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* Wario's Bluff, a minigame of ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party-e]]'', is decided by which of two players can stop closest to the edge of the cliff without falling off.

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* ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' has several of these.
** Night-Light Fright, from ''Mario Party 5'', has the players stopping an approaching Chain Chomp with a flashlight. Whoever let's the Chomp get closest before stopping it wins, but of course you instantly lose if it reaches you. Making things more complicated is the Chomps approach at varying speeds. Do you turn early, or let it come a ''little'' closer, hoping it doesn't get a sudden burst of speed...
** Gimmie a Brake, from ''Mario Party 7'', players must brake their scooter at the farthest distance without falling into a pit of mud.
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Wario's Bluff, a minigame of ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party-e]]'', ''Mario Party-e'', is decided by which of two players can stop closest to the edge of the cliff without falling off.
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* In ''VideoGame/SonicShuffle'', in the "Egg and the Chicken" mini-game, the four players are standing under basketball hoops that Eggman tosses bombs into. The player who stands under their hoop the longest without getting blown up by their bomb wins, while any player who runs away too soon or gets blown up gets sucked up by Eggman.
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** In "Literature/MirrorImage", two mathematicians aboard a starship accuse each other of stealing an important discovery. Should they make it to their destination (and therefore, an official investigation), both will have their reputations ruined. Therefore, the innocent one is as likely to admit guilt as the guilty, and the guilty is likely to admit it in such a fashion that he will look innocent. Elijah Baley actually calls it a game of intellectual chicken.
** Literature/TheRobotsOfDawn'' show that the entire Auroran politics work on that principle - Spacers have extreme aversion to conflict, so the whole dispute always comes to an attempt by the president to get one side to back down before it comes to blows.

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** In "Literature/MirrorImage", two mathematicians aboard a starship accuse each other of stealing an important discovery. Should they make it to their destination (and therefore, an official investigation), investigation) with the matter unresolved, both will have their reputations ruined. Therefore, the innocent one is as likely to admit guilt as the guilty, and the guilty is likely to admit it in such a fashion that he will look innocent. Elijah Baley actually calls it a game of intellectual chicken.
** Literature/TheRobotsOfDawn'' ''Literature/TheRobotsOfDawn'' show that the entire Auroran politics work on that principle - Spacers have extreme aversion to conflict, so the whole dispute always comes to an attempt by the president to get one side to back down before it comes to blows.

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* In Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Mirror Image'' (from ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'' series), two mathematicians aboard a starship accuse each other of stealing an important discovery. Should they make it to their destination (and therefore, an official investigation), both will have their reputations ruined. Therefore, the innocent one is as likely to admit guilt as the guilty, and the guilty is likely to admit it in such a fashion that he will look innocent. Elijah Baley actually calls it a game of intellectual chicken. Literature/TheRobotsOfDawn show that the entire Auroran politics work on that principle - Spacers have extreme aversion to conflict, so the whole dispute always comes to an attempt by the president to get one side to back down before it comes to blows.

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* In From Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Mirror Image'' (from ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'' series), works:
** In "Literature/MirrorImage",
two mathematicians aboard a starship accuse each other of stealing an important discovery. Should they make it to their destination (and therefore, an official investigation), both will have their reputations ruined. Therefore, the innocent one is as likely to admit guilt as the guilty, and the guilty is likely to admit it in such a fashion that he will look innocent. Elijah Baley actually calls it a game of intellectual chicken. Literature/TheRobotsOfDawn
** Literature/TheRobotsOfDawn''
show that the entire Auroran politics work on that principle - Spacers have extreme aversion to conflict, so the whole dispute always comes to an attempt by the president to get one side to back down before it comes to blows.
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* ''Film/{{Condorman}}'': During the first chase scene, a {{KGB}} driver takes a shortcut to get ahead of Woody's car and charges him head-on, apparently hoping to force him off the road. Instead, Woody activates an angled forward-mounted shield that serves as a ramp, vaulting the enemy vehicle over his car and into an [[EveryCarIsAPinto explosive collision]] with the car behind him.

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* ''Film/{{Condorman}}'': During the first chase scene, a {{KGB}} [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre KGB]] driver takes a shortcut to get ahead of Woody's car and charges him head-on, apparently hoping to force him off the road. Instead, Woody activates an angled forward-mounted shield that serves as a ramp, vaulting the enemy vehicle over his car and into an [[EveryCarIsAPinto explosive collision]] with the car behind him.
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* The climax of ''Film/CryBaby'' features one of these pitting the titular character battling the leader of the Squares in order to win love interest Allison's hand. Naturally the straight-laced Square blinks and Cry Baby comes out victorious.
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* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': The "Dead Heat Summer Race" event has Boudica challenge all the racers to see who can ride the closest to the mouth of a volcano. As soon as the race starts, Scheherazade chickens out and refuses to move her vehicle, saying she doesn't want to risk death, to her partner Nitocris' frustration. The other racers are forced to stop because of obstacles like lava flows. It gets down to Boudica in her chariot vs Nero and Altria Alter in their car. Boudica says she doesn't care if she dies as long as she can beat Nero, since she hates Romans. Just as they reach the mouth of the volcano, Nero and Altria Alter stop. Boudica doesn't, so she wins, but Nero and Altria Alter have to grab her and pull her to safety as her chariot falls into the lava.

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* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': The "Dead Heat Summer Race" event has Boudica challenge all the racers to see who can ride the closest to the mouth of a volcano. As soon as the race starts, Scheherazade chickens out and refuses to move her vehicle, saying she doesn't want to risk death, to her partner Nitocris' frustration. The other racers are forced to stop because of obstacles like lava flows. It gets down to Boudica in her chariot vs Nero and Altria Alter in their car. Boudica says she doesn't care if she dies as long as she can beat Nero, since she hates Romans. Just as they reach the mouth of the volcano, Nero and Altria Alter stop. Boudica doesn't, so she wins, but Nero and Altria Alter have to grab her and pull her to safety as her chariot falls into the lava.lava. To Nero and Altria Alter's surprise, Boudica declares Oda Nobunaga and Mysterious Heroine X the winners because they actually fell into the volcano.
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* ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'': Kamishima Toshiki challenges Katsuyuki to a duel on the train tracks, as a train is approaching. Katsuyuki flinches and jumps back onto the platform before the train comes to a stop.
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* "Ridin' the Hook" from Music/SpongeBobSquarePants's album ''The Best Day Ever'' is about playing "hooky" (riding a fishing hook, getting pulled by the fisherman to the surface, then jumping off before reaching it) from the episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E20HookyMermaidManAndBarnacleBoyII Hooky]]", except played together and [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick wants to see who jumps off the hook first.
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** They played this again in the revived series, at the end of "Last of the Time Lords", with the Master, thwarted, threatens to blow up Earth with him and the Doctor on it with the black hole converters of his would-be universe conquering space fleet. [[spoiler: The Doctor calls him on it, pointing out that he knows the Master and knows that he would never kill himself. The Master caves.]]

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** They played this again in the revived series, at the end of "Last "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords Last of the Time Lords", Lords]]", with the Master, thwarted, threatens to blow up Earth with him and the Doctor on it with the black hole converters of his would-be universe conquering space fleet. [[spoiler: The Doctor calls him on it, pointing out that he knows the Master and knows that he would never kill himself. The Master caves.]]
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* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Time Monster" the Master acquires an artifact that will allow him to control an almost omnipotent transdimensional being; the Doctor initiates an overload of the Tardis's systems that will destroy them both unless the Master hands over the artifact, while the Master insists he'd rather perish than surrender absolute power. [[spoiler: The Doctor caves first, but companion Jo triggers the overload. Fortunately they all get better.]]

