History Main / LightningBruiser

**** Weavile, an ever [[BeyondTheImpossible faster]] bruiser has ungodly levels of Attack. A Life Orbed Weavile could easily Ice Punch Garchomp to the moon and back.

* A.J. Styles, while not as big as the others, is not only lightning fast and agile, but can casually lift and tackle behemoths like Samoa Joe and Abyss, and can ''stand up and carry'' someone who is using a jujigatame (crucifix armbar) on him.

* In ''[[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic Chronicles]]'', Sonic is TheMario (ironically enough) stat-wise except for being the fastest character in the game. In the usual gaming fare, he's something of a FragileSpeedster but it really just depends on whether you can hold on to a single ring.

** Not to mention ''escaping Amaterasu by sheer speed''.

** And then there's [[OlympusMons Arceus]]. Having 120 in EVERY stat (which makes him either faster, stronger or more resistant than every other Pokemon), an insane movepool (only bested by Mew, who can learn every TM/HM, and Smeargle, who can learn evrery move period), and, most importantly, can take on any of the 17 types. In short, you can tweak your Arceus to counter, duplicate or best any of the other 492 Pokemon.

* E. Honda from ''StreetFighter'', a sumotori, has some of the fastest attacks in the game.

* Scout from ''TeamFortress2'' may seem like a FragileSpeedster at first, but his Scattergun does over 100 damage point-blank. That's roughly the same damage as a Demoman's grenade, Demoman being the game's GlassCannon. SoYeah.

* The Raikage from ''{{Naruto}}'' is an [[LargeAndInCharge enormous]] ScaryBlackMan who is capable of breaking down walls ''by punching them'', but he's still incredibly fast and can [[LightningCanDoAnything use lightning chakra]] to boost the speed of his nervous system, giving him reflexes on par with a Sharingan user. He's even able to catch [[spoiler:Zetsu]] off guard and dodge [[spoiler:Jugo's BeamSpam at point-blank range]].

** Not to mention Naruto himself, at least in one of his super modes; easily throws people around, punches that cause shockwaves that Rakan would be happy about and speed that can outpace most enemies [[spoiler: (including the direct above)]].

** For that matter, [[MeaninfullName Kagutsushi]], the child from the main character herself would also count here, being capable to [[SuckingInLines gather energy]] for a few seconds to unleash a [[KamehameHadoken nuke level ball of fire]],while also being able to shrug off the full impact of the PillarOfLight produced by a KillSat from orbit, only to then casually fly there to destroy it.

Being larger does slow a fighter down in some ways, but extra muscle also means more power, so in other ways big guys can be shockingly fast. Increased mass doesn't necessarily reduce ''maximum'' speed that much, but, thanks to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square-cube_law the square-cube law]], it can take huge toll on acceleration and maneuverability. Thus TruthInTelevision lies somewhere between the extremes of the LightningBruiser and the more stereotypical MightyGlacier.

A LightningBruiser may also perform SchrodingerFu. (If he's good at everything, then he can throw everything at you, right?) May also be a FlyingBrick. Compare and contrast {{Acrofatic}}.

* ''DragonBallZ'' frequently shows that planet-crushingly powerful characters can be no stranger to being lightning fast. There are exceptions; Android 17 was much faster than he was strong, and when Trunks sacrificed speed for power it proved his ''[[MightyGlacier undoing]]''. However, the straight example is Goku himself, thanks to his Instant Transmission technique, essentially [[TeleportersAndTransporters teleportation at will]].
** Broly may be the purest example, being a towering giant made out of pure muscle (and every bit as strong as that would suggest in a world of ordinary-looking people capable of blowing up planets)... while still being every bit as super-fast as the other DBZ fighters.
*** Broly is the absolute worst, combining LightningBruiser with ImplacableMan and adding in CompleteMonster. The only reason you're still alive when he's targeted you is because he wants it to be long, drawn-out, and ''painful.''
** This was parodied in the [[DragonBallAbridged Abridged Series]].

