| 1 | [[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/ArchieComics https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tvt_bnv.png]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:[-Veronica likely didn't get [[BeautyContest awarded Miss Congeniality]] either.-] ]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ->''We are the champions\ |
| 5 | We are the champions\ |
| 6 | No time for losers\ |
| 7 | 'Cause we are the champions\ |
| 8 | Of the world!'' |
| 9 | -->-- '''Music/{{Queen}}''', "We Are the Champions" |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Tropes about the results of competitions, battles, and contests, plus how they are caused and how they are handled. |
| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | !!Tropes |
| 14 | [floatboxright: |
| 15 | Related: |
| 16 | + CelebrationTropes |
| 17 | + CompetitionIndex |
| 18 | + EndingTropes |
| 19 | + IndexedForSuccess |
| 20 | + IndexFailure |
| 21 | + QuittingTropes |
| 22 | + SportsStoryTropes |
| 23 | ] |
| 24 | [[index]] |
| 25 | * AintTooProudToBeg: After the hero is beaten, he pleads for the villain to go easy on him. |
| 26 | * AssumedWin: Someone assumes they've won before being informed that they actually lost. |
| 27 | * AwardSnub: A film doesn't win an award even though many people who've seen the film wish that it did. |
| 28 | * TheBadGuyWins: The villain is victorious rather than the hero. |
| 29 | * BestHerToBedHer: A woman who will only marry or have sex with whoever can defeat her in combat. |
| 30 | * BlinkingLightsOfVictory |
| 31 | * BribingYourWayToVictory: Winning a game by spending real-world currency. |
| 32 | * BrokenWinLossStreak |
| 33 | * CheckAndMate: The victor of the battle/match/war goes to explain how the loser lost, and/or how they won. |
| 34 | * ConsolationAward |
| 35 | * ContinueCountdown: In losing a video game, the player has a few seconds to decide whether to continue on or not. |
| 36 | * ClaimingViaFlag: One side gains something and another loses it when a flag is planted. |
| 37 | * CrackDefeat |
| 38 | * DarkHorseVictory |
| 39 | * DecapitationStrike |
| 40 | * DecidedByOneVote |
| 41 | * DefeatAsBackstory |
| 42 | * DefeatByModesty: An opponent is forced to forfeit the fight or competition because they lost their clothes. |
| 43 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: Defeating an enemy causes them to become your friend. |
| 44 | * DefeatMeansMenialLabor |
| 45 | * DefeatMeansRespect |
| 46 | * DefeatedAndTrophified: You lose against them, your opponent keeps you as a living trophy of their victory. |
| 47 | * DefeatingTheCheatingOpponent: The villains cheat, the hero plays fair, and the hero still wins. |
| 48 | * DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Defeating an enemy who had previously never lost and/or was thought to be unbeatable. |
| 49 | * DefiantToTheEnd: Showing defiance towards your opponent even when it's clear that you can't win. |
| 50 | * DisqualificationInducedVictory: The person who actually won gets disqualified, which causes the next ranking participant to win by default. |
| 51 | * DoomAsTestPrize: A competition where the winner's reward is getting killed. |
| 52 | * DoomedMoralVictor |
| 53 | * DoubleKnockout: The battle, game or match ends in a draw. |
| 54 | * DrenchCelebration |
| 55 | * DustingOffYourHands: When a character slaps their hands past each other to represent satisfaction at disposing of an individual. |
| 56 | * FireworksOfVictory: For when a victory for the protagonists results in an impromptu light show. |
| 57 | * FirstGirlWins |
| 58 | * FlawlessVictory: Winning without taking any damage in a FightingGame |
| 59 | * ForegoneVictory: A video game level that is impossible to fail. |
| 60 | * GameOver: Running out of lives and continues in a video game results in the game ending on a screen that reads "Game Over". |
| 61 | * GameOverMan: A character who appears to mock the player when they get a GameOver. |
| 62 | * GoingHomeAgain: Making it to the big leagues, flunking, and returning home in shame or to clear the mind. |
| 63 | * TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin: {{The Hero}}([[TheHeroine ine]])'s side ultimately wins. |
| 64 | * GracefulLoser: A person who loses, but is content with not winning. |
| 65 | * HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: A BossBattle where winning the fight results in the boss defeating you anyway. |
| 66 | * HopelessBossFight: A BossBattle where victory is not meant to be possible and the story can only advance when the player fails to defeat the boss. |
| 67 | * HospitalEpilogue |
| 68 | * ILetYouWin |
| 69 | * ISurrenderSuckers: When assuming you’re victorious because the opponent surrenders, make sure they’re not doing this. |
