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* In the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' the first battles between Char and Amuro comes out like this. While Char's [[HumongousMecha mobile suit]] is an old Zaku II that is grossly inferior to Amuro's titular robot, Char pretty much owned Amuro, and the only thing preventing Char from destroying the Gundam three times faster than a blink was the fact he underestimated its armor and brought only a machine gun to the battle before Amuro learned to dodge.
** Later, a Zeon Commander spots the ''White Base'' leaving Side 6 and decides to ambush them with the brand-spanking new Rick Doms. At this point, Amuro's Newtype abilities are in full-swing as, as he and the Gundam head out, he begins picking them off one by one, actually ''counting down'' how many he's shot down. The commander is horrified - 12 brand new Rick Doms ''and'' three ships destroyed in ''3 minutes''.
** The One Year War zig-zagged this. Very early on, Zeon basically wiped the floor with the EFSF mainly because the Federation was caught off-guard and hadn't anticipated the impact of mobile suits. Towards the end of the conflict, it's the ''Federation'' that's increasingly in a position to pull these off, as they've got a lot more to throw at the enemy.
** The final battle between Amuro Ray and Char Aznable comes down to one of these in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'', with Amuro, who has [[ColonyDrop other things]] to worry about, tearing Char to pieces in a matter of minutes. And "minutes" doesn't even begin to describe how quickly Amuro takes care of every other mobile suit that gets in his way.
* The end result of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' is a final battle where the good guys win a completely flawless victory where none of their three main HumongousMecha took a scratch. Western fans weren't too happy with this, since ''Gundam'' finales are traditionally messy affairs. But it was also a Justified case: morale among the BigBad's forces was starting to crumble because he'd just been revealed as a WellIntentionedExtremist. When the actual battle began, everything [[VillainousBreakdown fell apart]]; The Calvary (led by vets of the previous war) [[CavalryBetrayal switched sides as soon as they arrived]]; more followed as mutinies started breaking out on ships; and both his [[TheDragon Dragon]] and [[TheBrute Top Ace]] suffered nervous breakdowns midway through the battle. The final blow was a self-inflicted one -- he fired a super weapon ''through his own ships'' in an attempt to destroy the protagonists. ''It didn't work''.
** This also happened in several earlier battles with Kira taking on both sides at once and easily defeating them all. Shinn, Kira's AntiVillain/intended protagonist rival also engages in one of these whenever he battles a non-Gundam enemy, and one could argue that his, Rey, and Luna's battle with the Destroys at Heaven's Base is another example.
* The first season of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' is a fascinating deconstruction of this trope, primarily as a subversion to Gundam's general use of Ace/experimental mobile suits that dominate cannon fodder and the Universal Century's general refusal to showcase military tactics in its storytelling (Western fans believe it to be a clapback at the ending arc of SEED Destiny, this has been refuted by 00's creative staff as them continuing on from what the SEED series started with command officers and pilots thinking smarter to win battles). Initially, the Gundams dominate their opponents through [[BiggerStick sheer technological superiority]]. What makes this interesting is how the series explores the ways in which the various world powers arrayed against the Gundams try to compensate for this problem ''strategically'' instead of trying to match them with brute force. This progresses to the point where the various military forces of the world successfully drive the Gundams into a corner, even though they are still technologically outmatched (it helps that [[ZergRush they have numbers]] though). And finally, [[spoiler:thanks to a traitor from Celestial Being, the technology gap is closed]], which results in the Gundams struggling against new mook machines.
** An episode of the Second Season played this extremely straight with [[spoiler:Louise Halevy getting revenge on Nena Trinity, again through [[BiggerStick sheer technological superiority]] ([[BiggerStick Louise's huge new mobile suit]] vs. [[SoLastSeason the same Throne Nena had been using for four years]] = lol, were you expecting a ''fight''?).]] This is in contrast to the second season opening with Setsuna still operating a heavily-damaged Gundam Exia, and despite that holding his own against the then-standard infantry mobile suits.
** A more traditional version occurs in the final episode, pitting [[spoiler:Hiling Care against "Doublelujah" (Allelujah and Hallelujah working together). Long story short, at NO point in the battle does Hiling and her Garazzo pose even a significant threat, as Doublelujah jets around the battlefield with his Gundam Arios, casually lopping off her machine's limbs and tearing away ejection systems like this is just another day at the office. The only solid blow Hiling lands is right before she dies, because Doublelujah [[RammingAlwaysWorks RAMS]] her with Arios and [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cuts her Garazzo in half]]. She manages to stab Arios with the Garazzo's Beam Claws, and that only does superficial damage. Of course, Ribbons, being the ass he is, immediately takes Arios out in the span of three seconds with two GN Fangs.]]
** Later, a Zeon Commander spots the ''White Base'' leaving Side 6 and decides to ambush them with the brand-spanking new Rick Doms. At this point, Amuro's Newtype abilities are in full-swing as, as he and the Gundam head out, he begins picking them off one by one, actually ''counting down'' how many he's shot down. The commander is horrified - 12 brand new Rick Doms ''and'' three ships destroyed in ''3 minutes''.
