History Main / CurbstompCushion

* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury'', Daffy is suffering a hard CurbStompBattle at the hands of Marvin the Martian (who was designed to be able to give ''Bugs Bunny'' a hard time), but Porky Pig (as Daffy's "Space Cadet") is able to get in one hit on Marvin with a lit stick of dynamite as a "birthday gift". Amusingly the fight is actually decided by a second Curbstomp Cushion, as when Marvin and Daffy's battle ends up blowing up the entire planet, Daffy merely shoves Marvin off the leftover crater to "win".

** Pakku's duel with Katara in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheWaterbendingMaster The Waterbending Master]]". Katara is an untrained but very talented teenage waterbender, while Pakku is an OldMaster with two generations of practicing and teaching Waterbending on his opponent. Katara does not even expect to win, only to make a point to Pakku, which she does by forcing the master to take her seriously as an opponent instead of simply CherryTapping her. [[spoiler:Katara also wins the moral victory, as her necklace reveals to Pakku that she's the granddaughter of the woman he wanted to marry sixty years ago and causes him to re-examine his old views.]]

* The sequel series ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' sees Optimus in a similar position for the final battle against Megatron, [[spoiler:who is now using a body based on Optimus's old "Optimal Optimus" form where Optimus is in a weaker techno-organic body]]. While Megatron is too powerful for Optimus to defeat directly, at one point Optimus lured Megatron into a power plant and blew it up, causing an explosion that at least blew Megatron's left arm off for a few moments.

We are witnessing a CurbStompBattle. Maybe the [[Film/ToraToraTora Imperial Japanese Navy has]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII caught the American giant sleeping]]. Perhaps [[AIIsACrapShoot Skynet's]] [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay forces are ripping the]] [[LaResistance TechCom troops]] a [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 structurally superfluous new behind]]. A [[Series/{{Ultraman}} hero from the stars]] might be having a tough time fighting [[{{Kaiju}} a giant monster]]. Whatever the case, the losing side is getting ''steamrolled.''

* In ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', the anime-only version of Roberta's Blood Trail. [[NinjaMaid Roberta's]] battle with the [[BadassArmy Grey Fox]] unit in the manga was a [[CurbStompBattle straight-up massacre]], the OVA adaptation evens the score significantly: while she still manages to kill several of Caxton's men, she suffers ''significantly'' in the process, [[spoiler: losing several [[AnArmAndALeg limbs]], an [[EyeScream eye]], and several [[{{Fingore}} fingers]] on her remaining hand, and is confined to the use of a wheelchair afterwards.]] No matter how much of an invincible Terminator you are, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome going up a heavily armored Special Forces unit with access to automatic weapons while using only a smooth-bore musket and absolutely no protection for yourself is not going to end well for you.]]

** The revised Link vs Cloud fight is this, [[spoiler:with Link being a GlassCannon who answers Cloud's brute strength with a massive arsenal of weapons and wits, and who manages to cheat early fatalities with the Four Swords' clones and Mipha's Grace until Cloud finally gives him a OneHitKill. A FreezeFrameBonus during [[LimitBreak Omnislash V5]] reveals that [[SuddenVideoGameMoment Link reduced Cloud's in-game health]] down to 302 out of 9502.]]

* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', Caesar's Legion attacks the town of Nipton and massacre or enslave all the inhabitants and visitors, except two. The leader of the Legionaries who did this strongly implies no one resisted this because all hoped the Legion's lottery would spare them. However, you'll notice that his force seems small to have done this, and if you search the town, you'll find several dead Legionaries.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Pakku's duel with Katara in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheWaterbendingMaster The Waterbending Master]]". Katara is an untrained but very talented teenage waterbender, while Pakku is an OldMaster with two generations of practicing and teaching Waterbending on his opponent. Katara does not even expect to win, only to make a point to Pakku, which she does by forcing the master to take her seriously as an opponent instead of simply CherryTapping her. [[spoiler:Katara also wins the moral victory, as her necklace reveals to Pakku that she's the granddaughter of the woman he wanted to marry sixty years ago and causes him to re-examine his old views.]]

* ''Anime/BakuganBattleBrawlers'' gives us Tigrerra and Aerogan against Mechtavious Destroyer, who has already managed to take out numerous Bakugan easily. We already know they're going to lose (especially since the episode's [[TwoLinesNoWaiting other plot]] already revealed the Brawlers' plan to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong), but boy do they put up a good fight. Both Aerogan and Tigrerra manage to knock Mechtavious Destroyer over, with the latter even able to nullify the latter's attacks.

* The anime version of ''Manga/{{Eyeshield21}}'' hands cushion to every team that got destroyed in the manga. Aside from one case of AdaptationalBadass, none of them [[ForgotICouldFly make]] [[IdiotBall much]] [[AdaptationInducedPlotHole sense]].

* ''Manga/OnePunchMan'': The whole joke of the series is that Saitama is completely unbeatable, so when he gets his greatest boss fight yet in the form of Boros -- an alien with godlike powers who comes looking for him because he can find no challenges anywhere else -- what happens is that, get this, Boros ''does not die with one punch''. One casual, not-really-trying punch, that is, since Saitama is never eally trying. He also manages to send Saitama flying to the Moon, but he just jumps back. So overall, the fight lasts for several pages, where usually Saitama defeats his opponents in one panel, even though Boros never stood any kind of chance.

* In ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' when young pup Van and experienced knight Allen duel in their HumongousMecha for the first time, everyone expects Allen to curb stomp Van, and he does. But as he's standing over Van, he's shocked to suddenly notice a gash in the side of his own mech.

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