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* ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'' sees this a lot, usually with the Winchester's getting their asses handed to them by the [[Big Bad]].
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' sees this a lot, usually with the Winchester's getting their asses handed to them by the [[Big Bad]].
** This happens several times with Alastair and Lilith, who pwn humans and angels alike to begin with, only for Sam to eventually ''[[Psychic Powers|kill them with his brain]]''.
** This happens several times with Alastair and Lilith, who pwn humans and angels alike to begin with, only for Sam to eventually ''[[Psychic Powers|kill them with his brain]]''.
** Anything attempting to take on an archangel ends up burned to dust with a simple touch, or exploded with a snap of the fingers. Even after Castiel gets brought back 'new and improved', Raphael can still kick his ass all over the shop.
** Anything attempting to take on an archangel ends up burned to dust with a simple touch, or exploded with a snap of the fingers. Even after Castiel gets brought back 'new and improved', Raphael can still kick his ass all over the shop.
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** Depressingly averted in the Season 5 finale. {{spoiler|We never get to see even a hint of the epic, world-ending battle between Michael and Lucifer}}. This was a win in-universe, though, since the curb-stomping in question would have torched the planet.
** Depressingly averted in the Season 5 finale. {{spoiler|We never get to see even a hint of the epic, world-ending battle between Michael and Lucifer}}. This was a win in-universe, though, since the curb-stomping in question would have torched the planet.
** In the Season 6 finale, the final battle between {{spoiler|Castiel and Raphael}} ends up being like that. {{spoiler|Amped up on purgatory souls, Castiel}} merely snaps his fingers and {{spoiler|''archangel'' Raphael}} explodes into bloody goo. The opening episodes of season 7 show him continuing to level effortless [[Disproportionate Retribution]] on angels and humans alike.
** In the Season 6 finale, the final battle between {{spoiler|Castiel and Raphael}} ends up being like that. {{spoiler|Amped up on purgatory souls, Castiel}} merely snaps his fingers and {{spoiler|''archangel'' Raphael}} explodes into bloody goo. The opening episodes of season 7 show him continuing to level effortless [[Disproportionate Retribution]] on angels and humans alike.
* [[Merlin (TV)|Merlin]] against anything short of [[Big Bad]] material (unless he has to hide his magic, and even then if he's wielding Excalibur). For a hero he has an utterly enormous body count, and a major [[Papa Wolf]] complex.
* [[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]] against anything short of [[Big Bad]] material (unless he has to hide his magic, and even then if he's wielding Excalibur). For a hero he has an utterly enormous body count, and a major [[Papa Wolf]] complex.
* [[The Unit]] vs. '''anybody'''. The terrorists who hijacked the plane in the pilot episode got it the worst though.
* [[The Unit]] vs. '''anybody'''. The terrorists who hijacked the plane in the pilot episode got it the worst though.
* A surprising number of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' fights, especially in the early years. The reason for Spike's early popularity could legitimately have been driven by the fact that he was the first to actually come close to taking Buffy out in a straight fight (as opposed to the Master's crazy hypnotic mind powers).
* A surprising number of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' fights, especially in the early years. The reason for Spike's early popularity could legitimately have been driven by the fact that he was the first to actually come close to taking Buffy out in a straight fight (as opposed to the Master's crazy hypnotic mind powers).
** Reintroduced in grand fashion during the fifth season finale. [[The Dragon]] had just finished beating down Spike, throwing him from the top of the tower to prevent him from rescuing Dawn from the impending ritual sacrifice. Minutes later, along comes Buffy. The stage is set for a momentous battle, but before the villain could finish saying, "This should be interesting", Buffy walks right past him and shoves him off the tower without seeming to pay him the slightest bit of attention.
** Reintroduced in grand fashion during the fifth season finale. [[The Dragon]] had just finished beating down Spike, throwing him from the top of the tower to prevent him from rescuing Dawn from the impending ritual sacrifice. Minutes later, along comes Buffy. The stage is set for a momentous battle, but before the villain could finish saying, "This should be interesting", Buffy walks right past him and shoves him off the tower without seeming to pay him the slightest bit of attention.
** On the topic of the fifth season; Buffy and Glory's first battle was this, starting with Glory backhanding Buffy across the room.
** On the topic of the fifth season; Buffy and Glory's first battle was this, starting with Glory backhanding Buffy across the room.
