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* ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' once had a Tub of Lard appearing as Paul Merton's team-mate, after politician Roy Hattersley offered to make a guest appearance on the show but backed out at the last minute (for the third time since the show began). Angus Deayton, the host, joked that the lard was "imbued with similar qualities and liable to give much the same performance".
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* ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' once had a Tub of Lard appearing as Paul Merton's team-mate, after politician Roy Hattersley offered to make a guest appearance on the show but backed out at the last minute (for the third time since the show began). Angus Deayton, the host, joked that the lard was "imbued with similar qualities and liable to give much the same performance". And Paul's team ''won''.
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This trope is what happens when a competition has one or more competitors who are inanimate. This trope also applies in cases where the competitor is a corpse, but not out of the running. Usually found in comedic works, to give otherwise tense competitions an air of absurdity. Bonus points if the inanimate competitor actually manages to [[CrackDefeat win the contest]] [[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing without doing anything at all]].
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This trope is what happens when a competition has one or more competitors who are inanimate. This trope also applies in cases where the competitor is a corpse, but not out of the running. Usually found in comedic works, to give otherwise tense competitions an air of absurdity. Bonus points if the inanimate competitor actually manages to [[CrackDefeat win the contest]] [[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing without doing anything at all]].
all]]. Usually a case of NothingIsFunnier, particularly if we are shown the result but not how it happened.
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* Inverted by the ''MTV Movie Awards'' in 1992. Before going to commercial, there was a joke category called "Best Performance By an Inanimate Object". One of the nominees: Music/VanillaIce [[TakeThat in]] ''Film/CoolAsIce''.
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* ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'' is a game show full of {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s, but season 2 introduces Box, the only contestant that is truly inanimate. The other contestants frequently complain about its attitude.
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-> "I can't believe it. My purebred, which cost me $1,700... lost to a rock."
-->-- '''Squidward Tentacles''', ''The Great Snail Race'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovie'': The thing that really rubs in how little respect the general public has for Robin and the Titans is an announcement that there's going to be a movie about "Batman's greatest ally and best friend" -- his utility belt.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovie'': ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'': The thing that really rubs in how little respect the general public has for Robin and the Titans is an announcement that there's going to be a movie about "Batman's greatest ally and best friend" -- his utility belt.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovie'': The thing that really rubs in how little respect the general public has for Robin and the Titans is an announcement that there's going to be a movie about "Batman's greatest ally and best friend" -- his utility belt.
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* Of a sort in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''. Early in ''Words of Radiance'', Shallan attempts to [[ItMakesSenseInContext convince a stick that it could become fire, only for the stick to obstinately refuse and reply with "I am a stick."]] Ever after when seeing the memory of the event from her point of view, it always is referred to as a battle against the stick that Shallan lost.
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* In ''WebVideo/TheMarkRemark'' review of the 2015 "WWE Fastlane" special, one wrestler compares another to a glass of milk. Martin then turned a glass of milk into his personal favorite wrestler. This got to the point where Martin asked his fans who they think should win a match, John Cena or Seth Rollins, and [[TakeAThirdOption they chose the glass of milk]].
* Website/{{GameFAQs}} annual character battle was won by the L block from ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' in 2007.
* Website/{{GameFAQs}} annual character battle was won by the L block from ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' in 2007.
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* Website/{{GameFAQs}} annual character battle was won by the L block from ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' in 2007.
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-liked_Instagram_posts The most-liked Instagram post in history]] (by almost ''three times'' Kylie Jenner's second-place post, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram_egg is a perfectly normal egg.]]
* In ''WebVideo/TheMarkRemark'' review of the 2015 "WWE Fastlane" special, one wrestler compares another to a glass of milk. Martin then turned a glass of milk into his personal favorite wrestler. This got to the point where Martin asked his fans who they think should win a match, John Cena or Seth Rollins, and [[TakeAThirdOption they chose the glass of milk]].
* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1370 SCP-1370]], an [[AIIsACrapshoot insane]] but ultimately {{harmless|Villain}} robot which constantly attempts (and utterly fails) to battle any sapient being it encounters, was once tricked by Foundation staff into trying to fight a potted plant. The plant won.
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-liked_Instagram_posts The most-liked Instagram post in history]] (by almost ''three times'' Kylie Jenner's second-place post, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram_egg is a perfectly normal egg.]]
