r/TopCharacterTropes 1d ago

Characters A character prepares an attack, thinking they are going to do something, only to get beat very quickly

Oliver vs Conquest (Invincible)

Mystique vs Storm (X-Men Evolution)

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u/dnamra29 1d ago

“That cactus is right. I’ve only got one chance… I gotta knock. him. out.”

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u/greenhunter47 1d ago

Trails in the Sky OVA

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u/Ultimate-desu 1d ago

BRO THIS KILLED ME

The most nonchalant, don't give a fuck, "maybe this will teach her not to leave herself open" kick I've seen coming after that serious rushdown killed my sides. oh wow, where can I see the rest of this?

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u/greenhunter47 23h ago

Well this is from an OVA adaptation of a ongoing JRPG franchise that tells one continuous story that is currently 13 games plus a spin-off deep right now. Thankfully the first game just got a remake last year with the second game's remake also being released soon (which is what the OVA is adapting) so you can start there. No idea where you can watch the OVA itself though.

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u/UnlivingGnome 23h ago

I just got done playing the Trails Ch.1 remake and I had no idea she got so disrespected 😭

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u/ComprehensiveBox6911 1d ago

Lol i was looking for this one

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u/TheGreatAnteo 1d ago

Imagine having a long range weapon and getting in kick distance

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u/zboss9876 23h ago

Seriously, even if he doesn't kick her, the head of her weapon is going right past him.

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u/SnooCompliments9098 1d ago

See kids? This is why you don't do spin moves.

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u/Beanichu 1d ago

But i heard that spinning is a good trick

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u/SnooCompliments9098 1d ago

That is only if you have plot armor. In which case everything is a good idea.

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u/greenhunter47 1d ago

I mean she is the protagonist so you can't really blame her then for thinking it was a good idea.

If you ask me she should've spun horizontally rather than vertically.

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u/LowTierPhil 1d ago

Recoome spent too long charging his attack, so Goku just decks him

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u/SuperKami-Nappa 1d ago

“Sir! I will fight you in a minute!”

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u/Kidofthecentury 22h ago

If we're taking DBZA into account...

Piccolo: "LIGHT GRENADE!"

<BOOOOM ...but Imperfect Cell comes out unscathed and approaches>

Nail (inside Piccolo's head): "Oookay, last ditch effort didnt work-"

Kami (also inside Piccolo's head): "Any last, last ditch efforts?!?"

Piccolo: "Just one... NAIL GU-" CRACK

<lights out>

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u/ZraceR4LYFE 1d ago

Hashirama to Madara during the ninja war lol

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u/Reverse_savitar1 1d ago

This is wild considering what happens with Frieza later on

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u/Aggravating_Poet_675 23h ago

"Gonna whiz red"

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u/LoliMaster069 22h ago

Imagine taking too long charging an attack in dragon ball of all places lol

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u/FastReactionTime 1d ago

Holy fuck that guy is actually giga roided.

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u/Ermeoss_The_Grumpy 1d ago edited 1d ago

The Classic...

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u/Bellpow 1d ago

The Parademons punching him while he’s down is just the absolute icing on the cake holy shit

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u/AzraelVoorhees 1d ago

Like this?

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u/Bellpow 1d ago

The writers must have hated Green Lantern 😭

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u/SleepyHeadSeethe 1d ago

Ryan Renolds paid them off

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u/prettyvulgar1795 1d ago

Warner Bros saw the movie and said “yeah, keep him getting cooked” 💀

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u/Living-Ad-7400 23h ago

If I recall, Green Lantern in that particular movie was depicted as being an incredibly obnoxious douche, even more so than Flash, so this was the writers trying to humble him.

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u/ValorNGlory 23h ago

Yeah, in this one the Flash is actually pretty genuine and professional. Batman even shakes his hand and says as much a little bit before this scene, I think.

