The Year: The Wild West. The Place: In the middle of an empty, dusty road outside a saloon. The Time: The instant the clock strikes high noon. One of two things happens. The Hero (or Badass Longcoat Anti-Hero with No Name Given) and the Big Bad stand back to back in the street. They step forward ten paces, the spurs on their heels clinking with every step. At the tenth step, they turn. The shoot out begins. Examples of Showdown At High Noon include: