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| 19 | [[quoteright:350:[[Film/IAmNumberFour https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_explosion_iamnumber4_2677.jpg]]]] |
| 20 | [[caption-width-right:350:So I ''did'' leave the oven on.]] |
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| 22 | ->''"Cool guys don't look at explosions\ |
| 23 | They blow things up and then walk away\ |
| 24 | Who's got time to watch an explosion?\ |
| 25 | There's cool guy errands that they have to walk to"'' |
| 26 | -->-- '''Music/TheLonelyIsland''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqz5dbs5zmo "Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions"]] |
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| 28 | When [[StuffBlowingUp just blowing something up]] isn't enough, proof of one's apparent badass bombing technique can be seen when the bomber leaves himself [[OutrunTheFireball barely enough time]] to escape the blast radius, usually ''just'' enough so that as he's walking away, he's silhouetted by the explosion itself. |
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| 30 | While explosions are the most common thing to walk away from without looking or reacting to, any sufficiently spectacular or violent event (such as a battle, a vehicle crash, a building collapsing, etc.) can also count, as long as the one walking away was connected to the event and the event is something that they would be expected to pay attention to, or at least attempt to take cover from. |
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| 32 | Besides making the character look awesome, this usually also implies they were directly involved in the disaster — after all, why else would they casually ignore something that spectacular unless they knew it would happen? Also, as noted in the RealLife section, turning away from an explosion actually has a practical reason, in that even if explosion does hit the body, backside is much safer compared to face and other important human parts that are on front. (But although there's a practical side in facing the other way, there's nothing practical about allowing yourself to be so close to the explosion in the first place. That part is pure RuleOfCool.) |
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| 34 | Can be combined with a TeamPowerWalk for extra badassitude. Likely requires ConvectionSchmonvection, or there is convection, and the fact that the character is still unflinching further confirms badassitude. When the character was ''in'' [[OutOfTheInferno the fireball, and still pulls this off]], that's usually a sign that they're an ImplacableMan or TheJuggernaut. |
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| 36 | 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 TeamPowerWalk, where multiple characters walk towards the camera while giving off an air of determination. Contrast UnflinchingFaithInTheBrakes. |
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| 39 | !!Examples: |
| 40 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 43 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pblj3JHF-Jo This]] ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' commercial. |
| 44 | * A commercial for Extra's line of dessert flavored gum has a stick of gum unflinchingly walk away from an exploding strawberry shortcake. Yeah. |
| 45 | * 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. |
| 46 | %%%* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' commercials |
| 47 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-_0QBqgpps This]] ''VideoGame/GuitarHero: Metallica'' commercial. |
| 48 | * [[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. |
| 49 | * This ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' / Creator/{{Sony}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHBrbumr-Hc advert]] involves Film/JamesBond unflinchingly ''flailing around''. |
| 50 | * Advertising/SegataSanshiro did this after throwing an opponent so hard he [[MadeOfExplodium exploded upon hitting the ground]]. |
| 51 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCPgEHeXYxQ This]] ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' ad did it pretty well. |
| 52 | * This 2020 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-5q_fujyb8 Turbo Tax ad]], complete with epic music. |
| 53 | [[/folder]] |
| 54 | |
| 55 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 56 | * [[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.]] |
| 57 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': [[StoicSpectacles Ishida]] [[BadassBookworm Uryuu]] did this after blowing a hole under Yammy Riyalgo's feet. Made cooler via a ScaryShinyGlasses shot. |
| 58 | %%%* ''Manga/CityHunter'': Ryo Saeba loves this, especially during gun-vehicle joust duels. |
| 59 | * 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. |
| 60 | * [=ShineGreymon=] from ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' 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.]] |
| 61 | * 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. |
| 62 | %%%%* Minnie May from ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' |
| 63 | * The ''Literature/HeavyObject'' anime's second opening depicts Qwenthur and Havia doing this as an Object explodes behind them. Averted in-story, where they'll typically be sprinting away from whatever's about to explode and are likely to be blown off their feet anyway. |
| 64 | * 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. |
| 65 | * [[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. |
| 66 | * ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'': Gouenji is [[MemeticMutation memetic]] for this. During the match against Epsilon [[spoiler:Remastered]], Desarm prepares [[spoiler:Drill Smasher]]; and Gouenji shoots [[spoiler:Bakuretsu Storm]] afterwards casually looking back as Desarm is overwhelmed by it. |
| 67 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', when Jotaro finally encounters Dio on the streets of Cairo, in the face of seeing the effects of Dio's stand, he simply ignores the advice to run for his life and walks unwaveringly toward Dio for the final showdown. |
| 68 | * Kenichi from ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' preforms an '''EPIC''' one when a stadium is collapsing around him and he just calmly walks towards his enemy. |
| 69 | * [[LittleMissBadass Cinque]] of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' calmly walks away as a raging inferno starts behind her after she blows up one of the Ground Forces HQ's shield generators. |
| 70 | * 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. |
| 71 | * Done several times in ''Manga/{{Monster}}'', usually by the [[DissonantSerenity extraordinarily calm Johan]], but once or twice by other characters. Of note because it's unexpected for the character, [[RichBitch Eva]] does this after [[spoiler:setting her own mansion ablaze in a rage]]. |
| 72 | * ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'': Sherlock Holmes in ''The Two Criminals'' casually strides away from Milverton's estate, where he just murdered a man and set the scene on fire, only to immediately confess to the crime to the police and allow himself to be arrested. |
| 73 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': In [[Recap/NeonGenesisEvangelionEpisode02UnfamiliarCeiling 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. |
| 74 | * ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': Homura is a total badass and fond of explosives. This happens semi-frequently, with the fight against Roberta in episode 10 being the best example. [[spoiler:She eventually performs the Unflinching Walk... ''[[TimeMaster backwards through time]]'']]. |
| 75 | * 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]]. |
| 76 | * Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} gets one or two of these in ''Anime/SonicX''. |
| 77 | * Cure Rhythm from ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'', when she purifies a Negatone with her Music Rondo, she just walks away like an elegant lady before and when it explodes. And she doesn't pay attention. |
| 78 | * Vash and Wolfwood walk unflinchingly through [[MoreDakka a hail of bullets]] in the ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' anime episode "Goodbye for Now". |
| 79 | * A comedic example occurs in ''Manga/WhisperedWords'' at the BeachEpisode with [[{{Tomboy}} Tomoe Hachisuka]]. Courtesy of her [[DrivesLikeCrazy totaled car]]. |
| 80 | * Saki in ''Anime/ZombielandSaga'' does one away from a motorcycle crash off of a cliff that HAS killed people before. Justified in that she's a zombie, and has already done that stunt once. (And died doing it.) |
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| 83 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 84 | * ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': In episode 2, [=BoBoiBoy=] sends several Lightning Bolts towards Adu Du's barrage of missiles, causing a dust cloud of an explosion. As the dust cloud fades away, [=BoBoiBoy=] walks out of it and towards the alien enemies with a determined expression. This scene later became part of the intro sequence. |
