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# The character completely dodges the attack at the last moment, but it looks like they were hit... until the camera reveals they're standing off to the side, completely unharmed. Or they'll make some [[CasualDangerDialog witty remark]] to let their baffled ''would-be'' attacker know they missed.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3rd Edition has a class feature called "Uncanny Dodge" which allows a character to evade attacks even if they're in a position where they normally wouldn't be able to dodge, like being unbalanced or caught off-guard. The improved version of this feat prevents rogues less than four levels higher than the character from using sneak attacks against the character, and the description of the feat implies that the character reflexively dodges attacks before they're even consciously aware of them.

* Particularly effective with Princess' debut episode in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. After Princess trashes Buttercup and Bubbles thanks to her powerful gadgets, Blossom gets into it, and ''she is pissed''. Cue complete ownage, with Blossom merely moving her head to avoid Princess' flurry of punches. Including an {{Homage}} to ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' where Blossom dodges an energy blast simply by tilting her head, just as Piccolo did in one scene. Pissed, she was, but she demonstrated that TranquilFury trumps UnstoppableRage, at least for that episode.

** Type 1 is Mr.Chi's main defense: [[WeakButSkilled being supremely skilled but physically weak]] due [[spoiler: [[OldMaster extremely old age]] ]], he can't block or suffer his opponents' blows, but he's very good at dodging... And sending them hitting on something. UpToEleven when he faced Oki (one of the greatest wrestlers of all times) in a hotel room and ''actually defeated him by dodging''.

* Legendary ''VideoGame/Doom'' speedrunner Zero Master managed a tool-assisted speedrun (using slow motion and save states) in which he played through a massive map featuring over 23,000 demons, killed all of them, and didn't get hit once. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubdda0DuFvM It has to be seen to be believed.]]

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''

** Runs in the family; Vergil does the same in his introduction movie in Special Edition, dodging an enemy's scythe à la Type 1.

* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'': In his match with Hoshi in Osaka, Manabu Itagaki realizes he’s gained control over his previously untapped natural gifts, allowing him to perceive Hoshi as if he was coming at him in slow motion and dodge all of Hoshi's punches with ease. Itagaki tests his ability to avoid a punch by dodging as little as possible: first he dodges it by ten centimeters, then by five centimeters, and then he allows one to brush the tip of his hair. No matter what, Hoshi can’t hit him! By now Itagaki has started to enjoy himself, and he taunts Hoshi by appearing in front of him, tapping his glove just to show "I could have gotten you", and then disappearing again before Hoshi can do anything.

** Dante from ''Devil May Cry 4'' proves he's a Type 1 when Nero throws a giant statue sword at him. Dante responds by just barely moving his head out of the way, then barely reacts to the object's size and force of throw.

* All three versions are used in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' at one point or another, mainly to establish that the characters are superhumanly powerful swordsmen.
* This trope plays a role in Makoto's (soon to be Sailor Jupiter's) introduction in ''Anime/SailorMoon''. When her boyfriend is endangered by Zoisite, one of the supernatural Dark Generals, Makoto attacks him head-on with no idea she has any superpowers waiting for her. Zoisite, who ''does'' have magical powers and isn't isn't even human, nonchalantly avoids her attacks, hovers around, barely even looks at her, casually tilts his head to one side when she shies an earring at him like it's nothing -- ''and then she hits him.''

* Anakin Skywalker in ''Film/StarWarsRevengeOfTheSith'' During the duel between him and Obi Wan on Mustafar. At one point, Obi Wan lunges and Anakin barely moves his head to dodge, swipes away with his own lightsaber, and the battle continues.

