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Would Game Show examples go under Live Action TV or Real Life?

The "Real Life" example of taxes is false. All tax brackets are marginal, meaning that the higher rate only applies to the money earned above the threshold - not below.

Example: You earn $36k. The taxes that you owe are 10%*$8,925 + 15%*($36k - $8,925) = $4,953.75 or $31,046.25 net

You get a raise to $37k, putting you in the 25% bracket.

The taxes that you owe are 10%*$8,925 + 15%*($36.25k - $8,925) + 25%*($37k - $36.25k) = $5,178.75 or $31,821.25

= a +$775 net gain despite the 10% jump in tax bracket.

I'm pretty sure these YKTTW comments aren't actually examples, since they aren't actually about which prizes people win:

• In The Incredibles, a secretly supoerpowered family wouldn't let the son do sports, for fear that superhuman abilities will give him them away. By the end of the story, they have lifted the prohibition, with the condition that he only always wins second place.
• Does Cars count? Lightning Mc Queen realizes that winning isn't the most important thing in the world and because of his actions he is heralded as a champion and Hicks in first place, is shunned by the crowd. Mc Queen would have gotten the prize he wanted but of course he turns it down. Unless this is closer to different sporting tropes that I'm not familiar with.

I haven't seen either movie, though, so I might be misreading; feel free to correct.