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* Done several times in ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'', usually by the [[Dissonant Serenity|extraordinarily calm]] [[Complete Monster|Johan,]] but once or twice by other characters.
** Of note because it's unexpected for the character, [[Rich Bitch|Eva]] does this after {{spoiler|setting her own mansion ablaze in a rage.}}
* Dekoppa [https://web.archive.org/web/20090216190527/http://www.onemanga.com/Majin_Devil/9/28/ here] from ''[[Majin Devil]]''does one with a bundle of pipes while striding towards an ancient devil who produces soundwaves that reduces concrete down to its very atoms.He is also a [[Badass Bookworm]].
* While arguably conflicting with manga [[Canon]], [[The Atoner|Kenshin Himura]] in the [[Rurouni Kenshin]] OVA ''Tsuiokuhen'' has him walking away from the blazing hut that was once his home where {{spoiler|he left the corpse of his wife Tomoe Yukishiro whom he accidentally killed in his final showdown with the [[Big Bad]]}}
* [[Bleach]]: [[Stoic Spectacles|Ishida]] [[Badass Bookworm|Uryuu]] did this after blowing a hole under Yammy Riyalgo's feet. Made cooler via a [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] shot.
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* Also subverted in ''[[The Dark Knight]]:'' The Joker does something like an unflinching walk out of the hospital, then stops as the explosion peters out. He then stands there fiddling with the detonator until the ''rest'' of the bombs go off, visibly startling him, and he hightails it out of there (all of which, it should be noted, were [[Throw It In|adlibbed by Ledger]] after a special effects failure).
** In a meta sense, this perfectly reflects the Joker's philosophy of the inherent chaos of the universe and how stuff never goes according to the plan.
* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20090422204658/http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/large_tv.html the trailers] to the film ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' (retained in the film itself). [[Iron Man]] dodges a tank shell and then fires a tiny, wrist-mounted rocket at the tank. He doesn't even wait for the rocket to explode before turning around to begin his Unflinching Walk. Combine that imagery with the opening riff of the Black Sabbath song of the same name and you have [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|the ultimate in superhero badassery]].
** The same trailer also shows an "Unflinching Stand" when Stark casually addresses a crowd with his back to the oncoming shockwave of a cluster bomb explosion.
** In the sequel, Whiplash does the unflinching walk ''twice''.
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== Webcomics ==
* Taken a step further in ''[[Twice Blessed]]''. After Princess Pella Brightwing single-handedly takes out two constructs the size of houses that come after her, [http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=30 she calmly sits down to dig through her bag for a healing potion while the warforged titan she defeated blows up just feet away from her.]
* Played straight on [https://web.archive.org/web/20111211103511/http://www.centralcitytower.com/2011/01/project-0-page-211-big-finish.html this] page of ''[[Project 0]]''. The creators even invoke The Lonely Island in their description.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090830032655/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=20&issue=13 This] strip of ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' lampshades the Unflinching Walk as a ''ninjitsu technique''.
** The poster for ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'''s crossover with ''[[Axe Cop]]'' has them doing a [[Power Walk]] with an explosion as the backdrop.
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* [http://www.cracked.com/article_17019_p2.html Audie fricking Murphy].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIVGXktag-I This] EOD guy. After ''dancing in front of the bomb''. ''With [[Guns Akimbo]]''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140206121558/http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/1321804155522.gif?w=504&h=364 These] two soldiers.
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