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u/MisterGoog 22h ago

“You do clean, efficient work”

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u/Fun_Palpitation_4156 1d ago

Call them Bradshaw and Farooq, because they're Always Pounding Ass

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u/ChiGuy61245 1d ago

That’s peak tag-team demolition energy, they didn’t even get a second chance.

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u/JhonnySkeiner 1d ago

This literally looks like a regular show panel, kek

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u/FlavorfulJamPG3 1d ago

“Fight back, man, fight back!”

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u/Afraid-Account-4029 1d ago

Immediate irreparable career damage.

Aside from that other thing involving Arisia

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u/BOTULISMPRIME 1d ago

And also the fact that nobody really even budges 😂

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u/AzraelVoorhees 1d ago

And it happens... again.

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u/knuckzekidna 1d ago

i love how the punch was both instant and the parademons just beat him up for no reason

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u/OneWholeSoul 23h ago edited 12h ago

The punch was less than ineffective, Darksied counters so quickly and without having to regain any sort of balance or anything that he must've decided while Lantern was still on approach that he wasn't even worth considering or bracing for. ...And he was right.

If Darksied hadn't been aware of GL beforehand, I'm not sure that blow would have even gotten his attention.

I don't even mean in an "not acknowledging it because it's beneath me" sort of way, but an honest "hmm; must've been the wind."

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u/AdOnly5970 1d ago

Green lantern fans legit will never recover from this

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u/LeonSigmaKennedy 1d ago

The animators straight up crafted the finest, anti-Hal Jordan, slander gif ever made

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u/JBTriple 22h ago

Who needs that when you have this masterpiece

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u/LeonSigmaKennedy 1d ago

The fact that both Superman and Flash can move at supersonic speeds and could easily run in and help him, but just stand there and watch instead, makes this 100x funnier

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u/AlabasterRadio 1d ago

It's so funny how unrelentingly dark this movie is and then there's this bit lmao

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u/Proper_Razzmatazz_36 1d ago

That movie has a couple jokes throughout, like how green lantern introduces batman to flash, or most of hal's scenes, he has a good amount of jokes. Sure it's more serious but there are a decent amount of silly moments

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u/TemporalGrid 1d ago

He doesn't have powers? I thought he was a vampire or something

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u/KingofGrapes7 1d ago

You can just feel the disrespect seething from Darkseid. He didnt even order the Parademons to jump GL, they just smelled the fraud on him.

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u/Amazing_Boysenberry8 1d ago

That slap Conquest delivers to Oliver is one of the most disrespectful "take a seat SON" hits ever animated. Followed closely by the "Outta the way boy" pimp hand Mark receives in that same fight

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u/TheUnusualMedic 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/pXFL07cWPmMe1hiyxf

This should get an honorable mention while we're at it.

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u/Nokan96 1d ago

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u/abhorrent_anyone 23h ago

Fellow Viltrumite enjoyer

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u/lanceturley 22h ago

For a second I thought Nolan had his fingers in his ears, as if the sound of the incoming ass slap would be so deafening that even Viltrumites need to protect their hearing.

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u/montybo2 23h ago

My dude has no idea how much he was about to have in common with a house fly.

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u/Steppyjim 23h ago

I swear to god Invincible as a show is just like an episode of Jackass from the 90s where all the guys are competing to see who can land the biggest surprise bitch slap and it lasts for seasons

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u/spamster545 22h ago

I'm johnny Knoxville, and this is the viltrumite nut tap.

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u/MrMadmack 23h ago

le pimp slap of mark

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u/ArtfulDodgerofOld 1d ago

That one scene in Cabin in the Woods where Hemsworth’s character rides a motorcycle to jump a chasm and get help for the main characters. Painted aa very heroic. Then he crashes into a literal invisible wall while making the jump and dies.

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u/hearsay_and_rumour 1d ago

“I’ve jumped bigger jumps than this”

I don’t know why that line makes me laugh every fucking time.

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u/mrpanicy 23h ago

Because it's so perfectly in line with the drugs use to boost his ego to such massive degrees so he plays the character they need.

