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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}}'': Trevor Belmont's first instinct on seeing Dracula is to punch him in the face (despite having [[AncestralWeapon Leon Belmont's sword]] and [[LightEmUp the]] [[EpicFlail Morning]] [[WhipItGood Star]] with him). [[NoSell Dracula doesn't even flinch]], and then sighs "You must be the Belmont..."

* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' had several episodes solely dedicated to allowing Revy the chance to kick ass, most notably on the Nazi ship.
** [[TheMafiya Hotel Moscow]] ''all the time''. Mainly because despite their occupation they still operate as a [[HumansAreWarriors military unit]], which gives them enormous advantage in the mob wars.

%% * In ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', TYL Hibari vs. the Millefiore Family mooks.

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[[caption-width-right:250:The [[WhatMeasureIsAMook poor Romans...]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:250:The [[WhatMeasureIsAMook poor Romans...]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The [[WhatMeasureIsAMook poor Romans...]]

This happens frequently when the character is a OneManArmy, or just a plain old regular badass. Sometimes involves ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask. The person may think VictoryIsBoring, and may tend to do BlaseBoast. Compare StrollingThroughTheChaos, where they (often) aren't even thinking of battling, merely walking through, while ignoring anything around him.

->''This isn't a fair fight. This is barely exercise. You outclass every fighter that the Medusa's Head has to offer, battering them senseless without needing to concentrate. Did you pay that bill? When is the coalman coming tomorrow? Why are people giving you rostygold? Oh, that's right.''
-->-- '''Videogame/FallenLondon''', when brawling at the local pit fights

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%% * In ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', TYL!Hibari vs. the Millefiore Family mooks.

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* The ComicBook/{{Asterix}} comic books have Asterix and his friend Obelix casually beating up people (usually Romans) who try attacking them. The page image is from ''Asterix the Gladiator''. A trainer is trying to capture Asterix and Obelix to put them in the arena by sending tough mooks to catch them as the two wander around town. Asterix and Obelix keep on casually batting their attackers away while discussing their real mission then on the way back to their inn, Asterix finally lampshades that he hasn't even noticed that anyone was attacking them.

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* ''Film/TheMatrix'': After his resurrection, Neo looks thoroughly bored ([[Creator/KeanuReeves even for him]]) as he effortlessly fights the agents attacking him, like it wouldn't seem that out of place if he put his hand over his mouth and yawned.

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* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' portrays Nappa as being like this, as he's countering Piccolo and Krillin's clone forms, he's singing "Patty-cake".
** Freeza has heard so many heroic speeches that he keeps a tab on how many times he's heard certain cliches (to the point that he's even heard [[LameComeback "We're going to f&*$ your FACE!"]] twelve times already). Later, when fighting Vegeta in Final Form, he thinks to himself how badly the Namek mission has been going and decides to [[PetTheDog send gift baskets to the families of the deceased Ginyu Force]]. Turns into a BrickJoke when [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Goku]] cheerfully declares "I'mma deck ya in the schnozz!" ... that, he's never heard before.

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* WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty: When fully equipped, Rick suffers from this if there isn't any good loot to be found. One example is in the early goings of [[Recap/RickAndMortyS3E4Vindicators3TheReturnOfWorldEnder Vindicators 3]], where Morty ropes him into participating in a supposed battle for the fate of the universe. Rick is just grumpy and complains loudly the whole time.

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He might be reading their name tags, or [[VideoGame/MetalGear stealing them]], or [[Franchise/JamesBond checking his watch in the middle of a fight]]--the point is, he's bored. [[BoringInvincibleHero Hopefully the viewer isn't.]]

* Basically how Accelerator in ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' is in any fight with his vector control (even after it having a time limit [[spoiler:after being shot in the head while concentrating too much on eliminating a virus from Last Order]]); seeing as his automatic reflection makes any attacks go straight back to the attacker, he quickly gets bored slaughtering mooks.

He might be reading their name tags, or [[Franchise/MetalGear stealing them]], or [[Franchise/JamesBond checking his watch in the middle of a fight]]--the point is, he's bored. [[BoringInvincibleHero Hopefully the viewer isn't.]]

This happens frequently when the character is a OneManArmy, or just a plain old regular badass. Sometimes involves ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask. The person may think VictoryIsBoring, and may tend to do BlaseBoast.

This happens frequently when the character is a OneManArmy, or just a plain old regular badass. Sometimes involves ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask.

* Saitama from ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' is so overpowered he kills every enemy in one punch without any effort. Or if he feels nice he either dodges or effortlessly blocks every attack.

** Freeza has heard so many heroic speeches that he keeps a tab on how many times he's heard certain cliches (to the point that he's even heard [[LameComeback "We're going to f&*$ your FACE!"]] twelve times already). Later, when fighting Vegeta in Final Form, he thinks to himself how badly the Namek mission has been going and decides to [[PetTheDog send gift baskets to the families of the deceased Ginyu Force]]. Turns into a BrickJoke when [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Goku]] cheerfully declares "I'mma deck ya in the schnozz!"

When the task is "kicking ass," some really go above and beyond. Sure, our protagonist may have just infiltrated the enemy base and killed six armed guards with his bare hands, but the fact remains that the enemy stronghold still contains at least a hundred other Mooks who are still alive and breathing, and that just won't do. As he's breaking necks without breaking a sweat, the constant stream of new foes is just barely enough to keep him from getting bored. He's suffering from EpicBattleBoredom.

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This happens frequently when the character is a OneManArmy, or just a plain old regular {{Badass}}. Sometimes involves ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask.

** Freeza has heard so many heroic speeches that he keeps a tab on how many times he's heard certain cliches (to the point that he's even heard [[LameComeback "We're going to f&*$ your FACE!"]] twelve times already). Later, when fighting Vegeta in Final Form, he thinks to himself how badly the Namek mission has been going and decides to [[PetTheDog send gift baskets to the families of the deceased Ginyu Force]].

* ''Film/TheMatrix'': After his resurrection, Neo looks thoroughly bored([[Creator/KeanuReeves even for him]]), as he effortlessly fights the agents attacking him. Like, it wouldn't seem that out of place if he put his hand over his mouth and yawned.