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* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E5TheTimeMonster The Time Monster" Monster]]" the Master acquires an artifact that will allow him to control an almost omnipotent transdimensional being; the Doctor initiates an overload of the Tardis's systems that will destroy them both unless the Master hands over the artifact, while the Master insists he'd rather perish than surrender absolute power. [[spoiler: The Doctor caves first, but companion Jo triggers the overload. Fortunately they all get better.]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle'', when Edmund, Patou, Peepers, and Snipes find "The King" (AKA: Chanticleer the Rooster), they're trying to get back to the farm so Chanticleer can crow and raise the sun, but they have to escape from Pinky, the evil music manager who wants to get Chanticleer back, and end up having to use Pinky's pink Cadillac. At one point, this happens:
-->'''Pinky:''' So, they want to play Chicken, eh?\\
'''Pinky's driver Murray:''' Don't worry boss, I ain't turning!\\
'''Pinky:''' Idiot, that's my car!
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* ''WebVideo/TheHire''. In "Beat the Devil", James Brown (playing himself) [[DealWithTheDevil wagers the Devil]] that his driver can't beat the Devil's driver in a car race. As they're racing down the highway, they see railroad tracks cutting across the road and an oncoming train. Brown's driver puts his foot down whereas the Devil chickens out and shouts for his driver to stop, causing a spectacular car crash.



* The ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game's answer to this is [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Chicken_Game Chicken Game]], a Field Spell which works as follows: The player with less Life Points cannot take Battle Damage, and once per turn, the turn player can spend 1,000 Life Points to either A) draw one card, B) destroy this card, or C) increase the Life Points of his opponent by 1,000. While using this card has enormous benefits, letting you draw cards and stop taking Battle Damage should you use it enough, it's also very risky should the card be destroyed; thus, the player who used the second effect is "chicken" (but might be the winner of the duel if the other player used the effects too carelessly). The card's illustration shows the vehicle monsters Oni Tank T-34 and Overdrive racing toward a cliff, while Oni Tank T-34 looks like it is going to chicken out.



* The ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game's answer to this is [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Chicken_Game Chicken Game]], a Field Spell which works as follows: The player with less Life Points cannot take Battle Damage, and once per turn, the turn player can spend 1,000 Life Points to either A) draw one card, B) destroy this card, or C) increase the Life Points of his opponent by 1,000. While using this card has enormous benefits, letting you draw cards and stop taking Battle Damage should you use it enough, it's also very risky should the card be destroyed; thus, the player who used the second effect is "chicken" (but might be the winner of the duel if the other player used the effects too carelessly). The card's illustration shows the vehicle monsters Oni Tank T-34 and Overdrive racing toward a cliff, whie Oni Tank T-34 looks like it is going to chicken out.



* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': The "Dead Heat Summer Race" event has Boudica challenge all the racers to see who can ride the closest to the mouth of a volcano. As soon as the race starts, Scheherazade chickens out and refuses to move her vehicle, saying she doesn't want to risk death, to her partner Nitocris' frustration. The other racers are forced to stop because of obstacles like lava flows. It gets down to Boudica in her chariot vs Nero and Altria Alter in their car. Boudica says she doesn't care if she dies as long as she can beat Nero, since she hates Romans. Just as they reach the mouth of the volcano, Nero and Altria Alter stop. Boudica doesn't, so she wins, but Nero and Altria Alter have to grab her and pull her to safety as her chariot falls into the lava.
* ''VideoGame/KirbyTiltNTumble'' has the "drive toward a cliff" variant as one of its minigames. For additional joke points, the opponent is an actual chicken.



* "Charging Chicken" in ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven Megamix'' is a solo variant. You need to charge up an electric car as much as possible, and send it over a crumbling bridge to a small platform. Charge the car too much and it drives off the cliff. Don't charge it enough, and it stops on the crumbling bridge (and falls into the sea). Also, the car is driven by a chicken.



* "Charging Chicken" in ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven Megamix'' is a solo variant. You need to charge up an electric car as much as possible, and send it over a crumbling bridge to a small platform. Charge the car too much and it drives off the cliff. Don't charge it enough, and it stops on the crumbling bridge (and falls into the sea). Also, the car is driven by a chicken.
* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': The "Dead Heat Summer Race" event has Boudica challenge all the racers to see who can ride the closest to the mouth of a volcano. As soon as the race starts, Scheherazade chickens out and refuses to move her vehicle, saying she doesn't want to risk death, to her partner Nitocris' frustration. The other racers are forced to stop because of obstacles like lava flows. It gets down to Boudica in her chariot vs Nero and Altria Alter in their car. Boudica says she doesn't care if she dies as long as she can beat Nero, since she hates Romans. Just as they reach the mouth of the volcano, Nero and Altria Alter stop. Boudica doesn't, so she wins, but Nero and Altria Alter have to grab her and pull her to safety as her chariot falls into the lava.
* ''VideoGame/KirbyTiltNTumble'' has the "drive toward a cliff" variant as one of its minigames. For additional joke points, the opponent is an actual chicken.



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* ''Webcomic/The10Doctors'': Nyssa is piloting a spaceship without weapons when she finds out that the Master (who destroyed her home planet) is piloting another ship nearby. The two engage in a chicken game the Master is sure he can win... until Nyssa shows that her plan was actually to release a thruster to slam into the Master's ship.
* ''Webcomic/DoubleK'': When Simon gets kidnapped by a suspect, Kamina challenges him to a game of chicken to get him back. The suspect doesn't initially believe that he'll really let him go if he wins, but Simon says that [[CowboyCop Kamina does things like this all the time]]. Kamina rides on the hood of his car while a few shanghaied prostitutes drive. Once the race starts, Kamina orders the prostitutes to bail, but stays on the hood. When the cars crash, he leaps off the hood, grabs his partner and the suspect, and does his best badass pose while the cars explode behind him.



* ''Webcomic/DoubleK'': When Simon gets kidnapped by a suspect, Kamina challenges him to a game of chicken to get him back. The suspect doesn't initially believe that he'll really let him go if he wins, but Simon says that [[CowboyCop Kamina does things like this all the time]]. Kamina rides on the hood of his car while a few shanghaied prostitutes drive. Once the race starts, Kamina orders the prostitutes to bail, but stays on the hood. When the cars crash, he leaps off the hood, grabs his partner and the suspect, and does his best badass pose while the cars explode behind him.
* ''Webcomic/The10Doctors'': Nyssa is piloting a spaceship without weapons when she finds out that the Master (who destroyed her home planet) is piloting another ship nearby. The two engage in a chicken game the Master is sure he can win... until Nyssa shows that her plan was actually to release a thruster to slam into the Master's ship.



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* ''WebVideo/TheHire''. In "Beat the Devil", James Brown (playing himself) [[DealWithTheDevil wagers the Devil]] that his driver can't beat the Devil's driver in a car race. As they're racing down the highway, they see railroad tracks cutting across the road and an oncoming train. Brown's driver puts his foot down whereas the Devil chickens out and shouts for his driver to stop, causing a spectacular car crash.
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* In the old ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', there was a Wonder Twins short where the duo had to rescue one of two teenagers who tried this. In this variation, the participants piloted motorboats towards the topside of a waterfall on a river, and the one who turned away first was chicken. Ironically, the one whom the twins had to rescue was technically the winner; the guy who turned chicken could at least say he was a ''smart'' chicken.
* In ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' episode "The Toad Warrior", Kar-Krazy Koopa challenges Toad (as the Toad Warrior) to race towards a ravine. Both end up going over the edge, but while Toad is able to jump to the other side, Koopa ends up crashing into the cliff.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' gives us "WesternAnimation/WildAndWoollyHare." WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and Yosemite Sam are in locomotives on the same track headed to a collision course, with neither one willing to stop theirs. In the end, Bugs' train has elevator wheels that allow it to go over Sam's engine, which falls off the tracks and into a river.



* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' gives us "WesternAnimation/WildAndWoollyHare." WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and Yosemite Sam are in locomotives on the same track headed to a collision course, with neither one willing to stop theirs. In the end, Bugs' train has elevator wheels that allow it to go over Sam's engine, which falls off the tracks and into a river.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E11Gorizilla Gorizilla]]", when Adrien jumps off the roof, he can transform and save himself at any time, at the cost of revealing his SecretIdentity to the world. Unbeknownst to him, Hawk Moth is on the other side of the game -- able to order Gorizilla to let Ladybug go so she can save him, at the cost of losing his chance to learn if he's Cat Noir. If neither of them flinches, Adrien will hit the ground and die. Because Adrien has unwavering faith that Ladybug will save him, Hawk Moth flinches first, and Cat Noir's identity is safe.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'': In "A Lesson In Love", Kevin, a kid on a hoverbike, plays this with Hordak's warship. Despite Hordak boasting that Kevin will lose his nerve first, Hordak is the one who turns.
* Aerrow in ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' often does this against [[{{Mook}} Talons]], noting they without fail always "blink first" and more often than not end up crashing their rides in a panic. In fact, in "Talon Academy" he gives this very advice to a recently {{Heel Face Turn}}ed Talon named Lynn (who failed such a game against him earlier in the episode) and sure enough the Talon she goes up against "blinks first."
* In the old ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', there was a Wonder Twins short where the duo had to rescue one of two teenagers who tried this. In this variation, the participants piloted motorboats towards the topside of a waterfall on a river, and the one who turned away first was chicken. Ironically, the one whom the twins had to rescue was technically the winner; the guy who turned chicken could at least say he was a ''smart'' chicken.
* In ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' episode "The Toad Warrior", Kar-Krazy Koopa challenges Toad (as the Toad Warrior) to race towards a ravine. Both end up going over the edge, but while Toad is able to jump to the other side, Koopa ends up crashing into the cliff.



* In ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle'', when Edmund, Patou, Peepers, and Snipes find "The King" (AKA: Chanticleer the Rooster), they're trying to get back to the farm so Chanticleer can crow and raise the sun, but they have to escape from Pinky, the evil music manager who wants to get Chanticleer back, and end up having to use Pinky's pink Cadillac. At one point, this happens:
-->'''Pinky:''' So, they want to play Chicken, eh?\\
'''Pinky's driver Murray:''' Don't worry boss, I ain't turning!\\
'''Pinky:''' Idiot, that's my car!



* Aerrow in ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' often does this against [[{{Mook}} Talons]], noting they without fail always "blink first" and more often than not end up crashing their rides in a panic. In fact, in "Talon Academy" he gives this very advice to a recently {{Heel Face Turn}}ed Talon named Lynn (who failed such a game against him earlier in the episode) and sure enough the Talon she goes up against "blinks first."
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'': In "A Lesson In Love", Kevin, a kid on a hoverbike, plays this with Hordak's warship. Despite Hordak boasting that Kevin will lose his nerve first, Hordak is the one who turns.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E11Gorizilla Gorizilla]]", when Adrien jumps off the roof, he can transform and save himself at any time, at the cost of revealing his SecretIdentity to the world. Unbeknownst to him, Hawk Moth is on the other side of the game -- able to order Gorizilla to let Ladybug go so she can save him, at the cost of losing his chance to learn if he's Cat Noir. If neither of them flinches, Adrien will hit the ground and die. Because Adrien has unwavering faith that Ladybug will save him, Hawk Moth flinches first, and Cat Noir's identity is safe.

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* ''Manga/{{Akagi}}'': Akagi's introduction reveals he was playing a two-man cliff version just before he came into the Mah Jong parlour where the story starts. Akagi won by not exiting the car at all [[NotAfraidToDie and willingly plummeting off the cliff at full speed]]; his opponent bailed out just too late and fell to his death.



* ''Anime/MegaloBox'': Junk Dog is introduced playing the cliff version solo for no stakes at all, [[NotAfraidToDie just trying to see how close he can get to the cliff's edge before he has to swerve]]. It's implied he does this to work out his frustrations about not feeling challenged in the ring: After honestly fighting a non-rigged boxing match against a WorthyOpponent, he stops his next attempt prematurely because, in his own words, "I can't go back to that". [[spoiler:He goes right back to it in episode 10, when Nanbu and Fujimaki reveal they want him to take a dive in the Megalonia semi-finals.]]



* ''Anime/MegaloBox'': Junk Dog is introduced playing the cliff version solo for no stakes at all, [[NotAfraidToDie just trying to see how close he can get to the cliff's edge before he has to swerve]]. It's implied he does this to work out his frustrations about not feeling challenged in the ring: After honestly fighting a non-rigged boxing match against a WorthyOpponent, he stops his next attempt prematurely because, in his own words, "I can't go back to that". [[spoiler:He goes right back to it in episode 10, when Nanbu and Fujimaki reveal they want him to take a dive in the Megalonia semi-finals.]]
* ''Manga/{{Akagi}}'': Akagi's introduction reveals he was playing a two-man cliff version just before he came into the Mah Jong parlour where the story starts. Akagi won by not exiting the car at all [[NotAfraidToDie and willingly plummeting off the cliff at full speed]]; his opponent bailed out just too late and fell to his death.



* In ''Fanfic/MyHuntsmanAcademia'', Izuku ends up trying to embarrass Yang during Color Week after weeks of playful romantic teasing from her. It ends up turning into a game of romantic chicken in which both players try to get the other to back down or reduce them into a sputtering mess with constant flirting.
* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', when Yui shows up at Asuna and Kirito's cabin and calls them her mom and dad, Asuna plots to use Yui to force Kirito to annul their marriage as she realized it was a bad idea. However, Kirito realizes this and decides that two can play that game and decides to do the same to force Asuna to do the same first. This turns into a race to see who blinks first. [[spoiler:No one blinks.]]



* In ''Fanfic/MyHuntsmanAcademia'', Izuku ends up trying to embarrass Yang during Color Week after weeks of playful romantic teasing from her. It ends up turning into a game of romantic chicken in which both players try to get the other to back down or reduce them into a sputtering mess with constant flirting.
* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', when Yui shows up at Asuna and Kirito's cabin and calls them her mom and dad, Asuna plots to use Yui to force Kirito to annul their marriage as she realized it was a bad idea. However, Kirito realizes this and decides that two can play that game and decides to do the same to force Asuna to do the same first. This turns into a race to see who blinks first. [[spoiler:No one blinks.]]



* ''Film/RoboCop2''. During the MotorcycleJousting between [=RoboCop=] on a cycle and Cain in an armored car, the two drive straight at each other. [=RoboCop=] ends up going through the armored car's windshield and grabbing Cain. Well, technically, [=RoboCop=]'s risk was much lower than in most cases here, but still...
* In ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'', the "chickie run" game is to drive towards the edge of a cliff and see who will jump out first. One of the drivers gets stuck in his car and can't jump out in time.
* Parodied in ''Film/LastActionHero'':
** This works in the movie world that Jack Slater, a CaptainErsatz of [[Franchise/DieHard John McClane]], inhabits, [[spoiler:but not in the real world]]. Except it does work [[spoiler:because Slater wisely chooses a car with airbag protection, unlike his opponent.]]
** Danny at one point attempts this on the villains car... on a ''bike''. He tries to rationalize it that since this a movie and he's a good guy, it has to work. He then realizes (almost too late) that he's not TheHero, he's the PluckyComicRelief so it won't work.
* Also happens in another Schwarzenegger film, ''Film/RedHeat'', with Arnold and the BigBad driving at each other ''in buses''.
* Invoked in ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Phil Connors, upon realizing he can do anything he wants with no consequences, pretends to play chicken with an oncoming train, scaring the hell out of the passengers in the car. "I'm betting he's going to swerve first."

