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I was watching Tim Burton's Batman again and there's a scene in the bell tower where Batman gets his clock cleaned (pun intended). Up until then, Batman handled Joker's goons with ease. In fact, one of them tries to attack Batman and falls through the floor. Other guys had swords and are dispatched in seconds. But the final goon in the bell tower kicks Batman's butt, and pretty bad too, until he is killed in kind of a cheap shot.

What are some other example's of a hero/protagonist unexpectedly gets their butt kicked in a way that took you back a bit.
 

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I was watching Tim Burton's Batman again and there's a scene in the bell tower where Batman gets his clock cleaned (pun intended). Up until then, Batman handled Joker's goons with ease. In fact, one of them tries to attack Batman and falls through the floor. Other guys had swords and are dispatched in seconds. But the final goon in the bell tower kicks Batman's butt, and pretty bad too, until he is killed in kind of a cheap shot.

What are some other example's of a hero/protagonist unexpectedly gets their butt kicked in a way that took you back a bit.

Well, the reason for that is that Batman is injured after the Batwing crash
 

PerfectFlaw

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From Moana:

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This dude beat Maui's ass while singing a catchy song.
 

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Does this count? I know Frank Castle wins at the end but I have a soft spot for "see I had to throw a fucking nuke at your body in order to survive a regular you, so let's just call this a tie".
 

kukubrew

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Hulk in infinity war is the first thing that comes to mind. I was shocked at him cowering away.
 

Guts Of Thor

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IP Man gets beaten in IP Man 4. This was kind of expected since he was much older and had cancer but still, it was surprising for me to see him get taken down so many times.

 

Icebergslim

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Kora when she goes to train with Toph, but I think everyone saw that coming. Now that I think about it she sort of gets her ass kicked throughout the series.
 

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Sasuke vs Killerbee in Naruto. The two-page spread of Bee clotheslining Sasuke at mach speed made me howl
 

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Not sure if it counts since the protagonist is kind of an antihero I guess, but The Place Beyond The Pines

Main protagonist (played by Ryan Gosling) gets killed off pretty early on. Really took me by surprise.
 

The Silver

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No Country for Old Men, it was a little more than getting their butt kicked lol but anyone who's seen it knows exactly what I'm talking about.

Also Aizen stopping Ichigo's theme song in Bleach with one finger. Now I'm sure we all knew Aizen wasn't gonna be beaten right there but the sheer disrespect took it to a new level.
 

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Jogo getting clowned on by the strongest character in the series really undersold to most folks how powerful he is compared to the rest of the cast. He swoops in during the Shibuya Incident to roast several characters including fan favorites.

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Tobey at the end of Spider-Man 1
You dont see that kind of beat down these days.

Oh yeah, Mark from Invincible was brutal.
 

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From the Boondocks, when the Freemans go up against Tom being possessed by Stinkmeaner. It did not end well for them at first and the music that makes things seem triumphant for the Freemans just kills me!
 

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Beatrix from Kill Bill. Subjected to a massacre on her wedding day and gets put into a coma for 4 years.
 
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Most Jacky Chan films have him getting beat on pretty bad, only for him to recover and eke out a victory. It's what makes him such a human protagonist versus the invincible, stoic "bad asses" you normally see.
 

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Beatrix from Kill Bill. Subjected to a massacre on her wedding day and gets put into a coma for 4 years.

Not really unexpected. That's the premise, that's the basis of her revenge and the scene of her defeat is the opening of the film. But maybe I'm misremembering the marketing.

I would say Bud handily clipping her and her having to fight her way back from that for the first half of Vol 2 works, though. That shocked the hell out of me.
 

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in JRPGs when you're supposed to die on purpose but end up using all your rare healing items because you didn't know you were supposed to die
 

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Up until this point Batman was portrayed as the best of the best of the best. And then this new villain kicks his ass. You knew the League was in trouble at that point.
 

Hoggle

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Beatrix from Kill Bill. Subjected to a massacre on her wedding day and gets put into a coma for 4 years.

She also gets beat up in pretty much every major fight.

She almost gets choked to death by Gogo.
Oren cuts her back pretty badly.
Bud shoots her and buries her.
Elle and her are evenly matched and she takes a beating.
 

gnexus

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Johnny Cage getting rekt and murdered by Shao Khan in the first five minutes of Mortal Kombat Annihilation

Which, to not much surprise, is the only memorable part of the movie.
 

Dommo

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In Die Another Day, one of the goofiest 007 films to ever exist, coming off 40 years of nothing but Bond stopping world domination without breaking a sweat, that time Bond actually got caught and spent like 6 months in a North Korean concentration camp. I was like damn wtf Bond what's your long-term plan here? He doesn't even escape on his own terms - instead gets diplomatically traded for another prisoner. Maybe the biggest L Bond's ever taken.

It's just so weirdly shocking because the rest of the film is about giant space lasers, invisible cars, palaces made entirely out of ice and Face/Off-esque face swaps, and here's Bond getting waterboarded to kick-start the movie. Really setting the tone, guys.

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And maybe less tonally shocking just because Casino Royale was very clearly established as a departure from what we expect of Bond films, but still very damn shocking just because of how visceral and unpleasant the scene is, that time Bond got his balls whipped to shreds while his female partner is getting tortured in the adjacent room.

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Mami letting her guard down and getting wrecked by Charlotte
 

benbeau

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Goku when he got his shit pushed in by Tao Pai Pai. Goku's lost before, but damn.

Goku's comeback tour after training with Korin was very satisfying.
 

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When Jericho beat the Rock and Stone Cold
 

Hoa

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One Punch Man recent chapters have been " ı didn't see that com8ng" central...

Same with recent Tower of God chapters.

Yasratcha completely schooling Yama is wild, dude hasn't taken any damage and I thought they figured a counter? Dude isn't even trying right now and just transformed to an even stronger form just for the hell of it.
 

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Bobby Bacala beats up Tony Soprano. Granted, Tony was weak from having been shot not too far back. I didn't know Bobby had it in him.