** The Supreme Kai learns this the hard way during the first fight with Buu. Given his [[VillainousGlutton appearance]] and strength, he assumes he won't be very fast. He makes a hasty retreat and puts some distance between them... only to look up and see Buu already waiting for him.
** Also happened at the end of the Dragonball series in a filler arc featuring a mummy as an enemy. The mummy was not only fast, but verbally lampshaded the idea that mummies are slow.
* Zaraki Kenpachi from ''{{Bleach}}''. He appears as a MightyGlacier at first, but as the story progresses we learn the he can be quite fast and constantly keep the enemy under pressure which is pretty damn impressive considering the big-ass brute-force-held shithouse of a man he is.
** Also, [[spoiler: Omaeda]] reveals himself as one of those in the Arrancar arc.
*** Technically he is, although he's considerably less {{Badass}} than the other three mentioned, [[spoiler: even if he's not an UpperClassTwit]]
* Oars from ''OnePiece'' is a zombie, incapable of feeling pain and fatigue and about four times the height of a "normal" giant in the series. Yet he is lightning fast and able to dodge cannon fire at point-blank range.
** Bartholomew Kuma is a better example. The man may not be as big as Oars, but he moves with lightning speed and is one of the strongest characters in the series.
** The same goes for Admiral Kizaru. He employs a fair bit of hyperbole(he can't actually kick at the speed of light) but he is insanely fast and his attacks have been known to level skyscraper sized trees without trying.
* Deconstructed in ''RurouniKenshin'': Kenshin once fought a GiantMook that was nearly as fast as he was. However, being that fast and that big ends up severely damaging his legs.
** Kenshin's master, Hiko Seijuro, would be an example. Capable of "teleporting speed" and slicing a guy into 10 pieces in a second. Despite the fact that their sword style focuses on super speed and reflexes, Seijuro's slightly bigger than medium build is the most ideal for the style.
*** It is said muscle is needed to maintain the intense speed of the style -- Kenshin's a pretty thin guy, and so, his body has deteriorated by the end of the manga and he is unable to perform the style.
** The big guy here is a bit of an odd example. It wasn't the speed itself that was the problem, but the turns--Kenshin kept leading him literally in circles until the strain of turning caused him to twist his ankle.
* Guts from ''{{Berserk}}'' carries a {{BFS}} among [=BFSes=] around and can actually swing it with [[OneHandedIsCool only one hand]]. When he swings his BFS, it's with enough speed so that most people can't even see it, and he's able to move at blindingly fast speeds in ''plate armour''. Zodd is an even more extreme example, being superhumanly fast despite being eight feet tall and being even stronger than Guts.
* ''{{Claymore}}'' has Riful of the West, a mountain-sized villainess strong enough to fight two of the [[ActionGirl Single]] [[BadAss Digits]] at the same time but also fast enough to vanish in an eyeblink.
** In fact this the defining characteristic of almost all Awakened Beings.
* Junpei of ''ThoseWhoHuntElves'' is tall, muscular and a master martial artist. Not only is he ridiculously strong (such as [[ATwinkleInTheSky sending human sized foes flying into the horizon with a mere kick]]), but he's also been shown to be ridiculously fast as well. Of course, his main weakness is his tendency to be an idiot.
* In the manga version of ''FullmetalAlchemist'', Sloth is not only one of the strongest Homunculi, he's also the fastest, able to move quicker than the eye can see. However, when he is moving that fast, he has trouble seeing his surroundings and therefore where he'll end up in a given burst of speed.
** For a big guy capable of great power, Major Armstrong is also pretty fast.
** Not to mention Alphonse Elric, who's been described as fast and agile despite being an animate suit of armor.
*** It's probably ''because'' he's an animated suit of armor. Armor itself isn't that damn heavy without anything in it.
** Let's not forget Scar. He's a close range fighter who has a lot of battles with long range fighters, so often the fight comes down to him simply being faster than everyone else.
* Star Platinum from ''[=~Jojo's Bizarre Adventure~=]'' is not only one of the strongest and fastest Stands in existence, but also one of the most precise.
** The tradeoff is reach, though. Star Platinum can't work more than an arms' length away from its user. This is an established rule for all Stands; The Lovers is microscopic and has nearly no strength at all, but can reach across entire cities.
* Thorkell the Tall and Bjorn of ''VinlandSaga'' are both big guys, especially Thorkell, both are also pretty damn fast.
* [[BadassBookworm Appledelhi]] ([[spoiler:Ed's dad]]) in ''CowboyBebop''. He can throw blows [[strike:as quick and graceful as]] quicker and with more grace than Spike's blows, despite having significantly more girth.
* Mamora Takamura from ''HajimeNoIppo'' might look like a MightyGlacier, but is in fact an unstoppable LightningBruiser. His punches are so strong that he knocks out normal opponents in the first round, yet he is fast enough that even FragileSpeedster's like Miyata have a hard time landing a hit at all. [[spoiler:In his fight against Brian Hawk, he moved so fast it was compared to Featherweight-class speed]]. If that wouldn't be enough, his stamina is also nearly unlimited. He has absolutely no problems with running distances where even Ippo (who has incredible stamina as well) would break down and that's when he isn't even being serious. In short, if one were to make a stat chart of his physical abilities, he'd rank full points in ''every'' category.
** Ippo is another great example. He combines superb strength and stamina with fairly good (dashing) speed, which earned him the nickname "God of Wind" for his strong ''and'' fast barrage of attacks (such as the Dempsey Roll). Then there's Brian Hawk, who is more like Takamura, good at everything.
* ''{{Fist of the North Star}}'': Kenshiro and quite a few other Nanto and Hokuto warriors are walls of muscle that can still launch RapidFireFisticuffs which are barely visible.
* Loz in ''[[FinalFantasyVII Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]'' is strong enough to break and throw almost anything around (his "Dual Hound" weapon sometimes assisting), yet he also can [[FlashStep speed between locations]] so rapidly that he has virtual teleportation. If he were only a bit smarter and ruthless...
** He may or may not officially count since he likely has his hands on Haste magic.
* Maybe debatable, since he's an ActualPacifist, but Seiichiruo Kitano from ''AngelDensetsu'' is so fast he pulls out MadeOfIron by barely avoiding blows every time, ''until the opponent is too tired to go on''. Played straighter with his father, who's TheJuggernaut to boot. [[GenerationXerox Both]], however share the same FinishingMove.
* ''YuYuHakusho'': Younger Toguro, and how. Though at 80% power, he's only as fast as a restrained Yusuke, once he hits 100%, he's so fast, his speed even surpasses and surprises ''Hiei'', a LightningBruiser in his own right, and completely crushes an unrestrained Yusuke in battle.
** Bui wears insanely heavy armor, wields [[{{BFS}} giant]] [[AnAxeToGrind axes]], and is able to lift and shatter blocks of concrete. On top of that, he likes to [[{{FlashStep}} charge up to opponents in a split second]].
* Many {{Digimon}} fit this trope when they evolve. Often a far larger Digimon can be faster then its much smaller pre-evolution form in spite of an often MASSIVE size difference.
* The Raikage from ''{{Naruto}}'' is an [[LargeAndInCharge enormous]] ScaryBlackMan who is capable of breaking down walls ''by punching them'', but he's still incredibly fast and can [[LightningCanDoAnything use lightning chakra]] to boost the speed of his nervous system, giving him reflexes on par with a Sharingan user. He's even able to catch [[spoiler:Zetsu]] off guard and dodge [[spoiler:Jugo's BeamSpam at point-blank range]].
** Not to mention ''escaping Amaterasu by sheer speed''.
** [[InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha Asura]] [[spoiler:path Pain]] isn't anything to laugh at either, as it's strong enough to rip off a man's arm clean off, smash him through a stone wall, or crush his throat one-handed, even though that man was in his SuperMode. And yet, he also have RocketBoots that let him jet around so fast he can catch someone off-guard even if they see him coming from a hundred feet away.
** Not to mention Naruto himself, at least in one of his super modes; easily throws people around, punches that cause shockwaves that Rakan would be happy about and speed that can outpace most enemies [[spoiler: (including the direct above)]].
* Shin from {{Eyeshield 21}} would count. Runs at the fastest possible speed a human can run at 40 yards per 4.2 seconds and can bench 140 kilos, which was more than the team's top lineman at one point.
** Said top lineup being Otowara, who is quite a bit of a LightningBruiser himself, running as fast as an average runningback while still benching (eventually) 145 kilos.
* Arguably, most of the bulkier vampires of ''{{Trinity Blood}}'' qualify; in addition to brute strength, one of their stock abilities is enhanced speed, referred to in the English manga as the "Haste." Brother Petros, a bruiser for the Vatican, has the same power.
* In ''{{Mai-HiME}}'', the Orphan of the sixth episode is a multistorey stone creature with both alarmingly quick telescopic arm attacks and the ability to take quite a bit. At least until [[spoiler: Midori appears...]]
* Dear fellow troper, have you ever seen a 80 meter tall cyborg sprinting at supersonic speeds? If not, watch ''[[RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0]]''; specifically, the Units 00,01,02 VS Sahaquiel fight. You won't be disappointed.
* In ''{{AirMaster}}'' the main character [[{{HugeSchoolGirl}} Aikawa Maki]] pratically glides through air.