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* ''Film/RoboCop2''. During the MotorcycleJousting between [=RoboCop=] on a cycle In ''Film/The51stState'', CorruptCop Kane has [=McElroy=] and Cain Desouza trapped in an armored car, the two drive alleyway. They respond by driving straight at each other. [=RoboCop=] ends up going through the armored car's windshield and grabbing Cain. Well, technically, [=RoboCop=]'s risk was much lower than in most cases here, him. At first, he charges forward, yelling "Come on, then! Come on!", but still...
* In ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'', the "chickie run" game is to drive towards the edge of a cliff and see who will jump out first. One of the drivers gets stuck in his car and can't jump out in time.
* Parodied in ''Film/LastActionHero'':
** This works in the movie world that Jack Slater, a CaptainErsatz of [[Franchise/DieHard John McClane]], inhabits, [[spoiler:but not in the real world]]. Except
[=McElroy=] makes it does work [[spoiler:because Slater wisely chooses a car with airbag protection, unlike his opponent.]]
** Danny at one point attempts this on the villains car... on a ''bike''. He tries to rationalize it that since this a movie and he's a good guy, it has to work. He then realizes (almost too late)
clear that he's not TheHero, he's stopping. Kane loses his nerve, stops and gets shoved out of the PluckyComicRelief so it won't work.
* Also happens in another Schwarzenegger film, ''Film/RedHeat'', with Arnold
way by Desouza's car and the BigBad driving at each other ''in buses''.
* Invoked
in ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Phil Connors, upon realizing he can do anything he wants with no consequences, pretends to play chicken with front of an oncoming train, scaring truck for his trouble.
* ''Film/AlienNation'' shows off what happens when neither side flinches.
* ''Film/TheBoatThatRocked'': The Count challenges Gavin to a game of chicken by jumping off
the hell out main mast of the passengers in boat.
* ''Film/{{Condorman}}'': During
the car. "I'm betting first chase scene, a {{KGB}} driver takes a shortcut to get ahead of Woody's car and charges him head-on, apparently hoping to force him off the road. Instead, Woody activates an angled forward-mounted shield that serves as a ramp, vaulting the enemy vehicle over his car and into an [[EveryCarIsAPinto explosive collision]] with the car behind him.
* A one-sided version happens in ''Film/DeathRace2000'' where the racers [[BloodSport score points for killing spectators]]. Three spectators stand out on the road, then jump down a manhole at the last moment as the car approaches. Unfortunately the first two [[JerkAss decide to pull over the manhole cover]] before the last man gets in. So he gets killed, [[LaserGuidedKarma and then the other two die]] when they stick out their heads to smirk at their handiwork and fail to see another car racing up on them...
* ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' has a memorable scene (set to ''HoldingOutForAHero'') in which new kid Ren is up against TheBully Chuck in a game of chicken (which also happens to be a CockFight) played on ''tractors''. Ren wins, not because
he's going to swerve first."braver than Chuck but because his shoelace gets caught on the gas pedal.



* Ingeniously invoked in Touchstone Pictures' ''Film/PearlHarbor'', where boyhood friends Rafe [=McCawley=] and Danny Walker played chicken in propeller airplanes, learning to avoid disaster by each pilot banking hard left, turning the planes' wings almost vertical. During the fateful attack on 7 December 1941, they use this tactic while being pursued by Japanese fighters. While [=McCawley=] and Walker dodge each other successfully, their pursuers slam into each other at speed.
* ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBanditII'' featured the world's biggest game of chicken. It was squad cars versus diesel trucks.
* The cliff variant is used in ''Film/Grease2'' to show how crazy one fellow is. The scene is parodied in ''High School High''.
* The final confrontation with Rosta and the main characters of ''Film/RedHeat'' involves them going against each other with buses in a game of chicken.
* ''Film/TheBoatThatRocked'': The Count challenges Gavin to a game of chicken by jumping off the main mast of the boat.
* ''Film/AlienNation'' shows off what happens when neither side flinches.

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* Ingeniously invoked Subverted in Touchstone Pictures' ''Film/PearlHarbor'', where boyhood friends Rafe [=McCawley=] ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''. James Bond's weaponised Aston Martin proves effective in scattering the mooks in Goldfinger's factory, but as he's driving down a corridor between two buildings he's confronted by another vehicle driving head on towards him with its headlights on full. Bond fires his built-in machine guns, but the car doesn't swerve and Danny Walker played chicken in propeller airplanes, learning to avoid disaster by each pilot banking hard left, turning at the planes' wings almost vertical. During the fateful attack on 7 December 1941, they use this tactic while being pursued by Japanese fighters. While [=McCawley=] and Walker dodge each other successfully, their pursuers slam last second he's forced to, crashing into each other at speed.
* ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBanditII'' featured the world's biggest game of chicken. It
a wall. It's then revealed that Bond was squad firing at his own reflection in a steel mirror, set up to reveal oncoming cars versus diesel trucks.
at a junction.
* The cliff variant is used in ''Film/Grease2'' to show how crazy one fellow is. The scene is parodied in ''High School High''.
''Film/HighSchoolHigh''.
* The final confrontation Invoked in ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Phil Connors, upon realizing he can do anything he wants with Rosta and the main characters of ''Film/RedHeat'' involves them going against each other with buses in a game of chicken.
* ''Film/TheBoatThatRocked'': The Count challenges Gavin
no consequences, pretends to a game of play chicken by jumping off with an oncoming train, scaring the main mast hell out of the boat.
passengers in the car. "I'm betting he's going to swerve first."
* ''Film/AlienNation'' shows off what happens when neither side flinches.In ''Film/TheHeavenlyKid'', the cliff variant is how Bobby dies in the opening scene, and towards the end he learns that [[spoiler:his son]] Lenny is fated to die in the same way.
* In ''Film/HerbieRidesAgain'', after being insulted by Willoughby, Herbie spitefully enters a Chicken tournament (complete with a jousting theme) with Willoughby trapped inside to convince him that he's sentient. Herbie's driver chickens out right away but Herbie doesn't, so the driver can't turn the wheel to get out of the way of the other car.



* In ''Film/TheHeavenlyKid'', the cliff variant is how Bobby dies in the opening scene, and towards the end he learns that [[spoiler:his son]] Lenny is fated to die in the same way.
* The EstablishingCharacterMoment for ''Film/MadMax1'' in the first movie. The psychotic and high-as-a-kite Nightrider has gleefully driven his Main Force Patrol pursuers off the road, then finds himself faced by Max's Pursuit Special speeding down the highway directly at him. The Nightrider swerves first, and when Max turns round and starts ramming his tail, he's reduced to blubbering fear. Later while on his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, Max uses this trope as a weapon by driving at several bikers as they're crossing a bridge, so they've got no room to dodge.

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* ''WebVideo/TheHire''. In ''Film/TheHeavenlyKid'', "Beat the cliff variant is how Bobby dies in Devil", James Brown (playing himself) [[DealWithTheDevil wagers the opening scene, and towards the end he learns Devil]] that [[spoiler:his son]] Lenny is fated to die in his driver can't beat the same way.
* The EstablishingCharacterMoment for ''Film/MadMax1''
Devil's driver in the first movie. The psychotic and high-as-a-kite Nightrider has gleefully driven his Main Force Patrol pursuers off the road, then finds himself faced by Max's Pursuit Special speeding down the highway directly at him. The Nightrider swerves first, and when Max turns round and starts ramming his tail, he's reduced to blubbering fear. Later while on his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, Max uses this trope as a weapon by driving at several bikers as car race. As they're crossing a bridge, so they've got no room racing down the highway, they see railroad tracks cutting across the road and an oncoming train. Brown's driver puts his foot down whereas the Devil chickens out and shouts for his driver to dodge.stop, causing a spectacular car crash.
* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'', during the fight at the beginning Indy does this against a Soviet. [[DoubleAgent Mac]], who is riding on the Soviet's truck, knows this will not end well.
-->'''Mac:''' Don't get clever, Boris, You don't know him. ''(sees Boris with a crazed look in his eyes driving faster towards the oncoming Indy)'' Know him, KNOW HIM! You don't know him! YOU DON'T KNOW HIM! YOU DON'T KNOW HIM! YOU DON'T KNOW- ''(vehicles crash, Indy uses his whip to escape)''.



