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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': During the episode ''Love, Petalburg Style!'', Norman's Slaking slept through nearly the entire episode, until the very end when Norman summoned it to attack Team Rocket, [[RunningGag blasting them off]] in a CurbStompBattle.

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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire'': During the episode ''Love, "Love, Petalburg Style!'', Style!", Norman's Slaking slept through nearly the entire episode, until the very end when Norman summoned it to attack Team Rocket, [[RunningGag blasting them off]] in a CurbStompBattle.
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* The TropeCodifier is the fable of ''[[Literature/AesopsFables The Tortoise and the Hare]]'', along with pretty much every variant of the story that plays it straight. During his race with the tortoise, the hare gets a massive lead since the tortoise is so incredibly slow. With the finish line in sight, the hare goes to take a nap under a tree, confident of his victory. But by the time the hare wakes up, the tortoise is just about to cross the finish line. And despite one last mad dash by the hare, the tortoise wins the race. For added salt in the wound, some variants of the story have the hare get woken up by the crowd cheering for the tortoise just as he's about to win. [[AnAesop The moral of the story]] is not to let oneself be blinded by arrogance and hubris, and that determination and perseverance can make up for a lack of natural advantages.

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* The TropeCodifier is the fable of ''[[Literature/AesopsFables The Tortoise and the Hare]]'', "Literature/TheTortoiseAndTheHare", along with pretty much every variant of the story that plays it straight. During his race with the tortoise, the hare gets a massive lead since the tortoise is so incredibly slow. With the finish line in sight, the hare goes to take a nap under a tree, confident of his victory. But by the time the hare wakes up, the tortoise is just about to cross the finish line. And despite one last mad dash by the hare, the tortoise wins the race. For added salt in the wound, some variants of the story have the hare get woken up by the crowd cheering for the tortoise just as he's about to win. [[AnAesop The moral of the story]] is not to let oneself be blinded by arrogance and hubris, and that determination and perseverance can make up for a lack of natural advantages.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': In one episode, Rapunzel sets up a scavenger hunt for the village after finding an old treasure map. Finn and Lance, long-time professional thieves, wind up on a team together and boast that they've already won it. Throughout the episode, it cuts back to the two of them lazing about at a restaurant while the others race to find the treasure. [[spoiler: Just as Rapunzel manages to find the treasure (which has since been revealed to be incredibly dangerous), they swoop in out of nowhere and claim it.]]
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* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'': At the end of the "[[TheBigRace The Kirby Derby]]" arc, King Dedede and Escargoon decide to show off at their final lap by casually driving slowly ''before the finish line'', only for [[SuperSpeed Wheel Kirby]] to speed by and cover his missing laps within a few seconds and finishes the race before the former manages to pick up the pace. [[spoiler:Then it turns out the Mayor and his wife actually reached first place before Kirby despite them having the same laps since they got caught in his slipstream.]]
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* In the {{Novelization}} of ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei puts off finishing her math homework until the next morning because she rationalizes that the unit is easy. Given that she is a straight-A student, normally she would be right but she hadn't anticipated that she would have to deal with transforming into a giant red panda that morning.
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* Any game that has an unskipable AutoScrollingLevel will invariably have at least either one example of this and/or some impromptu MusicalGameplay when a [[{{Speedrun}} TAS]] is made of it.
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* In ''Series/MyHero'', one episode has Thermoman challenged to various sports in his human identity. One challenge includes a swimming race, which he wins by half a second, because he stopped in the middle of the pool to comb his hair.

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* In ''Series/MyHero'', ''Series/MyHero2000'', one episode has Thermoman challenged to various sports in his human identity. One challenge includes a swimming race, which he wins by half a second, because he stopped in the middle of the pool to comb his hair.
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[[TropeCodifier Codified]] by the Hare of the tale of ''[[Literature/AesopsFables The Tortoise and The Hare]]''; he chooses to laze in the race against the slow Tortoise because he's certain that he can win, only to lose instead. See below.

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[[TropeCodifier Codified]] by the Hare of the tale of ''[[Literature/AesopsFables The Tortoise and The Hare]]''; he chooses to laze in the race against the slow Tortoise because he's certain that he can win, only to lose instead. See below.
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* ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBusterBustsLoose'' has Buster do this at the end of the train level when the player reaches the last train car by disabling the controls and forcing them to wait until he's almost scrolled offscreen, at which point he'll dash forward automatically to hit a ramp and reach the final part of the level. Amusingly enough, this can fail and make the game UnwinnableByMistake if the R button, which is what the game uses to make Buster dash at the very last second, is set to another function.

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* ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBusterBustsLoose'' has Buster do this at the end of the train level when the player reaches the last train car by disabling the controls and forcing them to wait until he's almost scrolled offscreen, at which point he'll dash forward automatically to hit a ramp and reach the final part of the level. Amusingly enough, this can fail and make the game UnwinnableByMistake UnintentionallyUnwinnable if the R button, which is what the game uses to make Buster dash at the very last second, is set to another function.
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* In ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', Pang Tong, after being brought into Liu Bei's forces, is initially placed in a minor administrative role rather than in charge of more important tasks, which he views as a sign that his talents aren't being taken seriously. He lands himself in quite a bit of trouble when he spends a month lazing about and drinking rather than hearing out complaints or managing paperwork. However, when another officer comes to reprimand him, he manages to breeze through the paperwork and render proper judgements within the day, proving that his skills should really be put to use much higher up the chain of command. (Fortunate that he did, as well; the officer intending to punish him was Zhang Fei, who wasn't shy about using a whip as his method of punishment.)
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** It's also a gag in [[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/05/23 this strip]]; Hobbes hits a clear home run, but takes his sweet time getting back to the plate by smelling a flower, tying his (nonexistent) shoe, hopping backwards, and crawling along the ground, all while Calvin becomes increasingly desperate to tag him out. Hobbes reaches home plate anyway, just as he planned, but the last panel indicates that Calvin made him pay dearly for it afterwards.

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** It's also a gag in [[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/05/23 this strip]]; during a game of baseball, Hobbes hits a clear home run, but he takes his sweet time getting back to the plate by smelling a flower, tying his (nonexistent) shoe, hopping backwards, and crawling along the ground, all while Calvin becomes increasingly desperate to tag him out. Hobbes reaches home plate anyway, just as he planned, but the last panel indicates that Calvin made him pay dearly for it afterwards.

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