History Main / UnflinchingWalk

* Nam-Joo from ''Film/TheHost'' [[spoiler:shoots the creature in the eye, then turns around and walks away without even bothering to watch as the creature bursts into flames]].

* In Glove and Boots, Mario blows up the porta-potty they rode down a mountain in.

* Used in ''Film/BlackHawkDown''; every time [=McKnight's=] convoy stops, he gets out of his truck and strolls around, apparently oblivious to the bullets/[=RPG=]s flying all around him, to find out what's going on.

* [=ShineGreymon=] from ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' gets an absolutely '''''EPIC''''' one [[spoiler:after assuming [[SuperMode Burst Mode]] and shrugging off an attack from Kurata's OneWingedAngel form like it was nothing, in the process surrounding himself and Kurata in huge flames. He proceeds to walk slowly towards Kurata without paying attention to the several story high flames he'd just created. This combined with the absolutely hate filled DeathGlare he's shooting Kurata while doing it makes it rather clear the reason he's not looking at the flames because the only thing on his mind is giving Kurata exactly what he has coming to him.]]

* During the Revolutionary War, George Washington had a disturbing habit of riding his horse out ''in front'' of his lines during pitched battles. While he was never struck by a bullet he had a few close calls and found bullet holes in his clothing on a couple of occasions.

** During an attack by pro-fascist snipers following the liberation of Paris, witnesses recalled seeing General Charles [=DeGaulle=] striding unflinchingly through a hail of bullets "as if he led a charmed life."

* Korra blowing a giant fireball into BigBad Amon's airship in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' barely makes him break his stride. His minions, meanwhile, are blown away. This is especially impressive if his backstory, in which his parents were murdered and his face burned away by a firebender, is true. [[spoiler:It is not.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' season 7 premiere, the [[BoisterousBruiser overgrown clone Wrecker]] lifts a burning gunship off of Commander Cody, and even says "Boom" as it explodes while walking away with Cody over his shoulder.

* Queen Elinor in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' does this in the middle of a massive fight in the throne room between the four clans and single-handedly stops the fight without raising her voice. She does this again when Merida interrupts the archery contest, though she is less calm.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', Simba's mother Sarabi is called by Scar to deal with the food shortage in the Pridelands and has to walk through a crowd of furious hyenas barking loudly at her, demanding more food. But instead of feeling scared, she holds her head up high and glares coldly down at the hyenas that try to bite her. She's TheHighQueen indeed. In the [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 remake]], the hyenas don't bark nor attempt to attack her, but nonetheless give her a collective DeathGlare and growl ominously, both of which Sarabi serenely rejects.

* During the climax of ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' when the enormous lava monster Te Ka is running towards her, Moana calmly walks towards the wrathful deity while singing her song.

* The last ten seconds of Music/{{Rammstein}}'s video for Du Hast has the band doing a PowerWalk across a field with a massive bomb explosion behind them. It's ''[[RuleOfCool awesome]]''.

* In ''Literature/{{Ward}}'' the supervillain March has a power that allows her to energize a bladed weapon[[note]]usually her saber, but it works on any blade[[/note]] so that [[AbsurdCuttingPower it can cut through anything]] and draw "lines" of energy on any opponent or object she cuts. After a delay of a few seconds, these lines explode violently, typically [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe blowing the victim apart.]] She ''also'' has [[ClockKing superpowered timing and coordination]], so she almost never misses and if she wants a cut to be deadly, it will be. Combining her powerset with [[SmugSuper arrogance]] and a flair for the dramatic, she does an unflinching walk away from nearly ''every'' opponent she defeats, rarely seeing any of them explode and die. In a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] this later [[HoistByHisOwnPetard proves to be her undoing]]: [[spoiler:Vista, a superhero with the power to [[SpaceMaster warp the dimensions of space and objects at will]], notices this and [[ExploitedTrope takes advantage of it]] by shortening March's blade whenever it would cut or impale someone. The resulting blast only scratches the surface of the person hit, damaging only clothes or skin, but since March never watches the explosion she never realizes that her opponent is not dead. Her [[AntiVillian moral villain nemesis]] Foil, teamed up with Vista, uses this to [[FakingTheDead fake taking a lethal blow]] and then [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice run March through with a rapier]] [[CombatPragmatist from behind]].]]

* ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' had an awe-inspiring scene in the FinalBattle. After just barely beating Chimatsuri Doukoku's first life, the Shinkengers responded to his [[MakeMyMonsterGrow second life]] by forming [[MechaExpansionPack Zen Samurai Gattai SamuraiHaoh]] before they slowly advanced on Doukoku, purging Origami as they got too badly damaged until they were [[BackToBaseForm reduced to the base Samurai Gattai Shinken-Oh]]. All of this so the Shinkengers could conserve their remaining Mojikara for one final Samurai Slash.

** And {{subverted}} in ''[[{{DLC}} Project Overlord]]'': Shepard's Unflinching Walk from a giant collapsing radio antenna is cut short when a ''very'' large piece of the antenna nearly [[RealityEnsues pancakes the whole party]], followed by Shepard and company ''running like hell'' when they [[OhCrap realize]] the whole thing is about to [[DeathFromAbove collapse on top of them.]]

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' does this as Wily's fortress explodes (again) at the end of ''7''.

* Referenced in ''Series/MacGyver(2016)'' season 5 episode 3, 'Eclipse + USMC-1856707 + Step Potential + Chain Lock + Ma' - at the end of the intro, a car blows up behind the team. Everyone gets thrown forward and collapses, except Desi, the team’s hitter, who continues walking towards the camera, grinning, and says, "You guys always mess that up."

