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9	* In ''Film/FortyFive'', the neighborhood hard man Big Al comes home to find someone attempting to steal his television, and proceeds to beat the shit out of him.
10	* In ''Film/NinetyNineRiverStreet'', Mickey finds out the hard way that when you hold a former boxer at gunpoint and then let down your guard, you are inviting yourself to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
11	* ''Film/TheAlibi'': Towards the end, one of the bad guys is trying to elude the cops in a hotel, so in the corridor he grabs a woman coming out of her room in the corridor, sticks his gun in the small of her back and forces her back in the room to take her hostage. He locks the door, turns around... and discovers about fifteen cops pointing their guns at him. Turns out the woman's a detective, on a loosely related stakeout in the hotel. Whoops.
12	* ''Film/BangkokDangerous1999'': In the original Thai version, two street thugs make the mistake of targeting a deaf mute while on a date with a woman, not realizing he is a skilled hitman.
13	* ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' movie has a ShoutOut to the ''Crocodile Dundee'' knife scene. Goons point a handgun at Jed as the Clampetts had cut them off on the freeway, then gave them [[FlippingTheBird a Californy Howdy]]. Jed stands up and points his double-barrel shotgun at them: "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint That's nice son...]] This here's what I carry!" Goon waves with a sheepish smile and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere signals his friend to drive faster.]]
14	* ''Bibi & Tina: Perfect Pandemonium'', the bad guys kidnap the best friend of a witch. When she casts a spell to locate her friend, the bad guys run away without a fight on the assumption that the big light in the sky is either a police helicopter of an act of God.
15	* ''Film/BigTrouble'': The film's hitman makes a call from a pay phone. When gangstas approach him, he drops a napkin and, while bending down to pick it up, he produces a revolver from his ankle holster, points in their direction and says: Not right now. Okay?
16	* ''Film/BladeTrilogy'':
17	** ''Film/BladeII'': Vampires running a blood bank attempt to strap down a homeless man for a generous and involuntary donation, but the homeless man turns out to be a far greater monster than they are.
18	** ''Film/BladeTrinity'': A gang of vampires attack a woman pushing a baby carriage in a subway station. The "helpless" victim turns out to be Jessica Biel, resident ActionGirl, and the baby turns out to be a booby-trapped doll. Unusually for this trope, she was deliberately trying to get attacked.
19	* ''Film/TheBookOfEli'': Done very frequently. It becomes much more hilarious/embarrassing when you realize that Eli [[spoiler: might have been, in fact, a blind man all along.]]
20	* In ''Film/TheBourneIdentity'', Swiss police wake a man who is sleeping on a park bench. Instead of a bum, it's Jason Bourne, who takes down both cops in seconds, but only after they break out their batons. Bonus points for the fact that [[AmnesiacResonance as an amnesiac he had no idea he was capable of doing that]], and in fact he is visibly disturbed by it, ''even while he's doing it''. This trope actually happens quite a few times in ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' as people either do not know what Bourne is capable of or underestimate his abilities.
21	* In ''Film/ABronxTale'', when a gang of bikers mistake an old school mob bar for a "straight" establishment and try to bust it up: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_lijLYuw-o "Now youse can't leave."]]
22	* ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'': [[TheBully Tina]] spends every moment of her screen time picking on Charlie, smirking at her misfortune, taunting her at work, or rubbing in public humiliations. At one point, she even goes so far as to mock her ''dead father''. PlayedWith in that its not ''Charlie'' who's dangerous, but Charlie's new best friend Bumblebee, a ''giant transforming alien robot''. She's lucky that Bumblebee was too innocent to actually do anything violent, but rather when they go to egg her car in revenge, Bumblebee goes a step beyond and utterly trashes the thing.
23	* ''Film/Carrie1976'': Though at least, not even the eponymous character knows she's a PersonOfMassDestruction until too late.
24	* ''Film/{{Collateral}}'': There's a scene where a couple of thugs steal a briefcase from a ziptied-up Max. Vincent confronts the two, one of whom brandishes a pistol right at him. A few double-taps to the chest and one in the head later, Vincent has his briefcase back.
25	* Before playing the Monster in ''Pulp Fiction'', Samuel L. Jackson was the Mugger in ''Film/ComingToAmerica''. His character tries to hold up a fast-food joint, but the prince and his servant happen to be there sweeping the floor with long-handled brooms. Being well-trained in staff combat, they quickly demonstrate how a good {{broom\|stick quarterstaff}} can clean up more than just dirty floors.
26	* The opening scene of ''Film/CradleOfFear'' sees "The Man" being approached and attacked by two muggers in a dark alley of London. As the muggers check their seemingly unconscious victim for cash, The Man regains consciousness and brutally kills them.
27	* ''Film/CrocodileDundee'':
28	** The scene referenced in the main page quote and picture, in which a New York thug tries to mug Dundee with a switchblade. Dundee responds by pulling out his Bowie knife, at which point the thug realizes he's screwed up.
29	** The second film also has a random punk try to rob Dundee of his leather jacket.
30	--->'''Punk:''' What are ya chances of getting out of here with that jacket on?\
31	'''Dundee:''' ''[throws his knife, pinning the punk's mohawk to the wall]'' Better than average.
32	** The second film has a similar sequence with a would-be hit man.
33	--->'''Dundee:''' You know, for a guy who supposedly makes a living killing people you ain't very good at it.
34	** This became a "[[OncePerEpisode once per movie]]" trope, because the third movie also features a similar scene in which Dundee and his friend/rival Jacko easily disarm a group of robbers before trapping them in their own convertible by jumping on the roof.
35	* Gideon from ''Film/TheCrow'' is one of rare examples [[TooDumbToLive dumb and/or arrogant enough]] to let the situation evolve into BullyingTheDragon. When Eric Draven comes to his shop, he threatens him with his gun and shoots him, only to find to his horror that his newest 'customer' has a HealingFactor. That does not stop him from insulting and threatening him, even as Eric spills ''gasoline'' over his shop. No points for guessing how that ends.
