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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"When you hit a man as hard as you can ten times and it [[It Makes Sense in Context|only makes him sing like Little Richard]], there aren't a whole lot of Plan B's."''
|'''[[Seanbaby]]'''|[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-outstanding-taunts-done-during-mma-fights/ The 6 Most Amazing Acts Of Mid-Fight Mockery In MMA History]}}
In a fistfight, one participant (frequently [[The Hero]]) gets in close to his (usually much
The opponent just looks down and smiles, completely unharmed, giving the hero [[Oh Crap|a moment of sudden dread,]] before inflicting some violence upon him [[Now
The big guy may also say something like "Stop it, that tickles."
Almost exclusively limited to the comedy-action genre, though it occasionally appears as part of a [[Professional Wrestling]] [[Squash Match]], as a particularly cruel form of what wrestling fans call "[[
Other wrestlers who employ this tactic include [[
See also [[
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== [[Anime]]
* ''[[Digimon Savers]]''
** Belphemon has a fight with the DATS crew like this. Four Ultimates/Megas, two Perfects/Ultimates and Daimon Masaru himself wallop Belphemon (himself an Ultimate/Mega) with pretty much their entire repertoire without actually doing any harm. In retaliation, he eats a few time-distorting bombs and starts vomiting energy blasts that ''rip open space and time''.
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** Naruto vs. the Idiot Brothers. Naruto uses Shadow Clone Jutsu to create a bunch of him, and attack the two big guys. Nothing happens except for them both agreeing that it "itches".
** Sasuke vs. Killer Bee: Sasuke takes an opening to deliver a flying kick to Killer Bee's chest... whose only reaction was to pause for a second then set down his sword [[Excuse Me While I Multitask|to write down some rap lyrics]].
* Done straight in ''[[G Gundam|Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]'' twice in the same
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' pulls this trope off in the final episode: as Setsuna charges at Ribbons's mecha into melee range where Setsuna is dominant, we expect him to do some damage then fly off as usual. Instead, Ribbons pulls out a beam saber and casually swats him out of the sky. The "Uh Oh" part of the trope comes right after as the Reborns Cannon transforms, revealing that ''it's a freaking Gundam''. [[Kuudere|Setsuna]]'s [[Oh Crap|expression]] is priceless. Yes, the memetic line is said by a ''good guy''.
* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''
** Subverted during Ken's fight with Mr. Heart. Ken throws a single punch at Heart, who is so obese that his belly fat absorbs it, holding Ken in place so Heart can hit him. Ken, after getting up, decides to use a different tactic: he kicks the same spot repeatedly, displacing Heart's bulk so Ken can reach his pressure points and cause Heart to [[Your Head Asplode|asplode]].
** Later played straight in Kenshiro's first fight with [[Ax Crazy|Souther]] due to Souther's partial immunity to Kenshiro's Hokuto Shinken.
* Happens to Eimer in ''[[Glass Fleet]]'' when the "boss" of the big scary prisoners she's been kicking around finally shows up. (He is, however, taken out with one hit by Cleo not too long after.)
* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' has loads of these. Except it's more like Punch Punch Punch raised to the power of a dozen, with a few ki blasts for good measure. Cue the Uh Oh when the villain either takes the flurry of punches [[
** Vegeta even did some ''[[Lampshade Hanging]]'' on this in the first season when Vegeta and Nappa emerge from the cloud of dust: "This is our favorite part; you know. You should see the looks on your faces." Which made it all the more annoying after Vegeta does his ''[[Heel Face Turn]]'' and then repeatedly becomes the victim of this trope.
** The villains aren't the only ones who does this. Goku, after going Super Saiyan for the first time, gives Freiza a '''lot''' of free hits for several minutes, and '''only''' gets injured when he purposefully takes a direct hit to the face from a ''fricking Death Beam'' (after making a show of easily dodging several Death Beam Spams beforehand)... and all that does is a minor scratch. "Uh Oh" doesn't begin to cover it. Just to clarify: Death Beam goes through anything it touches, and all it does to Goku is knock his head up a bit. And then he delivers his speech....