** The One Year War zig-zagged this. Very early on, Zeon basically wiped the floor with the EFSF mainly because the Federation was caught off-guard and hadn't anticipated the impact of mobile suits. Towards the end of the conflict, it's the ''Federation'' that's increasingly in a position to pull these off, as they've got a lot more to throw at the enemy.
** The final battle between Amuro Ray and Char Aznable comes down to one of these in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'', with Amuro, who has [[ColonyDrop other things]] to worry about, tearing Char to pieces in a matter of minutes. And "minutes" doesn't even begin to describe how quickly Amuro takes care of every other mobile suit that gets in his way.
* The end result of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' is a final battle where the good guys win a completely flawless victory where none of their three main HumongousMecha took a scratch. Western fans weren't too happy with this, since ''Gundam'' finales are traditionally messy affairs. But it was also a Justified case: morale among the BigBad's forces was starting to crumble because he'd just been revealed as a WellIntentionedExtremist. When the actual battle began, everything [[VillainousBreakdown fell apart]]; The Calvary (led by vets of the previous war) [[CavalryBetrayal switched sides as soon as they arrived]]; more followed as mutinies started breaking out on ships; and both his [[TheDragon Dragon]] and [[TheBrute Top Ace]] suffered nervous breakdowns midway through the battle. The final blow was a self-inflicted one -- he fired a super weapon ''through his own ships'' in an attempt to destroy the protagonists. ''It didn't work''.
** This also happened in several earlier battles with Kira taking on both sides at once and easily defeating them all. Shinn, Kira's AntiVillain/intended protagonist rival also engages in one of these whenever he battles a non-Gundam enemy, and one could argue that his, Rey, and Luna's battle with the Destroys at Heaven's Base is another example.
* The first season of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' is a fascinating deconstruction of this trope, primarily as a subversion to Gundam's general use of Ace/experimental mobile suits that dominate cannon fodder and the Universal Century's general refusal to showcase military tactics in its storytelling (Western fans believe it to be a clapback at the ending arc of SEED Destiny, this has been refuted by 00's creative staff as them continuing on from what the SEED series started with command officers and pilots thinking smarter to win battles). Initially, the Gundams dominate their opponents through [[BiggerStick sheer technological superiority]]. What makes this interesting is how the series explores the ways in which the various world powers arrayed against the Gundams try to compensate for this problem ''strategically'' instead of trying to match them with brute force. This progresses to the point where the various military forces of the world successfully drive the Gundams into a corner, even though they are still technologically outmatched (it helps that [[ZergRush they have numbers]] though). And finally, [[spoiler:thanks to a traitor from Celestial Being, the technology gap is closed]], which results in the Gundams struggling against new mook machines.
** An episode of the Second Season played this extremely straight with [[spoiler:Louise Halevy getting revenge on Nena Trinity, again through [[BiggerStick sheer technological superiority]] ([[BiggerStick Louise's huge new mobile suit]] vs. [[SoLastSeason the same Throne Nena had been using for four years]] = lol, were you expecting a ''fight''?).]] This is in contrast to the second season opening with Setsuna still operating a heavily-damaged Gundam Exia, and despite that holding his own against the then-standard infantry mobile suits.
** A more traditional version occurs in the final episode, pitting [[spoiler:Hiling Care against "Doublelujah" (Allelujah and Hallelujah working together). Long story short, at NO point in the battle does Hiling and her Garazzo pose even a significant threat, as Doublelujah jets around the battlefield with his Gundam Arios, casually lopping off her machine's limbs and tearing away ejection systems like this is just another day at the office. The only solid blow Hiling lands is right before she dies, because Doublelujah [[RammingAlwaysWorks RAMS]] her with Arios and [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cuts her Garazzo in half]]. She manages to stab Arios with the Garazzo's Beam Claws, and that only does superficial damage. Of course, Ribbons, being the ass he is, immediately takes Arios out in the span of three seconds with two GN Fangs.]]
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* ''[[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' franchise:
** In the original''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', the first battles between Char and [[TheHero Amuro Ray]] and [[TheRival Char Aznable]] comes out like this. While Char's [[HumongousMecha mobile suit]] is an old yet [[AceCustom modified]] Zaku II that is grossly inferior to Amuro's titular robot, Char pretty much owned Amuro, and the only thing preventing Char from destroying the Gundam three times faster than a blink was the fact he underestimated its armor and brought only a machine gun to the battle before Amuro learned to dodge.
** *** Later, a Zeon Commander spots the ''White Base'' leaving Side 6 and decides to ambush them with the brand-spanking new Rick Doms. At this point, Amuro's Newtype abilities are in full-swing as, as he and the Gundam head out, he begins picking them off one by one, actually ''counting down'' how many he's shot down. The commander is horrified - 12 brand new Rick Doms ''and'' three ships destroyed in ''3 minutes''.
** *** The One Year War zig-zagged this. Very early on, Zeon basically wiped the floor with the EFSF mainly because the Federation was caught off-guard and hadn't anticipated the impact of mobile suits. Towards the end of the conflict, it's the ''Federation'' that's increasingly in a position to pull these off, as they've got a lot more to throw at the enemy.
