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* The 1998 MadeForTVMovie ''Film/FutureSport'', where the title game was invented as a substitution for gang violence and ends up being used to avoid a war.
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* In ''Film/FutureSport'', the protagonist (a pro-player of the eponymous sport) decides to solve a dispute between two global powers by staking the fate of some disputed territory on a game. Despite being a rather campy {{cyberpunk}} movie, it manages to deconstruct the trope, with characters agreeing it's an insane idea, but ultimately [[{{Reconstruction}} it works out because of the propaganda coup from winning]] (and the fact that the villains' sabotage attempts lead to their leader being captured).
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* In the 1998 MadeForTVMovie ''Film/FutureSport'', the titlulargame was invented as a substitution for gang violence and ends up being used to avoid war. Specifically, the protagonist (a pro-player of the eponymous sport) decides to solve a dispute between two global powers by staking the fate of some disputed territory on a game. Despite being a rather campy {{cyberpunk}} movie, it manages to deconstruct the trope, with characters agreeing it's an insane idea, but ultimately [[{{Reconstruction}} it works out because of the propaganda coup from winning]] (and the fact that the villains' sabotage attempts lead to their leader being captured).
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*** While the [[Anime/YuGiOh Yu-Gi-Oh!]] Verse becomes a more extreme version of this trope practically every season, [[Characters/YuGiOhSetoKaiba Seto Kaiba]] is the only character who truly ''lives'' and ''believes in'' this trope. In fact, he is ''directly'' trying to make this happen by constantly innovating Duel Monsters and making it more and more omnipresent. In the [[Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions DSoD]] movie, he outright declares that his vision for the future is one where things like war are overcome through card game duels. He does not stop there and proceeds to teach even ''alien cosmic horrors'' how to duel by shooting cards into space in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. By the time of 5D's, the entire world pretty much ''does'' run on card games, thanks in large part to Kaiba's influence.
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-->[[spoiler: The fate of the universe will be decided as it should be... in '''MORTAL KOMBAT!''']]
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