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[[The Bet|Betting]] is appealing, both in [[Real Life]] and in fiction. It adds a sense of risk to otherwise normal proceedings, makes everything more interesting. Unfortunately, "gambling is fun" is a [[Family
This almost always involves [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]], though [[Status Quo Is God|good luck seeing it resolved]]. Unless it's a [[Porn Tropes|porno]]. [[A Party - Also Known As an Orgy|Guess how that ends]]. Cousin trope to [[Lost Him in A Card Game]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Touma and Mikoto in ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'' set up one of these when their schools face off in a sports festival. Mikoto wins, and [[Power Perversion Potential|wonders what she should make him do]]. Eventually, she basically makes him go on a date with her ([[Cannot Spit It Out|although she doesn't tell him that]]), which gets interrupted by random super-powered sociopaths. So, you know, an average day.
* In ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'', Haqua challenges Keima to a board game, with a Wager Slave as the penalty. As it becomes increasingly clear that she is [[Curb Stomp Battle|hopelessly outmatched]], Haqua starts saying, "I know I said ''anything''... But not anything! Just not ''anything'', okay!" Keima, however, only wants to ask questions about his situation and Elsie. Haqua finally lashes out at him: "[[Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?|Aren't you even a tiny bit interested in me]]?!"
* ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' has Haruhi invoke this on whoever is late (usually Kyon). In a slight subversion, he just has to pay for everyone's lunch.
* In the early part of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' manga, "other Yugi" is all about penalty games...doubtful if there's any sexual tension involved.
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* In ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'', Mandy offered to play a game with the Grim Reaper. If Grim wins, he gets the hamster he sought. Grim's ego led him to offer that if he loses, he would become Billy and Mandy's best friend. Unfortunately for Grim, the hamster jumped into his eye socket making Grim lose a game of limbo. Grim becomes their best friend.
* This is the plot point and reason for the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "The Red Badge of Gayness". {{spoiler|It's averted at the end.}}
* At the start of the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "The Ticketmaster", Applejack tells Twilight Sparkle that she bet Big Macintosh that she could get all the golden delicious apples picked and put in the barn by lunch time, and if she does, he has to walk down the street in one of Granny Smith's girdles.
** Then, in "Applebuck Season", Big Mac is unable to help her harvest the rest of the apples due to a mysterious back injury (which isn't really that mysterious if you consider the difference in size between Big Mac and Granny Smith). Let this be a lesson to you, children: when you gamble with your sister, make sure public humiliation is the ''only'' stake.
* This provides the plot for [[The Angry Beavers]] episode "You Promised!", when Norbert promises Dagget he'll do this in a year in exchange for the last "Lickety Split" candy in the house, not expecting Dagget to actually remember his promise.
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