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%%%* Anything by Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor is Type 3.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** This is done for laughs during two fights. The first we see a clone of Kaede get hit by an attack, followed by four Ninja clones of her appearing around her enemy commenting on how much that would have hurt. Later on, Kotaro and Negi do the same thing against a different opponent.
** Also played for laughs with Asuna vs. Ayaka, Makie, and the twins in issue 176; Asuna unthinkingly dodges or blocks all the attacks thrown at her, at one point actually thinking "Huh? She's slow." Yeah, a couple of months of TrainingFromHell will do that.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Captain Aizen and his [[SuperpowerLottery cheating antics]].
** Chad's hopeless battle against Kyoraku. The guy doesn't even drop his drink as he avoids every single attack with infuriating and amusing ease. Kyoraku [[ObfuscatingStupidity appears]] perpetually unconcerned about anything -- suspect execution, treachery (his own), the above Big Bad. He also didn't want to fight Chad at all, instead inviting the young man who'd invaded his home and was beating his subordinates senseless to share a drink. Captain Kyoraku treats almost ''everything'' nonchalantly.
** {{Inverted|Trope}} by Kisuke. He invites Hiyori to kick him in the face. She attempts to do so. Kisuke has enough time to move his head out of the way, ''smile'', and move back.
** Gremmy Thoumeaux leans out of the way of Yachiru's sword slash and says her attacks are boring. Keep in mind that Yachiru's sword attacks on three planes of existence and Guenael Lee, a guy who could turn invisible, had trouble dodging it.
* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Ranma does all three at various points, such as Type 3 while sleeping.
* After [[spoiler:the TimeSkip]], ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has an episode in which Kittan threw punches at [[spoiler:Rossiu]], only to be met with Type 1.

* Luciola from ''Anime/LastExile'' does the type 1 version in the episode in which he is introduced the crew of the Silvana. His expression does not change in the slightest as he proceeds to knock out the guy throwing the punches.
* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': Spike Spiegel... except when he's fighting [[BadassBookworm Appledelhi]], who [[CurbstompBattle does it to him.]] And when [[spoiler:he dies in the last episode. Maybe. Somebody forgot how to dodge, huh?]]
* All three versions are used in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' at one point or another, mainly to establish that the characters are superhumanly powerful swordsmen.
* Vash from ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' is a ''master'' of this, liberally applying Type 3 as part of his ObfuscatingStupidity to make his inhuman abilities look like dumb luck. In an early episode, he bursts in on the villain about to kill a BadassInDistress ActionGirl. He confronts the attacker with a look of TranquilFury and dodges the first round shot at him with a perfect and highly impressive type 1 of the motionless-translation type; afterwards he gets back into character and does his trademark frantic-looking type 3s. It ends up as a hint at his true badassness.

* Claire Stanfield does a bit of both 2 and 3 during his fight against Graham Spectre in the ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' [[BonusEpisode Bonus OVA]] before ending with a {{blade|Run}} ''[[BladeRun handstand]]'' about an inch away from his face.
* In one of the later fights of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'''s [[InevitableTournament Dark Tournament]] arc, Hiei is ''cut in half'' by his opponent... except that it was actually an afterimage, and he appears behind the enemy, having already severed the arm used in the attack.
* In the manga version of ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Nagato Yuki dodges attacks this way. The light novel explanation for how she dodges (fake) bullets is kind of... confusing.
* In ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', the brief but awesome fight between [[BigBad Kagato]] and [[OldMaster Yosho]] begins with Kagato firing an energy blast at Yosho... who dodges it by casually tilting his head a little bit to the side.

* ''Manga/InuYasha'':
** Type 2 is practically [[NobleDemon Sesshomaru]]'s trademark, usually used to drive the point home that he is ''that'' much faster than [[GoodIsNotNice Inu-Yasha]], and everyone else.
** In a villainous example, OneEpisodeWonder Goshinki uses type 3 with the explanation that he can read his attackers' thoughts.
* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'': [[spoiler: Fuhrer King Bradley]] demonstrates a Type 1 when it is discovered that [[spoiler:he is a Homonculus.]] His attacker, a snake chimera with whip-like arms, lets off a volley of attacks. He dodges all of them by barely moving his head from side to side.
** The Brotherhood anime has Izumi both dodging and blocking Ed and Al's attacks while teaching them lessons about alchemy from a book she was currently reading during a training session.

