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Line 1: {{trope}} The [['''Menacing Stroll]]''' is the lithe, athletic walk of the perennial [[Badass]]. Not quite a strut, it is a subtle, confident gait that lets everyone know that the walker could kick the collective ass of everyone in the room without breaking a sweat, because they are ''just that awesome''. The [['''Menacing Stroll]]''' was first observed in the ''[[Castlevania]]'' games ([[Fan Nickname\|dubbed the Pimp Walk by fans]]), but it can also be found in assassins, thieves, and the leaner species of badass. It's all in the shoulders. Compare [[Unflinching Walk]], [[Power Walk]]. Line 7: == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * [[Ghost in ~~The~~the Shell\|Major Motoko Kusanagi]]. It helps that she ''can'' walk through walls and anyone stupid enough to stand in her path. == [[Comics]] == Line 16: * The various models of [[Terminator]] can pull this off even when buck naked. ** Robert Patrick was cast as the T-1000 for his ability to do this at a very brisk pace. * [[The Lord of the Rings\|Aragorn.]] * Used Narmfully in the already [[So Bad It's Good]] ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k Silent Night Deadly Night 2]'' * Michael Myers of the ''[[Halloween (~~Film~~film)\|Halloween]]'' series' highest level of speed, at least when the [[Offscreen Teleportation\|camera isn't on him]]. Even when his victims are running away from him, Michael manages to keep up with them with nothing more than a [[Menacing Stroll]]. ** Deconstructed by ''[[Behind the Mask]]'', where Leslie reveals that he runs full-tilt when the victim isn't looking and switches to a power walk when they are. He does a lot of cardio to make the illusion work. * Ivan Vanko in ''[[Iron Man (~~Film~~film)\|Iron Man]] 2'' has a moment like this in the beginning, moseying on over to Tony Stark in his Whiplash rig while racecars crash and explode behind him. == [[Literature]] == * ''[[Wheel of Time]]'' calls this "Cat Crossing The Courtyard" * In the ''[[Matador Series]]'', Dirisha's lover Geneva comments that Dirisha, although beautiful and sexy, has a swagger to her walk that makes men feel inadequate about their manliness. Someone else notes that their friend Sleel also has a walk that announces, "Hey, I'm the best there is." == [[Live Action Television]] == * Spike from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''... and Buffy developed one too, for that matter. * Sylar's done it once or twice on ''[[Heroes (TV series)\|Heroes]]''. == [[Video Games]] == * Simon Belmont and his kin from ''[[Castlevania]]''. * Altair in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''. It's genetic - Ezio and Desmond walk the same way. * Jotaro in [[The Anime of the Game\|The Game of the Anime]] ''[[~~Jo Jo~~JoJo's ~~Bizarre Adventure (Manga)\|Jo Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure]]''. * The Menacing Stroll is almost always part of the repertoire of an [[SNK Boss]]. * Dante from ''[[Devil May Cry]]''. * Commander Shepard in ''[[Mass Effect]]''. Particularly notable when s/he walks into the Shadow Broker's lair despite knowing that he is "[[Large and In Charge\|very large]]" and that anyone who has gone in there has never come back out. [[Badass\|And then s/he points a gun at the Broker's head from 10 feet away.]] * [[Tsukihime\|Arcueid]] in ''[[~~Melty Blood (Video Game)\|~~Melty Blood]]'', in both vanilla and [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] modes. ** Also, Nanaya.