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* In ''Literature/TheWellAtTheWorldsEnd'', the four sons of King Peter tell him that they would like to leave their home kingdom of Upmeads. King Peter has them draw straws to determine who will go north, who will go east, who will go west, and who will stay in Upmeads to keep the king and queen company. Youngest son Ralph draws the short straw, meaning he has to stay at home, but that night he sneaks out anyway and travels south on his horse Falcon.
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* In Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's ''Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'', the main characters are stranded on a becalmed ship in the middle of the ocean, and they draw straws to decide [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty who will be eaten]].
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* In Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's ''Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'', ''Literature/NarrativeOfArthurGordonPymOfNantucket'', the main characters are stranded on a becalmed ship in the middle of the ocean, and they draw straws to decide [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty who will be eaten]].
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** In #9, they draw straws to see who'll be the distraction. To everyone's surprise, not least his own, Jake TheLeader draws it.
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** In #9, they draw straws to see who'll be [[WeNeedADistraction the distraction.distraction]]. To everyone's surprise, not least his own, Jake TheLeader draws it.
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* In ''Literature/FeetOfClay'', a golem confesses to some murders but is discovered to be lying (via INeverSaidItWasPoison in reverse; he answers "yes" to "did you beat his head in with an iron bar" when that wasn't the murder weapon). Angua follows the trail to where he was and discovers a place where several golems met and drew straws (in fact untreated match sticks, itself a clue to the golems involved) to decide which one of them would confess to the Watch, as they ''all'' felt responsible for [[spoiler:building the golem that ''actually'' committed the murders.]]
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* In ''Literature/FeetOfClay'', a golem {{golem}} confesses to some murders but is discovered to be lying (via INeverSaidItWasPoison in reverse; he answers "yes" to "did you beat his head in with an iron bar" when that wasn't the murder weapon). Angua follows the trail to where he was and discovers a place where several golems met and drew straws (in fact untreated match sticks, itself a clue to the golems involved) to decide which one of them would confess to the Watch, as they ''all'' felt responsible for [[spoiler:building the golem that ''actually'' committed the murders.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'': In “The Forever Song” Louis, Monica, and RC draw straws to determine who has to sing the titular eternally-looping song (which may or may not be cursed to bring bad luck to whoever stops singing it) and figure out how to end it.
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** In #10, they draw straws to pick who'll morph a spider for an infiltration mission. Marco reasons that he can beat the system by going first, as the odds will only be one in five. Guess what happens.
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** In #10, they draw straws to pick who'll morph a spider for an infiltration mission. Marco [[GamblersFallacy reasons that he can beat the system system]] by going first, as the odds will only be one in five. Guess what happens.
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* At the beginning of ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog'', the heroes decide to draw straws to determine the order in which they'll fight each of the {{Threshold Guardian}}s for their mystic armor since everyone wants to get theirs first. Angus secretly breaks his straw... right before Rohan reveals the order will go longest to shortest, making Rohan first and Angus dead last.
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* In ''Literature/TheDragonBusiness'', a group of warriors after a StandardHeroReward draw straws to see which of them will face a dragon in battle, and do so several times before the last man standing only survives because the dragon is fat and slow after eating the others.
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* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' in the final chapters of the Land of Wano arc, the Straw Hats, Kidd Pirates, and Heart Pirates were working out which direction each of them would go after leaving Wano. Luffy and Kid both wanted the same course, so they settled it by drawing straws, with Kid being the one to win, to Luffy's displeasure. [[spoiler:It ends up backfiring on Kid as the course he takes leads him to Elbalf, where he encounters Shanks and his crew is utterly annihilated]].
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** At the beginning of the Thriller Bark arc, the Straw Hats draw straws to see who will accompany Luffy aboard the abandoned ship that Brook is on. Zoro frames this in two parts; first, they need only send two people because any more would leave the ''Sunny'' undermanned (and at that time, ''everyone'' save Usopp, Nami, and Chopper wanted to go over), and second, they need someone to play CloudcuckoolandersMinder to Luffy. Sanji and Nami pull the short straws in this case.