| 85 | [[/folder]] |
| 86 | |
| 87 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 88 | * Creator/WarrenEllis loves this trope (see ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'') and loves subverting it (see ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}''). |
| 89 | * Nathanial Grey does this on the cover of ''ComicBook/NewMutants'', Vol 3, Issue 25. |
| 90 | %%* Creator/JackKirby amps the trope up in ''ComicBook/{{OMAC}}'' [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Rf9S3GkkeyI/STl0ZArIMQI/AAAAAAAAHvM/ukjOkKWuBq8/s1600-h/jack+kirby.+omac.+page.+004.jpg #1]] |
| 91 | * In the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fandom, there is an infamous picture of Pat Lee and the other Dreamwave founders doing this while walking away from an explosion. Dreamwave imploded after not paying its employees. On many sites, the mere mention of Pat Lee or Dreamwave will cause the picture to be posted. |
| 92 | * At the end of ''Innocence Lost'', ComicBook/{{X 23}} casually strolls out of the Facility's base seconds ahead of it exploding from the charges she planted, and walks away as it blows up behind her. Made even more awesome because she's ''[[BadassAdorable thirteen]]''. Funnily enough, Laura actually would not have even needed to make a dramatic exit, but rather than killing Zander Rice quickly she spent ''ten minutes'' [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating the shit out of him]] as [[TheDogBitesBack payback for essentially torturing her for thirteen years]] first. |
| 93 | [[/folder]] |
| 94 | |
| 95 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 96 | * In a ''ComicStrip/TwistedToyfareTheatre'' strip about Sam Worthington (star of ''Film/{{Avatar}}'') infiltrating the Manly Men of Action at James Cameron's behest, this is part of his training. "Ow! [[Creator/BruceWillis Mr. Willis]], the explosion singed off my back hair!" "That's good! Manly men don't have body hair. Now keep walking all slow!" |
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| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 100 | * 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. |
| 101 | * ''FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': The Avatar Restored goes on one after regaining his true shape. Previous to this event, he was a transformed ''female'' troll, and had undergone fifteen years of desperate survival against a continent of undead. This, in turn, was following his witness of the slaughter of his entire family, and all the survivors of the war; men, women, and children alike. [[spoiler:Not to mention his possible ''rape'', transformed, remember? He was the 'troll' at the end of ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper''...]] Having regained his old form and power, he is understandably eager to vent his frustrations on Ami, as she is a keeper- in his anger he doesn't particularly care that she's essentially a heroine acting in an ambiguously villainous manner so that her minions don't rebel. Ami is understandably reluctant to attack him, but resorts to more and more desperate measures. Eventually blasting him with every spell she knows, sending waves of golems at him, channeling the might of Mettalia to turn the floor into a mass of living hands to encumber him, dropping the ceiling on him, and glamoring more powerful minions into weaker ones to mount surprise attacks. The Avatar weathers them all, until... she attempts an indirect assault, [[spoiler:and sticks him to the wall with a gigantic electro-magnet.]] |
| 102 | * [[Manga/DeathNote Light and Matt]] in ''FanFic/PointOfSuccession'' when they stoically make their way through Beyond Birthday's villain lair that has been booby-trapped with all kinds of explosives. |
| 103 | * ''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.''''' |
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| 106 | [[folder:Film — Animated]] |
| 107 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': [[TheHighQueen Elinor]] does this in the middle of a massive fight in the throne room between the four patriarchs 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. |
| 108 | ** Merida learns the trick near the climax of the film, using the same technique to stop a similar brawl dead in its tracks. |
| 109 | * Vincent does one of these after setting off a biological weapon near the start of ''Anime/CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor''. It makes for a rather effective introduction. |
| 110 | * Astrid from ''WesternAnimation/{{How To Train Your Dragon|2010}}'', 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!) |
| 111 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': Sarabi is summoned by Scar to deal with the food shortage in the Pride Lands, and must walk through a crowd of furious hyenas growling and snapping at her, demanding more food. But she holds her head up high and casts a cold sideways glance at them. She's TheHighQueen indeed. |
| 112 | ** In [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 the 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. |
| 113 | * ''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: |
| 114 | -->'''Megamind:''' Oh, I'm too close! I'm genuinely scared right now! I hope no one can see this! |
| 115 | * During the climax of ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'', when Te Kā is running towards her, Moana calmly walks towards the wrathful goddess while singing her song. |
| 116 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'': Katie asks her father Rick if they can do one while exiting the Mall. Rick says that it's a complete waste of time. They proceed to do it anyway. |
| 117 | * ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'': |
| 118 | ** Lampshaded. Classified's plan for infiltrating Dave's submarine/base includes a simulated graphic of the team walking away without looking behind as the base explodes. |
| 119 | ** Later subverted; when the submarine explodes, the North Wind indeed walk away without looking behind... [[spoiler:only to get hit by a truck crossing their path]]. |
| 120 | --->'''Short Fuse''': "Oh, ''that's'' why you don't look back at the explosion." |
| 121 | * In ''Animation/WaltzWithBashir'', IntrepidReporter Ron Ben-Yishai does this while covering combat in Beirut, walking slowly and upright through a firefight while everyone else (including his cameraman) tries to keep low or take cover. This is made even more badass because Ben-Yishai actually did this in RealLife! |
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| 124 | [[folder:Film — Live-Action]] |
| 125 | * In ''Film/AdoptingTerror'', Fay does an Unflinching Walk away from the car she's just set on fire, seemingly unperturbed as it explodes. |
| 126 | * 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. |
| 127 | * [[ColonelBadass Colonel Quaritch]], the villain of ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', walks off this way after jumping out from his falling flaming dropship. In a HumongousMecha. |
| 128 | * 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]]. |
| 129 | * 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. Kind of justified, as you can't see bullets, and usually won't see the [=RPG=]s, so stopping to look just wastes time and makes you a target. |
| 130 | * 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. |
| 131 | * 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.") |
| 132 | * 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.]] |
| 133 | * ''Film/ConAir'': |
| 134 | ** Played with when, 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. |
| 135 | ** Later in the movie Cyrus gets Poe at gunpoint and fires, hitting Poe in the shoulder. Poe keeps walking forward, doesn't even flinch from the hit, and begins fighting Cyrus. [[PapaWolf You do NOT threaten this man's daughter]]. |
| 136 | * ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'': At the finale, Aughra casually walks through the Skeksis Castle as it is falling to pieces around her. |
| 137 | * 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. |
| 138 | * In ''Film/{{Desperado}}'' El Mariachi tosses a couple of grenades down into the alley by Carolina’s bookstore to dispatch a couple of mooks, then Carolina and him stride away looking cool with the explosion in the background. An impressive calm for an unremarkable bookstore owner. |
| 139 | * The final shootout of ''Film/DDay'', where the hero Ivan walks unflinchingly while gunning down plenty of mooks left and right as oil drums, buildings, and vehicles explodes en masse behind him. |
| 140 | * Guerrero, Red and Washington perform one as the walk away from the exploding bank in ''Film/DeadInTombstone''. |
| 141 | * 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. |
| 142 | ** 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. |
| 143 | * Inverted in ''Film/DjangoUnchained''. Django turns back, puts his shades on and takes a good stare to the explosion. |