** The final battle between AmuroRay and Char Aznable comes down to one of these in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'', with Amuro, who has ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack''. With Amuro having [[ColonyDrop other things]] to worry about, tearing Char he and his Nu Gundam tear Char's Sazabi to pieces in a matter of minutes. And "minutes" doesn't even begin to describe how quickly Amuro takes care of every other mobile suit that gets in his way.
*way, with him casually blowing [[TheDragon Gyunei Guss]] up and moving on with little fanfare.
** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'', a Silver Bullet -- a modified Doven Wolf from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' -- faces off against Full Frontal's massive Neo Zeong. It proves that just because you have a Gundam head, you're not going to come out on top as the Neo Zeong swats away all attempts to harm it while it easily cuts and blasts the suit into just a torso. The only thing saving the poor schmoe is the Unicorn's arrival.
*** Before this, there was the Battle of Torrington. The Zeon Remnants easily blind-sided the unprepared Federation Forces, but the arrival of the Byarlant Custom signaled the turn around with the machine easily trouncing anyone it fought, the only damage it got was a slightly-melted shoulder guard from where a Marasai's beam saber was pressed against it as it was being cleaved in half.
** In the second manga adaptation of ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', we get to see the battle between Chibodee Crocket and the American-based Gundam Maxter against the Iraq-based Scud Gundam, which, in the anime, was just shown with the Scud Gundam getting its head punched off. Despite its [[MoreDakka tons of heavy ordnance,]] Chibodee and Maxter pull an UnflinchingWalk all the way up to the guy as its launching its weaponry and, when he gets up close, delivers a crushing right hook to take him out.
** The end result of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' is a final battle where the good guys win a completely flawless victory where none of their three main HumongousMecha took a scratch. Western fans weren't too happy with this, since ''Gundam'' finales are traditionally messy affairs. But it was also a Justified case: morale amongthe BigBad's [[BigBad Gilbert Durandal]]'s forces was starting to crumble because he'd just been revealed as a WellIntentionedExtremist. WellIntentionedExtremist DarkMessiah. When the actual battle began, everything [[VillainousBreakdown fell apart]]; apart; The Calvary (led by Yzak Joule and Dearka Elsman, vets of the previous war) [[CavalryBetrayal switched sides as soon as they arrived]]; more followed as mutinies started breaking out on ships; his head flagship, the ''Minerva'', was shot down; and both his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Rey Za Burrel]] and [[TheBrute Top Ace]] Shinn Asuka]] suffered [[VillainousBreakdown nervous breakdowns breakdowns]] midway through the battle. battle before getting their Gundams thrashed and disabled by protagonists [[AllLovingHero Kira Yamato]] and [[TheLancer Athrun Zala]]. The final blow was a self-inflicted one -- he Durandal fired a super weapon ''through his own ships'' in an attempt to destroy the protagonists. ''It didn't work''.
** *** This also happened in several earlier battles with Kira taking on both sides at once and easily defeating them all. Shinn, Kira's AntiVillain/intended protagonist rival Shinn also engages in one of these whenever he battles a non-Gundam enemy, and one could argue that his, Rey, and Luna's Lunamaria Hawke's battle with the Destroys Destroy Gundams at Heaven's Base is another example.
* ** The first season of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' is a fascinating deconstruction of this trope, primarily as a subversion to Gundam's general use of Ace/experimental mobile suits that dominate cannon fodder and the Universal Century's general refusal to showcase military tactics in its storytelling (Western fans believe it to be a clapback at the ending arc of SEED Destiny, but this has been refuted by 00's creative staff as them continuing on from what the SEED series started with command officers and pilots thinking smarter to win battles). Initially, the Gundams dominate their opponents through [[BiggerStick sheer technological superiority]]. What makes this interesting is how the series explores the ways in which the various world powers arrayed against the Gundams try to compensate for this problem ''strategically'' instead of trying to match them with brute force. This progresses to the point where the various military forces of the world successfully drive the Gundams into a corner, even though they are still technologically outmatched (it helps that [[ZergRush they have numbers]] though). And finally, [[spoiler:thanks to a traitor from Celestial Being, the technology gap is closed]], which results in the Gundams struggling against new mook machines.
** *** An episode of the Second Season played this extremely straight with [[spoiler:Louise Halevy [[spoiler:[[BrokenBird Louise Halevy]] getting revenge on [[CuteAndPsycho Nena Trinity, Trinity]], again through [[BiggerStick sheer technological superiority]] ([[BiggerStick Louise's huge new mobile suit]] vs. [[SoLastSeason the same Throne Nena had been using for four years]] = lol, were you expecting a ''fight''?).]] This is in contrast to the second season opening with Setsuna [[AcePilot Setsuna]] still operating a heavily-damaged Gundam Exia, and despite that holding his own against [[{{Mooks}} the then-standard infantry mobile suits.
