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* Martin Brundle/[[HalfHumanHybrid Martinfly]] from ''Film/TheFly 2'' after he fully mutates. Unlike his father in the first film (who got his genes mashed together with those of a fly, which slowly transformed him into strong, but [[BodyHorror sickly and asymmetrical]] mostrocity), Martin was born with those genes, meaning not only he's completely lucid, but his insect form is much more natural and viable. He's remarkably fast and capable of leaping great distances, strong enough to fold a grown man in half (''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath backwards]]'') and toss another one across the room, and a bullet to the torso only very temporary slows him down, if he wasn't outright feigning injury.

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* Martin Brundle/[[HalfHumanHybrid Martinfly]] from ''Film/TheFly 2'' after he fully mutates. Unlike his father in the first film (who got his genes mashed together with those of a fly, which slowly transformed him into a strong, but [[BodyHorror sickly and asymmetrical]] mostrocity), monstrosity), Martin was born with those genes, meaning not only he's completely lucid, but his insect form is much more natural and viable. He's remarkably fast and capable of leaping great distances, strong enough to fold a grown man in half (''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath backwards]]'') and toss another one across the room, and a room. A bullet to the torso only very temporary slows him down, if he wasn't outright feigning injury.

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* [[TruthInTelevision True to her species]], Gloria the hippo of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' is capable of running great speeds despite her bulk. It's carried over to the video games, where jalapeños can be used to boost her speed.

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* [[TruthInTelevision True to her species]], Gloria the hippo of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' is capable of running great speeds despite her bulk. It's carried over to the video games, where jalapeños can be used to boost her speed.

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* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'': Despite his size and weight, Riddick is incredibly quick on his feet and is capable of performing amazing feats of physical athleticism, such as leaping great distances, running without stop for long periods of time and being strong enough to go toe to toe with a Bioraptor and mutilating it.

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* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'': ''Franchise/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'':
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Despite his size and weight, Riddick is incredibly quick on his feet and is capable of performing amazing feats of physical athleticism, such as leaping great distances, running without stop for long periods of time and being strong enough to go toe to toe with a Bioraptor and mutilating it.it.
** The Necromongers are no less capable of fighters because of the armour they wear. Upper-Tier Necromongers are pretty damn quick on their feet, like Vaako and his personal retinue of Necromongers, to the Lord Marshall; who admittedly, has genuine super-speed due to being Holy Half-Dead
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* Martin Brundle/[[HalfHumanHybrid Martinfly]] from ''Film/TheFly 2'' after he fully mutates. Unlike his father in the first film (who got his genes mashed together with those of a fly, which slowly transformed him into strong, but [[BodyHorror sickly and asymmetrical]] mostrocity), Martin was born with those genes, meaning not only he's completely lucid, but his insect form is much more natural and viable. He's remarkably fast and capable of leaping great distances, strong enough to fold a grown man in half (''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath backwards]]'') and toss another one across the room, and a bullet to the torso only very temporary slows him down, if he wasn't outright feigning injury.
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* [[TruthInTelevision True to her species]], Gloria the hippo of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' is capable of running great speeds despite her bulk. It's carried over to the video games, where jalapeños can be used to boost her speed.
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** Spidey, however, he is more toned down. While he is definitely superhuman and can easily outmatched any human in strength, speed and durability, he is a FragileSpeedster when compared to the LIzard.

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** Spidey, however, he is more toned down. While he is definitely superhuman and can easily outmatched any human in strength, speed and durability, he is a FragileSpeedster when compared to the LIzard.Lizard.
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** Spider-Man/Peter Parker himself compared to nearly everybody, including his foes, especially compared to TheAmazingSpiderMan reboot where he is more of a FragileSpeedster. Symbiote Spidey also as the symbiote makes Spidey stronger, quicker and tougher.

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** Spider-Man/Peter Parker himself compared to nearly everybody, including his foes, especially compared to TheAmazingSpiderMan reboot where he is more of a FragileSpeedster. Symbiote Spidey also as the symbiote makes Spidey stronger, quicker and tougher.foes.



