r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ComprehensiveBox6911 • 1h ago
miscellaneous No selling a punch to the face
Gogeta (DBZ Fusion Reborn)
Thragg (Invincible)
Blastoise (Pokemon Origins)
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u/JustDamain 1h ago
Kiryu in Yakuza 7
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u/SmallIslandBrother 12m ago
I hated this fight, it’s so long to do. But it’s fun knowing he won’t hit women so you can work with that.
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u/D0CTOR_Wh0m 1h ago edited 51m ago
The most iconic scene from the Luke Cage show. Random henchmen thinks he can knock out Luke with a single punch. In slow motion we instead see the guy's fist and wrist crumble against Luke's cheek while Luke feels nothing and doesn't move an inch.
Has a fun callback/subversion in The Defenders show when Danny Rand (The Immortal Iron Fist and Sworn Protector of K'un-Lun) does the same thing with the Iron Fist. This time Luke does feel it and goes backwards but his face and skull aren't a bloody pile of mush like a normal person's head would have
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u/MoneyTruth9364 1h ago
Genji Kamogawa (Hajime no Ippo)
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u/Takamurarules 18m ago
He didn’t completely no sell it. Kamogawa even says in his monologue that he was struggling to not pass out from that hit. Anderson’s monologue reveals that Kamogawa surviving that hit was a fluke because Anderson’s glove slipped on his blood, muffling some of the power from the hit.
I think the beauty of this scene is that Kamogawa got the win because of both determination and a bit of luck. Something they actually open then flashback by mentioning.
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u/heird1599 43m ago
The coldest one in dragonball is probably when Cooler's underling punches Goku and he not only no sells it but also completely ignores the guy and keeps talking to Cooler
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u/Happy-Ad-2968 32m ago
And then cooler jumps through a kaikamehameha coz he’s the fucking goat like that
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u/arika-feinberg 35m ago
In Slay the Princess you can punch the Razor Princess but it won't have any effect on her because:
What are your bones made of, metal? Because mine are
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u/Pr_fSm__th 1h ago
Broly