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' rarely subverts this (or at least follows the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' samples below), with the most egregious being Series/KamenRiderBlackRX and, for a more contemporary example, ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' in its NonSerialMovie entitled ''[[Film/SevenSamurai The Seven Senki]]''.

* ''Series/LegoMasters'' had a destruction challenge where the contestants had to build an action scene in this style, with a minifigure in front and a bigger model that would get blown up behind them. [[spoiler:The losing team failed because the explosion knocked over the minifigure and ruined the "unflinching" part.]]

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'', to its credit, being a far more badass {{Tokusatsu}} franchise, rarely subverts this (or at least follows the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' samples above), with the most egregious being Series/KamenRiderBlackRX and, for a more contemporary example, ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' in its NonSerialMovie entitled ''[[Film/SevenSamurai The Seven Senki]]''.

* Referenced in ‘’Series/MacGyver(2016)’’ season 5 episode 3, ‘Eclipse + USMC-1856707 + Step Potential + Chain Lock + Ma’ - at the end of the intro, a car blows up behind the team. Everyone gets thrown forward and collapses, except Desi, the team’s hitter, who continues walking towards the camera, grinning, and says, “You guys always mess that up.”

** In one memorable instance, the heroes of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' turn around for the VictoryPose... but the monster was NotQuiteDead, and blasts them while their backs are turned. Later on during ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'', defeated monsters would discuss how they find the Rangers turning their backs like that insulting.
** One better: The Turbo Megazord/RV Robo actually had a special pose - on the left knee, sword pointed towards the camera, BOOM in the background. Actually not so surprising, given that the attack in question involves a lot of spinning. (It got old fast, though, because this part was StockFootage; for a good chunk of PRT, you never got to see the monster ''actually'' blow up. Feels less real when the monster's destruction is the same stock shot.)
*** In the 10th Anniversary ReunionShow, "Forever Red", the Red Turbo Ranger finishes off one of the villains with a spinning attack with his sword, and lands in the very same pose as the Turbo Megazord as the enemy goes 'boom' in the background.
** Subverted in one episode of ''Boukenger'' where the Red Ranger was afflicted with bad luck, so wore various lucky charms into battle. The Exploding Fart set the charms on fire, and the other Rangers had to take a minute to put Red out while the villains laughed their asses off. (Pity the scene wasn't carried over into ''Operation Overdrive''; the villains had to make do with laughing their asses off at the ridiculous charms.)
** But ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' makes up for it. Not only does one episode lampshade such explosions, but the Blue Ranger's attempt at fixing a glitch in his morpher runs the risk of cranking the blast UpToEleven... so he aims the Exploding Fart at TheDragon and her {{Mooks}} and fires away. Needless to say, the bad guys aren't so unflinching.
** When a Megazord does walk through an enemy's attack, monster ass is about to get kicked.
** In ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'', the heroes' first fight using their new SuperMode ends with Jan kicking [[TheRival Rio's]] ass, then walking away as Rio collapses amidst explosions.
** This is lampshaded by a Nighlok who is relating how he was defeated by the Power Rangers in the "Party Monsters" episode of ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai''.

** ''videoGame/GTAOnline'' pulls this off as of the Heists Update during the [[spoiler:Humane Labs Raide]] where your crew ends up does this [[spoiler:after blowing up their helicopter they used in the Heist.]]

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' one of D'Va's play of the game clips has her ejecting from her self destructing mech and then stopping to take a selfie with the explosion.
* In ''Videogame/ForHonor'', one of [[{{Ronin}} the Aramusha's]] executions involves smashing a jar of oil or alcohol on his opponent's chest and then flicking a match over his shoulder as he walks away, ignoring the ensuing explosion.
* Oscar in ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame''. One of many ways he shows this off is when Nima aims a gun at him. He just walks right up to her and snatches it from her hand, without flinching or hesitating or even blinking.
* Weaponized in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' by the Avatar of Sneaky Pete, with the skill "Walk Away From Explosion", which {{One Hit Kill}}s the target ([[ContractualBossImmunity unless it can't]]) and [[EncounterRepellant banishes]] it for 30 adventures.
* As her first V-Trigger in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' is a bomb with a big explosion that doesn't affect her, Ibuki could potentially do this as her opponent is blown up and KO'd.

* Antihero Golden of ''Webcomic/M9Girls'' plays it straight when [[http://m9girls.com/webcomic/en/firewalker/ she rescues Pink Starlight from a collapsing building.]]
* Taken a step further in ''Webcomic/TwiceBlessed''. After Princess Pella Brightwing single-handedly takes out two constructs the size of houses that come after her, [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=30 she calmly sits down to dig through her bag for a healing potion while the warforged titan she defeated blows up just feet away from her.]]
* Viole from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'', who took a [[AppliedPhlebotinum Shinsu]] Bomb head on and didn't even blink - [[BlindingBangs as far as we can tell, anyway]]. Subverted in his less than cool reaction too the much weaker normal bombs Ja was using - taking an actual explosion instead of a Shinsu Blast actually made him bleed a little, since he didn't have an innate immunity against fire, shrapnels and shockwaves, unlike with Shinsu.
* Played straight on [[http://centralcitytower.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/project-0-page-2-11-big-finish/ this]] page of ''Webcomic/{{Project 0}}''. The creators even invoke The Lonely Island in their description.

* A DeconstructiveParody in ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'' shows us that [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/957 looking completely badass]] is so totally {{worth| it}} the injuries you'd get.

* In WebVideo/VideoGameHighSchool [[spoiler:Brian D.]] does this after taking down [[spoiler:The Law]] at the end of season 1.

