History Main / MenacingStroll

* Dante from ''Franchise/DevilMayCry''.

* In the ''{{Discworld}}'', the Shades of Anhk-Morpork are a place where normally no woman would dare to walk alone by night. [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6093110/16/Clowning-is-a-Serious-Business Given sufficient reason and fired by anger]], Miss Alice Band conveys via body language that of all the dangerous scary things that could be encountered by night in a dark badly-lit villanous hive, a Lady Assassin with vengeance on her mind and anger to burn off is pretty much the scariest. Other denizens of the night notice this and give her a wide berth and lots of personal space.

The MenacingStroll is the lithe, athletic walk of the perennial badass. 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 Menacing Stroll [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mif5ya4JUy0 was first observed]] in the ''Franchise/{{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.

* Commander Shepard in ''Franchise/MassEffect''. Particularly notable when Shepard walks into the Shadow Broker's lair despite knowing that he is "[[LargeAndInCharge 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.]]

The MenacingStroll is the lithe, athletic walk of the perennial {{Badass}}. 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 Menacing Stroll [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mif5ya4JUy0 was first observed]] in the ''Franchise/{{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.

* Simon Belmont and his kin from ''{{Franchise/Castlevania}}''.

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

* [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Barbossa.]] Captain Jack Sparrow, not so much.

The MenacingStroll is the lithe, athletic walk of the perennial {{Badass}}. 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 Menacing Stroll was first observed in the ''{{Franchise/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.

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* This, in addition to their larger size, is what separates soldiers from the workers in the Kalash93 story, [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey.]]

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* The various models of {{Franchise/Terminator}} can pull this off even when buck naked. Robert Patrick was even cast [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay as the T-1000]] for his ability to do this at a very brisk pace.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k Used Narmfully]] in the already SoBadItsGood ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightPart2''

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

* How we are introduced to the Pyro of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' in the video ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I Meet The Pyro]]''. His menacing stroll sends the others running. [[spoiler: Of course, s/he assumes [[InnocentInaccurate s/he's just skipping]] in a SugarBowl world.]]

* Wesker from ResidentEvil5's Mercenaries mode moves with a menacing, confident stride when he isn't FlashStepping.

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* [[Creator/CharlizeTheron Charlize Theron]] explains how to do it: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2cUtdv99ig "You have to come from your core really tight, shoulders down, neck long... and then just think 'murder', and walk."]]

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* This, in addition to thier larger size, is what seperates soldiers from the workers in the Kalash93 story, [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey.]]

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* Deconstructed by ''Film/BehindTheMaskTheRiseOfLeslieVernon'', where Leslie reveals that he runs full-tilt when the victim isn't looking and switches to a power walk when they are. He does a lot of cardio to make the illusion work.

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* Cell from ''Anime/DragonballZ'' practically oozes evil as he walks.

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

* Dante from ''DevilMayCry''.

The MenacingStroll is the lithe, athletic walk of the perennial {{Badass}}. 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 ''{{Franchise/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.

* How we are introduced to the Pyro of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' The Pyro in the video ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I Meet The Pyro]]''. His menacing stroll sends the others running. [[spoiler: Of course, s/he assumes [[InnocentInaccurate s/he's just skipping]] in a SugarBowl world.]]

* [[BigBad Cell]], from ''Anime/DragonballZ'' practically oozes evil as he walks.

* ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''\'s Richard Harrow.

* ''Film/GrandBudapestHotel'': Dmitri attempts this while stalking Agatha down a hotel hallway, but when he rounds a corner he realizes that she started running as soon as she was out of sight, forcing him to start frantically sprinting after her.

* Deconstructed by ''Film/BehindTheMask'', where Leslie reveals that he runs full-tilt when the victim isn't looking and switches to a power walk when they are. He does a lot of cardio to make the illusion work.

* John Reese practically ''owns'' this trope on ''Series/{{PersonOfInterest}}''.