History Main / TheSlowWalk

-->-- '''''[[Literature/TheActsOfCaine Blade of Tyshalle]]'''''

* Toward the end of ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'' you have the choice to pick up [[spoiler:Zulf]] and leave your weapon behind, or leave [[spoiler:Zulf]] behind and fight your way through. Picking up [[spoiler:Zulf]] results in the the kid's movement being greatly slowed as he walks through an army of [[spoiler:Ura]] who continue to shoot at him. [[spoiler:Though an ass-kicking does not follow, when the Ura see that the Kid, a Caelondian, is carrying one of their own, who they nearly killed in anger, they stop shooting and just let him walk past.]] All set to [[CrowningMusicofAwesome great music]]. All while the player is still in control.

A few things might happen during this time. The enemy might send a barrage of projectiles heading toward the hero, which are casually dodged or deflected, or completely ignored. The hero might be in the middle of a battlefield with explosions happening all around him that don't affect him at all. He also might encounter multiple enemies during his walk, who he will dispatch effortlessly, never changing pace and never taking his eyes off his target.

* Done to dramatic effect in Superman vs. Goku 2 in ''WebVideo/DeathBattle as Superman'' walks through Super Saiyan Blue Goku firing a full blast Kamehameha at him to show that he can't beat him.

** Makarov and his gang in "No Russian", to make themselves seem even more terrifying to their victims.

* Toward the end of ''VideoGame/Bastion'' you have the choice to pick up [[spoiler:Zulf]] and leave your weapon behind, or leave [[spoiler:Zulf]] behind and fight your way through. Picking up [[spoiler:Zulf]] results in the the kid's movement being greatly slowed as he walks through an army of [[spoiler:Ura]] who continue to shoot at him. [[spoiler:Though an ass-kicking does not follow, when the Ura see that the Kid, a Caelondian, is carrying one of their own, who they nearly killed in anger, they stop shooting and just let him walk past.]] All set to [[CrowningMusicofAwesome great music]]. All while the player is still in control.

* ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': [=AT-ATs=] are this trope meets TheJuggernaut. Slow moving, impossible to stop, utterly terrifying.

* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' ''owns'' this, in a villain example. If not the TropeMaker, darn close.
* The Bride from ''Film/KillBill''.
* Clint Eastwood from ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}''.
* Also, Clint Eastwood in ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'', although he's wearing an armor plate underneath.
* ''Film/ConAir'': Nicholas Cage pulls out this move.

* Inigo Montoya does this at the end of ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' at the same time as making a certain catch phrase of his about fifty times more quotable.

** Tonberries.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' gives us the [[GunsAkimbo Dual Guns]] arts Ghostwalker and Ghost Factory. The user drops their guns to the side and either walk to the left (Ghostwalker) or walk straight forward and strike a T-pose (Ghost Factory). During the walk the user is completely immune, and at the completion the user (or the entire party with Factory) will be granted the status of Decoy, which makes a certain number of attacks automatically miss. Used properly with the mechanics provided within the game and it's very much the GameBreaker that it sounds like and for a player might signify them saying to the enemy "I've had enough of your shit"

* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in Machinima/RedVsBlue Season 9, Episode 15: "The Sarcophagus" by Washington, when he and Carolina are slowly approached by an Insurrectionist ODST with flame-painted armor and a visor painted to look like a shark's mouth.

* Done to dramatic effect in Superman vs. Goku 2 in WebVideo/DeathBattle as Superman walks through Super Saiyan Blue Goku firing a full blast Kamehameha at him to show that he can't beat him.

* Done in a very {{Badass}} way near the end of ''Manga/XxxHOLiC: the movie''. Despite being assaulted left and right by explosions, poltergeists and the like, she walks so steady it sounds like a metronome. In the manga, he also does this to the BigBad, before the later wisely decides to try and run away. Not that it did him much good.

* Done by Tamahome before the final battle in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''. Given that he just [[spoiler:escaped limbo]], he looks pretty {{Badass}} doing it.

* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', Axonn finally gets to the showdown with his former friend Brutaka. Brutaka is not only powerful enough to down [[TheWorfEffect all six of the main heroes and the supporting cast with one swing of his blade]], he's also wearing a Mask of Dimensional Gates and is beefed up on Antidermis (a substance that works like steroids on his species). After Axonn is nearly electrocuted by the very same blades he had once given Brutaka as a gift, and is threatened by a portal to the "Zone of Darkness", he suddenly becomes very calm and does TheSlowWalk towards Brutaka; now shrugging off every single energy blast and boulder thrown at him no matter how strong and locking blades with his former comrade; all the while delivering a {{Badass}} speech about how he understands that Brutaka is completely lost and how he will deny him and his evil at all costs. Poor Brutaka didn't stand much of a chance after that, and the hilarious thing is [[OhCrap he knows it]] because he's seen Axonn do that before in the backstory and [[UnstoppableRage the]] [[TheJuggernaut results]]. He ''does'' try to [[ShutUpKirk rally himself and even the odds]] by disarming Axonn and attempting to ingest more Antidermis, but it wasn't enough.

* Stonewall Jackson had this reputation in RealLife. Rifles at the time weren't very accurate, so hits were rare. Still it takes a real {{Badass}} to be completely unfazed as bullets are whizzing by. Jackson was a deeply religious man who said (paraphrased), "If the Lord decides it's my time to go there's nothing I can do about it except be ready to meet Him." He didn't take lunatic chances, he just did what he had to do and didn't worry with a lot of ducking and dodging. For a most excellent and true-to-life portrayal of him watch Stephen Lang in ''Film/GodsAndGenerals''.

* In ''Franchise/{{Bionicle}}'', Axonn finally gets to the showdown with his former friend Brutaka. Brutaka is not only powerful enough to down [[TheWorfEffect all six of the main heroes and the supporting cast with one swing of his blade]], he's also wearing a Mask of Dimensional Gates and is beefed up on Antidermis (a substance that works like steroids on his species). After Axonn is nearly electrocuted by the very same blades he had once given Brutaka as a gift, and is threatened by a portal to the "Zone of Darkness", he suddenly becomes very calm and does TheSlowWalk towards Brutaka; now shrugging off every single energy blast and boulder thrown at him no matter how strong and locking blades with his former comrade; all the while delivering a {{Badass}} speech about how he understands that Brutaka is completely lost and how he will deny him and his evil at all costs. Poor Brutaka didn't stand much of a chance after that, and the hilarious thing is [[OhCrap he knows it]] because he's seen Axonn do that before in the backstory and [[UnstoppableRage the]] [[TheJuggernaut results]]. He ''does'' try to [[ShutUpKirk rally himself and even the odds]] by disarming Axonn and attempting to ingest more Antidermis, but it wasn't enough.

* ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': [=AT-ATs=] ARE this trope. Slow moving, impossible to stop, utterly terrifying.

* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'': "Remember: No Russian."

* ''Film/{{Terminator}}'' ''owns'' this, in a villain example. If not the TropeMaker, darn close.

* In ''Franchise/{{Bionicle}}'', Axonn finally gets to the showdown with his former friend Brutaka. Brutaka is not only powerful enough to down [[TheWorfEffect all six of the main heroes and the supporting cast with one swing of is blade]], he's also wearing a Mask of Dimensional Gates and is beefed up on Antidermis (a substance that works like steroids on his species). After Axonn is nearly electrocuted by the very same blades he had once given Brutaka as a gift, and is threatened by a portal to the "Zone of Darkness", he suddenly becomes very calm and does TheSlowWalk towards Brutaka; now shrugging off every single energy blast and locking blades with his former comrade; all the while delivering a {{Badass}} speech about how he understands that Brutaka is completely lost and how he will deny him and his evil at all costs. Poor Brutaka didn't stand much of a chance after that.