36	* ''Film/DamienOmenII'': A bully attempts to pick a fight with Damien Thorn. Not a good idea, as Damien is the Antichrist (although he didn't know it at the time).
37	* ''Film/DealOfTheCentury'': A mugger gets the drop on Eddie Muntz (Chevy Chase) while Eddie is opening the trunk of his car. Eddie, who is an arms dealer, hands over his wallet, then pulls one of his product samples (a fully-loaded machine gun) from his car. Eddie then proceeds to take his wallet back, then takes the mugger's gun and cash.
38	* ''Film/DeathWarrant'': In the opening, a couple of gangbangers try to rob the hero cop Louis Burke (Jean-Claude Van Damme). He hasn't got time for them, being in the neighborhood solely to avenge his dead partner by catching his killer, so he quickly dispatches them and gets on with his mission.
39	* ''Film/DeathWish'': When Charles Bronson's character Paul Kersey becomes a mysterious vigilante, anybody who approaches him armed will get shot.
40	* In ''Film/{{Deewaar}}'', the racketeers at the dock find out the hard way that they don't want to mess with Vijay.
41	* ''Film/DesertHeat'': The Hogans try to steal the motorcycle of a [[ShellShockedVeteran war]] [[ReturningWarVet veteran]] [[Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme Eddie Lomax]], who's on his way to deliver it as a parting gift to an old friend. The only reason their inevitable demise is postponed is Eddie is too drunk to defend himself at the time of the attack.
42	* ''Film/{{Didier}}'': In this French movie, some skinheads harass a mixed-race couple (nicknaming them "[[YokoOhNo John and Yoko]]", as they look like the famous couple) driving a van. Only to find out the van is carrying a bunch of martial artists from the local "Tae Kwon Fu" [sic] club. Cue Neo-Nazis whomping.
43	* ''Film/DinnerInAmerica'': Subverted for comedy. Simon is established as a tough-as-nails punk hoodlum, so when Patty's two bullies show up again while Simon is with her, we can guess what will happen next. Simon stands up for her, gets in their faces, and challenges them to a fight. We then cut to Simon getting his ass kicked by the bullies, who laugh about how bad he is at fighting.
44	* ''Film/DirtyHarry'': The first movie has a group of muggers making the mistake of setting upon Callahan while he's running around with Scorpio's ransom money.
45	* ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'': A trio of muggers corner the pre-Sorcerer Supreme Stephen Strange as he searches for Kamar-Taj, he acts like he's going to give in and surrender his beloved watch, strikes one in the face as the mugger comes closer, [[SubvertedTrope and is overcome by agony because he just tried to punch someone with a crippled hand]], leading to a vicious beating that only ends with the intervention of one Karl Mordo.
46	* ''Film/DontBreathe'': The entire premise of the film. A sympathetic white trash teen and her childhood friend get talked by her thug boyfriend into breaking into the house of a local blind man and stealing his supposed stash of money. Unfortunately, the blind man turns out to be a certified badass and a UsefulNotes/GulfWar veteran with no qualms about killing intruders, who (for reasons that are not immediately apparent) also doesn't seem inclined to take prisoners.
47	* ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'': As Snake is wandering through the back of an old theater, tracking the President's homing beacon, he runs across an old man next to a fire. ("Hi Chief... Nice night. looks down Nice boots... ''Nice boots''...") That's when the old man's henchmen step out of the shadows, only to find out the hard way why one should ''never'' mug a muscular guy wearing an [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch]]. The old man himself takes the hint when Snake puts him in the sights of his Uzi. (flinches "Easy now, chief... I'm walking... I'm walking...")
48	* ''Film/FallingDown'': Bill "D-Fens" Foster is having sort of a bad day, and he doesn't take getting mugged by two gangsters too kindly. Revenge ensues [[spoiler:and they get what they asked for a second time]].
49	* ''Film/FearNoEvil'': In this 1981 film, Satan himself spends 17 years growing up to be an ordinary-looking high school student. That way, when he decides to cut loose and terrorize the whole school, he can avenge himself on the kids who bullied him in the gym shower.
50	* ''Film/TheFifthElement'': Some lunatic tries to rob Korben Dallas at his door. Korben gets the drop on him and adds his gun to the pile of other weapons presumably acquired in the same manner.
51	* ''Film/FirstBlood'': The local small-town cops see Rambo as just a disreputable-looking drifter and start pushing him out of town. This turns out to be the last straw. (In the original novel, it's more a case of mutual misunderstanding than a real example of this trope.)
52	* ''Film/FlodderInAmerika'': A trio of gangbangers in Central Park try to rob the Flodders after the family interrupts them mugging Mr. Rosenbaum. They get the shit kicked out of them. When they run into them again later, they try to get payback but end up going to jail.
53	* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIIIJasonTakesManhattan'': At one point a bunch of punks threaten Jason Voorhees after he kicks their stereo. He turns around and lifts up his mask. They take off at top speed.
54	* In a never filmed scene for ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'' (but the storyboards appear on the DVD) has Lewis, possessed by the Keymaster, warding off some muggers with fire breath.
55	* In ''Film/FlickeringLights'', two young men, who are clearly new to the whole crime thing, try robbing the main characters' restaurant. The problem is that all of the main characters are hardened criminals who are in hiding and trying to go straight, and they are therefore not frightened at all by the two men's rather pathetic attempt at being intimidating. Especially Arne who just laughs coldly before delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on one of them, and it is obvious he would have tried to outright kill them both if TheLeader, Thorkild, hadn't held him back.
