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* In ''Manga/TheWayOfTheHousehusband'', Tatsu and Tora get into a dessert duel to settle their unfinished business from their former yakuza lives, the winner being who gets the most likes on [[BlandNameProduct Instantgram]]. Despite both their [[FoodPorn affinity for cooking]] and artsy photograph skills, Tatsu wins with only a single like and that was from his wife.

* ''Manga/HikaruNoGo'' likewise milks the traditional Japanese board game of go for all the drama they can get. In fairness, some people in RealLife make their living playing the game.

** The other challenges fall in this category. The next one was an Octopus and a game of rock paper scissors...where the octopus did them all at once. The third was a game of tag, where you had to grab someone by the butt, and the opponent was a snake. That one was funny.

* ''Manga/MisterAjikko'' is Cooking Duel: The Anime. And the effect the food has on the judges...

* ''Mister Ajikko'' is Cooking Duel: The Anime. And the effect the food has on the judges...

* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP]]-[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-514 514]] is a flock of doves that shuts down any attempt at violence and disables all weapons in its area of effect. This results in groups fighting to control it using... alternate methods of conflict resolution.

* ''VideoGame/MarioParty'', anyone? Where to start: Don't look in the same direction as the opponent, blow a balloon between opponents' cars, walk on a ball and bump into the other to throw them away from the platform, shake a soda, and so on.

* The second season finale of ''Series/{{Chef}}'' was about a multi-participant cookery contest. Gareth cooked for England!

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* ''Manga/BinboGamiGa'', pictured, has a duel between [[BornLucky Ichiko]] and [[DisabledDeity Momiji]] that ends when Ichiko [[LethalChef incapacitates]] the [[OurGodsAreDifferent god]] Kuroyuri who was serving as a judge.

* One of the scenarios in ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' is Chinese Chef Lau Pai Pai going up against French Chef Jean Pulori in an Iron Chef ... Cheff... [[BuffySpeak ..off]].. thing. With Leonardo da Vinci as host and judge.
* All of the multiplayer scenarios in ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'' and ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' could count as this trope, as well as a few singleplayer levels in both ''Ouendan'' games.

* The second season finale of ''Chef!'' was about a multi-participant cookery contest. Gareth cooked for England!

** ''Series/MasterChef'' in Britain and Australia. ''Cooking'' doesn't get ''tougher'' than ''this!''

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** And in the first seven [[Manga/YuGiOh manga volumes]], a much crueler Yami Yugi would make these up on the spot to challenge anyone who pissed him off/hurt his friends with. They were typically much darker and dangerous than other examples of this trope (example: challenging a crooked shopkeeper to a contest of "draw the coins out of the sneaker with a deadly scorpion inside it"), and the loser was treated to an illusory "Penalty Game" that more often then not [[GoMadFromTheRevelation drove them mad]].

* Greedy in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "The Gingerbread Smurfs" challenges Brainy to a cooking duel in order to prove who is really the best cook in the village, with gingerbread cookies being the item that both contestants will make. Of course, Brainy disqualifies himself by using one of Papa Smurf's magic books in order to make a magic gingerbread cookie, which becomes AnthropomorphicFood that multiplies and causes trouble in the village.

* In ''Manga/WayOfTheHouseHusband'', Tatsu and Tora get into a dessert duel to settle their unfinished business from their former yakuza lives, the winner being who gets the most likes on [[BlandNameProduct Instantgram]]. Despite both their [[FoodPorn affinity for cooking]] and artsy photograph skills, Tatsu wins with only a single like and that was from his wife.

Compare ChefOfIron.

* ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'' episode "They Use Horseradish, Don't They?" had Oscar helping Felix in a cooking contest when Felix's back went out due to the stress of the competition.

* ''Anime/OtobokuMaidensAreFallingForMe'' has a swim competition between Takako and Mariya. The event is scaled out of proportion by Kei.

* ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' has one in Sweets Zone.

* Some of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'''s first volume takes this approach to a dodgeball game.
** Later on, the "Kiss Negi" competition treats a pillow fight this way, complete with a commentator.

* ''Anime/OtomeWaBokuNiKoishiteru'' has a swim competition between Takako and Mariya. The event is scaled out of proportion by Kei.

* An ''Series/IronChef''-esque version of one happens on one episode of ''[[Anime/TheIdolmaster THE iDOLM@STER]]''

* In ''[[Comicbook/MuppetClassics Muppets King Arthur]]'', when Mordred (Robin) challenges his Uncle Arthur (Kermit) to single combat, Arthur says they should settle things the way they do back in the swamp -- with a pun duel.

* A character with a high enough Wisdom in VideoGame/NeverwinterNights Tales of Arterra can bypass one test by telling the one-handed evil spirit who has been instructed to prove his is better than you that you are better at clapping your hands than he is.