History Main / FasterThanTheyLook

* Both ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} and his Marvel {{Expy}} ComicBook/{{Thanos}} are [[EvilIsBigger massive]] as the Hulk and many foolish foes and fans underestimate their mobility. As in spite of their bulk, both of them can keep up [[FlyingBrick Flying Bricks]] and move at great speeds, Thanos in the particular has repeatedly overpowered ComicBook/SilverSurfer who can go [[FasterThanLightTravel faster then light]].

* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Fuji of the Ten Swords is a literal giant, yet is so fast that the gang at the Oniwabanshu place didn't even notice his presence until after he had cut half the inn down.
* Thorkell "the Tall" from ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' is a ridiculously tall and muscular mountain of a viking, and the WorldsStrongestMan in terms of sheer brute strength. He's also much faster than you'd think looking at him. Thorfinn, the main character and a FragileSpeedster who is about half Thorkell's size, is ''horrified'' in their first battle when he realizes that, despite Thorkell's height and bulk Thorkell, isn't much slower than Thorfinn.

** Among Frieza’s henchmen there’s FatBastard Dodoria as well Recoome and Burter who are the tallest and most built of the [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Ginyu Force]] but all three are faster than their size suggests Burter in particular is self-proclaimed “The Fastest in the Universe”.

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* People often make this observation about ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' (for example ComicBook/TheWasp in the first issue of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''). While they assume being a massive slab of angry green muscle would slow him down, his SuperStrength also allows him to move his mass with ease. In another issue ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} tried running rings around Hulk, who unimpressed took him out with a well placed lovetap.
* While he isn’t usually as powerful as the aforementioned Hulk, The Thing from ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' in spite of his rocky exterior is actually quick fast. Ben has frequently held his own and kept up with strongest and fastest characters in Marvel even against a PhysicalGod like Thor.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Colossus is often described as moving with far, ''far'' more speed and agility in his metallic form than his bulk (and name) would lead anyone to expect. Though characters have also noted that he's still slower than other characters of similar strength level who aren't made of metal, like Hercules or Wonder Man.
* [[ComicBook/JuggernautMarvelComics The Juggernaut]]. Many, many heroes and villains have made the mistake of assuming Juggs is just a lumbering moron and are in for a rude awakening when they discover he can go [[LightningBruiser 600 miles per hour]] and even approach the speed of freaking sound at top speeds. His preferred fighting style is charging at his opponents at high speeds flattening them or smashing them through walls.
* In ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' Tim gets taken by surprise by "Goliath"'s speed and almost loses his life for it. He normally wouldn't make such an assumption based on appearance but he was in a hurry and had noted that Goliath hadn't been able to grab Tam, an untrained civilian, but didn't realize Goliath hadn't really been trying to.
* ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' once refers to this trope when fighting Blockbuster, along with the fact that he is ''not'' this trope, but [[MightyGlacier another one]].

* Beta from ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' is a huge and obviously strong man, towering over even other large characters, but in several fights he also proves himself to be startlingly fast and nimble. [[spoiler:Negan]] spends part of their fight screaming that Beta shouldn't be able to move so fast and to stand still already, and even Jesus, who is experienced in [[LeParkour Parkour]] and practically a DanceBattler, is surprised by Beta's speed and agility. [[spoiler:Justified when Beta is finally unmasked; he was [[CelebritySurvivor a famous world class athlete]] before the ZombieApocalypse.]]

* ComicBook/{{Galactus}} usually has speed matching his gigantic size, but they have been many instances of him somehow getting the jump on heroes with superior speed and even blitzing them with his attacks. O’l purple helmet has even gone up against the likes Dark Phoenix and Thor and more or less kept up with them. Like his former Herald Silver Surfer, Galactus can travel faster than light, although thankfully he only does so in space.
* ''ComicBook/SovereignSeven'' had Walter Thorson, aka Reflex, a seven foot tall man with a heavily muscular physique, who looks powerful, but bulky and slow. Except that he's the team speedster, and once nimbly dodged Bart Allen during his Impulse days.
* When Franchise/SpiderMan first fought the Rhino, he made the mistake of assuming the large criminal would be too slow to land a hit on him. The Rhino himself was banking on Spider-Man making this mistake.
* [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Doomsday]] is a hulking, grey, boney beast, who can run like an Olympic sprinter and blitz the likes of Superman and Wonder Woman.