History VillainsOutShopping / Film

* The Djinn of ''Film/{{Wishmaster}}'' goes shopping for a suit in the first film. It's not used used to humanize him however, as he simply uses the opportunity to KickTheDog one more time by condemning some poor clerk to another horrific fate.

* ''Film/TheSweeney'' (2012): The meeting of career criminals Regan takes as a planning session for robbery is, in fact, a barbeque, and the attendees know nothing about the BigBad's plans. Said villain set this (and them) up as a deliberate distraction from the gang that is actually going to commit robbery.

** In ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', the bar scene can be seen as that with the Gecko Brothers and their hostages as they are casually enjoying shots. Of course this is long before said bar goes on a vampiric rampage.

* ''[[Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep Godzilla vs The Sea Monster]]'' can be considered this for Godzilla to some degree. Up until this point in the series, Godzilla has been portrayed as a CompleteMonster whose creation by the Atomic Bomb causes him to punish all humanity out of rage. Here though, he's just taking a vacation of sorts away from humanity until he's awoken by the heroes. Lately, when encountering Dayo (a human native worshipper of Mothra) he just brushes her off just so he can resume taking his nap, only to be awoken by a Giant Condor and the Red Bamboo.

** Also done in ''TheGodfather2'' where a younger adult Vito and his family visit Corleone for a vacation, [[spoiler: before he gets revenge against the Don who murdered his father, brothers, and mother when he was a child.]]

** ''Film/PulpFiction'' is mostly about all the things that crooks chat about before, during and after their criminal exploits. One of the most famous scenes involves Jules and Vince discussing fast food behaviors in Europe.

* Drake/Dracula in ''Film/{{Blade}}: Trinity'' visits a goth store soon after he is reawakened from his slumber. He is so disgusted by the sight of what the goths think reflects the nature of vampires that he ends up killing the two clerks managing the store.

* ''TheProposition'' reveals what irredeemably evil outlaws do in their spare time: recite poetry and sing folk tunes.

** FromDuskTillDawn the bar scene can be seen as that with the Gecko Brothers and their hostages as they are casually enjoying shots. Of course this is long before said bar goes on a vampiric rampage.

* In the original version of ''TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'', when he isn't issuing threats or demands, Mr. Blue passes the time while waiting in the hijacked subway car for the delivery of the ransom by...doing a crossword puzzle.

* Professor Moriarty gets a few of these in ''[[Film/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows]]''. Holmes first meets him at Cambridge, where he is helping a student. Later, we see him on a lecture tour and signing copies of his book. Not to mention, horror of horrors... feeding pigeons!

* Due to how ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' is told from the first-person perspective, there isn't a lot of time to show what the bad guys are doing. The [[Film/TheHungerGames film]] invokes this by showing President Snow taking a break from having the districts' children fight to the death by tending to his rose garden.

** In ''[[Film/{{Grindhouse}} Death Proof]]'', Stuntman Mike gobbles nachos and gabs about the film industry before he goes on his murderous rampage.

* In ''MrBrooks'', Earl Brooks and his imaginary friend Marshall work on crosswords while on the lookout for potential victims.
* ''ItHappenedHere'' (1966). A montage shows German soldiers playing tourist in [[AlternateHistory Nazi-occupied London]], mixing with the locals and chatting up girls.

* ''{{Tombstone}}'': When the travelling show comes to town, The Cowboys show up ''en masse'', and seem to have a genuinely good time and be very appreciative of the performance. They even give Fabian a standing ovation for his rendition of the [[HenryV S:t Crispin's Day speech.]]

* One scene in ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' has Alex going to a record store to pick up an album he ordered, dressed in a posh Edwardian-era suit. He also uses the opportunity to invite some girls for a [[ThreeWaySex threesome]].

*** Not to mention seeing Hitler asking his SS guards for a stick of chewing gum.

** The crooks in ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' discuss music, film, old phone numbers and the morality of tipping before leaving to commit a bank robbery.

** Who wouldn't be pissed off when someone tries to sell you a you-shaped dildo?
*** If it were me, I would've killed him ''with'' the dildo.

* In one scene, Mickey Cohen in ''GangsterSquad'' arrives at the aftermath of one of the squad's attacks, having been interrupted in the nefarious crime of walking his dog.