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* Happens a couple times in ''[[Berserk]]''. The first time, Guts is fighting Wyald, and after slashing Wyald several times and knocking him to the ground, Wyald gets back up and knocks Guts around a little. Sorta subverted, as Wyald was really pissed at Guts instead of just shrugging it off. The second time happens right after the Eclipse. Guts is attacked by a nameless Apostle, fighting it with a new sword given to him by Godo. After chopping its arm off and disemboweling it, Guts finds that the blade has broken off at the hilt, leaving him unarmed and having to use the new [[Arm Cannon]] that Godo and Rickert made for him. Fortunately, he finds [[BFS|the Dragon Slayer]], the strongest weapon Godo has forged, at the last minute, and promptly uses it to tear the monster apart.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Luffy started the big fight against [[Big Bad|Arlong]] with a whole flurry of attacks, Arlong was not impressed. Slight subversion in that Luffy isn't really fazed by this either, probably because he was still [[Weaksauce Weakness|soaked in seawater]] and probably unable to hit quite as hard as he could have.
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'''Luffy:''' Nah, just warming up. }}
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''
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* ''[[Hellsing]]''. ''Hellsing'', ''Hellsing'', ''Hellsing'', ''HELLSING''.
** Alucard in particular is made of this trope. One noteworthy example comes when Rip Van Winkle launches her "warhead", a massive, magical bullet that can turn in mid-air and was previously shown destroying entire ''planes'', at him. He takes several shots from it, then suddenly decides he's had enough and ''catches the bullet in his mouth''. (Note that just the act of stopping the bullet leaves him looking a bit like Two-Face's long-lost brother, yet he still appears unaffected.)
** Alucard seems to actually quite enjoy doing this, possibly just to see the horror on his opponent's face(s) as he regenerates with absolutely no effort (whilst ''berating them'' for being so weak, no less). Not that this is out of character at all for Alucard.
** Is there even a single time where Alucard fights without pulling this of?
** Alucard himself gets one of these, during his fight with Anderson {{spoiler|with the nail}}. He unloads [[More Dakka]] onto Anderson, only for the latter to regenerate his arms, stop the final bullet {{spoiler|with a vine}}, and grin. Right before he leaps above Alucard, stabs him in the head, then starts to {{spoiler|burn him away with holy fire}}, one of times during the series when Alucard has been closest to death.
* Done in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* ''[[Bleach]]''
** Zaraki bares his chest, and gives Ichigo one free swing at him, anywhere he liked. Ichigo puts everything into his attack, and as a result, Zaraki is unfazed, and Ichigo's hands are bleeding, because Zaraki's natural reiatsu levels are crazy high.
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** {{spoiler|It's reversed in chapter 419; Aizen, having basically evolved into an [[Eldritch Abomination]], throws everything he's got at Ichigo (including one of his [[Evil Gloating|signature monologues]]). Ichigo's response: "Is that all you've got?"}}
** Ulquiorra does this on multiple occasions, sometimes in the same battle. In one instance, after Ichigo has thrown everything he's got at him, Ulquiorra uses Ichigo's zanpakto, which Ichigo is trying to impale him on, to slice his shirt off to show off his Espada number.
* ''[[Baccano
** In the DVD extra episodes, [[Ax Crazy|Ladd Russo]] takes a direct hit from Graham Spector without flinching, then rips Graham's weapon out of his own wound and sends Graham flying across the screen. This is a case of one [[Crazy Awesome]] character out-crazying another.
** Also occurs in the main series when a group of mobsters shoot [[Healing Factor|Szilard]] [[Implacable Man|Quates]] full of bullets. He promptly returns the favor.
** Given the number of immortal (and not technically immortal but still crazy powerful) characters in the show...
* ''[[Ranma
** Occurs after Ryôga learns the breaking-point technique. The training for said technique has taken his already [[Made of Iron|Herculean endurance]] and increased it to ridiculous, exponential levels. So Ranma pounds Ryôga into the ground, and is ready to declare victory, when... Ryôga gets up like nothing had happened. Ranma proceeds to have an epic [[Oh Crap]] moment.
** In general, when Ranma is fighting a new enemy (particularly in movies) he begins with his Chestnut Fist attack, which usually accomplishes nothing.
* ''[[Soul Eater]]''
** One episode has [[Girl
** {{spoiler|Becomes even funnier if you consider that in the last episode of the Anime she [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|literally just punches out the series's Cthulhu]].}}
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rj7_FzzTxo Asuka vs. Zeruel. She empties three pallet rifles and two rocket launchers at the Angel, who doesn't even balks... then Zeruel counterattacks and cuts off her arms in a single attack]
** Also, the beginning of said fight in ''Rebuild 2.0''. When Zeruel shrugs off multiple N2 mines and perforates the Geofront's armor with a single shot, Hyuga's [[Oh Crap]] expression is simply priceless.
