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* In one episode of ''[[Dollhouse]]'', Hearn (the disgraced handler) is sent to kill {{spoiler|Mellie (as far as we know, a helpless civilian)}}. We know the battle will either end with {{spoiler|Mellie's}} death or {{spoiler|Ballard}} getting back just in time to save the day. Then {{spoiler|Mellie's [[Trigger Phrase|trigger]] [[Manchurian Agent|is activated]]}}, and it's ''Hearn'' that gets curbstomped. Literally, against a table.

 

** The [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|villain battle fans had long dreamed of]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBSOhODoch0 Daleks vs Cybermen]. [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|Smack talk preceded asskicking]], and it seemed that Cybermen [[Deadpan Snarker|Snark]] outperformed the Dalek [[Hair-Trigger Temper|rage talk]] -- ''at first.''

{{quote| '''Cyberman''': Our species are similar, though your design is inelegant.<br />

* There is a celebrity episode of ''[[Lingo]]'', in which one team dealt the other an unmatched 500-0 beatdown. I repeat, a celebrity episode. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_1beGehEBg here].

* The vast majority of villains on ''[[Smallville]]'' get one of these at the hands of Clark. Really, most episodes revolve around him having to find out who the villain is and/or figure out how to separate them from their chunk of [[Kryptonite Factor]]. Once that's done, everything goes into slow motion, Clark walks up to the motionless bad guy, and takes them down with one punch. They've been getting a little better about not doing that, though.

** And then every time the Cylons come directly up against Galactica with her back against the wall, the [[Curb Stomp Battle]] goes the other way, as human Battlestars are ton-for-ton superior to Cylon Basestars, and the Cylon fleet is so spread out that they can never concentrate enough fleet power to finish off the Galactica.

* This is the ''normal'' outcome of an attack by the Shadows against a Younger Race in ''[[Babylon 5]]''.