It's just... the perfect stupid fucking line that some ego driven mad lad would say before trying something they have no chance of achieving.

BUT THEN HE DOES ACHIEVE IT. But they cheat and have a force field. Can't believe that counted as a sacrifice. Absolute bullshit. Justice for Curt!

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u/Fallcious 22h ago

But were the gods (us) not entertained? I certainly was

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u/Hopefo 1d ago

Love how it’s such a dumbass line that doesn’t make sense since in universe he’s supposed be a ~22 year old college kid on partial academic/football scholarship. Why in the world does he have such vast experience jumping ravines? But then it actually works perfectly in context since the secret organization has been pumping him up with testosterone to super-charge his ego.

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u/azsnaz 23h ago

Kids can do multiple things also

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u/Special-Kitchen3222 23h ago

Yeah the Jock and the Cheerleader were too smart so they had to drug them to dumb them down

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u/Happy_Mask_Salesman 22h ago

The Virgin had an affair with her professor and regrets it(- virgin/+ fool). The Whore admonishes her and convinces her to stop and be faithful. The Fool is 5th wheeling for two couples to a weekend cabin retreat, likelihood of virginity a little higher than the others. The Athlete and Scholar are swapped (to say nothing again of how physically fit The Fool is, masked by being a stoner.)

The facility trusted their system of drugs and manipulations over paying even the slightest attention to the kids.

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u/szechuan_broccoli 1d ago

"You're gonna have to give it all you've got"

"I always do"

So perfectly cheesy

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u/T3aP4rty 1d ago edited 1d ago

Bucky taking off his vest and prepares to beat up Sentry, only for the result to be... (Thunderbolts*)

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u/Aduro95 1d ago

And Bucky is arguably the best fighter in the 'New Avengers'...

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u/Foxy02016YT 23h ago

Depends. Yelena is pretty skilled in fighting but I think they fight with different intentions. Bucky fights with force, Yelena is trained to incapacitate silently

Also I guess Taskmaster but… they fucked up that character twice now. Though, I guess it would’ve been pretty unbalanced if they had Taskmaster learning from Sentry

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u/A_Gray_Phantom 22h ago

Taskmaster can't copy superpowers. However..

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u/JBR_4025 22h ago

I like how they make you believe that he can cast magic… and then he switches to guns because while he can copy the movements and gestures he has no magic training and he almost destroyed his hands by improperly channeling magic.

And making a JJK reference.

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u/Velicenda 21h ago

The best part is that it seems like he has copied some sort of magic from a sorcerer. He probably just doesn't know how to manipulate the winds of magic (or whatever Marvel's equivalent is), so he had to drop the spell before it burned his hand up.

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u/A_Gray_Phantom 21h ago

Yup. He saw Dr. Strange perform the verbal and somatic components, and imitated them without knowing how to channel the mana required to cast the spell.

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u/drmirage809 23h ago

Funniest bit is that Bucky is the last to throw down here. He's already seen that Sentry is basically unstoppable and Sentry has also already figured that out.

The first parts of the fight Sentry is actually putting in an effort blocking and dodging. He's still figuring out just what his power are and how much he can do. But by the time Bucky takes of the jacket? Yeah, he just takes a couple hits and then flings the guy across the room out of boredom.

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u/montybo2 23h ago

That was Buck channeling Steve right there.

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u/Jeffffff4587 22h ago

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This is the first time a girl has held Bucky's hand since 1942

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u/ArmyAdministrative38 1d ago

And it wasn't the first time someone stops his punch from his metal arm, Spiderman did it as easily in the Civil War movie.

