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--->'''Charlie:''' That was the Joker. I cussed out the Joker!

*** ''[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS1E1E2Rebirth Rebirth: Part 1]]'': A group of Jokerz decides that it would be a good idea to intimidate a certain old man by saying "We're the Jokerz!" Unfortunately, said old man is [[RetiredBadass Bruce Wayne]]. Cue the CurbStompBattle.

*** ''[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS1E4Golem Golem]]'': A small group of Jokerz harasses Willy Watt midway through the episode. They try to put the squeeze on him, but Willy calls out his [[HumongousMecha little friend]]...
*** ''[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS2E5Bloodsport Bloodsport]]'': A lone Joker tries to mug Terry when he's being chased by the Stalker -- and gets dismissed in an especially pathetic fashion.

*** In the crossover episode with ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', ''[[Recap/StaticShockS4E1FutureShock Future Shock]]'', the Jokerz lure two teens onto their turf... but one of them is Terry and the other one is Static. Obviously it doesn't end well for the Jokerz.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'':
** Joker ends up begging Batman to save him from some [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted particularly crazy/tricky victims of his crimes]] in "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE22JokersFavor Joker's Favor]]" and "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE23BewareTheCreeper Beware the Creeper]]".
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE22JokersFavor Joker's Favor]]" starts out with one of these moments. Normal Joe Charlie Collins has had a bad day, and so when a car cuts him off on the freeway, It's TheLastStraw and he begins to yell at the other driver -- until he gets a close look and sees that the other driver is ''the Joker''.

** In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE27MadAsAHatter Mad as a Hatter]]", Jervis Tech hasn't quite become the Mad Hatter yet, but when escorting his date Alice through the park, two muggers accost them, and he quickly uses his {{mind control device}}s on them. After doing so, he orders them to "go jump in the river". They take it literally, climbing to the top of a bridge to do so.
** "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE47BirdsOfAFeather Birds of a Feather]]" proves that just because Penguin always loses to Batman doesn't mean he is a bad fighter. He dominates a fight against three muggers before Batman intervenes and defeats all four of them (Batman thinks that he's with them until it's humorously resolved).
** Episode: "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE56HarleyAndIvy Harley and Ivy]]". Scene: a traffic light in Gotham. Two young women pull up alongside a car of three guys, who immediately begin catcalling and making disgusting comments. One of the women [[TranquilFury politely]] asks the men "Didn't your mommies tell you that's ''not'' the nice way to get a lady's attention?" The jerks, not getting the hint, promptly [[TemptingFate ask]] if the women are going to [[KinkySpanking spank them for being bad]]. By this point, you should probably know that the women are Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, two of Gotham's most dangerous supervillains -- which the men learn the hard way when Harley promises that they ''are'' going to spank them... and proceeds to whip out a [[{{BFG}} massive bazooka]] and blow their car to smithereens.
** In "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE1HolidayKnights Holiday Knights]]", Poison Ivy gets the idea of using her mind-control lipstick to force some rich guy to finance a shopping spree for her and Harley. Unfortunately for them, they end up grabbing Bruce Wayne, who suits up and goes after them once he snaps out of Ivy's control.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'':
** In the very first episode, "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS1E1E2Rebirth Rebirth: Part 1]]", a group of Jokerz (a street gang patterning themselves after [[MonsterClown the original Joker]]) decides that it would be a good idea to intimidate a certain old man by saying "We're the Jokerz!" Unfortunately, said old man is [[RetiredBadass Bruce Wayne]]. Cue the CurbStompBattle.
--->'''Jokerz Leader:''' Who do you think you're talking to, old man? We're the Jokerz!\\

** A small group of Jokerz harasses Willy Watt midway through "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS1E4Golem Golem]]". They try to put the squeeze on him, but Willy calls out his [[HumongousMecha little friend]]...
** In "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS1E7Meltdown Meltdown]]", Mr. Freeze uses his FreezeRay against Derek Powers when he thinks that Powers is just a regular CorruptCorporateExecutive. He quickly discovers that his target was really a radioactive WalkingWasteland when Powers melts his way out of the ice and attacks Freeze.
** In "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS2E5Bloodsport Bloodsport]]", a lone Joker tries to mug Terry when he's being chased by the Stalker -- and gets dismissed in an especially pathetic fashion.
--->'''Joker:''' Your money or a [[PieInTheFace pie]]!\\

