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Did you really think you could defeat me? With that little peashooter? This farce ends here!
This is where a [[Villain]], or [[Anti
A common characteristic of Westerns and generally used to show who has the upper hand in a gun fight.
If this trope is invoked (or worse, [[Unflinching Walk]]) it is very likely you have an [[Implacable Man]] on your hands. Compare to [[The Slow Walk]] and [[Perfect Play AI]], which is a specific variant used for video game [[Boss Battle
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Dragon Ball
** Frieza was a big fan of this as well, which explains [[Lego Genetics|why Cell also did this]]
* [[Neon Genesis Evangelion
== Comics ==
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Halloween (
** he will, however, occasionally pursue his prey with a vehicle.
* ''[[
* Rorshach from ''[[Watchmen (
* The ''[[A Nightmare
* ''[[Terminator
** Might be justified by the fact that they're both heavily damaged by that point. still meant to have that effect though.
** Really, most Terminators are prone to this.
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* ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'': Anton Chigurh does this quite a bit.
** With a limp that shows off just how determined he really is.
* ''[[
* [[Star Wars
* [[Falling Down|D-FENS]] hangs up the phone, turns around, and oh so slowly walks over to the crashed car of a group of gangbangers who [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy|attempted to kill him in a drive-by, but failed]].
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]''. [[Robot Girl|Cameron.]] ''Especially'' after she picks up that limp at the beginning of the second season.
* [[Super
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[
** Even more so, the Lich King in the Halls of Reflection, who easily kills anyone who gets too close, and the only way you survive is via a {{spoiler|an Airship doing a [[Gunship Rescue]], blowing the cave exit up in his face}}
* ''[[
** However, the [[Boss in Mook Clothing|Regenerators]]/Iron Maidens play this trope totally straight.
** The earlier games in the series have Tyrants ([[Super Soldier
* ''[[
* ''[[Wet]]'': At the end of the game Rubi uses this trope. [[Up to Eleven|Taken to eleven]] since {{spoiler|Pelham shoots her twice and she deflects both bullets with her sword}}.
* On the first level of ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
* Mannimarco in the ''Mannimarco Revisited'' mod for ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[World of Tanks]]'', heavy tanks do this when they corner you, at which point, you no longer have any chance of survival. Since you don't have anywhere to run, they'll move slowly to retain accuracy. Heavy [[T Ds]] also like doing this.
* In ''[[
* [[Big Bad|Imran Zakhaev]] in the final mission of the first ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* {{spoiler|Gamzee Makara}} from ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
** Similarly, in the finale, Ozai confidently strolls towards Aang after breaking through the protective shell he had created, only to discover that {{spoiler|he has accidentally [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|unblocked Aang's Seventh Chakra]], allowing him to enter the [[Unstoppable Rage|Avatar State]]. Asskicking ensues.}}
* A favored tactic of [[Batman: Mask of the Phantasm|The Phantasm]]. ''Damn'', but [[Nightmare Fuel|it works]].
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
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