* In ''WebVideo/TheMarkRemark'' review of the 2015 "WWE Fastlane" special, one wrestler compares another to a glass of milk. Martin then turned a glass of milk into his personal favorite wrestler. This got to the point where Martin asked his fans who they think should win a match, John Cena or Seth Rollins, and [[TakeAThirdOption they chose the glass of milk]].
* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1370 SCP-1370]], an [[AIIsACrapshoot insane]] but ultimately {{harmless|Villain}} robot which constantly attempts (and utterly fails) to battle any sapient being it encounters, was once tricked by Foundation staff into trying to fight a potted plant. The plant won.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' episode "Most Wanted Wish", Timmy was annoyed for once again being PickedLast in gym class. When he's the last one left, the team captain chooses a rock laying next to Timmy to join his team. Later in science class when the kids have to pick partners, the last two kids without partners are Timmy and Trixie. Mr. Crocker ends up pairing Trixie with the same rock from before which she was happy to accept.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'':
** In "Irwin Gets a Clue", Hoss Delgado explains to Irwin that when he was in high school, he was always getting upstaged by a traffic cone named Kyle until one day he had enough and transformed into the muscle-bound monster exterminator that he currently is. After hearing the story, Irwin asks what happened to Kyle, with Hoss saying that Kyle is "no longer a problem". Kyle is then shown chained to a radiator in a dimly-lit basement.
** At one point, Principal Goodvibes administers an IQ test to Billy, who scores a -5. Grim sees nothing wrong with this. Principal Goodvibes then clarifies that they also gave this test to a shovel and two candy bracelets, who each scored +17.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'':
** In "Irwin Gets a Clue", Hoss Delgado explains to Irwin that when he was in high school, he was always getting upstaged by a traffic cone named Kyle until one day he had enough and transformed into the muscle-bound monster exterminator that he currently is. After hearing the story, Irwin asks what happened to Kyle, with Hoss saying that Kyle is "no longer a problem". Kyle is then shown chained to a radiator in a dimly-lit basement.
** At one point, Principal Goodvibes administers an IQ test to Billy, who scores a -5. Grim sees nothing wrong with this. Principal Goodvibes then clarifies that they also gave this test to a shovel and two candy bracelets, who each scored +17.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' saw Doofenshmirtz use Planty the Potted Plant as a stand-in for Perry the Platypus after Perry didn't show up (Perry was actually working to stop a rogue bunny agent who had infiltrated the Flynn-Fletchers' home). Unlike other examples, this particular encounter is shown in some detail. Doof shoves Planty, hanging by a rope tied to the ceiling, and is whacked by Planty's swinging multiple times. After a cut to the episode's A-plot and musical number, it cuts back to show Doof with multiple bruises and his entire lab wrecked, with Doof calling him a worthy adversary and calling it a draw before his plan inevitably fails. Planty is awarded a medal by OWCA and welcomed to the agency, and thereafter makes frequent background cameos in future episodes.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Deep Space Homer", Homer is sure he's going to get Employee of the Month because he's the only person in the power plant who hasn't received the honor at least once already, but instead it's given to an inanimate carbon rod.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Deep Space Homer", Homer is sure he's going to get Employee of the Month because he's the only person in the power plant who hasn't received the honor at least once already, but instead it's given to an inanimate carbon rod.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Deep Space Homer", Homer is sure he's going to get Employee of the Month because he's the only person in the power plant who hasn't received the honor at least once already, but instead it's given to an inanimate carbon rod.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' episode "Irwin Gets a Clue", Hoss Delgado explains to Irwin that when he was in high school, he was always getting upstaged by a traffic cone named Kyle until one day he had enough and transformed into the muscle-bound monster exterminator that he currently is. After hearing the story, Irwin asks what happened to Kyle, with Hoss saying that Kyle is "no longer a problem". Kyle is then shown chained to a radiator in a dimly-lit basement.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' episode "Most Wanted Wish", Timmy was annoyed for once again being PickedLast in gym class. When he's the last one left, the team captain chooses a rock laying next to Timmy to join his team. Later in science class when the kids have to pick partners, the last two kids without partners are Timmy and Trixie. Mr. Crocker ends up pairing Trixie with the same rock from before which she was happy to accept.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' episode "Irwin Gets a Clue", Hoss Delgado explains to Irwin that when he was in high school, he was always getting upstaged by a traffic cone named Kyle until one day he had enough and transformed into the muscle-bound monster exterminator that he currently is. After hearing the story, Irwin asks what happened to Kyle, with Hoss saying that Kyle is "no longer a problem". Kyle is then shown chained to a radiator in a dimly-lit basement.