** In "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS3E10E11TheCall The Call]]", in an attempt to escape Terry, Inque takes an approaching bystander hostage... who turns out to be Superman. On the whole, not her finest hour.
** Continuing with the Jokerz in the ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' crossover episode "[[Recap/StaticShockS4E1FutureShock Future Shock]]": the Jokerz lure two teens onto their turf... but one of them is Terry and the other one is Static. Uh oh. (Long story short, the Jokerz really aren't too bright.)
* During ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'''s run, Creator/CartoonNetwork would occasionally show this two-minute shorts during commercials. In one of them, a pair of thugs try to steal the Rustbucket. However, they do so while Ben is hanging around. Needless to say, things do not end well for the crooks.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Cybersix}}'', a trio of students attempt to rough up Adrian (who is actually the titular Cyber in disguise) for rejecting Lori's advances in class. It's actually ''lucky'' for them that [[BadassNormal Lucas]] spotted them from the window and decided to intervene to help ''Adrian''.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': In "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E12WeirdWesternTales The Once and Future Thing: Weird Western Tales]]", Western gunslinger bandits try to rob a time-displaced Batman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman. They do have the sense to try to flee after they see her easily deflect "the biggest, slowest bullets I've ever seen", not that it does them any good.

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'':
** ''Bane'' of all people falls prey to this in "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS3E2KnightTime Knight Time]]", in which Superman has to disguise himself as Batman in order to help Robin find out where his boss has gone. At one point, Superman also finds it necessary to round up Bane, the Mad Hatter, and the Riddler. The Riddler actually manages to get the jump on him and, using one of his gizmos to restrain him, he and Hatter sit back and watch as Bane tosses Bats around for a while... until "Batman" gets tired of trying to keep up appearances. Bane winds up [[CurbStompBattle getting the CRAP beaten out of him]] while everyone else (sans Robin) watch in utter disbelief.
--->'''Robin:''' He's been working out.
** Subverted in another episode when Clark notices that someone is following him. He turns into a dark alley, and the would-be robber thinks he's got him... but as soon as he enters the alley, no one is there, leaving him very confused. Cut to Clark up on the roof of the building next to the alleyway with a slightly annoyed look on his face...

* Done retroactively in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''. In an early episode, the Beagle Boys mug the mascot of Funzo's Fun Zone for his costume so they can further a scheme of theirs. At the end of Season 2, it's revealed that [[spoiler:the guy who wears the costume works for [[NebulousEvilOrganization F.O.W.L.]] -- specifically, they're ''the Phantom Blot'', arguably one of the most notorious criminals in Disney media]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''

* An early episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' had a random bar owner combine this with BullyingADragon. While he likely did not know Brock was a secret agent with a literal license to kill (which he used with gusto, especially with people who disrespected him but had expired at that point), Brock is still a wall of muscle twice the bartender's size with biceps bigger than the man's head. Despite this and Brock's perpetual snarl, the guy kept mocking Brock's hairdo.

* The ''Franchise/{{Avatar|The Last Airbender}}'' universe:

*** In the third season, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Earth Queen]] [[BigBadWannabe Hou-Ting]] mistakes the Red Lotus, the season's main antagonists, for ordinary bounty hunters. [[spoiler:When she tries to have them arrested, they defeat the Dai Li in a matter of ''seconds'', and Zaheer [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath asphyxiates the Earth Queen]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
** "Birds of a Feather" proves that just because Penguin always loses to Batman doesn't mean he is a bad fighter. He dominates a fight against three muggers before Batman intervenes and defeats all four of them (Batman thought he was with them until it was humorously resolved).
** Jervis Tech's first appearance in "Mad as a Hatter". He hadn't quite become the Mad Hatter yet, but when escorting his date Alice through the park, two muggers accosted them, and he quickly used his mind control devices on them. After doing so, he ordered them to "go jump in the river". They took it literally, climbing to the top of a bridge to do so.
** In "Holiday Knights", Poison Ivy gets the idea of using her mind-control lipstick to force some rich guy to finance a shopping spree for her and Harley. Unfortunately for them, they end up grabbing Bruce Wayne, who suits up and goes after them once he snaps out of Ivy's control.
** Joker ends up begging Batman to save him from some [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted particularly crazy/tricky victims of his crimes]] in "Beware the Creeper" and "Joker's Favor".
** "Joker's Favor" starts out with one of these moments. Normal Joe Charlie Collins has had a bad day, and so when a car cuts him off on the freeway, It's TheLastStraw and he begins to yell at the other driver -- until he gets a close look and sees that the other driver is ''The Joker''.

** Scene: a traffic light in Gotham. Two young women pull up alongside a car of three guys, who immediately begin catcalling and making disgusting comments. One of the women [[TranquilFury politely]] asks the men "Didn't your mommies tell you that's ''not'' the nice way to get a lady's attention?" The jerks, not getting the hint, promptly ask [[TemptingFate if the women are going to]] [[KinkySpanking spank them for being bad]]. By this point, you should probably know that the women are Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, two of Gotham's most dangerous supervillains -- which the men learn the hard way when Harley promises that they ''are'' going to spank them...and proceeds to whip out a [[{{BFG}} massive bazooka]] and blow their car to smithereens.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''
** The two-parter "The Call". In an attempt to escape Terry, Inque takes an approaching bystander hostage... who turns out to be [[Characters/DCAUSuperman Superman]]. On the whole, not her finest hour.
** Something similar also happens in the very first episode, when a group of Jokerz (a street gang patterning themselves after the original [[MonsterClown Joker]]) decides it would be a good idea to intimidate a certain old man by saying "We're the Jokerz!" Unfortunately, said old man was [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]]. Cue the CurbStompBattle.