* The Kingpin in the MarvelUniverse is this, and damn smart to boot, even though he looks like a big fat man-slug.
** And it's all MUSCLE.
* The Blob from the same universe also applies. He's large to the extreme, but has the speed and agility expected of a physically fit man of his height, a fact that catches many opponents off-guard.
* Also from Marvel, we have Warpath. He has a top running speed of over a hundred MPH, and reflexes on par with the likes of Spider-Man, but this is usually overshadowed by the fact that his punch is about one stage down from Colossus in terms of power. In the comics, he's been referred to as "an oncoming freight train" when he charges fist-first into someone.
* Fat Cobra in Marvel's ''ImmortalIronFist'' is a seven-foot martial artist who amply lives up to both of his names.
** He's enough of a GameBreaker to [[spoiler: singlehandedly stall the forces of Hell]].
* Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk, ''much'' faster than most Marvel characters that rely on brute strength.
** But Namor usually trumps him underwater.
* The Thing from the FantasticFour is another example. He's just as fast and agile as he was when he was still human and is trained in several martial arts. This is best shown in his battles with the Hulk who is fast, but relies more on strength. The Hulk can pound the tar out of him if he can get a hold of him first.
* ''{{Superman}}'', whenever the writers don't forget that he has SuperSpeed. Pretty much any FlyingBrick character generally applies.
** Same applies for {{Supergirl}} and PowerGirl.
* Apollo of ''TheAuthority'' is an {{Expy}} of {{Superman}}, so he's the FlyingBrick variant; so is Swift to a lesser degree. Midnighter's more of the "no-one built like that should be able to move that fast" kind -- reflexes fast enough to drop a speedster and the ability to see all moves before they happen (as well as being hideously strong and tough) make him a big, burly death machine.
* Doomsday, the beast that ''almost'' killed Superman in his debut. While he's [[VillainDecay decayed]] somewhat, he is still a nightmarishly strong and durable behemoth who is ''much'' faster than he looks. Fast enough to keep up with Superman anyway.
* Crete, Augustus Medici's bodyguard from ''[[OneHundredBullets 100 Bullets]]'' is one of these.
* Bane, the man who broke [[{{Batman}} the Bat]] is not only faster than he looks, but [[GeniusBruiser smarter]], too. Batman himself too, no special powers or equipment, but has trained since the age of 11 to be as strong and fast as humanly poosible, and is a master of most martial arts.
* How is it that [[XMen The Juggernaut]] hasn't been mentioned, [[MemeticMutation bitch]]?

* Dante, the bigger, evil version of Mr. Hyde in the ''{{League of Extraordinary Gentlemen}}'' movie.
* The xenomorphs in the ''{{Film/Alien}}'' series are one of the early subversions of "lumbering monsters" in Hollywood.
* Similarly, the [[{{Predator}} Predators]]; they tower over ''ArnoldSchwarzenegger'', and you probably won't even ''see'' them before they cut you into several pieces.
* Sammo Hung in his more-serious action films.
* Donnie Yen, already something of a LightningBruiser himself, liked to cast fellow martial artist Michael Woods as his opponent in some of his Hong Kong films. Woods is a large, imposing, ''extremely'' muscular former Navy SEAL (and depending on your perspective, is either a total {{Badass}} or source of [[ScaryBlackMan Unfortunate Implications]]). Since Woods looks like a classic MightyGlacier, it was always a little jaw-dropping to discover he could trade blows just as rapidly as the smaller, lither Yen.
* A trademark of both Steven Seagal and Bolo Yeung, when they aren't scripted to be otherwise.
* The Butcher of ''{{Wanted}}'' is a very, very large man who could dance circles around the protagonist while slicing him apart with a large knife.
* [[StarWars Darth Vader]], played by 6'5" David Prowse, and with the deep, menacing voice of JamesEarlJones, might look and sound like a MightyGlacier, until he cuts you in two with his lightsaber, before you even know what happened.
* Jet Li goes up against ''a pair'' of these in ''Kiss of the Dragon''. [[spoiler:Subverted as their size makes it hard to battle in the cramped quarters of the office level, where they are both killed eventually.]]
* ''IpMan 2'' has the Twister, a stereotypically hulking Western boxer who not only takes a lot of punches easily and puts a lot of power behind his own, but is also fast enough to keep up with Master Hung and Ip Man, at one point even engaging in a RapidFireFisticuffs pummel duel with Master Hung.
* The second ''Film/IronMan'' film has Ivan Vanko, able to hit professional racecars with his whips and faster than both Tony and Rhodey in his suit at the end. And Tony's new Arc Reactor means he doesn't have the excuse of being low on power! His bruiser qualities are self-evident.
* Danny Bateman in Film/TheReplacements. He plays on the defensive line, so you expect him to be strong. What you ''don't'' expect, is him crashing through the other team's blockers after the snap, and tackling the quarter-back before he's had the chance to take two steps back.

