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Miracle Rally
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A pre-requisite of sporting flicks, where the competitor or team (usually the underdog, see David vs. Goliath) seems to be on the way down, until a pivotal moment happens (often a case of Put Me In, Coach!), after which the team stages, yes, a miraculous comeback ending in victory. Of course, this is a case of Truth in Television - several teams and individuals in the history of organized sports have, in fact, accomplished nearly impossible comebacks to win games no one thought they could possibly win anymore. The National Hockey League, for example, has seen at least five teams turn 5–0 scores against them into 6–5 victories - the Los Angeles Kings in 1982 against the Edmonton Oilers (the so-called "Miracle on Manchester"), the Colorado Avalanche against the Florida Panthers in 1999note In this case, Colorado won 7–5, the St. Louis Blues against the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2000, the Montreal Canadiens in 2008 against the New York Rangers, and the Chicago Blackhawks in 2009 against the Calgary Flames. Also see Down to the Last Play. When the computer suddenly returns from near-defeat in a game, its Rubber Band A.I. has snapped. When a vehicle does this in a race, it's Overdrive. When the work doesn't involve sports, then this is the Misfit Mobilization Moment. Compare Heroic Second Wind, the fighting equivalent. It could be considered a Wham Episode if the rally involves a completely expected ending, especially in the final game. Warning: Major spoiler alerts! |
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In The Replacements (2000), the Sentinels come back when A) Shane Falco returns as their quarterback, and B) the coach makes it clear that since none of them will still be football players tomorrow, the rules are a bit ... looser regarding their conduct on the field. | |
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Subverted and Mocked on The Simpsons. Homer is being pounded in the boxing ring by a No Celebrities Were Harmed Mike Tyson when Marge charges the ring to tell him to fight back. The music swells as Homer defiantly declares "I've got to knock. him. out." He takes one slow-motion haymaker...and misses wildly, letting Drederick Tatum have another free shot. | |
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Ah! My Goddess TV: The NIT Auto Club is running into trouble in a desert rally race against the NIT Four Wheels Club; the Auto Club is in a claptrap three-wheeler, driven by Keiichi, while the Four Wheels Club is in a larger car driven by a professional off-road racer. The turning point comes when the three-wheeler is capable of driving along a bulkhead that serves as an excellent shortcut, while the Four Wheels Club's car bogs down in a dune. (In a way, this is literally a "miracle rally", as the Auto Club has two goddesses on its side... and only Belldandy's magic holds the three-wheeler together to the finish line.) | |
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Rocky: Rocky Balboa, several times across the series. (Though it's harder to determine whether someone is 'losing' or not in boxing then it is in other sports since there's no real scoring system - yes, the judges do keep score, but they don't determine anything unless no one wins straight out.) | |
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A frequent complaint by players of Madden NFL Football is that computer teams that the player was beating handily will become nearly unstoppable in the final minutes (see also Rubber Band A.I.). | |
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Subversion: Rocket Power, "Power Play": A roller hockey game is going on in which the winner will get to play with NHL stars. With the main characters' team trailing their rivals 4–0 with 13 minutes remaining, the pivotal moment is the team putting in Sam, their regular goalie, to replace Lars (a more aggresive goalie without The Power of Friendship). They end up fighting back to 4–3 in the final minute, prompting one of the stars to comment "What a comeback! One of the best I've ever seen." Unfortunately, when Otto puts in a shot from long distance at the horn, it's disallowed, making for a Downer Ending. | |
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Subverted in "Casey at the Bat". A series of mediocre players make it to base, and it looks like Mudville will come back at the last moment. Then their team hero, Casey, strikes out, losing the game. | |
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Happens twice in DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story: First in the Average Joes' penultimate match; Gordon, alone on the floor against five or six college athletes, flies into a rage upon seeing his mail-order bride flirting with another man (David Hasselhoff) in the stands. He then proceeds to beat down the other team on his own, screaming like a madman. The final match does this again. Justin is the last Joe standing against Globo Gym— he makes a miraculous catch to bring Kate off the bench, who within two seconds catches a ball to bring Peter in and give Average Joe's a 3–2 player advantage. |
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Most duels in Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX will have the hero being beaten for most of the game, until he pulls an astounding move to claim victory. Although there are many 'false' turning points that lead one to believe that the hero has won as the baddie makes a extremely surprised face, only to find that 5 seconds later, the baddie is chuckling at their futile attempt. |
