Training Montage: Difference between revisions

Closely related to the [[Lock and Load Montage]].

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== Advertising ==

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* Episode 2 of ''[[Kaleido Star]]'' uses this when Sora preps herself to duplicate the "Golden Phoenix", a favorite trick of Layla Hamilton, one of her idols. She comes oh-so-close to pulling it off, perfecting the spin technique but missing the opposite trapeze bar by ''thatmuch''. Layla, who normally [[Suffers Newbies Poorly]], is impressed enough to allow Sora to stay with the Kaleido Stage crew.

* Chapter 239 of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has one, complete with [[Exploding Calendar]].

* ''[[Love Hina]]'' has one ticking down the days till the Tokyo U Entrance Exam. Naru is doing well—Keitaro, [[You Can Panic Now|on the other hand...]]

* ''[[The Idolmaster (anime)|THE iDOLM@STER]]'' - Several throughout the showing, the first one being along the ending sequence on the first episode.

== Film ==

* ''Chuck E Cheese In The Galaxy 5000'' has this when Chuckie crashes into a Hermit's house (who may or may not be Pasqualli). This moment is probably the only decent musical number in the film.

* As [[Phelous]] points out, it happens in ''[[A Serbian Film]]'' of all movies.

* ''[[Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring]]'' has one, which is strange since it's an acclaimed art film about a Buddhist monk rather than a sports film.

* Soul Surfer. "I don't need easy...I just need possible."

* The ''[[Buffy]]'' episode "Once More, With Feeling" parodied the trope by [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading it]] then shoving it aside to make way for "Standing in the Way".

** Though ''[[Angel]]'' played it perfectly straight when Angel gets ready to hunt down Darla and Drusilla.

* Parodied in ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' when Sheldon and Raj intently study a whiteboard...complete with fast cuts and "Eye of the Tiger" playing in the background. ''Twice.''

== Radio ==

* Parodied in ''[[Adventures in Odyssey]]'''s "Fifteen Minutes", where Alex trains to perfect his mini-golf skills under the ex-champion, Bart Rathbone. Somehow, despite the appropriate music (and a spot where he waxes Bart's car for no discernible purpose), this causes him to do much worse the second time around.

== Video Games ==

* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', the series of clips demonstrating your Jedi training might count (though there isn't any music, just Master Zhar narrating).0

* [[Dragon Fable|Drakonan]], a [[Whatevermancy|Pyromancer]] gets this, it consists of [[Rule of Funny|Bench pressing and runnning up a hill, neither of which really helps someone chuck fireballs at you]]

== Web Animation ==

* ''[[Bowser's Kingdom]]'' Episode 7 had one of these, but it was cut out because of lazy animators. Hal and Jeff have an [[Oh Crap]] reaction when they find out and come to the conclusion that they didn't train at all.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090901195148/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=39&issue=10 This strip] of ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''. Note the image's [[Alt Text]].

* ''[[Collar 6]]'' used this for a time skip to the spanking contest.

* ''[[5 Color Control|Five Color Control]]'' uses it in a direct [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]'' in [https://web.archive.org/web/20110811033913/http://www.5colorcontrol.com/comic.php?comic=132 this strip], where Gideon Jura trains in preparation for his upcoming appearance in the ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic 2012 Core Set]]''.

* Subverted in [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/080324 this] [[Sluggy Freelance]] strip

== Web Original ==

* [http://www.cracked.com/article_18544_how-the-karate-kid-ruined-modern-world.html This Cracked article] is a big fat [[Take That]] at the trope.

* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]] was determined to finally beat ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' after [[Nintendo Hard|twenty years of trying]]. After seeking the help of a real ninja and going through a training montage, he ended up {{spoiler|getting close, but still failing.}}

== Western Animation ==

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* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' has this in spades. The pilot has is the [[Boot Camp Episode]],with Jack living with a buttload of characters. The "Jack learns to Jump Good" episode has him training with a tribe of apes who weigh him down with stones and have him run an obstacle course. The scene works on [[Many Levels]]

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