**suits]].
*** A more traditional version occurs in the final episode, pitting [[spoiler:Hiling Care against "Doublelujah"(Allelujah ([[SplitPersonality Allelujah]] and Hallelujah [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Hallelujah]] working together). Long story short, at NO ''no'' point in the battle does Hiling and her Garazzo pose even a significant threat, as Doublelujah jets around the battlefield with his Gundam Arios, casually lopping off her machine's limbs and tearing away ejection systems like this is just another day at the office. The only solid blow Hiling lands is right before she dies, because Doublelujah [[RammingAlwaysWorks RAMS]] her with Arios and [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cuts her Garazzo in half]]. She half]] -- she manages to stab Arios with the Garazzo's Beam Claws, and that only does superficial damage. Of course, Ribbons, [[BigBad Ribbons]], being the ass he is, immediately takes Arios out in the span of three seconds with two GN Fangs.]]
** In the original
** The final battle between Amuro
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** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'', a Silver Bullet -- a modified Doven Wolf from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' -- faces off against Full Frontal's massive Neo Zeong. It proves that just because you have a Gundam head, you're not going to come out on top as the Neo Zeong swats away all attempts to harm it while it easily cuts and blasts the suit into just a torso. The only thing saving the poor schmoe is the Unicorn's arrival.
*** Before this, there was the Battle of Torrington. The Zeon Remnants easily blind-sided the unprepared Federation Forces, but the arrival of the Byarlant Custom signaled the turn around with the machine easily trouncing anyone it fought, the only damage it got was a slightly-melted shoulder guard from where a Marasai's beam saber was pressed against it as it was being cleaved in half.
** In the second manga adaptation of ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', we get to see the battle between Chibodee Crocket and the American-based Gundam Maxter against the Iraq-based Scud Gundam, which, in the anime, was just shown with the Scud Gundam getting its head punched off. Despite its [[MoreDakka tons of heavy ordnance,]] Chibodee and Maxter pull an UnflinchingWalk all the way up to the guy as its launching its weaponry and, when he gets up close, delivers a crushing right hook to take him out.
** The end result of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' is a final battle where the good guys win a completely flawless victory where none of their three main HumongousMecha took a scratch. Western fans weren't too happy with this, since ''Gundam'' finales are traditionally messy affairs. But it was also a Justified case: morale among
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*** A more traditional version occurs in the final episode, pitting [[spoiler:Hiling Care against "Doublelujah"
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** In the movie, this is actually subverted, in the sense that the ELS have numbers, while Earth and Celestial Being has the technological advantage. The fact that the first battle against the ELS cost Earth a Mobile Armor with 154 GN Fangs does not make anything better. In the end, though, Zabanya can easily take out a large portion of the ELS quickly, until they start changing tactics after having assimilated GN Drive technology. Harute in Marute Mode also does a fair deal of killing, considering that it is a Mobile Suit designed for Hallelujah to use (not Allelujah) The fact that both personalities are combined as well as having Marie or Soma present in the cockpit does not make things better for the ELS... Then the [=SoulBraves=] show up and help kicking ass. And finally, 00 Qan[T] (Double-O Quanta) launches and uses its Quantum Sword, the only attack it ever actually uses, and even then, it is used as a high-tech nut-cracker, after which 00 Qan[T] is used to end the Curb Stomp Battle, by being used as a giant high-tech mobile phone.
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** In 00's [[GrandFinale movie]], ''[[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer A Wakening of the movie, Trailblazer]]'', this is actually subverted, in the sense that the ELS [[AlienInvasion Extraterrestrial Living Metal Shapeshifters]] have numbers, while Earth and Celestial Being has the technological advantage. The fact that the first battle against the ELS aliens cost Earth the Gadelaza -- a Mobile Armor with 154 [[AttackDrone GN Fangs Fangs]] -- does not make anything better. In the end, though, Gundam Zabanya can easily take out a large portion of the ELS quickly, until they start changing tactics after having assimilated GN Drive technology. Gundam Harute in Marute Mode also does a fair deal of killing, considering that it is a Mobile Suit designed for Hallelujah to use (not Allelujah) The fact that both personalities are combined as well as having Marie or Soma present in the cockpit does not make things better for the ELS... Then the [=SoulBraves=] show up and help kicking ass. And finally, Gundam 00 Qan[T] (Double-O Quanta) launches and uses its Quantum Sword, the only attack it ever actually uses, and even then, it is used as a high-tech nut-cracker, after which 00 Qan[T] is used to end the Curb Stomp Battle, by being used as a giant high-tech mobile phone.
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* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'', a Silver Bullet -- a modified Doven Wolf from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' -- faces off against Full Frontal's massive Neo Zeong. It proves that just because you have a Gundam head, you're not going to come out on top as the Neo Zeong swats away all attempts to harm it while it easily cuts and blasts the suit into just a torso. The only thing saving the poor schmoe is the Unicorn's arrival.
** Before this, there was the Battle of Torrington. The Zeon Remnants easily blind-sided the unprepared Federation Forces, but the arrival of the Byarlant Custom signaled the turn around with the machine easily trouncing anyone it fought, the only damage it got was a slightly-melted shoulder guard from where a Marasai's beam saber was pressed against it as it was being cleaved in half.
