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** Vocal Adrenaline's performance was (allowing for differences in taste) quite good, however, it WAS clear that the intent of the episode was that the New Directions should have ''at least'' taken second place.
* This kicks off the plot of a ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'' story arc. Shotaro's [[Joshikousei]] informants Queen and Elizabeth enter an ''[[American Idol]]''-style singing contest, and do well in their first two weeks.<ref>Bearing in mind that the girls are played by members of [[AKB48]]</ref> In the third week, they come up against a guy [[Brown Note|whose singing is so terrible it knocks birds out of the sky and causes earthquakes]], but the judges absolutely adore him. Naturally the girls are suspicious, so they hire Shotaro to investigate. {{spoiler|No points for guessing that a Dopant is involved, but not in the way it might seem.}}
*British TV series ''Robot Wars'' has had several crap robots beat the stronger ones over the years, but possibly the most infamous example is when Hypnodisc fought and '''''lost''''' to German entry, Nasty Warrior in a one off UK vs Germany fight. The only reason Hypnodisc lost the fight is because it beat up the wooden Nasty Warrior so much that the wooden splinters found their way into the body of Hypnodisc, jammed its internal mechanics, and caused the then two time Grand Finalist to cease all movement entirely.
**In the University Challenge special in ''Extreme II,'' Behemoth was the best robot in its three way bout with CV and Infernal Contraption. It initially dominated the fight, until CV landed an axe blow on top of Behemoth... which is where its safety link just so happened to be. The result is that the axe cut through the wiring of said device, and Behemoth was dead in the water.
**Chaos 2's shockingly early exit in the Second World Championship; as it was tossing Mastiff around the arena (while Manta and Ansgar have their own dual elsewhere), driver George Francis tried to pull off a spectacular flip that could've sent Mastiff down the pit; instead, Chaos 2 flipped Mastiff ''away from the pit'', surged forward, and fell in itself! Justified in the fact that this was a driving error on George's part.
**Razer's loss to Aggrobot in The Third Wars was a Crack Defeat as well; after Razer was able to finally get a good grip on its pyramid shaped opponent, the crusher suddenly malfunctioned, causing the self righting wings to extend, and the team couldn't retract them. This in turn also caused the tail of Razer to lift its wheels off the floor, immobilising it, and eliminating the team from the competition in just the second round.
**Debatable, but Tornado's defeat against Diotior in The Fifth Wars counts; having spent half the fight shoving the Irish machine around the arena, Diotior suddenly found the confidence to release the pit, and eventually the strength to push Tornado (who at that point had lost drive on one side) into the open pit.
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** "Lisa's Rival": Lisa reluctantly enlists Bart's aid in attempting to defeat her new rival in a diorama competition. However, Ralph Wiggum's 'diorama', which is nothing but a bunch of [[Star Wars]] action figures in their original packaging, wins the competition, making this an example of both a Crack Defeat and a [[Dark Horse Victory]].
** The episode where Lisa is being forced to throw a [[Spelling Bee]]... and then accidentally loses anyway was very nearly a Crack Defeat, and was set up to be one, then she lost, but was lauded roundly for coming second. So subverted there.
** And once again with another episode where Lisa decided to use Bart as a guinea pig for a science project (out of spite for him ruining her original one on a practical joke) dubbed "Is My Brother Dumber Than A Hamster?". When it comes time to show her results at the fair
* The ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode 'The Great Snail Race' had Spongebob, Squidward, and Patrick's pet snails ([[The Unintelligible|Gary]], Snellie, and [[Companion Cube|Rocky]] respectively) pitting against each other. Snellie, who is a purebred snail, would've won, but she forfeited and comforted an overworked Gary. So the winner? Rocky!
** It needs to be said that Rocky was an ''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|actual rock]]''. How it legitimately got to the finish line was [[Offscreen Teleportation|never explained.]]
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