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** Buffy vs The Judge: The Judge is a legendary demon who was defeated the last time by an entire army - most of whom died in the process. If anybody should be on the receiving end of a [[Curb Stomp Battle]], it's Buffy. Right? Buffy pulls a rocket launcher (stolen from the conveniently easy to break into local Army base), and the "fight" ends before it can even start.
** Buffy vs The Judge: The Judge is a legendary demon who was defeated the last time by an entire army - most of whom died in the process. If anybody should be on the receiving end of a [[Curb Stomp Battle]], it's Buffy. Right? Buffy pulls a rocket launcher (stolen from the conveniently easy to break into local Army base), and the "fight" ends before it can even start.
** Finally, there's that time in "Family", where Buffy finishes a close fight by ''literally'' curb-stomping a demon.
** Finally, there's that time in "Family", where Buffy finishes a close fight by ''literally'' curb-stomping a demon.
** The Beast from ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' deals with pretty much everyone this way.
** The Beast from ''[[Angel]]'' deals with pretty much everyone this way.
** Hamilton had the same skill. In the finale {{spoiler|one of Angel's dumber decisions ever was to try and take him on alone, very shortly after he demonstrated his ability to beat down Illyria. He survived only through Connor intervening and Hamilton falling prey to [[Explaining Your Power to The Enemy]].}}
** Hamilton had the same skill. In the finale {{spoiler|one of Angel's dumber decisions ever was to try and take him on alone, very shortly after he demonstrated his ability to beat down Illyria. He survived only through Connor intervening and Hamilton falling prey to [[Explaining Your Power to the Enemy]].}}
* The Borg from ''[[Star Trek]]''. A single cube has, on two occasions, slaughtered fully-staffed and trained Federation fleets. The first time around, they defeated a fleet of forty ships, though admittedly they had the benefit of up-to-date knowledge of Federation technology and tactics. The second time likely would have gone the same way if Picard weren't around to figure out the cube's weak point. [[Villain Decay|Then came Voyager...]]
* The Borg from ''[[Star Trek]]''. A single cube has, on two occasions, slaughtered fully-staffed and trained Federation fleets. The first time around, they defeated a fleet of forty ships, though admittedly they had the benefit of up-to-date knowledge of Federation technology and tactics. The second time likely would have gone the same way if Picard weren't around to figure out the cube's weak point. [[Villain Decay|Then came Voyager...]]
** The entire Federation put years of effort into producing Voyager (it was the top of the line ship of the moment, thus had all the Borg info). Then Voyager gains access to all sorts of Borg secrets and alien technology; including a Borg of their own.
** The entire Federation put years of effort into producing Voyager (it was the top of the line ship of the moment, thus had all the Borg info). Then Voyager gains access to all sorts of Borg secrets and alien technology; including a Borg of their own.
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** As for the battle of Wolf 359 ("The Best of Both Worlds"), don't forget that they had just assimilated Picard, and therefore knew all about Federation technology and tactics. You know the "you only get a couple of shots before they adapt" thing? In that battle, the 40 or so starships were fighting a ''pre-adapted'' cube, and couldn't do a thing to hurt it.
** As for the battle of Wolf 359 ("The Best of Both Worlds"), don't forget that they had just assimilated Picard, and therefore knew all about Federation technology and tactics. You know the "you only get a couple of shots before they adapt" thing? In that battle, the 40 or so starships were fighting a ''pre-adapted'' cube, and couldn't do a thing to hurt it.
** Lest we not forget Species 8472 owning the Borg in Star Trek Voyager.
** Lest we not forget Species 8472 owning the Borg in Star Trek Voyager.
** [[Star Trek Enterprise|Enterprise]] puts the NX-01 through the very epitome of a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] in the episode 'Azati Prime'. The ship is attacked by four vessels at once and is very nearly destroyed. There's no [[Reset Button]] this time - it remains on the brink of falling apart for the rest of the season.
** [[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]] puts the NX-01 through the very epitome of a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] in the episode 'Azati Prime'. The ship is attacked by four vessels at once and is very nearly destroyed. There's no [[Reset Button]] this time - it remains on the brink of falling apart for the rest of the season.