** Type I is Mr.Chi's main defense: [[WeakButSkilled being supremely skilled but physically weak]] due [[spoiler: [[OldMaster extremely old age]] ]], he can't block or suffer his opponents' blows, but he's very good at dodging... And sending them hitting on something. UpToEleven when he faced Oki (one of the greatest wrestlers of all times) in a hotel room and ''actually defeated him by dodging''.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** Cobra, who can read minds, predicts Erza and makes a very slight change in position to dodge her StormOfBlades attack.
** Also, during the Oracion Seis arc, Midnight dodges a sword that Erza throws just by moving his head to one side while continuing his CurbStompBattle. Of course, Erza uses her AwesomenessByAnalysis to realize that [[spoiler: Midnight can't reflect blows and attack at the same time since he neglected to use his reflection to avoid the sword unlike all the previous attacks]] and uses that knowledge to turn the tide.
* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', Nui Harime has an amazing talent for dodging attacks simply by bobbing around.
* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
** Awaki Musujime dodges one of Kuroko Shirai's needle attacks by backing up about a foot.
** [[spoiler:Seria Kumokawa]] can dodge ''gunfire'' by leaning from side to side while walking at a leisurely pace.
** In ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', Misaka 10032 ends up playing a game of tag during the SchoolFestival, and her opponents find "[[TwinSwitch Mikoto]]" far more slippery than expected.
--->'''10032:''' Misaka has fought over ten thousand battles with a man who could kill with a touch. You will not catch her so easily.
* This trope plays a role in Makoto's (soon to be Sailor Jupiter's) introduction in ''Anime/SailorMoon''. When her boyfriend is endangered by Zoisite, one of the supernatural Dark Generals, Makoto attacks him head-on with no idea she has any superpowers waiting for her. Zoisite, who ''does'' have magical powers and isn't isn't even human, nonchalantly avoids her attacks, hovers around, barely even looks at her, casually tilts his head to one side when she shies an earring at him like it's nothing -- ''and then she hits him.''
* In the ''Manga/SandsOfDestruction'' manga, Naja interrupts Kyrie's training session and forces a fight. Kyrie [[PipePain swings his pipe as hard as he can]], but Naja barely bothers to dodge or fight back because he's simply so much more powerful and better-trained. It's largely a type 1 fight, though at one point it becomes a type 3 as he calmly blocks the pipe with his bare hand as though it's nothing more than an errant butterfly.
* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', while fighting the witch named "Charlotte," Homura apparently gets chomped several times, only to drop in from just offscreen, unharmed and barely paying attention to the enemy. She turns out to have planted bombs in the monster while inexplicably escaping each chomp. Kyouko later swings a spear at her--the camera changes position simultaneously, and as Kyouko moves forward, Homura comes into view ''behind'' her, [[FascinatingEyebrow eyebrow raised in dull semi-amusement]]. [[spoiler:Eventually you learn that [[TimeStandsStill time-freezing]] allows her to do this, and she's [[GroundhogDayLoop done it all so many times]] that it's become unimpressively predictable to her.]]
* In the third season of the ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' series. There's an undefeated champion mocchi by the name of Most. He holds an exhibition match and every one of his dodges is a type 1, any attack is dodged with him simply tilting his head or body from side to side, since he's being attacked from two sides at once he does this rapid fire, with his eyes closed.
* In episode 5 of the anime adaptation of ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'', in a fight between minor characters in the Crown Game, Blarouse keeps dodging just out of the way of Inoa Yoran's kicks and punches until striking back.
* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'': In his match with Hoshi in Osaka, Manabu Itagaki realizes he’s gained control over his previously untapped natural gifts, allowing him to perceive Hoshi as if he was coming at him in slow motion and dodge all of Hoshi's punches with ease. Itagaki tests his ability to avoid a punch by dodging as little as possible: first he dodges it by ten centimeters, then by five centimeters, and then he allows one to brush the tip of his hair. No matter what, Hoshi can’t hit him! By now Itagaki has started to enjoy himself, and he taunts Hoshi by appearing in front of him, tapping his glove just to show "I could have gotten you", and then disappearing again before Hoshi can do anything.
* In episode 10 of ''Anime/MyHime'', Shizuru dodges a burst of boiling hot chocolate with a minor tilt of her head, while still drinking her tea. This turns out to be {{Foreshadowing}} that she is another [=HiME=], where she later demonstrates an ability to swat bullets out of the air with her weapon, albeit with more visible effort.

* Although most of the Bat-family is known for this, ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2000}} II was notorious for being a type-1 example of this trope (often leaning away from bullets ''after'' [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower they were fired]]... for giggles).

* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': Miho does number three a lot. Especially in ''Family Values'' when a mook uses a racial slur against her. She decides to take her time, making sure he's good and humiliated before slowly killing him.