| 144 | * ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'' - Creator/GeenaDavis has one as she sings a breakup song while trashing her ex's stuff, here with his prize football in a microwave. |
| 145 | * In ''Film/TheEqualizer'', [[Creator/DenzelWashington Robert McCall]] does this when he blows up Vladimir Pushkin's container ships at the docks. |
| 146 | * TheStinger ending to ''Film/FastAndFurious6'' features an EstablishingCharacterMoment of Deckard Shaw [[Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift killing Han by blowing up his car in Tokyo.]] Not only does Deckard walk away while the car explodes, he even calls Dom during the explosion to let him know who he's dealing with. |
| 147 | -->'''Deckard:''' ''(on the phone)'' Dominic Toretto, you don't know me. (car explodes) You're about to. |
| 148 | * 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. |
| 149 | * 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. |
| 150 | * 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. |
| 151 | * Tony Anthony's character does this in the 1970s barely-a-western ''Film/GetMean''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pex-mg0MHc Clip of the scene.]] |
| 152 | * Sheriff Clay performs one in ''Film/GhostRock'' when he returns to town in time to aid the heroes in the final showdown after being run out of town earlier. He lights a stick of dynamite, tosses it into a building, and then continues his slow march into town as the building explodes behind him. |
| 153 | * 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. |
| 154 | * 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]]]]. |
| 155 | * A classic example of this would be Connor [=MacLeod=]'s regeneration at the beginning of ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening''. |
| 156 | * In ''Film/TheHitmansWifesBodyguard'', after finding out [[spoiler:his stepfather Bryce Sr.]] [[FaceHeelTurn turned his back on him]], Bryce blows up his Jaguar before waking away in this manner. |
| 157 | * 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]].]] |
| 158 | * Nam-Joo from ''Film/TheHost2006'' [[spoiler:shoots the creature in the eye, then turns around and walks away without even bothering to watch as the creature bursts into flames]]. |
| 159 | * ''Film/HotFuzz'': the poster and DVD cover featured Danny and Nick calmly walking away from an explosion ([[NeverTrustATrailer which didn't happen]]). The movie itself adverts it: they ''do'' run away from what they think will explode and leap through the air dramatically, only to discover it doesn't go off. [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGun But it does later, and they don't have time to run.]]]] |
| 160 | * ''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. |
| 161 | * 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. |
| 162 | * ''Film/JamesBond'': |
| 163 | ** The pre-credits sequence of ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', where Bond is the only one at the bar not to react to the huge explosion he planted earlier. |
| 164 | ** The ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'' video game has this after the Streets level. |
| 165 | ** A rather good HDTV advert around the time of the [[MerchandiseDriven insanely]] [[CashCowFranchise merchandised]] ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' was nothing but Daniel Craig doing this in slow motion. He actually was getting pummelled by flying debris, [[TheStoic but continued to look grimly at the camera.]] |
| 166 | ** The [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil trailer for]] ''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' ramps it up by substituting 'explosion' with 'train car getting ripped open by heavy equipment ''while he's inside it''.' |
| 167 | * 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. |
| 168 | * 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]]. |
| 169 | * 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. |
| 170 | * Used in ''Film/KungPowEnterTheFist'' after Master Pain set the Chosen One's house on fire. |
| 171 | * In ''Film/LawAbidingCitizen'', Jamie Foxx doesn't even glance at the huge explosion he helps set up. |
| 172 | * ''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. |
| 173 | * Humorously subverted in ''Film/{{Malavita}}''; Maggie tries to pull this off, but when the explosion goes off, she jumps. |
| 174 | * In ''Film/ManOnFire'', Creasy does one of these after [[spoiler:he blows up the police chief.]] |
| 175 | * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:'' |
| 176 | ** ''Film/IronMan1:'' |
| 177 | *** In [[http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/large_tv.html the trailers]] to the film (retained in the film itself). ComicBook/IronMan dodges a tank shell and then fires a tiny, wrist-mounted rocket at the tank. He doesn't even wait for the rocket to explode before turning around to begin his Unflinching Walk. Combine that imagery with the opening riff of the Black Sabbath song of the same name and you have the ultimate in superhero badassery. The same trailer also shows an "Unflinching Stand" when Stark casually addresses a crowd with his back to the oncoming shockwave of a cluster bomb explosion. |
| 178 | *** Near the end of the film, the SHIELD team has to blow a door to gain access to Stane's facility. While the rest of the team takes cover, Coulson simply turns his back, crosses his arms and hunches up a little. Given that it's a door-breaching charge, the explosion is small and directed, but still... He repeats the move in an ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' episode. |
| 179 | ** ''Film/IronMan2:'' Whiplash does the unflinching walk ''twice''. The first time is when he walks out of prison with a (diversionary) bomb going off behind him. The second is when he's walking through oncoming traffic on the Monaco racetrack, looking for Tony Stark's racecar. |
| 180 | ** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier:'' The titular [[TheDreaded Winter Soldier]] is a master of this. In his introduction he just steps backwards to avoid the car he just detonated. |
| 181 | * 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.]] |
| 182 | * RealityTV show ''Series/NextActionStar'' 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 lackeys, nor the hero). He was about to enter the hero's car, only for it to speed off when he reached for the handle. |
| 183 | * 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. |
| 184 | * 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. |
| 185 | * ''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. |
| 186 | * 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!!" |
| 187 | * ''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. |
| 188 | * In ''Film/PathsOfGlory'' (1957) by Creator/StanleyKubrick, 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. |
| 189 | * The villain The Tall Man does this in one of the ''Film/{{Phantasm}}'' movies. |
| 190 | * {{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. |
| 191 | * ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', during the climax, Lord Beckett walks across the deck of his ship while it's being pummeled and sporting a VillainousBSOD. He should be tossed about by shockwaves and debris, but doesn't flinch until consumed by a final explosion. |
| 192 | * ''{{Film/Predators}}'': A Predator sets his hijacked ship to explode from his wrist-mounted computer, then turns and walks away before it does. |
| 193 | * 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. |
| 194 | * The MadBomber does this in ''Film/{{Quick}}'' when he walks away from the car he has rigged to blow with the Yakuza bosses inside. |
| 195 | * 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]]. |
| 196 | * 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. |
| 197 | * During ''Film/{{Scream 2}}'', Sidney [[spoiler:shakes off the reporters and confidently walks through the college campus as the film ends]]. |
| 198 | * 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. |
| 199 | * 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]]. |
| 200 | * [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Evil-possessed]] Spider-Man does it in ''Film/SpiderMan3'', after throwing one of Harry's pumpkin bombs back at him. |
| 201 | * In the BMovie ''Film/{{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]]. |
| 202 | * 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. |
| 203 | * In ''Film/TenDeadMen'', Ryan does one away from [[spoiler:Hart's]] exploding car. |
| 204 | * 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. |
| 205 | %%* ''Film/TheTransporter''. |
| 206 | * 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. |
| 207 | * 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.]] |
| 208 | * Parodied in ''Film/{{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. |
| 209 | * Storm, quietly advancing on Toad in ''Film/XMen1''. |
| 210 | * In ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' Wolverine does this away from an exploding helicopter. |
