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* ''Manga/AceOfDiamond'': In the finals of the Summer Tournament between Seidou and Inashiro, by the bottom part of the 9th inning Seidou is one run ahead on the scoreboard, but Inashiro's coach tells his players they don't need to score two runs, just one, since they'll be guaranteed to win in extra innings. However, Inashiro's ace player, Mei Narumiya, ends up scoring a walk-off homerun with bases loaded to get them ahead and win the game right then and there.

* An example from before overtime existed: In the 1984 Orange Bowl, Nebraska scored a touchdown to pull within 1 point of Miami. Rather than call for the extra point kick and a tie ''and'' almost certainly the National Championship, coach Tom Osborne called for a 2-point conversion play (which would win the game but is significantly riskier). The conversion failed and Miami won the National Championship. (Also averted. See the ''Necessary Roughness'' example below.)

-->''We always go all the way.\\
Yeah and that's why most of us are in here.''

* In the 2013 [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball Iron Bowl]], the Alabama Crimson Tide were ranked number 1 in the nation, and they were playing their rivals, number 4 Auburn, for the first winner-to-the-SEC-Championship Iron Bowl in history. Following an Auburn drive that scored a touchdown, tying the game 28-28 with only 34 seconds to go, Bama took over in their territory. Auburn stopped them from scoring and even forced a player out of bounds just as time expired, which stopped the clock. The play was reviewed, and one second was put back on the clock. Alabama attempted a 57-yard field goal. If it missed, the game would just go to overtime. Their starter had missed three earlier that game, so they put in the backup. He kicked the ball well, but it fell short, where Auburn returner Chris Davis waited. Davis then took the ball all the way back to the Alabama endzone to win the game 34-28.
** This play can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4-9n9--_hg here]].

* A Who Needs Sudden Death? variation in the 2003 Rugby World Cup final: a winning drop-goal in extra-time from Jonny Wilkinson with 17 seconds to go, replying to a last minute penalty from Elton Flatley of Australia, averted rugby union's first ever sudden-death third extra-time period to win the tournament for England.

* In the 2003 Rugby World Cup, a last second winning drop-goal in extra-time from Jonny Wilkinson, replying to a last minute penalty from Elton Flatley of Australia, averted rugby union's first ever sudden-death third extra-time period to win the tournament for England.
** But they were already in extra time (Commonwealth English for "overtime").

* In the 1988 World Series, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda knew that star slugger Kirk Gibson was too banged up to play in the field or run the bases; the only way he could be of any use to the team was to go to the plate and hit a home run. With the Dodgers trailing the Oakland Athletics by one run with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game One, rather than send Gibson to the plate with a chance to tie the game, he sent utility player Mike Davis to the plate instead. After Davis worked a walk, Lasorda ''then'' sent Gibson to the plate with a chance to win the game. Up against the league's best closer, Dennis Eckersley. And if you don't know what happened next, you obviously are not a baseball fan.

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* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'':

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** During the final game against the Hawks, Charlie Conway is awarded a penalty shot after time expires in regulation with the game tied. [[CrowningMomentofAwesome He scores to win the championship for the Ducks]].

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*** [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "Can Manchester United score? They ALWAYS score..."]]. It has been noticed many times that [[HomeFieldAdvantage referees at Old Trafford tend to suffer from a different sense of the passage of time]], and add unfeasible amounts of extra time seemingly unjustified by actual stoppages in play. This phenomenon has been referred to as "Fergie Time", for some reason.

* In the 2014 MLB National League Championship Series, the San Francisco Giants played the St. Louis Cardinals for the second time in three years, and for the Giants, it was their third time in said series in five years. The teams split the series in St. Louis, and San Francisco won the first two in San Fran. Going into the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 5, the score was 3-3. Two Giants got on base and Travis Ishikawa stepped up and hit a 3-run walk-off home run to win it and send the Giants to the World Series for the third time in five years.

* SlamDunk: Attempted in the Ryonan vs. Kainan match during the finals. Ryonan is two points down and Sendoh prepares to score with Maki blocking him, trying to lure him into committing a foul so he can also get a free throw to win the match for Ryonan. However, Maki catches on and lets Sendoh tie the game, and then Kainan proceeds to win the match in overtime.

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.[[note]] for the confused: this does not refer to the enhanced pay rate earned when you exceed your weekly contractual hours at work. This is what British sporting convention refers to as '''Extra Time''', ie "Manchester United won the 1992 European Cup against Bayern Munich with two goals scored in extra time"[[/note]] They end up doing one better by getting the job done in regulation.

** Apparently, Manchester United assistent manager Steve [=McClaren=] had asked his boss Sir Alex Ferguson whether United would return to 4-4-2 (from 4-3-3) in extra time. Ferguson replied "We'll win it before."

