History Main / CompetitionFreak

** Kaiba's level of this gets taken to the ridiculous extremes in ''[[Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions The Dark Side of Dimensions]]''. Wanting to defeat the Pharaoh once and for all, he first develops an AI based on the Pharaoh. When that turns out to be too easy to beat, he ''excavates the Pharaoh's tomb'' seeking to assemble the Millennium Puzzle and defeat him for real that way. This is one of the main parts of the movie's plot. In the end, when Yugi puts in the final two pieces of the puzzle, the Pharaoh is still not returning, because his soul is at rest. Kaiba then decides to ''travel 3000 years back in time to Ancient Egypt'', just to duel the Pharaoh. To reiterate, the guy is such a sore loser that he '''''invents time travel''''' for the sole purpose of fighting his rival one more time.

* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': This is the main trait of Yadano Makeru, who's name literally translates to "[[MeaningfulName Doesn't Want to Lose]]". She constantly challenges Komi in any way she can think of...only to get soundly beaten every time. Not helping matters is the fact that most of the time [[OneSidedRivalry Komi has no idea there's a challenge going on]].

* In ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', Violet Beauregarde takes her gum-chewing seriously, achieving a record by chewing a single piece of gum "for over ''three months solid''." She took an interest in the Golden Ticket search for the glory she'd get if she found one more than a desire for the actual prize. Due to ValuesDissonance over the habit of gum-chewing as a vice, the [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory 2005 film adaptation]] plays up this trait to make her punishment less disproportionate to her behavior; at [[StageMom her mother's]] urging she is highly competitive in all sorts of activities and thus looks down her nose at her fellow Golden Ticket finders, even calling poor Charlie a "loser" at one point when he innocently asks her why she sticks with chewing one piece of gum at length. In the [[Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory 2013 stage musical]], this trope is crossbred with ShamelessSelfPromoter and SmallNameBigEgo to turn her into a parody of vapid celebrity.

** Ross Geller can be just as bad as Monica under the right circumstances. In "The One with The Football" it's revealed their mother banned them from playing touch football as kids after Ross ended up with a broken nose. They decide to try playing again, reasoning that now they're adults they can control themselves. The game quickly devolves into a fierce competition that ends with them wrestling over the ball long after the others have given up and gone for dinner.
** Monica's season three LoveInterest Pete Becker is a very driven, highly competitive tech guru who doesn't back down from failure. On the positive side this led to him successfully building his company and becoming a millionaire in his twenties. The problem comes when he decides to join the UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship and refuses to quit even though he [[CurbStompBattle loses every time]]. Monica finally breaks up with him because she can't watch him getting hurt anymore.

* ''Series/TopGear'': Jeremy Clarkson. He must win at everything, not just car related competitions, but every competition on the show even if it really shouldn't be something to get competitive over (eg, finding edible roadkill, Clarkson finds a cow because it's biggest). PlayedForLaughs naturally as Clarkson's over the top approach brings [[HilarityEnsues disaster]] as often as victory.

* Rose in ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' is this despite her CloudCuckooLander personality. Regardless of event, once Rose enters it, she's ''obsessed'' with winning. For example, she once enters a contest repeatedly until she wins the prize offered in it (a honeymoon trip to UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, despite Rose not being a newlywed), not for the prize itself, but for the thrill of winning, as she claims. Then she starts describing in detail about how she beat the odds as if she was giving a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, which alarms Dorothy enough to make her stop Rose from further description.

* Rimmer in ''Series/RedDwarf'' can be like this, usually to his own detriment. When he was sharing quarters with a duplicate of himself in "[=Me2=]" their exercise and work regimes became horribly self-destructive, because every time one of them suggested something, the other had one-up the first by suggesting they get up earlier, work longer, exercise harder and so forth. Which in turn would lead the first, not wanting to be outdone, to escalate by suggesting an even ''more'' grueling regime, and so on, making the whole thing a ViciousCycle.

** Invoked by Odd Todd in "Disorder in the Court" during Olive's trial, where he cites Olive not being able to bear losing the Agent of the Month award to Orson as evidence towards her stealing the town museum so that she could get one more case solved and secure the award. In actuality, not only would stealing an entire building be an unreasonable way to solve most any sort of case, but Olive isn't shown to be competitive to such a point that she would resort to doing such a thing anyway, as evidenced by her shocked and disgusted reaction.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'': Selena strives to be the best at everything, and in her supports she eagerly challenges others purely to prove her superiority. In her supports with Peri, she is constantly challenged to ridiculous or horrifying things like [[CrocodileTears fake crying]], and to her chagrin she keeps losing and being very bothered by it. When Selena refuses to accept a challenge to a [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame murder-off]], Peri declares herself the best and winner of the competition by default, which Selena immediately grouses bothers her far more than it should. [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration This is even reflected in gameplay]] with Selena's personal skill, Fierce Rival -- if she supports another unit in Attack Stance and said unit lands a CriticalHit, Selena is guaranteed to make a critical hit as well during her follow-up attack.

* In the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series a lot of the [[AmoralAttorney more evil prosecutors (and some attorneys)]] seem to only care for their win-loss records, not for actually seeing justice done. There's even a Prosecutor of the Year award they can receive for having a better record! Snapping out of this mentality was key to Miles Edgeworth's character growth, and the fact that Klavier Gavin never did this in the first place makes him stand out as unusual among the game's rivals.