* Fatman from ''WildCards'' is a huge guy, but can move lightning fast and still dish out the hard damage because he has ''gravity powers''.
** Carnifex is a berserk killing machine, and he ''likes'' it that way.
** At one point The Sleeper wakes up with greatly enhanced strength and reflexes and finds himself doing unplanned backflips before getting used to his body's new responses.
** Durg At'Morahk, the Takisian SuperSoldier, and Moonchild, who fought him to a standstill.
** Starshine is Superman strong and can move ''at the speed of light''.
*** Doubtful. Starshine is certainly strong, but he's not Golden Boy or Harlem Hammer strong. Nobody in the Wild Cards universe is Superman strong, even The Great And Powerful Turtle's TK probably doesn't qualify. And while Starshine can indeed fly at light speed, he does this by converting himself to photons - he can't fight while he's in that form. Even the Radical is relying on Moonshadow's speed rather than Starshine's in fights. Starshine is more of a generic bruiser than a lightning bruiser; heck, he relies on his energy projection powers more than his raw strength. The Monster might qualify. I'm not sure how strong JJ is, but probably strong enough to count (definitely fast enough).
* In ''{{A Song of Ice and Fire}}'', a MightyGlacier gloats about his chances of bringing down the infamous Sandor Clegane. Jaime Lannister notes to himself that Sandor is not only one of the strongest men in Westeros, but also faster and more savage than anything the glacier could handle.
* ''{{Conan the Barbarian}}''
* The majority of the main characters from ''SoonIWillBeInvincible'' qualify; Doctor Impossible (besides also being a MadScientist), Fatale, [=CoreFire=], Damsel, Lily, Feral.
* The Augments from ''The Postman''.
* [[WhenTreesAttack The Ents]] in ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}'', and their semi-sentient allies. Sure they start out slow, but they're big creatures with long legs, and said allies seem to be able to move as fast as a bullet train when angry enough!
* Bael, and to a lesser extent, Rand al'Thor from ''{{The Wheel of Time}}'' series. Rand is mentioned as being taller than the majority of his countrymen, and Bael is often described as "The tallest man I've seen, even among the Aiel", but both are usually some of first to crack a can of high-speed whoopass.
* Various characters in the ''{{Warhammer 40000}} GreyKnights'' novels, including the eponymous Space Marines and quite a few of their enemies.
* A key plot element in ''TheFarArena'' is the fact that the main character averts this. The idea that a small man might become a major "sports" star in any era is a bigger obstacle to anyone in the 20th century believing that he's a frozen-and-reanimated Roman gladiator than the bizarre mechanics of his journey.
* Obould Many-Arrows of R.A. Salvatore's Forgotten Realms is an orc blessed by a god to be as strong as a bull and as fast as a mountain cat. Combine that besides being just damn tough, he wears nearly impenetrable armor.
* Several main characters in {{Animorphs}} favour LightningBruiser as their combat morph. These include Jake ([[PantheraAwesome Siberian tiger]]), Rachel ([[EverythingsWorseWithBears Grizzly Bear]]) and Marco ([[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys gorilla]]).
* Derek of the ''DarkestPowers'' series, who is also a GeniusBruiser. He's over six feet tall, weighs 220lbs of pure muscle, has shoulders as broad as the average doorway, and essentially has the reflexes of a cat on speed.

* [[{{TNA}} Samoa Joe]]. Any time you have a near-300-pound Samoan who can not only keep up with the likes of A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels, but actually ''show them up'' in an X Division match, you can definitely call him a LightningBruiser.
** And he got trumped by Sean O'Hair.
* Ultimo Guererro. Maybe not so big by American standards, but compared to his fellow Luchadors, he's massive. His finishing move is a moonsault off the top rope while holding onto the opponent.
* The late Umaga... when he wanted to be.
* The late Bam Bam Bigelow. Just watch his matches on Youtube.
* The late Mike Awesome. 6ft 7in, nearly 300 pounds, and could fly around the ring like a Luchadore.
* Vader. For much of his career, he moved quicker and more gracefully than a guy of 460 has any business doing.
* Rob Van Dam, able to do stuff usually reserved for the smaller high flyers, like back somersaults from a standing still position, while weighing close to 250 pounds of muscle.
* Not as pronounced as some people on this list, but The Undertaker is pretty spry, compared to other similarly sized (or bigger) wrestlers in the WWE. He's slowed down a bit with age, but can still do some impressive stunts (such as during the epic Wrestlemania XXV match against Sean Michaels). In his earlier days he was known to walk ''on the ring ropes!''
** Also Kane before his BadassDecay occured when he was unmasked.
* Brock Lesnar is probably one of the best examples. After all, how many other near-300-pounders can pull off [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r32kaZifKHA a Shooting Star Press]]?
* Bobby Lashley. They called him [[FanNickname "Black Lesnar"]] for a reason; not only is he a physical match for Brock, but he could also match Brock's speed and agility. He also matched Brock's career path, but let's not go there.
* [[ProWrestlingNOAH Takeshi]] [[RingOfHonor Morishima]], a chubby guy of around 300 pounds. [[DudeLooksLikeALady Would probably qualify as a bishonen if he weren't so hefty]]. And not just phenomenally agile for a guy his size, but in good enough health to carry 20-minute matches at his fast pace.
* HulkHogan, back when his hips were still made of bone and his knees were still in good shape (i.e. back before his second WWE run), was fairly light on his feet, capable of pulling off a hurricanrana in his younger days. Not bad for a guy listed anywhere between 6' 6" and 6'8" and 280 to 310 lbs.
* A.J. Styles, while not as big as the others, is not only lightning fast and agile, but can casually lift and tackle behemoths like Samoa Joe and Abyss, and can ''stand up and carry'' someone who is using a jujigatame (crucifix armbar) on him.