* In Glove and Boots, Mario blows up the porta-potty they rode down a mountain in.
* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': During [[spoiler: Viper's raid]] on Falcon Base in the first episode, [[spoiler: Zero enters shortly after [[TheJuggernaut Diesel]] and [[TeleportSpam Phase]] mop up most of the security forces inside, while a few remnants appear in an attempt to stop him, he easily takes care of them, finishing off the last one off in this style.]]
* In ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' parodies this during a segment with some of the characters arguing over what movie they should watch. Sun suggests an action movie and, at one scene, he and Neptune walk away slowly from a building. Neptune asks why they're doing so, only for Sun to grab his shades and put them on as a building explodes behind them.
-->'''Sun:''' That's why.

* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'' when Melissa sets fire to the [[ScoutOut "Little Fairy Princesses"]] building so she could escape.

* In the Spanish series ''Acusados'' there's a scene where the main antagonist is warned by the main protagonist of a bomb in his car. Calmly, he hands his car's keys to his backstabbing lawyer / friend who he had to get rid of to advance his political goals, tells him to borrow his car and return it later when he can, and unflinchly walks off as his friend proceeds to fry himself. In a subterranean garage. [[http://www.mitele.telecinco.es/series/acusados/101128.shtml?p=2 You just have to see it. It's too cool.]]

* Professor Brian Cox, in keeping with his extremely cool image, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEw6X2BhIy8#t=5m37s walks nonchalantly away from a collapsing prison]] in ''Wonders of the Universe''. For added awesome, the destruction represents the collapse of a giant star - metaphorically, he's walking away from one of the biggest explosions in the universe.
* Somewhat parodied in the trailer for the Horne and Corden comedy thriller ''The Wrong Mans''. The duo casually stroll through a burning building, random explosions happening around them, looking completely unfazed...until Corden stops, remembers he's forgotten his phone, and they quickly head back inside to retrieve it.

* In the beginning of Gangnam Style, Music/{{PSY}} and two women walk while an excessive amount of wind blows debris and unknown sticky white particles. The women wind up covering their faces but PSY [[ImplacableMan just keeps on singing]].
** There's also an explosion just before the first chorus starts, which PSY also ignores.
* Xzibit's 1998 music video "What U See Is What U Get" features the rapper walking to the store and back home through the streets of Los Angeles, where a numerous of chaotic incidents, such as carjacking, bombing, shooting, and store looting, is happening around him, all of which he is oblivious to while walking.
* This is the subject of Music/TheLonelyIsland's song "Cool Guys Don't Look At Explosions".
** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqz5dbs5zmo music video]] for this it is subverted in the end when the characters attempted to do this.

* The video for "Prayer" by Music/{{Disturbed}} has the singer continue walking slowly and speaking with {{God}} while explosions and car accidents happen all around him.
* The last ten seconds of Music/{{Rammstein}}'s video for Du Hast has the band doing a PowerWalk across a field with a massive bomb explosion behind them. It's ''[[RuleOfCool awesome]]''.
* In 'I'M ON CRACK' by [[Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence The Left-Rights]], the Josh Harraway launches Mike Diva's car into space, where it comes back down. As Josh walks away, the car crashes into the ground behind him and creates a huge explosion, and all Josh does is pull out a pair of sunglasses and put them on.
* Hilariously enough, Music/{{Kesha}}, of all people, does this right at the beginning of her ''We R Who We R'' video. There's a huge fireball/explosion behind her and her girl posse...and after ignoring it and walking away, they start to party.

* In the animated video for Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "CNR", Charles Nelson Reilly is seen doing it as he blows up the secret of cold fusion which he just discovered.

* "Whistle Wihle I Work It" by Chester See (feat. [[Creator/{{Tobuscus}} Toby Turner]] and [[Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway Wayne Brady]]) either plays it straight or subverts it, depending on which version of the music video you watch. In the latter case, the explosion causes the guys to drop the ground and grip their ears in pain.

* In the Nintendo 64 [[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 Goldeneye 007]] James Bond struts off casually at the end of the Streets level as the jeep behind him blows up for no apparent reason.
* One of these happens after every major boss in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'': Samus casually strolls away while the Phazon Core she just gave a PhlebotinumOverload comes crashing down behind her and starts exploding. Made extra badass because each of these events also increases her corruption level, and yet she continues like nothing happened.
** Another occurs on Elysia, where you can drop a bridge out from under a crowd of Tinbots by grappling out the support gates. As the bridge collapses, the camera focuses on Samus' back as she calmly walks away. The whole sequence earns you a "Stylish Kill" token voucher.
** Also happens in the first ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' after defeating Thardus (the rock monster). All of the rocks explode outward and Samus just casually strolls away. [[spoiler:One of the smaller rocks actually dings off her helmet, but she just looks annoyed that it messed up her Unflinching Walk.]]
** And again in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'' after finishing off Quadraxis. The core unit starts shaking, Samus hops off the unit and glides down to the ground, and strikes a pose as Quadraxis' head flies past her exploding, all while she then slowly gets up, doesn't spare a glace, and walks away.
* The PC does this in [[MultipleEndings two endings]] of ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''. Your PC calmly strides away from the ruins of [[spoiler:[=LaCroix=]'s building]] as bits of flaming debris come hurling into the ground next to him.
* Subverted in the first ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', when Snake starts to do this after blowing up a helicopter he was fighting, but then turns around and runs to the railing to watch the explosion. He then walks away once the explosion is over, followed up with [[BondOneLiner "That takes care of the cremation"]].
** Played straight in ''Twin Snakes'': Snake looks off the building as the helicopter falls, says "See you in hell, Liquid", then walks away as the helicopter blows up.
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' does this as Wily's fortress explodes (again) at the end of ''7''.
* Of all people, ''Princess Peach'' does this in the Subspace Emissary mode (one-player story mode) of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl''. Fox is up on his Arwing, blowing up the deck of the Halberd (on which Peach and Sheik are standing) and the glorious explosions blooming behind her seem to affect her as much as a warm breeze.
** DK and Diddy Kong get one in their introduction. The last Bullet Bill goes off with the two of them standing between it and the camera striking an AssKickingPose.
* In ''VideoGame/RedFactionGuerrilla'', this can be done to ludicrous extremes combined with actual cool building destruction.

* Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} got one or two of these in ''Anime/SonicX''.
** In the Death Egg Boss fight of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', Classic Sonic lands and strikes a pose after mecha is destroyed, complete with small explosions.
*** [[spoiler:Subverted seconds later when he does flinch from the explosions.]]
* Done in one of the trailers (''[[http://www.swtor.com/media/trailers/deceived-cinematic-trailer Deceived]]'') for the ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''. Unflinching Walks appear to be a Sith trademark.
* Happens in ''VideoGame/JakXCombatRacing'', after Jak causes his opponent's car to crash. They exchange a short chat, then Jak just walks away as the car is reduced to smoking wreckage, with the guy still inside.
* Every game in the ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' series allows the player to do this, and it is ''unimaginably'' satisfying.
* Even ''VideoGame/TheBattleForMiddleEarth'' has one instance, performed by - of all people - '''Treebeard'''. After he busts up Isengard's dam, he casually walks away as the torrential water eruption breaks through and floods the basin. "Don't be hasty" indeed. [-(Based on a similar scene in the film, above.)-]

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': "Fry, you son of a bitch," courtesy of [[PrivateMilitaryContractors gun for hire]], Zaeed.
** A less explosion-related example, Shepard's calm stroll out of Cathka's workshop as the Batarian writhes on the floor in pain from the severe electrical shock Shepard just dealt him.
** And {{subverted}} in ''[[{{DLC}} Project Overlord]]'': Shepard's Unflinching Walk from a giant collapsing radio antenna is cut short when a ''very'' large piece of the antenna nearly [[RealityEnsues pancakes the whole party]], followed by Shepard and company ''running like hell'' when they [[OhCrap realize]] the whole thing is about to [[DeathFromAbove collapse on top of them.]]
** Entirely doable any time a YMIR mech shows up in gameplay. If the killshot takes off its head, the mech will [[NukeEm explode with a huge amount of force and a small mushroom cloud]], letting Shepard pull an Unflinching Walk ''away from a nuclear explosion''.
* Vincent in ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' loves this trope.
* Rico can do this in ''VideoGame/JustCause'', but if you're too close to it, it can still damage you.
* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' has Unflinching Leaps of Faith: After setting up the explosives to destroy a Borgia Tower, Ezio calmly throws a torch to set them off, then strolls onto a protrusion and executes a Leap of Faith without any apparent concern for the StuffBlowingUp.
** Igniting a fort's powder store in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' gives the player just enough time to pull of such a walk themselves.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'', York walks away as the FinalBoss explodes into [[LudicrousGibs chunky gibs]] behind him in slow motion.
* This is without a doubt the most fun way to use the remote plastic explosive in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', and with the FreeRotatingCamera you can make sure you've got the best possible viewpoint.
** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', Trevor Phillips raids the O'Neil Brother's house, kills them all, and torches the place. He walks away unfazed as the house explodes.

* ''VideoGame/{{WET}}'': after a wild car chase Rubi manages to crash Simmons' car. He yells at that [[ICantFeelMyLegs he can't feel his legs]], begs for her to help him and calls her a bitch when she doesn't. Rubi tells him he should have stopped at "I can't feel my legs", throws a lighter into the leaked gasoline and calmly walks away as the car explodes.
* In VideoGame/MondayNightCombat and its sequel, every class has a taunt which is exactly this, with a few variations: Captain Spark uses his JetPack to fly forward, Megabeth does a sick jump, and the [[{{Jerkass}} Sniper]] gets [[AvertedTrope caught in the blast,]] trips and drops his rifle.
* Invoked in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}''. The Slab King sends you on a mission to steal some explosives, and in the process you need to lure a bandit leader out by blowing up his favorite Buzzard aircraft. You're given an optional objective to not look at the explosion and just walk away, and if you do, the bandit leader comes in over the radio babbling about how terrifyingly badass you are.
--> ''"That Slab just blew up my buzzard without even looking at the explosion! But I...[[BlatantLies I aint scared]]..."''

* The opening movie of ''Neo VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' ends with Bill Rizer and Jaguar walking OutOfTheInferno then [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou shooting at the screen]].
* ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis 3'' ends with Alan and Wesley walking out of the destruction of the Zagorian base after killing [[PresidentEvil Giorgio]] [[BigBad Zott]] and stopping the missiles in the process.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has Garrosh Hellscream do this in the Siege of Orgrimmar [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slzQOyS5TqQ patch trailer]].
** At the end of one questline in "Battle for Azeroth", Jaina Proudmoore ''and the player character'' both pull this one off. It's even lampshaded by an achievement-- "Kul Tirans Don't Look At Explosions".
* Artanis in ''VideoGame/StarcraftIILegacyOfTheVoid'' ends up doing this in the cinematic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0kcHS0Tcu0 'Alone']], where at the end of it, he proceeds to Unflinching ''Warp'' away from [[spoiler:a planet-destroying explosion after standing his ground against a large number of Zerg right after he had set the Xel'Naga temple of Sharukas on overload]].
* If Josuke Higashikata (4) successfully pulls off his counter-taunt in ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle'' and [[BerserkButton gets his opponent to mock his hair]], he'll start stomping towards the opponent, gaining a small buff to his attack power and [[ImmuneToFlinching immunity to flinching]]. The only downside is that the only control the player has over Josuke's movement during this buff is jumping: he'll always march towards the opponent until the buff expires.
* Rex does this at the end of ''VideoGame/TargetEarth''.
* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' Trevor does this after destroying the meth lab of his competitors.
** GTA Online pulls this off as of the Heists Update during the [[spoiler:Humane Labs Raide]] where your crew ends up does this [[spoiler:after blowing up their helicopter they used in the Heist.]]
* A lot of characters utilize this trope in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictoryII'' though this is most prominent in the CombinationAttack of [[spoiler:The Gold Third when they join your party.]]
* Malgus of ''VideoGame/TheOldRepublic'' fame does one towards danger in the Return trailer. Having just grabbed his [[DualWielding master's lightsaber]], he walks toward a Jedi master while effortlessly slicing apart the various debris thrown at him until he finally leaps through an exploding turbine.
* Six in the ending of ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares'' [[spoiler:as she kills every single guest on her way out of The Maw]].