* ''Film/{{Condorman}}'': During the first chase scene, a {{KGB}} driver takes a shortcut to get ahead of Woody's car and charges him head-on, apparently hoping to force him off the road. Instead, Woody activates an angled forward-mounted shield that serves as a ramp, vaulting the enemy vehicle over his car and into an [[EveryCarIsAPinto explosive collision]] with the car behind him.
* In ''Film/The51stState'', CorruptCop Kane has [=McElroy=] and Desouza trapped in an alleyway. They respond by driving straight at him. At first, he charges forward, yelling "Come on, then! Come on!", but [=McElroy=] makes it clear that he's not stopping. Kane loses his nerve, stops and gets shoved out of the way by Desouza's car and in front of an oncoming truck for his trouble.
* ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' has a memorable scene (set to ''HoldingOutForAHero'') in which new kid Ren is up against TheBully Chuck in a game of chicken (which also happens to be a CockFight) played on ''tractors''. Ren wins, not because he's braver than Chuck but because his shoelace gets caught on the gas pedal.
* ''Film/PrimeCut'': The Cadillac driven by Lee Marvin's team is destroyed when they attempt to do this with a combine harvester.

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* ''Film/{{Condorman}}'': During Parodied in ''Film/LastActionHero'':
** This works in
the first chase scene, a {{KGB}} driver takes a shortcut to get ahead of Woody's car and charges him head-on, apparently hoping to force him off the road. Instead, Woody activates an angled forward-mounted shield movie world that serves as Jack Slater, a ramp, vaulting CaptainErsatz of [[Franchise/DieHard John McClane]], inhabits, [[spoiler:but not in the enemy vehicle over his real world]]. Except it does work [[spoiler:because Slater wisely chooses a car and into an [[EveryCarIsAPinto explosive collision]] with airbag protection, unlike his opponent.]]
** Danny at one point attempts this on
the car behind him.
* In ''Film/The51stState'', CorruptCop Kane
villains car... on a ''bike''. He tries to rationalize it that since this a movie and he's a good guy, it has [=McElroy=] and Desouza trapped in an alleyway. They respond by driving straight at him. At first, he charges forward, yelling "Come on, then! Come on!", but [=McElroy=] makes it clear to work. He then realizes (almost too late) that he's not stopping. Kane loses his nerve, stops and gets shoved out of the way by Desouza's car and in front of an oncoming truck for his trouble.
* ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' has a memorable scene (set to ''HoldingOutForAHero'') in which new kid Ren is up against TheBully Chuck in a game of chicken (which also happens to be a CockFight) played on ''tractors''. Ren wins, not because
TheHero, he's braver than Chuck but because his shoelace gets caught on the gas pedal.
PluckyComicRelief so it won't work.
* ''Film/PrimeCut'': The Cadillac EstablishingCharacterMoment for ''Film/MadMax1'' in the first movie. The psychotic and high-as-a-kite Nightrider has gleefully driven his Main Force Patrol pursuers off the road, then finds himself faced by Lee Marvin's team is destroyed Max's Pursuit Special speeding down the highway directly at him. The Nightrider swerves first, and when they attempt Max turns round and starts ramming his tail, he's reduced to do blubbering fear. Later while on his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, Max uses this with trope as a combine harvester.weapon by driving at several bikers as they're crossing a bridge, so they've got no room to dodge.
* Used to resolve the JekyllAndHyde conflict in the 1970 Creator/RogerMoore film ''Film/TheManWhoHauntedHimself''.



* In ''Film/HerbieRidesAgain'', after being insulted by Willoughby, Herbie spitefully enters a Chicken tournament (complete with a jousting theme) with Willoughby trapped inside to convince him that he's sentient. Herbie's driver chickens out right away but Herbie doesn't, so the driver can't turn the wheel to get out of the way of the other car.

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* In ''Film/HerbieRidesAgain'', after Ingeniously invoked in Touchstone Pictures' ''Film/PearlHarbor'', where boyhood friends Rafe [=McCawley=] and Danny Walker played chicken in propeller airplanes, learning to avoid disaster by each pilot banking hard left, turning the planes' wings almost vertical. During the fateful attack on 7 December 1941, they use this tactic while being insulted pursued by Willoughby, Herbie spitefully enters a Chicken tournament (complete Japanese fighters. While [=McCawley=] and Walker dodge each other successfully, their pursuers slam into each other at speed.
* ''Film/PrimeCut'': The Cadillac driven by Lee Marvin's team is destroyed when they attempt to do this
with a jousting theme) with Willoughby trapped inside combine harvester.
* In ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'', the "chickie run" game is
to convince him that he's sentient. Herbie's driver chickens drive towards the edge of a cliff and see who will jump out right away but Herbie doesn't, so first. One of the driver drivers gets stuck in his car and can't turn jump out in time.
* The final confrontation with Rosta and
the wheel to get out main characters of the way of the ''Film/RedHeat'' involves them going against each other car.with buses in a game of chicken.
* ''Film/RoboCop2''. During the MotorcycleJousting between [=RoboCop=] on a cycle and Cain in an armored car, the two drive straight at each other. [=RoboCop=] ends up going through the armored car's windshield and grabbing Cain. Well, technically, [=RoboCop=]'s risk was much lower than in most cases here, but still...
* ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBanditII'' featured the world's biggest game of chicken. It was squad cars versus diesel trucks.



* ''WebVideo/TheHire''. In "Beat the Devil", James Brown (playing himself) [[DealWithTheDevil wagers the Devil]] that his driver can't beat the Devil's driver in a car race. As they're racing down the highway, they see railroad tracks cutting across the road and an oncoming train. Brown's driver puts his foot down whereas the Devil chickens out and shouts for his driver to stop, causing a spectacular car crash.
* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'', during the fight at the beginning Indy does this against a Soviet. [[DoubleAgent Mac]], who is riding on the Soviet's truck, knows this will not end well.
-->'''Mac:''' Don't get clever, Boris, You don't know him. ''(sees Boris with a crazed look in his eyes driving faster towards the oncoming Indy)'' Know him, KNOW HIM! You don't know him! YOU DON'T KNOW HIM! YOU DON'T KNOW HIM! YOU DON'T KNOW- ''(vehicles crash, Indy uses his whip to escape)''.
* A one-sided version happens in ''Film/DeathRace2000'' where the racers [[BloodSport score points for killing spectators]]. Three spectators stand out on the road, then jump down a manhole at the last moment as the car approaches. Unfortunately the first two [[JerkAss decide to pull over the manhole cover]] before the last man gets in. So he gets killed, [[LaserGuidedKarma and then the other two die]] when they stick out their heads to smirk at their handiwork and fail to see another car racing up on them...
* Subverted in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''. James Bond's weaponised Aston Martin proves effective in scattering the mooks in Goldfinger's factory, but as he's driving down a corridor between two buildings he's confronted by another vehicle driving head on towards him with its headlights on full. Bond fires his built-in machine guns, but the car doesn't swerve and at the last second he's forced to, crashing into a wall. It's then revealed that Bond was firing at his own reflection in a steel mirror, set up to reveal oncoming cars at a junction.
* Used to resolve the JekyllAndHyde conflict in the 1970 Creator/RogerMoore film ''The Man Who Haunted Himself''.