* In the second manga adaptation of ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', we get to see the battle between the American-based Gundam Maxter and the Iraq-based Scud Gundam, which, in the anime, was just shown with the Scud Gundam getting its head punched off -- Despite its [[MoreDakka tons of heavy ordnance,]] Maxter pulls an UnflinchingWalk all the way up to the guy as its launching its weaponry and, when he gets up close, delivers a crushing right hook to take him out.
** Before this, there was the Battle of Torrington. The Zeon Remnants easily blind-sided the unprepared Federation Forces, but the arrival of the Byarlant Custom signaled the turn around with the machine easily trouncing anyone it fought, the only damage it got was a slightly-melted shoulder guard from where a Marasai's beam saber was pressed against it as it was being cleaved in half.
* In the second manga adaptation of ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', we get to see the battle between the American-based Gundam Maxter and the Iraq-based Scud Gundam, which, in the anime, was just shown with the Scud Gundam getting its head punched off -- Despite its [[MoreDakka tons of heavy ordnance,]] Maxter pulls an UnflinchingWalk all the way up to the guy as its launching its weaponry and, when he gets up close, delivers a crushing right hook to take him out.
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** Sasuke and his entire team get another from Killer B. Killer B didn't just beat Sasuke, he basically killed Sasuke ''twice''.
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** Sasuke and his entire team get another from Killer B. Killer B didn't just beat Sasuke, he basically killed Sasuke ''twice''.The ONLY reason Taka "wins" the fight is by having Sasuke spamming the hell out of Amaterasu on B, and even then, B managed to escape, making their objective of capturing him pointless.
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** Sasuke assaults the Kage Summit and gets ''thoroughly'' trounced by the five Kage present, surviving thanks to a DeusExMachina from Tobi.
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** Sasuke's assault on the Five Kage Summit. He easily kills a bunch of samurai and incapacitates Cee with a genjutsu, but then has to fight the Raikage and Gaara, and later on the Mizukage Mei and the Tsuchikage Ohnoki. Even with his new Mangekyo Sharingan abilities like Susanoo and Inferno Style Flame Control, he just ''barely'' overcomes Ay and Gaara, and is so exhausted afterwards that Mei and Ohnoki utterly trounce him, requiring Tobi to bail Sasuke assaults the Kage Summit and gets ''thoroughly'' trounced by the five Kage present, surviving thanks to a DeusExMachina from Tobi.out.
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* ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa'': Link using the Fierce Deity' Mask against Majora. Majora only hits him once with its CombatTentacles (apparently trying to also electrocute him), which Link shrugs off and tosses the thing against a wall and kills it with one swing. Sorta a given seeing as the mask in the game allows the player to end the boss fight in seconds.
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* ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa'': Link In the adaptation of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', Link using the Fierce Deity' Deity Mask against Majora. Majora only hits him once with its CombatTentacles (apparently trying to also electrocute him), which Link shrugs off and tosses the thing against a wall and kills it with one swing. Sorta a given seeing as the mask in the game allows the player to end the boss fight in seconds.
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* ''Manga/OnePunchMan'': The premise of the entire show. Any fight Saitama participates in is one of these practically by definition. In a world where {{Kaiju}} run rampant and the most powerful heroes in the setting can call down meteors, he's never taken any significant damage, his strikes always wreck something or someone horribly, and even when he doesn't pull a OneHitKill right off the bat it only means he's holding back more than usual, be it because he wants to spare the enemy in question or because he wants to pretend the fight's on his level, even if the fight in question is against an [[AlienInvasion alien overlord]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom who can destroy the planet at full power]].
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* ''Manga/OnePunchMan'': The premise of the entire show. Any fight Saitama participates in is one of these practically by definition. In a world where {{Kaiju}} run rampant and the most powerful heroes in the setting can call down meteors, he's never taken any significant damage, his strikes always wreck something or someone horribly, and even when he doesn't pull a OneHitKill right off the bat it only means he's holding back more than usual, be it because he wants to spare the enemy in question or because he wants to pretend the fight's on his level, even if the fight in question is against an [[AlienInvasion alien overlord]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom who can destroy the planet at full power]]. Even in the climax of the first season fighting a Freeza wannabe who puts up far more of a fight than usual has Saitama realize early on there's no point in blocking since Boros can't even hurt him with a direct hit. He spends a lot of the fight walking backwards looking bored. Boros doesn't realize until the end that Saitama was not trying at all, despite his consolatory words at the end.
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** [[TheChessmaster Lelouch vi Britannia]]'s first battle after obtaining the power of [[MagicalEye Geass]] counts as this, coordinating with a local resistance group to hijack a bunch of Sutherland [[HumongousMecha Knightmare Frames]] and catch Clovis' army unawares, using his knowledge of chess to direct the rebels into ambushing the Britannians. Then the tables are turned on Lelouch when the [[SuperPrototype Lancelot]], the first 7th Generation Knightmare piloted by [[TheRival Suzaku Kururugi]], is unleashed and becomes a OneManArmy, laying waste to the rebels. Lelouch, however, still evades the Lancelot and puts himself in the perfect position to interrogate and assassinate Clovis.
