History Main / Kimodameshi

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'' when UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s [[FanCreatedOffspring son]] Masa and his classmates have one at an [[OldSchoolBuilding abandoned school]] (the same one from ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), where [[HotWitch Kyogoku Maria]] [[AWizardDidIt casts]] an [[MasterOfIllusion illusion]] spell (without having to leave her place) to [[ScareEmStraight scare]] the teens out of there.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'' when UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s [[FanCreatedOffspring son]] Masa and his classmates have one at an [[OldSchoolBuilding abandoned school]] (the same one from ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), where [[HotWitch Kyogoku Maria]] [[AWizardDidIt casts]] an [[MasterOfIllusion illusion]] spell to [[ScareEmStraight scare]] the teens out of there.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'' when UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s [[FanCreatedOffspring son]] Masa and his classmates have one at an [[OldSchoolBuilding abandoned school]] (the same one from ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), where [[HotWitch Kyogoku Maria]] [[AWizardDidIt casts]] an [[MasterOfIllusion illusion]] spell in the form of a few ''SB'' characters as [[MonsterMash certain spooks]] as means to [[ScareEmStraight scare]] the teens out of there.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'' when UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s [[FanCreatedOffspring son]] Masa and his classmates have one at an [[OldSchoolBuilding abandoned school]] (the same one from ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), where [[HotWitch Kyogoku Maria]] [[AWizardDidIt casts]] an [[MasterOfIllusion illusion]] spell in the form of a few ''SB'' characters as [[MonsterMash certain ghouls]] as means to [[ScareEmStraight scare]] the teens out of there.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'' when UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s [[FanCreatedOffspring son]] Masa and his classmates have one at an [[OldSchoolBuilding abandoned school]] (the same one from ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), where [[HotWitch Kyogoku Maria]] casts an [[MasterOfIllusion illusion]] spell in [[ScareEmStraight scaring]] the teens out of there.

''Kimodameshi'', usually translated as "test of courage," is a game similar to going to an amusement park HauntedHouse. Pairs of teenagers (frequently couples, but sometimes it's NotADate) negotiate a course at night that's set up to be as scary as possible; the path usually leads past carefully-designed eerie scenes, out of which an actor in a ghost costume will occasionally leap to increase the shock factor. It basically identical to [[DefangedHorrors PG-rated]] American-style haunted houses - and, like haunted houses worldwide, it's a chance to give teenagers an excuse to [[SecurityCling cling]] to each other.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'' when UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s [[FanCreatedOffspring son]] Masa and his classmates have one at an [[OldSchoolBuilding abandoned school]] (the same one from ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), where [[HotWitch Kyogoku Maria]] [[AWizardDidIt casts]] an [[MasterOfIllusion illusion]] spell in [[ScareEmStraight scaring the teens straight]].

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'' when UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s [[FanCreatedOffspring son]] Masa and his classmates have one at an [[OldSchoolBuilding abandoned school]] (the same one from ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), where Kyogoku Maria casts an [[MasterOfIllusion illusion]] spell in [[ScareEmStraight scaring the teens straight]].

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'' when UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s [[FanCreatedOffspring Masa]] and his classmates have one at an [[OldSchoolBuilding abandoned school]] (the same one from ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), where Kyogoku Maria casts an [[MasterOfIllusion illusion]] spell in [[ScareEmStraight scaring the teens straight]].

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'' when UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s [[FanCreatedOffspring Masa]] and his classmates have one at an [[OldSchoolBuilding abandoned school]] (the same one from ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), where Masa's folks and friends enact in [[ScareEmStraight scaring the teens straight]].

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Having-fun-while-you-can-Ch-8-Pt-4-951049178 chapter 8 part 4]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfic ''Having fun while you can'' when UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s [[FanCreatedOffspring Masa]] and his classmates have one at an [[OldSchoolBuilding abandoned school]] (the same one from ''Gakuen Basara'' episode 8), where Masa's folks and friends enact in scaring the teens.

* ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'' uses this as a competition between the 2nd year students and 3rd year students. This takes place in a [[Film/TheMatrix Matrix-like]] environment with the summoned creatures all re-themed as Japanese horror monsters. Whoever screams, loses.

* ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'' spoofed this, with the main character commenting that he expects [[Manga/{{Doraemon}} cat robots from the future]], [[Anime/NurseWitchKomugi nurse-witches]], [[Manga/OnePiece reindeer who are doctors]], or [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle moving castles]] to pop out...

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' features one in ''Endless Eight''.
* ''Anime/IsekaiQuartet'' has the characters doing one during a field trip. There's no one playing monsters to scare them, but between the ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'' characters and [[LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil Tanya]] exploding in wrath when she thinks [[LightNovel/KonoSuba Aqua]] is the Being X, there are plenty scary moments.