* In Literature/LegacyOfTheDrowSeries it is mentioned that house Oblodra has a small population because people there like playing the game with levitation spells. Two people float over the abyss, in an area covered with darkness and silencing spells so that its impossible for either player to tell how the other one is doing. The first one to return to solid ground is the loser. More often than not, neither does.
* In Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Mirror Image'' (from Literature/TheCavesOfSteel series), two mathematicians aboard a starship accuse each other of stealing an important discovery. Should they make it to their destination (and therefore, an official investigation), both will have their reputations ruined. Therefore, the innocent one is as likely to admit guilt as the guilty, and the guilty is likely to admit it in such a fashion that he will look innocent. Elijah Baley actually calls it a game of intellectual chicken. Literature/TheRobotsOfDawn show that the entire Auroran politics work on that principle - Spacers have extreme aversion to conflict, so the whole dispute always comes to an attempt by the president to get one side to back down before it comes to blows.
* In ''[[Literature/AlexRider Stormbreaker]]'', Alex plays chicken with one of Sayle's {{mook}}s while riding a quadbike close to the edge of a cliff. The mook flinches first, and ends up plummeting over the cliff as a result.
* In ''Literature/ShadesOfGrey'', Eddie Russet reminisces on a game he and his friends used to play as children: "dusk running, where the last one back to the safety of the streetlight was the winner." (This is a world where stepping into the darkness at night can cause madness and death.) A showdown between the two champions, Lizzie and Richard, ended with Richard's complete disappearance until his body was found eight months later. The kids stopped dusk running at that point.
* In the novel ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' Pony mentions playing "chicken" with another TagAlongKid.
-->"What happened to Shepard?" I asked, remembering Tim Shepard's kid brother. Curly, who was a tough, cool, hard-as-nails Tim in miniature, and I had once played chicken by holding our cigarette ends against each other's fingers. We had stood there, clenching our teeth and grimacing, with sweat pouring down our faces and the smell of burning flesh making us sick, each refusing to holler, until Tim happened to stroll by. When he saw that we were really burning holes in each other he cracked our heads together, swearing to kill us both if we ever pulled a stunt like that again. I still have the scar on my forefinger. Curly was an average downtown hood, tough and not real bright, but I liked him. He could take anything.
* In ''Literature/DoubleOrDie'', [[Literature/YoungBond young James Bond]] is chased by two villains on the road. When he thinks that he has outrun them, Bond soon finds them ahead, driving straight at him. He briefly despairs, before deciding to just drive forward, forcing them to drive into a ditch to avoid a head-on collision.
* In ''Literature/{{Biggles}}'' a frequent piece of advice for new pilots is "never turn off from a head on combat". While there is an element of HonorBeforeReason in this it's also practical advice, if two planes are flying directly towards each other than the first one to turn away is giving the other plane a perfect opportunity to shoot him down.



* An ''Comicbook/XMen'' novel opens with the team separated into two groups for a mock battle, led by Storm and Wolverine. Towards the end Ororo manages to grap Wolverine by the wrists and says that, since being dropped from a height would really inconvenience him, HealingFactor or not, he needs to say uncle. Wolvie responds that it's '''Ro'' who needs to say uncle, since she hasn't considered how silly it is to be holding him [[WolverineClaws by the wrists]], and while she's obviously bluffing, he's just crazy enough to do it. She replies that she's just as determined to win as he is. The first to blink is [[spoiler: Iceman, who's been watching the whole thing in increasing horror and finally can't take it any more]].

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* An ''Comicbook/XMen'' novel opens with the team separated into two groups In ''Literature/{{Biggles}}'' a frequent piece of advice for a mock battle, led by Storm and Wolverine. Towards the end Ororo manages to grap Wolverine by the wrists and says that, since being dropped new pilots is "never turn off from a height would really inconvenience him, HealingFactor or not, he needs to say uncle. Wolvie responds that head on combat". While there is an element of HonorBeforeReason in this it's '''Ro'' who needs to say uncle, since she hasn't considered how silly it is to be holding him [[WolverineClaws by also practical advice, if two planes are flying directly towards each other than the wrists]], and while she's obviously bluffing, he's just crazy enough to do it. She replies that she's just as determined to win as he is. The first one to blink turn away is [[spoiler: Iceman, who's been watching giving the other plane a perfect opportunity to shoot him down.
* In Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Mirror Image'' (from ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'' series), two mathematicians aboard a starship accuse each other of stealing an important discovery. Should they make it to their destination (and therefore, an official investigation), both will have their reputations ruined. Therefore, the innocent one is as likely to admit guilt as the guilty, and the guilty is likely to admit it in such a fashion that he will look innocent. Elijah Baley actually calls it a game of intellectual chicken. Literature/TheRobotsOfDawn show that the entire Auroran politics work on that principle - Spacers have extreme aversion to conflict, so
the whole thing in increasing horror and finally can't take dispute always comes to an attempt by the president to get one side to back down before it any more]].comes to blows.



* In ''Literature/DoubleOrDie'', [[Literature/YoungBond young James Bond]] is chased by two villains on the road. When he thinks that he has outrun them, Bond soon finds them ahead, driving straight at him. He briefly despairs, before deciding to just drive forward, forcing them to drive into a ditch to avoid a head-on collision.
* In ''Literature/LegacyOfTheDrowSeries'' it is mentioned that house Oblodra has a small population because people there like playing the game with levitation spells. Two people float over the abyss, in an area covered with darkness and silencing spells so that its impossible for either player to tell how the other one is doing. The first one to return to solid ground is the loser. More often than not, neither does.
* In the novel ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' Pony mentions playing "chicken" with another TagAlongKid.
-->"What happened to Shepard?" I asked, remembering Tim Shepard's kid brother. Curly, who was a tough, cool, hard-as-nails Tim in miniature, and I had once played chicken by holding our cigarette ends against each other's fingers. We had stood there, clenching our teeth and grimacing, with sweat pouring down our faces and the smell of burning flesh making us sick, each refusing to holler, until Tim happened to stroll by. When he saw that we were really burning holes in each other he cracked our heads together, swearing to kill us both if we ever pulled a stunt like that again. I still have the scar on my forefinger. Curly was an average downtown hood, tough and not real bright, but I liked him. He could take anything.
* In ''Literature/ShadesOfGrey'', Eddie Russet reminisces on a game he and his friends used to play as children: "dusk running, where the last one back to the safety of the streetlight was the winner." (This is a world where stepping into the darkness at night can cause madness and death.) A showdown between the two champions, Lizzie and Richard, ended with Richard's complete disappearance until his body was found eight months later. The kids stopped dusk running at that point.
* In ''[[Literature/AlexRider Stormbreaker]]'', Alex plays chicken with one of Sayle's {{mook}}s while riding a quadbike close to the edge of a cliff. The mook flinches first, and ends up plummeting over the cliff as a result.
* An ''Comicbook/XMen'' novel opens with the team separated into two groups for a mock battle, led by Storm and Wolverine. Towards the end Ororo manages to grap Wolverine by the wrists and says that, since being dropped from a height would really inconvenience him, HealingFactor or not, he needs to say uncle. Wolvie responds that it's '''Ro'' who needs to say uncle, since she hasn't considered how silly it is to be holding him [[WolverineClaws by the wrists]], and while she's obviously bluffing, he's just crazy enough to do it. She replies that she's just as determined to win as he is. The first to blink is [[spoiler: Iceman, who's been watching the whole thing in increasing horror and finally can't take it any more]].



* There's a task called a Fast Forward in ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' that pops up OnceASeason or so. It allows for the team who gets it to go right to the pit stop right away, all but guaranteeing a first place victory. [[note]] There have only been two recent teams who got the Fast Forward but didn't come in first. One because one of the partners got dehydrated on the previous non-elimination leg and had to quit a task, getting a four-hour penalty. The other was because of the weather [[/note]] The catch is that only one team may do it and if you go for it and someone a) beats you to it or b) you fail and another team gets it, you have to go back and do all of the other tasks which almost guarantees you getting eliminated. There will almost always be a fight over it between two teams before someone ultimately backs down. Nowadays the MetaGame has evolved that teams would rather stick with the pack and lose a battle to win the war, so to speak.There are still teams who care about winning individual legs even though they’re risking elimination but most would rather finish in the middle and not take the chance.
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': In "The Comic-Con Conundrum", Leonard and Penny engage in an emotional variation when he invites her to Comic-Con, but she doesn't want to say she doesn't want to go, and he doesn't want to admit that he doesn't want her there, because each [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy wants the other to be happy]].
* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E8Duel Duel]]" the Liberator is being fired on by three Federation cruisers. Rather than wait till they've worn down their forcewall, Blake decides to go StraightForTheCommander and [[RammingAlwaysWorks ram Travis' ship]]. Instead of taking evasive action Travis decides to fire everything he has at point-blank range. SufficientlyAdvancedAliens intervene before we find out [[UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject what would have happened next]].
* ''Series/{{Community}}'': In the first episode of season 2, after Jeff rejected Britta in the previous year, she's riding a wave of popularity as a strong, independent woman who was willing to put it all on the line for love--when in reality she was just in a pissing match with Jeff's ex-girlfriend. Jeff gets fed up and starts dating her to prove a point; since she can't back down without losing her newfound fame, they get into a ridiculous game of chicken (encouraged by Abed) that almost leads to them getting married within hours of their first "date." Annie eventually gets fed up and calls Jeff out for what he's been doing, making Jeff and Britta both realize they're being crazy.



