History BadassNormal / Film

* Cherno Alpha from ''Film/PacificRim'', as far as a giant robot can be normal. The oldest [[HumongousMecha Jaeger]] still active, with no fancy tricks like [[HeroesPreferSwords Gipsy Danger]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre Striker Eureka]] and [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Crimson Typhoon]]; Cherno is just really strong, really tough and capable of punching things, but that didn't stop it from holding the line in Siberia for seven years and [[{{Determinator}} fighting on]] despite being double teamed by two [[EliteMook Category 4 Kaijus]] [[spoiler:and having it's armour breached]].

*** Yukio's mutant power is a limited form of precognition that allows her to see how people will die. Her strength and skills come entirely from training, yet she kicks about as much ass as Wolverine, a nearly two-centuries old veteran warrior with an indestructible skeleton, metal claws, and an enhanced healing factor.

** ''The Force Awakens'' has an even better example with a [[RedShirt random Stormtrooper]] (canonically named "FN-2199", but better known to fans as [[IncrediblyLamePun TR-8R]]), who is able to take on Finn while the latter had a lightsaber with nothing but a stun baton and some serious Chutzpah. He would have killed Finn, too, had it not been for [[BigDamnHeroes Han and Chewie intervening]].

* Ash Williams of the ''Franchise/EvilDead'' 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.

* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': Steve is a World War I pilot, spy, and saboteur and skilled in his own right, he just isn't a demi-goddess with Super Strength, divine armor, and weapons. His aim with a gun is enough to provide cover fire.

* ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' is being run by an ordinary one - he doesn't even have Nemo's "mad science knack" for him. But seeing how it's SeanConnery, obviously he kicks as much and more ass then various immortals and Hydes.

* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe, there are many who can perform amazing feats even if they lack force-sensitivity

** Finn from ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' is able to hold his own in a lightsaber battle with Kylo Ren despite his lack of melee training and Kylo's superior fighting abilities.
** The film has an even better example with an [[RedShirt unnamed Stormtrooper]] (known to fans as [[IncrediblyLamePun TR-8R]]), who is able to take on Finn while he had the lightsaber with nothing but a stun baton and some serious Chutzpah. He would have killed him, too, had it not been for [[BigDamnHeroes Han and Chewie intervening]].

* Creator/NeillBlomkamp seems to have a thing for making his BigBad|s this trope. [[SociopathicSoldier Colonel Koobus]] of ''Film/{{District 9}}'' is a South African mercenary who leads men to police aliens who can shrug off 9mm rounds and rip people's limbs off, and [[spoiler:single-handedly takes out an alien MiniMecha which slaughtered all of his men]]. [[CorporateSamurai Kruger]] of ''Film/{{Elysium}}'' takes on a guy in PoweredArmor with a katana, [[spoiler:though he does eventually get his own suit to fight Max's, and he also survives getting his face blown off]]. Eventually {{Subverted|Trope}} with [[ReligiousBruiser Moore]] from ''Film/{{Chappie}}'', as he's set up as a tough ex-special forces operative, but at no point in the film does he even threaten Chappie without a major advantage like a weapon, a load of henchmen, or the Moose, and eventually Chappie [[CurbStompBattle royally kicks his ass]] - the film's climax makes it clear that past the bluster and military training, he's just a loser on a power trip.

** Wedge Antilles of the original trilogy and Poe Dameron of ''The Force Awakens'' are some of the best {{Ace Pilot}}s whose piloting skills rival even force users like Luke and Vader. Wedge survived both attacks on the Death Stars and even brought down a near-invincible [[HumongousMecha AT-AT]] by using the harpoon cables of his snowspeeder to tangle its legs. In his debut film, Poe Dameron who shot down 10 TIE fighters in 10 seconds with his X-Wing and landed the finishing blow to the Starkiller planet by flying into the it and destroying its core.

* The original trio of heroes in ''Film/MysteryMen''.

*** One cop briefly took XMenFilmSeries/{{Wolverine}} down with a shot to the head.

*** The military is smart enough to go after XMenFilmSeries/{{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.

* In the ''Film/XMen'' films, the average cop or soldier is capable of fighting against mutants, even if the former may not always win.

*** One cop briefly took ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} down with a shot to the head.

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

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

* In ''[[Film/{{Underworld}} Underworld: Rise of the Lycans]]'', back when Raze was human, he was strong enough to punch out werewolves. He was eventually turned, removing him from badass normal status.