| 70 | * IWasBeatenByAGirl: A man feels butthurt about losing to a woman. |
| 71 | * InstantWinCondition |
| 72 | * KneeFoldFallOfDefeat: Dramatically falling to your knees and hitting the ground after you're beaten. |
| 73 | * LastGirlWins |
| 74 | * LastSecondVillainRecovery: A seemingly-defeated villainous combatant rallies just long enough to endanger the hero. |
| 75 | * ALessonInDefeat: An arrogant student is set up to fail to deflate their ego. |
| 76 | * LoserGetsTheGirl |
| 77 | * LoserLeavesTown |
| 78 | * LosingIsWorseThanDeath |
| 79 | * MeaninglessVillainVictory: The villain wins, but an occurrence or revelation at the last minute renders their victory pointless. |
| 80 | * MisereGame: A game where players win by losing. |
| 81 | * MonumentOfHumiliationAndDefeat: After the villain wins, they celebrate their victory by building a monument with the purpose of rubbing it in that the people they've conquered have lost. |
| 82 | * MyopicConqueror: When TheConqueror has no plans or interests for a place he conquers. |
| 83 | * NearVillainVictory: The bad guy almost succeeds, but they're beaten at the last minute. |
| 84 | * NeverFilledOutOfficialPaperwork: A character loses a competition due to not signing paperworking declaring them an official participant. |
| 85 | * NonstandardGameOver: A video game has an exclusive cutscene for when the player loses at a certain point in the game or in a certain way. |
| 86 | * NotSoInvincibleAfterAll |
| 87 | * OneJudgeToRuleThemAll |
| 88 | * OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding |
| 89 | * OutGambitted (winner in a contest of schemes) |
| 90 | * PleaseIWillDoAnything |
| 91 | * PostGameRetaliation |
| 92 | * PosthumousVillainVictory: The bad guy wins after his death. |
| 93 | * PostVictoryCollapse |
| 94 | * PyrrhicVictory: The characters succeed, but their victory has the cost of undermining their intended goal. |
| 95 | * RealAwardFictionalCharacter |
| 96 | * RejectingTheConsolationPrize |
| 97 | * RelievedFailure: A character is actually grateful to have lost. |
| 98 | * TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: A person who didn't win the competition ended up becoming more popular than the winner in the long run. |
| 99 | * SecondPlaceIsForLosers: A character sees as meaningless anything other than placing first in a competition. |
| 100 | * SecondPlaceIsForWinners: Not getting first place ended up resulting in a better outcome. |
| 101 | * SecondPrize: A character was expecting a different outcome in a competition. |
| 102 | * ShockingDefeatLegacy |
| 103 | * SmoochOfVictory: The winner gets a kiss from their love interest. |
| 104 | * SoreLoser: A person who tends to get angry when they lose and willing to harm the people who beat them just to spite them. |
| 105 | ** ButNotTooChallenging: A character is too proud to take an easy victory, but is also too much of a Sore Loser to accept actually losing. |
| 106 | * StatusQuoGameShow |
| 107 | * ATasteOfDefeat |
| 108 | * TeamRocketWins: Ineffectual villains manage to achieve a minor victory. |
| 109 | * TooQuirkyToLose |
| 110 | * {{Touche}} |
| 111 | * ToWinWithoutFighting |
| 112 | * UnderdogsNeverLose |
| 113 | * UnsportsmanlikeGloating: The winner of a competition is pretentious enough to mock the other competitors for losing. |
| 114 | * VictorGainsLosersPowers |
| 115 | * VictorStealsInsignia |
| 116 | * VictoriousLoser |
| 117 | * VictoriousRoar: When a character just has to let everyone know they won, they do it LOUDLY! |
| 118 | * VictoryByEndurance: Winning simply by lasting longer than the other participants. |
| 119 | * VictoryFakeout |
| 120 | * VictoryGuidedAmnesia |
| 121 | * VictoryIsBoring: Achieving your goal has the downside that you can no longer experience the fun of trying to accomplish it. |
| 122 | * VictoryPose |
| 123 | * VictoryPoseOnPerson: Performing a VictoryPose while having a foot on the body of the defeated to bask in your victory. Or humiliate your opponent even further. |
| 124 | * VictoryQuote |
| 125 | * VictorySex |
| 126 | * VictoryThroughIntimidation |
| 127 | * VillainousUnderdog |
| 128 | * VillainsWantMercy |
| 129 | * WeWinBecauseYouDidnt |
| 130 | * WhiteFlag |
| 131 | * AWinnerIsYou: Beating a video game rewards the player with nothing but a message congratulating them for completing the game. |
| 132 | * WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing |
| 133 | * WinWinEnding |
| 134 | * WonTheWarLostThePeace |
| 135 | * WorthyOpponent: A person respects their opponent for beating them. |
| 136 | * YouLoseAtZeroTrust |
| 137 | * ZeroEffortBoss: A BossBattle so easy that losing is either extremely difficult or outright impossible. |
| 138 | [[/index]] |
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