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' episode "Most Wanted Wish", Timmy was annoyed for once again being PickedLast in gym class. When he's the last one left, the team captain chooses a rock laying next to Timmy to join his team. Later in science class when the kids have to pick partners, the last two kids without partners are Timmy and Trixie. Mr. Crocker ends up pairing Trixie with the same rock from before which she was happy to accept.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' episode "Most Wanted Wish", Timmy was annoyed for once again being PickedLast in gym class. When he's the last one left, the team captain chooses a rock laying next to Timmy to join his team. Later in science class when the kids have to pick partners, the last two kids without partners are Timmy and Trixie. Mr. Crocker ends up pairing Trixie with the same rock from before which she was happy to accept.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresofBillyAndMandy'' ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' episode "Irwin Gets a Clue", Hoss Delgado explains to Irwin that when he was in high school, he was always getting upstaged by a traffic cone named Kyle until one day he had enough and transformed into the muscle-bound monster exterminator that he currently is. After hearing the story, Irwin asks what happened to Kyle, with Hoss saying that Kyle is "no longer a problem". Kyle is then shown chained to a radiator in a dimly-lit basement.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresofBillyandMandy'' ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresofBillyAndMandy'' episode "Irwin Gets a Clue", Hoss Delgado explains to Irwin that when he was in high school, he was always getting upstaged by a traffic cone named Kyle until one day he had enough and transformed into the muscle-bound monster exterminator that he currently is. After hearing the story, Irwin asks what happened to Kyle, with Hoss saying that Kyle is "no longer a problem". Kyle is then shown chained to a radiator in a dimly-lit basement.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresofBillyandMandy" ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresofBillyandMandy'' episode "Irwin Gets a Clue", Hoss Delgado explains to Irwin that when he was in high school, he was always getting upstaged by a traffic cone named Kyle until one day he had enough and transformed into the muscle-bound monster exterminator that he currently is. After hearing the story, Irwin asks what happened to Kyle, with Hoss saying that Kyle is "no longer a problem". Kyle is then shown chained to a radiator in a dimly-lit basement.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresofBillyandMandy" episode "Irwin Gets a Clue", Hoss Delgado explains to Irwin that when he was in high school, he was always getting upstaged by a traffic cone named Kyle until one day he had enough and transformed into the muscle-bound monster exterminator that he currently is. After hearing the story, Irwin asks what happened to Kyle, with Hoss saying that Kyle is "no longer a problem". Kyle is then shown chained to a radiator in a dimly-lit basement.
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* ''The Hare and the Pineapple'', a [[MemeticMutation memetically infamous]] short story on a New York eighth-grade English exam, in which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a pineapple challenges a hare to a race]] in a toirtoise-and-the-hare allusion. Everyone thinks there is some kind of trick behind it, but there really isn't, and the pineapple really does just sit there and do nothing.
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* ''The Hare and the Pineapple'', ''Literature/TheHareAndThePineapple'', a [[MemeticMutation memetically infamous]] short story on a New York eighth-grade English exam, in which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a pineapple challenges a hare to a race]] in a toirtoise-and-the-hare allusion. Everyone thinks there is some kind of trick behind it, but there really isn't, and the pineapple really does just sit there and do nothing.
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* ''The Hare and the Pineapple'', a [[MemeticMutation mimetically memetically infamous]] short story on a New York eighth-grade English exam, in which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a pineapple challenges a hare to a race]] in a toirtoise-and-the-hare allusion. Everyone thinks there is some kind of trick behind it, but there really isn't, and the pineapple really does just sit there and do nothing.
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* ''The Hare and the Pineapple'', a [[MemeticMutation mimetically infamous]] short story on a New York eighth-grade English exam, in which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a pineapple challenges a hare to a race]] in a toirtoise-and-the-hare allusion. Everyone thinks there is some kind of trick behind it, but there really isn't, and the pineapple really does just sit there and do nothing.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Dilbert'': During a company-wide charity drive, the company chooses its three most worthless employees to go around the building and compete to see who can raise the most money. The three competitors are [[TheSlacker Wally]], a dead guy who was found in the stairwell, and the dead guy's chair, which is given the name "Ronald".