** A Star Trek example that involves people instead of spacecraft: [[Action Girl|Kira]] vs Damar. When he tries to drag Dukat's daughter home, Kira beats him unconscious in less than a minute without him landing a single punch.
** A Star Trek example that involves people instead of spacecraft: [[Action Girl|Kira]] vs Damar. When he tries to drag Dukat's daughter home, Kira beats him unconscious in less than a minute without him landing a single punch.
** While they were only holograms, there was the satisfying battle of Klingons beating down Nazis in a Voyager episode.
** While they were only holograms, there was the satisfying battle of Klingons beating down Nazis in a Voyager episode.
** [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine|The Battle of the Omarion Nebula]]. A force of twenty Romulan and Cardassian warships went on a mission to wipe out the Founders, only to be obliterated by a horde of waiting Dommion ships.
** [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|The Battle of the Omarion Nebula]]. A force of twenty Romulan and Cardassian warships went on a mission to wipe out the Founders, only to be obliterated by a horde of waiting Dommion ships.
* You can't mention the Borg and not talk about the Ori from ''[[Stargate SG-1 (TV)|Stargate SG-1]]''. You had the absurdly powerful Ori ships, but then you had the newly built Earth ships with Asgard tech, and ships from the Jaffa and the Lucian alliance. Huge buildup to the battle where four Ori ships emerge from the supergate followed by... an EPIC curb stomp by the Ori that made the Federation's defeat by the Borg look close.
* You can't mention the Borg and not talk about the Ori from ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. You had the absurdly powerful Ori ships, but then you had the newly built Earth ships with Asgard tech, and ships from the Jaffa and the Lucian alliance. Huge buildup to the battle where four Ori ships emerge from the supergate followed by... an EPIC curb stomp by the Ori that made the Federation's defeat by the Borg look close.
** Those weapons weren't completed until the Asgard were on the brink of extinction, developing them was basically their final act as a race. Don't forget the Asgard sent one of ''their own'' ships to that battle, which couldn't make a dent against the Ori either and was presumably destroyed as well.
** Those weapons weren't completed until the Asgard were on the brink of extinction, developing them was basically their final act as a race. Don't forget the Asgard sent one of ''their own'' ships to that battle, which couldn't make a dent against the Ori either and was presumably destroyed as well.
** Every single space battle in ''Stargate'' is this trope. Asgard stomp Goa'uld by simply disintegrating their damn ships. Tollan one-shot Goa'uld. Goa'uld get better and one-shot Tollan and Asgard. Asgard get better and one-shot Goa'uld. Replicators stomp Asgard. Asgard catch Replicators with their pants down and stomp them. Ancient weapons stomp Anubis. And so on, up to and including the Ori. There is never a battle won by attrition or superior strategy. This is somewhat averted in ''[[Stargate Atlantis (TV)|Stargate Atlantis]]'' by the Wraith's inferior technology winning by sheer numbers, but they get into the curb stomp exchange with humanity in the final season too.
** Every single space battle in ''Stargate'' is this trope. Asgard stomp Goa'uld by simply disintegrating their damn ships. Tollan one-shot Goa'uld. Goa'uld get better and one-shot Tollan and Asgard. Asgard get better and one-shot Goa'uld. Replicators stomp Asgard. Asgard catch Replicators with their pants down and stomp them. Ancient weapons stomp Anubis. And so on, up to and including the Ori. There is never a battle won by attrition or superior strategy. This is somewhat averted in ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' by the Wraith's inferior technology winning by sheer numbers, but they get into the curb stomp exchange with humanity in the final season too.
** In one episode of ''Stargate Atlantis'', a Genii woman has a major grudge against Teyla over the death of her father. When they finally fight, we see a small flaw in her plan -- Teyla's technique is far superior to her own. Only her ferocity and Teyla's lack of desire to kill her extended the fight beyond thirty seconds.
** In one episode of ''Stargate Atlantis'', a Genii woman has a major grudge against Teyla over the death of her father. When they finally fight, we see a small flaw in her plan -- Teyla's technique is far superior to her own. Only her ferocity and Teyla's lack of desire to kill her extended the fight beyond thirty seconds.
** In ''[[Stargate Universe (TV)|Stargate Universe]]'', pretty much every battle ''Destiny'' gets into becomes one of these.
