Mugging the Monster: Difference between revisions

{{quote|'''Hoss:''' Oh, and by the by, your new name's Butt-view.}}

** Similarly, when local police put the Scarecrow and Madcap in the drunk tank with a bunch of rowdy relatives in town for a wedding with the intention of scaring them straight... there were no survivors.

* [[Incredible Hulk]]: Naturally, this has happened to Bruce Banner a few times. In one instance the Grey Hulk was nearly mugged, which is odd considering he's taller than most people and almost as wide.

** The moment where Bruce Banner is nearly raped by two men in the shower of the YMCA takes the cake. It's an aversion, though, as when Banner threatens to turn into the Hulk, they doubt him but decide not to risk it.

* In ''[[Secret Six]]'', Deadshot and Catman are discussing the potential [[Heel Face Turn]] that Catman underwent in Africa when they enter a convenience store that is in the process of being robbed. They completely ignore the brandished weapons and pick up some cigarettes and ice-cream and even go to pay for their items, all the while being screamed at by the skinheads who are doing the robbing. After a little while, Deadshot takes a break from the conversation to easily disarm the skinhead behind him and then ''berates'' him for his amateurishness. As he explains, it is fine if the skinhead does not respect ''him'', but he will ''damn well'' respect the ''gun''. Deadshot gives the thug a few pointers (start the robbery by placing the gun against the victims head in order to give him a primal fear reaction, but then speak slowly and calmly in order to keep anybody from panicking and reacting, etc.) and then shoves his head through a glass case, taking out one of his eyes, as punishment. Of course, Deadshot then ''finishes'' the robbery, taking the cash from the register, to punish the store for "lax security precautions." After Catman and Deadshot leave they resume their previous conversation, but Deadshot immediately points out that Catman, despite what he may think, has ''not'' become a good guy. When Catman asks why, Deadshot points out that he just left several defenseless witnesses in the same room as a group of bloody and angry thugs who will be looking for vengeance and to cover their tracks after their humiliating fiasco of a robbery. Catman pauses for a moment, sighs, and walks back into the store.

** See also [[Too Dumb to Live]]: The thugs ([[Those Wacky Nazis|The Zyklon-B Boys]]) ''deliberately'' attack Deadshot a few weeks later when one of them sees him walking into a restaurant. He follows Deadshot, looking for revenge, and is viciously beaten again, only surviving because Deadshot had made a promise not to kill anybody that night (he was on a date). Instead of taking the hint, he waits for the rest of the gang to gather and attacks one more time; this time he and the other skinheads are not so lucky, and Deadshot's ''date'' kills them all, explaining that ''she'' did not make any promises that night.