A subtrope of DownToTheLastPlay. [[IThoughtItMeant Not be confused]] with [[MeanBoss someone who refuses to pay for extra hours worked.]]

* ''HappyGilmore''. 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.

* TheWorldCup had a few other than the USA one above, such as Italy winning the 2006 round of 16 over Australia with a penalty kick at the last minute. The "actually in overtime" variant ("Who Needs Penalties") like the Olympics example above happened twice as well, England 1-0 Belgium in the 1990 round of 16, and Italy 2-0 Germany (yes, 2 goals, at 119' and '''121''') in the 2006 semifinal.

* Turkey pull this trope three times in a row at the [[EuropeanChampionship Euro2008]], reaching the semi-finals this way.

* ''Film/TheMightyDucks''. Happens several times. In the Ducks' final regular season game, Coach Bombay pulls Goldberg to give the Ducks six attackers and a chance to win the game in regulation, as a tie would not have been enough to qualify for the playoffs. [[ForegoneConclusion It works]].
** Possibly averted, as Bombay's exclamation that "Ties aren't gonna help us. We need the win!" make it appear that such a game would end tied with no overtime played.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'''s BaseballEpisode ends on the last inning in the anime. However, the game in the original VisualNovel from which said BaseballEpisode is based on actually ends on the extra inning.

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'', "Power Play": Roller hockey match. Score, 3-4, Rockets down, with NHL pros game on the line. 12 seconds left. Dialog:
-->'''Raymundo''': They can do it. Tito. Tie it up and win in overtime. Overtime is not extra paddling. It's...\
'''Tito''': I know what overtime is, bruddah.
** Otto takes the puck from Sam with 3 seconds to go and shoots from afar, but the goal is waived. Big DownerEnding, folks.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold!'', "Benchwarmer": With his team down by two with nine seconds remaining, instead of simply sinking the two free throws he's given and playing overtime, Arnold decides to deliberately miss the second freethrow to score a basket to win.
** That actually gets used in real life (although in practice only when down by 3 or more). The only problem is that he has to clank it in such a way that a teammate can get his hands on the ball first. Not an easy task under the best of circumstances, and this isn't the kind of skill that most players work on, so this definitely counts as a desperation move.

* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'': The Deimon Devilbats score a last-second touchdown to trail the Shinryuuji Naga by 1 point with no time remaining, not having gone for the XP attempt yet. Realizing that Sena is at the limit of his stamina and won't be able to last through overtime, Hiruma makes the call to go for 2 on a fake field goal attempt, giving Deimon a one-point victory.
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since [[YouCanBarelyStand most (if not all) of the players are exhausted,]] [[FragileSpeedster Sena]] himself nearly [[GameBreakingInjury 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.]]
* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'''s BaseballEpisode ends on the last inning in the anime. However, the game in the original VisualNovel from which said BaseballEpisode 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.

-->''We always go all the way''.
-->''Yeah and that's why most of us are in here.''

A subtrope of DownToTheLastPlay. [[IThoughtItMeant Not be confused]] with [[BadBoss someone who refuses to pay for extra hours worked.]]

*** [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "Can Manchester United score? They ALWAYS score..."]]. It has been noticed many times that referees at Old Trafford tend to suffer from a different sense of the passage of time, and add unfeasible amounts of extra time seemingly unjustified by actual stoppages in play. This phenomenon has been referred to as "Fergie Time", for some reason.

* Thus far, this has been true for every UsefulNotes/SuperBowl game. In fifty years, none of them have gone into overtime.

* The 1983 NCAA men's tournament final between underdog North Carolina State (coached by the late Jim Valvano) and "Phi Slama Jama" from the University of Houston (which had two future NBA All-Stars in Hakeem Olajuwan and Clyde Drexler) came down to the last possession tied at 52. NC State player Dereck Whittenburg launched a long shot with 3 seconds to go, but his attempt fell far short of the rim... right into the hands of teammate Lorenzo Charles, who rose up to dunk it just as time expired.

* ''{{Eyeshield 21}}'': The Deimon Devilbats score a last-second touchdown to trail the Shinryuuji Naga by 1 point with no time remaining, not having gone for the XP attempt yet. Realizing that Sena is at the limit of his stamina and won't be able to last through overtime, Hiruma makes the call to go for 2 on a fake field goal attempt, giving Deimon a one-point victory.

* In the 2014 MLB National League Championship Series, the San Francisco Giants played the St. Louis Cardinals for the second time in three years, and for the Giants, it was their third time in said series in five years. The teams split the series in St. Louis, and San Francisco won the first two in San Fran. Going into the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 5, the score was 3-3. Two Giants got on base and Travis Ishikawa stepped up and hit a 3-run walk-off home run to win it and send the Giants to the World Series for the third time in five years.

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