** A small group of Jokerz harrasses Willy Watt midway through "Golem". They try to put the squeeze on him, but Willy calls out his [[HumongousMecha little friend]]...
** And in "Bloodsport", a lone Joker tries to mug Terry when he's being chased by the Stalker -- and gets dismissed in an especially pathetic fashion.
--->'''Joker:''' Your money or a [[PieInTheFace pie!]]\\
'''Terry:''' Some other time. ''(gut-punches him without slowing down)''
** Continuing with the Jokerz in a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'': the Jokerz lure two teens onto their turf... but one of them is Terry and the other one is Static. Uh oh. (Long story short, the Jokerz really aren't too bright.)
** Mr. Freeze uses his FreezeRay against Derek Powers when he thinks that Powers is just a regular CorruptCorporateExecutive. He quickly discovers that his target was really a radioactive WalkingWasteland when Powers melts his way out of the ice and attacks Freeze.

* In ''WesternAnimation/CyberSix'', a trio of students attempt to rough up Adrian (who is actually the titular Cyber in disguise) for rejecting Lori's advances in class. It's actually ''lucky'' for them that [[BadassNormal Lucas]] spotted them from the window and decided to intervene to help ''Adrian''.
* ''Bane'' of all people once fell prey to this in "Knight Time", a Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse Superman/Batman crossover in which Superman has to disguise himself as Batman in order to help Robin (Tim Drake) find out where his boss has gone. At one point, Superman also finds it necessary to round up Bane, the Mad Hatter, and the Riddler. The Riddler actually manages to get the jump on him and, using one of his gizmos to restrain him, he and Hatter sit back and watch as Bane tosses Bats around for a while... until "Batman" gets tired of trying to keep up appearances. Bane winds up [[CurbStompBattle getting the CRAP beaten out of him]] while everyone else (sans Robin) watch in utter disbelief.
-->'''Robin:''' He's been working out.
** Subverted in another episode, where Clark notices someone is following him. He turns into a dark alley, and the would-be robber thinks he's got him. But as soon as the person enters the alley, no one is there, and is very confused. Cut to Clark up on the roof of the building next to the alleyway with a slightly annoyed look on his face...

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', a bully stole Stewie's tricycle. It did ''not'' end well for the bully...
-->'''Stewie:''' Seven? Well, my, my. You're practically a lady. How ironic your life is in the hands of an infant...NOW TELL ME WHERE MY TRICYCLE IS!!!

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' had Bender constantly harassing a thin robot sitting in front of him at the movies. Eventually the skinny robot has enough and challenges him to "fisticuffs". Bender laughs... [[OhCrap until the guy transforms into a much buffer form]]. Turns out he was the Masked Unit, a professional robot fighter, and only a stroke of sheer luck saved him from being beaten.
** In another episode, Fry and Leela are nearly mugged by a homeless man and his tiny gun-wielding robot. But Fry is unhurt when the robot shoots him -- it turns out he and Leela had recently developed superpowers thanks to a medical cream Zoidberg gave them, which they then use to knock the muggers around.

* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeRenegades'' features James [=McCullen=] attempting to play hardball with Cobra Industries CEO Adam [=DeCobray=], saying he'll save Dr. Mindbender ([[BatmanGambit who he put in danger]] [[ChessMaster by luring the Joes to the building]]) if Cobra gives in to his "proposal". Cue [=DeCobray=] [[DramaticUnmask revealing his true identity]] as [[BigBad Cobra Commander]] and making the arms dealer a "[[AnOfferYouCantRefuse counter-proposal]]" [[OhCrap with a giant, hungry, mutant cobra]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', Iggins learns the hard way why it is ''not'' a good idea to withhold the Game Slave 2 from [[CreepyChild Gaz.]] How? She follows him all the way to his house, writes "the game is mine" on the bathroom mirror, appears in the door, steals all the batteries in the house to keep him from getting to the save point on the game, causes the elevator to malfunction ''when he's still in it,'' and finally throws him down said elevator shaft.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' had the Rodeo Clowns kidnap [[AxeCrazy Heloise]]. The results were obvious.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': In "Time, Warped: Weird Western Tales", Western gunslinger bandits try to rob a time-displaced Batman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman. They do have the sense to try to flee after they see her easily deflect "the biggest, slowest bullets I've ever seen", not that it does them any good.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': During "Graduation, Part 2", Ron, unbeknownst to the Lowardians, comes into control of a very great power, making Warhok and Warmonga's messing with his girlfriend a very poor idea. It crosses into BullyingADragon when they continue messing with him even after he's taken out all their tripods and thrown Warhok across the landscape.
* ''WesternAnimation/KuuKuuHarajuku'': In order to get Music alone to sign [=HJ-5=]'s managerial rights over to him, Sammy Starr kidnaps her.
-->'''Angel''': Poor thing doesn’t stand a chance.
-->'''G''': Music can handle herself.
-->'''Angel''': I was talking about Sammy.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', a demon sets up a scam to lure people into the woods looking for the “Bloom of Eternal Youth” so he can [[LifeDrinker drain their life force]]. The two people who take the bait are Eda and Lilith, two of the most powerful witches on the Boiling Isles. The end result was two unimpressed witches and one [[CurbStompBattle thoroughly thrashed demon]].
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', a thief -- not a supervillain, just a regular, common burglar -- [[TooDumbToLive actually tries to rob the Girls]], because he had somehow never heard of them. Needless to say, it does not go over well, though they couldn't just kick his ass immediately because they didn't want to wake the Professor. At the end of the episode, the thief was heading towards Mojo Jojo's house intending to rob him.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Lisa The Beauty Queen", the blue-haired lawyer and a pair of goons confront Principal Skinner about his student fair's use of Disney's copyrighted "Happiest Place On Earth" phrase. Upon informing Skinner that he's made a big mistake, Skinner calmly informs him that so has the blue-haired lawyer, before telling him they got an ex-green beret mad. He promptly hands them all their asses.

** Scott Tenorman repeatedly takes advantage of Eric Cartman to con him out of money and humiliate him. Cartman retaliates with a [[TheChessMaster Machiavellian]] [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] BatmanGambit that results in Scott's parents [[StuffedInTheFridge being murdered]], [[DisproportionateRetribution ground into chili]], and ''[[MoralEventHorizon fed to Scott]]'', timed perfectly so as Scott is having a complete breakdown over this his idols Music/{{Radiohead}} show up and mock him for crying. The episode ends with Cartman lapping up his tears and commenting on how delicious they are while Stan and Kyle deliver a horror-filled declaration:

** In another episode, a psychiatrist decides to test Cartman for anger issues by repeatedly calling him fat. Cartman appears to remain calm the entire time and is texting on a phone. Then the phone rings, the psychiatrist picks it up, and his wife starts yelling at him about his secret criminal record and about an affair he supposedly had with a 14-year-old girl before shooting herself in the head. He looks at [[ManipulativeBastard Cartman]] in shock, who puts down the mobile phone and glares at him.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': in one episode, a landlord named Evil J. [=LandBaron=] III tricks the naive Dennis Avarius into a deal to steal his entire family fortune, then [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids mocks him for believing in the best in people]]. Unfortunately for him, Dennis happens to be the little brother and MoralityPet of [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Ludo]], former BigBad of the show who successfully took over an entire kingdom when at his strongest. The very same night, Ludo breaks into [=LandBaron=]'s bedroom, [[KnightTemplarBigBrother takes the deeds away from him and has him devoured by his minions]].
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless The Lawless]]", two Mandalorian supercommandos on guard at the Sundari docks attempt to stop an old man in a cloak who lands a ship there without a permit. [[BigBad Darth Sidious]] just [[ForceChoke Force-chokes]] them to death without breaking stride.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
** An episode of the 1980s cartoon has Shredder being jumped by a mugger upon being teleported into Central Park after a long imprisonment in Dimension X. It is one of the few occasions on the show where Shredder actually gets to kick someone's ass.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'' has [[BadassNormal Robin]] on the run from the police who wrongfully accused him. He hides in an alleyway and notes that he needs a disguise to escape. Suddenly a thief appears, pulls out a gun, and says "Give me your money." [[BattleDiscretionShot We don't get to see the fight]], but we do see a tied up thief in his boxers, and Robin [[MuggedForDisguise wearing his clothes]] (and [[CoolShades shades]]).

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode "Jack's Sandals", the shoe store owner does this to the bikers. He verbally berates them for riding their bikes recklessly, and destroying property in the process. When he sees the bikers transform into cyborgs a-la "{{Transformers}}" style, you can see the store owner obviously feeling scared. Good thing Jack stepped in to deal with the bikers.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'':

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' cartoon (the one that took place in the ''Iron Man Hour''), a mugger tries to rob a guy in a trench coat with a young woman. That guy turns out to be the Thing. Alicia points out that with Ben, she feels safe walking in the park at night.