* In ''Film/LawAbidingCitizen'', Jamie Foxx doesn't even glance at the huge explosion he helps set up.
* Tony Anthony's character does this in the 1970s barely-a-western ''Get Mean''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pex-mg0MHc Clip of the scene.]]
* In ''Film/JohnCarpentersVampires'' James Woods gets one of these after the Big Bad attacks and slaughters his vampire hunting team at a post vamp-kill party. More badass points for this since the reason he is blowing up the motel is NOT to avenge his friends and kill anybody, but rather because he feels that it's the best way to hide any evidence.
* Accidentally subverted in ''Film/BlueThunder'': Murphy flinches when the helicopter blows up behind him. (Director John Badham says he "didn't think Creator/RoyScheider expected the explosion to be as loud and as big as it was.")
* RealityTV show ''Next Action Star'' concluded with a 2-hour film. In one scene, the villain did such a walk in the middle of the gunfight, knowing that he would not be attacked (neither by his lackies, nor the hero). He was about to enter the hero's car, only for it to speed off when he reached for the handle.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'' has one instance, performed by - of all things - '''an Ent'''. After one of the Ents busts up Isengard's dam, he casually walks away as the torrential water eruption breaks through and floods the basin. "Don't be hasty" indeed.
* Subverted and satirized in ''Film/TheOtherGuys''. "How do they walk away in movies without flinching when it explodes behind them!!? There's no way!! The movie industry is completely irresponsible for the way they portray explosions!!"
* Used in ''Film/TheNewGuy'' when Dizzy/Gil walks away from the girls who invited him to a party. He looks back and gets an OhCrap expression on his face because he just set the school statue on fire.
* Used in ''Film/KungPowEnterTheFist'' after Master Pain set the Chosen One's house on fire.
* Surprisingly, subverted in [[Film/TheATeam the 2010 A-Team movie]] - when the [[spoiler:container with the plates]] explodes, the blastwave knocks the entire team off their feet.
* Warren Beatty pulls off one of these in the ''Film/DickTracy'' movie, although he's not walking but wearing a deadpan expression while firing a Tommy gun as a car explodes behind him.
** Notable in that there are two tropes at work here; the MoreDakka of the tommy gun masked the explosion to the point where Warren Beatty didn't even hear it, which is how he was able to pull it off.
* Nam-Joo from ''Film/TheHost'' [[spoiler:shoots the creature in the eye, then turns around and walks away without even bothering to watch as the creature bursts into flames]].
* In ''Film/TheFifthElement'', Zorg casually takes a drag from a cigarette as an explosion bursts behind him. Made a bit more cool by the fact that the explosion was the result of SchmuckBait, so he couldn't even be sure it would happen.
* In ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', the T1000 does one of these after being INSIDE the truck that exploded. It walks, in silvery form, calmly and casually [[OutOfTheInferno out of the fireball]], and just as calmly recomposes its camouflage form and walks on.
* ''Film/IAmNumberFour'' as shown above. Bonus points for the fact that the flames actually consume her, but she has a shield that protects her from it leading to an OutOfTheInferno moment.
* Angela Bassett's character in ''Film/WaitingToExhale'', of all movies. She piles her cheating husband's belongings into his car, sets them all on fire, unflinchingly walks away as the inferno burns.[[spoiler:.. and then the scene turns into a painful subversion as she has a nervous breakdown.]]
* The ending of ''Film/SororityRow'' - [[spoiler:the three final girls all walk away from the burning sorority house with confidence written across their faces, in time with each other and (to top it all off) in slow motion]].
* During ''Film/{{Scream 2}}'', Sidney [[spoiler:shakes off the reporters and confidently walks through the college campus as the film ends]].
* In ''Film/PathsOfGlory'' (1957) by Stanley Kubrick, there is a scene where, prior to a deadly battle, colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) walks through the trenches, while bombs land on the surrounding terrain. The soldiers all flinch; but Dax does not react at all. If the film were made today, the sequence would have been in slow motion with muted sound, and with a slow sad song playing in the background.
* When ''Film/ForrestGump'' carries a wounded Bubba during the ambush in Vietnam, a large explosion is seen behind him. Forrest's only reaction is a slight increase in walking speed towards the end of the scene.
* In the BMovie ''Spiders'', a space shuttle which had been carrying a secret military experiment makes a crash landing somewhere in the Nevada desert. The military shows up not long afterwards, and [[FieryCoverup to cover it up]], the BigBad plants the explosives himself, and walks away. When the shuttle explodes a few moments later, the Big Bad walks away unflinching, while his fretful [[TheDragon second-in-command]], walking right beside him, cowers and covers his head. Bonus points for the Big Bad doing this [[BadassInANiceSuit while in a suit]].
* In ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' [[spoiler:Thorin]] does this, in slow motion, fire all around, to face his enemy [[spoiler:Azog. The warg-riding orc proceeds to [[CurbStompBattle completely trounce him]].]]
* Inverted in ''Film/DjangoUnchained''. Django turns back, puts his shades on and takes a good stare to the explosion.
* ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'' - Geena Davis has one as she sings a breakup song while trashing her ex's stuff, here with his prize football in a microwave.
* Occurs at the end of ''Film/{{Shooter}}'', when [[Creator/MarkWahlberg Bob Lee Swagger]] kills the [[BigBad Big Bads]] as well as their men in their own private house then blows up the house along with them.
* In ''Film/ManOnFire'', Creasy does one of these after [[spoiler:he blows up the police chief.]]
* Subverted in ''Film/GodBlessAmerica'', where the main character lights a fuse on a car and walks away taking a drag of a cigarette as badass music swells... only to realize that the fuse has blown away. He awkwardly tries to snatch up the burning fuse but just singes his hand before giving up.
* In ''Film/{{Takers}}'', after the first heist, the gang walks away from the helicopter they stole which blows up, Everybody except AJ(Hayden Christensen) flinches.
* ''Film/PainAndGain'': When they blow up Victor's car, thinking they killed him this time (still doesn't work). However, Paul slightly flinches and Daniel looks at him when it happens.
* The MadBomber does this in ''Film/{{Quick}}'' when he walks away from the car he has rigged to blow with the Yakuza bosses inside.
* Humorously subverted in ''Film/{{Malavita}}''; Maggie tries to pull this off, but when the explosion goes off, she jumps.
* Guerrero, Red and Washington perform one as the walk away from the exploding bank in ''Film/DeadInTombstone''.
* In ''Film/AdoptingTerror'', Fay does an Unflinching Walk away from the car she's just set on fire, seemingly unperturbed as it explodes.
* In ''Film/{{Unknown 2006}}'', "Jean Jacket Guy" casually walks away from a pit of gasoline that he's set on fire as it explodes behind him.
* In ''Film/TheEqualizer'', [[Creator/DenzelWashington Robert McCall]] does this when he blows up Vladimir Pushkin's container ships at the docks.
* {{Discussed|Trope}} in the audio commentary of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'': the actor who plays Norrington comments that he wanted a moment like this at the part where Norrington tells the governor to barricade himself in an office during the pirate attack, but unfortunately he blinked when the explosion went off behind him.
* {{Film/Predators}}: A Predator sets his hijacked ship to explode from his wrist-mounted computer, then turns and walks away before it does.
* In ''Film/RogueOne'', K-2SO catches a thrown grenade, then blithely tosses it over his shoulder to blow up a squad of Imperial Stormtroopers, all the time walking towards Jyn and Cassian while bitching about being left behind with the ship. Granted, he's a droid and could probably calculate the risks a lot faster than a human could, but it's still pretty awesome.
* In ''Film/Carrie1976'', Carrie walks out of the gym, while drenched in blood, as she sets it on fire and kills everyone inside. This is an interesting example because it's actually subverted in the book, as Carrie flees the gym prior to the fire and is actually [[KickTheDog tripped by one of the students.]]
* In ''Film/Joker2019'', the Joker does a sassy one when leaving [[spoiler:the two police detectives to get badly beaten by rioters]] in the subway. He's even [[SmokingIsCool smoking a cigarette for extra flair]].
* ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'': At the finale, Aughra casually walks through the Skeksis Castle as it is falling to pieces around her.
* In ''Film/TenDeadMen'', Ryan does one away from [[spoiler:Hart's]] exploding car.
* In ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', the gas station where Jake and Elwood have to stop to refuel the Bluesmobile blows up spectacularly immediately when they leave again due to spilled gasoline. The Blues Brothers don't care for the fireball behind them. Then again, this isn't the first explosion in the film they pretty much shrug off, and this time, things don't explode ''around'' them for a change. The scene was cut from the theatrical release, but reintroduced in the extended cut.
* ''Film/OnDeadlyGround'', Steven Seagal stares down his CorruptCorporateExecutive boss as he sets off a massive explosion to put out an oil well fire just behind him while the oil workers all dive for cover. Neither of them flinch or blink.

