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And in the other corner, we see Bob, alone and defenseless, seconds away from complete and utter doom, standing with his eyes fixed directly on what's going to kill him. He stares straight ahead, unaffected, unafraid; at the hungry lions, at the EvilOverlord, even at that hideous, inhuman '''''[[EldritchAbomination thing]]'''''.

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And in the other corner, we see Bob, alone and defenseless, seconds away from complete and utter doom, standing with his eyes fixed directly on what's going to kill him. He stares straight ahead, unaffected, unafraid; at the hungry lions, at the EvilOverlord, even at that hideous, inhuman '''''[[EldritchAbomination thing]]'''''.
'''''[-[[EldritchAbomination THING]]-]'''''.
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The seconds tick by. The forces of evil start to squirm a little bit. The lions don't move in for the kill. The villain stops his insane cackling. It... hesitates. The hero, through sheer badassery, has intimidated something which had an infinitely superior advantage over him.

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The seconds tick by. The forces of evil start to squirm a little bit. The lions don't move in for the kill. The villain stops his insane cackling. It... hesitates.'''[-HE... HESITATES-]'''. The hero, through sheer badassery, has intimidated something which had an infinitely superior advantage over him.
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* A literal instance of this trope occurs in Cthulhu's reveal trailer for ''{{VideoGame/Smite}}''. From [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Zeus]] nonetheless.

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* A literal instance of this trope occurs in Cthulhu's reveal trailer for ''{{VideoGame/Smite}}''. From [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Zeus]] nonetheless. While Cthulhu is driving the entire populace of Greece insane with his mere ''presence'', Zeus stands his ground and fearlessly meets the Great Dreamer's terrifying gaze, readying his iconic thunderbolt for the clash between gods to come.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor, although [[TheDreaded dreaded]] by many of the universe's most dangerous beings, is by himself (or herself) just a HumanAlien who's not ''that'' physically dangerous in person and also [[BewareTheSillyOnes often seems too weird to be that dangerous]]. But then they'll turn on the DeathGlare and let evil ''know'' he means business, and the OhCrap moments will come. For instance, he once made [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead a swarm of living shadows]] retreat just by telling them to look him up, and made ''them'' blink.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor, although [[TheDreaded dreaded]] by many of the universe's most dangerous beings, is by himself (or herself) themselves just a HumanAlien who's not ''that'' physically dangerous in person and also [[BewareTheSillyOnes often seems too weird to be that dangerous]]. But then they'll turn on the DeathGlare and let evil ''know'' he means they mean business, and the OhCrap moments will come. For instance, he they once made [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead a swarm of living shadows]] retreat just by telling them to look him the Doctor up, and made ''them'' blink.
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** At the beginning of "Blackwater", Bronn stares down Sandor Clegane, who's intent is very much to murder him. He later ends up saving Clegane himself during the ensuing battle.

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** At the beginning of "Blackwater", Bronn stares down Sandor Clegane, who's whose intent is very much to murder him. He later ends up saving Clegane himself during the ensuing battle.
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** Also demonstrated in ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies''. Every other villain and hero on earth is consumed by hunger when bitten. Reed Richards takes it like something that he needs to spread, Colonel America starts chowing down on government officials hidden in presidential bunkers, Thor's hammer abandons him, and Spider-Man's first meal as a zombie is Aunt May and Mary Jane. Doom? He calmly helps Ash from ''Evil Dead'' escape, only revealing he's been bitten and zombified just before Ash is teleported to another dimension. "Doom is no slave to hunger."

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** Also demonstrated in ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies''. Every other villain and hero on earth is consumed by hunger when bitten. Reed Richards takes it like something that he needs to spread, Colonel America starts chowing down on government officials hidden in presidential bunkers, Thor's hammer abandons him, and Spider-Man's first meal as a zombie is Aunt May and Mary Jane. Doom? He calmly helps [[Franchise/EvilDead Ash from ''Evil Dead'' Williams]] escape, only revealing he's been bitten and zombified just before Ash is teleported to another dimension. "Doom is no slave to hunger."

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