* ''Film/RemoWilliamsTheAdventureBegins''
** Our introduction to the title character's future master comes when Remo shoots at him. The man does a Type 1, later explained as him watching Remo's muscle movements to tell when he was about to fire.
** During his training, Remo dodges four bullets from Chiun's gun, watching him in the same manner. After the four, he turns and walks away. Chiun tries to fire off another round, the chamber clicks, and Remo responds, "You used the other two yesterday." Chiun squeezes off another round, barely missing Remo and replies, "I reloaded."
** Remo later does the same trick, but it doesn't look nearly as badass as when Chiun does it.
* Zed in ''Film/MenInBlack''. Jay accidentally releases the [[HyperDestructiveBouncingBall Bouncy Ball of Doom]], it ricochets through Zed's office as he's doing paperwork, and he casually leans to the side to avoid it. This is a rare case of a type 3 ''turning into'' a type 1. The ball is ricocheting around Zed's office at speeds that would get you arrested on the Autobahn. He just sits there doing his paperwork like nothing's going on, only tilting his head at the very end because it would have gone straight through his skull.

* ''Film/TheMatrix'': After unlocking his potential as The One, Neo could dodge (or parry) any single attack even by an Agent this way (type 1 or 3), although then they start throwing more and tougher opponents at him so that he has to start paying attention again. A good example of when he actually does it is when the three new agents attack him in ''[[Film/TheMatrixReloaded Reloaded]]'' and the first one aims a kick at his head. He nonchalantly dodges the first kick easily, as well as its follow-up attacks (which he blocks one-handed, the other hand behind his back in disdain). He only notices the agents have been upgraded when he realizes he has to actually use both hands to counterattack.
* [[OldMaster Pai Mei]] in ''Film/KillBill Vol. 2'' orders the Bride to attack him with a sword to demonstrate his superior skills. All his dodges are nonchalant, but at one point he simply lightly moves his head like in deep thought, while she uselessly swings the sword all over the place, mysteriously only hitting the air.
* An unintentional version occurs in ''Film/SpiderMan1''; when Flash Thompson throws a punch at Peter, his recently enhanced reflexes are shown as Flash's arm moving in slow motion, allowing Peter to look at the fist, shoot a confused look at Thompson, then go ''back'' to the fist while the punch is still in motion.
* Characters in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' dodge the March Hare's projectiles as second nature.
* Michael Myers' response to Laurie throwing knives at him in ''Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater''.
* In ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', Ravenna effortlessly dodges Snow White's sword swings by slightly leaning out of the way and doesn't even have to look. She only loses because [[spoiler: she stops to indulge in some EvilGloating, at which point Snow White stabs her in the heart.]]
* In ''Film/MirrorMirror'', Prince Alcott casually blocks multiple strikes from [[spoiler: Snow White]] over his shoulder while walking away and [[YouFightLikeACow taunting her.]]
* Anakin Skywalker in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' During the duel between him and Obi Wan on Mustafar. At one point, Obi Wan lunges and Anakin barely moves his head to dodge, swipes away with his own lightsaber, and the battle continues.
* Shafek in ''Film/TheMummyReturns'' loves doing this. Multiple times, he will duck or jerk aside at just the right moment in order to let whoever happened to be standing behind him take the hit instead. It's done for purely comic effect, however, as he always looks amazed that he actually pulled it off. [[spoiler:He later ends up on the receiving end, though, when Jonathan dodges a spear and ''Shafek'' takes the hit.]]

* PlayedForDrama in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', where Rhett barely moves to dodge Scarlett's slap. She loses her balance and [[StaircaseTumble tumbles down the stairs]], leading to a miscarriage.
* In ''Film/BulletproofMonk'', Creator/ChowYunFat's character does this to Kar at the movie theater. Then again, he's also shown to be quick enough to track bullets with his eyes and casually watches one fly past his face.

* ''Film/IpMan3'': A teenage Creator/BruceLee asks to become Ip Man's student in martial arts and boasts that he is fast, so Ip Man tells him to prove it. Lee attempts to kick the cigarette in Ip Man's mouth, but Ip Man casually tilts his head out of the way each time.
* In ''Film/TronLegacy'', Rinzler tends to invert this, doing elaborate flips for no other reason than because he can. But in his arena battle with Sam, after a particularly complex dodge of Sam's disc, he lands and then simply ducks about an inch or two to avoid the disc as it bounces off the wall behind him.