** In ''[[Stargate Universe]]'', pretty much every battle ''Destiny'' gets into becomes one of these.
* In one episode of ''[[Dollhouse]]'', Hearn (the disgraced handler) is sent to kill {{spoiler|Mellie (as far as we know, a helpless civilian)}}. We know the battle will either end with {{spoiler|Mellie's}} death or {{spoiler|Ballard}} getting back just in time to save the day. Then {{spoiler|Mellie's [[Trigger Phrase|trigger]] [[Manchurian Agent|is activated]]}}, and it's ''Hearn'' that gets curbstomped. Literally, against a table.
* In one episode of ''[[Dollhouse]]'', Hearn (the disgraced handler) is sent to kill {{spoiler|Mellie (as far as we know, a helpless civilian)}}. We know the battle will either end with {{spoiler|Mellie's}} death or {{spoiler|Ballard}} getting back just in time to save the day. Then {{spoiler|Mellie's [[Trigger Phrase|trigger]] [[Manchurian Agent|is activated]]}}, and it's ''Hearn'' that gets curbstomped. Literally, against a table.


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** Let us not forget that the Doctor gets one of his own at the end of the ''Family of Blood'' storyline: After disguising himself as a human and hiding in 1913 England, the eponymous Family track him down and force a confrontation, hoping to gain immortality by stealing his Time Lord essence. {{spoiler|They lose so fast and so decisively they don't even get a fight scene; they each end up with various forms of eternal punishment, to fit their temerity...}}
** Let us not forget that the Doctor gets one of his own at the end of the ''Family of Blood'' storyline: After disguising himself as a human and hiding in 1913 England, the eponymous Family track him down and force a confrontation, hoping to gain immortality by stealing his Time Lord essence. {{spoiler|They lose so fast and so decisively they don't even get a fight scene; they each end up with various forms of eternal punishment, to fit their temerity...}}
** From ''The Poison Sky'', once UNIT overcomes the Sontaran cordolane signal, the Sontaran "[[Super Soldiers]]" are slaughtered by [[Humans Are Warriors|human soldiers with]] [[More Dakka|assault rifles]].
** From ''The Poison Sky'', once UNIT overcomes the Sontaran cordolane signal, the Sontaran "[[Super Soldiers]]" are slaughtered by [[Humans Are Warriors|human soldiers with]] [[More Dakka|assault rifles]].
* This was one of the reasons the season one finale of ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' was so lackluster. Multiple-superpowered hero versus multiple superpowered villain was doomed to come down to the quickest draw. {{spoiler|Of course, it didn't even get that far. [[Coconut Superpowers|Budget restraints]] meant there was no money for Sylar's side of the fight. Either that or he was trying to beat Peter down Marquis of Queensbury style which, while stupid, makes about as much sense as the rest of the fight.}}
* This was one of the reasons the season one finale of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' was so lackluster. Multiple-superpowered hero versus multiple superpowered villain was doomed to come down to the quickest draw. {{spoiler|Of course, it didn't even get that far. [[Coconut Superpowers|Budget restraints]] meant there was no money for Sylar's side of the fight. Either that or he was trying to beat Peter down Marquis of Queensbury style which, while stupid, makes about as much sense as the rest of the fight.}}
* [[The Tonight Show|Andy Richter]] vs. Wolf Blitzer on Celebrity ''[[Jeopardy (TV)|Jeopardy]]'' The score as they were going into Final Jeopardy? Andy, $39,000 and Wolf '''[[Epic Fail|negative $4,600]]'''.
* [[The Tonight Show|Andy Richter]] vs. Wolf Blitzer on Celebrity ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' The score as they were going into Final Jeopardy? Andy, $39,000 and Wolf '''[[Epic Fail|negative $4,600]]'''.
** While we're on the subject of ''[[Jeopardy (TV)|Jeopardy]]'', Watson, a thinking computer made by IBM, creamed two human champions of the show.
** While we're on the subject of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'', Watson, a thinking computer made by IBM, creamed two human champions of the show.
* There is a celebrity episode of ''[[Lingo]]'', in which one team dealt the other an unmatched 500-0 beatdown. I repeat, a celebrity episode. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_1beGehEBg here].
* There is a celebrity episode of ''[[Lingo]]'', in which one team dealt the other an unmatched 500-0 beatdown. I repeat, a celebrity episode. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_1beGehEBg here].