** Later, Rei, with some help from Mari, manages to shove an N2 bomb through Zeruel's AT Field and right up against its core... which does ''absolutely nothing'' to the Angel. Keep in mind that N2 bombs have roughly the same explosive yield as a nuke, and previous Angels were shown to at least be stunned by such a blast.
* ''[[Rosario
* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', Natsu, Erza, Gray, Wendy, and Lucy give it everything they've got when they attack {{spoiler|Master Hades}}. Their foe is surprised by their ability and synchronization, but even their best attacks fail to scratch him. The heroes have barely enough time to realize that they are in serious trouble {{spoiler|before Hades apparently vaporizes Wendy.}}
* Subverted in ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* The... ''"plot"?''... of the ''[[Doom (Comic Book)|Doom]]'' comic is triggered by one of these scenes, where the protagonist tries to punch out a Cyberdemon while under the influence of a Berserker Pack, but finds that it wears off just as he's about the throw the punch.
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* In one ''[[Lucky Luke]]'' book, on a Mississippi riverboat. Subverted in that our cowboy still succeeds, although his punches just tickle his opponent.
* One issue of ''[[Moon Knight]]'' involving the... title hero fighting a number of voodoo zombies (yes, really) has one of these.
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* In a ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers]]'' comic, Ironhide answers a challenge from a Decepticon called Stockade. [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:StockadeVsIronhide.jpg This happens.] This is kind of funny if you're familiar with the
* During ''[[Infinite Crisis]],'' Black Adam assaults Superboy Prime. Prime appears to be hurt by Adam's magic-charged punches... before revealing magic doesn't hurt him and [[Punched Across the Room|punching Black Adam across the room]] and back into his own reality.
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* Herbie Popnecker, the Fat Fury, has such a powerful resistance to damage that he sometimes doesn't even notice that he's being attacked. Occasionally a villain will attack Herbie strongly enough to be noticed and he'll glance about in puzzlement muttering "Something...?"
* ''[[Daredevil]]''
** In the sixth issue of the original series, Daredevil finds that his punches are completely ineffectual on the massive Ox, and a typical scene for this trope occurs. To put this into perspective, in the very first issue of the series, a young Matt Murdock punched a boxing speed bag straight off its suspension, and this was ''before'' he started a regular workout regimen. In short, Ox is freaking hardcore.
** In a similarly early issue, during a confrontation with Ka-Zar, Daredevil learned the hard way that the jungle life makes you stronger than a mastodon. "No use! It's like trying to stop a steamroller! I expected that blow to his stomach to topple him..."
** Kingpin put it on a higher level. We have a whole page of Daredevil punching him from all possible angles, with no visible effect. Next page, Kingpin starts the payback with a [[
* One ''[[Twisted
* Almost the entire fight between [[The Punisher]] and The Russian in "Welcome Back, Frank".
* In the ''[[Superman]] vs. [[Spider-Man]]'' Special, Lex Luthor secretly energizes Spidey for the inevitable first meeting fight. After a few good licks, the energy wears off, and Spidey experiences this trope.
* Another crossover feature [[Batman]] and [[The Hulk]] has Bats punching various points of Hulk's body trying to find a weak spot. After a couple panels, Batman looks up to see a ''very'' angry Hulk who says, "You try to... hurt Hulk?!"
* ''[[Spider
** This happens a lot to Spidey since he's always the underdog character. While trapped on a deserted island, he punches Venom in the face with everything thing he has. While it actually draws blood from Venom's mouth, he [[Crazy Awesome|laughs it off]] and tells Spidey that he has [[First Blood]].
** The famous "Nothing Stops the Juggernaut" story from ''[[Spider
** Another Spider-Man example happens in his first encounter with The Hulk. He throws his hardest punch and not only hurts his own hand but the Hulk doesn't even blink.
* A one-off story from the early days of ''[[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]]''
** The team even tried to warn Captain Britain that this would happen.
* Happens in ''[[Stumptown]]'' #4 when Dex is trying to punch a large thug named Whale.