** Spidey, however, [[FragileSpeedster is a bit weaker in this one]].

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** Spidey, however, [[FragileSpeedster he is more toned down. While he is definitely superhuman and can easily outmatched any human in strength, speed and durability, he is a bit weaker in this one]].FragileSpeedster when compared to the LIzard.
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** Spider-Man/Peter Parker himself compared to nearly everybody, including his foes. Symbiote Spidey also as the symbiote makes Spidey stronger, quicker and tougher.

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** Spider-Man/Peter Parker himself compared to nearly everybody, including his foes.foes, especially compared to TheAmazingSpiderMan reboot where he is more of a FragileSpeedster. Symbiote Spidey also as the symbiote makes Spidey stronger, quicker and tougher.
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** BigBad SuperSoldier John Harrison [[spoiler: aka Khan Noonien Singh]] also qualifies, being the physically strongest character in the film series seen so far, as well as being lightning fast in close combat.
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* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'': Despite his size and weight, Riddick is incredibly quick on his feet and is capable of performing amazing feats of physical athleticism, such as leaping great distances, running without stop for long periods of time and being strong enough to go toe to toe with a Bioraptor and mutilating it.
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* ''Film/{{Elysium}}'': Max, Kruger, Drakey, and Crowe all qualify.
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** ''[[BadassGrandpa Yoda]]''. Able to fight the kriffing ''Sith'ari'' to a draw, and he's all over the place during the fight--you'll hit where he ''was'' half a [[Literature/TheCorellianTrilogy grimnal]] ago.
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* In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', a GeneralRipper admiral commissions the U.S.S. ''Vengeance'', a beast of a starship (called "Dreadnought-class" in-movie) that is designed to run down enemy starships while at warp and tear them to shreds.

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* In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', a GeneralRipper admiral [[spoiler: [[GeneralRipper Admiral Marcus]]]] commissions the U.S.S. ''Vengeance'', a beast of a starship (called "Dreadnought-class" in-movie) that is designed to run down enemy starships while at warp and tear them to shreds.
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* The title character of ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' is fairly fast, able to wreck things so quickly that his fists act like a pair of jackhammers. Also, King Candy's Cy-Bug form has enough power to smack down ''Ralph'' of all people, and he's shown to be remarkably fast.

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* The title character of ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' is fairly fast, able to wreck things so quickly that his fists act like a pair of jackhammers. Also, [[spoiler: King Candy's Cy-Bug form form]] has enough power to smack down ''Ralph'' of all people, and he's shown to be remarkably fast.
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* The Australian Jaeger, Striker Eureka from ''Film/PacificRim''. Despite being the fastest of any of the unveiled Jaegers, it's easily a match in strength and durability to the MightyGlacier Russian Jaeger that out masses it by 560 tons. That said, considering size and scale of the Jaegers, 560 isn't a massive difference in weight.
** Justified, Cherno may have about 30% more mass than Striker, but Striker has four generations on Cherno.
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* In ''Film/IpMan 2'', the Twister is not only as fast as Master Hung and Ip, but stronger and tougher. He holds the distinction of being the only character to knock Ip down onscreen.

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* In ''Film/IpMan ''IpMan 2'', the Twister is not only as fast as Master Hung and Ip, but stronger and tougher. He holds the distinction of being the only character to knock Ip down onscreen.
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* In ''Film/IpMan 2'', the Twister is not only as fast as Master Hung and Ip, but stronger and tougher. He holds the distinction of being the only character to knock Ip down onscreen.
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* ''Film/{{Mulan}}''
** Chien-Po may look like a BigGuy MightyGlacier, (and he shows himself to be just as strong as he looks,) but he's as agile as a monkey.
** Considering that Shan Yu is able to trade blows with him during the climax, he might also count, albeit as the "hard-hitting speedster" type, rather than the "fast big guy" type.
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* In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', a GeneralRipper admiral commissions the U.S.S. ''Vengeance'', a beast of a starship (called "Dreadnought-class" in-movie) that is designed to run down enemy starships while at warp and tear them to shreds.
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** Venom is one too.