56	* ''Film/GhostDogTheWayOfTheSamurai'': In a throwaway scene, a hoodlum tries to mug an [[OldMaster elderly Asian man]] carrying two grocery bags. It doesn't end well. Later, two poachers threaten the main character for asking too many questions. It ends worse.
57	* ''Film/GhostRider2007'': Johnny Blaze is arrested for the destruction he inadvertantly caused the first time he transformed into the Ghost Rider. Despite Johnny's insistence that he should kept far away from other people, the cops toss him into a large cell with about two dozen extremely rowdy criminals who immediately turn their attention on their newest cellmate. When it's all over, the only survivor is the one kid sitting in the corner minding his own business, who Ghost Rider claimed was an innocent, with his [[BringMyBrownPants newly ruined jeans]] and a classic OhCrap expression permanently frozen on his face.
58	* ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'': An elaborated one; Senator Geary tries to extort and bully Michael Corleone for a gambling license. A nonchalant Michael bides his time and turns the tables with a cold frame-up.
59	* ''Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000'' had some car thieves with their recent steal. A carjacker attempts to steal the car at gun-point. The car thief slammed the driver's door into the carjacker, then berates him for his lack of skill at stealing cars.
60	* ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'': Karen is assaulted by her neighbor Bruce. Bruce assumes that Henry is just an average boyfriend looking to start a fight over it and makes an aggressive stance towards Henry, failing to realize that Henry has been associated with TheMafia since he was a child and knows how to take care of himself. After a brutal PistolWhipping, Henry threatens to kill Bruce if he ever touches Karen again.
61	* In ''Film/TheGuardian1990'', three thugs attempt to rape the babysitter who routinely sacrifices babies in accord to her druid beliefs. They are torn apart by a living tree and are then eaten by wolves.
62	* In ''Film/HarryBrown'', the main character is ambushed by a drug dealer on his way home, having seen him flashing cash in the pub earlier and thinking he would be an easy mark. Despite being over seventy and very drunk, Harry's Royal Marine training kicks in and he turns the lad's own knife on him, dealing with him in the blink of an eye. Harry's reaction implies he may not have even realized he had just stabbed him.
63	* ''Film/HalloweenII2009'': A redneck duo decide to pick a fight with Michael Myers when they find him crossing their property on his way to Haddonfield. It doesn't end well for them.
64	* ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'': Accidentally invoked by Detective Pazzi, who hires a pickpocket in order to acquire "Dr Fell's" fingerprints. Said pickpocket's femoral artery is opened by "Dr Fell", and he bleeds to death.
65	* ''Film/{{Heathers}}'': In J.D.'s first scene, the resident school jocks Kurt and Ram decide that it would be a good idea to try to bully J.D., not knowing that they're dealing with a murderous psycho. He grabs his revolver and fires at them in front of the whole cafeteria, only for it to be revealed later that he was using blanks, but Kurt and Ram were still scared shitless.
66	* In ''Film/HellsHighway'', Lucinda's first victim is a SerialKiller [[BadHabits masquerading as a priest]] who poisons her and takes her into the desert; planning to kill her.
67	* ''Film/HighlanderIIITheSorcerer'': A variation with a con scheme. Two street card hustlers try to rip off the immortal warrior Kane, but he uses his magic to turn the entire deck into winning cards and takes their money. When they protest, he also takes one guy's CoolShades with another magic trick, which freaks them out enough that they decide to take the smart option and run away.
68	* ''Film/AHistoryOfViolence'': Two small-time criminals try to rob an Indiana town coffee shop with the intent to rob/murder/rape everyone inside it. The restaurant owner, Tom Stall, is an ex-Philadelphia Mafia hitman/enforcer, who, in the words of one his former associates, "Is very good at killing people."
69	* ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'': Gandalf recounts a tale where he encountered some "unsavory" types who mistook him for a vagabond.
70	-->'''Thorin:''' I imagine they regretted that.
71	* The climactic attempted burglary in ''Film/HomeAlone1'' can qualify for this trope, as Kevin turns out to be a TrapMaster.
72	* ''Film/HomeSweetHome'': A character tries to steal gasoline and the battery from the killer's seemingly abandoned car, only for the killer to hop out and slam the hood down on his head while he's trying to get the latter.
73	* ''Film/HouseOf1000Corpses'': Near the beginning of , armed robbers makes the mistake of targeting the MonsterClown Captain Spalding and his truck stop of horrors. It doesn't end well for them.
74	* This, naturally, has happened to the cinematic version of [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] nearly as often as it happens to him in the comic books.
75	** In ''Film/{{Hulk}}'', after blaming Bruce Banner for screwing him over, [[SmugSnake Glenn Talbot]] shows up at his apartment and begins pushing him around. This is after Bruce Banner has been exposed to gamma rays. The Hulk shows up. It ends about as well for Talbot as you'd imagine.
76	** At the end of ''Hulk'', Banner is in hiding in a remote South American village when a gang of mercenaries show up and start threatening the villagers. Bruce points out they're making him angry. They don't listen. The film ends just before they learn why they probably should have...
77	** ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'': Bruce Banner stops some greasy co-workers from sexually harassing a female co-worker and is threatened by them because of it. Later on, they corner him and beat him up a bit... until Banner [[HulkingOut becomes]] his big green other self. It doesn't end well for his harassers.
78	* ''Film/{{Hummingbird}}'': A group of football hooligans decide to rough Joey up when he escorts them from the Chinese restaurant where they were causing trouble. What they don't know is that Joey is a SAS trooper who served in Afghanistan and a DangerousDeserter. He quickly wipes the street with them.
79	* ''Film/JackReacher'': Five youths try to fight Jack Reacher, the guy who hunts army criminals, who all are trained killers. Needless to say, it does not end well. [[spoiler:He later realizes someone paid them to do this]].
