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== Live-Action TV ==

* A variation in ''[[Farscape]]'''s fourth season; {{spoiler|Noranti has given John drugs to deaden his emotional connection to Aeryn ([[It Makes Sense in Context|long story]]), and during a fight he shoves one into the alien's mouth, stunning it; no immediate awkwardness, as John is able to just wave it off and there's the distraction of a rampaging monster, but not long afterwards Aeryn confronts Noranti and then John about this}}.

* Michael Westen of ''[[Burn Notice]]'' is a [[Badass]], but frequently spends episodes undercover in notably un-Badass personas. This gets annoying when it would be tactically advantageous to not win fights; Westen has to struggle to find ways to plausibly lose fistfights, or allow his arm to be dislocated. This is usually played straight (''e.g.'' the arm dislocation), but sometimes for comedy, as the camera cuts to his face to show him bored and disdainful of his opponent's flailing failure to hurt him.

* In ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', Peter Parker successfully dodges many water balloons thrown by Flash Thompson. He notices a crowd is gathering, admiring his skills, so he has to stop dodging and let himself get soaked.

* During one unlucky occasion in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', Bruce Wayne and a reporter are [[Bruce Wayne Held Hostage|held captive by a ninja]]. Bruce is put in the unenviable position of having to fight his captor at about half-strength to keep his companion (who knew of his ninja training, but not his identity) from putting two and two together. He probably would have lost had Robin not rushed her out of sight before he got too beaten up. Not to mention the fear Bruce almost certainly felt when facing the ninja, who according to Alfred was the only guy who could beat him at the Japanese dojo where Bruce learned the martial arts. It's worth noting that Robin didn't seem to have any trouble fighting the ninja, and it's just as likely that knowing Robin had his back was what allowed Bruce to fight back and win. A later episode reveals that the ninja himself was not fooled by the ruse in the long run. Having fought both Batman and Bruce Wayne (even holding back), he could tell that they were the same man.

* ''[[Spider-Man]]: The New Animated Series''

** In the episode "Tight Squeeze", this trope is played straight when ex-KGB agents capture a group of civilians, including Peter Parker.

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