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In of Season 14 of The Amazing Race, Jaime & Cara got lost twice looking for clues on the penultimate leg, almost guaranteeing their elimination. Kisha & Jen got lost themselves, and got U-Turned, but still went into the Roadblock with a huge lead on the cheerleaders. Things looked over until Jen struggled with the Foreign Queasine Roadblock, then had herself a Potty Emergency. Meanwhile, Jaime & Cara got an amazing cab driver, Cara blazed through the Roadblock, and they managed to steal the last spot in the Final 3 while Jen was in the bathroom. Uchenna & Joyce's karmically fueled comeback to win Season 7, which they did despite having no money to start the leg and having to beg for money to pay their cab driver at the Finish Line. They actually talked their way onto a flight after it was closed and the pilot had pulled away from the gate. Also on Season 7, Debbie & Bianca came close, but ultimately failed, in leg 3. They got lost early in the leg, drove two hours in the wrong direction, and then had to drive two more to get back on course. Still, when they got to the four pounds of meat Roadblock, there were still four teams sitting there (three having already quit the challenge, while the fourth was contemplating it). Debbie scarfed down her four pounds of meat, yet they were ultimately eliminated by a matter of minutes. |
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Happens on a regular basis in Major. The main character, Goro, often finds himself involved in (if not leading) a Miracle Rally due to always ending up on underdog teams (usually by his own choice - he thrives on the challenge of playing against the best). | |
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The Waterboy: The pivotal moment being Bobby Boucher's arrival at the Bourbon Bowl at halftime | |
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Subverted in the South Park episode "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride," when Stan makes it back to the game in time to lead the South Park Cows to a touchdown so that they only lose by 70 points (and cover the spread). | |
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The Fruits Basket college football fic "Jimmy & Kyo". UCF vs Ohio State. UCF takes an early 14–10 lead at the end of the first quarter before going down 24–14 at halftime and 31–14 after the second half kick-off. Then, they pull off two unanswered touchdowns and after a nerve-wrecking drive by Ohio State, take a 35–31 lead with less than 10 seconds left and win. | |
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Both Teen Jeopardy! tournaments in the 2006–07 season had the two-day final with one person down 25K+ dollars, then coming back to win on day two of the final. The first teen tournament showed David Waler beating the runaway victor of day one Ben Schenkel, and the second tournament had Meryl Federman come from third place to beat the day one victor Greg Peterson. | |
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Hey Arnold!!, "Mudbowl": With the 4th graders trailing the 5th graders 42–0 at halftime of a game of (American) football, the pivotal moment is Phoebe switching in Arnold as quarterback to replace Helga. | |
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The Dragon Ball franchise runs off this. The movies take it Up to Eleven, with the plots invariably being "powerful enemy appears, powerful enemy ('s henchmen) fights weaker warriors, powerful enemy steps in and overwhelms everyone, Goku (or Gohan) gains power at the last minute to save the day." | |
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From Eyeshield 21, Deimon Devilbats often scored out by a large margin, only to fight back and win their game from 2nd half. Subverted since the quarterback, Hiruma knows that the team will most likely get trounced, and using the game to learn about their enemies, sometimes to install his mind trap and preparing the team to pull crazy stunts that won't work twice, and with all of this, manages to scores while destabilizing his opposition. Also, there are several instances where they don't catch up in time and lose anyway. Their game with the Teikoku Alexanders is probably the most ridiculous example. They end up having to score enough touchdowns to beat a difference of over 40 points with nine minutes left in the last quarter, having not scored a single point for the whole game up to that point. Against a team composed of nearly all the best players recruited from high schools all across Japan that had won every single Christmas Bowl there had ever been for the last twenty years, and who had never given up a single point against their opponents in all that time. And they manage it, too. Then again, winning the Christmas Bowl for the protagonist team was the point of the whole series. |
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In both of the first two Major League movies, the Indians start their Miracle Rally when Pedro Cerrano hits a game-changing home run on an 0-2 count when he'd missed the first two pitches by a mile. The sequel also counts as a Perspective Flip: the Indians race out to a 3–0 lead in their postseason series only for Chicago to rally and force Game 7. | |
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