History Main / OrderedToCheat

* In ''Manga/DragonBall'', during the 22nd World Tournament, Tien Shinhan finds that their master, the Crane Hermit, has been having [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Chaozu]] use his telekinesis to paralyze Goku during their fight. The Crane Hermit then orders Tien Shinhan to kill Goku while he's paralyzed. Tien Shinhan refuses, because he wants to win legitimately, causing him to break away from the Crane Hermit as his master. He then allows Goku several free hits in order to level the playing field again.

[[folder:Film]]

** ''Film/TheKarateKid1984''. The students at [[ThugDojo Cobra Kai Karate]] are basically the neighborhood tough guy/bullies. John Kreese's philosophy of Karate can be summed up as "No Mercy". Daniel [=LaRusso=], the titular ''Karate Kid'', learns a much more balanced philosophy of karate from Mr. Miyagi. When it looks like Daniel is going to take the All Valley Under 18 Karate Championship away from Johnny Lawrence, Kreese first tells Bobby Brown (who Daniel will fight in the semi-final round that decides who will compete against Johnny) to take him "out of commission", which Bobby does by wrecking Daniel's left knee. The kid adamantly doesn't want to do it and apologizes afterwards... and he is disqualified on the spot. In the final bout, Kreese tells Johnny to "[[AttackTheInjury sweep the leg]]," intimidating Johnny into going through with it. Naturally Daniel wins anyway.

[[folder:AnimeAndManga]]

If the character is being asked to win dishonestly, it implies that their ability is being questioned (or else they'd be able to win fairly). Whether or not this lack of confidence is justified is variable - sometimes, it will be plain that cheating is the only way to win, but other times, the character will genuinely believe in their abilities, and may well say "I know I can do this!" before getting overruled by someone who disagrees or who wants to play it safe. Sometimes, one side thinks they have no choice but to cheat because the other side will.

* The second ''Film/TheCheetahGirls'' movie has this done by the [[MeddlingParents Agent]] mother of one of the competitors. This includes having her daughter interact with Chuchi in order to split her off from the other girls, and even arranging for them to be paid at a performance in order to get them kicked out of the competition that they're in Barcelona for (which is only for amateurs; receiving payment makes them professionals). Her daughter ultimately calls her out on her behavior, saying that she doesn't want to win by cheating.

* ''Film/AkeelahAndTheBee''. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/AkeelahAndTheBee near the end of the movie. when near the end at the national level One of the the competitors gets yelled at by his father due to him nearing ageing out.

* Central to the boxing subplot in Film/{{Snatch}}. Turkish is under strict orders to make his boxer take the dive, which he passes on to Mickey... who is ''terrible'' at it. [[spoiler:Because he has his own game in play that involves ''not'' diving.]] 'Orrible things ensue.

[[folder: Video Games]]

* Used during the Chuunin Exam in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. The written exam was designed to be very difficult (although some people could do it the old-fashioned way, such as Sakura), but the Instructors left hints that punishment for cheating would be rather lenient, that you're actually ''expected'' to cheat. Which is the point, the exam is testing your intelligence gathering skills.

* In the 2006 ''Film/SpeedRacer'' movie, the rival racer is a little ticked to find out that his sponsor installed an illegal hook on his vehicle. He ends up using it against Speed anyway. Indeed the whole plot of the movie revolves around the big corporations strictly controlling the finishing order of the races; Speed himself refuses to sign that kind of deal partway through the movie, instead choosing to stay indie and try to beat the system.

* In ''Series/CobraKai'', Johnny Lawrence subverts this trope: He orders his Cobra Kai fighters to fight fairly in the tournament. [[spoiler:Zig-zagged in that they are so used to the idea that there is no such thing as a fair fight that they cheat instinctively ''anyway,'' resulting in several injuries to opposing fighters. He is not happy with Hawk for deliberately injuring Robby Keene, or Miguel for [[AttackTheInjury targeting that injury]].]]

* In ''Series/CobraKai'', Johnny Lawrence subverts this trope: He orders his Cobra Kai fighters to fight fairly in the tournament. [[spoiler:Zig-zagged in that they are so used to the idea that there is no such thing as a fair fight that they cheat instinctively ''anyway,'' resulting in several injuries to opposing fighters. He is not happy with Hawk for deliberately injuring Robby Keene, or Miguel for [[AttackTheInjry targeting that injury]].]]

** ''Film/TheKarateKid1984''. The students at [[ThugDojo Cobra Kai Karate]] are basically the neighborhood tough guy/bullies. John Kreese's philosophy of Karate can be summed up as "No Mercy". Daniel [=LaRusso=], the titular ''Karate Kid'', learns a much more balanced philosophy of karate from Mr. Miyagi. When it looks like Daniel is going to take the All Valley Under 18 Karate Championship away from Johnny Lawrence, Kreese first tells Bobby Brown (who Daniel will fight in the semi-final round that decides who will compete against Johnny) to take him "out of commission", which Bobby does by wrecking Daniel's left knee. The kid adamantly doesn't want to do it and apologizes afterwards... and he is disqualified on the spot. In the final bout, Kreese tells Johnny to "sweep the leg," intimidating Johnny into going through with it. Naturally Daniel wins anyway.

* In ''Series/CobraKai'', Johnny Lawrence subverts this trope: He orders his Cobra Kai fighters to fight fairly in the tournament. [[spoiler:Zig-zagged in that they are so used to the idea that there is no such thing as a fair fight that they cheat instinctively ''anyway,'' resulting in several injuries to opposing fighters. He is not happy with Hawk for deliberately injuring Robby Keene, or Miguel for targeting that inury.]]

** ''Film/TheKarateKid1984''. The students at [[ThugDojo Cobra Kai Karate]] are basically the neighborhood tough guy/bullies. John Kreese's philosophy of Karate can be summed up as "No Mercy". Daniel [=LaRusso=], the titular ''Karate Kid'', learns a much more balanced philosophy of karate. When it looks like Daniel is going to take the All Valley Under 18 Karate Championship away from one of his students, Kreese first tells Bobby Brown (who Daniel will fight in the semi-finals) to take him "out of commission", which Bobby does by wrecking Daniel's left knee. The kid adamantly doesn't want to do it and apologizes afterwards... and he is disqualified on the spot. In the final bout, Kreese tells Johnny Lawrence to "sweep the leg," intimidating Johnny into going through with it. Naturally Daniel wins anyway.

* In ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'', the titular hero's father, a boxer, was being paid by gangsters to throw his fights. He eventually got fed up with the dishonesty of it and won...which is how his son ended up in an orphanage.

* In ''Series/CobraKai'', Johnny Lawrence subverts this trope: He orders his Cobra Kai fighters to fight fairly in the tournament. [[spoiler:Zig-zagged in that they are so used to the idea that there is no such thing as a fair fight that they cheat instinctively ''anyway,'' resulting in several injuries to opposing fighters.]]