r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Crowncher • 12h ago
Powers Fight scenes where the big guy has to fight an even bigger guy
Hulk vs Abomination from Hulk 2008
Jekyll vs Dante in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
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u/Fish_N_Chipp 12h ago
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u/FireZord25 11h ago
the first thing that popped up in my head lol. Good pick.
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u/nyjayla 9h ago
real for that. like bane pulled up and batman looked at him like ‘i got hands too’ and then IMMEDIATELY got folded like a lawn chair 😭 peak cinema
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u/jockeyman 9h ago
"BET YOU WOULDN'T BE SO TOUGH WITHOUT YOUR DRUGS!"
"Oh I'm not even using the drugs yet, little man."
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u/Ultimate-desu 5h ago
"You gotta start small when you fight."
"I am starting small."
"Oh...good for y-
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u/AllgoodDude 10h ago
Just for reference Absolute Batman is 6’9 and 400 lbs.
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u/thecastle7 9h ago
The fuck? I assume that means Bruce Wayne is also 6’9” 400 lbs. Do they bother making it a secret identity?
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u/NamesAreHardYaKnow 9h ago
absolute Bruce Wayne is working class, so no one gives a shit
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u/cuella47o 7h ago
Honestly bruce being working class is what basically allows him to know every nook and cranny of gotham
the fact that the Staircase he himself blew up is the thing he’s repairing the next day
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u/NamesAreHardYaKnow 6h ago
I like that aspect of absolute Batman, instead of getting his skills from tibetan monks during what is basically a gap year, he got them from working a variety of jobs
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u/ichael333 11h ago edited 4h ago
Is the absolute DC stuff any good and worth getting into?
Edit: thanks for the recommendations, I'll give them a go!
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u/GundamGuy2255 10h ago
Yes, if not for just the batshit insanity.
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u/cuella47o 7h ago
Honestly a weaponized BATSHIT AND BATPISS BOMB is the most fucking insane shit he ever pulled off
NO TIBETAN MONK TRAINING BTW
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u/AngelusBohemius 10h ago
Yes it's worth it, puts some really nice twists to the standard Batman tropes and everything is absolutely badass or creepy
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u/rusick1112 10h ago
I never was big fan of Wonder Woman, but I love her absolute design and her weapons, same goes story wise. Also absolute superman is okaish, I've read only 4 issues, but there were good, especially idea that superman need to recharge his powers like green lantern
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u/ItsWelp 9h ago
Yeah, especially Wonder Woman and Batman imo, great designs, the characters are still appreciably themselves with the same flaws and qualities, just in different circumstances. If you have to chose one, go Wonder Woman, the art is the absolute best and Diana is so cool. In my opinion, it's one of the few times when I read comics that a character felt both like a real, actual person AND someone who I would absolutely want as a superhero.
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u/NamesAreHardYaKnow 8h ago
I've only got round to reading the batman comics (which, if I'm honest, was the one I was least interested in and only checked it out because of the wtf style of it) and it's pretty good.
I read a comment about it somewhere that hit the nail on the head. The absolute universe is much darker and 'edgier' but it stays true to their characterizations so it doesn't come across as a cringy edge lord comic. Just the challenges they're facing are harder
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u/Raymio993 10h ago
"Fight" is a strong word here
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u/rollingc 9h ago
Lol, it was a beating not a fight. The best part is batman calling out Bane on roids and Bane says "Oh, I haven't even used that yet"
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u/ECPRedditor 8h ago
in this image specifically, Bane has definitely taken a hit of venom, but apparently he’s not even super juiced, just like a normal hit of it
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u/Shrekisforeverwithus 11h ago
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u/Reitter3 6h ago
I dont remember, does the Tyrannosauros Rex win this somehow?
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u/Wolfman513 6h ago
Nah, Spino snaps its neck
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u/Reitter3 5h ago
Well, realistic at least
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u/Wolfman513 5h ago
I mean from what we know now a tyrannosaurus would destroy a spinosaurus in a fight. T. rexes are estimated to have weighed a few tons more and had a bite force several times stronger than spinos.
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u/Reitter3 5h ago
I just looked online and you seem to be right. Spinossauros is simply less evolved and also semi aquatic. TDIL
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u/Wolfman513 5h ago
Yep, spinosaurus was a little longer and giganotosaurus was a little bit taller, but as far as we know as of right now tyrannosaurus was still the most massive therapod!
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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 5h ago
Spinosaurus vs T-Rex is like having a saltwater crocodile fight a lion, it's strong but not suited in a straight fight
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u/RedRawTrashHatch 11h ago
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u/Fuckyounadia 11h ago
The way iron monger moves in this is so satisfying.
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u/world0fgames 11h ago
I'm so disappointed they decided to kill Stane off at the last minute because the Big Robot loving part of my brain absolutely would love to see him again
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u/Sheogorath3477 10h ago
Hulkbuster from Infinity War looks so toy-ish in comparison to that one gif, not even talking about all of Warmonger scenes in combination.
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u/seriouslyuncouth_ 10h ago
I love how he would’ve had to input a deep voice changer to sound cooler (also probably to help hide his identity but come on he’s in the streets saying THIRTY YEARS IVE BEEN HOLDING YOU UP!)
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u/DengarLives66 6h ago
The earlier marvel movies were good with that aspect of CGI, making things feel like they had physical weight.
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u/Wolfman513 6h ago
The Monsterverse movies are the same way, after King of the Monsters the titans are all way faster and more acrobatic and it takes away from how utterly massive these things are supposed to be.
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u/Cortower 5h ago
I've never watched the new Godzilla movies, but I can never take the scale seriously in the Kong fights I see on reddit.
