Line #12 PlayingWith/UnflinchingWalk


1	'''Basic Trope''': A person walks away from an explosion without reacting with concern or increasing their speed.
2	* '''Straight''': Alex walks away from an exploding building without flinching.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Alex walks out of an exploding city block, unfazed despite the debris and screaming bystanders.
5	** Alex manages to outstride a volcano erupting.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Alex, once he's at a safe distance, explodes a building. It's distant in the background so they have reason to not worry.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Alex is a terrorist; he planted the bomb himself so he knows he's safe where he is and is enjoying everyone else's hysteria.
9	** Alex is MadeOfIron and[=/=]or ImmuneToFlinching. Thus the exploding building can't hurt him, so he's free to walk away from it looking completely badass.
10	** Alex is deaf as a direct result of his profession, and thus doesn't even know his explosives have worked until he turns around.
11	** Alex's mind is already at maximum shock, he won't respond to anything for a while.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** Alex calmly walks ''into'' an exploding building without flinching.
14	** Alex decided to turn around and instead take one good stare at the explosion.
15	** The explosion walks away from Alex.
16	* '''Subverted''':
17	** Alex is calmly walking away from the building about to explode. It turns out that it won't, because he defused the bomb in time.
18	** Alex calmly walks away from the building about to explode, but isn't far enough since he misjudged the amount of explosives or the timer. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome He dies when the explosion hits him.]]
19	** Alex tries to walk away without flinching, but once the bomb goes off, he jumps in terror and begins to run away screaming.
20	** Alex walks away until the explosion goes off. Then he turns around and gleefully freaks out like he just got a puppy for Christmas.
21	* '''Double Subverted''':
22	** ...or so he thought. The bomb goes off anyway, Alex shrugs and keeps walking.
23	** It only immediately looked like he died, but a moment later [[OutOfTheInferno he walks out of the fire unharmed.]]
24	** But he regains his cool and, without flinching again, walks away from the following blasts.
25	* '''Parodied''':
26	** Alex is strutting away in his BadassLongcoat, triumphant guitar solo playing in the background... and then there's a larger secondary explosion and he panics in a very unmanly fashion.
27	** When Alex finally meets up with his buddies, one of them points out that [[RumpRoast his ass is on fire]]. He starts [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screaming like a little girl]].
28	** [[Film/TheDarkKnight Alex detonates the explosives and he calmly walks away, before they stop. He pauses, looks, shrugs and plays with the detonator until the rest of the explosives go, to his surprise, and makes a quick exit]]... only this time it's not a ThrowItIn.
29	** Buildings explode ''as a result'' of Alex walking away from them.
30	* '''Zig Zagged''': New guy on the bomb squad, Bob, walks coolly away from an explosion... but then you see that this is a simulated explosion for a drill, and old hand Alex chides him for not following proper procedure... but then when the two of them are escaping a real bomb, Alex starts walking away because, damnit, it's too much fun not to, regulations be damned... but then as the two of them are walking side by side the blast wave picks them up and drops them on their asses, to the amusement of all.
31	* '''Averted''': Alex gets out of the building with time to spare. There's no chance of anyone walking or running away from this explosion.
32	* '''Enforced''': "And then Alex runs out of the exploding building." "I dunno, we could make it cooler and establish Alex as an explosives expert by having him look calm and walk out instead."
33	* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, drama queen! Stop trying to look cool and take cover, idiot!"
34	* '''Invoked''': Alex is a bit of a [[LargeHam ham]], and sets some explosives just so he can make a badass entrance.
35	* '''Exploited''':
36	** Alex knows security or news cameras are rolling, and he wants to cultivate a badass impression on the police[=/=]public.
37	** Alex is assassinated when he goes to set the explosives for a controlled demolition. His assassin adds a much larger explosive device that will be set off by the controlled bombs. Alex walks away calmly, knowing the radius of the demolition device he set, only to be caught in the much larger radius of the assassin's bomb.
38	* '''Defied''': OutrunTheFireball.
39	* '''Discussed''': "Don't worry, any second now he's going to casually stroll out of the collapsing building. Just you wait. BOOM ...[[HesJustHiding Aaaaany second...]] OhCrap.
40	* '''Conversed''': "So, you think people can really just casually walk away from an explosion?" "Let's send it to ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}''!"
41	* '''Implied''': An explosion is seen in the distance, but a few minutes later Alex mentions not caring about it.
42	* '''Deconstructed''': In a cynical world, walking slowly away from an explosion gets you killed by shrapnel, which is not normally depicted in this trope or in Hollywood explosions in general. Also, if Alex really is the terrorist who planted the bomb then not blending in with the crowd when the bomb goes off is a good way to get noticed.
43	* '''Reconstructed''': All of that is true, but Alex isn't concerned about getting killed by his own bomb or getting caught; he's a terrorist, remember?
44	* '''Played For Laughs''': Alex acts like he's totally fine... then the camera moves behind him and reveals that the explosion [[NakedPeopleAreFunny burned away the back of his clothes]].
45	* '''Played For Drama''': Alex is a DeathSeeker and secretly hopes that the explosion kills him.
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