History BadassNormal / Film

* ''Film/SkyHigh'' has Ron Wilson, Bus Driver! Until the credits, at least.
* The ''StarWars'' film series includes Jango Fett, who fights Obi-Wan and his Jedi powers using gizmos and gumption. Jango gets the worse of the combat, but his gadgets last just long enough to allow a quick escape. Later he manages to kill a distracted Jedi with some blaster sharpshooting. This must have gone to his head, because he ultimately [[spoiler:tries to take on Mace Windu and gets rather anticlimatically curbstomped.]]
** His clone/son Boba wasn't a weakling either. Not many people can survive being swallowed by a sarlacc '''three''' [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Boba_Fett times]] or brusquely talk back to Darth Vader the way he can.
** Han Solo briefly went up against Darth Vader himself and was the one who eventually killed Boba Fett (well, as far as the movies go).
** Grand Moff Tarkin - for a man who cannot reflect bullets with a sword or throw lightnings from his fingertips, he is badass enough to give orders to Darth Vader himself.
** Wedge Antilles - he's a normal human without the Force, but he becomes a starfighter pilot of legendary skill, founding the elite Rogue Squadron and achieving feats on par with the greatest jedi pilots. He also is the only person to fly a starfighter during both Death Star battles and survive.
* The TransformersFilmSeries has an interesting example of how a group of characters grow into the role of BadassNormal. When they start off human soldiers were completely helpless against the Decepticons, as they would shrug off .50 cal machine guns and anything lower with no problem. Lennox and Epps managed to discover (almost by accident) that they were vulnerable to HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) rounds, which they fired from hand-held weapons, as well as the ''really'' [[{{BFG}} heavy weapons]] fired [[GunshipRescue from artillery platforms]]. But due to difficulties mobilizing support crafts and hand-held weaponry not capable of extensive enough damage, they were still relying heavily on Autobot support during the course of ROTF. By DOTM you see soldiers training directly with Autobots in how common infantry soldiers can do real damage against the big robots: using trip wires, blinding them with parachutes or sniper rounds, planting grenades on their feet to disable them... using BadassNormal strategies over heavy firepower. In the final battle of DOTM it effectively becomes BashBrothers with equal footing with the Autobots and Human Soldiers just decimating the Decepticon ranks.

* In the ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' films, the average cop or soldier is capable of fighting against mutants. They might not always win but they put up a fight.
** The military is GenreSavvy enough to go after {{Magneto}} with non-metal weapons and took out quite a few members of his mutant army before the Franchise/{{X-Men}} showed up to lend a hand.
** A random security guard was the one eventually took down Mystique.
** One cop briefly took {{Wolverine}} down with a shot to the head.
** In ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', Stryker was the one responsible for [[spoiler: shooting Logan in the head with an adamantium bullet, giving him amnesia.]]
* Riddick of ''Film/PitchBlack'' had this going for him until the sequel {{retconned}} him into the last of a fearless warrior race.

* Ash Williams of the ''Evil Dead'' series. This man only wields a Chainsaw for an arm, a double barreled Remington shotgun AKA his BOOMSTICK, a chiseled jaw, and the wit of a total jackass. Spouting off one liners left and right, this man who used to be an S-Mart clerk single handedly takes on an army of Deadites. He goes from a normal guy who is just as easily disturbed about the armies of hell as any other, to one of the most memorable movie badasses in history. Hail to the king baby.
* [[spoiler:Charge]] from Film/AllSuperheroesMustDie turns out to be one.

* Snake-Eyes from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' (Storm Shadow is his Cobra counterpart), specificly when dealing with the Neo-Vipers. In the Paris chase he manages to do a lot more to try and stop Storm Shadow and Ana than his teammates in PoweredArmor. All without having anything special besides a gun and his sword.
* Col. Hardy in ''Film/ManOfSteel''. He shows no fear in fighting the Kryptonians and does his level best to kick some ass.
* ''Film/TheWolverine'': Harada, Shingen, [[spoiler: the latter who easily defeats Yukio and fights Wolverine, inflicting several instantly lethal wounds that only his healing factor allows Wolverine to win.]]

* ''Film/SkyHugh'' has Ron Wilson, Bus Driver! Until the credits, at least.

** Tony Stark himself showed that he was capable of surviving supervillains without the benefit of his armor as well.

*** Happy also shows himself to be a pretty capable guy, even if he's not in the Black Widow's league.

** {{SHIELD}} agents PhilCoulson, Maria Hill, Clint Barton, aka {{Hawkeye}} and Natasha Romanoff, aka Comicbook/BlackWidow. They all serve under undisputed Badass Normal NickFury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D. And, if Coulson's description is accurate, the whole of SHIELD is an example.

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*** Of course, with the latter two, we're only going by assumption. In the comics, both Widow and Fury are BadassAbnormal-type badasses.