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| 213 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 214 | * 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 [[AntiVillain 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]].]] |
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| 217 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 218 | * In the Spanish series ''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.]] |
| 219 | * ''Series/TheATeam'' has a truly epic variation in the season two episode "[[Recap/TheATeamS2E21DeadlyManuevers Deadly Maneuvers]]". The explosion is timed to the flick of Hannibal placidly lighting his cigar. Hannibal isn't doing a walk away from it (he's already satisfied with the distance), but it has the "no reaction" part down pat. |
| 220 | * The finale of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' had [[BigBad Cavil]] doing this, followed by a horde of Centurions as he walked through ''Galactica'''s hallways while a battle was going on around him. |
| 221 | * ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': Done by Gus Fring when he destroys one of his restaurants to maintain the cover of his mole Nacho, who was instructed to do it: after setting up a gas explosion with a fryer full of boiling oil and a frozen chicken, it occurs as Gus is walking back to his car. |
| 222 | * ''Series/BreakingBad'' |
| 223 | ** Mr. White pulls one of these in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS1E4CancerMan Cancer Man]]" when [[spoiler:he loses his patience with a rude, obnoxious businessman and puts a squeegee on his car battery, shorting it out. At first the viewer is amazed at how much White's morals have slipped as he walks away, AND THEN THE CAR EXPLODES. Mr. White, of course, does not flinch.]] |
| 224 | ** This happens again in [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E1NoMas the third season premiere]] when [[spoiler:the two mysterious bald Mexican gangsters murder everyone in the truck they are using to cross the border into Texas, after which they set fire to the aforementioned vehicle.]] |
| 225 | *** This had to be done in one take, and Creator/BryanCranston, who directed the episode, basically threatened the actors into not flinching, and also suggested a casual cigarette-drag as they walked away. It worked. |
| 226 | ** Mr. White tries an unflinching walk again after totaling his car, then leaving a flaming newspaper in the gas tank as a fuse. But [[SubvertedTrope the fuse is too long]], so after he reaches a comfortable distance he takes a seat on the asphalt and waits for it to explode. |
| 227 | ** In "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E9Bug Bug]]", Gus Fring walked out in the open while a Cartel sniper was firing at him the whole time. Gus figured that the Cartel needed him alive more than dead and that they were only trying to bluff and scare him. [[MagnificentBastard He was right.]] |
| 228 | ** Mr. White, taking his final form as Heisenberg, does a spectacular one [[spoiler:in [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E13FaceOff the Season 4 finale]] when he and Jesse blow up the super meth lab under the laundry. After Walt shouts "Vamonos!" and the employees scatter, they walk away nonchalantly as the conflagration resonates and the hidden entrance erupts in smoke in the background.]] |
| 229 | %%* A&E's ''Series/BreakoutKings'' features an example. |
| 230 | * Used on ''Series/BurnNotice'' in the Season 1 finale, when Michael and Sam were running off a boat, After Mike rescues Sam, they cross the gangplank Mike rigged with a bomb, and kept on running as the gangplank exploded. Michael had the unflinching...er...run, but Sam, having not been told about the bomb, was ''freaking out'' in glorious slow motion. And they put it in the opening sequence. |
| 231 | ** Also played with in an earlier episode, when Michael demonstrates the C4 that he is trying to sell (of course, the rest of it is fake). He walks slowly away, waits until '''after''' he is outside the blast radius, stops, and '''then''' detonates it. He never flinches; just says "Are we in business?" |
| 232 | * In one episode of ''Series/CSIMiami'', badass CSI agent Horatio Caine finds a bomb in a car they have impounded. Realizing he has only minutes until it detonates, he jumps in, drives the car out of the garage, through the streets of Miami (with [[V8EngineNoises appropriate roaring engine noises]], weaving in and out of traffic, etc.) and races to a deserted stretch of beach. He then calmly takes his sunglasses off, gets out of the car, [[GlassesPull puts his sunglasses back on]] and executes an Unflinching Walk, complete with badass black clothes and sunglasses. |
| 233 | -->'''Horatio Caine''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d54Ok6Uz_A Burn baby burn]]. |
| 234 | ** [[QuipToBlack YYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!]] |
| 235 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 236 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E4TheGreatestShowInTheGalaxy "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy"]]: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pm2LQIWipw Here.]] |
| 237 | *** Though it's worth noting that Creator/SylvesterMcCoy didn't actually get quite far enough and was slightly caught in the heat blast. Fortunately, his earliest stage days had involved a lot of "don't try this at home" high-jinks with pyrotechnics. |
| 238 | *** In fact, he was told not to expect a massive explosion, and that most of it would be put in with special effects afterwards. When the whole tent set exploded behind him, he ended up having to do the Unflinching Walk for real, because he knew they couldn't afford a second take. |
| 239 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned "Voyage of the Damned"]]: The Tenth Doctor does this after [[spoiler:Astrid and Capricorn's deaths]]. |
| 240 | *** And again in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E5ThePoisonSky "The Poison Sky"]]. Desperate boy points gun at him? He just wrenches it out of his hands, tosses it aside, and grumbles, all without slowing his stride. |
| 241 | ** Rose Tyler in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]], while toting a {{BFG}}. |
| 242 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]]: When the Doctor is finally able to speak to [[spoiler:the Master]]. [[spoiler:The Master]] is able to fire lightning from his hands. He misses twice, and not only does the Doctor not stop or even slow down, he doesn't even ''change his facial expression''. Promptly subverted, though, when said lightning-flinger actually manages to hit him, and he's reduced to writhing on the ground in pain. |
| 243 | ** Companion Rory Williams caps his ascension from ButtMonkey to Badass in the opening of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar "A Good Man Goes to War"]]. An entire Cyber-fleet is blowing up behind him, and he merely stares at the Cybermen in front of him, and says, [[spoiler:"Would you like me to repeat the question?"]] (Alas, no walk, but it definitely falls under the "not looking at the explosion" heading.) |
| 244 | ** Tripled in awesomeness in "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", where Ten, Eleven, and War all walk out of the Gallifreyan painting after blasting their way in with a ''Dalek''. Clara outright calls it "showing off". |
| 245 | --->'''War Doctor:''' Hello...\ |
| 246 | '''Tenth Doctor:''' ...I'm the Doctor...\ |
| 247 | '''Eleventh Doctor:''' ...Sorry about the Dalek. |
| 248 | ** Yasmin Khan does this in "[[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor The Power of the Doctor]]," carrying a dying Thirteen in a determined walk to the TARDIS as an entire planet crumbles all around them. |
| 249 | * Ronald Sandoval from ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'' was fond of this trope, with much evidence regarding his undercover dirty work for the Taelons vanishing in appropriately timed fireballs. He even liked it so much he did it AFTER leaving their employ. |
| 250 | * In ''Series/GoodOmens2019'', [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War]]'s introductory scene ends with her walking off with gunfire and explosions going off behind her, after she [[EstablishingCharacterMoment succeeds in turning a peace talk into a reignition of the conflict.]] |
| 251 | * ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': After a corrupt cop kills another evolved human, Magneto-esque Volume 5 BigBad Samuel gets his revenge by using his earth controlling powers to destroy the police station. As the station crumbles to the ground (complete with mushroom cloud-like plume of smoke), Samuel walks away with arguably one of the most badass faces ever seen. |
| 252 | * In ''Series/HumanTarget'', Guerrero gets a great one of these, blowing up the CIA agent who threatened his kid. |
| 253 | -->'''Guerrero:''' He's my world. You understand? That's my kid. |