* The vast majority of villains on ''[[Smallville]]'' get one of these at the hands of Clark. Really, most episodes revolve around him having to find out who the villain is and/or figure out how to separate them from their chunk of [[Kryptonite Factor]]. Once that's done, everything goes into slow motion, Clark walks up to the motionless bad guy, and takes them down with one punch. They've been getting a little better about not doing that, though.
* The vast majority of villains on ''[[Smallville]]'' get one of these at the hands of Clark. Really, most episodes revolve around him having to find out who the villain is and/or figure out how to separate them from their chunk of [[Kryptonite Factor]]. Once that's done, everything goes into slow motion, Clark walks up to the motionless bad guy, and takes them down with one punch. They've been getting a little better about not doing that, though.
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'''Derek:''' Against ''her''? Those aren't weapons.<br />
'''Derek:''' Against ''her''? Those aren't weapons.<br />
'''John:''' I know. }}
'''John:''' I know. }}
* In the 1998 ''[[Merlin (Film)|Merlin]]'' series, Merlin (wielding [[Excalibur]]) takes on Vortigern, the usurper king of Britain, on a frozen river. {{spoiler|Merlin allows Vortigern to attempt one blow, which severs his own blade on Excalibur, and then kills Vortigern by making the ice beneath his feet break open with magic, sending him into the icy water.}}
* In the 1998 ''[[Merlin (TV miniseries)|Merlin]]'' series, Merlin (wielding [[Excalibur]]) takes on Vortigern, the usurper king of Britain, on a frozen river. {{spoiler|Merlin allows Vortigern to attempt one blow, which severs his own blade on Excalibur, and then kills Vortigern by making the ice beneath his feet break open with magic, sending him into the icy water.}}
* A rare nonlethal literal example occurs in an episode of ''[[The Sopranos]]''. {{spoiler|Tony finds a tooth in his pants leg later.}}
* A rare nonlethal literal example occurs in an episode of ''[[The Sopranos]]''. {{spoiler|Tony finds a tooth in his pants leg later.}}
* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' used this when [[Sixth Ranger|T]][[Mr. Fanservice|o]][[Memetic Badass|m]][[Heel Face Turn|m]][[Make My Monster Grow|y]] first shows up. Tommy could just pwn the other Rangers on his own, of course. But he decides to isolate Jason in Rita's [[Eldritch Location]] and take on the other rangers individually. He also ''invades the Megazord cockpit.'' Jason does escape, just in time for [[Make My Monster Grow|Tommy, Goldar,]] [[One-Winged Angel|and Scorpina]] to grow to huge size and destroy the Megazord (conveniently robbed of its solar power by a spell to cause a solar eclipse). Then he gets the Dragonzord, and [[It Got Worse]]. However, once they destroy the Sword of Darkness, he has his [[Heel Face Turn]], and like all bad Rangers, he's rarely a team unto himself again.
* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' used this when [[Sixth Ranger|T]][[Mr. Fanservice|o]][[Memetic Badass|m]][[Heel Face Turn|m]][[Make My Monster Grow|y]] first shows up. Tommy could just pwn the other Rangers on his own, of course. But he decides to isolate Jason in Rita's [[Eldritch Location]] and take on the other rangers individually. He also ''invades the Megazord cockpit.'' Jason does escape, just in time for [[Make My Monster Grow|Tommy, Goldar,]] [[One-Winged Angel|and Scorpina]] to grow to huge size and destroy the Megazord (conveniently robbed of its solar power by a spell to cause a solar eclipse). Then he gets the Dragonzord, and [[It Got Worse]]. However, once they destroy the Sword of Darkness, he has his [[Heel Face Turn]], and like all bad Rangers, he's rarely a team unto himself again.
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** It is also common in most seasons of [[Power Rangers]] for the villain's [[The Dragon|Dragon]] to serve as a measuring stick to show how the rangers are getting progessively stronger over the course of the season. Early in the season, he single-handedly defeats the entire team with ease. By mid-season, the rangers as a team are evenly matched with [[The Dragon]]. By the end of the season, a single ranger (usually the Red Ranger) soundly defeats [[The Dragon]] one-on-one.