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** Venom {{ComicBook/Venom}} is one too.
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* [[EvilSorceror Jafar]] in ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', when ScaledUp to his [[OneWingedAngel giant cobra form]]. [[TruthInTelevision Just like a real cobra]], he is ''REALLY'' fast and [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever his huge size]] makes him very powerful.

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* [[EvilSorceror [[EvilSorcerer Jafar]] in ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', when ScaledUp to his [[OneWingedAngel giant cobra form]]. [[TruthInTelevision Just like a real cobra]], he is ''REALLY'' fast and [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever his huge size]] makes him very powerful.

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* The droideka in ''Franchise/StarWars''. It can roll into a ball and move at ridiculous speed, and when it unrolls, it's protected by a deflector shield and a pair of rapid-fire blaster cannons. In the films, they could drive off even Jedi. Its weakness? It can't deflect or shoot while it's rolling around, and it often has to lose the shield to reduce expenses.
** It's revealed in the ''Revenge of the Sith'' novelization that their shields are precisely tuned to be used only when standing upright, so if one can be knocked over, its generator will short out.

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* The droideka in ''Franchise/StarWars''. It can roll into a ball and move at ridiculous speed, and when it unrolls, it's protected by a deflector shield and a pair of rapid-fire blaster cannons. In the films, they could drive off even Jedi. Its weakness? It can't deflect or shoot while it's rolling around, and it often has to lose the shield to reduce expenses.
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expenses. It's also revealed in the ''Revenge of the Sith'' ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' novelization that their shields are precisely tuned to be used only when standing upright, so if one can be knocked over, its generator will short out.
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* [[EvilSorceror Jafar]] in ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', when ScaledUp to his [[OneWingedAngel giant cobra form]]. [[TruthInTelevision Just like a real cobra]], he is ''REALLY'' fast and his huge size makes him very powerful.

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* [[EvilSorceror Jafar]] in ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', when ScaledUp to his [[OneWingedAngel giant cobra form]]. [[TruthInTelevision Just like a real cobra]], he is ''REALLY'' fast and [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever his huge size size]] makes him very powerful.
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* [[EvilSorceror Jafar]] in ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', when ScaledUp to his [[OneWingedAngel giant cobra form]]. [[Truth in Television Just like a real cobra]], he is ''REALLY'' fast and his huge size makes him very powerful.

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* [[EvilSorceror Jafar]] in ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', when ScaledUp to his [[OneWingedAngel giant cobra form]]. [[Truth in Television [[TruthInTelevision Just like a real cobra]], he is ''REALLY'' fast and his huge size makes him very powerful.
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* [[EvilSorceror Jafar]] in ''Disney/Aladdin'', when ScaledUp to his [[OneWingedAngel giant cobra form]]. [[Truth in Television Just like a real cobra]], he is ''REALLY'' fast and his huge size makes him very powerful.

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* [[EvilSorceror Jafar]] in ''Disney/Aladdin'', ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', when ScaledUp to his [[OneWingedAngel giant cobra form]]. [[Truth in Television Just like a real cobra]], he is ''REALLY'' fast and his huge size makes him very powerful.

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* The Creator/SamRaimi ''Film/{{Spider-Man Trilogy}}''

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* [[EvilSorceror Jafar]] in ''Disney/Aladdin'', when ScaledUp to his [[OneWingedAngel giant cobra form]]. [[Truth in Television Just like a real cobra]], he is ''REALLY'' fast and his huge size makes him very powerful.
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* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': The Lizard who is very big, very strong and ''very'' fast. [[HealingFactor And can heal from any gun wound.]]

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* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': The Lizard who is very big, very strong and ''very'' fast. [[HealingFactor And can heal heal]] from any gun wound.]]wound, even MoreDakka.
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* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': The Lizard who is very big, very strong and ''very'' fast.

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* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': The Lizard who is very big, very strong and ''very'' fast. [[HealingFactor And can heal from any gun wound.]]
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* ''Film/{{The Amazing Spider-Man}}'': The Lizard who is very big, very strong and ''very'' fast.