| 254 | * Performed by the protagonists of ''Series/HumanWreckingBalls'' in the first episode as the car they smashed up explodes in the background. |
| 255 | * ''Series/{{JAG}}'': In "Boot", Staff Sergeant Carrington and Sergeant Gonzalez slowly pace up and down the length of a gas chamber full of tear gas, singing the Marine Corps Hymn while the recruits are hardly able to breathe. |
| 256 | * ''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 ''[[TheMagnificentSevenSamurai The Seven Senki]]''. |
| 257 | ** This was parodied in a great scene on the ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' special features, where various Kamen Riders hold a footrace to see who has the fastest landspeed. Most of the other Riders make a show of it, but Black just does an Unflinching Walk around the track, slow-mo and all. The other Kamen Riders proceed to reset the finishing line tape for him and declare him the winner when he finally gets to the end. |
| 258 | * Played with in the opening credits of comedy show ''Series/TheLastLeg''. Adam Hills and Alex Brooker pull off an amazing one as they walk away from an explosion, but Josh Widecombe flinches massively and looks around. |
| 259 | * ''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. In one team's build, the explosion knocked over the minifigure and the build was criticized for failing the "unflinching" part, but the team managed to avoid being eliminated. |
| 260 | * In ''Series/LethalWeapon2016'' Riggs does this after blowing up a van attempting to [[CarFu run down]] [[DamselInDistress Rachel]] in Episode 6, "Ties that Bind". |
| 261 | * Referenced in ''Series/MacGyver2016'' 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." |
| 262 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: |
| 263 | ** Frank Castle does this when he blows up his old house in the Season 2 finale of ''Series/Daredevil2015''. |
| 264 | ** And Billy Russo does the same after blowing up a building in ''Series/ThePunisher2017''. |
| 265 | * Stationary variant: On ''Series/MonsterGarage'', Jesse James stays completely still and unflinching in the foreground as the show's first failed creation, a car-crushing hearse, is itself fed into a car crusher, then blown up spectacularly due to a jug of propane planted in it by the crew. |
| 266 | * Not really a "walk", but when the ''Series/MythBusters'' were replicating the results of the Dynamite Dog myth (dynamite sinking a car on the ice), Jamie had his back to the explosion and didn't look at it as he himself recited the countdown and set it off. Adam, on the other hand, watched the whole thing. |
| 267 | * ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': |
| 268 | ** In a variant, Gibbs stomped out of a room as a huge real-time explosion took place ''on a screen'' behind him. [[spoiler:He was disgusted by his superiors' refusal to call back some marines who were headed for the a ship with a bomber on it -- [[TooDumbToLive and with good evidence the bomber was]] ''[[TooDumbToLive the radio operator]] [[TooDumbToLive who had been intercepting all messages directed at the ship]]'' -- and wasn't going to linger and watch good men die unnecessarily. So disgusted, in fact, that he quit entirely.]] The episode was [[spoiler:the "Hiatus" two-parter. [[http://ncis.wikia.com/wiki/Hiatus_Part_1_(episode) More on]] [[http://ncis.wikia.com/wiki/Hiatus_Part_2_(episode) the NCIS wiki]].]] |
| 269 | ** In one of the earlier seasons, he calmly puts his shades into his coat as a trailer explodes in a field behind him. Tony and Kate both crouch and cover. |
| 270 | --->'''Gibbs:''' You might want to-\ |
| 271 | ''[trailer explodes, Tony and Kate duck]''\ |
| 272 | '''Gibbs:''' ''[smiling]'' Cover your ears. |
| 273 | *** This was eventually put into the opening sequence. |
| 274 | * In ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'', Princess Moon throws around fireballs, igniting the scenery, with nothing but a cold glare on her face and a cool walk towards her enemy. |
| 275 | * ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', in the aptly-titled episode "Justice", the proto-Justice League did this. This is both an example of the TeamPowerWalk subset and a ShoutOut to the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' series's original opening. |
| 276 | ** A villainous version when [[VillainTeleportation Warp]] blows up a anti-vigilante office to frame the good guys. |
| 277 | * In the pilot episode of ''Series/{{Smith}}'', although the protagonists are doing an Unflinching Walk away from their exploding getaway boat, the scene is rendered decidedly more depressing than Badass by the choice of background music (Music/ImogenHeap's "Hide and Seek") and the fact that the boat contained the corpse of a colleague who didn't survive the heist. |
| 278 | * Averted in the pilot of ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'': when the Sons blow up the Mayan's warehouse, they both run away and look back at the explosion. |
| 279 | * Subverted in ''Series/{{Spooks}}''. [[spoiler:In the first episode of the seventh series lead character Adam is speeding through the streets of London in car set to explode. Just as he finds a sufficiently empty spot and gets out of the car for what you expect to be an awesome unflinching walk away, the bomb goes off taking him with it.]] |
| 280 | ** ''Series/{{Spooks}}'' averts a lot of tropes with its rule that literally ''any'' character can be killed at any time. And, yes, that includes the top-billed leads. |
| 281 | * ''Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}}'': |
| 282 | ** In the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Talion", Teal'c, who is in full RoaringRampageOfRevenge mode, walks away from a Jaffa traitor, who he's tied to a tree and has placed a bomb ''inside'' him. |
| 283 | --->'''Traitor:''' Where are you going?\ |
| 284 | '''Teal'c:''' I am leaving. You are about to explode. |
| 285 | ** In the ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' episode "Sateda", Ronon Dex is forced to fight several enemies. In one case he casually turns away from a foe who is down but not out, as well as a Wraith tracking drone. He then tosses a grenade over his shoulder without breaking stride. |
| 286 | * ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' scaled this up to entire spaceships. The Defiant was always flying away from explosions at the last minute, showing no concern for the mayhem behind it. Even if someone else had to blow something up to make it happen. Particularly notable examples in Tears of the Prophets (the power system for the weapons platforms) and Sacrifice of Angels (a Cardassian warship which serves no purpose except to blow up section by section after the Defiant flies past). |
| 287 | * In ''Series/StrangeEmpire'' Marshall Mercedi pulls one of these off in "The Whiskey Trader", blowing up an entire wagon of dynamite. |
| 288 | * Castiel's first appearance on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', in which the entire building shakes, the door bursts open (it was ''barred''), and he walks in amid showers of sparks from bursting lightbulbs, completely ignoring said sparks, the many protective symbols covering the walls, four shotgun blasts, and a frickin' magic knife to the chest. Well, OK, he doesn't ignore the knife. He glances at it, pulls it out, and casually drops it. |
| 289 | * While they don't exactly walk away, ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' often wrap up roll calls with an explosion of flame and/or colored smoke going off behind the team while they strike an AssKickingPose or SuperSentaiStance. These scenes are known in some fan communities as the "Exploding Fart Shot". They ''and'' their HumongousMecha would also often turn away from their enemies just having dealt the killing blow, which would result in an explosion behind them. |
| 290 | ** 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: |
| 291 | --->'''Rhinosnorus''': It was so humiliating. And then they did that thing they do when they turn around and let us explode behind them. |
| 292 | ** The Turbo Megazord in ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''/RV Robo in ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' 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 ''Turbo'', you never got to see the monster ''actually'' blow up. Feels less real when the monster's destruction is the same stock shot.) |
| 293 | *** In ''Power Rangers''[='=] 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. |
| 294 | ** Subverted in one episode of ''Series/GogoSentaiBoukenger'' 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 ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive''; the villains had to make do with laughing their asses off at the ridiculous charms.) |
| 295 | ** 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 up... so he aims the Exploding Fart at TheDragon and her {{Mooks}} and fires away. Needless to say, the bad guys aren't so unflinching. |
| 296 | ** Occasionally, a Megazord will walk ''into'' the explosions that are being launched at them. When a Megazord does walk through an enemy's attack like that, monster ass is about to get kicked. |