* This ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' / Creator/{{Sony}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHBrbumr-Hc advert]] involves Film/JamesBond unflinchingly ''flailing around''.

* A commercial for Extra's line of dessert flavored gum has a stick of gum unflinchingly walk away from an exploding strawberry shortcake. Yeah.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pblj3JHF-Jo This]] VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps commercial.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20paf6YsL4w An old advert for John Smith's "Extra Smooth"]] featured comedian Jack Dee walking around monologuing to camera while collapsing scenery, speeding cars etc missed him by inches. Subverted when the fact that it's all green-screen is acknowledged at the end, and they put a more dramatic background in than he thought they were going to.
* An ad for Golden Corral invokes the trope with four typical action heroes slow-walking from a burning car to the restaurant while Heavy by Collective Soul plays.
* Advertising/SegataSanshiro did this after throwing an opponent so hard he [[MadeOfExplodium exploded upon hitting the ground]].

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', During the second episode after Unit 01 goes Berserk, nearly kills the Third Angel and it self destructs, Unit 01 can then be seen casually walking away from the epicenter of the explosion that leveled a city block yet there is no visible damage on Unit 01 that resulted from the explosion. The same shot is used in the first ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' film

* Pip, TheGoodCaptain from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' does this in the OVA, casually lighting up a cigarette as the communications tent (and the Millenium dupes inside) go up in a fireball.
* While nothing explodes, Kenshiro of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' has the most overexaggerated example of the Unflinching Walk ever. He walks through a '''skyscraper that falls on his head''' without even seeming to notice it. And in a filler episode, Kenshiro blows up a tank with his bare fists and walks away from the explosion calmly.
* Vash and Wolfwood walk unflinchingly through [[MoreDakka a hail of bullets]] in the ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' anime episode "Goodbye for Now".