80	* ''Film/JohnWick'': This is pretty much the premise. When the title character refuses to sell his CoolCar to the son of a Russian mob boss, he and his buddies break into John's house, steal the car, beat him up and kill his dog. Unfortunately for the punks, their "victim" is a RetiredBadass and the dog was the last legacy of the wife whose death he's still grieving. This ends poorly, not just for the punks, but also for the whole organisation.
81	* ''Film/Joyride3Roadkill'' invokes this trope at the start of the movie. A very high couple runs out of drugs inside of their motel room so they decide to lure a trucker to the room so they can rob him and consequently get money to feed their habit. Unfortunately, the trucker they Lure is [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Rusty]] [[AxCrazy Nail]] and hes [[DisproportionateRetribution HUGE]] on payback.
82	* In ''Film/KarateAMuerteEnTorremolinos'', two men try to mug martial arts star Chuk Lee, only to be humiliatingly defeated.
83	* ''Film/KickAss'': Two bullies try to shake down Hit-Girl for lunch money when she's out of costume. Cue Hit-Girl cracking her knuckles. The bullies no doubt had a hard time living the result down.
84	* ''Film/KillBill'': Whether Buck knew that Beatrix was the world's deadliest assassin or not doesn't really matter. He and the guys he brings in -- aside from being completely vile -- are quite unprepared for the possibility that she might wake up from her coma.
85	* ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace'':
86	** The misanthropic Officer Mooney performs an act of PoliceBrutality on a klown, thinking it's a prankster in a costume. The klown, which had been playing along with Mooney's attempt to arrest it, [[spoiler:instantly bashes his head against the cell bars hard enough to kill him]].
87	** Happens a second time when a gang of bikers tries to bully another Klown. It decapitates one of them and chases the rest away.
88	* ''Film/{{Killshot}}'': A fancy-talking hoodlum and wannabe badass decides to steal the cadillac of a middle-aged man who looks dressed like a modern-day cowboy after the man grabbed a bite at a cheap diner. After driving around for a while at gunpoint they park the car somewhere, and the hoodlum peruses through his wallet. Then the man shoves a gun in his face and reveals that he's a contract killer. Interestingly he doesn't kill the punk, but hangs around with him for the remainder of the film.
89	* ''Film/{{Kingsman}} Franchise''
90	** ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService:'' When Dean's goons approach Eggsy in the pub, clearly intending to beat him up for what he did earlier, Harry calmly asks them to leave them alone until he finished his drink. Naturally, the goons start to threaten "granddad" as well, to which he responds by delivering a [[PreAsskickingOneLiner Pre-Asskicking speech]] and neatly disposing of them all. Then he returns to the table and finishes his drink.
91	** At the end of this movie, Eggsy comes to pick up his mother at the same pub. Dean is quick to threaten him into leaving, and Eggsy happily starts to copy Harry's earlier reaction. Cue the goons [[OhCrap connecting the dots]] and trying to warn their boss. [[NotNowBernard He ignores them]] and is promptly knocked out.
92	** Played with in ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle''. After being harassed by a group of rednecks in a bar, Galahad Sr. gets ready to recreate the fight from the first film, while Galahad Jr. watches with a knowing grin... and then [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome surprisingly realistic outcome]] occurs, making them all realize how [[HandicappedBadass badly handicapped]] he is after the events of the first film. Whiskey then pulls him out of the fight and finishes the bullies off while the rest of the group [[CasualDangerDialogue calmly discuss those health issues.]]
93	* In ''Film/TheKunoichiNinjaGirl'', lowly castrated Iga clan ninjas are kidnapping woman from their rivals’ lands and transporting them back to their own, with the intent to use them as concubines. Unfortunately for a trio of inept Iga ninjas, one of the women they’ve kidnapped is Kisaragi, a skilled ninja with a long standing vendetta since her mother was kidnapped when she was just a baby.
94	* ''Film/TheLadykillers2004'': Two robbers try to shake down a convenience store owner. It turns out the man is an ex-Vietnamese GeneralRipper. The General and his no-nonsense wife quickly dispatch the muggers with two fingers to the nose and a pot of scalding coffee.
95	* The final scene of ''Film/LadyNinjaKaede'' is two rapists attacking Kaede as she walks through the gardens, only for one of them to recognize her as "sex punisher Lady Ninja Kaede!". They attempt to flee as Kaede draws her sword and prepares to follow.
96	* ''Film/TheLastCircus'': We all hate annoying moviegoers. But if the person in question is dressed like a WalkingArmory MonsterClown and he clearly acts like he's not fully there, it's best not to mess with him. [[{{Fingore}} Or your fingers will pay]].
97	* In ''Film/LastTrainFromGunHill'', Rick and his friend Lee say the woman they raped and killed was "just a squaw". His father points out that she was the wife of USMarshal Matt Morgan, and that he is coming for them.
98	* ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': A classic example occurs when a mook tries to take Mina hostage, assuming the others [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl wouldn't risk shooting her]]. It ends about as well as can be expected for him when she reveals that she's a vampire.
99	* In ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'', the gang boss Rory Breaker had come to the Samoan pub to catch the end of his football game, causing a "fat geezer" to change the channel and tell Rory to leave. Rory then takes the fire extinguisher outside, orders the strongest drink in the pub, and changes the channel; the patron was about to start a fight when Rory spit his drink on him and threw a lit match on his chest before resuming his game.
100	* ''Film/LittleDeaths'': This 2011 horror anthology has the segment "House & Home". An amoral couple decides to kidnap a homeless woman and turn her into their SexSlave. She eventually manages to slip out of her restraints, and it doesn't end well for the couple. She and the other homeless people turn out to be demons. They eat the wife and string the husband up, intending to keep him as a supply of fresh meat for the days to come.
101	* ''Film/LoveAtFirstBite'': Dracula's coffin has been misdirected while being shipped to New York City, and he has to walk the night streets to get to his hotel. Some muggers see this rich-looking white guy and think he's an easy target...