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* ''WesternAnimation/Dilbert'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'': During a company-wide charity drive, the company chooses its three most worthless employees to go around the building and compete to see who can raise the most money. The three competitors are [[TheSlacker Wally]], a dead guy who was found in the stairwell, and the dead guy's chair, which is given the name "Ronald".
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* ''WesternAnimation/Dilbert'': During a company-wide charity drive, the company chooses its three most worthless employees to go around the building and compete to see who can raise the most money. The three competitors are [[TheSlacker Wally]], a dead guy who was found in the stairwell, and the dead guy's chair, which is given the name "Ronald".
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* A minor subplot at the beginning of the fourth season of ''Series/TheWestWing'' is about a California congressional race between an entrenched Republican incumbent and a relatively strong Democratic challenger. Who then dies before the election. The deceased's campaign manager, Will Bailey, keeps the campaign going despite pressure from the White House to concede because he's trying to prove a point.
--> '''Will:''' Sixty percent is 6 of 10 in a focus group. You change one mind, it's a dead heat. You change two, it's a landslide. This campaign's a mechanism of persuasion. We're not asking for a show of hands.
--> '''Will:''' Sixty percent is 6 of 10 in a focus group. You change one mind, it's a dead heat. You change two, it's a landslide. This campaign's a mechanism of persuasion. We're not asking for a show of hands.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'': In "The Great Snail Race", Patrick enters a rock named Rocky into the titular race. [[spoiler: Due to the disqualification of the other two contestants, Rocky wins by default.]] Squidward's reaction provides the page quote.
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* The basic premise of ''VideoGame/PropHunt'', where the objective is to either find all the players disguised as props or remain undetected by hunters until either time is up or they all kill themselves by shooting too many things that aren't players.
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players. The prop players are not strictly inanimate, although the aim is to make the hunters think that they are.
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-> "I can't believe it. My purebred, which cost me $1,700... lost to a rock."
-->-- Squidward Tentacles, ''The Great Snail Race'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''
-->-- Squidward Tentacles, ''The Great Snail Race'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''
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* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** In one skit, they have a "Whose Pet is Best?" competition and one contestant is Rocco the rock.
** One "Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures" skit has a bird competition. Bert enters Bernice, who's one of his pigeons, but Ernie enters his rubber duck.
** In one skit, they have a "Whose Pet is Best?" competition and one contestant is Rocco the rock.
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* ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' once had a Tub of Lard appearing as Paul Merton's team-mate, after politician Roy Hattersley offered to make a guest appearance on the show but backed out at the last minute (for the third time since the show began). Angus Deayton, the host, joked that the lard was "imbued with similar qualities and liable to give much the same performance".
**The "Face the Press" sketch is a debate between the Minister for Home Affairs and a small patch of brown liquid "which could be creosote or some extract used in industrial varnishing."
**The "Is There?" sketch is a discussion about the question of life after death, in which everyone but the host is dead.
**The "Is There?" sketch is a discussion about the question of life after death, in which everyone but the host is dead.
* Website/{{GameFAQs}} annual character battle was won by the L block from ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' in 2007.
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'': When Johnny runs for public office in "Hail to the Chump", he's dead last in the polls, with 99% of people preferring Carl and the remaining 1% (one person) saying "I like pie". Said pie later appears at the debate, and concedes the race afterward.
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Alice and Bob are about to face off in the event of their lives. But, what's this? A new challenger approaches! Alice and Bob have a new competitor, and that new competitor is...
...a rock. Just a rock.
This trope is what happens when a competition has one or more competitors who are inanimate. This trope also applies in cases where the competitor is a corpse, but not out of the running. Usually found in comedic works, to give otherwise tense competitions an air of absurdity. Bonus points if the inanimate competitor actually manages to [[CrackDefeat win the contest]] [[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing without doing anything at all]].
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Examples:
[[AC:{{Anime}}]]
* ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm'': In a parody where the Holy Grail War is changed into a game show, the seventh contestant Assassin is only present as a cardboard cutout. This is the case because Assassin is bound to remain near a single gate.
