* When Jack Bruno actually ''attacked'' government thugs near the beginning of the film, thinking they were working for his [[DarkAndTroubledPast previous employer]].
* The sheriff of Stony Creek [[note]] In a RemakeCameo of the actor who played Tony in the original movies[[/note]] and his deputies just seem like small-town {{Spear Carrier}}s and diner customers. But when TheMenInBlack show up looking for Jack, Seth, and Sara pull out their guns, [[MenOfSherwood the local cops neither blindly follow them nor cower before them. The sheriff stares them down without flinching while his deputies jerk out their own guns to cover the agents, with one deputy pulling out two guns and covering two agents at once.]]
* When a gruff guard dog starts to lunge at Jack, he covers his face, only to hear nothing and then see Sara petting the dog, having telepathically communicated with it and thanked it for being so understanding. Then the dog bites one of the pursuing [[TheMenInBlack Men In Black]] and races off with the heroes.
* Jack comes up with a plan to escape the government spooks in the casino and tells Sara to read his mind. She does, and then uses her powers to make every slot machine between then and the agents pay out, causing mobs of excited people to scramble for money and block their pursuers.
* InspectorJavert slimeball or not, Burke gets an impressive BreakingSpeech to Jack and Alex about how the sheer incredulity of their story could bring them down without him having to lift a finger.
-->'''Burke:''' And you're gonna be the one to blow the whistle, Doctor? A failed astrophysicist...fired by three universities for obsessing over [=UFOs=]? Teamed up with an ex-con...and declaring the government has captured two normal looking kids...and is holding them hostage inside a mountain...that doesn't exist. It'd be so much easier to let you speak than to deal with all the paper work involved with killing you.
** At the end of the film, Jack and Alex turn this around on Burke by going public with enough facts that people believe them and using their newfound fame to keep the government from being able to risk retaliating.
* Alex knocks out a goon with a single karate kick and then tells a surprised Jack IHaveBrothers.
* Seth and Sara stopping a hail of bullets with their minds.
* The evil alien BountyHunter, showing off his combat skills, 'nuff said.
** Jack and Seth defeating the bounty hunter by disintegrating him.