History Main / EnduranceDuel

* Bang's gag reel in ''BlazblueChronoPhantasma'' is a manliness competition, with the competitors having to endure various stimuli (ranging from heat and cold to lovable cats). The final test was [[spoiler:who could endure digestion via [[EldritchAbomination Arakune]] the longest]]. [[spoiler:Arakune]] won.

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* The ''Literature/HankTheCowdog'' book, "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Case Of The Deadly Ha-Ha Game]]".
* In ''Discworld/LordsAndLadies'', two witches have a competition to see who can stare at the sun longest without blinking or looking away.
* Creator/PiersAnthony's ''Virtual Mode'' had something like this in the beginning.
* ''Literature/TheOutsiders'':
--> "What happened to Shepard?" I asked, remembering Tim Shepard's kid brother. Curly, who was a tough, cool, hard-as-nails Tim in miniature, and I had once played chicken by holding our cigarette ends against each other's fingers. We had stood there, clenching our teeth and grimacing, with sweat pouring down our faces and the smell of burning flesh making us sick, each refusing to holler, until Tim happened to stroll by. When he saw that we were really burning holes in each other he cracked our heads together, swearing to kill us both if we ever pulled a stunt like that again. I still have the scar on my forefinger. Curly was an average downtown hood, tough and not real bright, but I liked him. He could take anything.
* The Trial of the Long Knives in [[Literature/InheritanceCycle Brisingr]], which is fought by making cuts on one's own arms. First one who lacks the nerve to make another cut loses.

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* There was an episode of ''Series/{{Cheyenne}}'' where the titular hero faces off against an indian warrior by seeing who could stand in a pit of quicksand the longest.
* ''Series/CougarTown'' had a comic version of this, with Andy and Bobby forced to look into each other's eyes while "Cat's in the Cradle" plays. First to cry loses.

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* The whole point of Spank-Offs in the ''Webcomic/{{Collar 6}}'' universe.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Dunces And Dragons"; in one scene, Spongebob and friends come across the dark knight, who is essentially a [[{{Captain Ersatz}} medieval version of Sandy Cheeks]]. Spongebob easily endures Medieval Sandy's moves by countering back with his own moves, his karate (which he often [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounces as "kare-uh-tay"]]).

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* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Elfman]] is put up against [[DrunkenMaster Baccus]], who has a reputation of being [[BadAss Erza's]] equal in combat. He loses badly until he uses a Lizardman transformation, giving him hard spiked scales over his body. The fight then becomes a test of wills to see who will fall first; Elfman from getting beat up, or Bacchus from having his hands sliced up by the scales. [[spoiler:Elfman wins, barely.]]

!'''Examples'''

* In ''CromartieHighSchool'', the toughest badass in the class is decided by seeing who could hold a hot flame on their back the longest.
* In the [[TournamentArc Dark Tournament]] of ''YuYuHakusho'', Yusuke [[spoiler:wins his first fight]] after he and his opponent nearly kill each other, and just decide to AttackAttackAttack until one of them falls.

* PiersAnthony's ''Virtual Mode'' had something like this in the beginning.

* Tubby was forced to endure the harshness of hunger while on an all-day hike with Lulu and the others in an episode of the Anime/LittleLulu anime.
* In CromartieHighSchool, the toughest badass in the class is decided by seeing who could hold a hot flame on their back the longest.

* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey]] turns into a battle between a prisoner and an interrogator to break the other's will.

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* [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/2000/09/17/ This]] {{Garfield}} strip had Garfield and Jon seeing who would endure the hotness of each pepper they ate. Garfield lost after eating a Peruvian Death Pepper.

* In Discworld/LordsAndLadies, two witches have a competition to see who can stare at the sun longest without blinking or looking away.

* TheOutsiders:

* There was an episode of {{Cheyenne}} where the titular hero faces off against an indian warrior by seeing who could stand in a pit of quicksand the longest.
* CougarTown had a comic version of this, with Andy and Bobby forced to look into each other's eyes while "Cat's in the Cradle" plays. First to cry loses.

* The whole point of Spank-Offs in the Webcomic/{{Collar 6}} universe.

* The SpongeBobSquarePants episode "Dunces And Dragons"; in one scene, Spongebob and friends come across the dark knight, who is essentially a [[{{Captain Ersatz}} medieval version of Sandy Cheeks]]. Spongebob easily endures Medieval Sandy's moves by countering back with his own moves, his karate (which he often [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounces as "kare-uh-tay"]]).

