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** [[Beware the Nice Ones|Captain Unohana Retsu]] gets one of these in the current [[Filler]] arc. {{spoiler|She's cornered by the [[Filler Villain|Inaba]] and the [[Evil Twin|Reigais]] of both herself and her vice captain. She holds her own briefly using some high level kidos without incantation and then promptly leaves presumably because the battle was [[Unwinnable by Design|unwinnable]] depriving fans of the chance to see some of her fighting [[Informed Ability|badassery]]}}.

* Asuka's battle with the mass-produced Evas in ''[[End of Evangelion]]''. To be specific: The would-be [[The Ace|ace pilot]] who has [[Heroic BSOD|become a helpless mess]] from her continual losses and having her [[Mind Rape|worst fears and memories thrown into her face]], Asuka, is confronted by nine enemies individually stronger than her own [[Giant Mecha]], armed only with a single knife and less than two minutes battery power. She then proceeds to destroy them one by one, wreaking carnage in her wake in the way she had promised for so long [[Informed Ability|she could]]. As the last of her battery power drains she is tearing the final one apart, her victory complete, only to whip around her AT Field to meet a thrown blade. It turns into a weapon that can pierce the field, impaling her [[Eye Scream|through the eyes]] just before the power cuts. Then the ones whom she defeated [[Slasher Smile|smile]] and [[Diabolus Ex Machina|get back up]]. What follows [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|is best]] [[Extreme Melee Revenge|not]] [[Gorn|described]].

* ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha Force]]'' example. Woah, looks like Hayate's about to cast a pretty awesome spell! Why, it's a powerful enough spell than it has the all-powerful [[Generic Doomsday Villain|Huckebein]] worried... {{spoiler|And of course, [[Villain Sue]] Cullen pops out of freaking nowhere and stabs Hayate in the back before defeating Vita and Erio [[Curb Stomp Battle|without even paying attention]]. Despite the fact that Vita and Erio were armed with weapons that would bypass the Huckebeins' [[Anti-Magic]] abilities.}}

* ''[[Ranma ½]]'': The Moko Takabisha. Ranma has finally stopped abusing himself to try to beat Ryoga's Shi Shi Hokodan. He's actually eerily confident... then he casts his counter-attack - a variant of the Shi Shi Hokodan based on confidence. Ryoga replies with an even stronger Shi Shi Hokodan. Time for a massive [[Beam-O-War]], right? Wrong. ''Pop.'' [[Angst Nuke|Perfected Shi Shi Hokodan]] [[Curb Stompb Battle]] ensues. And the way Ranma does win is arguably rather anticlimatic, too.

* In the Season 3 finale of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Wesley is there for the final battle with the Mayor's vampire forces, looking all stone serious. He goes to join the fray... and is instantly knocked down and out. His last appearance on the show was being loaded into an ambulance, complaining as the stretcher is moved.

** This was by Alexis Denisof's choice. [[Joss Whedon]] offered him the opportunity to man up and hold his own in the battle, but Alexis [[Rule of Funny|thought just getting knocked out would be funnier]].

** In the Season 5 finale Doc bests Spike in combat, then faces up to Buffy knife in hand, saying "This should be interesting." Buffy throws him off the tower without even breaking stride.

* A similar joke is done in [[Jekyll]]. The first several minutes of an episode are spent building up a badass marine-type who was recruited solely to head up anti-Hyde security. Squad training, combat montage, weapon drills. Then when he actually meets Hyde he charges at him and is flung carelessly off the rooftop.

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