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It's nearing the end of regulation of a sports contest the main characters are in, and it's a close game. Someone makes a comment that the team could tie it up, and beat the opposition in overtime. They end up doing one better by getting the job done in regulation.

A subtrope of [[Down to ~~The~~ Last Play]].

A subtrope of [[Down to the Last Play]].

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** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] since [[You Can Barely Stand|most (if not all) of the players are exhausted,]] [[Fragile Speedster|Sena]] himself nearly [[Game-Breaking Injury|damaging his knee.]] Playing with only 11 regular members and 4 borrowed sports club players is not advisable, but hey, if that's all you can get...

** Later averted in the final game. {{spoiler|Team America and Team Japan tie the game, and no overtime is given because the people hosting the tournament thought America would wreck the tournament like always. Unhappy with a tie (As Bud Walker puts it, it's like kissing your sister.) the teams continue playing despite being told not to. It's assumed that Team America won, but Team Japan doesn't mind.}}

* ''[[~~Clannad (Visual Novel)|~~Clannad]]'''s [[Baseball Episode]] ends on the last inning in the anime. However, the game in the original [[Visual Novel]] from which said [[Baseball Episode]] is based on actually ends on the extra inning. This is of course justified by the fact that Visual Novels aren't restricted by a 25 minutes time limit.

* ''[[Clannad]]'''s [[Baseball Episode]] ends on the last inning in the anime. However, the game in the original [[Visual Novel]] from which said [[Baseball Episode]] is based on actually ends on the extra inning. This is of course justified by the fact that Visual Novels aren't restricted by a 25 minutes time limit.

== [[Fan Fiction]] ==

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== [[Film]] ==

* Movie example: ''[[The Mighty Ducks (~~Film~~)|The Mighty Ducks]]''.

* Movie example: ''[[The Mighty Ducks (film)|The Mighty Ducks]]''.

** In the flashback scenes in ''The Mighty Ducks'', we learn that the coach's big shame, the reason why he gave up hockey, was when he missed a tiebreaker penalty shot. He then mentions that his team went on to lose in overtime. And the coach blamed ''him'' for losing the game!

* ''[[Happy Gilmore]]''. Despite having a fallen TV tower between his ball and the hole ''and'' being advised to take two strokes and go to the tiebreaker, Happy uses his mad puttin' skillz to win the match outright.

* ''[[The Replacements (~~Film~~)|The Replacements]]'': With a trip to the playoffs on the line, the Washington Sentinels, a team of scabs due to a strike, are trailing a powerful Dallas team that crossed the picket line earlier in the week. Nigel Gruff, the placekicker, goes on to kick the field goal and tie the game, but because he's threatened with losing his pub if he saves the game for the Sentinels, Falco, the QB and holder, changes the play, takes the ball for himself and rushes into the endzone for the game winning TD. Subverted, however, when a holding call negates the TD. Played straight however, when they try for the win on the next play and get the TD, earning the Sentinels a playoff spot (of course, Nigel was injured on the fake anyway and couldn't have kicked the field goal).

* ''[[The Replacements (film)|The Replacements]]'': With a trip to the playoffs on the line, the Washington Sentinels, a team of scabs due to a strike, are trailing a powerful Dallas team that crossed the picket line earlier in the week. Nigel Gruff, the placekicker, goes on to kick the field goal and tie the game, but because he's threatened with losing his pub if he saves the game for the Sentinels, Falco, the QB and holder, changes the play, takes the ball for himself and rushes into the endzone for the game winning TD. Subverted, however, when a holding call negates the TD. Played straight however, when they try for the win on the next play and get the TD, earning the Sentinels a playoff spot (of course, Nigel was injured on the fake anyway and couldn't have kicked the field goal).

* ''[[Necessary Roughness (~~Film~~)|Necessary Roughness]]'': Averted in that (at the time) college games didn't go to overtime, but the Armadillos still opted to go for the win over the tie against the number 1 team in the nation.

* ''[[Necessary Roughness (film)|Necessary Roughness]]'': Averted in that (at the time) college games didn't go to overtime, but the Armadillos still opted to go for the win over the tie against the number 1 team in the nation.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==