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Rejecting the Consolation Prize
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No one can win all the time. Sometimes though, they may just end up with a second place award of some sort. Depending on the circumstances, it could be a good thing or a bad thing. If the loser is unhappy about not getting the top prize, the award itself isn't that impressive to begin with or some other reason, they'll refuse to accept the prize, probably considering it beneath them, yell at the judges and/or the winner and storm off. If they actually do accept the award, then expect it to either be left behind elsewhere, discarded or even destroyed, or just given to some other random person. A subtrope of Sore Loser. Compare with Second Place Is for Losers, where the same level of disdain is there, but rejecting their prize may not be, My New Gift Is Lame, where a situation usually not connected to a contest has the receiver hating their gift, and Undesirable Prize, which is a reward available for everyone playing to win or receive, but usually still isn't sought after. Contrast with Second Place Is for Winners, Graceful Loser, The Runner-Up Takes It All. |
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An interesting example in Camp Lazlo which is somehow able to subvert this trope. Edward wins the main prize...but every trophy, including last place, is more impressive than his 1st prize. This makes him dispose of his trophy in rage. | |
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Played with in Scrooged: Frank receives a Humanitarian of the Year award at a banquet, which technically means that he won first place. However, based on his own dismissive attitude of the ceremony itself and he flicking the award to test its density (i.e., it's not solid gold), he leaves it behind in the taxi he takes back to work. | |
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In the final Married... with Children Christmas Episode, Marcy spends an exorbitant amount of money on a life-sized nativity scene to win a neighborhood Christmas display contest. Whilst she was initially declared the winner, the judges then spot Peg's gingerbread display of the neighborhood and award her the trophy and $100 instead. When Marcy was given a fruitcake as a second place prize, she barks back "Shove the fruitcake, you bitch!", knocks over one of her wisemen statues, and storms off. | |
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The beginning of Beyond the Lights has a ten-year-old Noni competing in a talent contest, wowing the judges and only getting second place. Her angry mother then takes her off stage after she receives her trophy then orders her to throw it on the ground, destroying it, giving her the lesson that second place is not acceptable. | |
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In the Apprentice Adept novel, Blue Adept, protagonist Stile and master musician Clef's harmonica battle earned the loser a special prize of one year's tenurenote In the early rounds of the Great Tournament, losses ended in deportation from Proton, so serfs tried to wait until their normal tenure was up before entering. But special prizes for exceptional performances were offered. Such was the was case here. When Stile pulled off the surprise win, Clef was far from upset. He implied he was going to leave Proton anyway: With the tips he gained from Stile, he could take his music to levels that would let him live like the Citizen class anywhere in the galaxy. Then Stile offers him a third option. | |
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In a surprising move from The Karate Kid Part II, returning adversary Johnny Lawrence ended up pleased with his second place trophy, but Sensei Kreese wasn't, leading to him both smashing the trophy and attacking Johnny for his failure. Fortunately, Mr. Miyagi managed to put him in his place. | |
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In the Saved by the Bell episode "Aloha Slater", track star Zack wins a third place ribbon in a cross country meet. While he's originally happy with his prize, once he sees Slater touting a large first place trophy in championship wrestling and receiving praise from the school, he chucks his prize into the garbage. | |
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At one point in The Jacksons: An American Dream, the Jacksons are in a local talent contest and although their performance was great and they believed that they would win, they instead got runner up and received a color television as a prize. As an infuriated Joe and the rest of his disappointed brothers all walk off and leave the set behind, a young and unknowing Marlon begs them to accept the TV. | |
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My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rollercoaster of Friendship: After Sunset Shimmer repeatedly fails to win a rigged ring toss game, the proprietors offer her a prize out of pity. Sunset refuses, insisting on winning. | |
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