* A properly conducted Five Test Cricket series played at first class (4-5 days) level will become this.

* The [[CenterpieceSpectacular fist fight]] between George Nada and Frank Armitage in ''TheyLive'' is a long, drawn-out, exhausting experience that is only "won" by the man who has the willpower and endurance to remain (shakily) standing at the end.

Compare: {{Duel To The Death}}

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* Tubby was forced to endure the harshness of hunger while on an all-day hike with Lulu and the others in an episode of the Anime/{{Little Lulu}} anime.

* In the [[TournamentArc Dark Tournament]] of ''YuYuHakusho'', Yusuke [[spoiler: wins his first fight]] after he and his opponent nearly kill each other, and just decide to AttackAttackAttack until one of them falls.
* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Elfman]] is put up against [[DrunkenMaster Baccus]], who has a reputation of being [[BadAss Erza's]] equal in combat. He loses badly until he uses a Lizardman transformation, giving him hard spiked scales over his body. The fight then becomes a test of wills to see who will fall first; Elfman from getting beat up, or Bacchus from having his hands sliced up by the scales. [[spoiler: Elfman wins, barely.]]

* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey ]]turns into a battle between a prisoner and an interrogator to break the other's will.

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* The ''Literature/HankTheCowdog'' book, "[[{{Exactly What It Says On The Tin}} The Case Of The Deadly Ha-Ha Game]]".
* In Discworld/{{Lords And Ladies}}, two witches have a competition to see who can stare at the sun longest without blinking or looking away.

* {{The Outsiders}}:

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* {{Cougar Town}} had a comic version of this, with Andy and Bobby forced to look into each other's eyes while "Cat's in the Cradle" plays. First to cry loses.

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[[AC: {{Western Animation}}]]
* The {{SpongeBob SquarePants}} episode "Dunces And Dragons"; in one scene, Spongebob and friends come across the dark knight, who is essentially a [[{{Captain Ersatz}} medieval version of Sandy Cheeks]]. Spongebob easily endures Medieval Sandy's moves by countering back with his own moves, his karate (which he often [[{{It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY}} pronounces as "kare-uh-tay"]]).

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* Comes up from time to time in {{Survivor}}; the less contestants that are left, the more likely a given immunity challenge will involve enduring something simple but difficult.

* Piers Anthony's ''Virtual Mode'' had something like this in the beginning.

* The {{Hank The Cowdog}} book, "[[{{Exactly What It Says On The Tin}} The Case Of The Deadly Ha-Ha Game]]".

* The Minbari's Star-fire wheel in ''{{Babylon Five}}''. The way the Minbari picked their leaders in the past was that the candidates would be placed in a beam of intense heat. The heat would be slowly cranked up. The one who stayed in the beam, risking death for their cause, got to be the winner.

* In ''FairyTail'', [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Elfman]] is put up against [[DrunkenMaster Baccus]], who has a reputation of being [[BadAss Erza's]] equal in combat. He loses badly until he uses a Lizardman transformation, giving him hard spiked scales over his body. The fight then becomes a test of wills to see who will fall first; Elfman from getting beat up, or Bacchus from having his hands sliced up by the scales. [[spoiler: Elfman wins, barely.]]

* The whole point of Spank-Offs in the {{Collar 6}} universe.

* The [[CenterpieceSpectacular fist fight]] between George Nada and Frank Armitage]] in ''TheyLive'' is a long, drawn-out, exhausting experience that is only "won" by the man who has the willpower and endurance to remain (shakily) standing at the end.

** Another epsiode had Jules and Bobby in a "white shirt" standoff. First to get a stain on their shirt loses.

* The Trial of the Long Knives in [[{{Eragon}} Brisingr]], which is fought by making cuts on one's own arms. First one who lacks the nerve to make another cut loses.

* The [[CenterpieceSpecatcular fist fight]] between George Nada and Frank Armitage]] in ''TheyLive'' is a long, drawn-out, exhausting experience that is only "won" by the man who has the willpower and endurance to remain (shakily) standing at the end.

* Tubby was forced to endure the harshness of hunger while on an all-day hike with Lulu and the others in an episode of the {{Little Lulu}} anime.