102	* ''Film/ManOfSteel'':
103	** A random diner patron decides to verbally abuse, pour his drink over, and assault a server who stops him from sexually harassing a waitress, only to find himself physically unable to move the tall, muscular man. [[BullyingADragon So the guy decides to throw a cup at his head as he walks away.]] [[spoiler:He later walks outside to find his truck crumpled up and stuck onto some sharpened pieces of lumber.]]
104	** The kids bullying young Clark. Unlike the above incident, however, Clark doesn't retaliate because [[AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength he realizes he could do some very serious damage to the bullies]].
105	* ''Film/TheMask'': A comedic version occurs when a street gang makes the mistake of targeting protagonist Stanley just after he puts on the eponymous artifact for the first time. ("And last but not least, my favorite: a ''tommy gun!''")
106	* ''Film/MenInBlackII'': The alien BigBad Serleena takes the form of an underwear model. She is then immediately attacked by a rapist, who ends up as the [[SwallowedWhole prop]] in [[BalloonBelly a throwaway gag about bulimia]].
107	-->'''Mugger:''' ''[pulling Serleena off-camera while licking her]'' Hey pretty lady... You taste good. Hey, what the--?! Ugh Aaaaah!\
108	''[sounds of brutal swallowing]''\
109	'''Serleena:''' Yeah. You too.
110	* ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'': Robin William's character, disguised as the old woman who is the TitleCharacter is crossing the street. A purse snatcher walks up behind him and grabs the purse. After a brief struggle, "Mrs. Doubtfire" enters a stance with a very credible threat of physical force; the purse snatcher wisely walks away.
111	* In ''Film/Ms45'', a group of WhiteGangBangers isolate Thana in the park and start circling menacingly around her. This ends badly for them.
112	* ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'': A man steals Miss Piggy's purse. She screams after his retreating form, and then, very politely, walks up to a gentleman sitting on a bench and asks to borrow his roller skates. Hilarity ensues as the thief frantically tries to get away from Miss Piggy, who, of course, has her trademark psychotic look on her face. Later, when she gets him, and a cop takes him away, he makes a valiant effort at revisionist history:
113	-->'''Thief:''' She stole my purse!\
114	'''Miss Piggy:''' ''What?!''\
115	'''Cop:''' Nice try, buddy.
116	* ''Film/MyAnimal'': Richard beats up Heather brutally (partly as a result of her deliberately provoking him, though not entirely), unaware she's a werewolf. [[spoiler:She transforms, mauling Richard to death.]]
117	* ''Film/NakedKiller''. After killing the Triad boss who killed her father, Kitty grabs an elegently-dressed woman as a hostage so she can get out of the building. The woman turns out to be a professional assassin who kills all the mooks chasing her and drags Kitty off to her house to be trained as her protege.
118	* ''Film/NearDark'': As the film proves, trying to carjack a couple of vampires is a really ''bad'' idea.
119	* In ''Film/NewTownKillers'', Sean sends the local street gang to Alistair and Jamie's Maserati. When they turn up, the gang think a pair of poncy bankers will be easy pickings. This last until [[TheSociopath Alistair]] slams their leader to the pavement and stomps his head in.
120	* In ''Film/NightAfterNightAfterNight'', the killer [[DisguisedInDrag dresses in drag]] to evade the police but then encounters some queer bashing youths who he swiftly turns the tables on.
121	* ''Film/TheNinthConfiguration'': A biker gang decides that it would be fun to humiliate and torture two Marines at their dive bar. Unfortunately for them, one of the Marines is a mentally unstable specialist in hand to hand combat.
122	* ''Film/NothingToLose'': A car-jacking is how Terrance meets depressed Nick Beam. Boy did you pick the wrong guy on the wrong day. What follows is a [[DrivesLikeCrazy terrifying joy ride]] that scares the hell out of Terrance.
123	* ''Film/ObserveAndReport'': Played for surprise when the seemingly clueless Ronnie is abandoned on an inner-city street corner, far from his familiar suburban mall. He's soon accosted by a group of tough drug dealers. After some cowering and pleading, he suddenly [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadAss unleashes the fury with a telescoping baton.]]
124	* ''Film/OldDracula'': Dracula is accosted by muggers, but he doesn't even need to use his powers; he has a swordcane that is quite well up to the job.
125	* ''Film/TheOtherGuys'': Although Detective Holtz, in an epic show of WrongGenreSavvy, believes all of the murder and mayhem that happens through the film must be happening because of drug-related issues, it is eventually revealed that it is because David Ershon (a British {{Expy}} of Bernie Madoff) swindled European mobsters into becoming part of his {{Ponzi}} scheme, and now that they have found out they've been had, [[RuthlessForeignGangsters they are out to get their money back, and Ershon's head alongside it]].
126	* ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'': Played with. While Pee-Wee is wandering the streets at night looking for his lost bicycle, he's attacked by a street gang. He snarls at them, hissing like a vampire. They run off in terror.
127	* ''Film/ThePeopleUnderTheStairs'': A case of ''Home-Invasion Robbing'' The Monster, with the robber's kid accomplice as the hero and [[spoiler: a psychopathic couple who keep abducted kids captive in their house]] as the monsters.
128	* ''Film/ThePerfectHost'': This is the premise. An attempted bank robber on the run fibs his way into the dinner party of a nebbish guy played by David Hyde Pierce, and threatens him with a knife once he's discovered, only to pass out from some drugged wine the latter served earlier. Turns out not only is Pierce's character utterly AxCrazy, but he's also [[spoiler:the police lieutenant investigating the robbery.]]
129	* ''The Perfect Weapon'': In this Jeff Speakman vehicle, a gang attempts to mug Speakman's character, not realizing that: 1) he is a kenpo karate master; 2) his sensei/surrogate father figure has just been murdered; and 3) the murderer has just eluded him. What happens next is pretty much what you'd expect to happen to a bunch of thugs who catch a martial arts master in the worst of all possible moods.