** They played this again in the revived series, at the end of ''Last of the Time Lords'', with the Master, thwarted, threatens to blow up Earth with him and the Doctor on it with the black hole converters of his would-be universe conquering space fleet. [[spoiler: The Doctor calls him on it, pointing out that he knows the Master and knows that he would never kill himself. The Master caves.]]
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3tjVGm58M8 Gay Chicken]], where two guys lean in to kiss each other and the first one to back away loses.

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** They played this again in the revived series, at the end of ''Last "Last of the Time Lords'', Lords", with the Master, thwarted, threatens to blow up Earth with him and the Doctor on it with the black hole converters of his would-be universe conquering space fleet. [[spoiler: The Doctor calls him on it, pointing out that he knows the Master and knows that he would never kill himself. The Master caves.]]
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3tjVGm58M8 Gay Chicken]], In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Robin and Kevin get caught in a game of "relationship chicken", where two guys lean in to kiss each other and the first neither one wants to back away loses.say no to anything. It comes to a head during an outing to a dangerous neighborhood led by Barney. When Kevin finally caves in, Robin is relieved that one of them finally said no.



* One episode of the British war drama ''Series/SoldierSoldier'' had the protagonists jokingly playing gay chicken in a bit of HoYay ShipTeasing.
* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Robin and Kevin get caught in a game of "relationship chicken", where neither one wants to say no to anything. It comes to a head during an outing to a dangerous neighborhood led by Barney. When Kevin finally caves in, Robin is relieved that one of them finally said no.
* ''Series/{{Sense8}}'': In the Season 1 finale, Will knows he doesn't have the stomach for a dangerous game of chicken, so he calls up the suicidally reckless Wolfgang [[spoiler: to drive an ambulance straight at a low-flying helicopter.]]



* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': In "The Comic-Con Conundrum", Leonard and Penny engage in an emotional variation when he invites her to Comic-Con, but she doesn't want to say she doesn't want to go, and he doesn't want to admit that he doesn't want her there, because each [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy wants the other to be happy]].

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* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': In "The Comic-Con Conundrum", Leonard There's an episode of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' where a group of teens get into an argument and Penny engage in an emotional variation when he invites her decide to Comic-Con, but she doesn't want to say she doesn't want to go, settle it down by drag racing Game of Chicken style at a cliff. Unfortunately, the drivers get distracted by chimpanzees Bulk and he doesn't want to admit that he doesn't want her there, because each [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy wants Skull, who were hiding in their backseats, and end up driving off the other cliff. Fortunately, [[GiantRobotHandsSaveLives they get caught by the Turbo Megazord]] before they plummet to be happy]].their deaths.



* ''Series/{{Community}}'': In the first episode of season 2, after Jeff rejected Britta in the previous year, she's riding a wave of popularity as a strong, independent woman who was willing to put it all on the line for love--when in reality she was just in a pissing match with Jeff's ex-girlfriend. Jeff gets fed up and starts dating her to prove a point; since she can't back down without losing her newfound fame, they get into a ridiculous game of chicken (encouraged by Abed) that almost leads to them getting married within hours of their first "date." Annie eventually gets fed up and calls Jeff out for what he's been doing, making Jeff and Britta both realize they're being crazy.
* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E8Duel Duel]]" the Liberator is being fired on by three Federation cruisers. Rather than wait till they've worn down their forcewall, Blake decides to go StraightForTheCommander and [[RammingAlwaysWorks ram Travis' ship]]. Instead of taking evasive action Travis decides to fire everything he has at point-blank range. SufficientlyAdvancedAliens intervene before we find out [[UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject what would have happened next]].
* In the ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' episode "Ghost In The Machine", The replicators, as energy, have taken over the computers of Atlantis and begin to submerge the city without the shields unless they can be given new bodies. Woolsey tells them to go ahead and destroy the city, which would also ruin all the equipment they need to get their new bodies. [[spoiler: The replicators relent]].
* There's a task called a Fast Forward in ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' that pops up OnceASeason or so. It allows for the team who gets it to go right to the pit stop right away, all but guaranteeing a first place victory. [[note]] There have only been two recent teams who got the Fast Forward but didn't come in first. One because one of the partners got dehydrated on the previous non-elimination leg and had to quit a task, getting a four-hour penalty. The other was because of the weather [[/note]] The catch is that only one team may do it and if you go for it and someone a) beats you to it or b) you fail and another team gets it, you have to go back and do all of the other tasks which almost guarantees you getting eliminated. There will almost always be a fight over it between two teams before someone ultimately backs down. Nowadays the MetaGame has evolved that teams would rather stick with the pack and lose a battle to win the war, so to speak.There are still teams who care about winning individual legs even though they’re risking elimination but most would rather finish in the middle and not take the chance.
* There's an episode of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' where a group of teens get into an argument and decide to settle it down by drag racing Game of Chicken style at a cliff. Unfortunately, the drivers get distracted by chimpanzees Bulk and Skull, who were hiding in their backseats, and end up driving off the cliff. Fortunately, [[GiantRobotHandsSaveLives they get caught by the Turbo Megazord]] before they plummet to their deaths.


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* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3tjVGm58M8 Gay Chicken]], where two guys lean in to kiss each other and the first one to back away loses.
* ''Series/{{Sense8}}'': In the Season 1 finale, Will knows he doesn't have the stomach for a dangerous game of chicken, so he calls up the suicidally reckless Wolfgang [[spoiler: to drive an ambulance straight at a low-flying helicopter.]]
* One episode of the British war drama ''Series/SoldierSoldier'' had the protagonists jokingly playing gay chicken in a bit of HoYay ShipTeasing.
* In the ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' episode "Ghost In The Machine", The replicators, as energy, have taken over the computers of Atlantis and begin to submerge the city without the shields unless they can be given new bodies. Woolsey tells them to go ahead and destroy the city, which would also ruin all the equipment they need to get their new bodies. [[spoiler: The replicators relent]].
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* A common joke is two Scottish (or whoever fits the local stereotype of that kind) betting for a small sum who will stay longer underwater. Both drown.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E11Gorizilla Gorizilla]]", when Adrien jumps off the roof, he can transform and save himself at any time, at the cost of revealing his SecretIdentity to the world. Unbeknownst to him, Hawk Moth is on the other side of the game -- able to order Gorizilla to let Ladybug go so she can save him, at the cost of losing his chance to learn if he's Cat Noir. If neither of them flinches, Adrien will hit the ground and die. Because Adrien has unwavering faith that Ladybug will save him, Hawk Moth flinches first, and Cat Noir's identity is safe.
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* A version of this occurs in ''Literature/{{Congo}}'', when Peter is confronted by a wild gorilla in full threat display (roaring, baring his teeth, ripping up the grass around him, and even ''charging''). Demonstrating his understanding of gorilla behavior and, honestly, balls of steel, he stays still, keeping his eyes averted towards the ground. Ultimately, the gorilla leaves him alone, satisfied that its display worked. Peter explains afterwards that if he had fled, the gorilla would have bitten him on the hinders, leaving him with a MarkOfShame that would indicate to all the other gorillas that he was a coward.

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* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', when Yui shows up at Asuna and Kirito's cabin and calls them her mom and dad, Asuna plots to use Yui to force Kirito to annul their marriage as she realized it was a bad idea. However, Kirito realizes this and decides that two can play that game and decides to do the same to force Asuna to do the same first. This turns into a race to see who blinks first [[spoiler:No one blinks.]]

