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Another variant is simply a demonstration of firepower and/or military capability. In [[Real Life]], this is a common diplomatic tool--if you want to intimidate a country, conduct a military exercise with an aircraft carrier battle group in their general area. Or [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|a nuclear weapons test.]]
A favorite move of [[Bruce Lee Clone|Bruce Lee clones]], [[Martial Arts Movie]], and [[Artistic License Martial Arts]] in general. Is sometimes combined with a [[I Shall Taunt You|taunt]] or [[Badass Boast]]. Often finished off with a [[Bring It]] or an [[Asskicking Pose]]. If someone does this badly, it could be considered [[What the Fu Are You Doing?]] or [[Flexing Those Non-Biceps]]. If a person crushes something in their hands for a reason ''other'' than intimidation, see [[A Glass in The Hand]]. [[Battle Strip]] and [[Pec Flex]] are related.
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*** During Morpheus' fight with the albino ghost twins, each of them does some fancy moves with their straight razors before fighting him.
*** During Morpheus' fight with the Agent on top of the truck. After pulling the sword out of the side of the truck and slicing through the Agent's tie, Morpheus swings the sword around a few times.
* In the first ''[[The Substitute]]'' movie, the principal tells the protagonist that at the start of every year he does this with the school's out of control students by smashing a large wooden board with his bare hands right in front of them. He adds that you can't control the unruly [[Gang
* ''[[Undercover Brother]]''
** During his fight with Mr. Feather, the title character demonstrates his skill with nunchucks.
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* This leads to in-universe [[Values Dissonance]] in ''[[The Dark Elf Trilogy]]''. To dark elves, demonstrating one's superiority with a weapon to someone else, while leaving them completely unharmed, is an indicator that you have no intention of harming them and in fact wish to ally with them. When Drizzt tries this on a human, the response is one of fear.
* In the ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' story ''The Adventure of the Speckled Band'', Dr. Roylott, an ill-tempered and violent man followed his stepdaughter to 221 B Baker Street (where she had gone to consult Holmes about the death of her sister) to warn Holmes off by bending an iron bar in order to intimidate Holmes. Undaunted, Holmes simply bent the bar back into place after the man had left.
* [[Isaac Asimov]]'s short story [
* In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Interesting Times|Interesting Times]]'', a samurai warrior tries to intimidate Cohen the Barbarian by throwing a silk handkerchief in the air and cutting it in half with his extremely-sharp sword. In response, Cohen throws his own handkerchief in the air -- and attacks the samurai while his attention is on the handkerchief.
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