History Main / MenacingStroll

* Spike from ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''... and Buffy developed one too, for that matter.

* Creepily done in the miniseries ''The Deliberate Stranger'', about the exploits of SerialKiller Ted Bundy. A happy-go-lucky unsuspecting victim would walk past, the camera would pan down to the ground, and the viewer would get a shot of Bundy's feet as he slowly stalked her.

* [[{{Batman}} Catwoman]], in her various incarnations.

* Used Narmfully in the already SoBadItsGood ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k Silent Night Deadly Night 2]]''

* Michael Myers of the ''Film/{{Halloween}}'' series' highest level of speed, at least when the [[OffscreenTeleportation camera isn't on him]]. Even when his victims are running away from him, Michael manages to keep up with them with nothing more than a MenacingStroll.

* Ivan Vanko in ''Film/IronMan 2'' has a moment like this in the beginning, moseying on over to Tony Stark in his Whiplash rig while racecars crash and explode behind him.

* Altair in ''AssassinsCreed''. It's genetic - Ezio and Desmond walk the same way.

The MenacingStroll is the lithe, athletic walk of the perennial {{Badass}}, {{Determinator}}, or ImplacableMan. Not quite a strut, it is a subtle, confident gait that lets everyone know that the walker could kick the collective ass of everyone in the room without breaking a sweat, because they are ''just that awesome''. The MenacingStroll was first observed in the ''{{Castlevania}}'' games ([[FanNickname dubbed the Pimp Walk by fans]]), but it can also be found in assassins, thieves, and the leaner species of badass. It's all in the shoulders.

* Jotaro in [[TheAnimeOfTheGame The Game of the Anime]] ''JojosBizarreAdventure''.

* Commander Shepard in Mass Effect. Particularly notable when s/he walks into the Shadow Broker's lair despite knowing that he is "very large" and that anyone who has gone in there has never come back out. [[{{Badass}} And then Shepard points a gun at the Broker's head from 10 feet away.]]

* [[{{Tsukihime}} Arcueid]] in ''MeltyBlood'', in both vanilla and SuperpoweredEvilSide modes.

* Michael Myers of the ''{{Halloween}}'' series' highest level of speed, at least when the [[OffscreenTeleportation camera isn't on him]]. Even when his victims are running away from him, Michael manages to keep up with them with nothing more than a MenacingStroll.

* Michael Myers of the ''{{Halloween}}'' series' highest level of speed, at least when the [[OffscreenTeleportation camera isn't on him]]. Even when his victims are running away from him, he manages to keep up with them with his MenacingStroll.

* Commander Shepard in Mass Effect. Particularly notable when he walks into the Shadow Broker's lair despite knowing that he is "very large" and that anyone who has gone in there has never come back out. And then Shepard points a gun at the Broker's head from 10 feet away.

* [[{{Tsukihime}} Arcueid]] in MeltyBlood, in both vanilla and SuperpoweredEvilSide modes.

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* There is actually a "science" to body language which gets quite annoying once you start noticing it. Observe, if you will, the walk of GeorgeWBush next time, the way he walks is with arms outward and palms facing backward, which displays dominance. It gets ridiculous when you have two world leaders shaking hands as they vie for the dominating posture of the handshake for the photos.

* Used Narmfully in the already SoBadItsGood ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k SilentNightDeadlyNight 2]]''

* Altair in ''AssassinsCreed''. It's genetic - Ezio and Altair walk the same way.

* Altair in ''AssassinsCreed''.