** ''R2'' has the battle in Episode 47 [[spoiler:when Suzaku and his souped-up Lancelot Albion takes on the elite Knights of the Round and an army of Britannian soldiers. Dorothea Ernst is sniped out of the sky in seconds, which is followed up by Suzaku blowing the enemy army to kingdom come with the Albion's energy feather barrage. He then mercilessly [[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange shoots Monica Krushevsky in the face]], disables Gino Weinberg and his Tristan with a HurricaneKick, and then kills Bismarck Waldstein -- the Knight of One, greatly alluded to be the best warrior in Britannia -- about a minute later]]. Some cheered for Suzaku, but a lot of people expected a less one-sided match [[spoiler:with the Knights of the Round]] due to how much his opponents had been hyped up, and were not happy. [[spoiler:Especially due to how [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter most of the Rounds were never characterized or even showcased with their Knightmares]] before Suzaku killed them all.]]
** ''R2'' has the battle in Episode 47 [[spoiler:when Suzaku and his souped-up Lancelot Albion takes on the elite Knights of the Round and an army of Britannian soldiers. Dorothea Ernst is sniped out of the sky in seconds, which is followed up by Suzaku blowing the enemy army to kingdom come with the Albion's energy feather barrage. He then mercilessly [[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange shoots Monica Krushevsky in the face]], disables Gino Weinberg and his Tristan with a HurricaneKick, and then kills Bismarck Waldstein -- the Knight of One, greatly alluded to be the best warrior in Britannia -- about a minute later]]. Some cheered for Suzaku, but a lot of people expected a less one-sided match [[spoiler:with the Knights of the Round]] due to how much his opponents had been hyped up, and were not happy. [[spoiler:Especially due to how [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter most of the Rounds were never characterized or even showcased with their Knightmares]] before Suzaku killed them all.]]
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** [[TheChessmaster [[Characters/CodeGeassLelouchLamperouge Lelouch vi Britannia]]'s first battle after obtaining the power of [[MagicalEye Geass]] counts as this, coordinating with a local resistance group to hijack a bunch of Sutherland [[HumongousMecha Knightmare Frames]] and catch Clovis' army unawares, using his knowledge of chess to direct the rebels into ambushing the Britannians. Then the tables are turned on Lelouch when the [[SuperPrototype Lancelot]], the first 7th Generation Knightmare piloted by [[TheRival Suzaku Kururugi]], is unleashed and becomes a OneManArmy, laying waste to the rebels. Lelouch, however, still evades the Lancelot and puts himself in the perfect position to interrogate and assassinate Clovis.
** ''R2'' has the battle in Episode 47 [[spoiler:when [[Characters/CodeGeassSuzakuKururugi Suzaku Kururugi]] and his souped-up Lancelot Albion takes on the elite Knights of the Round and an army of Britannian soldiers. Dorothea Ernst is sniped out of the sky in seconds, which is followed up by Suzaku blowing the enemy army to kingdom come with the Albion's energy feather barrage. He then mercilessly [[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange shoots Monica Krushevsky in the face]], disables Gino Weinberg and his Tristan with a HurricaneKick, and then kills Bismarck Waldstein -- the Knight of One, greatly alluded to be the best warrior in Britannia -- about a minute later]]. Some cheered for Suzaku, but a lot of people expected a less one-sided match [[spoiler:with the Knights of the Round]] due to how much his opponents had been hyped up, and were not happy. [[spoiler:Especially due to how [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter most of the Rounds were never characterized or even showcased with their Knightmares]] before Suzaku killed them all.]]
** ''R2'' has the battle in Episode 47 [[spoiler:when [[Characters/CodeGeassSuzakuKururugi Suzaku Kururugi]] and his souped-up Lancelot Albion takes on the elite Knights of the Round and an army of Britannian soldiers. Dorothea Ernst is sniped out of the sky in seconds, which is followed up by Suzaku blowing the enemy army to kingdom come with the Albion's energy feather barrage. He then mercilessly [[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange shoots Monica Krushevsky in the face]], disables Gino Weinberg and his Tristan with a HurricaneKick, and then kills Bismarck Waldstein -- the Knight of One, greatly alluded to be the best warrior in Britannia -- about a minute later]]. Some cheered for Suzaku, but a lot of people expected a less one-sided match [[spoiler:with the Knights of the Round]] due to how much his opponents had been hyped up, and were not happy. [[spoiler:Especially due to how [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter most of the Rounds were never characterized or even showcased with their Knightmares]] before Suzaku killed them all.]]
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* When the Invid invade Earth in ''Anime/{{Robotech}}: The New Generation'', the narrator describes the fight as "Within a matter of minutes, the Invid turned the already devastated planed into a wasteland. The Armies of the Southern Cross, weary from constant battles against the Robotech Masters, are no match for the inspired battle-hungry Invid". {{Justified}} because, as explained by the narrator, Earth's Army of the Southern Cross had just fought a devastating war against the Robotech Masters and had had no time to rebuild, with large part of their equipment being old tanks they had brought out of mothball.
