The Clown flinches first and skids out of control when he swerves away, while Kaneda executes his famous and much-referenced sliding bike stop exactly across the highway lane marker he was riding down.

This is done on a highway of Neo-Tokyo upon motorcycles at 150 kmh (88 mph).

Shotaro Kaneda, as the leader of the Capsules, plays chicken with the leader of the Clowns in Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA.

Akagi won by not exiting the car at all and willingly plummeting off the cliff at full speed his opponent bailed out just too late and fell to his death.

Akagi: Akagi's introduction reveals he was playing a two-man cliff version just before he came into the Mah Jong parlour where the story starts.

Closely related to Macho Masochism, and Nobody Calls Me 'Chicken'! Also related to Zany Scheme Chicken. (The first person to cave in usually gets the worse side of the deal, but if nobody caves in, neither side gets a deal.)Ĭompare Wronski Feint, Mutually Assured Destruction, and Showdown at High Noon similar concepts include Mexican Standoff and Prisoner's Dilemma. More generally, 'Game of Chicken' can be used as a metaphor for any challenge that depends on seeing who will be the first to back down, such as in political or business negotiations. It's better to be the chicken who refused to play than dead duck who did. It goes without saying Do Not Try This at Home! Fatal accidents can - and have - happened to people who tried this. There are other variations, like standing on a railroad track bridge over water as a train comes (whoever jumps first is chicken) or stalling your cars on the tracks as the train comes (whoever hits the gas first is chicken) but all are incredibly dangerous. If either driver doesn't (or both drivers don't) stop in time. Whichever driver stops closest to the edge of the cliff without going over wins the other driver's car. If neither turns.well, you get the idea.Ī similar scenario occurs with two guys driving their cars toward the edge of a cliff at high speed. Two men head toward each other, driving cars. Captain Bart Mancuso, The Hunt for Red Octoberīroadly speaking, a game of chicken is one where the first to yield loses, but neither player yielding will lead to the worst possible outcome for everyone.

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