[[AC:[[LiveActionFilm Film - Live Action]]]]
* [[Creator/EddieMurphy Eddie Murphy's]] 1992 Film ''{{Film/The Distinguished Gentleman}}'' plays with this trope. Floridian {{Main/Con Artist}} Thomas Jefferson Johnson, played by Murphy, shares part of his name with a local congressman named Jeff Johnson. The plot of the film properly kicks off when the congressman dies of a heart attack and Johnson takes the opportunity to run a campaign for the Congressional seat solely based on the idea that voters will just vote for the name they're familiar with, even though the actual congressman is dead. And it works.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': Partway through the 127th Annual {{Upper Class Twit}} of the Year Show, crowd favorite Oliver St. John-Mollusc somehow manages to [[TooDumbToLive run himself over]] with his own car. This does not automatically disqualify him. [[spoiler: However, it does put him at the disadvantage of coming last.]]
-->'''Commentator''': Oh! There's Oliver, he's dead, though he's not necessarily out of it!
* ''Series/NightCourt'': Dan Fielding once took part in a local election, and his competitor died. [[spoiler: Despite this, Dan still lost the election.]]
[[AC:ProfessionalWrestling]]
* The Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship can be and has been won by anyone, anything, and at any time, as long as there's a referee around to count the pinfall. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironman_Heavymetalweight_Championship#Inanimate_objects It has been held by at least three different ladders, a painting, and a Hello Kitty doll.]] The 1,000th champion was the championship belt itself, having been tossed onto the supine current champion.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'': One puzzle in the future section requires the player to enter Cousin Ted Edison (a mummy) in a beauty contest. [[spoiler: Once the player has dolled up Ted and [[RemovingTheRival had another contestant eliminated]], Ted wins.]]
* The basic premise of ''VideoGame/PropHunt'', where the objective is to either find all the players disguised as props or remain undetected by hunters until either time is up or they all kill themselves by shooting too many things that aren't players.
[[AC: WebAnimation]]
* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': In season four, Sarge holds a competition to choose his new second in command. Since Simmons defected to the blue Team, Lopez is out of commission and Grif is, well, [[ButtMonkey Grif]], Donut assumes that the position is his by default, until Sarge adds two new competitors: a wrench and a mysterious skull of unknown origin. [[spoiler: Despite some genuine competition, Donut wins anyway.]]
* ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail''
** In "Montage," One of Strong Bad's montages is about [[TrainingMontage a wagon full of pancakes training for the "championship" against Homestar Runner.]] [[spoiler: The wagon full of pancakes manages to beat Homestar in one hit.]]
** In "Pet Show", Strong Bad enters The Cheat in... well, guess. The other competitors include Marzipan, who has entered the AmbiguouslyHuman Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, who has entered his [[CompanionCube dog-shaped cookie jar Trivia Time]], and the King of Town, who has entered a low-fat grill. The final scores are as follows: [[spoiler: Pom Pom and Trivia Time: 3.5. King of Town and Low-Fat Grill: Not supposed to be here! Marzipan and Homestar: 8.5. Strong Bad and The Cheat: Disqualified for "flagrant use of relish-foot".]]
*In the ''WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob'' episode "Awards", the Academy Awards-esque trophy for Bob's Best Friend goes to a small twig, to Bob's tearful joy and Weebl's disbelief. Subverted when the twig turns out to be Kevin the French stripper in disguise.
[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* In ''WebVideo/TheMarkRemark'' review of the 2015 "WWE Fastlane" special, one wrestler compares another to a glass of milk. Martin then turned a glass of milk into his personal favorite wrestler. This got to the point where Martin asked his fans who they think should win a match, John Cena or Seth Rollins, and [[TakeAThirdOption they chose the glass of milk]].
* There are several Facebook groups in the vein of "Can This Pickle Get More Fans Than Nickelback?" Oddly enough, these pages can and do get more fans than the thing they are competing against.
[[AC: WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'': In "The Great Snail Race", Patrick enters a rock named Rocky into the titular race. [[spoiler:And Rocky wins.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Deep Space Homer", Homer is sure he's going to get Employee of the Month because he's the only person in the power plant who hasn't received the honor at least once already, but instead it's given to an inanimate carbon rod.
...a rock. Just a rock.
This trope is what happens when a competition has one or more competitors who are inanimate. This trope also applies in cases where the competitor is a corpse, but not out of the running. Usually found in comedic works, to give otherwise tense competitions an air of absurdity. Bonus points if the inanimate competitor actually manages to [[CrackDefeat win the contest]] [[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing without doing anything at all]].
