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Flagpole Challenge
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During a Training Montage, there is something at the top of a flagpole, and a group of trainees are challenged to retrieve it in order to either pass basic training, or earn a promotion, or be the candidate selected from a number of applicants. Usually, whoever wins the challenge is someone who manages to figure out an unorthodox method, rather than someone who is simply physically fit enough to climb the pole. Often results in An Aesop about brains versus brawn, or whoever was giving the test telling the candidate that they were looking for someone with the ability to think creatively. Has nothing to do with Tongue on the Flagpole, even though someone usually does that as the result of a dare or challenge. | |
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In Brave Witches Rossmann challenges Hikari to fetch down a hat on top of an obelisk within a week if she wants to stay in Brave Witches, telling her to use her magic to Wall Crawl up the obelisk. She just barely makes it within the time limit when Rossmann instructs her to focus her magic onto one hand at a time instead of crawling up on all fours. | |
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Captain America: The First Avenger has Steve Rogers accepted from among the group of candidates because he knocked down the flagpole by removing the bolt that was holding the flagpole to the base (all of the other recruits just tried climbing the flagpole). | |
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In Mulan, Shang fires an arrow into the top of a pole and challenges the recruits to retrieve it while carrying two heavy metal discs said to represent discipline and strength. None of the recruits are able to do so, until Mulan wins the challenge by taking the two heavy discs she was given and tangling them around the pole to counterbalance her climb. | |
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Lampshaded in Quizzical: "All the books agree on this," said Scootaloo. "When you begin training you should have what looks like an impossible goal. When you figure out how to achieve your goal you've completed your training." Quizzical manages to retrieve the arrow by kicking the flagpole until the arrow falls out. | |
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Cobra Kai featured a similar challenge. Kreese put a pot on top of a post about 6 feet high, and told his students to kick it off. Several students tried to kick the pot, but failed. Hawk kicked the post itself, causing the pot to fall off. When one of the students said he cheated, Kreese responded, "Unlike you, he did exactly what I told him to." | |
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