** It is also common in most seasons of [[Power Rangers]] for the villain's [[The Dragon|Dragon]] to serve as a measuring stick to show how the rangers are getting progessively stronger over the course of the season. Early in the season, he single-handedly defeats the entire team with ease. By mid-season, the rangers as a team are evenly matched with [[The Dragon]]. By the end of the season, a single ranger (usually the Red Ranger) soundly defeats [[The Dragon]] one-on-one.
** In the ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'' episode "Return of the Master", Xandred gets pissed enough to leave the ship despite his exponentially quicker dryout rate. He knocks all the Rangers around, even beating Jayden's [[Super Mode]]. Such is his rage that ''Serrator'' bails rather than face him.
** In the ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'' episode "Return of the Master", Xandred gets pissed enough to leave the ship despite his exponentially quicker dryout rate. He knocks all the Rangers around, even beating Jayden's [[Super Mode]]. Such is his rage that ''Serrator'' bails rather than face him.
* [[Burn Notice|Michael Westen]] is more than competent when it comes to combat. He knows lots of martial arts and has had to use them a lot. However, show creator [[Matt Nix]] and actor [[Jeffery Donovan]] like realism. In fact, Donovan has a black belt in karate and has studied aikido and jujitsu besides. So in the first season they had him face off against a bounty hunter. A huge bounty hunter. Even with a home court advantage, Michael cannot win this fight. Westen's narration makes it clear that he can't win, and that it's because the guy is just plain big. In the commentary, Donovan and Nix state that they wanted to show Michael in a fight he couldn't win. Michael tries a choke hold and fails. Michael tries to hit him and fails. The guy's choking Michael when Fi [[Tap On the Head|takes him out]] from behind.
* [[Burn Notice|Michael Westen]] is more than competent when it comes to combat. He knows lots of martial arts and has had to use them a lot. However, show creator [[Matt Nix]] and actor [[Jeffery Donovan]] like realism. In fact, Donovan has a black belt in karate and has studied aikido and jujitsu besides. So in the first season they had him face off against a bounty hunter. A huge bounty hunter. Even with a home court advantage, Michael cannot win this fight. Westen's narration makes it clear that he can't win, and that it's because the guy is just plain big. In the commentary, Donovan and Nix state that they wanted to show Michael in a fight he couldn't win. Michael tries a choke hold and fails. Michael tries to hit him and fails. The guy's choking Michael when Fi [[Tap on the Head|takes him out]] from behind.
* It's not on the same scale of some of the above examples, but at one point ''[[Glee]]'''s Santana Lopez challenges Lauren Zizes over her developing relationship with Puck. Santana may be a tough-talking cheerleader who can hold her own in a [[Cat Fight]] with Quinn, but Lauren is the ''state champion in greco-roman wrestling'', she wrestles on the boys' team, and she has a bad attitude to boot. What follows is both an awesomely hilarious parody of WWF fights, and a complete Curb Stomping of Santana. Coach Beiste has to carry her to the nurse's office over her shoulder after breaking up the fight...
* It's not on the same scale of some of the above examples, but at one point ''[[Glee]]'''s Santana Lopez challenges Lauren Zizes over her developing relationship with Puck. Santana may be a tough-talking cheerleader who can hold her own in a [[Cat Fight]] with Quinn, but Lauren is the ''state champion in greco-roman wrestling'', she wrestles on the boys' team, and she has a bad attitude to boot. What follows is both an awesomely hilarious parody of WWF fights, and a complete Curb Stomping of Santana. Coach Beiste has to carry her to the nurse's office over her shoulder after breaking up the fight...
* The [[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]] Ones seldom have a decent battle. Like ''[[Smallville]],'' most of the story is finding out the whos, whats, and wheres. There are few enemies the sisters can't defeat by ''literally'' gesturing in their general direction (okay, sometimes for the ''really'' tough ones, they've got to say "The power of three will set us free" first.)
* The [[Charmed]] Ones seldom have a decent battle. Like ''[[Smallville]],'' most of the story is finding out the whos, whats, and wheres. There are few enemies the sisters can't defeat by ''literally'' gesturing in their general direction (okay, sometimes for the ''really'' tough ones, they've got to say "The power of three will set us free" first.)