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* Sengoku Shunsuke from ''Anime/{{Cyber City Oedo 808}}'' did this at the climax of the first episode. Somewhat subverted in that he realized his half-man-half-computer opponent was predicting his dodge moves, so when he started the slow walk his opponent launched attacks aimed at where he was ''expecting'' Sengoku to leap to and consequently missed. Sengoku ''did'' still take a few glancing hits, but just shrugged them off.

* ''Manga/MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok'': Loki does this on occasion, most noticeably when he's walking into the mansion of the Norns, and they throw both a storm of knives and a couple of evil spirits at him - and he just keeps walking, casually commenting on the 'warm reception'. Interestingly enough, he doesn't seem to be actually deflecting or dodging anything, indicating either that even the Goddesses of Fate are subject to mandatory training at the ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy, or that Loki possesses some sort of [[RealityWarper 'probability control']] power that allows him to simply make them miss.
** Given that he's the Trickster God trapped in the form of a boy, 'tis probably the latter.

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* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in Machinima/RedVsBlue Season 9, Episode 15: "The Sarcophagus" by Washington, when he and Carolina are slowly approached by an Insurrectionist ODST with flame-painted armor and a visor painted to look like a shark's mouth.
-->'''Washington:''' "What the [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] is with this guy?"
* ''WebAnimation/FallOfTheCrystalEmpire'' has Princess Luna combining this with a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at the climax of the battle against King Sombra, who has [[GoneHorriblyWrong succeeded in provoking]] her SuperPoweredEvilSide.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has ComicBook/BlackPanther approach Man-Ape by slowly walking through sonic waves, then slash Man-Ape with his claws.

* Claire from ''{{Claymore}}'' whenever she's facing down an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Awakened Being]]. As she slowly walks toward them they usually launch a barrage of attack which all seem to miss while she just keeps walking. (Really she's sensing their energy and dodging just enough to avoid the attacks.)
* ''MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok'': Loki does this on occasion, most noticeably when he's walking into the mansion of the Norns, and they throw both a storm of knives and a couple of evil spirits at him - and he just keeps walking, casually commenting on the 'warm reception'. Interestingly enough, he doesn't seem to be actually deflecting or dodging anything, indicating either that even the Godesses of Fate are subject to mandatory training at the ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy, or that Loki possesses some sort of [[RealityWarper 'probability control']] power that allows him to simply make them miss.

* In ''[[Anime/DigimonSavers Digimon Data Squad]]'' Shinegreymon [[SuperMode Burst Mode]] does this, combined with an OutOfTheInferno and one ''serious'' DeathGlare, just before finishing off Akihiro Kurata. Coupled with the incredible rocking hard BGM in either the original or the dub ([[CrowningMusicOfAwesome both are awesome]]), this is a definite CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* ''MahouSenseiNegima''

* Done in a very BadAss way near the end of ''Manga/XxxHOLiC: the movie''. Despite being assaulted left and right by explosions, poltergeists and the like, she walks so steady it sounds like a metronome. In the manga, he also does this to the BigBad, before the later wisely decides to try and run away. Not that it did him much good.

* In ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', the title character masters the [[spoiler:Ryuusui Seikuuken]], a technique purely designed to be used as the slow walk. I mean, he walks through a self-destructing arena like he's taking a casual stroll
* Done by Tamahome before the final battle in ''FushigiYuugi''. Given that he just [[spoiler:escaped limbo]], he looks pretty BadAss doing it.

* ''SinCity'' has a good example, although Marv is walking to a bar and not a fight, he's still contemplating tracking down a group of people and killing them.

* In ''{{Bionicle}}'', Axonn finally gets to the showdown with his former friend Brutaka. Brutaka is not only powerful enough to down [[TheWorfEffect all six of the main heroes and the supporting cast with one swing of is blade]], he's also wearing a Mask of Dimensional Gates and is beefed up on Antidermis (a substance that works like steroids on his species). After Axonn is nearly electrocuted by the very same blades he had once given Brutaka as a gift, and is threatened by a portal to the "Zone of Darkness", he suddenly becomes very calm and does TheSlowWalk towards Brutaka; now shrugging off every single energy blast and locking blades with his former comrade; all the while delivering a BadAss speech about how he understands that Brutaka is completely lost and how he will deny him and his evil at all costs. Poor Brutaka didn't stand much of a chance after that.