130	* ''Film/{{The Phantom of the Opera\|1989}}'': Three men decide to rob Erik after learning about his wealth. One gets stabbed, one gets his head sliced off and the last one gets stabbed and flayed.
131	* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', Jack Sparrow flees to the blacksmith shop to get his shackles removed... only to find out that the blacksmith is Will Turner, who is not only the best swordsman in Port Royal but also the true love of the woman Jack just used as a human shield. It's only by [[CombatPragmatist "cheating"]] that Jack manages to escape intact.
132	* ''Film/PoliceAcademy'': Trying to intimidate a police officer would usually fall into BullyingADragon territory, but in the 6th movie, the officer in question is sweet, shy, and meek-looking Officer Hook. At the beginning of the movie, she's writing a citation for a car parked in a red zone, when the owner -- a bigwig in an overstuffed suit -- tries to scare her out of ticketing him (claiming his brother-in-law is on the city council), threatening to have her demoted, and then tearing up the citation. He regrets it; she comes back quickly with additional citations (for parking too far from the curb, blocking a hydrant, having no license plate, having an expired tag, [[LaserGuidedKarma littering]], attempting to extort an officer, and destroying the first citation, along with the original one for parking in a red zone) and ''then'' tells a tow truck to impound the car. She breaks her sweet attitude to punctuate what she tells him so he won't forget it.
133	* In ''Film/{{Popeye}}'', Popeye is teased by a group of thugs while eating at Roughhouse. He manages to keep his temper in check, and calmly asks for an apology. They instead decide to attack him. Since this is Popeye we're talking about, there's no need to guess what happens next.
134	* ''Film/PulpFiction'':
135	** When Pumpkin and Honey Bunny try to rob the diner, Pumpkin goes to get the wallet of a dorkily dressed guy with a briefcase, demanding that the guy hand over his briefcase and threatening to shoot him when he refuses. Unfortunately for Pumpkin, he turns out to be Jules, a hitman far more dangerous than Pumpkin and Honey Bunny. The only reason the two walk away with their lives is because Jules is feeling merciful that day and has decided to give up his life of violence.
136	** Zed and his pawn shop buddy kidnap two guys for a little rape. It turns out their captives are a boxer and a mob boss. The boxer breaks out and frees the mob boss, who proceeds to shoot Zed in the crotch before telling him that he will make his last moments on Earth very painful.
137	* ''Film/Predator2'': A gang of thugs attempt to rob a subway passenger, leading him to pull a gun on them. While this fails to dissuade them, [[BadassBystander every passenger in the entire subway car]] proceeds to pull guns to back him up. Somewhat subverted, as it's the very escalation of violence that causes the Predator to stop simply tailing Harrigan's partners and go on a kill spree through the subway car.
138	* ''Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead3'': When the leader of the Mexican gang sees zombie Julie, he takes her to another room where it's implied he was going to rape her. Predictably, he quickly [[OffWithHisHead loses his head]].
139	* ''Film/RoboCop3'':
140	** A guy attempts [[DonutMessWithACop to rob a doughnut shop.]] He gets lit up by twenty laser-sighted police firearms, from all the uniformed officers sitting in the shop at the time. The clerk turns to the robber and says "What's it like to be a rocket scientist?"
141	** A villainous example when three rebels confront Otomo, not realizing it is a KillerRobot.
142	* In ''Film/{{Running Scared\|1986}}'', Danny and Ray are coming back from the funeral of Danny's Aunt Rose when two muggers try to steal their wallets. Except Danny and Ray are both [[CowboyCop cowboy cops]].
143	-->'''Danny:''' Now, fellas, this is just me talking, but I would rather get shot with one of those pissant .22's than with my .38.
144	* In ''Film/ScaryMovie 2'', a [[MonsterClown killer clown doll]] attempts to kill Ray by dragging him under the bed, in a parody of a similar scene from ''Film/{{Poltergeist\|1982}}''. Ray quickly turns the tables on the clown and proceeds to [[BlackComedyRape rape him]].
145	-->'''Clown Doll:''' PEEK-A-BOO! [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHA!]] ''[grabbing Ray by the throat and dragging him under the bed]'' You wanna come play? Come on, let's play! This is a fun game, huh?! [[{{Beat}} .....]] Hey, what are you doing?!\
146	'''Ray:''' Uncle Ray-Ray's got a game...\
147	'''Clown Doll:''' Hey get your finger outta there!\
148	'''Ray:''' Tickle tickle tickle tickle tickle!\
149	'''Clown Doll:''' ''[tries to escape from under the bed]'' [[BlackComedyRape AAAHHHH!! AAAHHHH!!]]\
150	'''Ray:''' You wanna play with Uncle Ray?! Peek-a-boo! ''[grabs the clown by the throat with his GagPenis and drags him back under the bed]''\
151	'''Clown Doll:''' [[BlackComedyRape AAAHHHH!! AAAHHHH!! HELP! AAAHHH! Oh, GOD!]]\
152	'''Ray:''' Here's a little balloon animal! Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da! ''[[[AssShove SQUISH!]]]''\
153	'''Clown Doll:''' OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
154	* ''Film/ScreamBlaculaScream'': A couple of pimps make the mistake of trying to mug the titular vampire. It does not go well for them.
155	* ''Film/SecondhandLions'': A humorous example occurs that also serves to illustrate Uncle Hub's RetiredBadass status. Four [[{{Delinquents}} teenagers]] start harassing Hub in a diner, whereupon he decides to teach them a lesson in respecting their elders.
156	-->'''Hood:''' Hey, who do you think you are, huh?\
157	'''Garth:''' Just a dumb kid, Hub. Don't kill him.\
158	'''Hub:''' ''[to Garth]'' Right.\
159	''[grabs Hood by the throat]''\
160	'''Hub:''' I'm Hub [=McCann=]. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and tanks. I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN and loved only one woman with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!
