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* DefeatByModesty: An opponent is forced to forfeit the fight or competition because they lost their clothes.

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* AssumedWin

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* AssumedWinAssumedWin: Someone assumes they've won before being informed that they actually lost.



* TheBadGuyWins
* BestHerToBedHer
* BribingYourWayToVictory

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* TheBadGuyWins
TheBadGuyWins: The villain is victorious rather than the hero.
* BestHerToBedHer
BestHerToBedHer: A woman who will only marry or have sex with whoever can defeat her in combat.
* BribingYourWayToVictoryBribingYourWayToVictory: Winning a game by spending real-world currency.



* DefeatMeansFriendship

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* DefeatMeansFriendshipDefeatMeansFriendship: Defeating an enemy causes them to become your friend.



* DefiantToTheEnd
* DisqualificationInducedVictory
* DoomAsTestPrize

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* DefiantToTheEnd
DefiantToTheEnd: Showing defiance towards your opponent even when it's clear that you can't win.
* DisqualificationInducedVictory
DisqualificationInducedVictory: The person who actually won gets disqualified, which causes the next ranking participant to win by default.
* DoomAsTestPrizeDoomAsTestPrize: A competition where the winner's reward is getting killed.



* GameOver
* GameOverMan
* GracefulLoser
* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose
* HopelessBossFight (BossBattle where victory is not meant to be possible)

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* GameOver
GameOver: Running out of lives and continues in a video game results in the game ending on a screen that reads "Game Over".
* GameOverMan
GameOverMan: A character who appears to mock the player when they get a GameOver.
* GracefulLoser
GracefulLoser: A person who loses, but is content with not winning.
* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose
HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: A BossBattle where winning the fight results in the boss defeating you anyway.
* HopelessBossFight (BossBattle HopelessBossFight: A BossBattle where victory is not meant to be possible)possible and the story can only advance when the player fails to defeat the boss.



* MeaninglessVillainVictory

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* MeaninglessVillainVictoryMeaninglessVillainVictory: The villain wins, but an occurrence or revelation at the last minute renders their victory pointless.



* NearVillainVictory
* NonstandardGameOver

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* NearVillainVictory
NearVillainVictory: The bad guy almost succeeds, but they're beaten at the last minute.
* NonstandardGameOverNonstandardGameOver: A video game has an exclusive cutscene for when the player loses at a certain point in the game or in a certain way.



* PyrrhicVictory

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* PyrrhicVictoryPyrrhicVictory: The characters succeed, but their victory has the cost of undermining their intended goal.



* SecondPlaceIsForLosers

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* SecondPlaceIsForLosersSecondPlaceIsForLosers: A person would rather win first place than be in second place.



* SmoochOfVictory (whether or not there was an actual competition)
* SoreLoser

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* SmoochOfVictory (whether or not there was an actual competition)
SmoochOfVictory: The winner gets a kiss from their love interest.
* SoreLoserSoreLoser: A person who tends to get angry when they lose and willing to harm the people who beat them just to spite them.



* TeamRocketWins

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* TeamRocketWinsTeamRocketWins: Ineffectual villains manage to achieve a minor victory.



* UnsportsmanlikeGloating

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* UnsportsmanlikeGloatingUnsportsmanlikeGloating: The winner of a competition is pretentious enough to mock the other competitors for losing.



* VictoryByEndurance

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* VictoryByEnduranceVictoryByEndurance: Winning simply by lasting longer than the other participants.



* VictoryIsBoring

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* VictoryIsBoringVictoryIsBoring: Achieving your goal has the downside that you can no longer experience the fun of trying to accomplish it.



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* AWinnerIsYou

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* AWinnerIsYouAWinnerIsYou: Beating a video game rewards the player with nothing but a message congratulating them for completing the game.
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* VictorySex

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* %%* VictorySex
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* DefeatASBackstory

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* DefeatASBackstoryDefeatAsBackstory
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* DefeatASBackstory
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* BestHerToBedHer
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* HospitalEpilogue
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* MonumentOfHumiliationAndDefeat

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See also: CompetitionIndex, EndingTropes, and SportsStoryTropes.



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* TheGoodGuyWins
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* TheGoodGuyWins
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* AssumedWin
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* DrenchCelebration
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* DecapitationStrike
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* LoserLeavesTown
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* VillainsWantMercy
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* DefeatingTheUndefeatable

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* ShockingDefeatLegacy
* SmoochOfVictory (whether or not there was an actual competition)



* SmoochOfVictory (whether or not there was an actual competition)
* ShockingDefeatLegacy
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* DoomAsTestPrize

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* OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding



* WhiteFlag



* WhiteFlag

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* WhiteFlagWinWinEnding
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* PleaseIWillDoAnything

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