* ''PowerRangers'': their giant robot advances, it is being shot at, but the explosions from the projectiles are useless.

* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV ExDeath]] in ''DissidiaFinalFantasy''. When he needs to get around quickly, he teleports. At all other times, he ''pimp-walks''. Only partially justified in that he's in a suit of armor, because other villains with similar armor (like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Garland]] or [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Golbez]]) aren't nearly as encumbered.

* In ''ShadowComplex'', once you find the Fusion Helmet, you're ImmuneToBullets as long as you do this.

* In NoSongsForTheDead Miranda Io does this as she is battling Romeo in the end of Chapter 2. Might also be considered as an OminousWalk as Miranda's morality is slightly ambiguous.

* Stonewall Jackson had this reputation in RealLife. Rifles at the time weren't very accurate, so hits were rare. Still it takes a real BadAss to be completely unfazed as bullets are whizzing by. Jackson was a deeply religious man who said (paraphrased), "If the Lord decides it's my time to go there's nothing I can do about it except be ready to meet Him." He didn't take lunatic chances, he just did what he had to do and didn't worry with a lot of ducking and dodging. For a most excellent and true-to-life portrayal of him watch Stephen Lang in ''Film/GodsAndGenerals''.

** The thing that made retreats so difficult in the age of massed formations was that, in order to retreat and maintain unit cohesion and effectiveness, you had to have troops trained and disciplined enough to walk away from the enemy that they were retreating from. As one character in the ''HoratioHornblower'' books stated: Once the troops ''start'' running, it's much harder to get them to ''stop.'' Of course, rounding up and rallying fleeing infantry in the event of such a gambit failing was one of the roles of Cavalry troops.

* The concept of marching fire. Early examples of this developed when formations of infantry could more practically deliver volley fire and reload while on the move. WorldWarI saw some brief experimentation in this trope, using [[MoreDakka modern automatic rifles]] used by modern small units instead of single-shot rifles wielded by blocks of soldiers. The modern version was to enable a compromise between fire and movement, allowing a unit to close in with the enemy while still adding their own fire support. Unfortunately, even when complimented by non-moving fire support, the technique was too little fire and not enough movement.

* ''{{Shenmue}}'''s Ryo Hazuki is an absolute master of this, if you're doing the [[PressXToNotDie QTEs correctly, anyway.]]

* Stonewall Jackson had this reputation in RealLife. Rifles at the time weren't very accurate, so hits were rare. Still it takes a real BadAss to be completely unfazed as bullets are whizzing by. Jackson was a deeply religious man who said (paraphrased), "If the Lord decides it's my time to go there's nothing I can do about it except be ready to meet Him." He didn't take lunatic chances, he just did what he had to do and didn't worry with a lot of ducking and dodging. For a most excellent and true-to-life portrayal of him watch Stephen Lang in ''{{Gods And Generals}}''.

* ''ModernWarfare'': "Remember: No Russian."

* Done by [[KnightInShiningArmor Dukemon]] in season 3 of ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' (''Anime/DigimonTamers''), to chatsuramon:
-->'''Dukemon/Gallantmon, walking through the flames (from his own attack) while donning his cape, putting out the fire around him in the process:''' "Not even the deva are worthy opponents for Dukemon. [[KamehameHadoken Royal Saber]]!"

* Luffy from ''OnePiece'', pulls this off in Movie 6 just prior to the final confrontation with the BigBad, effortlessly dodging the homing arrows that gave him so much trouble before.

* The Bride from ''KillBill''.

* In the third KaraNoKyoukai film: Remaining Sense of Pain, Shiki Ryōgi does a classical example of this trope to Fujino Asagami in their climatic confrontation.