History Main / TheSlowWalk

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': Done by Gru while rescuing the girls from Vector's lair, not even Vector's pet shark is able to stop him.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableM1e'': Done by Gru while rescuing the girls from Vector's lair, not even Vector's pet shark is able to stop him.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': Done by Gru while rescuing the girls from Vector lair, not even Vector's pet shark is able to stop him.

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': A shared villain-and-hero walk takes place between Spike and Vincent in TheMovie, just before they conclude the final fight scene.

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

* Claire from ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' whenever she's facing down an [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome 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.)

* Done by [[KnightInShiningArmor Dukemon/Gallantmon]] in ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' ''[[Anime/DigimonTamers Tamers]]'' to Caturamon:

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

* [[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 ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle as Superman'' walks through Super Saiyan Blue Goku firing a full blast Kamehameha at him to show that he can't beat him.

* ''Film/TheBatman2022'' has one in Batman's EstablishingCharacterMoment, in which Batman makes his presence known to a group of petty criminals by trudging out of the darkness, towards their leader, and calmly breaking his arm and beating him to the ground when he attempts to attack Batman with a machete.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'': This is invoked by Jax in one of his QTE pre-fight scenes. If you successfully complete each QTE he'll dodge on oncoming fireballs as he keeps walked closer but many players will deliberately let them fail as instead he will not dodge and shrug off each hit while looking even more badass.

** Takemichi is an odd case: while he seems to choose to move slowly during combat and speak with a polite, casual air, this becomes clearer once you realize that 1. this' just his usual expression; 2. he [[WillfullyWeak deliberately holds back]] against most of his opponents in part with his slow walking for their sake (he's quite fast otherwise);3. keeping his hands in his pockets happens to be ''his fighting stance''.
*** Takamichi, really, does Iaido. Except instead of sword and sheath, he uses hands and pocket....which then creates BeamSpam. It's [[HandWave handwaved]] as "fist pressures"; he's punching so hard that the pressure from his strikes is still incredibly strong. Then he powers it up with [[YinYangBomb Kanka]]...

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':
** Whenever Gohan as a preteen goes Super Saiyan 2, he only has two speeds: too fast to see, and serene stride. Even while doing the Kamehameha, he ends up doing this once he wins the BeamOWar.

** During ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'', Superman walks slowly, heading to Darkseid's throne room to rescue [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} his cousin]], ignoring the squads of kamikaze parademons swooping down on him and blowing up around him.

* ''Anime/DigimonSavers'': In ''Digimon Data Squad'' Shinegreymon [[SuperMode Burst Mode]] does this, combined with an OutOfTheInferno and one ''serious'' DeathGlare, just before finishing off Akihiro Kurata.

* 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 ([[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic both are awesome]]), this is a definite SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.

** Deliciously subverted when he does ''not'' make it in the omake chapter, thanks to a reference [[DatingSim multiple path he can take with regards to his relationships to other characters]]

** Whenever Gohan as a preteen goes Super Saiyan 2, he remakes himself as this trope. He only has two speeds: too fast to see, and the Slow Walk. Even while doing the Kamehameha, he ends up doing this once he wins the BeamOWar.

* During ''Comicbook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'' Franchise/{{Superman}} walks slowly, heading to Darkseid's throne room to rescue [[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} his cousin]], ignoring the squads of kamikaze parademons swooping down on him and blowing up around him.
* Rorschach in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' stares down a gang of criminals and dispatches the last by silently walking towards him as he flees into the men's room (despite having [[BadAssNormal no obvious powers]]).

** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', once Goku enters Ultra Instinct Omen for the first time, he starts walking towards Jiren. Goku dismisses attacks from other parties so fast that it's almost as if he's [[NoSell merely ignoring these attacks]]; Jiten recognizes the trope in effect and tells Toppo and Dyspo to stand aside, taking matters into his own hands.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''Played with during the finale of Season 4. After having an epiphany [[spoiler: accepting that she must sacrifice her life to save her sister's and the world]] Buffy ascends the tower to rescue her sister, casually defeating [[TheDragon The Dragon]] [[spoiler: who had just effortlessly defeated Spike.]] as she goes.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''

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

* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'' by Steve Jackson Games, has this available to angels of Stone as a power called "Inevitability" -- so long as the angel continues to pursue at all, their fleeing prey is at half speed. The effect is described as being like the classic horror movie ... no matter how quickly the victim tries to flee, the walking angel keeps getting closer and closer.

** The Necrons are for the most part forced to use, and master, this trope-when they need to get around, they tend to teleport into position, ''then'' make a slow walk. In general, they don't as much dodge or block the attacks as take them head on. Their toughness is emphasized often [[AllThereInTheManual in the fluff]].
** Another army that's prone to Slow Walking are the Thousand Sons, a faction of Chaos Space Marines backed by Tzeentch. They, like the Necrons, have a good reason for their lumbering gait: whilst the Necrons are really ancient skeletal robots, the Thousand Sons are, essentially, the souls of those Thousand Sons with no psychic powers trapped in their armor forever and ever, unless...evicted forcibly. It's only the non-psykers who do this, as the Sorcerers that lead them are capable of normal locomotion.

** Any unit in the game that benefits from the "Slow And Purposeful" special rule tends to do this, the rule allowing the unit to fire with weapons as if they stood still even if they have moved that turn - slowly though, as they always move as if through difficult terrain, which is on average slower than otherwise.

** It's actually ''part'' of Brooks' FinishingMove- TheSlowWalk meets SingleStrokeBattle. Especially more awesome because he uses it against what is essentially a clone of his fighting style. Double Slow Walk!

* 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.

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* In the TabletopGame/{{d20 System}} it's a ''Move Action''.

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