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* ''Film/Deadpool2'': Domino may be [[BornLucky the most improbably lucky gal in the world]], but even she's not crazy enough to tango with TheJuggernaut. When she sees him about to fight Deadpool she turns around, silently mouths "No" and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere promptly leaves the scene]].

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* ''Film/Deadpool2'': Domino may be [[BornLucky the most improbably lucky gal in the world]], but even she's not crazy enough to tango with TheJuggernaut. When [[EyeTake she sees him about to fight Deadpool Deadpool]] she turns around, silently mouths "No" and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere promptly leaves the scene]].scene]], only returning ''after'' Juggernaut has taken his leave.
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* ''Film/Deadpool2'': Domino may be [[BornLucky the most improbably lucky gal in the world]], but even she's not crazy enough to tango with TheJuggernaut. When she sees him about to fight Deadpool she turns around, silently mouths "No" and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere promptly leaves the scene]].
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* In ''Film/WarGames'', Dr. Stephen Falken tells David and Jennifer that despite his best efforts, the AI Joshua, though extremely intelligent, never about learned this trope. [[spoiler:By the end, it finally understands.]]

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* In ''Film/WarGames'', Dr. Stephen Falken tells David and Jennifer that despite his best efforts, the AI Joshua, though extremely intelligent, never about learned this trope. [[spoiler:By the end, it finally understands.]]
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* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' allows players to surrender at any point in the game. Many players (in imitation of a scene from the first anime) announce they're doing so without words by placing their hand on top of their deck; to prevent confusion with drawing a card, it's usually the non-dominant hand placed horizontally.
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* ''Series/PressYourLuck'' has this trope in play at times, especially on the current Banks version on ABC-- the bonus game has the player facing the board and Whammy, playing for a big cash and prize payout to complement what was won in the game. The player has to survive a set number of spins per round (5 the first, 4 the second, and 3 thereafter); extra spins make it far more difficult to complete any round, as all spins (including extras) must be survived without a Whammy. This trope comes into play when the player has a substantial total at the end of a round; sometimes the audience (and/or the player's support people [players were allowed a few support people, mostly family or friends]) may exhort the player to go, and sometimes to stop. Sometimes, even when either the support people or audience want the player to stop, the player will go anyway, and invariably hit a Whammy, and go back to nil (but then again, there have been times when that has paid off to huge payouts, with much celebration from everyone in the studio, Banks included).
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* ''Film/DadsArmy1971'': When Captain Mainwaring and his men all aim guns in at the Nazis who have taken over the church hall, they know they won't make it out alive if they start shooting and surrender to the HomeGuard.
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* ''Film/OutlawKing'': After the defeat at Falkirk Robert the Bruce and the other Scottish nobles surrender to Edward I. For his part Edward considers Robert to be a WorthyOpponent for having the courage to stand up to him then stand down when it was clear the Scots could not win.
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* Film/{{Rodan}} in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters'' has this attitude (combined with IFightForTheStrongestSide). [[spoiler: After being defeated in a CurbStompBattle with King Ghidorah, he submits himself as TheDragon at his side. After Ghidorah is killed by Godzilla, Rodan challenges Godzilla for position as Alpha Titan, but is immediately cowed after Godzilla [[DeathGlare gives him a look]].]]

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* Film/{{Rodan}} in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters'' ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' has this attitude (combined with IFightForTheStrongestSide). [[spoiler: After being defeated in a CurbStompBattle with King Ghidorah, he submits himself as TheDragon at his side. After Ghidorah is killed by Godzilla, Rodan challenges Godzilla for position as Alpha Titan, but is immediately cowed after Godzilla [[DeathGlare gives him a look]].]]
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* ''VisualNovel/MarcoAndTheGalaxyDragon'': Haqua is initially cold and confident the first time she attacks Marco for the Lizard Stone, but when Arco shapeshifts into her true Galaxy Dragon form, that confidence evaporates and she beats a hasty retreat. She doesn't try to steal the Stone again until a situation arises where Arco is out of commission and can't come to Marco's aid.
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*** For instance, they may concede entire frontier worlds to Imperial advances, reasoning that, if the humans are willing to enter expensive meatgrinder wars for a few strategically worthless balls of mud, then they're welcome to keep them, and the the Tau can send their resources to deal with more important matters until the Imperium's watch eventually slackens and the Tau can come back and claim their old objectives for a much smaller cost (especially since they use diplomacy and actually improve the living standard for the humans who join them). To the Imperium, who bitterly holds onto even the most unproductive human worlds to the last as a matter of honor, this philosophy comes across as extremely perplexing.

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*** For instance, they may concede entire frontier worlds to Imperial advances, reasoning that, if the humans are willing to enter expensive meatgrinder wars for a few strategically worthless balls of mud, then they're welcome to keep them, and the the Tau can send their resources to deal with more important matters until the Imperium's watch eventually slackens and the Tau can come back and claim their old objectives for a much smaller cost (especially since they use diplomacy and actually improve the living standard for the humans who join them). To the Imperium, who bitterly holds onto even the most unproductive human worlds to the last as a matter of honor, this philosophy comes across as extremely perplexing.
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** ''Film/BlackPanther'': M'Baku continues to struggle after it's clear that T'Challa has won their battle for the mantle of Black Panther, but finally concedes defeat after T'Challa tells him he's proven himself a WorthyOpponent and he doesn't need to force T'Challa to kill him to prove it.

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** ''Film/BlackPanther'': ''Film/BlackPanther2018'': M'Baku continues to struggle after it's clear that T'Challa has won their battle for the mantle of Black Panther, but finally concedes defeat after T'Challa tells him he's proven himself a WorthyOpponent and he doesn't need to force T'Challa to kill him to prove it.

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