* In the NBA the center is usually the biggest guy on the team, with an average height of 7 feet. While the NBA has known fast centers in the past, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKVqpXl3M18 Mr. David Robinson]] puts them all to shame.
* Muhammad Ali was lightning fast, but had an iron chin, an incredibly durable body and heart for days.
* Modern Defensive Ends in American Football. Players like Julius Peppers and Justin Tuck strike fear into the hearts of many a Quarterback.
** Special mention, however, must go to the late, great Reggie White. 6' 8", 300 pounds, could run a 4.6-second 40 yard dash, and in his prime was stronger than any offensive lineman he was matched up with. In fact, one of his favorite methods of sacking a quarterback was simply pushing the guard backwards until he reached the QB.
* Blockers in roller derby tend to be this. Some teams opt for having a LightningBruiser for their jammer as well, while others use a FragileSpeedster.
* [[UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts UFC light heavyweight champion]] Lyoto Machida first appeared to be a [[WeakButSkilled ''very'' skilled fighter who lacked knockout power]] (despite some [=TKOs=] before the UFC), reinforced by about half of his career being decision wins, but in 2009 revealed himself as being able to legitimately knock out an opponent without having to sacrifice any speed, explosiveness, or skill.
* Mario Williams, the defensive end for the Houston Texans. He's 6 foot 7, close to 300 pounds, and he runs the 40 yard dash in under 5 seconds. (4.65, to be exact). Or Albert Haynesworth. 6'6", 350 pounds, runs the 40 in 4.93.
* Although mentioned above, it's worth noting that Brock Lesnar is also considered deceptively fast as a MMA fighter in the UFC. It's not just in "fake" fighting that he's a Lightning Bruiser.
* A lot of the good heavy-weights in "Amateur" Wrestling (e.g. College, High School, and Olympic) tend to be like this. They're big, beefy, but they can go about as quickly as a 105 pounder if they've trained right.
* A lot of sumo wrestlers fall into this category. Not all of that body mass is fat.
* Mike Fucking Tyson. He was a big big man who was also one of the fastest (and fastest punchers) in boxing.
* Many power forwards in the sport of hockey are this. I don't think anyone ever accused Cam Neely or Jarome Iginla of being slow. Most players 6'3 and over are somewhat slower than others but there have been (and are) multiple exceptions to this.
* Jonah Lomu of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team. Faster than a wide receiver, built like a linebacker. At full speed, he simply powered through defenders like a truck knocks over traffic cones.
* The most well known example in Australian Football is Barry Hall. Built like a brick shit house and incredibly strong but faster than any tall defender.

* Very common trope in RPG games as your characters near towards endgame. Their very high levels usually negate the flaws and when [[GlassCannon the cannon becomes anything, but glass]] you're in for some serious ass kicking.
* Bretonnian Knights in the {{Warhammer Fantasy}}. Fastest of all heavy cavalry - and also the hardest hitting. They can take almost anything head on, and especially the Grail Knights are amongst the best troops in the game. The Bretonnian army is balanced by the fact that their infantry is mostly [[CannonFodder crap]]
** Also Ogres, who can move 12 inches per turn and can get up to 12 attacks on the first turn of combat. '''''Ouch'''''.
*** Bear in mind that ogres are considered one of the worst armies, mainly due to the small size of their armies.
* Pretty much everyone in ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' who isn't a squishy little space elf or [[PunyEarthlings Puny Earthling]]. The Space Marines aren't lightning, but they are repeatedly and consistently noted to be faster and more agile than nine-feet transhumans in bulky PoweredArmor seem to have any right to be. Fear the Orks who discover red Celtic woad.
** In a game where the SpaceMarines are TheMario, something really has to stand out to count as a LightningBruiser. Marine and Chaos independent characters such as [[FanNickname Failbadon]], certain Dreadnoughts, and various Monstrous Creatures with high initiatives might count.
* The Barbarian in ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' 3.5. They have the highest hit points, can wear up to medium level armor, rage out, giving them bonuses on taking and giving damage, and use any weapon they please, which is usually a double handed sword, bludgeoning tool, or axe. To top it off, they're also the fastest unmodified class, and at higher levels, react so fast to multiple enemies that they don't get a bonus when flanking him. Including making sure that the rogue doesn't get his handy dandy backstab feature in said mob.
** See Conan above for precedent. They also get a bonus to run speed, though not nearly as fast as [[FragileSpeedster the Monk]].
** In 4e they still have high hit points (really only beaten out by the Warden, now), move fast, and strike VERY hard with their rages. However, their defense is middling to poor, so you're gonna need all those extra hit points.
* ''MagicTheGathering'': anything big with haste. Consider [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=174968 Predator Dragon]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=185727 Hellkite Charger]], and [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=175057 Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund]] for three draconic examples. (Admittedly, the "lightning" part only applies on the first turn you summon it, but the "bruiser" will remain pretty much indefinitely.)
** Alternatively anything big with first strike might qualify, such as [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193871 Akroma, Angel of Wrath]]. Who has haste too, so she fits by either metric.

