History MuggingTheMonster / LiveActionFilms

* Gideon from ''Film/TheCrow'' is one of rare examples [[TooDumbToLive dumb and/or arrogant enough]] to let the situation evolve into BullyingTheDragon. When Eric Draven comes to his shop, he threatens him with his gun and shoots him, only to find to his horror that his newest 'customer' has a HealingFactor. That does not stop him from insulting and threatening him, even as Eric spills ''gasoline'' over his shop. No points for guessing how that ends.

* ''Film/BangkokDangerous'': In the original Thai version, two street thugs make the mistake of targeting a deaf mute while on a date with a woman, not realizing he is a skilled hitman.

* ''Film/TheOtherGuys'': Although Detective Holtz, in an epic show of WrongGenreSavvy, believes all of the murder and mayhem that happens through the film must be happening because of drug-related issues, it is eventually revealed that it is because David Ershon (a British {{Expy}} of Bernie Madoff) swindled European mobsters into becoming part of his UsefulNotes/{{Ponzi}} scheme, and now that they have found out they've been had, [[RuthlessForeignGangsters they are out to get their money back, and Ershon's head alongside it]].

* ''Film/{{Superman}}'':

** At the beginning of his superhero career (and thus before opponents had any way to know what they're up against), a crook hits him on the head with a crowbar, with predictable (non-)results.

* ''Film/{{Wolf}}'': A classic example occurs in this film, starring Jack Nicholson. Jack's character, Will Randall, is taking a nighttime stroll through Central Park (as a Werewolf), a trio of hooligans attempt to mug him. Needless to say, Will found a finger in his pocket the following day.

* In ''Film/LastTrainFromGunHil'', Rick and his friend Lee say the woman they raped and killed was "just a squaw". His father points out that she was the wife of USMarshal Matt Morgan, and that he is coming for them.

** This became a "once per movie" trope, because the third movie also features a similar scene in which Dundee and his friend/rival Jacko easily disarm a group of robbers before trapping them in their own convertible by jumping on the roof.

* In ''Film/ScaryMovie 2'', a [[MonsterClown killer clown doll]] attempts to kill Ray by dragging him under the bed, in a parody of a similar scene from ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}''. Ray quickly turns the tables on the clown and proceeds to [[BlackComedyRape rape him]].

* ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}''. Though at least, not even the eponymous character knows she's a PersonOfMassDestruction until too late.

* ''Film/GhostRider'': Johnny Blaze is arrested for the destruction he inadvertantly caused the first time he transformed into the Ghost Rider. Despite Johnny's insistence that he should kept far away from other people, the cops toss him into a large cell with about two dozen extremely rowdy criminals who immediately turn their attention on their newest cellmate. When it's all over, the only survivor is the one kid sitting in the corner minding his own business, who Ghost Rider claimed was an innocent, with his [[BringMyBrownPants newly ruined jeans]] and a classic OhCrap expression permanently frozen on his face.

* In ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'', [[WhatAnIdiot two thugs]] try to rob [[AdaptationalBadass Irene Adler.]] Bad move.

* The climactic attempted burglary in ''Film/HomeAlone'' can qualify for this trope, as Kevin turns out to be a TrapMaster.

* The climactic attempted burglary in ''Film/HomeAlone'' can qualify for this trope.

* ''Film/DontBreathe'': The entire premise of the film. A sympathetic white trash teen and her childhood friend get talked by her thug boyfriend into breaking into the house of a local blind man and stealing his supposed stash of money. Unfortunately, The blind man turns out to be a certified badass and a UsefulNotes/GulfWar veteran with no qualms about killing intruders, who (for reasons that are not immediately apparent) also doesn't seem inclined to be taking prisoners.

* In ''Film/TheBourneIdentity'', Swiss police wake a man who is sleeping on a park bench. Instead of a bum, it's Jason Bourne, who takes down both cops in seconds. Bonus points for the fact that [[AmnesiacResonance as an amnesiac he had no idea he was capable of doing that]]. This trope actually happens quite a few times in ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' as people either do not know what Bourne is capable of or underestimate his abilities.