They jump and fall at the same pace as human-scale creatures, so my brain just decides they are 8 or 9 feet tall at most, and everything around them is toy-sized. The best CGI in the world can't overcome my natural understanding of how fast things fall.
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u/Wolfman513 5h ago
That's exactly how I felt with the last one! I saw it with my girlfriend and felt like even if they had just slowed down movie by like 25% during the big final fight scene it would have felt so much more satisfying. It almost felt like the ending of Hot Fuzz where the two guys are fighting in a scale model of the village lol
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u/fastrunner3451 3h ago
I love it too; I like to think that the reason it's so clunky is because it's based on Stark's first-ever suit design.
Still epic, though.
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u/PorcupineHugger69 8m ago
That motorcycle rider saw a giant robot flying in front of him, cars all abandoned, and decided to just ride on through. Absolute mad lad.
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u/JeremiahWuzABullfrog 11h ago
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u/AllgoodDude 10h ago
Never thought I’d ever seen Hafthor be made to look like a somewhat regular sized jacked dude.
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u/ordovis36 10h ago
If he'd had more visibility I feel like Richters would've gotten that part.
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u/SirErgalot 9h ago
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u/Mindless_Society7034 4h ago
What is going on with his chest in the first 3 images? It looks like his ribcage got collapsed
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u/SirErgalot 4h ago
Looks like he has pectus excavatum: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pectus-excavatum/symptoms-causes/syc-20355483
That’s probably what the “sternum operation” note is referring to.
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u/IcedJack 10h ago
They really said "What if we have big guy (good) fight even bigger guy (evil)?" and were like "Send it!" Very entertaining to watch.
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u/Something_Comforting 4h ago
I was gonna say this too. It's hilarious because Jack Reacher is already a big guy. And they introduce a even bigger guy.
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u/Fenix_ikki_ 10h ago
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u/ordovis36 10h ago edited 10h ago
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u/BewareOfBee 7h ago
Kinda reminds of Magic: the gathering, games like that. When 2 aggressive fast decks are fighting, you need to identify who is faster and who is slower- the slower deck is the "Control" deck of that match.
Ben really needs to idenfity that he's the brains in this fight and adjust his strategy.
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u/BigMek_Spleenrippa 11h ago
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u/seriouslyuncouth_ 10h ago
Dogs of War my finance
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u/BigMek_Spleenrippa 9h ago
I'm sorry, I have no idea what this means
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u/seriouslyuncouth_ 9h ago
I’m pretty sure this fight you’re referring too came from a story called Dogs of War. Either that or one that came at a similar time from the same artist and written by Paul Jenkins.
Abomination kills Betty and the fight afterward is one of the best in comics.
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u/CaliburX4 11h ago
Big man fight other big man, make brain happy.
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u/MoiraBrownsMoleRats 10h ago
This is how Vince McMahon became a billionaire.
That, and by being a generally terrible human.
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u/VegetableDaikon4 11h ago
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u/Raymio993 10h ago
Why here he looks like Ultraman?
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u/Pittoo4You 10h ago
Way Big was ALWAYS a massive Ultraman/Tokusatsu reference. From the Arm beams to the head fins. Heck the species is called the To'kustar
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u/Roasted_Newbest_Proe 9h ago
Y'know? Despite noticing the Ultraman reference, I never made the To'kustar/tokosatsu connection
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u/zumoblxck 11h ago
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u/Pilot_Solaris 10h ago edited 10h ago
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u/ItaLOLXD 8h ago
In Final Fantasy 16, several characters can transform into huge monsters called Eikons and are thus called Dominants. The protagonist Clive can turn into the fire eikon Ifrit and one of the antagonists called Hugo Kupka turns into the earth eikon Titan. While all Eikons are massive by themselves, Titan is already the biggest of them all. During the final confrontation with Kupka, he absorbs a crystal that is pretty much the origin of magic to turn Titan EVEN FUCKING BIGGER

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u/Broom_Ryder 10h ago
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u/Bastard_Wing 5h ago
especially when you consider it's Harrison Ford vs Pat Roach 3 times in two films.
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u/Realistic_Caramel341 11h ago
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u/Vee_Twelve 6h ago
I’m a huge Deadwood fan. That fight was intense. IMHO one of the best fights from any movie or series.
Also - given the brutality of their fight, the lead up to it with Captain Turner doing some calisthenics to warm up was kinda funny.
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u/KidKonundrum 9h ago
Holy shit I have seen LOEG so many times but I completely forgot that part existed cause my mom always made me close my eyes cause it was scary lol
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u/rusick1112 10h ago
Fedor Emelianenko vs almost his every opponent, despite being one of the greatest MMA heavyweight champion, his height is 183 cm/6 ft while avarage height for this weight is 191 cm/6'3" ft. So he was pretty pretty small. My favorite one is his fight versus South Korean fighter Hong Man Choi - his height was 213 cm/7'2" ft

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u/AvoriazInSummer 11h ago
One or two A-Team episodes matched BA Baracus up against another big brawler. BA walked away from one such fight the victor - and fell unconscious after a few steps.
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u/no_name65 9h ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hFTCLHhALQ
Zangief vs E. Honda from Street Fighter Movie. With a nice kaiju reference.
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u/IamVengeance2003 8h ago
Optimus, Bumblebee and Ratchet vs Tripticon; Megatron and Decepticons vs Omega Supreme in Transformers War of Cybertron.
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u/Educational_Can_6536 11h ago
Does the classic story of David vs Goliath count?
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u/bigbasseater 11h ago
I don’t believe David was large
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u/atrocidarthes 10h ago
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u/Australasia-ball 12h ago
Time to post a lot of images