* DonkeyKong in ''SuperSmashBros. Melee'' and ''Brawl'' is surprisingly fast for a big gorilla. Captain Falcon can also be classed as a speedster that isn't fragile, he actually runs and jumps the fastest but, many of Falcon's attacks are slow. Wario is heavy, but small and agile for his weight. All 3 have no projectiles and Wario's range with plenty of attacks is ''notably'' low even by close range combat standards.
* ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'', is Donkey fast, agile and an adept swimmer; he can also defeat almost anything he comes across with strength.
** On a related note, K.Rool is an obese crocodile man so people generally forget that he's as fast or faster than Donkey Kong while at the same time being twice his size.
* In several ''SuperMarioBros.'' games, Bowser has been seen getting around quite fast when he wants to. In ''SuperMarioGalaxy'', not only can he outrun Mario, but he actually ''backflips'' around the arena.
** In the original ''Super Mario Kart'', he and his functional equal Donkey Kong Jr. are the top speed record holders.
** His kin share his agility, most especially Roy and Morton who can leap WHILE entirely within their shells.
* The Deer Haunter from ''{{Timesplitters}}'': Future Perfect was a particularly annoying miniboss because it was both fast, strong, and confined to a small room ([[ReviveKillsZombie until you figure out that he can't hit you in the room he starts in]]).
* In ''{{The Legend of Zelda}}: Ocarina of Time'', the Iron Knuckles become this once their armor has been removed, retaining their old strength but gaining more speed albeit still slower than Link. In ''Majora's Mask'', the Iron Knuckles can become faster than Link sans armor.
** The tradition is carried on in ''Twilight Princess'' with the Darknut.
** Possibly played more straight by ''Wind Waker'' incarnation as the Darknuts move fairly fast in their armor and don't gain much speed from losing it.
** However, something somehow often overlooked, when he sheds his armor, he becomes susceptible to arrows/boomerangs/etc (with added hitstun), whereas his armored form is completely invincible to these.
** The Goron form in ''Majora's Mask''. It's the biggest shape you've got and it has the slowest walking speed, but when you start rolling you're pretty much the fastest thing in the game.
*** [[RubberBandAI Except for any * other* Goron that's behind you in the race.]]
** Ganon in ''Twilight Princess'' in his boar form, in which he's the size of an elephant, smashes through the stone pillars in area you fight when running, and he runs much faster then you do.
* Arguably Fatman from ''MetalGearSolid2 Sons of Liberty''. He rolls around on [[RollerBladeGood skates]], has an impenetrable bomb suit, and wields a fully automatic Glock 18. Plus he is a MadBomber.
** ''MetalGearSolid'''s Vulcan Raven is a seven foot tall Inuit/Alaskan Native American who is capable of not only lifting a twenty millimeter Vulcan cannon, a gun normally mounted on ''fighter jets'', and carrying the refrigerator-sized ammunition barrel on his back while in the middle of the permafrost layer [[WalkingShirtlessScene without a shirt]], he is able to ''[[BeyondTheImpossible run while doing so]]''. Not only that, but he's ''[[GeniusBruiser smart]]''. Needless to say, he's quite a challenge to defeat.
* Berzerkers from ''{{Gears of War}}''.
* The small colossi from ''{{Shadow of the Colossus}}'' are some of the most frightening and difficult bosses as they are much, much faster than the player and not any less dangerous than the big ones.
* E. Honda from ''StreetFighter'', a sumotori, has some of the fastest attacks in the game.
** ''Street Fighter IV'' introduces Rufus, a man whose very rotund body shape belies his attack speed.
** When Akuma isn't a GlassCannon, he's a LightningBruiser. When he's a LightningBruiser, he's a GameBreaker.
* Most [[SNKBoss bosses]] in ''King of Fighters'' tend to be this.
* Zappa's Raoh ghost in the ''GuiltyGear'' series. Raoh is capable of taking out 100% of the opponents health, not to mention his attacks are fast and his exclusive super "Bellows Malice" can send the guard bar straight flying to the max.
** Justice when she's in Gold Mode.
** Potemkin, also, especially when you use his dash. Sol also becomes a ''frighteningly'' fast and durable opponent in Gold, and can easily spam his specials, as well as regenerates health constantly.
* Many raid bosses from ''{{World of Warcraft}}''. The most extreme example is Patchwerk, whose Hateful Strike ability will OneHitKill all but the most well geared and buffed tanks (and even then you're cutting it close). He uses Hateful Strike approximately once a second.
** Warriors are also this, especially Fury warriors. They have skills that allow them to dash insanely fast to an opponent and then cut them down. Druids, as a result, also have similar skills that mimic Warriors.
* Bob from ''{{Tekken}} 6''. In his own words: Speed and weight!
* Elvis in ''GodHand'' gets ridiculously fast in demon form, and his human form has several fast dash attacks as well.
* Berserker in ''FateStayNight''. Insane strength, surprisingly fast, and has natural armor that can't be penetrated by anything but the most powerful attacks.
** The FightingGame, on the other hand, turns him into a MightyGlacier.
** Also Lancer, who was ordered to attack every Servant, find out their abilities and leave without killing them. He's the fastest hero and also the best defender, thinking nothing of fighting over several other heroes at once (though Assassin unnerves him somewhat). Also has a cheap instant kill attack, powerful magic and a primary limitation of being unable to win the Grail War because not only is he not a protagonist, his [[BigBad Master]] won't let him win either.
** Saber can go toe-to-toe with aforementioned Berserker, is NighInvulnerable to [[FunctionalMagic magecraft]], agile enough to sprint on the side of skyscrapers, ''and'' she's one of the few wearing proper armor.
* The Assassin in ''GuildWars''. Properly built for PvE, it deals attacks more quickly than any other class, deals more damage than any other class, and is extremely hard to kill. It is capable of doing all of PvE with minimum effort and best time and uses most weapons better than the classes designed to use those weapons -- though it is also one of the harder classes to play for non-powergamers. In ''PvP'' it loses the resilience aspect to a degree but remains potent.
** Addendum: the spirit changes have turned the Ritualist into something like this. It has the second highest damage in the game, can gain a frontline quality armour level, and can shift the spirits constantly to the best position on the battlefield.
* Big Daddies from ''{{Bioshock}}''. Really big, but also fast and able to dish it out.