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* ''Film/{{The Amazing Spider-Man}}'': ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': The Lizard who is very big, very strong and ''very'' fast.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' has the Night Fury, Toothless, easily the fastest dragon in flight, and with one of the most powerful fire blasts. Also, despite being comparatively small, he easily survives hitting the ground any time he gets shot down or loses control of his flight.
* Gru from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''
* The title character of ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' is fairly fast, able to wreck things so quickly that his fists act like a pair of jackhammers. Also, King Candy's Cy-Bug form has enough power to smack down ''Ralph'' of all people, and he's shown to be remarkably fast.
* Io from ''WesternAnimation/EscapeFromPlanetEarth''. A genuine example.
* The Creator/SamRaimi ''Film/{{Spider-Man Trilogy}}''
** Spider-Man/Peter Parker himself compared to nearly everybody, including his foes. Symbiote Spidey also as the symbiote makes Spidey stronger, quicker and tougher.
** Venom is one too.
* ''Film/{{The Amazing Spider-Man}}'': The Lizard who is very big, very strong and ''very'' fast.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga''
** Batman/Bruce Wayne in ''Film/BatmanBegins'', due in part to Nolan's use of quick cuts for every move. He's more like TheJuggernaut in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' brings in elements of both tropes in his fights.
** Bane's portrayal in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' demonstrates this as well. In the stock exchange raid, he uses a motorcycle helmet to knock out three security guards in under seven seconds. Also, while strong enough to punch holes in concrete, he has incredible reflexes and speed to match up with Batman.
* In the MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** [[spoiler: Obadiah Stane[=/=]Iron Monger]] in the ''Film/IronMan'' film could be considered one of these; his suit is fast enough to catch up with Tony's despite Tony's smaller suit and head-start, while also being stronger to boot.
** For that matter, [[FlyingBrick Iron Man]] himself.
** The second ''Film/IronMan'' film has Ivan Vanko, able to hit professional racecars with his whips and faster than both Tony and Rhodey in his suit at the end. And Tony's new Arc Reactor means he doesn't have the excuse of being low on power! His bruiser qualities are self-evident.
** ''Film/{{Thor}}'' is a literal version of this trope because he is the God of Thunder and Lightning. He's strong enough to throw his hammer through multiple Frost giants at a time, one hit almost all of them with a lighting strike created earthquake and smash through the back of an enormous monster's head. And he flies. Very, very fast.
** The Incredible Hulk in ''Film/TheAvengers'' is remarkably fast for a huge green rage monster, and it's quite evident during the final battle, when he's just plowing through the alien forces with amazing agility.
* Danny Bateman in ''Film/TheReplacements''. He plays on the defensive line, so you expect him to be strong. What you ''don't'' expect, is him crashing through the other team's blockers after the snap, and tackling the quarter-back before he's had the chance to take two steps back. The guy's day job? A one-man SWAT team.
* The droideka in ''Franchise/StarWars''. It can roll into a ball and move at ridiculous speed, and when it unrolls, it's protected by a deflector shield and a pair of rapid-fire blaster cannons. In the films, they could drive off even Jedi. Its weakness? It can't deflect or shoot while it's rolling around, and it often has to lose the shield to reduce expenses.
** It's revealed in the ''Revenge of the Sith'' novelization that their shields are precisely tuned to be used only when standing upright, so if one can be knocked over, its generator will short out.
* The Film/{{Transformers}} are incredibly fast and graceful despite being made of huge, durable metal parts.
* The Franchise/{{Terminator}} is fast ''and'' incredibly tough, and the later movies showed them getting progressively faster and meaner. Between the original, Uncle Bob, the T-1000, the T-X, [[Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles Cameron, Cromartie, Catherine Weaver]], and Marcus, there's no shortage of these tough, fast, and very literal killing machines.
* All robots in ''Film/RealSteel'' are big, armored, and heavy. And yet they move no different than a heavyweight boxer. Atom even more so, as he is smaller than an average fighting bot (but still bigger than a human), while possessing a lot more armor (he can shrug off punches that shatter latest-generation contenders).
* In ''Film/KungFuHustle'', The Beast is super strong and super fast even by the standards of the martial artists in the film. He demonstrates this to the Axe Gang who initially underestimate him due to his appearance by firing a handgun a few inches from his head and [[BulletCatch catching the bullet]].
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