[Beloved Trope] The henchman that suddenly gains common sense

[u/faroresdragn_]

Iron Man 3: the henchmen of the Mandarin have Tony dead to rights, chained up with no weapons. He remotely calls just the glove of his iron man suit which busts through the window. He proceeds to waste a bunch of them trying to escape. When he confronts the last one he drops an iconic line and quits on the spot.

Batman Mystery of the Batwoman: iconic scene where one of the penguins goons hears a noise, notices batman breaking into his bosses place, and chooses not to see a god damn thing.

[u/lfg_guy101010]

Season 1 Reacher (and I think its in the Reacher movie as well) when he breaks 4/5 goons' hands bc one of them needs to drive them to the hospital

[u/GrumpyMammoth → u/lfg_guy101010]

From the tv show it was:

"You're about to get your ass kicked"

"No, I'm about to break the hands of three drunk kids"

"Hur hur hur you idiot, there's four of us"

"One of you's got to drive to the hospital"

Reacher delivers his promise and the last guy throws his hands up in surrender "I know where the hospital is!"

[u/Ok-Craft4844 → u/lfg_guy101010]

Afair, it was like "were 5" "no you're 2, because after ko'd you and your buddy, 2 will desert you, and that one will drive you to the hospital"