| 297 | ** 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. |
| 298 | ** ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' had Red Falcon, realizing that Baron Ashura's FatalFlaw was that he had lost the ability to comprehend emotions, pull an unflinching walk towards the villain, [[{{Determinator}} ignoring enemy attacks that hit him]], [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments knocking Hacker-Brain out of his path with a roundhouse kick]], until he was able to pull a PunchCatch on Ashura and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments nail him right in the kisser]]. |
| 299 | ** ''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. |
| 300 | * Doubly subverted in ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'': CorruptCorporateExecutive Catherine Weaver unflinchingly walks away from an exploding warehouse, is ''engulfed in flames'', and [[OutOfTheInferno unflinchingly walks out.]] |
| 301 | ** Also, Creator/SummerGlau turns her robot badassey up [[http://imgbox.com/FFqqO6so this scene]] when she drives a truck off a cliff and walks away over the top of it. She does turn to look at the crash afterwards, though. |
| 302 | * In the pilot episode of ''Series/TheVisitor1997'', The hero Adam [=McArthur=] does that after self-destructing his crashed stolen spaceship. |
| 303 | * 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 ''Series/{{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. |
| 304 | * Somewhat parodied in the trailer for the Horne and Corden comedy thriller ''Series/TheWrongMans''. 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. |
| 305 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'', episode "731": Mr X. outwalked the fireball carrying Mulder. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 309 | * "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. |
| 310 | * 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. |
| 311 | * 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. |
| 312 | * 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. |
| 313 | * Deconstructed in Music/LemonDemon's song "Action Movie Hero Boy". There's a reason they use pyrotechnic experts with remote switches instead of [[DontTryThisAtHome just measuring tape and grenades]]. |
| 314 | -->Hey, look at me, casually\ |
| 315 | [[strike:Walking away]] [[LastChorusSlowDown Stumbling down]] like Action Movie [[strike:Hero Boy]] [[LastChorusSlowDown Blooper Reel]]\ |
| 316 | In slow-mo, everything glowing\ |
| 317 | And blowing to bits right [[strike:behind]] [[MoodWhiplash including]] me! |
| 318 | * This is the subject of Music/TheLonelyIsland's song "Cool Guys Don't Look At Explosions". |
| 319 | ** 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. |
| 320 | * The cover art of English big-beat duo [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propellerheads Propellerheads]]'s first (and only) album ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decksandrumsandrockandroll Decksanddrumsandrockandroll]]'' depicts the members of the group silhouetted and walking away from a fiery blast. |
| 321 | * 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 at them. The women wind up covering their faces, but PSY [[ImplacableMan just keeps on singing]]. |
| 322 | ** There's also an explosion just before the first chorus starts, which PSY also ignores. |
| 323 | * During the music video for "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" by Puff Daddy and Mase, the due get in their car in matching outfits, for no explained reason, drive out into the desert, for no explained reason, and dramatically walk away from their car as it explodes behind them, for no explained reason. |
| 324 | * The last ten seconds of Music/{{Rammstein}}'s video for "Du Hast" has the band doing a TeamPowerWalk across a field with a massive bomb explosion behind them. It's ''[[RuleOfCool awesome]]''. |
| 325 | * The music video for the Music/TaylorSwift song "Bad Blood" features Taylor and several other women walking away from an explosion. |
| 326 | * Music/{{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. |
| 327 | * 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. |
| 328 | [[/folder]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 331 | * ''Pinball/TheMandalorian'': The Premium version's backglass artwork depicts the Mandalorian casually walking towards the viewer while several explosions go off behind him. |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 335 | * In ''Podcast/{{Jemjammer}}'', Cacophony does this as she sets the neogi ship to explode, though rather than a walk it's a slow-motion run. While the others run at normal speed. |
| 336 | [[/folder]] |
| 337 | |
| 338 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 339 | * Michael Thorton walks away from the exploding Roman Ruins in ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol''. |
| 340 | * ''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. |
| 341 | ** Igniting a fort's powder store in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' gives the player just enough time to pull of such a walk themselves. |
| 342 | * 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.)-] |
| 343 | * 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. |
| 344 | --> ''"That Slab just blew up my buzzard without even looking at the explosion! But I...[[BlatantLies I aint scared]]..."'' |
| 345 | * In ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare'', during the mission "One Shot, One Kill" Captain [=MacMillian=] and then-Lieutenant Price take down a Hind helicopter with their sniper rifles. The Captain then turns away from the crashing helicopter, quips "Good night, ya bastard," and does an Unflinching Walk away from it as it crashes. [[spoiler:On ''top'' of him. Price has to carry the Captain all the way to the extraction point.]] But the Badass-ness of that scene was so ''worth it.'' |
| 346 | ** In ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare3'', [[spoiler:Price and Yuri perform this towards Makarov's safehouse in the final level, machine gunning Makarov's troops without hesitation while wearing full [[TheJuggernaut Juggernaut suits]], rendering them almost impervious to the incoming gunfire. The sheer levels of badass in that level are ''astounding''.]] |
| 347 | * ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'' has Tomoyo's first appearance, when she easily dispatches the bullies from a rival school. She doesn't look back when they're flying in the air. |
| 348 | * After defeating the psychopath Seymour in ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' and watching him fall to his demise on a table saw, Chuck walks past, only dryly remarking "I saw what you did there." |
| 349 | * At the end of ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'', York walks away as the FinalBoss explodes into [[LudicrousGibs chunky gibs]] behind him in slow motion. |
| 350 | * Vincent in ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' loves this trope. |
| 351 | * Thanks to the sheer amount of highly explosive nuclear powered cars, trucks and motorcycles scattered around The Capital Wasteland and The D.C. Ruins in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', you can do this to your little heart's content. |
| 352 | ** When leaving the [[spoiler:Raven Rock complex, after setting President Eden to self destruct]], you will quite possibly ''have to'' do an unflinching walk, since all the soldiers therein carry so much valuable loot (we're talking really high-end stuff) you will probably have amassed ten or fifteen times your maximum run weight limit before you even leave. Of course, you can always do it intentionally anyway. |
| 353 | ** With the addition of C4 plastic explosive in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' (which can be remotely detonated), you can walk away from massive explosions anytime, anywhere. It's also demonstrated at the end of the teaser trailer. |
| 354 | * 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. |
| 355 | * Noticeably averted in ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar3'', when [[spoiler:Dom sacrifices himself]], Marcus runs behind cover and crawls into a ball, and everyone else jumps behind cover, too. |
| 356 | * 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. |
| 357 | * 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. |
| 358 | ** 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. |
| 359 | ** ''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.]] |
| 360 | * Every game in the ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' series allows the player to do this, and it is ''unimaginably'' satisfying. |
| 361 | * 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.]] |
| 362 | * 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. |
| 363 | * 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. |
| 364 | * 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. |
