it.
** ''Bob (Homura) asked Gladys (Koharu) if he could be the Hokage. When told he couldn't, he put on a disguise and asked again.''
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'''Bob:''' "Touché, Gladys. Touché." }}
* The [[Wiiviewer]] said this after he tried to argue he couldn't compare ''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', as they were different genres, and the sons pointed out he compared a racing game with a platformer game.
▲* In the first season of ''[[The Naked Truth]]'', Nora gets her Camilla's job back by tricking the owner of The Comet. He said earlier "Who said life was fair?", and after she tricked him, [[Ironic Echo|she said the same thing]]. He said "Touché", although did give her a crappy assignment as payback.
▲* In ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' Spy will occasionally greet an enemy that kills him with "Well played."
▲* ''[[The Goon Show]]'' actually parodied it.
▲{{quote|"Touché."
▲"Threeché!" }}
▲* In ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', Muldoon is outwitted by the raptors and says "Clever girl" just before being eaten.
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