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There are three main versions of this trope, and it's an easy trope to get:

This makes the character appear more awesome with minimal effort on the part of both character and artist. Only the first one doesn't completely upset the mood and generally mean the fight scene is ending or shifting to a different mood, fact is the first one is generally a start of the fight move.

 

 

* ''[[Dragon Ball]]''

** Goku is not the only character to use this trick, however they generally all stick with Type 1. When showing off their speed, characters often do Type 2 as well, and Vegeta and Freeza were so superior to their opponents they pulled Type 3, standing with a look of boredom in front of a raging and punching opponent.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''

** This is done for laughs during two fights. The first we see a clone of Kaede get hit by an attack, followed by four Ninja clones of her appearing around her enemy commenting on how much that would have hurt. Later on, Kotaro and Negi do the same thing against a different opponent.

* ''[[Naruto]]''

** The entire Hyuuga fighting style is based on Type 1. Shown by the Neji vs. Naruto fight best.

** Gaara's Sand gives him the least moving Type 1 as he didn't have to move to block most attacks. Making him much more menacing.

** Rock Lee, drunk, Type 3. Bonus points for being ''completely and sincerely'' asleep.

** The anime takes this so much farther, as he also does this too pretty much ''all'' of the Leaf ninja and after doing it to Naruto [[Crowning Moment of Funny|he loudly shouts "Ole!"]].

* ''[[Bleach]]''

** {{spoiler|Captain Aizen}} and his [[Superpower Lottery|cheating antics]].

** [[Inverted Trope]] by Kisuke. He invites Hiyori to kick him in the face. She attempts to do so. Kisuke has enough time to move his head out of the way, ''smile'', and move back.

* After {{spoiler|the [[Time Skip]]}}, ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' has an episode in which Kittan threw punches at {{spoiler|Rossiu}}, only to be met with Type 1.

* ''[[One Piece]]''

** In the first part of the series (before the [[Genre Shift]]) Type 3 was used as a running gag involving Lambo's constant attempts to kill Reborn. No matter how flashy or destructive a weapon Lambo came up with, Reborn would refuse to acknowledge his existence, dodge his attacks while taking his morning coffee or reading a book, and continue to act as though nothing had happened after Lambo's weapon inevitably backfired on him.

** Later on, this got to the point that Reborn didn't even BOTHER to dodge, secure in the knowledge that Lambo would inevitably screw up the attack and blow himself up. Which he always did.

* In one of the later fights of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'''s [[Inevitable Tournament|Dark Tournament]] arc, Hiei is ''cut in half'' by his opponent... except that it was actually an afterimage, and he appears behind the enemy, having already severed the arm used in the attack.

* In the manga version of ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', Nagato Yuki dodges attacks this way. The light novel explanation for how she dodges (fake) bullets is kind of... confusing.

** In a villainous example, [[One-Episode Wonder]] Goshinki uses type 3 with the explanation that he can read his attackers' thoughts.

 

* [[Spider-Man]], having his signature [[Spider Sense]], generally uses 1 and 2 during fistfights. As Peter Parker in ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man|The Spectacular Spider Man]]'', he does 3 in order to avoid a thrown football.

* ''[[Sin City]]'': Miho does number three a lot. Especially in ''Family Values'' when a mook uses a racial slur against her. She decides to take her time, making sure he's good and humiliated before slowly killing him.

 

* "Odile" the fae mercenary does type 3. while fighting 3/4 of the main cast of ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]''. {{spoiler|Later subverted when her opponents outright tell her that they did not intend to defeat her.}}

 

* ''Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins''

** Our introduction to the title character's future master comes when Remo shoots at him. The man does a Type 1, later explained as him watching Remo's muscle movements to tell when he was about to fire.

** Remo later does the same trick, but it doesn't look nearly as badass as when Chiun does it.

* Zed in ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]''. Jay accidentally releases the Bouncy Ball of Doom, it ricochets through Zed's office as he's doing paperwork, and he casually leans to the side to avoid it. This is a rare case of a type 3 ''turning into'' a type 2. The ball is ricocheting around Zed's office at speeds that would get you arrested on the Autobahn. He just sits there doing his paperwork like nothing's going on, only tilting his head at the very end because it would have gone straight through his skull.

* Gothmog, the disfigured orc general in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Return of the King]]''. A Gondor catapult hurls an enormous chunk of building directly at him. Gothmog orders his orcs to stay put, waits until the very last second, and then [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|gracefully twists out of the way so that the giant piece of masonry lands just next to him instead of on top of him]]. And then he spits on it.