* In the ''Film/XMen'' 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 smart enough to go after ComicBook/{{Magneto}} with non-metal weapons and took out quite a few members of his mutant army before the Franchise/XMen showed up to lend a hand.
** A random security guard was the one eventually took down Mystique.
** One cop briefly took ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} down with a shot to the head.
** William Stryker is as intimidating as Magneto, without any powers!
** In ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', Stryker was the one responsible for [[spoiler: shooting Logan in the head with an adamantium bullet, giving him amnesia.]]
** ''Film/TheWolverine'':\\\
Shingen Yashida. No mutant powers, no supertech, just a katana. Nonetheless, he holds his own against the Wolverine himself. Oh, and [[spoiler:he was weakened by Viper's poison at the time, poison that it appears was intended to kill him.]]\\\
Harada is a mundane [[TheLeader leader]] of a clan of mundane ninja.\\\
Yukio’s mutant power is a limited form of precognition that allows her to see how people will die. Her strength and skills come entirely from training, yet she kicks about as much ass as Wolverine, a decades old veteran warrior with an indestructible skeleton, metal claws, and an enhanced healing factor.\\\
Wolverine has a very difficult time with the two determined Yakuza on top of the bullet train, who do all the same death-defying stunts as Wolverine without any superpowers at all.

** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', Helmut Zemo has no advanced tech (except for bombs etc he jury rigs), no powers, no special origin and no allies. At best, he was a former military colonel. What he does have is patience, wits and ThePowerOfHate. [[spoiler: He's also the ONLY MCU villain under TheBadGuysWin.]]

* Creator/NeillBlomkamp seems to have a thing for making his BigBad's this trope. [[SociopathicSoldier Colonel Koobus]] of ''Film/{{District 9}}'' is a South African mercenary who leads men to police aliens who can shrug off 9mm rounds and rip people's limbs off, and [[spoiler:single-handedly takes out an alien MiniMecha which slaughtered all of his men]]. [[CorporateSamurai Kruger]] of ''Film/{{Elysium}}'' takes on a guy in PoweredArmor with a katana, [[spoiler:though he does eventually get his own suit to fight Max's, and he also survives getting his face blown off]]. Eventually {{Subverted|Trope}} with [[ReligiousBruiser Moore]] from ''Film/{{Chappie}}'', as he's set up as a tough ex-special forces operative, but at no point in the film does he even threaten Chappie without a major advantage like a weapon, a load of henchmen, or the Moose, and eventually Chappie [[CurbStompBattle royally kicks his ass]] - the film's climax makes it clear that past the bluster and military training, he's just a loser on a power trip.

** Wedge Antilles of the original trilogy and Poe Dameron of ''The Force Awakens'' are {{AcePilot}} some of the best pilots . Wedge survived both attacks on the Death Stars . Ditto for Poe Dameron who shot down 10 TIE fighters in 10 seconds and landed the finishing blow that destroyed the Starkiller Base.

* Jango Fett from ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIAttackOfTheClones'' has about the best record in the ''Star Wars'' films of a normal fighting the Force-using Jedi. First, he fights Obi-Wan using gizmos and gumption. Jango gets the worse of the combat, but his gadgets last just long enough to allow a quick escape, and Obi-Wan is certainly inconvenienced. Later he manages to kill a distracted Jedi RedShirt 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 -- note that Windu was absolutely elite even among the Jedi.]]
** Finn from ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' is able to hold his own in a lightsaber battle with Kylo Ren.
*** The film has an even better example with an [[RedShirt unnamed Stormtrooper]] (known to fans as [[IncrediblyLamePun TR-8R]]), who is able to take on Finn while he had the lightsaber with nothing but a stun baton and some serious Chutzpah. He would have killed him, too, had it not been for [[BigDamnHeroes Han and Chewie intervening]].

* Several examples from the MarvelCinematicUniverse, which may cross over with comics examples listed on that page:
** ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} agents PhilCoulson, Maria Hill, Clint Barton, aka ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} and Natasha Romanoff, aka Comicbook/BlackWidow. They all serve under undisputed Badass Normal ComicBook/NickFury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D. And, if Coulson's description is accurate, the whole of SHIELD is an example.
** Apart from CaptainAmerica himself, every other member of the [[Film/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. Special mention to Bucky, who keeps up with him for most of the film despite being normal.

*** Unfortunately, this was averted in the case of Happy Hogan who confronted a supervillain and was immediately put in a coma for his troubles. [[spoiler:He gets better in the end though.]]

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

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

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