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{{quote|'''Lt. Saavik:''' [[Permission to Speak Freely?|Permission to speak candidly, sir.]]
'''Admiral Kirk:''' Granted.
'''Saavik:''' I don't believe this was a fair test of my command abilities.
'''Kirk:''' And why not?
'''Saavik:''' Because... there was no way to win.
'''Kirk:''' A no-win situation is a possibility every commander may face. [...] [[Arc Words|How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life]], wouldn't you say?
'''Saavik:''' (stiffly) As I indicated, Admiral, that thought had not occured to me.
'''Kirk:''' Well, now you have something new to think about. Carry on.|Informal debriefing from the former [[Trope Namer]] exam, "Kobayashi Maru", in ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]''}}
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* "The two .38s roared simultaneously". [[James Bond]] concludes something like this in the first chapter of ''Moonraker'', which is basically a quick-drawing contest. He puts the other "guy" (a cardboard target) in hospital, but is "killed".
* This occurs several times in the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'', especially the ''[[X Wing Series|X-Wing]]'' books. As in [[Real Life]], cockpit-shaped simulators are essential tools for fighter pilot training - but here, holographic and gravity-altering technology makes the simulations ''much'' more realistic. They get used for all kinds of things, from training to testing new tactics to teamwork-building exercises, and they tend to be either this trope or [[Fictional Video Game]]. There are even a few times when the one in the simulator [[Training Accident|doesn't know it's a sim]].
** Most notably, the opening of the first ''[[X Wing Series|Star Wars X-Wing]]'' book by Michael A. Stackpole has a literal unwinnable simulation, popularly called the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Redemption_scenario Requiem scenario]. In it, a flight of four X-wings must protect an Alliance corvette called the ''Korolev'' from waves of TIE fighters and bombers (flown by other pilots rather than the AI). Also, only two of the X-Wings could engage the
*** This training mission was based on [[Scrappy Level|a mission in the]] [[X Wing|X-Wing game]], which basically couldn't be beaten unless the player focused on killing every TIE Bomber the very instant it appeared.
** Another book, ''[[Death Star]]'', has a pilot compulsively replaying a simulation that had been made from a scan of one of the top fighter pilots. Even as a simulation, the top pilot kept gunning down the compulsive pilot within seconds, but this pilot was pleased to note that he was lasting a couple seconds more than when he'd started.
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