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| rdfs:comment | - The protagonist is put through a grueling test of character, but it was all a set up. There was never any real danger. For example, a mentor arranges for a girl to try seducing the married hero. If he says "no", the obvious right choice, he's told he passed. If he says "yes", he's failed and the girl doesn't sleep with him. ("Danger," clearly, is in the eye of the beholder.) Speculative Fiction would use magical illusions or virtual reality to trick the character. The mentor might even shapeshift. Sub-types:
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| abstract | - The protagonist is put through a grueling test of character, but it was all a set up. There was never any real danger. For example, a mentor arranges for a girl to try seducing the married hero. If he says "no", the obvious right choice, he's told he passed. If he says "yes", he's failed and the girl doesn't sleep with him. ("Danger," clearly, is in the eye of the beholder.) Speculative Fiction would use magical illusions or virtual reality to trick the character. The mentor might even shapeshift. Sub-types:
* Hidden Purpose Test - the protagonists know they're being tested, but not the true purpose of the test.
* Secret Test - the protagonist doesn't even know they're being tested.
* Secret Test of Character - when the secret test is of their moral fibre.
* Training Accident (military) and
* The Game Never Stopped (civilian) - the protagonists think the fake test has ended. It hasn't.
* Candid Camera Prank - The protagonist is placed in an unusual or frightening situation to see how they'll react, with the result being filmed for entertainment purposes.
* Unwinnable Training Simulation - the protagonists know they're being tested, but they can't win Examples that don't fit any subtype above. Please feel free to put any of these on YKTTW.
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