History Main / CurbStompBattle

[[caption-width-right:345:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWRuka6I7Ng There's some fights that just ain't fair, But it's FUN to gawk and stare!]]]]
->''"Flawless victory."''
-->-- '''Franchise/MortalKombat''' screen after [[FlawlessVictory winning a round while taking no damage]]

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Compare PendulumWar, which is where sides take turns to perform this trope upon each other. In ProfessionalWrestling this frequently overlaps with SquashMatch. In video games, see FlawlessVictory. {{Breather Boss}}es and {{Anticlimax Boss}}es are the types most likely to be on the receiving end of a Curb-Stomp Battle. If this is done to the ''heroes'', on the other hand, it becomes a HopelessBossFight, often from a HeroKiller. Compare NoSell. Contrast StoryBreakerTeamUp. If the curbstompee manages to get a few good hits in to show that he or she is not ''totally'' helpless, it's a CurbStompCushion. A NoHoldsBarredBeatdown is similar but much more realistic, brutal, and violent.

A fight that's extremely one-sided; where one side just absolutely trashes the other with little-to-no effort. Commonly used as a way of establishing a character as being very strong, especially if the person on the receiving end of the beating is [[TheWorfEffect known for being very rough and tough.]]

The name comes from the act of forcing someone to lie down in the street and bite the curb, then stomping on the back of his or her head (sort of like [[https://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/kenyan-police-stomping-on-a-man-laying-on-the-ground.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=640 this Kenyan police officer is doing]]). This could be very humiliating to him or her, especially [[Film/AmericanHistoryX if he or she were to die]]. Even if he or she were to survive, they may be missing some teeth and have a severely broken jaw.

-->-- ''Franchise/MortalKombat screen after [[FlawlessVictory winning a round while taking no damage]].''

->''"[[FlawlessVictory Flawless victory.]]"''
-->-- ''Franchise/MortalKombat screen after winning a round while taking no damage.''

The name comes from the act of forcing someone to lie down in the street and bite the curb, then stomping on the back of his or her head (sort of like [[https://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/kenyan-police-stomping-on-a-man-laying-on-the-ground.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=640 this Kenyan police officer is doing]]) this could be very humiliating him or her, especially [[Film/AmericanHistoryX if he or she were to die]]. Even if he or she were to survive, they may be missing some teeth and have a severely broken jaw.

->''"Flawless victory."''

A fight that's extremely one-sided; where one side just absolutely trashes the other with little-to-no effort. Commonly used as a way of establishing a character as being very strong, especially if the person on the receiving end of the beating is [[TheWorfEffect known for being very rough and tough]]

The name comes from the act of forcing someone to lie down in the street and bite the curb, then stomping on the back of his or her head (sort of like [[https://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/kenyan-police-stomping-on-a-man-laying-on-the-ground.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=640 this Kenyan police officer is doing]]) (this could be very humiliating him or her, especially [[Film/AmericanHistoryX if he or she were to die]]. Even if he or she were to survive, he or she may be missing some teeth and have a severely broken jaw).

The name comes from the act of forcing someone to lie down in the street and bite the curb, then stomping on the back of his or her head (this could be very humiliating him or her, especially [[Film/AmericanHistoryX if he or she were to die]]. Even if he or she were to survive, he or she may be missing some teeth and have a severely broken jaw).

The name comes from the act of forcing someone to lie down in the street and bite the curb, then stomping on the back of their head (this could be very humiliating, especially [[Film/AmericanHistoryX if you were to die]]. Even if you were to survive, you may be missing some of your teeth and have a severely broken jaw).

Compare PendulumWar, which is where sides take turns to perform this trope upon each other. In ProfessionalWrestling this frequently overlaps with SquashMatch. In video games, see FlawlessVictory. {{Breather Boss}}es and {{Anticlimax Boss}}es are the types most likely to be on the receiving end of a Curb-Stomp Battle. If this is done to the ''heroes'', on the other hand, it becomes a HopelessBossFight, often from a HeroKiller. Compare NoSell. Contrast StoryBreakerTeamUp. If the curbstompee manages to get a few good hits in to show that they're not ''totally'' helpless, it's a CurbStompCushion. A NoHoldsBarredBeatdown is similar but much more realistic, brutal, and violent.

A fight that's extremely one-sided; where one side just absolutely trashes the other with little-to-no effort. Commonly used as a way of establishing a character as being very strong, especially if the person on the receiving end of the beating is [[TheWorfEffect known for being a]] {{badass}}.

The name comes from the act of forcing someone to lie down in the street and bite the curb, then stomping on the back of their head. About as humiliating of an ass-kicking as you could imagine, especially since [[Film/AmericanHistoryX it kills you]]. If you survive, you'll still be missing most of your teeth and have a severely broken jaw.

OneHitKill is a subtrope that's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A subtrope for elections is LandslideElection. NoKillLikeOverkill is often the result of a Curb-Stomp Battle.

* CurbStompBattle/TabletopsGames

OneHitKill is a subtrope that's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A subtrope for elections is LandslideElection.

->''"Analysis: Defenseless herbivores are no match for guided missiles."''
-->'''Hammerhead Virtual Intelligence''', ''Videogame/{{Mass Effect 2}}'', ''Overlord DLC''

Compare PendulumWar, which is where sides take turns to perform this trope upon each other. For the ProfessionalWrestling equivalent, see SquashMatch. In video games, see FlawlessVictory. {{Breather Boss}}es and {{Anticlimax Boss}}es are the types most likely to be on the receiving end of a Curb-Stomp Battle. If this is done to the ''heroes'', on the other hand, it becomes a HopelessBossFight, often from a HeroKiller. Compare NoSell. Contrast StoryBreakerTeamUp. If the curbstompee manages to get a few good hits in to show that they're not ''totally'' helpless, it's a CurbStompCushion. A NoHoldsBarredBeatdown is similar but much more realistic, brutal, and violent.

->''"Flawless victory."''
-->-- ''Franchise/MortalKombat screen after winning a round while taking no damage.''

->''"When a fight is just plain wrong!\\
We all sing the curbstomp song!\\
People dying left and right...\\
It's a SLAUGHTER, not a fight!"''
-->-- ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWRuka6I7Ng The Curbstomp Song]]''

->''"Two million dead in the first day, another 7 million by the end of the first week, every defense annihilated, all our forces on the run. Regrouping...somewhere...reports are coming in from other major cities. It's a well-coordinated attack, and so far it's been damned effective."''
-->-- '''Major Coats''' on the [[EldritchAbomination Reaper]] invasion, ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''

* CurbStompBattle/Sports

The name comes from the act of forcing someone to lie down in the street and bite the curb, then stomping on the back of their head. About as humiliating of an ass-kicking as you could imagine, especially since [[AmericanHistoryX it kills you]]. If you survive, you'll still be missing most of your teeth and have a severely broken jaw.

-->-- '''Major Coates''' on the [[EldritchAbomination Reaper]] invasion, ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''