| 365 | * Rico can do this in ''VideoGame/JustCause'', but if you're too close to it, it can still damage you. |
| 366 | * Done by Sephiroth in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' to terrifying effect. |
| 367 | * 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. |
| 368 | * With Link's remote-controlled bombs, the enemies' tendency to keep barrels of explosives around their lairs and the fully-adjustable camera angle, it's fully possible to do this in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''. Just be really sure Link actually is far enough away before setting it off though, or he will be needing Mipha's Grace... |
| 369 | * Six in the ending of ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares'' [[spoiler:as she kills every single guest on her way out of The Maw]]. |
| 370 | * ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': "Fry, you son of a bitch," courtesy of [[PrivateMilitaryContractors gun for hire]], Zaeed. |
| 371 | ** 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. |
| 372 | ** 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 [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome 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.]] |
| 373 | ** 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''. |
| 374 | * ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]'' does this as Wily's fortress explodes (again) at the end of ''VideoGame/MegaMan7''. |
| 375 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'': |
| 376 | ** Subverted 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"]]. |
| 377 | ** 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. |
| 378 | * ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'': |
| 379 | ** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'': Happens 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.]] |
| 380 | ** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'': Happens 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. |
| 381 | ** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'': |
| 382 | *** One of these happens after every major boss. 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. |
| 383 | *** Happens 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. |
| 384 | * 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. |
| 385 | * The opening movie of ''VideoGame/NeoContra'' ends with Bill Rizer and Jaguar walking OutOfTheInferno then [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou shooting at the screen]]. |
| 386 | * 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. |
| 387 | * In ''VideoGame/RedFactionGuerrilla'', this can be done to ludicrous extremes combined with actual cool building destruction. |
| 388 | * ''VideoGame/RuphandAnApothecarysAdventure'': When Brill talks to a student who heard about her exploits in the Arkenvali Subterrane, and not looking at an explosion is part of the tale: |
| 389 | --> '''Student:''' Is it really true that you [...] shoved an Ice Formula down its throat before [...] looking away from the explosion? |
| 390 | * ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' has Ujiyasu Hojo, a CoolOldGuy and leader of the Hojo clan. His [[LimitBreak Ultimate Musou]] has him reach into his coat, withdraw a large iron bomb with its fuse already lit, and casually chuck it over his shoulder without a second glance while nonchalantly swaggering away, leaving everyone behind him to explode and burn. |
| 391 | * In the Death Egg Boss fight of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', Classic Sonic lands and strikes a pose after Metal Sonic is destroyed, complete with small explosions. [[spoiler:Subverted seconds later when he does flinch from the explosions.]] |
| 392 | * In ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', if you defeat the Macbeth boss by flipping all eight switches and sending him down the wrong track, he goes racing out of control straight into a weapons factory. The next shot is of Fox calmly driving away from a massive explosion in the Land Master. |
| 393 | * 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 Shakuras's Xel'Naga temple on overload]]. |
| 394 | * Malgus of ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' 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. Also done in the ''[[http://www.swtor.com/media/trailers/deceived-cinematic-trailer Deceived]]'' trailer. Unflinching Walks appear to be a Sith trademark. |
| 395 | * 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. |
| 396 | * 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. |
| 397 | ** 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. |
| 398 | * After defeating the flamethrower wielding maniac Girdeux in ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter'' Logan calmly walks away as he burns alive, shrieking in pain. |
| 399 | * Rex does this at the end of ''VideoGame/TargetEarth''. |
| 400 | * ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis3'' 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. |
| 401 | * 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 them. |
| 402 | * ''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. |
| 403 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has Garrosh Hellscream do this in the Siege of Orgrimmar [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slzQOyS5TqQ patch trailer]]. |
| 404 | ** 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". |
| 405 | [[/folder]] |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 408 | * [[http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=20&issue=13 This]] strip of ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' lampshades the Unflinching Walk as a ''ninjitsu technique''. |
| 409 | ** The poster for ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'''s crossover with ''Webcomic/AxeCop'' has them doing a TeamPowerWalk with an explosion as the backdrop. |
| 410 | ** The [=McNinjas=] [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p96/ continue to refine their technique]]. |
| 411 | * An action movie cliché the author of ''Webcomic/{{Bug|Martini}}'' [[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/action-movies/ could do without]]. |
| 412 | * Parodied in ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'', with recurring character Action Champ Walkaway -- [[http://chainsawsuit.com/tag/action-champ-walkaway/ everything]] he walks away from explodes. |
| 413 | * Played with in [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/2011/08/01/the-only-way-to-end/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'' strip, with Peanut, Grape, and Zach doing this away from a massive water balloon explosion, in the story arc "The Great Water Balloon War", complete with CoolShades for extra coolness points. |
| 414 | * ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'': Richard manages to [[http://www.lfg.co/page/961/ "nail it"]] after [[spoiler:Setting up the Chachas to blow themselves up.]] |
| 415 | * Antihero Golden of ''Webcomic/M9Girls'' plays it straight when [[http://m9girls.com/webcomic/en/firewalker/ she rescues Pink Starlight from a collapsing building.]] |
| 416 | * 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. |
| 417 | * 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. |
| 418 | * ''WebComic/RustyAndCo'': In [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-8-30/ this comic]], Dirk Dogan walks away whistling while body parts fly around behind him after he lured a troll into a saw blade trap. |
| 419 | * Viole from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'', who took a [[AppliedPhlebotinum Shinsu]] Bomb head on and didn't even blink - 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. |
| 420 | * 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.]] |
| 421 | [[/folder]] |
| 422 | |
| 423 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 424 | * Lampshaded in WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow review of ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' when Rico jumps out of a building that explodes behind him. "Cool guys don't look at explosions!" comes up in the subtitles. |
| 425 | * The entire point of this Facebook page: [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Walking-away-from-explosions-without-looking-at-them/115106575967]] |
| 426 | * In ''WebVideo/GloveAndBoots'', Mario blows up the porta-potty they rode down a mountain in. |
| 427 | * WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}} parodies this trope in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=surfg-BjdFw two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCGYRuxR6H8 of]] his YIAY episodes, where he asks his viewers for "cool" things to say while walking away from an explosion. |
| 428 | * ''Website/KnowYourMeme'' website summarized late 2010s series of memes as [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people-standing-in-front-of-things-they-destroyed People Standing In Front Of Things They Destroyed]]. They depict the above-mentioned film scenes of Iron Man, Wolverine and Jocker walking from explosions, plus a real person, who supposedly destroyed somethnig. Usually it's a politician, implying he hurt a country or its economy, or a FranchiseKiller director. Among less TakeThat examples is a [[BiggerIsBetterInBed huge]] porn actor with his small partner. |
