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*** Blueno has an eccentricity (for lack of a better term) which prevents him from believing anything that he cannot confirm with his own senses, never trusting any sort of third-party information. Thus, during the Enies Lobby Arc, he had been duly warned of Luffy's skills and the gumption the Straw Hat Captain had in intending to declare war on the World Government itself, and nonetheless confronted Luffy alone. Long story short, he quickly ''did'' confirm it with his own senses when Luffy trounced him.

*** His teamate Rob Lucci, on the other hand, has nothing but his oversized ego to blame. During the Egghead Arc (where he is a major antagonist while working with the Marines), he ''defied orders'' for a chance at a rematch with Luffy, picking a fight with him ''twice''. Both times, Lucci was on the recieving end of a [[Curb Stomp Battle]], never managing to lay a glove on Luffy either time.

* In the ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' OVA, at one point, you see [[Small Girl, Big Gun|Presea]] [[Empty Shell|lifelessly]] dragging what used to be a huge tree she chopped down through her village of Ozette as everyone in the village stares at her. All of a sudden, some little kid throws a rock at her and yells "Monster!" Uh, kid? You see that huge tree there? You're a heck of a lot lighter than it is.

* For reasons unknown, people challenge Kenshiro of ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' even after he's just [[Your Head Asplode|exploded someone's head]]. When the first [[Mook]] or batch of mooks provoke him, that could easily be explained as [[Mugging the Monster]]. When the second batch tries, having seen the first wave get turned into [[Ludicrous Gibs|fountains of blood and body parts]], then it slides right into this trope by virtue of them being [[Too Dumb to Live]].