* Quite amusingly done in ''Literature/RumoAndHisMiraculousAdventures''. A belligerent innkeeper, challenged to try to hurt Rumo, fires both shots of a double-pull crossbow at him. He goes into BulletTime, then spends the next several paragraphs debating in his head how best to dodge so as to make the best impression. Eventually, he deflects one bolt into the ceiling and catches the other (and then gets major injuries on the catching hand, since while in BulletTime he underestimated how fast the bolt was moving).
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': The main fighting style of The Silver Horde is to always be where they want to be, which is never where the enemies' attacks are. They are able to be this precise because they have over five centuries' collective experience at not dying. [[ConservationOfNinjutsu There's only six of them.]]
* ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' do this when burning [[CombatClairvoyance Atium]], which allows them to literally see their opponent's moves before they actually happen.
* ''[[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Collegium Chronicles]]'': Mags is already proficient in the first type when he gets to Haven. Justified in that it's the only form of self-defense that was ''safe'' for him to pick up in his mine-slave days.
* Played with in the Cross-Time Engineer series. Conrad Starsgard is on a riverboat with the Mongols firing on them from the bank with trebuchets. TheCaptain gives an OhCrap; next moment there's a massive hole in the deck where he was standing. Conrad thinks he's been killed, only for the captain to reveal he's standing on the other side of Conrad, who demands to know why he didn't warn him the rock was coming. The captain explains that he didn't have time, plus the rock was clearly going to miss Conrad so it might have been bad had he dodged the wrong way.
* ''Literature/TheSaint'' does this quite often in his early adventures. A particularly memorable example is in ''The Wonderful War.'' One of the Ungodly tries to punch out Simon in the midst of a BananaRepublic siesta time. Templar simply dodges his opponent's powerful but unskilled punches until the bad guy sinks to the ground in sweat-soaked exhaustion.

* ''Adventure Inc'' has a type two case where the team is struggling to fight a vampire who at one point deliberately falls over to avoid a punch and immediately kips back up to illustrate just how superior he is.

** Brilliantly done by Syrio Forel (type 1) on the first day of Arya's Training, invoking almost explicitly the real life use of the trope (see below).

* In ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'', this is how Brainiac 5 defeats a group of Children of Liberty... with physics, without touching them once. At one point, he casually dodges by ''standing on a wall'' (it helps to have a Legion flight ring). Given his "12th level intellect", he probably saw their clumsy attacks coming from a mile away.

* ''TabletopGame/SpiritOfTheCentury'' allows players to invoke this trope with the "Right Place, Right Time" stunt. Normally in physical combat, a character must use some appropriate combat skill such as Athletics (representing physical agility) to dodge attacks. With the stunt, the character may use their Resolve skill (representing mental/spiritual fortitude or willpower). In-game, this is described as Type-3 Nonchalant Dodging.
-->''So there he was, bullets flying all over the place, and he just walked over to their leader and punched him out like it was just the next thing on his to-do list.''

* In ''VideoGame/JediKnightIIJediOutcast'', attempting to shoot any of the Force-sensitive Reborn with a sniper weapon will result in them effortlessly swaying to the side to avoid the shot.
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem''
** Certain "fast" classes in the sprite games have dull dodge animations that match with Type 1. Swordmasters are the ever present example.
** As a general rule, Promoted classes all have more nonchalant dodges than their [=unPromoted=] counterparts, partly to show how much better they're getting at fighting.
** ''Path of Radiance'' has a particularly baffling example: a mounted unit moving ''backwards'' to dodge an arrow ''heading straight towards them.'' Many classes (especially mounted ones) also adopt the strange dodging strategy of moving backwards against an arrow in ''Awakening''. Even ''more'' baffling is that some units (Pegasus Knights and their counterparts) occasionally move ''towards'' the arrow to dodge it, despite being able to dodge it by simply not moving. This still counts as dodging.

* A very silly bit of a cutscene near the beginning of ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' shows Matriarch Benezia leaning slightly to one side, looking bored, as Saren throws his infamous furniture-flinging tantrum.
* The title character of ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' does all three variations throughout the game. In any given cutscene, you are guaranteed at least one type 1 or 2.