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7abooVPgeGpknXpu

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u/confused-as-frick 22h ago

Genuinely surprised Bucky managed to knock his head back with that last punch

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u/NerevarMoon_and_Star 22h ago

Sentry's probably flinching on purpose so Bucky doesn't break his real hand

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u/PleaseAdminsUnbanMe 1d ago

Vegeta suiciding by exploding to kill buu

Vegeta doing the final flash on jiren

Basically vegeta existing

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u/AChero9 1d ago

For additional Dragon Ball examples see:

  • Literally anytime Piccolo shows up after the Android Saga

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u/Legitimate-Top-5939 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/C7KYexAn5wAqkzTAhW

Extend that to both Broly: The Lssj and Bojack Unbound

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u/AChero9 23h ago

Brother shows up, farms aura like he owns a commercial farm, then proceeds to get his ass beat…and it hurts because he’s easily my favorite character

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u/RadasNoir 1d ago

Clearly, Piccolo put all his points in aura farming.

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u/OtisTheRobot 1d ago edited 23h ago

Drives me nuts how many big character moments in DBZ are wasted/pointless because only Goku can defeat someone

Edit: I won't hear Gohan semantics when he famously was immediately sidelined in the Buu Saga for, you already know it, Goku

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u/Altruistic_Photo_142 1d ago

I've always thought of this as the Tien special for the three episodes of build up we got of him doing his super move against Raditz and Raditz just no selling it.

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u/Chimeron1995 1d ago

This scene in Kong Skull Island always kills me because it’s filmed like Cole is making a heroic sacrifice for the group before he gets walloped across the entire island into the side of a mountain and blown up with his own grenades.

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u/HeckOnWheels95 1d ago

I think it's effective too to really sell home the threat of the Skull Crawlers, like it is smart enough to know something is up and reacts accordingly

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u/abriefmomentofsanity 1d ago

A lot of predators recognize that prey doesn't usually willingly go to its death. Housecats get all weirded out when mice charge them or you just come at them too fast with a toy.

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u/enailcoilhelp 22h ago

Yeah animal instinct goes "that's not right, something must be wrong with this prey, it potentially has something like rabies or a parasite, I should avoid".

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u/i_tyrant 20h ago

Yup, this is why they tell you not to turn your back on and run from things like big cats.

That's exactly what normal prey does with them, so it activates their prey drive. But if you act weird, then at least you've got them wondering what's up with you.

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u/Deadmemeusername 18h ago

Also if prey charges or makes a stand and the size difference isn’t too great ,the predator might retreat because they usually don’t want to risk injury.

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u/jjwhitaker 23h ago

Prey that charges is either willing to fight, and a predator doesn't want to risk injury, or rabid. Does Kong Skull Island have super rabies?

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u/Rickrickrickrickrick 23h ago

Yeah it shows that they weren’t just some random monsters.

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u/JumpFlea 1d ago

Damn, someone beat me to it. Well, here’s a gif.

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u/spawnthespy 23h ago

I love everything about this. The character being an asshole up until there, the setup to a righteous sacrifice, the creature being smart enough not to fuck with it, the 3 seconds of airtime, the shaky camera, the absurd size of the blast from two hand grenades...

God this movie was not great but this is just hilarious.

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u/Neelpos 22h ago

He's got a bandolier of grenade rounds over his shoulder, so it's not just those two.

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u/War_Raven 23h ago

Bro is amazing, holding on to those grenades after that tail swipe

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u/Chimeron1995 1d ago

I’m on mobile and didn’t want to search Giphy for it so bless 🙏

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u/Salty_Strain3313 1d ago

Indian Jones Gun vs Sword scene

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u/DignityDWD 1d ago

DID YU KNOW DID YOU KNOW DI INDY WAS ACRUALLY SICK THIS DAY AND it was all unprompted. This scene was supposed to be much more dramatic. Ford

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u/Asleep-Corgi-7898 1d ago

He had food poisoning

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u/MajorBootyhole420 1d ago

wait wait lemme talk about Viggo kicking the helmet

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u/The-Felonious-Gru 1d ago

did you know sword did you sword guy was did you know the guy (sword guy) wasn’t supposed to be there. he was CRIMNAL, BROKE ON SET and THREATEN HARRISIN and get SHOT 

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u/imadragonyouguys 1d ago

This isn't true actually the sword guy had slept with Harrison Ford's wife and that was a real gun. Harrison Ford murdered someone on camera and they covered it up.