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== [[Fan Works]] ==▼
* The troll in ''[[
▲== Fan Works ==
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▲* The troll in ''[[With Strings Attached (Fanfic)|With Strings Attached]]'' grabs Paul's leg and slams him against some walls, repeatedly. With this result:
▲{{quote| “Are you quite finished?” the very annoyed Paul said as he dangled, arms folded over his chest. <br />
The troll goggled at him for a few seconds, then screamed “AIEEEE!” }}
==
* Subverted when Mowgli does this to Baloo upon first meeting him in ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]''. Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh... becomes a Punch! Punch! Punch! Hi There... as Baloo takes it upon himself to teach Mowgli how to throw a decent punch.
==
* Played straight by [[Russell Crowe]] in the boxing film ''[[Cinderella Man]]''.
* ''[[Godzilla]]''
** Pure, flat out, Godzilla. Time after time, in his first movie they threw ''EVERYTHING'' at him, and he just kept COMING. He does it again in ''[[Film/Godzilla 1985|Godzilla 1985]]'' to the Super X, and pretty much beats the shit out of Baragon in an almost literal [[Curb Stomp Battle]] with Baragon in ''GMK''.
** He was also partially the ''victim'' of this trope in his second battle with Biollante in ''[[
* ''[[
** He does this in ''[[
** He has a similar encounter with the same actor, but wearing a turban, in ''[[Indiana Jones and
** Luckily for him, in [[Indiana Jones and
** Subverted in ''[[Indiana Jones and
* The Man in Black is the victim of this when he goes up against Fezzik (played by [[Andre the Giant]]) in ''[[The Princess Bride (
* Carlos, the [[Jerk
* ''[[Rocky (
** Done dead (and I mean ''dead'') serious in ''Rocky IV'', when Apollo Creed
** Rocky himself uses it to magnificent effect against Clubber Lang's punches in part III.
* A standard feature of many ''[[James Bond (
** The best example is the series of encounters between Bond (Sean Connery) and the sumo-wrestler-sized martial arts expert Oddjob (Harold Sakata) in ''[[
** Jaws seemed completely impervious to any kind of injury at all, which honestly makes you wonder why Bond ever tried to take him in close combat after the first time. Also not helped by Bond's insistence on punching Jaws ''[[Idiot Ball|in the mouth]]''.
** Another good example: The guy from the beginning of ''[[
* This happens in ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]''. Although not bigger than Jack, Rain ''is'' a minor god.
* During a barfight in the movie ''[[Michael]]'', one of the drunks hammers at Michael's gut, then punches him twice in the face. Mike doesn't even
* During the climactic brawl in ''[[The Cannonball Run]]'', Burt Reynolds ineffectively slams several punches into the jaw of a massive biker. The biker mockingly suggests "Why don't you try this side?", pointing to the other side of his jaw. Burt replies "Thanks" and then slugs him with a wrench on the indicated side of the jaw, knocking the biker out.
* In the fight against the [[Big Bad]] in ''[[Blade (
* When [[Hellboy]] encounters Mr. Wink in ''[[Hellboy (
* In ''[[The Mask (
* ''[[
* Happened more than once in various Bud Spencer movies.
** In at least one instance, Bud's character doesn't even ''notice'' that a mook is punching him in the back, and only takes annoyed action when the mook smashes a chair on him.
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* In ''[[Necessary Roughness]]'', when the football team is confronted in a bar by their undefeated rival-college team, Paul Blake (a middle-aged quarterback) delivers a one-two punch to the jaw of the rival team's star linebacker. Said punches have no effect, and we hear someone off-camera (probably one of Paul's teammates) say "Oh, Lord!" just before a massive bar-fight breaks out.
* In ''[[Master of the Flying Guillotine]]'', one of the martial artists uses a special technique that renders him invulnerable. His smaller and quicker opponent lands blow after blow to no effect before finding his weak spot.
* In ''[[Friday the
* Done in the first ''[[Three Ninjas]]'' film, with a particularly large mook, before the heroes remember about vulnerable spots and beat the crap out of him.
* This happens to [[John Wayne]]'s character while fighting a massive oilfield roughneck in the movie ''[[Big Jake]]''.
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk (
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
* In ''[[Yellowbeard]]'', the title pirate is in a British prison and one of the guards attempts to discipline him by beating him with a stout wooden rod. Yellowbeard doesn't notice.