** Wedge Antilles - he's a normal human without the Force, but he becomes a starfighter pilot of legendary skill, founding the elite ROgue Squadron and achieving feats on par with the greatest jedi pilots. He also is the only person to fly a starfighter during both Death Star battles and survive.

** {{SHIELD}} agents PhilCoulson, Clint Barton, aka {{Hawkeye}} and Natasha Romanoff, aka Comicbook/BlackWidow. They all serve under undisputed Badass Normal NickFury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
** Apart from CaptainAmerica himself, every other member of the [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Howling Commandos]] is a Badass Normal. Peggy Carter and Col. Chester Phillips from the Strategic Scientific Reserve are certainly no slouches in the badass normal department themselves, either.

* In OzTheGreatAndPowerful, Oscar Diggs, who will [[spoiler: later become TheManBehindTheCurtain]], isn't actually a real wizard, but is still badass enough to defeat The Wicked Witch of the East and The Wicked Witch of the West.

** The military is GenreSavvy enough to go after {{Magneto}} with non-metal weapons and took out quite a few members of his mutant army before the {{X-Men}} showed up to lend a hand.

** Also, the first time Emil Blonsky faced the Film/{{Hulk}}, he was just a soldier. He didn't fare well but was seemingly the only survivor against Hulk's rampage and certainly the only one left standing by the end of it. That says something.

** Also, the first time Emil Blonsky faced the {{Hulk}}, he was just a soldier. He didn't fare well but was seemingly the only survivor against Hulk's rampage and certainly the only one left standing by the end of it. That says something.

** {{SHIELD}} agents PhilCoulson, Clint Barton, aka {{Hawkeye}} and Natasha Romanoff, aka [[{{Comicbook/BlackWidow}} Black Widow]]. They all serve under undisputed Badass Normal NickFury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

** Anton Vanko showed that he was capable of killing Hammer's guards with his barehands, escaped prison without missing a beat, and while he did have a laser-whip harness, he was otherwise unprotected when he was hit by a car, a metal door, and by Film/IronMan himself. He stayed conscious through all of this.
** Tony Stark himself showed that he was capable of survivng supervillains without the benefit of his armor as well.

** {{SHIELD}} agents [[http://movies.ign.com/articles/120/1200622p1.html Phil Coulson]], Clint Barton, aka {{Hawkeye}} and Natasha Romanoff, aka [[{{Comicbook/BlackWidow}} Black Widow]]. They all serve under undisputed Badass Normal NickFury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

** Apart from CaptainAmerica himself, every other member of the [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Howling Commandos]] is a Badass Normal. Peggy Carter and Col. Chester Phillips from the Strategic Scientific Reserve are certainly no slouches in the badass normal department themselves, too.

** Apart from CaptainAmerica himself, every other member of the [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Howling Commandos]] is a Badass Normal.

* The ''StarWars'' film series includes Jango Fett, who fights Obi-Wan and his Jedi powers using gizmos and gumption. Jango gets the worse of the combat, but his gadgets last just long enough to allow a quick escape. Later he manages to kill a distracted Jedi with some [[ShootingSuperman blaster sharpshooting]]. This must have gone to his head, because he ultimately [[spoiler:tries to take on Mace Windu and gets rather anticlimatically curbstomped.]]

** Also, the first time Emil Blonsky faced the {{Hulk}}, he was just a soldier. He didn't fare well but was seemingly the only survivor against Hulk's ramapge and certainly the only one left standing by the end of it. That says something.

** One should not ignore Han Solo who briefly went up against Darth Vader himself and was the one who eventually killed Boba Fett (well, as far as the movies go).
* The TransformersFilmSeries has an interesting example of how a group of characters grow into the role of BadassNormal. When they start off human soldiers were completely helpless against the Decepticons, as they would shrug off .50 cal machine guns and anything lower with no problem. Lennox and Epps managed to discover (almost by accident) that they were vulnerable to HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) rounds, which they fired from hand-held weapons, as well as the ''really'' [[{{BFG}} heavy weapons]] fired [[GunshipRescue from artillery platforms]]. But due to difficulties mobilizing support crafts and hand-held weaponry not capable of extensive enough damage, they were still relying heavily on Autobot support during the course of ROTF. By DOTM you see soldiers training directly with Autobots in how common infantry soldiers can do real damage against the big robots: using trip wires, blinding them with parachutes or sniper rounds, planting grenades on their feet to disable them... basically using BadassNormal strategies over heavy firepower. In the final battle of DOTM it effectively becomes BashBrothers with equal footing with the Autobots and Human Soldiers just decimating the Decepticon ranks.

* In the ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' films, the average cop or soldier is capable of fighting against mutants. They might not always win but they put up a helluva fight.