History Main / WinOneForTheGipper

* In ''VideoGame/SplinterCellChaosTheory'', when Grimsdottir tells Sam he needs to stop a missile headed for the ''USS Ronald Reagan'', Sam quips "Did you just tell me to win one for the Gipper?" The reference flies right over Grimsdottir's head and Sam laments he is getting old.

->The last thing George said to me, 'Rock,' he said, 'sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock. But I'll know about it, and I'll be happy.'

-->'''Dr. Rumack:''' The last thing he said to me, "Doc," he said, "Sometime, when the crew is up against it, the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to give it all they've got and win just one for the Zipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Doc, but I won't smell too good, that's for sure."" ''[cue Notre Dame's fight song]''

-->'''Dr. Rumack:''' The last thing he said to me, "Doc," he said, "Sometime, when the crew is up against it, the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to give it all they've got and win just one for the Zipper!" ''[cue Notre Dame's fight song]''

-->-- '''Knute Rockney''', University of Notre Dame football coach, quoting '''George 'Gipper' Gipp'''

* ''Knute Rockne, All American'' famously portrayed the trope-naming speech, which has since been repeatedly lampshaded and parodied.

* Parodied in ''{{Airplane}}''. Ted Striker feels guilty about causing the death of seven men under his command during the war, including George Zip.

* ''MajorLeague 2'' has this. First, the manager of the Indians is in the hospital recovering from a heart attack, but tries to avert this trope by telling his successor not to give the team "one of those 'Let's win this one for Lou' speeches... I couldn't stand that." He's promised that won't happen, but later it is played straighter than straight... with a little lie about the severity of Lou's state.

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-->''And when Knute Rockne said this to the team, they said, "Why should we? He's dead."''- DaveBarry

* Referenced in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' - when Jafar forces Genie to attack the heroes, he spends more time apologizing or cheering for them. "Win one for the gipper!"

* In ''[[VideoGame/SplinterCell Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]'', when Grimsdottir tells Sam he needs to stop a missile headed for the ''USS Ronald Reagan'', Sam quips "Did you just tell me to win one for the Gipper?" The reference flies right over Grimsdottir's head and Sam laments he is getting old.

* In ''[[VideoGame/SplinterCell Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]'', when Grimsdottir tells Sam be needs to stop a missile headed for the ''USS Ronald Reagan'', Sam quips "Did you just tell me to win one for the Gipper?". The reference flies right over Grimsdottir's head and Sam laments he is getting old.

* Invoked by Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware during the Louisville/Duke "Elite Eight" game on March 31, 2013. (The winner of this game would go on to the [=NCAA=] "Final Four" championship.) After a freak accident left Ware laying on the court with six inches of his tibia sticking out of his lower leg, he kept telling his teammates "I'm fine. ''Go win the game.''" They did, and brought the trophy to Ware's hospital room.

-->The last thing George said to me, 'Rock,' he said, 'sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper.'

* ''Knute Rockne, All American'' is the TropeNamer, and probably the most famous example. The "Win one for the Gipper!" speech is repeatedly lampshaded and parodied.

* Knute Rockne made the whole story up.

It's the big game. Your team is down. The final minutes are on the clock. The coach calls for a time out and brings the whole team in. Maybe he goes over strategy first, or maybe [[HardWorkHardlyWorks he skips that]]. Either way just before the team goes back out on to the field of battle, the coach gives a RousingSpeech to inspire his team to victory!

--> The last thing George said to me, 'Rock,' he said, 'sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper.'

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* Parodied in ''SpongeBobSquarePants'', where Spongebob implores everyone to do well for Squidward, pretending that he was the one who did something nice for them.

* Invoked by Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware during the Louisville/Duke "Elite Eight" game on March 31, 2013. (The winner of this game would go on to the [=NCAA=] "Final Four" championship.) After a freak accident left Ware laying on the court with [[NightmareFuel six inches of his tibia sticking out of his lower leg]], he kept telling his teammates "I'm fine. ''Go win the game.''" They did, and brought the trophy to Ware's hospital room.

* Invoked by Louisville player Kevin Ware during the Louisville/Duke "Elite Eight" game on March 31, 2013. (The winner of this game would go on to the [=NCAA=] "Final Four" championship.) After a freak accident left Ware laying on the court with [[NightmareFuel six inches of his tibia sticking out of his lower leg]], he kept telling his teammates "I'm fine. ''Go win the game.''" They did, and brought the trophy to Ware's hospital room.

* Parodied in an episode ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' where Mr Burns tells the team "There's a little crippled boy in hospital who wants you to win. I know because I crippled him myself to inspire you."
--> '''Milhouse:''' (in hospital) I hope they win, or Mr Burns said he's coming back!
** In the episode where Homer was teaching showboating to sports celebrities, he used this to inspire one of his clients. The kid himself appeared to ''ask'' the athlete to do it.

* Averted in McAuslan, when the Gordon Highlanders soccer team is up against the far more powerful Royal Navy. Sports officer [=MacNeill=] pointedly does not lecture them - it wouldn't help.
-->Yes, I thought, get tore in. It's your pay and Samuels' reputation you're playing for. Then I thought, no, the heck with that, it's just for yourselves, that's all.

* ''And when Knute Rockne said this to the team, they said, "Why should we? He's dead."''
::- DaveBarry

* Parodied in ''SpongeBobSquarePants'', where Spongebob implores everyone to do well for Squidward, pretending that he was the one who did something nice for them.

-->Dr. Rumack: I want to tell you something I've kept to myself through these years. I was in the war. Medical corps. One night, they brought in a badly wounded pilot from one raid. He could barely talk. He looked up at me, he said, "The odds were against us there, but we went in anyway. I'm glad. Captain made the right decision." The pilot's name was George Zip.
-->Ted Striker: George Zip said that?
-->Dr. Rumack: The last thing he said to me, "Doc," he said, "Sometime, when the crew is up against it, the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to give it all they've got and win just one for the Zipper."
* MajorLeague2 has this. First, the manager of the Indians is in the hospital recovering from a heart attack, but tries to avert this trope by telling his successor not to give the team "one of those 'Let's win this one for Lou' speeches... I couldn't stand that." He's promised that won't happen, but later it is played straighter than straight... with a little lie about the severity of Lou's state.

* Parodied in an episode ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' where Mr Burns tells the team "There's a little crippled boy in hospital who wants you to win. I know because I crippled him myself".

* Parodied in an episode ''TheSimpsons'' where Mr Burns tells the team "There's a little crippled boy in hospital who wants you to win. I know because I crippled him myself".

* Parodied in ''{{Airplane}}!''. Ted Striker feels guilty about causing the death of seven men under his command during the war, including George Zip.

* Parodied in SpongeBobSquarePants, where Spongebob implores everyone to do well for Squidward, pretending that he was the one who did something nice for them.