1) A Maison trainer ordering a Girafarig to A) use Baton Pass B) in a Rotation battle C) when it was the only mon left on its team....
2) Another Rotation battle. I have a Hawlucha on my team, and the AI's team is Scizor, Excadrill, Klinklang, and Umbreon. You can see where this is going, right? Sure enough, the AI decided to rotate out its one and only Pokemon not weak to Fighting to let its other three go down, in order, to a single HJK apiece, none of the three getting a chance to move.
3) Elite Four Karen in SoulSilver gets down to her Absol as her last remaining Pokemon. What move does she order it to use? Perish Song. "This is far from being backed into a corner!" indeed.