* The movie version of ''[[Wild Wild West (
* In the movie version of ''[[Popeye]]'' starring Robin Williams, Olive Oyl's luckless younger brother attempts to get money for his family by challenging a pro wrestler to a fight. He pounds on the guy for several minutes to no avail; before the wrestler smiles and pounds the crap out of him, {{spoiler|necessitating Popeye to come in and finish the fight.}}
* When Ivan Ooze breaks into the Command Center in ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Movie]]'', Alpha the robot tries to karate chop
* ''[[The Time Machine]]'' 2002 adaptation. The protagonist repeatedly punches the Morlok leader in the face, only to have him laugh it off.
* In the film revamp of ''[[Get Smart (
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* Tony Jaa faces a big guy who does this in ''[[Tom Yum Goong|The Protector]]''. He eventually turns the tables with elephant bones applied to joints.
* Jackie Chan experienced this with a [[Giant Mook]] in ''[[Rumble in The Bronx]]''. After punching the mook just earned him a contemptuous look, he tried beating him with a motorcycle helmet. The mook continued to look amused. So then Jackie grabbed a gigantic adjustable spanner, at which point the mook put up his hands and begged for mercy.
* When the turtles first encounter Tokka and Rahzar in ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* ''[[The Millennium Trilogy|The Girl Who Played with Fire]]'' has this when Paolo Roberto, boxing expert, fights a giant who has a medical condition which means he cannot feel pain and an exceptionally thick skeleton. The only the time the giant actually shows any sign of feeling any of the blows was when Miriam [[Groin Attack|kicked him in the balls.]] And Paolo hitting him in the head with a plank helped as well.
* ''[[
* In ''[[
* Max the Silent from [[Andrew Vachss]]'s [[Burke series)|''Burke'' books]] has done a variant of this on occasion. For example, as recounted in ''Terminal'', he has twice purposely let Muay Thai practitioners knee him
* Happens in ''[[
* Some bad guys try to beat up Niobe's bonny husband in ''[[Incarnations of Immortality|With A Tangled Skein]]'' by [[Piers Anthony]], because they want to rape her. Then they comment that it's like punching rock. Then he schools them.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Even Hercules fell victim to this in ''[[
* ''[[
** Especially with season four's [[The Dragon|Dragon]], The Beast. He does it to Faith in one episode, and in another classic scene, he stands there and repeatedly soaks the best shots of almost the entire cast (Angel, Wesley, Gunn, and Lorne), effortlessly bouncing flurries of punches, axe strikes, sword blows, bullets, and shotgun slugs, before casually throwing them through walls or off buildings.
** Also played with for humor, when Angel faces off vs. Hamilton in the series finale. After throwing his best haymaker into Hamilton's stomach and only hurting his own hand, Angel sheepishly asks, "Did that hurt at all?" Hamilton replies, "A little bit." Hamilton was played by Adam Baldwin, the
* Happened to the chronically clueless Colonel Crittendon in ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' when he attempted to use "killer judo" on a large German officer.
* This happens a ''lot'' in ''[[
** In an episode, Maxwell Smart is infiltrating a camp of desert nomads when he bumps into a massive guard. "Where I come from," Max says with confidence, "we have a saying. 'The bigger they are, the harder they fall.'" After firing off a judo chop, two body blows, and a punch to the jaw that have no effect, Max muses, "Haven't heard of that one, eh? Well, maybe you know this one. 'The quality of mercy is not strained...'"
** A variant used is when Max tries repeatedly punching a big guy in the gut, and the opponent confidently withstands it. However, something happens or is done to distract him from bracing himself and Max takes advantage to knock him out with a hard punch.
* This also happens to Ensign Chekov in the heat of a barfight against Klingons in the ''[[Star Trek:
* There's the ''[[Star Trek:
* Unusually, ''[[
* Deliberately invoked by Daniel Jackson in an episode of ''[[Stargate SG
* In ''[[Super Sentai]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers]]'', the really big-ass [[Humongous Mecha|Megazords]] sometimes allow themselves to take a beating just for the Hell of it, before pounding the [[Monster of the Week]] flat.
** Sometimes the opposite happens, like against Samurai Fan Man and the Frankenstein Monster. For example (one that most ''MMPR'' fans are familiar with), Dora Franke (Frankenstein Monster) beats up Daizyujinn (Megazord), Daizyujinn's finishing sword strike just bounces harmlessly off his chest, later, after a temporary retreat, Dragon Caesar joins Daizyujinn and gets picked up by the tail and thrown into Daizyujinn, and then they form Gouryujinn (Dragonzord Battle Mode) who still gets pounded. The Rangers then use the mighty Ranger Slingers (not seen in MMPR) which do nothing but break his bolt and chain weapon. They use the Dragon Antler (Power Staff) finisher on Dora Franke, but all he does is use the energy to upgrade to Zombie Franke (who later is seen manhandling Daizyujinn
* ''[[
** Various [[Mook
** Though it's reversed at least twice by the same Asian [[Giant Mook]] who can take Baracus's punch in the face without flinching.
* Happens in ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' when Decade gets into a fight with [[Kamen Rider Den-O|Den-O]] (who was, at the moment, in [[Mighty Glacier|Ax Form]]). ''[[Idiot Ball|Twice]]''. Not Decade's proudest moment. What makes it really dumb is that Decade does this '''after''' punching Den-O in the gut to no effect (other than hurting his own hand). And yeah, Kintaros's reaction is to laugh it off.
* Happened in ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'', with Dogga in his true form, attacks by most weaker Fangire would have this reaction.
* This is the theme behind the Diamond Dopant in ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'', whose basically composed of indestructible diamond, Double normally has an [[Oh Crap]] reaction when his most powerful attacks don't even scratch him.
* In the ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'', Buck faces a man who had all his pain nerves removed so he is an [[Implacable Man]]. Trope ensues.
* Implied in ''[[Deadliest Warrior]]'' with the Spetsnaz.
== Professional Sports ==▼
* Athletes in combat sports such as boxing and [[
▲== Sports ==
▲* Athletes in combat sports such as boxing and [[Useful Notes/Mixed Martial Arts|Mixed Martial Arts]] sometimes offer free shots to their opponents to intimidate them. This is generally considered to be poor strategy, since even if the resulting blow doesn't do much damage, your opponent still gets points for free shots.
** Unless your name is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-BFScdlnvQ Ricardo Mayorga]. (And as long as you're not fighting Tito Trinidad). He took those kinds of shots all time time over his career. Then Edison Miranda hilariously showed why you shouldn't do it (Mayorga notwithstanding). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3zdQrzaFIk In his fight with Lucian Bute], he took a shot and put his hands on his hips, mugging for the crowd. Bute was not amused. Next punch he threw was a titanic right uppercut that knocked Miranda out. Hilarious.
** Nate Campbell tried to pull this one too, and it turned into one of the ''ultimate'' [[What an Idiot!]] moments in boxing history. Campbel badly hurt his opponent Robbie Peden with a nasty body shot, and Peden spent the next 30 seconds or so frantically dodging Campbell while he tried to recover. Peden finally answered back with a punch and Campbell stood straight up, arms down at his sides, to give Peden another free shot. Peden missed a pair of jabs, and Campbell continued to stand there, wide open. Peden gave him a look as if to say "Ok, you asked for it", [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5nPIeDqelI and knocked Campbell out with a single shot].
** During K1 2001 World Grand Prix [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTrbfnkDS8w Mark Hunt and Ray Sefo showed what it looks like when both fighters use this strategy at the same time]. [[Wild Samoan|Guess what country do they come from.]] Of course [[Foe Yay]] goes of the charts.
* Muhammad Ali saying "That all you got, George?" in the eighth round of the Rumble in the Jungle, then proceeding to knock George Foreman out. In a later interview, Foreman said "When he said that, I was like 'yup, that's all I got.' I knew I was in trouble." This was where Ali famously used the Rope-a-dope strategy, a kind of one-man [[Defensive Feint Trap]] that suckered Foreman into using up all his energy, while Ali stayed relatively undamaged by using the slack of the ropes to dissipate the punches' power.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* Happens to the player in many games if it includes a [[Hopeless Boss Fight]].
* In ''[[Dragonball Z]]: Budokai'', Hercule's "Present for You" attack begins with him punching his enemy... and doing zero damage. He then panics and offers them a video game (with a concealed bomb in it) as a peace offering. His throw also involves ineffectively punching his enemy rapidly, hopping back and then attempting to hit his enemy with a flying kick, only to be effortlessly swatted high offscreen... and then promptly falling on his enemy.