** The Big Sister in the sequel is said to be even faster and MORE dangerous! Since the main character is[[spoiler: a Big Daddy prototype]] the ante needed to be upped a bit.
* Duster in ''{{Mother 3}}'' has the highest physical attack in the game, and is one of the fastest characters. He even has a special ability that occasionally allows him to get a hit in before anyone else, even if you don't manage a first strike.
** Not just that, he has another ability where if the enemy catches you from behind, there's a chance he'll flip over them before they can act and attack them from behind instead.
** What's really strange is that he walks with a limp. Imagine how fast he'd be with two good legs.
* There's several in the ''{{Pokemon}}'' games, but the most noticeable is Slaking; a giant sloth whose speed (100) is on par with (and actually faster than) several flying-types and legendaries. The only reason it isn't considered a GameBreaker is because its "ability" renders it immobile every other turn.
** Slaking also has the third highest base ATK (160) of all Pokémon, behind only Rampardos (165) and Deoxys' attack form (180).
** Of course, there's also [[RodentsOfUnusualSize Bibarel]], [[GoddamnedBats the somewhat-more-annoying evolution to Bidoof]], who has an ability that doubles the effects of stat increases or decreases upon itself. Cue some genius figuring out that the resident Buffing king, Ninjask, can [[AllYourPowersCombined Baton Pass a few turns of Speed Boost and Swords Dance onto it]] and create [[GameBreaker a true monster to behold.]]
*** For those who don't quite see what's so bad about it -- Bibarel has a fairly high HP stat ([[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass hence it being somewhat-more-annoying in its natural state]]). With the Simple ability (which is the aforementioned double-the-effect ability), two Swords Dances (which is 2 levels of Attack Boost each right there without the ability), and X turns of Speed Boost (which is an ability that gives a level of speed increase effect to Ninjask each turn, but the effects get Baton Passed onto Bibarel), and you have the RodentsOfUnusualSize equivalent of TankGoodness (with just a single Sword Dance and turn from Speed Boost Bibarel has double speed and ''triple'' attack).
*** With it gaining the ability to learn Curse (raises attack and defense at the cost of speed) in Platinum, it now more often embodies MightyGlacier--but thanks to [[EliteTweak Egg Moves]] it can still learn and use Quick Attack now matter how slow its fat ass gets.
** Also Shuckle, a Pokémon who is best know for having the best defense, with low attack and speed. However, combine Power Trick, a move that switches attack and defense, and Trick Room, a move that makes the slowest Pokémon move first, and you've got a Pokémon with the highest attack and speed in the game.
*** Which is actually AwesomeButImpractical; that strategy looks great on paper, but after you use Power Trick Shuckle's base defense becomes ''ten''. And while you may not think of it as a problem due to Trick Room turning it into the fastest Pokemon in the game, don't forget about the moves that always hit first...one Scizor (which is used on about 20-30% of teams) with Bullet Punch and you're dead. Hell, ''any'' priority move will kill you. Not to mention Shuckle's awful movepool...
*** The combo in itself is AwesomeButImpractical, at least in Single battles, since you have to use one and then the other. If you use Power Trick first, expect your Shuckle to get slaughtered on your next turn if they use a Physical attack; using Trick Room first, your Shuckle is going to get Power Trick off and promptly get KO'd right after using it.
** Who can forget Garchomp? Better defenses than Swampert, faster than most of its supposed "counters", sky-high Attack, great typing (Yache Berry prevents one-hit kills with Ice moves, sorry Mamoswine), crazy movepool... once, the ''entire metagame'' revolved around killing off Garchomp; there was no single counter to it, and at most teams would have at least 2-3 Pokémon dedicated to Garchomp-killing. It was moved into ubers (and therefore banned in standard play) because of the ''sheer overcentralization'' it caused.
*** As an aside, Yache Berry actually ''won't'' stop Glaceon from one-shotting the Land Shark with Ice Beam. But that's one out of the entire game, and Glaceon has a couple of issues otherwise...
**** Good luck getting Glaceon to move fast enough to actually hit Garchomp with it. In the mean time, Garchomp's charging at it with a super effective Fire Fang ForMassiveDamage.
**** Weavile, an ever [[BeyondTheImpossible faster]] bruiser has ungodly levels of Attack. A Life Orbed Weavile could easily Ice Punch Garchomp to the moon and back.
** "Several" doesn't even begin to describe it, as there is a large number of Pokémon that could qualify. For starters, every "uber" legendary aside from Deoxys has outstanding scores in every stat. Other notable Lightning Bruisers, relative to their respective [[CharacterTiers tiers]], include Leafeon, Miltank, Raikou, Zapdos, Celebi, Jirachi, Starmie, and Latios/Latias. On top of that, there's still a myriad of other powerful, durable Pokémon that can [[StatusBuff become faster]] through certain moves, traits, and items: Tyranitar, Scizor, Metagross, Gyarados, Gliscor, Kingdra, Feraligatr, Hitmontop, Ludicolo, etc. Considering the sheer amount of other strong Pokémon that can be made faster via Choice Scarf, Trick Room, or Baton Pass, the examples become far too numerous to all be listed here.
** Nobody is mentioning [[GameBreaker Mewtwo]]? While he's not as overpowered as he used to be, he's always very strong and fast.
** And then there's [[OlympusMons Arceus]]. Having 120 in EVERY stat (which makes him either faster, stronger or more resistant than every other Pokemon), an insane movepool (only bested by Mew, who can learn every TM/HM, and Smeargle, who can learn evrery move period), and, most importantly, can take on any of the 17 types. In short, you can tweak your Arceus to counter, duplicate or best any of the other 492 Pokemon.
* Necrid in ''SoulCalibur 2'' had high attack speed, and power. When he isn't attacking however, he is slow combo fodder. Nightmare also becomes one when he is split from Sigfried in the 3rd game.
* ''{{Halo}}'''s [[SuperSoldier Spartan-II]]s, at least in the fluff. Your average Spartan is proficient with all weapons, ridiculously strong, can shrug off terrible wounds, and has reflexes so fast they enter a BulletTime-like state when in combat -- and that's without wearing their trademark [[PoweredArmor Mjolnir Armor]], which increases their strength and speed even more. In-game, however, GamePlayAndStorySegregation results in Spartan characters being [[GlassCannon Glass Cannons]] who move only slightly faster than regular humans and can only take a handful of shots before dying messily.