161	* ''Film/ShanghaiKnights'': In this Creator/JackieChan movie, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper tries to attack Chon Wang's [[ActionGirl younger sister]]. Now we know why the killings stopped so suddenly.
162	* ''Film/{{Sheitan}}'': In the FilmWithinAFilm the pumpman is watching, a BadSanta attempts to sexually assault a sleeping woman, only for her to turn out to be a vampire.
163	* In ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes\|2009}}'', two thugs try to rob [[AdaptationalBadass Irene Adler.]] Bad move.
164	--> '''Sherlock Holmes:''' ''[spying]'' That's the Irene I know.
165	* ''Film/{{Species}}'': Sil goes home with a man, then detects he has a medical condition (it's later said to be diabetes) and she changes her mind about having sex. He gets angry, trying to force her into this. She acts like she'll accede, then easily kills him with a tentacle into his brain.
166	* ''Franchise/StarWars Episode IV: Film/ANewHope''. Two cantina thugs attempt to pick a fight with Luke. ("He doesn't like you...") Unfortunately for them, Obi-Wan just happens to be sitting next to Luke. Obi-Wan tries to avoid a fight by telling them that it isn't worth it, but they [[IWarnedYou wouldn't listen]]. [[AnArmAndALeg And the rest is history.]]
167	* ''Film/StreetsOfFire'': A gang member pulls a knife on Tom Cody, who takes it away from him -- and then returns it, lets the mook try to attack him, and takes it away ''again''. Then he throws him through a plate glass window.
168	* ''Film/TheSubstitute'': Two inner-city high school students pick a fight with the new substitute teacher early on in his new assignment. The "teacher" is actually a Vietnam veteran and mercenary who is undercover to investigate the conspiracy leading to his girlfriend's attack.
169	* ''Film/Supergirl1984'': [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] is accosted by two truckers seemingly intent on raping her. Attacking a Kryptonian goes about as well as you'd think.
170	* ''Film/{{Superman\|FilmSeries}}'':
171	** In ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'', a mugger points a gun at Lois Lane and... Clark Kent. Since Lois is around, however, ol' Kal El can't open his special Kryptonian brand of whoop-ass on the crook for fear Lois would notice -- although he ''does'' snatch the mugger's bullet out of midair when it otherwise would have hit her.
172	** At the beginning of his superhero career (and thus before opponents had any way to know what they're up against), a crook hits him on the head with a crowbar, with predictable [[NoSell (non-) results]].
173	* ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'': Also serves as an {{Aesop}} to anyone who didn't realise that attempting to blackmail someone [[TheUnfettered who has literally nothing to lose]] while invading their home and personal space is not a good idea. This someone just so happens to be [[SerialKiller the eponymous Sweeney]], whose [[BestServedCold master plan, concocted over fifteen years of torture,]] the monster-mugger is threatening to foul up. Oh, and did we mention that he's also [[PsychoKnifeNut mighty handy with a straight razor?]] [[TooDumbToLive Good job, Pirelli.]]
174	* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'':
175	** ''Film/TheTerminator'': A trio of hoodlums decides that it's a good idea to pick on a Herculean naked man walking around at night. While it's generally not a good idea to start fights with crazed weightlifters, the punks probably would have been at an advantage had their intended victim not been a killbot from the future. Also played with, in that the Terminator is essentially mugging ''them'' (of their clothes, that is) before they decide to take out their knives.
176	** ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' echoes the original, when the naked T-800 (played by [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger the same actor]]) walks into a biker bar and demands a biker's "clothes, boots, and motorcycle." The biker responds by blowing smoke in his face, telling him off, then extinguishing the cigar he was smoking on the terminator's chest. This decision does not end well for him.
177	* ''Film/ThingsToDoInDenverWhenYoureDead'': The contract killer Mr. Shh (played by Steve Buscemi) stumbles upon a mugging in progress. When the muggers turn their attention to the weasely guy in the fedora, they end up on the receiving end of some KungFoley.
178	* ''Film/ToughGuys'': A bunch of thugs try to rob the title characters who show them how it's done old school.
179	* ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'': Agent Simmons is speaking to some former Soviet Cosmonauts, while his campy assistant Dutch is standing next to the bartender. Eventually, it gets tense and firearms are drawn. After some yelling between the interested parties, Dutch effortlessly relieves the bartender of her shotgun, knocks her down and aims it and his own pistol at everybody, until Agent Simmons tells him in a foreign language to get back in the cage.
180	* ''Film/Transporter2'': The movie opens with a violent gang of carjackers attempting to steal badass courier Frank Martin's car. When they try to beat him into giving them the code to start the car, Frank opens a can of whoopass that leaves the four men on the ground and their female accomplice fleeing in terror.
181	* ''Film/{{Tremors}}'':
182	** ''Film/Tremors1'': A Graboid breaks into the basement of a home in the middle of a desert when it's lured by a noise. That noise? A machine for cleaning shell casings... because that basement is the personal armory of Burt and Heather Gummer, a pair of [[ProperlyParanoid Not-so-]]{{Crazy Survivalist}}s who were in the process of cleaning some of their guns. They proceed to unload on the Graboid with rifles, shotguns, pistols, a flare gun, and finally, a {{BFG}} that puts the thing down for good.
183	--->'''Burt:''' Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn't you, you bastard?
184	** ''Film/Tremors2Aftershocks'': When the Graboids Burt is hunting turn into their next form of Shriekers, he is ambushed by nearly two dozen of them on route to the HQ. Unfortunately for them, this is Burt Gummer and he manages to kill most of them despite being completely unprepared. By the way he recounts it, he went from fighting them with automatic fire, his army truck and was finishing the fight with his hand guns and hand-to-hand combat. The encounter does go through all his ammunition because Burt was expecting to fight Graboids, but still impressive.