-->'''Steve''': Don't you think that's a bit of an overreaction. So you lost. Nobody cares.\\

-->'''Brian''': Peter, are you sure you wanna run against Lois. You know how competitive you get.\\

-->'''Joe''': Ah, I remember the first time my son beat me at something. I gave him a congratulatory punch on the arm. And then I gave him another. And another. And then things got kinda hazy and he had to go live with a foster family for a while...

** PassionateSportsGirl Sky is similar to Courtney in that she is very obsessed with coming in first due to her aspirations of becoming on Olympian athlete. While she is usually nicer than Courtney, she still faces the same consequences of this attitude that Courtney does.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Lynn Loud pretty much embodies this trope. She will find a way to turn literally any activity into a competition, much to her family's dismay (especially in "Lynn-er Takes All," pictured above).

* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': This is the main trait of Yadano Makeru, who's name literally translates to "[[MeaningfulName Hates to Lose]]". She constantly challenges Komi in any way she can think of...only to get soundly beaten every time. Not helping matters is the fact that most of the time [[OneSidedRivalry Komi has no idea there's a challenge going on]].

'''Amy''': No.

->''"One of the great things about people is that if you put them on TV, they'll do anything to win. Sometimes they're not even sure if they're on a show with prizes, or what the prize is -- they will debase themselves and taunt their own god to win. For proof, three different groups of women have competed to let [[Music/PublicEnemy Flavor Flav]] inside them, and he looks like something that crawls out of bogs to replace our babies with changelings."''
-->-- '''Creator/{{Seanbaby}}'''

* Stinkoman from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' is obsessed with challengez, to the point where he'd gladly eat a pile of dirt if he thought somebody dared him to do it. Best summed up by his {{Catchphrase}}: "ARE YOU ASKING FOR A CHALLENGE!?"

* Stinkoman from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' is obsessed with challengez, to the point where he'd gladly eat a pile of dirt if he thought somebody dared him to do it. Best summed up by his {{Cachphrase}}: "ARE YOU ASKING FOR A CHALLENGE!?"

* Stinkoman from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' is this to a T: "...did somebody say -- challenge?"

** Kaiba's level of this gets taken to the ridiculous extremes in "Dark Side Of Dimensions". Wanting to defeat the Pharaoh once and for all, he first develops an AI based on the Pharaoh. When that turns out to be too easy to beat, he ''excavates the Pharaoh's tomb'' seeking to assemble the Millennium Puzzle and defeat him for real that way. This is one of the main parts of the movie's plot. In the end, when Yugi puts in the final two pieces of the puzzle, the Pharaoh is still not returning, because his soul is at rest. Kaiba then decides to ''travel 3000 years back in time to Ancient Egypt'', just to duel the Pharaoh. To reiterate, the guy is such a sore loser that he '''''invents time travel''''' for the sole purpose of fighting his rival one more time.

** Kaiba's level of this gets taken to the ridiculous extremes in "Dark Side Of Dimensions". Wanting to defeat the Pharaoh once and for all, he first develops an AI based on the Pharaoh. When that turns out to be too easy to beat, he ''excavates the Pharaoh's tomb'' seeking to assemble the Millennium Puzzle and defeat him for real that way. This is one of the main parts of the movie's plot. In the end, when Yugi puts in the final two pieces of the puzzle, the Pharaoh is still not returning, because his soul is at rest. Kaiba then decides to ''travel 3000 years back in time to Ancient Egypt'', just to duel the Pharaoh. To reiterate, the guy is such a sore power that he '''''invents time travel''''' for the sole purpose of fighting his rival one more time.

* Ranma of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is eager to prove his martial arts wherever possible, [[MartialArtsAndCrafts even in fields that won't normally involve fighting]]. Sometimes he's compelled to compete by external circumstances, but he'll still be proud to win for its own sake. This includes at least one battle where he must prove he has better ''[[AttractiveBentGender feminine sex appeal]]''. Often lampshaded by bystanders.

* Ranma of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' has a bad case of this, including at least one battle where he must prove he has better feminine sex appeal. Often lampshaded by bystanders.

** Ross Geller can be just as bad as Monica under the right circumstances. In "The One with The Football" it's revealed their mother banned from playing touch football as kids after Ross ended up with a broken nose. They decide to try playing again, reasoning that now they're adults they can control themselves. The game quickly devolves into a fierce competition that ends with them wrestling over the ball long after the others have given up and gone for dinner.

* Monica Geller in ''Series/{{Friends}}'' often becomes extremely intense and controlling over any minor game the gang takes part in.
-->'''Monica''': I made this game what it is.\\

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** Monica's season three LoveInterest Pete Becker is a very driven, highly competitive tech guru who doesn't back down from failure. On the positive side this led to him successfully building his company and becoming a billionaire in his twenties. The problem comes when he decides to join the UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship and refuses to quit even though he [[CurbStompBattle loses every time]]. Monica finally breaks up with him because she can't watch him getting hurt anymore.

** In the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Equestria Girls]] spinoff series, Sunset Shimmer takes competitions very seriously and becomes a GamerChick later in the series. Given she’s an [[HeelFaceTurn ex-villain]] with a HairTriggerTemper, if a game starts going badly for her, it tends to result in fireworks.

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** Ross Geller can be just as bad as Monica under the right circumstances. In "TheOneWith The Football" it's revealed their mother banned from playing touch football as kids after Ross ended up with a broken nose. They decide to try playing again, reasoning that now they're adults they can control themselves. The game quickly devolves into a fierce competition that ends with them wrestling over the ball long after the others have given up and gone for dinner.