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* ''[[Dredd]]'': The eponymous Judge is a veteran lawman who is tasked with evaluating newbie Anderson.

* Bryan Mills from ''[[Taken (film)|Taken]]'' has "a very particular set of skills; skills ... acquired over a very long career." The kidnappers of his daughter laugh off his attempt at getting them to let her go. They don't live to regret doing so.

* Carl Fredericksen in ''[[Up]]'' is a senior citizen whose day job used to be selling balloons at the zoo. Nevertheless, he has the sense to pack for an ostensibly permanent trip to Paradise Falls and keeps Russell as safe as possible. They end up working together to save a giant bird named Kevin, with Carl realizing he can be badass, and Russell taking inspiration after seeing Carl in action. Realizing that he needs Russell in his life as much as the kid needs him, {{spoiler|Carl becomes his surrogate grandparent by the end of the movie and awards him Ellie's grape soda badge, knowing that Ellie would have wanted him to pass on the gift}}.

* Carl Fredericksen in ''[[Up (animation)|Up]]'' is a senior citizen whose day job used to be selling balloons at the zoo. Nevertheless, he has the sense to pack for an ostensibly permanent trip to Paradise Falls and keeps Russell as safe as possible. They end up working together to save a giant bird named Kevin, with Carl realizing he can be badass, and Russell taking inspiration after seeing Carl in action. Realizing that he needs Russell in his life as much as the kid needs him, {{spoiler|Carl becomes his surrogate grandparent by the end of the movie and awards him Ellie's grape soda badge, knowing that Ellie would have wanted him to pass on the gift}}.

* Agent Lance Sterling in ''[[Spies in Disguise]]'' runs into problems because of this trope. He is one of the best spies that the US has, but as a result, he is an egotistical ass that would rather blow up enemies first rather than at least analyze the situation for the best solution or wait for backup. People love him, but he doesn't have friends that will vouch for him when he gets framed. Most of the movie's problems with the disguise serum are that Lance steals what he thinks is Walter's drink before Walter can explain that it was actually the serum, and is still in the experimental phase. Sterling later admits to Walter, the gadgeteer genius he fired for creating peaceful inventions, that part of the reason is he's like that is that he's seen too many good people fall in the field and going solo and dirty means that he minimizes casualties. {{spoiler|The movie's [[Big Bad]] reveals he's destroying Sterling and the spies program because Sterling callously killed his crew during a mission, without considering they were people with families or loved ones}}.