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* Not a boast, but in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier,'' Cap [[AwesomenessByAnalysis realizes that he's been ambushed]] by nine men, all of whom are top-level combat specialists, who surround him in the elevator and prepare to take him down. He very calmly asks if anyone would like to get out before they get started. Cue CurbStompBattle--from the one.

* In ''LightNovel/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign'', Lu injects the fact that she killed [[spoiler:Elvast Toydream]] (Government Award 1000) into every conversation possible, even those with no relation to combat or Awards. However offhanded her tone may sound, it's clear she's proud of the deed.
* In ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', it's brought up that the Emperor that the Silver Horde is here to overthrow has [[{{Ninja}} some very special guards]]. Then a throwing star tinkles to the floor.
-->'''Boy Willie:''' Met them.

* In ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', when the title character is dueling Ra's al Ghul, he tries to get off a BadassBoast, but Ra's calmly replies with a BlaseBoast.
--> '''Oliver:''' You're unarmed.\\
'''Ra's al Ghul:''' I'll take your blades when you're finished with them.

** ''Literature/BattleGround'': A Jotun asks to know Harry's greatest deeds before they do battle, listens to Harry's bombastic recitation, compliments him as a WorthyOpponent, then answers simply that he himself battled [[PhysicalGod Thor]] and lived. Harry [[LampshadeHanging admits]] that it's an unbeatable humblebrag.

->'''Alex''': You mentioned backup from Lalivero? Let's go meet them together, shall we?\\
'''Tolbi soldier''': Hey, pal! When they get here, you'll really be in for it!\\
'''Alex''': Do you honestly believe that even a hundred of you could stop me? This should be interesting.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Long Feng has played his power against the heroes pretty successfully for most of the second season... [[BigBadWannabe until Azula arrives on the scene and quickly proves which of them is the bigger threat.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': After several hundred years of a TraumaCongaLine, Lapis Lazuli finally meets the gem that made her, essentially her ''god'', and one of the most powerful beings in the universe, Blue Diamond. And she's ''unimpressed'' with the Diamond's powerful EmotionBomb that's brought down everyone else around her.
-->'''Lapis:''' I've felt worse.

** [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2009-12-14 LOTA test-firing LOTA's new superweapon]]:

--->'''[[spoiler: Draco]]:''' You think I am a threat.
--->'''Jean-Paul:''' If I thought you were truly a threat, we would not be having this conversation.

-->'''Carol:'''"You interrupted my reverie. You know you're going to pay for that, right?"

'''Omar:''' ''[smiles, shrugs, and sits back in his seat]'' [[https://youtu.be/oYj7q_by_2E?t=1m Day at a time, I suppose.]]

* ''Videogame/HalfLifeAlyx:'' When you finally breach the massive prison ship hovering above the city, and release its inmate, they turn out ''not'' to be Gordon Freeman, as the Resistance initially thought. When asked about this, [[spoiler:the G-Man]] practically plays it off like a joke, even if an unusually threatening one even without [[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable his usual inflection.

* Supposedly this exchange between a Nazi Ambassador and his Swiss counterpart :
-->'''Ambassador:''' "But what if you were invaded by an army numbering 1 million troops?" (twice the 500,000 the Swiss could muster.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': Jack Rakan gets one of these in a flashback, while he's helping rescue Queen Arika.
-->'''Rakan''': Oh? You wanna throw down? You sure? I mean, you don't have that many forces.\\
'''General''': You fool. Our forces are much greater than what you see here. We have an entire fleet of airships on stand-by and elite combat mages numbering greater than 3,000! Even you cannot...\\
'''Rakan''': Like I said... you sure? You really think that's gonna be enough? (Note: [[OneManArmy It isn't enough. Not by a long shot.]])

-->"We both know that no prison built will hold me. I've been through enough tortures that anything you could do to me would be at best amusingly quaint and frankly, cathartic."

--> [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Captain]], I could do it blindfolded and drunk.

-->'''[[spoiler: Draco]]:''' You think I am a threat.
-->'''Jean-Paul:''' If I thought you were truly a threat, we would not be having this conversation.

'''Omar:''' [smiles, shrugs, and sits back in his seat] [[https://youtu.be/oYj7q_by_2E?t=1m Day at a time, I suppose]]

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* Omar Little from ''Series/TheWire'' is a stick up man, that is, an armed robber who [[KarmicThief targets only drug dealers and other criminals to steal from]]. While Omar has SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome after moment of awesome throughout the series, there's something special about the following exchange in "[[Recap/TheWireS02E06AllProlouge All Prologue]]", at the start of the trial of [[ProfessionalKiller a drugland assassin]] who tortured and murdered Omar's [[{{Gayngster}} boyfriend Brandon]].

'''AI:''' [[AC:Of course not. Why should they?]]

* Early in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', Baron Wulfenbach decides to go for a walk.
--->'''Jäger:''' "I [[VampireVords vill]] assign you two--"\\
'''Wulfenbach:''' "I will go by myself. Let the people see that I ''can.''"

** Maya seems to have picked up on this, as untold centuries later when she properly introduces herself to Allison in Mattom's palace, she says this:

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In ''Literature/SkinGame'' Donar Vadderung, aka [[spoiler: Odin]], says of TheSpymaster FallenAngel Anduriel that "he knows very nearly as much as I do." He had just told Harry Dresden that Anduriel can, with concentration, [[SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands look out from any being's shadow, hear what they're saying, and sometimes even see through it]].

* Omar Little from ''Series/TheWire'' is a stick up man, that is, an armed robber who [[KarmicThief targets only drug dealers and other criminals to steal from]]. While Omar has SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome after moment of awesome throughout the series, there's something special about the following exchange in Season 2, at the start of the trial of [[ProfessionalKiller a drugland assassin]] who tortured and murdered Omar's [[{{Gayngster}} boyfriend Brandon]].

--->'''[[spoiler:Zaid:]]''' ...So why are there two now?\\

** [[TheWormThatWalks The Sleepless]] also tend to produce these with alarming frequency, fully aware that there is almost nothing they will encounter which is actually a threat. One says he can't claim killing two hostile Skybreakers was self defense ''because it was too easy'', and another states with complete confidence (and accuracy) that there's nothing its captors can do to make it talk. While the readers are aware [[PlayAlongPrisoner that it isn't even actually contained.]]

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': In the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' books, Cain, THE HERO OF THE IMPERIUM, does this a lot. He makes sure to remind the reader that he only does it to seem like a HumbleHero. If he talked himself up too much, after all, he'd get missions dangerous than the ones he's already assigned.