** In the final chapters of the Land of Wano arc, the Straw Hats, Kidd Pirates, and Heart Pirates were working out which direction each of them would go after leaving Wano. Luffy and Kid both wanted the same course, so they settled it by drawing straws, with Kid being the one to win, to Luffy's displeasure. [[spoiler:It ends up backfiring on Kid as the course he takes leads him to Elbalf, where he encounters Shanks and his crew is utterly annihilated]].
** At the beginning of the Thriller Bark arc, the Straw Hats draw straws to see who will accompany Luffy aboard the abandoned ship that Brook is on. Zoro frames this in two parts; first, they need only send two people because any more would leave the ''Sunny'' undermanned (and at that time, ''everyone'' save Usopp, Nami, and Chopper wanted to go over), and second, they need someone to play CloudcuckoolandersMinder to Luffy. Sanji and Nami pull the short straws in this case.
** In the final chapters of the Land of Wano arc, the Straw Hats, Kidd Pirates, and Heart Pirates were working out which direction each of them would go after leaving Wano. Luffy and Kid both wanted the same course, so they settled it by drawing straws, with Kid being the one to win, to Luffy's displeasure. [[spoiler:It ends up backfiring on Kid as the course he takes leads him to Elbalf, where he encounters Shanks and his crew is utterly annihilated]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', while on a HorribleCampingTrip, Oscar and Felix pass out straws to decide which pair will have to climb a nearby mountain. Oscar intends for Felix to give the two shortest straws to Suga Mama and Papi, but Felix mishears him and gives them the longest straws, leaving him and Oscar with the shortest two.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', while on a HorribleCampingTrip, Oscar and Felix pass out straws to decide which pair will have to climb a nearby mountain. mountain to get help. Oscar intends intended for Felix to give the two shortest straws to Suga Mama and Papi, but Felix mishears him and gives them the longest straws, leaving him and Oscar with the shortest two.
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* CBBC show ''[[Series/TrappedGameShow Trapped!]]'' would subject the [[TenLittleMurderVictims Unfortunates]] to the Draw Straws if there was a tie in votes as to who [[TheMole the saboteur]] is (provided the team didn't [[InstantWinCondition win the challenge]] on a given floor). Whoever of the tied Unfortunates drew the shortest would be [[LockedInARoom trapped]], the others would move on to the next floor.
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* CBBC Creator/{{CBBC}} show ''[[Series/TrappedGameShow Trapped!]]'' would subject the [[TenLittleMurderVictims Unfortunates]] to the Draw Straws if there was a tie in votes as to who [[TheMole the saboteur]] is (provided the team didn't [[InstantWinCondition win the challenge]] on a given floor). Whoever of the tied Unfortunates drew the shortest would be [[LockedInARoom trapped]], the others would move on to the next floor.
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* "''Who Should We Eat?''" is a good question when there is not enough food. If a player doesn't want to risk being voted out, he can try using a knife to attack another player (which is resolved by drawing straws with the short one dying.) In case of a tie vote, it's resolved by drawing straws. There are also quest cards, they are only assigned by drawing straws.
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* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' in the final chapters of the Land of Wano arc, the Straw Hats, Kidd Pirates, and Heart Pirates were working out which direction each of them would go after leaving Wano. Luffy and Kid both wanted the same course, so they settled it by drawing straws, with Kid being the one to win, to Luffy's displeasure. [[spoiler:It ends backfiring on Kid as the course he takes leads him to Elbalf, where he encounters Shanks and his crew is utterly annihilated]].
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* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' in the final chapters of the Land of Wano arc, the Straw Hats, Kidd Pirates, and Heart Pirates were working out which direction each of them would go after leaving Wano. Luffy and Kid both wanted the same course, so they settled it by drawing straws, with Kid being the one to win, to Luffy's displeasure. [[spoiler:It ends up backfiring on Kid as the course he takes leads him to Elbalf, where he encounters Shanks and his crew is utterly annihilated]].