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* When the Invid invade Earth in ''Anime/{{Robotech}}: The New Generation'', the narrator describes the fight as "Within a matter of minutes, the Invid turned the already devastated planed into a wasteland. The Armies of the Southern Cross, weary from constant battles against the Robotech Masters, are no match for the inspired battle-hungry Invid". {{Justified}} {{Justified|Trope}} because, as explained by the narrator, Earth's Army of the Southern Cross had just fought a devastating war against the Robotech Masters and had had no time to rebuild, with large part of their equipment being old tanks they had brought out of mothball.
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* In ''Manhwa/PhDPhantasyDegree'', the students of Athena just beat up two of the top warriors of the ''BigBad'', and they're pumped. Then 5 more show up. Next time we see them? All the students are dead, except for one. AND THE VILLAINS DON'T HAVE A SCRATCH BETWEEN THEM.
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*** [=PePe=] learns the hard way that, without [[MoreThanMindControl The Love]], [[CripplingOverspecialization he's pretty much useless]]. [[spoiler:Zombie Kensei]] shows him this by curb-stomping a brainwashed Hisagi before turning [=PePe=] into [[RapidFireFisticuffs his personal punching bag]] and [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom sending him flying head first into a building]].
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* In ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', the main protagonist David upgrades his cyberware with a full-body mechanized combat chassis that allows him to effortlessly make short work of dozens of heavily-trained corporate military forces and even [=MaxTac=], the city's elite police force trained explicitly to deal with cyberpsychos, which David is rapidly becoming due to the effect of his implants on his brain. While David's battle against these forces is a curb stomp in itself, the ''real'' stomping comes when David goes up against infamous Night City legend and "full-borg" [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Adam Smasher]], who proceeds to effortlessly dismantle David's chassis ''and David's body itself'' before finally finishing him off.
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** Most fights involving [[BigBad Dio Brando]] end up as these for the opponent. In ''Manga/PhantomBlood'' he defeats [[TheMentor Zeppeli]] with relative ease and [[spoiler:kills [[MauveShirt Dire]] in a single hit]], with the only person who ever proves to be a threat to him being [[TheHero Jonathan]]. And in ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'', DIO [[spoiler:kills [[TheSmartGuy Kakyoin]] with a single hit (though it's Kakyoin's LastBreathBullet that ends up turning the tide of the fight)]] and quickly defeats both [[CoolOldGuy Joseph]] and [[TheBigGuy Polnareff]], and while he himself admitted that both of them did come dangerously close to killing him, they did so when he was distracted. The only person able to actually fight him is [[TheHero Jotaro]], and even then, [[spoiler:after drinking Joseph's blood]], DIO has Jotaro at his mercy [[spoiler:until Jotaro activates [[EleventhHourSuperpower Star Platinum:]] [[TimeStandsStill The World]]]].
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** Most fights involving [[BigBad Dio Brando]] end up as these for the opponent. In ''Manga/PhantomBlood'' ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'', he defeats [[TheMentor Zeppeli]] with relative ease and [[spoiler:kills [[MauveShirt Dire]] in a single hit]], with the only person who ever proves to be a threat to him being [[TheHero Jonathan]]. And in ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'', ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'', DIO [[spoiler:kills [[TheSmartGuy Kakyoin]] with a single hit (though it's Kakyoin's LastBreathBullet that ends up turning the tide of the fight)]] and quickly defeats both [[CoolOldGuy Joseph]] and [[TheBigGuy Polnareff]], and while he himself admitted that both of them did come dangerously close to killing him, they did so when he was distracted. The only person able to actually fight him is [[TheHero Jotaro]], and even then, [[spoiler:after drinking Joseph's blood]], DIO has Jotaro at his mercy [[spoiler:until Jotaro activates [[EleventhHourSuperpower Star Platinum:]] [[TimeStandsStill The World]]]].
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** ''Stardust Crusaders'':''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': Joseph's fight against the brass knuckles-wielding gangster serves as an EstablishingCharacterMoment, showcasing Joseph's AwesomenessByAnalysis. He effortlessly reads every move the thug tries to make, and easily parries his punch with a hat rack, breaking his hand and putting him out of commission.
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** ''Manga/StoneOcean'': After his Stand evolves into [[spoiler: Made In Heaven and begins to reset the universe, Enrico Pucci slaughters Anasui, Ermes, Jotaro and Jolyne in rapid succession.]] '''''DAMN.'''''
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** ''Manga/StoneOcean'': ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': After his Stand evolves into [[spoiler: Made In Heaven and begins to reset the universe, Enrico Pucci slaughters Anasui, Ermes, Jotaro and Jolyne in rapid succession.]] '''''DAMN.'''''
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** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'': Hato inflicts a Curb-Stomp Battle to Tamaki Damo after she catches him from and delivers a rapid-kick attack with her CombatStilettos to pierce all over his body.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJoJoLands The JoJoLands]]'': Jodio's narration in the prologue describes that their attempted heist at the villa goes horribly wrong. Sure enough, Rohan catches the team in the act, easily dispatches Paco and Usagi, and uses Heaven's Door to identify everyone in the heist as well as their boss.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJoJoLands The JoJoLands]]'': Jodio's narration in the prologue describes that their attempted heist at the villa goes horribly wrong. Sure enough, Rohan catches the team in the act, easily dispatches Paco and Usagi, and uses Heaven's Door to identify everyone in the heist as well as their boss.
