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** And then there's Oliver Wood, Gryffindor Quidditch Captain, whose greatest defining character trait is ''winning that Hogwarts Quidditch Cup''. When Harry's GameBreaker Firebolt is confiscated to be stripped down for potential sabotage, he's entirely bewildered that his argument of "who cares if Harry gets thrown off as long as he's holding the Snitch when it happens" doesn't get the broom returned.

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** And then there's Oliver Wood, Gryffindor Quidditch Captain, whose greatest defining character trait is ''winning that Hogwarts Quidditch Cup''. When Harry's GameBreaker Firebolt is confiscated to be stripped down for potential sabotage, he's entirely bewildered that his argument of "who cares if Harry gets thrown off as long as he's holding the Snitch when it happens" doesn't get the broom returned. After losing an important match, Fred and George joke that he's suicidal.
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** Have you ever opened ''Literature/QuidditchThroughTheAges''? America has their own sport, Quodpot. Quidditch is just THE British/Scottish Sport, and it is played worldwide and is held in great honor. Also, Quidditch is taken to a higher extreme with Japan's Toyohashi Tengu, ''they'' burn their brooms if they lose a match.

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** Have you ever opened ''Literature/QuidditchThroughTheAges''? America has their own sport, Quodpot. Quidditch is just THE British/Scottish Sport, and it is played worldwide and is held in great honor. Also, Quidditch is taken to a higher extreme with Japan's Toyohashi Tengu, Tengu- ''they'' burn their brooms if they lose a match.
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* ''Literature/YumiAndTheNightmarePainter'': The preeminent art form on Torio is also the cornerstone of its spiritual practice and its economy, as the creative exercise inspires [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent the earth spirits]] to transform into {{Magitek}} for a time. That art form is rock-stacking. Having dedicated her entire life to the art, Yumi is an ''incredible'' rock stacker.
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* ''Literature/NationalLampoonsDoon'': In this AffectionateParody of ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', beer stands for the Spice, and leads to just as much murder and political mayhem. The EvilPlan of the Harkonnen stand-in is to sell watered down beer to the whole galaxy.
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* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': PlayedForLaughs in volume 2. Sword arts is important anyway because its literally life or death for mages, but there turns out to also be a significant InUniverse FandomRivalry over the three main sword styles: [[LikeBrotherAndSister Oliver and Chela]] get into a fairly significant argument over whether Pete should switch to the Rizett Style (Chela) or stick with Lanoff (Oliver). [[TakeAThirdOption Nanao offers to teach him instead but is shouted down]], and Guy suggests they instead try collaborating on teaching him fundamental elements of tactics that are common to all the styles.

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* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': PlayedForLaughs in volume 2. Sword arts is important anyway because its it's literally life or death for mages, but there turns out to also be a significant InUniverse FandomRivalry over the three main sword styles: [[LikeBrotherAndSister Oliver and Chela]] get into a fairly significant argument over whether Pete should switch to the Rizett Style (Chela) or stick with Lanoff (Oliver). [[TakeAThirdOption Nanao offers to teach him instead but is shouted down]], and Guy suggests they instead try collaborating on teaching him fundamental elements of tactics that are common to all the styles.
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* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': PlayedForLaughs in volume 2. Sword arts is important anyway because its literally life or death for mages, but there turns out to also be a significant InUniverse FandomRivalry over the three main school styles: [[LikeBrotherAndSister Oliver and Chela]] get into a fairly significant argument over whether Pete should switch to the Rizett Style (Chela) or stick with Lanoff (Oliver). [[TakeAThirdOption Nanao offers to teach him instead but is shouted down]], and Guy suggests they instead try collaborating on teaching him fundamental elements of tactics that are common to all the styles.

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* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': PlayedForLaughs in volume 2. Sword arts is important anyway because its literally life or death for mages, but there turns out to also be a significant InUniverse FandomRivalry over the three main school sword styles: [[LikeBrotherAndSister Oliver and Chela]] get into a fairly significant argument over whether Pete should switch to the Rizett Style (Chela) or stick with Lanoff (Oliver). [[TakeAThirdOption Nanao offers to teach him instead but is shouted down]], and Guy suggests they instead try collaborating on teaching him fundamental elements of tactics that are common to all the styles.
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* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': PlayedForLaughs in volume 2. Sword arts is important anyway because its literally life or death for mages, but there turns out to also be a significant InUniverse FandomRivalry over the three main school styles: [[LikeBrotherAndSister Oliver and Chela]] get into a fairly significant argument over whether Pete should switch to the Rizett Style (Chela) or stick with Lanoff (Oliver). [[TakeAThirdOption Nanao offers to teach him instead but is shouted down]], and Guy suggests they instead try collaborating on teaching him fundamental elements of tactics that are common to all the styles.
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* In ''Literature/TheFountainhead'', the public views architecture with a fervor combining the World Series, the Super Bowl, the World Cup match, and whatever the Kardashians did last night.
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* ''Double Whammy'' by Creator/CarlHiaasen revolves around the cut-throat world of professional bass fishing. The protagonist is a private detective investigating the recent death of a die-hard fisherman in an apparent accident. The detective's fishing guide, a local hermit, says the detective isn't going to make any headway in the case until he wraps his head around the fact that for some men, catching bass is literally BetterThanSex: ''"Put 'em on a good bass lake at dawn and they get ''hard''."''
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* ''LightNovel/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia'': Since the inhabitants of [[LadyLand Batlantis]] are rather sexually liberated, wear really revealing outfits, and tend to shed them for rituals and orgies, they treat public hair as serious business. They have professional groomers to trim and style their pubic hair and sometimes have competitions for the most beautiful bush. They also make fun of people who completely shave their pubic hair by comparing them to children.

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* ''LightNovel/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia'': ''Manga/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia'': Since the inhabitants of [[LadyLand Batlantis]] are rather sexually liberated, wear really revealing outfits, and tend to shed them for rituals and orgies, they treat public hair as serious business. They have professional groomers to trim and style their pubic hair and sometimes have competitions for the most beautiful bush. They also make fun of people who completely shave their pubic hair by comparing them to children.

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