* Lelouch gets one in ''Anime/CodeGeass R2'' episode 20 when, after all the horrible things that have happened to him and his loved ones, he finally starts acting like the demon everyone seems to think he is.
* Vincent does one of these after setting off a biological weapon near the start of the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' movie. It makes for a rather effective introduction.

* Dekoppa from ''Manga/MajinDevil''does one with a bundle of pipes while striding towards an ancient devil who produces soundwaves that reduces concrete down to its very atoms. He is also a BadassBookworm.
* While arguably conflicting with manga {{Canon}}, [[TheAtoner Kenshin Himura]] in the Manga/RurouniKenshin OVA ''Tsuiokuhen'' has him walking away from the blazing hut that was once his home where [[spoiler:he left the corpse of his wife Tomoe Yukishiro whom he accidentally killed in his final showdown with the BigBad]]
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': [[StoicSpectacles Ishida]] [[BadassBookworm Uryuu]] did this after blowing a hole under Yammy Riyalgo's feet. Made cooler via a ScaryShinyGlasses shot.
* [[BattleButler Sebastian]] does this in episode 2 of ''Manga/BlackButler''. [[http://i51.tinypic.com/2u4lw90.png Amazing.]] [[CatchPhrase He is, after all, one hell of a butler.]]

* [=ShineGreymon=] from ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' gets an absolutely '''''EPIC''''' one [[spoiler:after assuming [[SuperMode Burst Mode]] and shrugging off an attack from Kurata's OneWingedAngel form like it was nothing, in the process surrounding himself and Kurata in huge flames. He proceeds to walk slowly towards Kurata without paying attention to the several story high flames he'd just created. This combined with the absolutely hate filled DeathGlare he's shooting Kurata while doing it makes it rather clear the reason he's not looking at the flames because the only thing on his mind is giving Kurata exactly what he has coming to him.]]

* Kenichi from ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' preforms an '''EPIC''' one when a stadium is collapsing around him and he just calmly walks towards his enemy.
%%%* ''Manga/CityHunter'': Ryo Saeba loves this, especially during gun-vehicle joust duels.
* [[ThePatriarch Zeno]] from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' plays with this in the Chimera Ant arc. After being challenged by [[spoiler:Cheetu]], Zeno advises him to LookBehindYou and walks away--right as his son [[ProfessionalKiller Silva]] falls out the sky and crushes [[spoiler:Cheetu [[ShapedLikeItself like an ant]]]], complete with a [[GroundShatteringLanding huge explosion and crater]]. Bonus points for casually dodging the flying debris without even looking, and for apparently walking a few steps away just to invoke this trope, as he was waiting for Silva to show up in the first place.

%%%%* Minnie May from ''Manga/GunsmithCats''

* Creator/WarrenEllis loves this trope (see ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}) and loves subverting it (see ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}).
* Nathanial Grey does this on the cover of ''ComicBook/NewMutants'', Vol 3, Issue 25.
%%* Creator/JackKirby amps the trope UpToEleven in ''ComicBook/{{OMAC}}'' [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Rf9S3GkkeyI/STl0ZArIMQI/AAAAAAAAHvM/ukjOkKWuBq8/s1600-h/jack+kirby.+omac.+page.+004.jpg #1]]

* Faren Brosca in ''Fanfic/DragonAgeTheCrownOfThorns'' calmly walks away from the center of the proving arena and towards the exit after beating Seweryn and the twins, respectively. Both were [[CurbstompBattle curbstomp battles]] made particularly awesome by the fact that he was undercover, wearing his Dark Wolf attire. Said attire consists of a dark leather armor suit, a black cloak, which is more of an AllEncompassingMantle, a black scarf (covered his nose and lower face) whose ends flowed through the air behind him ''and'' an equally black headband that doubled as a mask (covered his upper face but had eye holes), also with the bands tying it in place billowing behind him in a dramatic breeze. All the while, the crown was either staring in awe or cheering... and he's not even the protagonist.

* Fanfic/{{Renegade}}: Spectre Garrus Vakarian would ''like'' to do one of these, but usually abstains because he doesn't think it's professional. The one time Garrus performs an unflinching walk, he walks ''[[InvertedTrope towards a Scrin Battlemind]]''. And if that wasn't badass enough, he's walking towards the Battlemind '''''as it is throwing aircars at him.'''''

* Astrid from ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', the LoveInterest, is first seen [[http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/still/how_to_train_your_dragon07.jpg walking out of a huge explosion,]] almost model-like (complete with HairFlip!)

* During the climax of ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' when the enormous lava monster Te Ka is running towards her, Moana calmly walks towards the wrathful deity while singing her song.

* WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} ''tries'' to do this, but unfortunately for him he underestimates just how big the explosion is and how much debris is flying through the air, with the end result that he just ends up scurrying in away in complete terror:
-->'''Megamind:''' Oh, I'm too close! I'm genuinely scared right now! I hope no one can see this!

* A early example is seen in ''Film/RemoWilliamsTheAdventureBegins'' (1985) after Remo (Fred Ward) blows up a jeep. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHsT41_ir2I Here's a clip]].

* At the end of ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'', Zorro and Elena [[spoiler:and many refugees]] walk away from the [[spoiler:collapsing scaffolding of the mine that [[BigBad Don Montero]] was going to blow up, leaving the enslaved Indian slaves inside.]]