* Shikamaru in ''VideoGame/NarutoClashOfNinja'' casually leans away from attacks without taking his hands out of his pockets.
* Wesker from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' does this whenever someone tries to shoot him; he casually leans to the side to avoid being hit by the bullets, before following up with a faster-than-the-eye-can-see attack on the person who shot at him.
* From ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', Irelia's father, Lito was allegedly admitted to the Ionian council of Elders by standing on his rooftop during a rainstorm and staying dry. Without moving his feet.
* In ''Videogame/KingdomHeartsII'', Sephiroth dodges Tifa's flying kick easily, and then a flurry of kicks and punches (coming in at the rate of about two per second) effortlessly without apparently so much as moving his feet.
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', Raiden attempts to throw his high-frequency blade at Vamp during their first duel in Act 2. Vamp dodges simply by moving his head slightly to the side.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' has a variety of dodge animations for each character. While most of them are proper dodging, Wii Fit Trainer's animation is, like pretty much everything else they do, simply striking a yoga pose.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', the FinalBoss of a Genocide playthrough does this with every one of your attacks, quipping, "[[LampshadeHanging What? You think I'm just gonna stand there and take it?]]" Up until that point no other enemy had even ''tried'' to dodge, so it's a bit of a shock the first time. [[spoiler:When you finally use an InterfaceScrew to attack him after he falls asleep, he manages to dodge ''again'', and starts to ask if you really thought he'd fall for that. His question gets cut off when you attack him a second time, more successfully.]]

* "Odile" the fae mercenary does type 3 while fighting 3/4 of the main cast of ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}''. Later subverted when her opponents outright tell her that they did not intend to defeat her.

* Legendary ''VideoGame/Doom'' speedrunner Zero Master managed a tool-assisted speedrun (using slow motion and save states) in which he played through a massive map featuring over 23,000 demons, killed all of them, and didn't get hit once. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubdda0DuFvM It has to be seen to be believed.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' has Michaelangelo do this to Raphael in their fight in the Battle Nexus arc. First was a type 3 where Michaelangelo jokingly takes a bow to the crowds, ducking under Raphael's flying kick, and the rest were type 1 as Michaelangelo dodges while mocking Raphael.

->'''[[Series/{{Spender}} Spanker]]:''' What are you going to do about it, old man?\\

* Quite amusingly done in ''Literature/RumoAndHisMiraculousAdventures''. A belligerent innkeeper, challenged to try to hurt Rumo, fires both shots of a double-pull crossbow at him. He goes into BulletTime, then spends the next several paragraphs debating in his head how best to dodge so as to make the best impression. Eventually, he deflects one bolt into the ceiling and [[CrazyAwesome catches the other]] (and then gets major injuries on the catching hand, since while in BulletTime he underestimated how fast the bolt was moving).

* ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'': if an enemy catches up with Kiriya as he's trying to run from them, Kiriya simply steps to the side and leans out of the way of a punch. Followed up with a silent look of "Still want to do this?" before he takes his stance.

* ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''. Superman does this to the Flash who is ''running at super speed!'' Barry [[DeadlyDodge crashes into Aquaman]] instead, who's not impressed and gives Barry a DeathGlare after the battle is over.

* Orange Cassidy, whose gimmick is that he's really lazy, tends to start matches with his hands in his pockets and dodge everything his opponent tries until he finally decides to fight back.

* Rachel Alucard of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is a classic Type 3. She nonchalantly blocks anything, even attacks that actually damage her with poor [[ButtMonkey Nago]]. Even her defeated animation is simply lying down, bored. The only exception to this is if she triggers [[PrecursorHeroes Hakumen's]] [[CounterAttack Astral]] [[OneHitKill Heat]], which result in a wonderful OhCrap moment for her...and her player.

* In episode 10 of ''Anime/MyHime'', Shizuru dodges a burst of boiling hot chocolate with a minor tilt of her head, while still drinking her tea. This turns out to be {{Foreshadowingn}} that she is another HiME, where she later demonstrates an ability to swat bullets out of the air with her weapon, albeit with more visible effort.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'' / ''Anime/DragonBallZ''

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''

* ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'':

* ''Manga/FairyTail''

* In the third season of the Anime/MonsterRancher series. There's an undefeated champion mocchi by the name of Most. He holds an exhibition match and every one of his dodges is a type 1, any attack is dodged with him simply tilting his head or body from side to side, since he's being attacked from two sides at once he does this rapid fire, with his eyes closed.