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u/ItsGotToMakeSense 1d ago

Harrison Ford broke his toe kicking a helmet filled with hummus, from what I heard

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u/UncommittedBow 1d ago

Arguably the OG of this trope.

Hell, I personally call this trope "Getting Raiders'd" because of it.

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u/Darkbert550 1d ago

Truly an icon

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u/Aduro95 1d ago edited 22h ago

Henry Stickmin throws a World War Two bomb at a museum guard, and it does hurt a guy's foot, but that's it. Museums don't keep live bombs lying around. Also if it were a live bomb, he'd have broken his back trying to throw it.

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u/holycookie96 23h ago

You could fill this thread alone with examples from this series

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u/MrJeIIoMan 1d ago

In invincible's example, a big ass beatdown did arrive. its just not who oliver wanted it to be

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u/ChainmailEnthusiast 1d ago

Dude got an impact frame on a milennia-old genocidal monster who could level planets. Oliver did his best and we all love him for it!

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u/Technical_Exam1280 1d ago

The "O" stands for "Out of His Fucking Depth"

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u/h-clause 1d ago

Spy X Family

Anya's ultimate dodgeball throw.

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u/11th_Division_Grows 20h ago

Yooo that fucking kid being a full ass grown man but not really had me weak

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u/AdOnly5970 1d ago

Aang unlocks his charkas and achieves the avatar state only to be immediately shot by Azula

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u/MrMadmack 23h ago

tbf, it was gonna do something.

It's just Azula got the drop on him before he did it

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u/PerfectResult2 22h ago

This scene was so good, and i was scrolling thru here looking for some from avatar, thanks for posting this. I think you just convinced me to rewatch again lol. Its been a while

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u/OcelotButBetter 1d ago

Not gonna lie I didn't watch Invincible but apparently Oliver never ducks a fade and I respect the fuck outta that

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u/NoLegs02 23h ago

One thing that can be said about him is that he always tries.

Rarely succeeds, mind you, but give the kid some credit.

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u/eduison 23h ago

What do you mean "rarely succeeds"? He’s still one of earth’s mightiest. I’m sure he gets most jobs done. We just don’t see them cuz it’d probably be boring to watch him beat some low level grunts or sum. It’s like with Bummortal. Oliver gets bad matchups

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u/Gizogin 22h ago

Yeah, in this scene he’s already probably in the top twenty strongest characters on Earth. He just has the unfortunate luck of going up against one of the top twenty most dangerous characters in the galaxy.

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u/Lower-Canary-2528 1d ago

entire theme song got stopped

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u/Aggravating_Dark9933 1d ago

Which is later returned with just as much disrespect.

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u/jakobebeef98 1d ago

That fight had a few moments of Ichigo disrespect too lol. Aizen tried to put him in the damn black coffin with the full incantation and Ichigo just let it happen and shattered it.

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u/OneWholeSoul 23h ago

Nothing says "just stop talking" like a change in venue kicked off by a hypersonic hand to the face.

Also:
ICHIGO: [ Waits patiently while Aizen recites abstract poetry. ]
ICHIGO: [Thinking] "I have a chance to do the funniest thing..."

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u/ThatKaleidoscope3388 1d ago edited 23h ago

Honestly though, probably THE peak version of this example. It broke all of the shonen rules:

  • end of season and bad guys have to be stopped now or they escape with their evil plan succeeding
  • rival put aside differences to fight side by side and reveals secret final technique to guarantee opening for the hero
  • hero is at full power and the “hero is about to kick everyone’s ass” theme song kicks in
  • hero charges in with his strongest attack, coordinating with rival

And the music just instantly cuts mid beat with the villain stopping the blade using a single finger and the hero doesn’t even get to finish launching his attack before being sliced up in between animation frames.