* In general, it's easy to find these on [[24-Hour News Networks|24 Hour News Networks,]] especially if they have a political bias (in the US, Fox News is notoriously right-wing, and MSNBC is notoriously left-leaning.) Any time there's a debate about an issue, the network will find an incredibly competent and knowledgeable person to argue the side of the argument they support, and a total amateur to defend the side they're against, who will inevitably get shredded once they start to discuss the issue. It's also common on ''The View'' for the liberal Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar to steamroll over the conservative Elisabeth Hasselbeck (of course, that's mostly because Goldberg and Behar are much louder).
* In general, it's easy to find these on [[24-Hour News Networks|24 Hour News Networks,]] especially if they have a political bias (in the US, Fox News is notoriously right-wing, and MSNBC is notoriously left-leaning.) Any time there's a debate about an issue, the network will find an incredibly competent and knowledgeable person to argue the side of the argument they support, and a total amateur to defend the side they're against, who will inevitably get shredded once they start to discuss the issue. It's also common on ''The View'' for the liberal Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar to steamroll over the conservative Elisabeth Hasselbeck (of course, that's mostly because Goldberg and Behar are much louder).
* ''[[Happy Endings]]'' had a non-lethal comedic version. Dave and Max get drunk and decide to confront Bo, the guy whose confession of love caused Alex to [[Runaway Bride|leave Dave at the altar]]. Dave and Bo are actually talking things out peacefully when Max sucker punches Bo, apparently not realizing that all the trophies in Bo's apartment were for martial arts competitions. The next scene consists of Max and Dave getting punched and kicked in the head multiple times.
* ''[[Happy Endings]]'' had a non-lethal comedic version. Dave and Max get drunk and decide to confront Bo, the guy whose confession of love caused Alex to [[Runaway Bride|leave Dave at the altar]]. Dave and Bo are actually talking things out peacefully when Max sucker punches Bo, apparently not realizing that all the trophies in Bo's apartment were for martial arts competitions. The next scene consists of Max and Dave getting punched and kicked in the head multiple times.
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** A later episode posed a problem because the bully weighed only 150 lbs: It took a while to find a fighter that small. The diminutive fighter managed to finish both rounds ''in less than a minute'' and the bully had to stop in the middle of the post-fight monologue to vomit.
** A later episode posed a problem because the bully weighed only 150 lbs: It took a while to find a fighter that small. The diminutive fighter managed to finish both rounds ''in less than a minute'' and the bully had to stop in the middle of the post-fight monologue to vomit.
* To say that [[My Name Is Earl|Earl Hickey]] is not good at fighting would be putting it mildly, his every fight ending on the losing side of one of these. He once got pummeled senseless by the one-legged girl's boyfriend, a man with a single arm and no legs.
* To say that [[My Name Is Earl|Earl Hickey]] is not good at fighting would be putting it mildly, his every fight ending on the losing side of one of these. He once got pummeled senseless by the one-legged girl's boyfriend, a man with a single arm and no legs.
* ''[[Being Human (TV)|Being Human]]'' on the last episode of season 4 when {{spoiler|Annie shows up in full-on [[Mama Bear]] mode, shouts "GIVE ME BACK MY FUCKING BABY!!", then promptly curb-stomps many of the old ones singlehandedly, ''then'' sacrifices her best friend's baby to save the world.}}
* ''[[Being Human]]'' on the last episode of season 4 when {{spoiler|Annie shows up in full-on [[Mama Bear]] mode, shouts "GIVE ME BACK MY FUCKING BABY!!", then promptly curb-stomps many of the old ones singlehandedly, ''then'' sacrifices her best friend's baby to save the world.}}
* In ''[[Survivor (TV)|Survivor]]: Palau'', almost all the young and physically fit contestants ended up on one tribe while almost all the older and more physically feeble contestants ended up on the other tribe. Guess which tribe ended up losing '''all''' the immunity challenges and all but two of the reward challenges? The tribe who...''wasn't'' the most physically able but had a strong teamwork spirit and intelligent leaders who carried their tribe to victory while the more physically strong tribe floundered about with nary a clue about how to strategize or work together.
* In ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]: Palau'', almost all the young and physically fit contestants ended up on one tribe while almost all the older and more physically feeble contestants ended up on the other tribe. Guess which tribe ended up losing '''all''' the immunity challenges and all but two of the reward challenges? The tribe who...''wasn't'' the most physically able but had a strong teamwork spirit and intelligent leaders who carried their tribe to victory while the more physically strong tribe floundered about with nary a clue about how to strategize or work together.


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