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So [[Meaningful Name|Fingers McStealy]] is lurking in an alleyway waiting for a victim. Ah here comes someone, and that [[Nice Hat|fetching hat]] [[Badass Longcoat|and coat]] look expensive, he's [[Slasher Smile|smiling too]], so maybe he just came into money? [[Too Dumb to Live|Ooo]], he even has [[BFG|something shiny under his coat]]. [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]
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Tends to make a good [[Establishing Character Moment]], depending on how (and [[Curb Stomp Battle|how easily]]) the crooks are dealt with. Occasionally this can [[Defeat Means Friendship|lead to them recruiting a sidekick]] or other ally. Can be deeply satisfying. When the person looks vulnerable due to chronological endowment, it's [[Never Mess with Granny]].
When a [[Video Game]] character does this, it's often due to [[Suicidal Overconfidence]]. Compare [[Bullying a Dragon]], when the perpetrator knows full well how dangerous their victim is (but is [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu|reckless]] and/or [[Too Dumb to Live|stupid]] and/or [[Alcohol-Induced Idiocy|drunk]] and/or [[Last Stand|desperate]] enough to provoke a confrontation anyway). See also [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]] when this keeps happening with no signs of anyone figuring out the pattern. Compare [[Colliding Criminal Conspiracies]]. Supertrope of [[Robbing the Mob Bank]]. Compare [[Superweapon Surprise]], which is like this, but involves more people.
Please note: the trope need not include actual mugging (though it is a popular method). As long as the provoker or provokers intentionally and excessively antagonize someone much more powerful than they are ''without'' knowing beforehand what they are screwing with, and the provoker or provokers are thrashed because of it, then it's '''Mugging the Monster'''.
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[[Video Game Stealing|Not quite]] [[I Thought It Meant|what it sounds like....]]
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