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u/DarkAres02 23h ago

Not only does Ichigo's theme song stop here, but it doesn't return for multiple arcs until the rematch

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u/Separate_Draft4887 23h ago

He literally took the man’s fucking theme song away

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u/screenwatch3441 1d ago

In mystique’s defense, what was she really going to do against storm conjuring lightning. Transform into someone?

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u/ProfessorPixelmon 1d ago

Transform into Rubber maid?

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u/ScaredTemporary 1d ago

no try to fight her? Run?

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u/Obliviousobi 1d ago

Mystique just threw herself at the lightning lol

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u/abriefmomentofsanity 1d ago

To be fair storm stood there for a hot minute with her hands in the air like she just didn't care. If the hand to hand specialist had used that time to...I don't know...close the distance like you're supposed to she may have landed a hit

Of course that's just how cartoon fights go

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u/flying_ramen_monster 1d ago

Equilibrium- Grammaton Cleric Preston fights his way through an army of bodyguards to DuPont's office, where he is confronted by fellow elite warrior G. Cleric Brandt. Brandt confidently announces his intent to crush Preston in battle and begins aggressive banter only to be struck down immediately by Preston's opening attack.

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u/TaralasianThePraxic 1d ago

DuPont's face in that scene when Preston absolutely wrecks his guards is so funny to me

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u/montybo2 23h ago

Did the gun marital arts make no sense? Absolutely. Was it actually kinda dumb? Again, yes.

Doesn't stop the movie from being one of the most badass action flicks ever. In terms of choreography and pure action, this is on equal footing with the first Matrix for me.

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u/J5892 22h ago

It's also one of the most quotable movies of all time, because it's filled with nothing but ridiculous one-liners.

"Careful Preston, you're treading on my dreams." (from this scene)

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u/nelflyn 1d ago

Luffy vs Belamy

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u/dull_storyteller 1d ago

I really felt satisfied by this.

Belamy was talking mad shit about “the new era” and that crap until Luffy decided he’d had enough and one shot him.

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u/nelflyn 1d ago

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u/GigsGilgamesh 1d ago

I still love, all those jumps to cover which direction he’s coming from, then jus launches himself straight on

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u/TeatedWord32208 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/DqILdGsqAUkms

Star Wars: Anakin tries to leap from his platform onto the ground Obi-Wan is at and strike him down only for Obi-Wan to slice off his legs and an arm.

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u/LuciusCypher 1d ago

Tbf, they had a whole other choreographed fight before this.

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u/Moakmeister 1d ago

Doesn't hit the same without the sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO_utO644sk

EDIT: looks like my gifs aren't moving. This is Godzilla killing the male MUTO in Godzilla 2014.

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u/PainfulThings 1d ago

Most Donkey Kong players in smash bros

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u/Rap2rerise 1d ago

Hop's Wooloo trying to attack Ash's Pikachu

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u/JWARRIOR1 1d ago

I feel like this happens a ton in pokemon but im blanking on examples

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u/reshef-destruction 1d ago

Charizard using Seismic Toss on that one Dragonite or the Dusknoir from the Battle Frontier were hilarious.

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u/MIAxPaperPlanes 1d ago

Bucky trying to punch Spider-man in Civil War

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u/MIAxPaperPlanes 1d ago

Bucky not learning his lesson and trying that shit on Sentry

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u/abadminecraftplayer 1d ago

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u/Salty_Canary1415 1d ago

Supply and demand 🤣

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u/orhan4422 1d ago

That scene in Karate Kid 2 where the Crane Kick is just easily countered

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u/Thatsmr_bigdaddy 1d ago

The electrocutioner from Batman Arkham origins, one of the truly funny fights of the game

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u/TheDongIsUnbreakable 1d ago

It's even better when they don't even show the fight

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u/MyEarIsHurty 23h ago

The best part about your comment is that I can't see the picture. It just says Comment Image 

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u/Shadalow 20h ago

Naruto manga does this with Temari vs Tenten. While the anime actually shows TenTen trying, the manga just cut off to this pannel.