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* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', when Yui shows up at Asuna and Kirito's cabin and calls them her mom and dad, Asuna plots to use Yui to force Kirito to annul their marriage as she realized it was a bad idea. However, Kirito realizes this and decides that two can play that game and decides to do the same to force Asuna to do the same first. This turns into a race to see who blinks first first. [[spoiler:No one blinks.]]



* There's an episode of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' where a group of teens get into an argument and decide to settle it down by drag racing Game of Chicken style at a cliff. Unfortunately, the drivers get distracted by chimpanzees Bulk and Skull, who were hidding in their backseats, and end up driving off the cliff. Fortunately, [[GiantRobotHandsSaveLives they get caught by the Turbo Megazord]] before they plummet to their deaths.

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* Wario's Bluff, a minigame of ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party-e]]'', is decided by which of two players can stop closest to the edge of the cliff without falling off.


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* ''VideoGame/KirbyTiltNTumble'' has the "drive toward a cliff" variant as one of its minigames. For additional joke points, the opponent is an actual chicken.
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* Used to resolve the JekyllAndHyde conflict in the 1970 Creator/RogerMoore film ''The Man Who Haunted Himself''.
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* ''Series/ThePunisher2017''. In "Resupply", Frank Castle is in a car chase with Homeland Security agent Madani, and they end up in this trope, only for Madani to be [[SurpriseCarCrash unexpectedly rammed]] by [[NonActionGuy David Lieberman]] driving a truck, so we never find who would have flinched first (likely neither).
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* A performative form of GayBravado is "Gay Chicken," a game in which two straight participants of the same sex are dared to come as close as they can to kissing each other. The first person to flinch is the deemed most insecure in their heterosexuality.

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* Subverted in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''. James Bond's weaponised Aston Martin proves effective in scattering the mooks in Goldfinger's factory, but as he's driving down a corridor between two buildings he's confronted by another vehicle driving head on towards him with its headlights on full. Bond fires his built-in machine guns, but the car doesn't swerve and at the last second he's forced to, crashing into a wall. It's then revealed that Bond was firing at his own reflection in a steel mirror, set up to reveal oncoming cars at a junction.
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* ''Film/{{Gattaca}}'' has a variant that brothers Vincent and Anton would play many times growing up. They both swam into the ocean, and the loser was whoever first said it was time to swim back. Vincent ended up winning their last two races in spite of his "genetic inferiority"); [[spoiler:at the end of the film, he explains that he won because he never saved any energy for the return trip.]]

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* ''Film/{{Gattaca}}'' has a variant that brothers Vincent and Anton would play many times growing up. They both swam into the ocean, and the loser was whoever first said it was time to swim back. Vincent ended up winning their last two races in spite of his "genetic inferiority"); [[spoiler:at inferiority". [[spoiler: At the end of the film, he explains that he won because he never saved any energy for the return trip.trip, clearly explaining to his brother that he is most deserving of going to Titan because he is willing to give everything he has to do it.]]
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* Wario's Bluff, a minigame of ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party-e]]'', is decided by which of two players can stop closest to the edge of the cliff without falling off.
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* There's an episode of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' where a group of teens get into an argument and decide to settle it down by drag racing Game of Chicken style at a cliff. Unfortunately, the drivers get distracted by chimpanzees Bulk and Skull, who were hidding in their backseats, and end up driving off the cliff. Fortunately, [[GiantRobotHandsSaveLives they get caught by the Turbo Megazord]] before they plummet to their deaths.
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* In Literature/LegacyOfTheDrowSeries it is mentioned that house Oblodra has a small population because people there like playing the game with levitation spells. Two people float over the abyss. The first one to return to solid ground is the loser. More often than not, neither does.

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* In Literature/LegacyOfTheDrowSeries it is mentioned that house Oblodra has a small population because people there like playing the game with levitation spells. Two people float over the abyss.abyss, in an area covered with darkness and silencing spells so that its impossible for either player to tell how the other one is doing. The first one to return to solid ground is the loser. More often than not, neither does.
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* A one-sided version happens in ''Film/DeathRace2000'' where the racers [[BloodSport score points for killing spectators]]. Three spectators stand out on the road, then jump down a manhole at the last moment as the car approaches. Unfortunately the first two [[JerkAss decide to pull over the manhole cover]] before the last man gets in. So he gets killed, [[LaserGuidedKarma and then the other two die]] when they stick out their heads to smirk at their handiwork and fail to see another car racing up on them...
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** Twilight Sparkle, rational, scared, able to fly away by herself, maybe able to also carry her teammate (or not), and very aware that her castle's front yard and preferred teleport destination is currently occupied by a ''enormous, massively powerful bomb'' which was lit at the same time as the rockets for no really valid reason. Cold sober, able to do the math and wonder how her life has come to where this is an actual way to spend a day with her friends.

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** Twilight Sparkle, rational, scared, able to fly away by herself, maybe able to also carry her teammate (or not), and very aware that her castle's front yard and preferred teleport destination is currently occupied by a an ''enormous, massively powerful bomb'' which was lit at the same time as the rockets for no really valid reason. Cold sober, able to do the math and wonder how her life has come to where this is an actual way to spend a day with her friends.
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It's an example. Linked to Riding The Bomb rather than Rocket Ride because the latter is about rocket-as-transport, not straddling ordinance you have no control over and that's getting you nowhere other than death.

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* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/435708/double-sunday Double Sunday]]'', a short story in [[Fanfic/SunsetShimmerIsMadAboutEverything Justice3442's ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' continuity]]: The cast is playing this game [[RidingTheBomb riding two giant explosive rockets]] (but not steering them), with the losers the last team to ditch. The ponies and factors in this game are composed of:
** Twilight Sparkle, rational, scared, able to fly away by herself, maybe able to also carry her teammate (or not), and very aware that her castle's front yard and preferred teleport destination is currently occupied by a ''enormous, massively powerful bomb'' which was lit at the same time as the rockets for no really valid reason. Cold sober, able to do the math and wonder how her life has come to where this is an actual way to spend a day with her friends.
** Her teammate and co-rider, Sunset Shimmer, normally rational but now in a mild competitive rage, currently unable to fly (she's somehow temporarily suppressed alicornhood and wings out of pure spite), and able to teleport. ...But who's already in this continuity, in a similar mood, chosen to take a fragmentation grenade to the face. Essentially, out of spite. So not likely to bail first.
** The opposing team's Trixie Lulamoon, whose idea this game was. Competitive, the subject of a recent argument about whether she has a death wish, and due to [[DidntSeeThatComing an unknown unknown]] is mistakenly under the impression she's already successfully cheated. ''Unable'' to bail first and doesn't think she has any reason to.
** ''Her'' teammate, Starlight Glimmer. Able to bail and not suicidal, but "rational" doesn't mean the same thing for Starlight Glimmer as it does for normal ponies.
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* ''Anime/MegaloBox'': Junk Dog is introduced playing the cliff version solo for no stakes at all, [[NotAfraidToDie just trying to see how close he can get to the cliff's edge before he has to swerve]]. It's implied he does this to work out his frustrations about not feeling challenged in the ring: After honestly fighting a non-rigged boxing match against a WorthyOpponent, he stops his next attempt prematurely because, in his own words, "I can't go back to that". [[spoiler:He goes right back to it in episode 10, when Nanbu and Gondou reveal they want him to take a dive in the Megalonia semi-finals.]]

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* ''Anime/MegaloBox'': Junk Dog is introduced playing the cliff version solo for no stakes at all, [[NotAfraidToDie just trying to see how close he can get to the cliff's edge before he has to swerve]]. It's implied he does this to work out his frustrations about not feeling challenged in the ring: After honestly fighting a non-rigged boxing match against a WorthyOpponent, he stops his next attempt prematurely because, in his own words, "I can't go back to that". [[spoiler:He goes right back to it in episode 10, when Nanbu and Gondou Fujimaki reveal they want him to take a dive in the Megalonia semi-finals.]]

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