* ''Manga/UndeadUnluck'': Shen calls Victor as "Victhor", as in the god of thunder, Thor, when the two meet face to face. Victor corrects him, telling him he is indeed a human before beating him to a pulp.
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* Van vs. the Dragonslayers in ''Anime/{{Vision of Escaflowne}}'' The curb-stomping starts out cathartic (Van had a ''long'' list of transgressions for which he wanted them to answer) and ends up terrifying. The only thing that saved Dilandau was when the spirits of his fallen compatriots came back to try to [[TakingYouWithMe take Van with them into the afterlife]].
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* Van vs. the The Dragonslayers in ''Anime/{{Vision of Escaflowne}}'' ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' The curb-stomping starts out cathartic (Van had a ''long'' list of transgressions for which he wanted them to answer) and ends up terrifying. The only thing that saved Dilandau was when the spirits of his fallen compatriots came back to try to [[TakingYouWithMe take Van with them into the afterlife]].
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** [[spoiler:Maki]] [[SelfMadeOrphan kills her father]] in [[SingleStrokeBattle a single attack]] once her Heavenly Restriction goes into full effect following [[spoiler:Mai's death]]. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge She then proceeds to wipe out the rest of her clan]]. ''[[OneWomanArmy By herself]].''
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** [[TheDreaded Ryomen Sukuna]] is pretty much ''always'' on the giving end of the curb-stomping. If he doesn't kill an opponent in an instant, [[ItAmusedMe it's because he's enjoying himself by toying with them]].
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** [[TheDreaded Ryomen Sukuna]] is pretty much ''always'' on the giving end of the curb-stomping. If he doesn't kill an opponent in an instant, [[ItAmusedMe it's because he's enjoying himself by toying with them]].them]] (the list of people capable of fighting him on even ground can probably be counted on one hand).
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** [[WorldsBestWarrior Satoru Gojo]] spends the entire fight with [[PlayingWithFire Jogo]] mocking and belittling the Disaster Curse while nonchalantly blocking his attacks and tossing him around. Jogo proves to be such a non-challenging opponent, in fact, that Gojo goes out of his way to bring Yuji along so that the latter can learn from watching them fight. When an enraged Jogo [[DomainHolder expands his Domain]] in order to kill Gojo, the latter's own Domain overwhelms Jogo's in an instant.
** [[TheDreaded Ryomen Sukuna]] is pretty much ''always'' on the giving end of the curb-stomping. If he doesn't kill an opponent in an instant, [[ItAmusedMe it's because he's enjoying himself by toying with them]].
** Maki easily trounces Miwa during the Goodwill Event, to the point that she simply ends the fight by stealing her sword and walking away.
** During the Shibuya Incident, [[TranquilFury Nanami becomes so pissed]] with [[DirtyCoward Haruta]] that he spends a good minute giving him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at walking speed while Haruta is powerless to even scratch him.
** After [[spoiler:[[MageKiller Toji]]]] is [[BeyondTheImpossible accidentally resurrected]] and he proceeds to go on a rampage, he walks into [[MakingASplash Dagon's]] Domain while he's fighting Megumi, Maki, Naobito and Nanami at the same time. The first thing he does is steal Playful Cloud from Maki, after which he quickly brutalizes the Disaster Curse.
** [[WorldsBestWarrior Satoru Gojo]] spends the entire fight with [[PlayingWithFire Jogo]] mocking and belittling the Disaster Curse while nonchalantly blocking his attacks and tossing him around. Jogo proves to be such a non-challenging opponent, in fact, that Gojo goes out of his way to bring Yuji along so that the latter can learn from watching them fight. When an enraged Jogo [[DomainHolder expands his Domain]] in order to kill Gojo, the latter's own Domain overwhelms Jogo's in an instant.
** [[TheDreaded Ryomen Sukuna]] is pretty much ''always'' on the giving end of the curb-stomping. If he doesn't kill an opponent in an instant, [[ItAmusedMe it's because he's enjoying himself by toying with them]].
** Maki easily trounces Miwa during the Goodwill Event, to the point that she simply ends the fight by stealing her sword and walking away.
** During the Shibuya Incident, [[TranquilFury Nanami becomes so pissed]] with [[DirtyCoward Haruta]] that he spends a good minute giving him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at walking speed while Haruta is powerless to even scratch him.
** After [[spoiler:[[MageKiller Toji]]]] is [[BeyondTheImpossible accidentally resurrected]] and he proceeds to go on a rampage, he walks into [[MakingASplash Dagon's]] Domain while he's fighting Megumi, Maki, Naobito and Nanami at the same time. The first thing he does is steal Playful Cloud from Maki, after which he quickly brutalizes the Disaster Curse.
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** Afterwards, he finally meets the Dragon King Acnologia and even went on a spiel on how he obtained all 8 of his different Dragon Slaying techniques and that he [[spoiler:defected to the Alvarez Empire just to search for and fight him... [[KilledMidSentence only to have his right abdomen ripped through by a single punch from the Dragon King before he could even finish talking, talking]], showing just how truly powerful Acnologia really is.]]
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