* In ''[[Shenmue
* Daigo's Team-Up assist in the ''[[
* In ''[[God Hand]]'' when Gene flashes back to his first meeting with Olivia and the Three Evil Stooges, he attempts to take on [[The Big Guy|Bruce]] by punching him a number of times. They don't faze Bruce, and he proceeds to knock Gene to the ground while telling a joke.
* In ''[[Halo
* In ''[[Street Fighter
* Somewhat subverted in ''[[Super Punch Out]]'' for the SNES. The final boss, Nick Bruiser, lets you hit him and won't defend for a while (he doesn't flinches, but he actually suffers damage). Problem is, the more you hit him during that phase, [[Oh Crap|the stronger he gets]], [[Now
* Kazuma Kiryuu, of the ''[[Yakuza]]'' series, is frequently on the receiving end of
* A quite unnerving one occurs in ''[[
* Most players expect only [[The Spiny]] to be invulnerable to stomping, [[Spikes of Doom|for obvious reasons]]. [[Beware the Nice Ones|Wigglers]] are one of the [[Mook
* Krusha in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' laughs off almost any attack (every attack aside from barrels if he's [[Palette Swap|gray]]. Kruncha from the second game responds to being jumped on or spun into by roaring, [[Turns Red|turning red]], moving faster, and killing your character just from touching him.
* A [[Good Bad Bug]] in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' would occasionally have a squad of mooks spawn after a mission who would chase the player down across the entire zone until the player left or they were defeated. The bug was that occasionally the spawned mob wouldn't be level-appropriate, as they were supposed to be, but level 1 or 2, even when the player would be at levels 20+. The programming for these mobs meant the "chase hero down and fight them" rule overruled the normal "avoid starting fights with players X-number of levels higher" rule, resulting in the hilarious sight of a squad of enemies earnestly blasting away with all their powers at a player who could just stand around and completely ignore them.
* This trope sums up most of Norman Jayden's fight with [[Scary Black Man|Mad Jack]] in ''[[Heavy Rain]]''. Jayden throws punches (and pieces of scrap metal!) left and right at him, but Mad Jack either dodges or lets them bounce off of him harmlessly. Note that this happens [[Curb Stomp Battle|even if you time the button presses correctly.]]
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[
** This happens to Miko Miyazaki when she attacks the Monster in the Darkness in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0374.html strip #374], including the obligatory "That tickles!" Note that the Monster wasn't so much retaliating as ''wanting to play a game''...
** And again when Belkar and Haley encounter the Monster. Belkar attacks it with a flurry of stabs... and the Monster doesn't even ''notice'' Belkar attacking it. The two of them promptly decide to run away as fast as they possibly can.
** And again in the arena fight between {{spoiler|Roy and Thog}}. When {{spoiler|Thog enters a rage and disarms Roy, Roy (while prone and extremely wounded) punches Thog a few times in an act of defiance. Thog doesn't even flinch, and catches Roy's third punch.}}
* In ''[[Zebra Girl]]'', the second time the protagonists meet Professor Broadshoulders, Jack punches him in the jaw. Broadshoulders responds with a stern glare, and Jack replies: "I'm sorry."
* Happens to the title character in ''[[Nosfera]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20111230054152/http://nosferacomic.com/comics/pages-twenty-three-and-twenty-four/ here].
* In ''[[
* ''[[Flaky Pastry]]'': A variation has Nitrine in her power armor throwing a couple of effective punches... until the power ran out in 30 seconds and the suit froze up. She turns it into a [[Chekhov's Gun]] later.
* In ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'', Iron Jane's [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=138013 first attack] on Mr. Mighty turns into the [[Agony of the Feet]]; her [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=138691 next attempt] fared no better.
* ''Captain Gamer OOC'' makes use of this in [https://web.archive.org/web/20081221235525/http://gamer.bobandgeorge.com/index.php?comic=4&num=3 Strip #4]... until the camera pulls out to reveal that Guts Man only has a single point of energy left.
* In ''[[Fite!]]'', {{spoiler|King Frogera unleashes a flurry of claw swipes on Lucco, then looks up to see that Lucco is now ''giant''. Lucco then effortlessly picks King Frogera up and ''eats him''}}.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* In the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'', Chaka, on her first day at [[Super
* Referenced in the ''[[That Guy With
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▲* In the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'', Chaka, on her first day at [[Super Hero School|Whateley Academy]] gets into it with Hippolyta, a six-foot tall amazon. Chaka lays the smackdown with a mammoth punch to Hippolyta's gut. Nothing. A little too late, Chaka realizes she's trying to punch someone who could probably stop a LAWS rocket with her abs.
