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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' has Leonardo fighting a dozen ninjas.
-->'''Donatello:''' ''[watching through a window]'' This doesn't seem fair.\\
'''Michelangelo:''' Well yeah, there's only 12 of them.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' has this exchange in the episode "Still", when Beckett is trapped on a pressure-plate bomb that's set to go off in mere minutes;

* Hiruma, the team's leader and Quarterback in ''Manga/Eyeshield21'', doesn't give up unless the chances of victory are exactly 0%. The team quickly learns to hold the same mindset.

** In Skypiea, when the Straw Hats decide to go after the City of Gold;

** We have this little gem from the Enies Lobby arc.

-->'''[[BloodKnight Zoro:]]''' We're in enemy territory and vastly outnumbered. Those are my kind of odds!

* In Skypiea, when the Straw Hats decide to go after the City of Gold;

* The film of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' has Gimli do this when it's announced that Gondor's army will attack the Black Gate to provide a distraction for Frodo and Sam.
-->'''Gimli:''' Certainty of death, small chance of success... what are we waiting for?

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' has Leonardo fighting a dozen ninjas.

* In the ''LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil'' there's a saying of ''Victory or Valhalla'' which exactly what it says, you either win or fight to the death. There's no third option. The main character, Tanya Degurechaff always answers such odds with a variation on this line, which is a mix of BadassBoast and empty bravado.

** Kirito is on the receiving end of this when he challenges Heathcliff to a dual. When Asuna points out that his health has never been reduced to yellow status (IE, below half), Kirito completely brushes her off. It [[SingleStrokeBattle doesn't end well]] for him.

-->'''Cador:''' The Roman vessels outnumber us three-to-one.\\

** Rosalia shows up with 7 mooks to try and rob Kirito and Silica of an item they just collected. Kirito confidently offers to let the mooks take the first hit. The mooks appeal to Rosalia that it's probably a trap, but Rosalia sends her 7 level 45 mooks to attack anyway. Cue Kirito displaying his '''level 78''' stats and revealing that he's wearing enough HP-regenerating equipment that his health is regenerating faster than the mooks can damage him.

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'', a large number of Glorft surround Megas and Kiva's mech. Coop's response is to agree that the fight isn't fair... and smash Kiva's mech. "Now it's fair."

* In ''Machinima/LeeroyJenkinsVideo'', Jamaal says basically this after being told [[IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect the party's chances of survival]]. He notes that the odds are better than usual, which says a lot considering that Abduhl estimated (at best) a 32.33[[note]]repeating, of course[[/note]]% chance of survival. Unfortunately, this is the TropeNamer for LeeroyJenkins for a ''[[DidntThinkThisThrough reason]].''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "How Long Is Forever?", Starfire tells Nightwing that the time-traveling thief they are up against believes in YouAlreadyChangedThePast and that history cannot be changed.