* Frank Castle, better known as ComicBook/ThePunisher, did this twice in [[Film/ThePunisher2004 the second live action movie of the same name]]. The first time is when he leaves a tripwire mine with the wire stretched tight in the hand of a mafia boss's son, with the implication that eventually he'll drop the heavy explosive, and sure enough it happens just in time to frame Frank's exit. The second time is even more over the top as Frank kills the mafia boss responsible for the death of his family by detonating car fuel tanks in a pre-programmed sequence, all of which light up behind him as he walks away. As if this weren't enough, the burning wrecks trace out his trademark skull logo when viewed from the air.
%%* ''Film/TheTransporter''.
* In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', ACU Trooper Miller essentially flips off the ''I. rex'' by standing his ground and firing his shotgun repeatedly at it. [[spoiler:He got eaten]], but by doing so, the last three soldiers -- one of them severely injured -- survived the attack and escaped ''I. rex'' pursuit, all thanks to his badassery. And to top it off, he's not just holding his ground; he's calmly striding ''towards'' the damn thing as it's charging right at him.
* Parodied in ''Windstruck''. As the heroine drags a criminal from an overturned car, her partner just happens to drop his lit cigarette into the leaking gasoline. Cue explosion as she poses on the criminal Captain Morgan style.

* Anton Chigurh does this after blowing up a car in ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen''. He blows it up as a distraction, so everyone else reacts while he casually steals some drugs.
* Subverted in the [[RealTrailerFakeMovie fake trailer]] [[TheStinger stinger]] of ''Series/{{Jackass}}: TheMovie'': the elderly versions of the cast freak out and start running from the explosion and it spirals out of control from there.
* Also subverted in ''Film/TheDarkKnight:'' The Joker does something like an unflinching walk out of the hospital, [[WheresTheKaboom then stops as the explosion peters out.]] He then stands there fiddling with the detonator until the ''rest'' of the bombs go off, visibly startling him, and he hightails it out of there. In the DVD commentary, the filmmakers expressed their amazement that Creator/HeathLedger didn't even look back at the exploding building (which was not faked) when he entered the getaway bus, making it something of a meta example as well.

* Played with in ''Film/ConAir''. After setting up an explosion by lighting a pool of gasoline leading back to a gas station, Cyrus and his buddies walk off. Once the explosion happens, Cyrus keeps walking without reacting; everyone else, however, flinches or turns around to look.
* Accidentally subverted during the big mansion shootout from the finale of John Woo's ''Film/ABetterTomorrow 2.'' Chow Yun Fat's character, Ken Gor, tosses a grenade into the mansion and turns to nonchalantly stand in front of the ensuing explosion. But Chow was standing a few inches too close to the pyrotechnics when they went off, and he flinched away as his hair was singed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HElbwlz1CFo Seen here at the 1:20 mark]].
* In ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', Seth and Richie Gecko are bickering with each other while walking out of the exploding store. Richie had been shot in the hand, and Seth is annoyed that Richie is unable to keep a "low profile." Neither pays the slightest bit of attention to the store they just blew up.
* [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Evil-possessed]] Spider-Man does it in ''Film/SpiderMan3'', after throwing one of Harry's pumpkin bombs back at him.

* Used in ''Film/BlackHawkDown''; every time [=McKnight's=] convoy stops, he gets out of his truck and strolls around, apparently oblivious to the bullets/[=RPG=]s flying all around him, to find out what's going on.
* Shown in some of the print ads for the DVD of ''Film/{{Hancock}}'', with the title character looking all badass [[spoiler:with his love interest beside him, whose super powers are supposed to be part of TheReveal. [[LateArrivalSpoiler Good going Wal*Mart/Red Box]]]].

* In ''Film/{{Desperado}}'' El Mariachi and Carolina toss a couple of grenades into the bookstore, then stride away. An impressive calm for an unremarkable bookstore owner.

* Played with''Film/ConAir''. After setting up an explosion by lighting a pool of gasoline leading back to a gas station, Cyrus and his buddies walk off. Once the explosion happens, Cyrus keeps walking without reacting; everyone else, however, flinches or turns around to look.

* Accidentally subverted in ''Film/BlueThunder'': Murphy flinches when the helicopter blows up behind him. (Director John Badham says he "didn't think RoyScheider expected the explosion to be as loud and as big as it was.")

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Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:

* Malgus of TheOldRepublic fame does one towards danger in the Return trailer. Having just grabbed his [[DualWielding master's lightsaber]], he walks toward a Jedi master while effortlessly slicing apart the various debris thrown at him until he finally leaps through an exploding turbine.

Compare OutrunTheFireball (when this is done running), StrollingThroughTheChaos. Contrast it with TheSlowWalk, where the character is walking ''towards'' danger (in order to lay a major beat down) and PowerWalk, where one or more characters walk towards the camera while giving off an air of determination.

* In ''Literature/{{Ward}}'' the supervillain March has a power that allows her to energize a bladed weapon and draw "lines" of energy on any opponent or object she cuts. After a delay of a few seconds, these lines explode violently, typically [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe blowing the victim apart.]] She ''also'' has superpowered timing and coordination, so she almost never misses and if she wants a cut to be deadly, it will be. Combining her powerset with a flair for the dramatic, she does an unflinching walk away from nearly ''every'' opponent she defeats, rarely seeing any of them explode and die. In a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] this later [[HoistByHisOwnPetard proves to be her undoing]]: [[spoiler:Vista, a superhero with the power to warp the dimensions of space and objects at will, notices this and [[ExploitedTrope takes advantage of it]] by shortening March's blade whenever it would cut or impale someone. The resulting blast only scratches the surface of the person hit, damaging only clothes or skin, but since March never watches the explosion she never realizes that her opponent is not dead. Her heroic nemesis Foil, teamed up with Vista, uses this to fake taking a lethal blow and then [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice run March through with a rapier]] [[CombatPragmatist from behind]].]]