▲* Referenced in the ''[[That Guy With the Glasses]]'' Brawl, when [[The Angry Joe Show (Web Video)|Angry Joe]] tries punching Sean Fausz.
* Happens to Daffy Duck on several ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts.
* Also occurs to [[
* Riley does this to gargantuan [[Implacable Man|implacable boy]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Butch Magnus Milosevic]] on ''[[The Boondocks]]''. It doesn't work out for him at all.
* ''[[
** Terry gets this treatment from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKnb0LVJWO4&feature=related his generation's equivalent of Bane.]
** Later, in "Out of the Past", he gets it once again from one of {{spoiler|Ra's Al Ghul's}} henchmen while he isn't wearing the Batsuit. Then {{spoiler|Bruce, younger thanks to a Lazarus Pit}} punches the guy with more success.
* ''[[Batman:
* ''[[Frisky Dingo]]''{{'}}s Killface actually exclaims, "Punch, punch, punch!" when attacking Antagone, and when he sees she isn't fazed at all he says, "Nothing?"
* Donkey Kong suffered this in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' cartoon after having a curse placed on him that removed his strength. He went up against Krusha and rained a volley of punches onto the burly Kremling's stomach. Krusha's response was a sarcastic "Oooo, you're tickling me".
* In one ''[[Freakazoid!]]'' episode, the eponymous hero throws himself at the villain Guitierrez and attempts to take him down then, after a few seconds of fruitless struggle, tries tickling him. Guitierrez doesn't even flinch. Finally, Freakazoid looks up at him and says "You're not liking any of this, are you?" just before the villain throws him away.
* This happens in an episode of ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'', albeit with a lightsaber instead of fists: Obi-Wan is fighting Durge, a giant alien bounty hunter, and manages to stab him in the chest. Durge looks down, begins to laugh, and proceeds to beat the crap out of Obi-Wan.
* ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''
** In the episode "Grudge Match
** Diana herself ends up getting the short end of the stick in a fist-fight with Mongul in "[[For the Man Who Has Everything]]". He barely registers her blows. She hurts her own hands. In all fairness, Mongul ''is'' supposed to be tougher and stronger than Superman.
** This also happens to Downpour when he tries to punch Aquaman. Aquaman then easily smacks him down.
* ''[[Teen Titans (
* ''[[ReBoot]]'':
** Subverted
* Any time [[Darkwing Duck (Animation)|Darkwing Duck]] tries to use his martial arts on a bigger and stronger opponent, it goes something like this. He never learns.▼
** Earlier played straight, when {{spoiler|Bob tried to stall Gigabyte while Mainframe shut down.}} It didn't work out too well.
* ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]''▼
▲* Any time [[Darkwing Duck (
** In episode 22 of season 1, at the start of the fight against Rubilax, it seems at first that Sadlygrove has the upper hand, raining blows on the Shushu. But Rubilax just laughs it off, complains that it tickles... before {{spoiler|starting to ''grow'' and revealing that the harder he's hit, [[Oh Crap|the bigger he gets]].}}
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** In episode 9 of season 2, {{spoiler|Sadlygrove}} punches Shushu General Anathar as hard as he can {{spoiler|and realizes too late that Anathar had just copied Rubilax's power.}}
* The Monarch invokes this trope in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' episode ''Showdown at Cremation Creek Part 2'' when he attacks Klaus Nomi but fails due to his "plastic armor".
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'': For the most part of an episode, this happens repeatedly to the girls against a very [[Godzilla]]-esque monster, who just shrugs off all their attacks and systematically punts them into the ground. {{spoiler|Until Bubble politely asks it to leave.}}
* ''[[The Avengers:
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* Part of [[Harry Houdini]]'s stage act,
▲== Real Life ==
▲* Part of Harry Houdini's stage act, but eventually led to his appendix bursting and his death. Though it's a bit more complicated: Houdini was already in the early stages of appendicitis when he took the blow. He simply chalked the pain in his abdomen up to getting punched and didn't seek medical attention until it was too late.
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