* ''[[The Matrix]]'': After unlocking his potential as The One, Neo could dodge (or parry) any single attack even by an Agent this way (type 1 or 3), although then they start throwing more and tougher opponents to him so that he has to start paying attention again. A good example of when he actually does it is when the three new agents attack him in ''Reloaded'' and the first one aims a kick at his head. He nonchalantly dodges the first kick easily, as well as its follow-up (which he blocks one-handed, the other hand behind his back in disdain). He only notices the agents have been upgraded when he realizes he has to actually use both hands to parry.

* Michael Myer's response to Laurie's knife throwing act in ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]] H20''.

 

* [[Punny Name|Hiro Protagonist]] pulls one of these in ''[[Snow Crash]]'' when Raven hurls a glass-knife-tipped bamboo harpoon in his direction. He slaps the incoming spear aside with the flat of his [[Katanas Are Just Better|sword]] entirely on reflex... [[Deconstructed Trope|and then spends the rest of the night feverishly training, unable to sleep, having realized just how close to death he came.]]

* In ''[[X Wing Series|Starfighters of Adumar]]'', while Wes Janson is performing a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] on an aristocrat who tried to kill a friend, the aristocrat tries to punch back but is ineffectual.

* [[Mistborn]] do this when burning [[Combat Clairvoyance|Atium]]

 

* In the ''[[Angel]]'' episode "War Zone", Angel is investigating a seemingly abandoned vampire den. But the creepy music starts playing as we see that there's a vampire lurking in the rafters... [[Crowning Moment of Funny|and then Angel coolly sidesteps, leaving his would-be ambusher to have a sudden and unpleasant introduction to the floor.]]

 

* In one hilarious moment, Shawn Stasiak tried to spear [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] in the middle of a promo. The Rock dodged the spear easily, Stasiak flew into the ropes and the Rock continued his promo without missing a beat.

* William Regal has been known to walk away from opponents jumping off the top turnbuckle while taunting the fans.

* Samoa Joe will often do this when an opponent attempts an aerial move off the turnbuckles, casually walking to the side as the opponent crashes to the mat.

 

* ''[[Spirit of the Century]]'' allows players to invoke this trope with the "Right Place, Right Time" stunt. Normally in physical combat, a character must use some appropriate combat skill such as Athletics (representing physical agility) to dodge attacks. With the stunt, the character may use their Resolve skill (representing mental/spiritual fortitude or willpower). In-game, this is described as Type-3 Nonchalant Dodging.

{{quote|"So there he was, bullets flying all over the place, and he just walked over to their leader and punched him out like it was just the next thing on his to-do list."}}

 

* ''[[Fire Emblem]]''

** Certain "fast" classes in the sprite games have dull dodge animations that match with Type 1. Swordmasters are the ever present example.

** As a general rule, Promoted classes all have more nonchalant dodges than their unPromoted counterparts, partly to show how much better they're getting at fighting.

** ''Path of Radiance'' has a particularly baffling example: a mounted unit moving ''backwards'' to dodge an arrow ''heading straight towards them.''

* A very silly bit of a cutscene near the beginning of ''[[Mass Effect]]'' shows Matriarch Benezia leaning slightly to one side with a bored look on her face as [[Complete Monster|Saren]] throws his infamous furniture-flinging tantrum.

* The title character of ''[[Bayonetta]]'' does all three variations throughout the game. In just about any given cutscene, you are guaranteed at least one type 1 or 2.

* From ''[[League of Legends]]'', Irelia's father, Lito was allegedly admitted to the Ionian council of Elders by standing on his rooftop during a rainstorm and staying dry. Without moving his feet.

 

* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'': "I think I woke up halfway through fighting off assassins."

* The Unstoppable Higgs from ''[[Girl Genius]]'' shows just how unstoppable he is by [http://girlgeniuscomic.livejournal.com/97635.html doing this twice in a row] against a rampaging Clank. He'd earlier also done it in a [[Bar Brawl]] full of Jägers.

 

* Particularly effective with Princess' debut episode in ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''. After Princess trashes Buttercup and Bubbles thanks to her powerful gadgets, Blossom gets into it, and ''she is pissed''. Cue complete ownage, with Blossom merely moving her head to avoid Princess' flurry of punches. Pissed, she was, but she demonstrated that [[Tranquil Fury]] trumps [[Unstoppable Rage]], at least for that episode.

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''

** We also see a random villager do the Type 1 against [[Everything's Worse with Bears|a gorram platypus bear]] in "[[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Recap/Book 1/14 The Fortuneteller|The Fortuneteller]]".

* We sometimes see a Type 1 Nonchalant Dodge in ''[[Code Lyoko]]''. Notably, Odd dodging a Crawler's fire at point-blank range in episode "Franz Hopper", or William casually moving his head away from Aelita's energy field in "William Returns".

 

 

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