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Examples:
[[AC:{{Anime}}]]
* ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm'': In a parody where the Holy Grail War is changed into a game show, the seventh contestant Assassin is only present as a cardboard cutout. This is the case because Assassin is bound to remain near a single gate.
[[AC:[[LiveActionFilm Film - Live Action]]]]
* [[Creator/EddieMurphy Eddie Murphy's]] 1992 Film ''{{Film/The Distinguished Gentleman}}'' plays with this trope. Floridian {{Main/Con Artist}} Thomas Jefferson Johnson, played by Murphy, shares part of his name with a local congressman named Jeff Johnson. The plot of the film properly kicks off when the congressman dies of a heart attack and Johnson takes the opportunity to run a campaign for the Congressional seat solely based on the idea that voters will just vote for the name they're familiar with, even though the actual congressman is dead. And it works.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': Partway through the 127th Annual {{Upper Class Twit}} of the Year Show, crowd favorite Oliver St. John-Mollusc somehow manages to [[TooDumbToLive run himself over]] with his own car. This does not automatically disqualify him. [[spoiler: However, it does put him at the disadvantage of coming last.]]
-->'''Commentator''': Oh! There's Oliver, he's dead, though he's not necessarily out of it!
* ''Series/NightCourt'': Dan Fielding once took part in a local election, and his competitor died. [[spoiler: Despite this, Dan still lost the election.]]
[[AC:ProfessionalWrestling]]
* The Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship can be and has been won by anyone, anything, and at any time, as long as there's a referee around to count the pinfall. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironman_Heavymetalweight_Championship#Inanimate_objects It has been held by at least three different ladders, a painting, and a Hello Kitty doll.]] The 1,000th champion was the championship belt itself, having been tossed onto the supine current champion.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'': One puzzle in the future section requires the player to enter Cousin Ted Edison (a mummy) in a beauty contest. [[spoiler: Once the player has dolled up Ted and [[RemovingTheRival had another contestant eliminated]], Ted wins.]]
* The basic premise of ''VideoGame/PropHunt'', where the objective is to either find all the players disguised as props or remain undetected by hunters until either time is up or they all kill themselves by shooting too many things that aren't players.
[[AC: WebAnimation]]
* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': In season four, Sarge holds a competition to choose his new second in command. Since Simmons defected to the blue Team, Lopez is out of commission and Grif is, well, [[ButtMonkey Grif]], Donut assumes that the position is his by default, until Sarge adds two new competitors: a wrench and a mysterious skull of unknown origin. [[spoiler: Despite some genuine competition, Donut wins anyway.]]
* ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail''
** In "Montage," One of Strong Bad's montages is about [[TrainingMontage a wagon full of pancakes training for the "championship" against Homestar Runner.]] [[spoiler: The wagon full of pancakes manages to beat Homestar in one hit.]]
** In "Pet Show", Strong Bad enters The Cheat in... well, guess. The other competitors include Marzipan, who has entered the AmbiguouslyHuman Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, who has entered his [[CompanionCube dog-shaped cookie jar Trivia Time]], and the King of Town, who has entered a low-fat grill. The final scores are as follows: [[spoiler: Pom Pom and Trivia Time: 3.5. King of Town and Low-Fat Grill: Not supposed to be here! Marzipan and Homestar: 8.5. Strong Bad and The Cheat: Disqualified for "flagrant use of relish-foot".]]
*In the ''WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob'' episode "Awards", the Academy Awards-esque trophy for Bob's Best Friend goes to a small twig, to Bob's tearful joy and Weebl's disbelief. Subverted when the twig turns out to be Kevin the French stripper in disguise.
[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* In ''WebVideo/TheMarkRemark'' review of the 2015 "WWE Fastlane" special, one wrestler compares another to a glass of milk. Martin then turned a glass of milk into his personal favorite wrestler. This got to the point where Martin asked his fans who they think should win a match, John Cena or Seth Rollins, and [[TakeAThirdOption they chose the glass of milk]].
* There are several Facebook groups in the vein of "Can This Pickle Get More Fans Than Nickelback?" Oddly enough, these pages can and do get more fans than the thing they are competing against.
[[AC: WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'': In "The Great Snail Race", Patrick enters a rock named Rocky into the titular race. [[spoiler:And Rocky wins.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Deep Space Homer", Homer is sure he's going to get Employee of the Month because he's the only person in the power plant who hasn't received the honor at least once already, but instead it's given to an inanimate carbon rod.