| 429 | * In [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] and [[WebVideo/TheBlockbusterBuster ERod]]'s crossover review of ''Film/BatmanTheMovie'', the two do this after "getting rid of the bomb". |
| 430 | * ''WebAnimation/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.]] |
| 431 | * 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. |
| 432 | -->'''Sun:''' That's why. |
| 433 | * ''Webanimation/StupidKids'': {{Parodied}} in ''Towner örökség'' (''Towner legacy''), after Jason Towner escapes from a building, he does an unflinching standing right when the building blows up behind him. Then turns out he stood too close to the explosion and his entire back is on fire. |
| 434 | * ''Blog/SurvivalTipsForShieldRecruits'' [[SubvertedTrope cautions against this trope]]. |
| 435 | -->'''Tip #234:''' Walking away from an explosion without looking at it is generally considered ‘cool’. Less cool is ending up in the hospital for months because you didn’t see a piece of shrapnel flying in your direction. Bear this in mind. |
| 436 | * Done by Creator/TomScott at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqJiWbD08Yw his video]] explaining the differences between "real" explosions (engineered with powerful explosives, meant to induce severe damage) and "movie" explosions (engineered for visual flair, but causing minimal damage). Tom grins cheerfully as he detonates the explosives for the "movie" version, staring unflinchingly at the camera as a massive ball of fire forms behind him. |
| 437 | * In WebVideo/VideoGameHighSchool [[spoiler:Brian D.]] does this after taking down [[spoiler:The Law]] at the end of season 1. |
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| 439 | |
| 440 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 441 | * Parodied in the ISARTS Digital short ''Creature from the Lake''. Shelby tries to do this while filming herself using dynamite to blow up the lake monster that ate her boss, but the shockwave from the explosion causes her to stumble and fall over. |
| 442 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has an example of this in the episode "Lethal Inspection", with Hermes limbo-ing out of a demolished building and then walking away as it explodes. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Bender. |
| 443 | -->"He did it! And he's not looking back at that cool explosion, he's a hero!" |
| 444 | * Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'' when Melissa sets fire to the [[ScoutOut "Little Fairy Princesses"]] building so she could escape. |
| 445 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Korra blowing a giant fireball into BigBad Amon's airship 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.]] |
| 446 | ** In a later episode, [[spoiler:[[ImplacableMan Amon was able to resist Tarrlok's bloodbending as he slowly walked towards him, and was at worst slowed down a bit.]]]] |
| 447 | ** Deconstructed with TheReveal: [[spoiler:Amon is a psychic bloodbender who uses bloodbending to throw his opponents' aim off slightly so he won't be hit and so does not ''need'' to dodge. When Korra airbends at him and he wasn't ready for it, he went flying.]] |
| 448 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': During his stunt at the beginning of "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E24StuntinOllyOllyOrganFree Stuntin']]", Patrick rides past a giant fireball caused from a man lighting his barbecue grill. He looks at the audience and says, "Cool as ''ice''!" |
| 449 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Potato Puff", [=SpongeBob=] drives away from a dynamite factory exploding. As a giant explosion happens behind him, he puts on some sunglasses, not turning back. |
| 450 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In the 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. |
| 451 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "The Test," the Gems set up a test for Steven, filled with thing like swinging blades and fire pillars, but Steven eventually discovers the obsticles are harmless and the entire test was just to boost his confidence. However, after overhearing the Gems question their ability to train Steven, he does an unflinching walk through all the obsticles, to arrive at the end and pretend that he didn't make either discovery, to give the Gems the impression the test worked as intended, to boost ''their'' confidence. |
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| 453 | |
| 454 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 455 | * Ludmilla Tourischeva, galactically successful Soviet gymnast in the early-mid '70s, executing her uneven bars routine for the World Cup in 1975. As she is wrapping it up and just about to dismount, the bars [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9gBk0P9yEc suddenly start collapsing]]. She flies off the apparatus and hits her dismount as the bars collapse completely. Tourischeva salutes the judges and strolls away without batting an eyelid or looking behind her. And then goes on to sweep the All-Around and all four event finals. |
| 456 | * French [[LaResistance resistance]] leader Charles [=DeGaulle=] was famous for this: |
| 457 | ** During an attack by pro-fascist snipers following the liberation of Paris, witnesses recalled seeing General UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle striding unflinchingly through a hail of bullets "as if he led a charmed life." |
| 458 | ** Later, in the early 60s, an assassination attempt was made against [=DeGaulle=] by the reactionary OAS (Secret Army Organization) in an effort to prevent him from abandoning Algeria. A napalm bomb was set off in front of his limo, and De Gaulle, assuming that an ambush has been set up and the car would be raked by gunfire if it stopped, leaned forward and ordered the driver to ''drive through the flames at top speed''. It tore through the explosion scarcely even being singed. Most badass leader of the 20th century, hands down. |
| 459 | * Creator/AudieMurphy actually [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17019_p2.html did this after manning a machine gun nest that was about to blow.]] |
| 460 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIVGXktag-I This]] EOD guy. After ''dancing in front of the bomb''. ''With GunsAkimbo''. |
| 461 | * [[http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/1321804155522.gif?w=504&h=364 These]] two soldiers. |
| 462 | * The Boston Bombers [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/22/boston-explosion-charge-sheet-dzhokhar-tsarnaev reportedly stuck out in the aftermath of the bombing]] because of their non-reaction to the bombing: |
| 463 | -> "But unlike everyone around him, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev bears no sign of alarm. He walks away, seconds before a second explosion erupts where he had set down his backpack." |
| 464 | * Firefighter demonstrates why it's dangerous to cook a turkey in an overflowing oil cooker by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQYTMFCLy5E dunking one in and calmly walking away as the whole thing blows up.]] |
| 465 | * TruthInTelevision: Many experienced demolitionists turn their backs on their detonations. After years in the business they've seen plenty of stuff blow up and they'd rather protect their eyes and hearing and reduce their exposure to flying debris. |
| 466 | * During the Revolutionary War, UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington 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. |
| 467 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xOi6P2pf6I This instance]] of Stephen Curry running back on defense while his long range three-point shot is still in the air. |
| 468 | * Coach Jay [[https://vine.co/v/iI7EFe3KKBT reaction]] to his 2016 Villanova Wildcats 3-point buzzer beater to win the NCAA National Championship. |
| 469 | * Arguably invoked for any orchestra playing Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. About half of rehearsals on it are actually learning the piece, and the other half is learning to ignore the cannon shots in the end. It takes quite a bit of time to learn to ignore. |
| 470 | * When doing an interview during filming for Michael Bay's ''6 Underground'', Creator/RyanReynolds said he most appreciated the quiet moments in Bay's films. [[InstantlyProvenWrong As soon as he said that]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5OJqCIMEcY a car cartwheeled over a truck in the background]], to which Reynolds didn't react in the slightest. |
| 471 | [[/folder]] |
| 472 | |
| 473 | ---- |
| 474 | -->''Keep walking, keep shining'' |
| 475 | -->''Don't look back, keep on walking'' |
| 476 | -->''Keep strutting, slow motion'' |
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