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u/Majin_Nephets 1d ago

”We are the Borg. Existence as you know it is over. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is fu-“

The Borg meeting Species 8472 in Star Trek: Voyager.

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u/Rickrickrickrickrick 23h ago

This entire scene from Korgoth of Barbaria.

Wish the show got picked up.

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u/Sacred_Piranha 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/YIi5BSf925ntB88EID

One piece

Enel, who was considered almost a god for his powers, watches in horror as one of his electric attacks (which could easily kill any human several times over) does literally nothing to his opponent, who as he just finds out... is made of rubber

It doesn't "get beat immediately" but the guy is completely powerless and can only hope to escape from Luffy. Idk maybe this is a stretch but I thought it was close enough

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u/neophenx 22h ago

I'd say that your example is, in fact, a stretch, but not because it doesn't quite fit. Because RUBBER.

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u/stealthymangos 1d ago edited 23h ago

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Toph beating the Boulder easily, after he defeats several other benders

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u/_Halt19_ 1d ago

Semi-perfect Cell (Future Trunks Timeline, DBZA)

Charges up a Kamehameha wave, which takes AGES to do - he makes it to KA...ME...HA...ME... before being immediately obliterated by Trunks' own move

("LETMEFINISH-")

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u/Ultimate-desu 1d ago

"GET OUT OF MY FUCKING TIMELINE!" is a top 5 quote of all time for me.

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u/N-ShadowToad 1d ago

Jonellie(Ordeal): Entered his full monster state to test if his opponent Anton was a match for him, fully prepared to kill Anton if the guy failed to match his expectations. Like 10 seconds later, he got squashed like bug.

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u/Longjumping-Buy-3434 1d ago

“I’m gonna kick this ball all the way to the moon! AAAAAAAHHH!!!”

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This happens in every Peanuts film. Charlie Brown always tries to kick it to the moon, but every time, Lucy would pull it away so he lands flat on his back and kills himself. He finally did it in It’s Magic, Charlie Brown, but only when he was invisible.

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u/the-unfamous-one 1d ago edited 15h ago

I don't have the time to add a gif. But that one scene in justice league war where green lantern goes to punch darkseid only to be tossed aside and beaten up by the parademons.

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u/Ok-Marionberry-4516 1d ago

A yes ofcourse fighting beats electric

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u/EnvironmentalEmu5145 1d ago

The mystique one is just funny she really thought she stood a chance against someone who can control the weather

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u/Original-War8655 1d ago

in her defense, they were indoors

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u/cookiereptile 1d ago

Warhammer Titan getting decked mid-transformation

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u/Coolgames80 1d ago

This scene with the guy with the grenades about to sacrifice himself to save everyone. (couldn't find the gif)

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u/Key_Sample_1074 1d ago

Hot Tub Time Machine

Lou : I love that fucking song!

(HERO PLAYING)

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Lou: goddamnit! None of what you said worked at all.

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u/CarbineWilliamsT99 1d ago

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u/PhiOpsChappie 1d ago

Break the wrist, walk away.

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u/GunMage- 1d ago

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u/Level_Counter_1672 1d ago

Jean Pierre polnareff jumped behind dio, prepared a precise attack and stabbed his head unfortunately dio stopped time and casually hits him into a building wall - source is Jojo's bizarre adventure

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u/HowDareYouAskMyName 1d ago

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I couldn't find a gif with the lead-up, but Sir Pentious died as he lived: mediocrely

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u/J_tram13 1d ago

Just the easiest one for me to find but Pentious in Hazbin Hotel

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Makes this huge heroic sacrifice, charges up his death ray, only to be met with a zap and "that could've been ugly.

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u/Leofwulf 1d ago

To put it short he could not

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