185	* ''Film/TrickRTreat'': Happens repeatedly. One kid steals candy from the house of a SerialKiller, and get killed. [[spoiler: The SerialKiller is himself a victim of this when a young woman he's stalking turns out to be a werewolf.]]
186	* ''Film/{{Twins\|1988}}'': A guy on a motorbike tries to steal Arnold Schwarznegger's character's suitcase. Arnie simply hangs on to his suitcase, causing the guy to sprawl off his bike.
187	* ''Film/UndercoverBlues'': A nasty knife-wielding punk insists on one more score, who turns out to be Jeff Blue (Creator/DennisQuaid), a trained spy, who beats the would-be assailant into submission [[BadassAndBaby while holding his baby]] in one arm.
188	* ''Film/{{Vampirella}}'': Vampirella stops a robbery-in-progress when she first arrives on Earth. Of course, the robbers have no idea they're dealing with a vampiress until she throws them around like a bunch of ragdolls.
189	* ''Film/VampiresSuck'': Almost happens when the trio menaces a fisherman. He knows Tae-Bo and punches one of them in the face repeatedly. Unfortunately for the fisherman, the vampires kill him anyway.
190	* ''Film/WeAreTheNight'': Louise invokes this by "selling" Lena to a Russian pimp, since it will trigger her new vampire nature. Sure enough, after he beats her up, she soon kills him, with the guy clearly unaware that she's a vampire.
191	* In ''Film/WhiteChicks'', a mugger grabs the expensive purse being held by a wealthy socialite and runs off. What he doesn't expect is for the "socialite" to chase him for several blocks, tackle him to the ground, and beat the crap out of him with surprisingly heavy punches. The "socialite" is actually a male FBI agent dressed as a woman.
192	* This is the plot of ''Film/WillysWonderland'': A drifter is hired to watch over a SuckECheeses full of murderous animatronics. [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys (Sound familiar?)]]. Said drifter is played by ''Creator/NicolasCage'', who spends the movie viciously trashing each robot that comes after him.
193	* ''Film/Wishmaster2EvilNeverDies'':
194	** Happens a lot to the [[JackassGenie Djinn]] when he's in prison. Everybody is just screaming verbal abuse and threats at him, and he just [[SlasherSmile smiles through all of it]] before doing his thing. He's disappointed when they eventually stop.
195	** In a more straightforward example, one of the prison guards takes an immediate dislike to the titular Djinn, and gets more and more frustrated with the guy's SmugSnake attitude, considering he had no justifiable way to strike at the guy who was ''very effectively'' passive-aggressive undermining his authority, instead of being intimidated by the clear size and weight class difference, so then he orders the Djinn back to his cell before making the error of ''wishing'' to be alone with the Djinn in human form, to enjoy ''the long, slow dance of pain.'' [[OhCrap He got his wish.]]
196	* ''Film/{{Witness}}'': Detective John Book is disguised as a member of an Amish family. A group of rednecks bully the Amish, unaware that there is a dedicated non-pacifist in their midst. Book warns one of the bullies that he's "making a mistake," and when he persists, Book cleans his clock.
197	-->'''Eli:''' It's not our way!\
198	'''Book:''' But it's ''my'' way.
199	* ''Film/WolfMikeNichols'': A classic example occurs in this film, starring Jack Nicholson. Jack's character, Will Randall, is taking a nighttime stroll through Central Park (as a Werewolf), a trio of hooligans attempt to mug him. Needless to say, Will found a finger in his pocket the following day.
200	-->'''Mugger:''' Hey buddy, can we borrow some cash?\
201	'''Will:''' All of ya? Well I've got about a thousand dollars on me, how much would you like to borrow? Five? Ten?\
202	''[carnage ensues]''
203	* ''Film/WonderWoman1984'': The same drunk harasses Barbara Minerva in the street twice. The first time she's got Diana looking out for her. The second time she has all of Diana's powers, but a lot less restraint.
204	* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
205	** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Caliban threatens to shoot Apocalypse with a gun. ''[[RealityWarper Apocalypse]]''. He's very lucky that Psylocke interrupted the conversation, which directs Apocalypse's attention towards her instead.
206	** Subverted in ''Film/{{Logan}}''. The introduction to the title character has him waking up to find some gang members jacking the rims on his car. Wolverine delivers the audience-expected asskicking, but finds it much harder going that we've seen in previous movies with the character, showing us that age is having its toll.
207	* ''Film/YesMadam'' have this in Carrie Morris' (Creator/CynthiaRothrock) introduction scene in Hong Kong's Kowloon Airport. When an escaped convict breaks away from the police, said convict then randomly grabs a woman near the boarding gate as a hostage, which turns out to be Carrie, a highly-trained Scotland Yard investigator and combat specialist. Who then pulls off a scorpion kick on the convict's face and beat the crap out of him, apprehending him for the police.
208	* ''Film/YouWereNeverReallyHere'': Joe establishes his badass credentials when he's walking through an alley and a would-be mugger jumps out and hits him with a blackjack. Joe casually grabs the mugger and headbutts him, then leaves without a word or follow-up blow.
209	* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'': Seen in a deleted scene, where a highwayman calling himself "Jack Spratt" (he tells this straight to the camera; there's a reason it's a deleted scene) tries to mug young Frankenstein's monster. Bad move.
210	* The premise of ''Film/YoureNext'' is that a group of home invaders attacks a family reunion, only to discover that the [[FinalGirl seemingly meek college student]] was reared in a heavily CrazySurvivalist background. It eventually reaches a point where the villains are scared of ''her.'' [[spoiler:It's revealed in the climax she was always meant to survive for their plan to work. However, they expected her to remain a passive witness, rather than the reaction she actually had]].

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