* In ''LightNovel/StrawberryPanic'', Tamao uses one of these as an opportunity to frighten Nagisa so that she can record her screams. Simultaneously disturbing and hilarious...

* During the island arc of ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'', [[PersonOfMassDestruction Koro-]][[CoolTeacher sensei]] splits his class into boy-girl pairs to send them through of dark cave. Supposedly it's a test of courage, but really it's just an excuse for Koro-sensei to [[ShipperOnDeck pair off the couples he ships together]].

* Episode 7 of ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove''. Since there are no girls in the show, the HoYay is turned UpToEleven on this kimodaeshi.

** One of the late stories sends the cast, paired off, into a "Cave of Lost Love" that really is haunted as part of a plot by [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Ukyō Kuonji]] (plus [[ChineseGirl Shampoo]] in the OVA) to break up Ranma and Akane. The plan backfires quite spectacularly on Ukyō and Ryōga Hibiki, and may even have been intended as ShipSinking by the author: comparing Ukyō and Ryōga's selfish alliance of convenience (which has only just escaped breaking apart due to Ryōga's own difficulty with controlling his emotions) to Ranma and Akane's bickering and angry banter, the ghosts conclude that Ranma and Akane hate each other, while Ryōga and Ukyō are one of the happy couples they seek to break up. They promptly start ignoring Ranma and Akane to try and break up Ryōga and Ukyō, ignoring their protests that they '''aren't''' the couple here. The backstory to the Cave of Lost Love heavily implies that, after this experience, they will never be able to become a couple -- this is all but made explicit in the manga version, which ends with a scene of Ryōga and Ukyō fighting bitterly over whose fault this was.

* During the second beach holiday chapter of ''Manga/KitsuneNoYomeiri'', [[TheRival Kanon]] sets up a test of courage to try to scare [[{{Kitsune}} Kyouka]] with her {{Tanuki}} followers, only for the test is interrupted when Kyouka is kidnapped by a giant octopus.

Compare YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb, ScareDare.

* In ''[[WebAnimation/HololiveERROR hololive ERROR]]'', Honoka Omori makes some of her classmates (namely, all the named characters of [=19XX=]) go through a test of courage, but rather than a simple fake ghost plan, they try to see if any ''real'' ghosts show up in their school's art room. In particular, it was inspired by the urban legend of a girl who loved painting so much she started hurting herself to use her own blood as paint before bleeding out to her death, and how anyone who sees her final painting is doomed to die. They... [[AntiClimax see absolutely nothing]], but right after the kimodameshi ends, [[OhCrap one Nanase Furukawa starts freaking out]], which eventually leads to them all getting buried under the rubble of the soon collapsed school.

* In ''[[WebAnimation/HololiveERROR]]'', Honoka Omori makes some of her classmates (namely, all the named characters of [=19XX=]) go through a test of courage, but rather than a simple fake ghost plan, they try to see if any ''real'' ghosts show up in their school's art room. In particular, it was inspired by the urban legend of a girl who loved painting so much she started hurting herself to use her own blood as paint before bleeding out to her death, and how anyone who sees her final painting is doomed to die. They... [[AntiClimax see absolutely nothing]], but right after the kimodameshi ends, [[OhCrap one Nanase Furukawa starts freaking out]], which eventually leads to them all getting buried under the rubble of the soon collapsed school.

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* In ''Roleplay/DeptHeavenApocrypha'', Meria asks Monica (actually looking for her PlotCoupon) if she's on a solo test of courage.
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* During the island arc of ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'', [[PersonOfMassDestruction Koro-]][[CoolTeacher sensei]] splits his class into boy-girl pairs to send them through of dark cave. Supposedly it's a test of courage, but really just an excuse for Koro-sensei to [[ShipperOnDeck pair off the couple he ships together]].

* ''Manga/NonNonBiyori'': Natsumi decides to hold one at the end of summer vacation, but they use the village shrine rather than a haunted house for safety reasons. Komari gets picked to be the scarer, but the supplies Natsumi provided are pretty lacking; she gets caught in a BedsheetGhost without eye holes. Her brother [[TheSneakyGuy Suguru]] makes it to the shrine and back without her noticing, making her think there really is a ghost.

* In chapter 3 of ''Manga/SchoolLive'' Kurumi, Yuki, and Yuuri do a Test Of Courage at their school. They live at school but they stay in their classroom at night. For Kurumi and Yuuri the trip serves as a way to restock on supplies however Yuki is oblivious to the zombies and just thinks they're having fun.