** Ingame Brutes would probably count. They can move really fast and jump really high when they berserk despite being over 8 feet tall.
*** The new multiplayer Elite in Halo Reach. Not only are they bigger and have more health and shields than the Spartans, but they also are faster which is supplemented by their new evasion moves.
* Although in theory the right mix of items from the (in)famous ''{{Warcraft}} III'' map ''{{Defense of the Ancients}}'' allows any of its player characters to become one of these, only a few really fit conceptually. Amongst these are the Chaos Knight, who has the highest base movespeed and can summon unusually powerful illusions via his [[LastDiscMagic ultimate spell]] as tanking and DPS; the Lycanthrope, whose SuperMode maxs his movespeed and lets him make better use of attackspeed bonuses as well as giving a damage multiplier; finally the Slithereen Guard, whose Sprint move nearly maxs movespeed and whose armor-reducing [[LastDiscMagic ultimate spell]] lets him gain a large edge over his targets. These three happen to have Strength as their dominant attribute, giving higher un-enhanced health maximum and regeneration compared to most.
** Any agility based hero in a map where you can buy infinite stat-up items. Agility gives attack speed, armor, and if they're agi-based, attack power. So one of these heroes will, when buffed up, high attack power, an absurd attack speed, and high armor. Eventually it reaches the point where the only thing stopping them from instantly killing things is their attack animation, which apparently reaches some sort of attack speed limit.
*** Syllabear, while being an agility hero, can almost double his HP with his ultimate and attack extremely fast using rabid. The only trade off is he trades off his range attack for melee. Medusa also qualifies as an agility hero with mana shield boosting her effective HP.
** Bloodlust. Orcs. Just make sure your army has a mass buff dispel ability.
*** ''Warcraft2'', Knights and Ogres filled this role. Good damage, good armor, good hit points, fastest ground units. Then consider Orcs had the Haste and Bloodlust spells. With a good click speed, you could turn your ogres group into a mass of death.
* The Tank from ''{{Left 4 Dead}}''. At 6000 hp it has the most health of anything and can give a good pummeling, while also being much faster than it looks. The Witch is also an example, in that despite looking as fragile as a standard zombie, it can withstand multiple autoshotgun blasts, is frightfully fast and will one-hit-down any of the survivors.
** The Tank's HP differs depending on the difficulty, though. On Advanced and Versus, the Tank has 6000. On Easy, he has 3000. On Medium and (presumably) Survival, he has 4000. On Expert he has 8000 and takes damn near forever to kill. In comparison, the Witch, mentioned above, has 1000, and the player characters and [[{{mooks}} regular Infected]] have 100, with pistol bullets doing around 35 per bullet (bar headshots) and the standard shotgun capable of doing 250.
* Death claws in the ''{{Fallout}}'' series.
** Some of the super-mutants in ''Fallout 3'', some of which are very fast in spite of being the largest enemies in the game.
** Player character martial artist are recommended to be built like this as speed is everything an action point based system.
** Not to mention just plain every character in general, just to deal with [[GoddamnedBats those goddamned death claws.]]
** See also X-com and ''JaggedAlliance'', both of which use a similar AP system. Focusing on training speed alone whenever mercs have some downtime will make even revolver-packing mercs as deadly as machine gunners, with better accuracy when "spraying and praying".
* Saren (in his final form at the end) in ''MassEffect'' certainly fits this trope.
** Krogan are also like this. Especially Wrex.
** Also, Harbinger. He moves faster than ordinary Collectors, has high barriers/shields, and spams a blast of yellow-black energy that deals significant damage.
* ''{{Prototype}}'' has the Supreme Hunter who is as large as a tank and has most of Alex's powers as an EvilCounterpart to the protagonist Alex Mercer who is a hard-hitting speedster. For that matter, standard Hunters are pretty damn speedy for their power, and on Blackwatch's side their {{Super Soldier}}s both have the physical brutishness to fight Alex in melee and the agility to LeParkour while in pursuit of him.
* The bosses in ''[=~Punch-Out!!~=]'' and its sequels. Particularly the Sandman from the Wii game, who stands at 285 lbs, ~6 feet 5 inches, and can punch in the blink of an eye, especially in the second playthrough.
* In ''TeamFortress2'', the Pyro may have average speed, but that still makes him the fastest of the classes with above-average health (not to mention the brief period where the Backburner gave him an extra 50 health). His balancing weakness is a lack of range. The Soldier also has elements of this, once you factor in his RocketJump, with the weakness that rocket jumps trade off health for maneuverability.
** And now, after the WAR update, we have the [[DrunkenMaster Demoman's]] new weapon, the [[{{BFS}} Eyelander.]] It [[CastFromHitPoints takes off a chunk of your health]] at the outset, but you get more health and better speed after you behead someone. After two, you're up to above-normal HP and a goodly running speed, and at the maximum of 4, you've got more health than a Soldier and a little less speed than a [[FragileSpeedster Scout.]] Normally, the Eyelander is paired with a damage-reducing shield, but if you take the default Sticky-Bomb launcher and still manage to get 4 heads, you're basically unstoppable.
* In the first ''DungeonKeeper'' game, the Horned Reaper is almost universally assumed to be the strongest monster available, and it only takes a few levels of training before it gains the Speed Monster ability as well. Their drawback is that they're extremely hard to get your hands on, and they require a lot of monitoring to stop them flipping out and attacking your own creatures.
* The Brute archetype in ''{{City of Heroes}}'' has high {{Hit Point}}s, self-sufficient defenses, and very strong attack sets. The archetype's special attribute is doing more damage the more it attacks or is attacked, making both quick frequent attacks and slow powerful ones beneficial (the former to power up the character so the latter hit extra-hard). It's essentially an entire class of playable {{Incredible Hulk}}s.
* The Defender of Faith, one of the Empire's most powerful fighter units in ''Disciples 2: Dark Prophecy'', is a DualWielding heavily armoured knight mounted on a heavily armoured horse (poor horse...). Despite this, thanks to its high Initiative stat, it usually strikes first in each round of battle. He also hits ''hard''. High HP, decent armor, strikes hard, strikes ''fast'', and only takes up one space in the party? The only reason he's not a GameBreaker is that it takes a ridiculous amount of exp and gold to get them in most scenarios.
* You know Elvis, the [[GeniusBruiser massive, muscle-bound, fist-fighting Professor]] in ''{{Wild ARMs 5}}''? Looking at how huge he is, surely he must be the MightyGlacier of the villain team, right? Nope! He's the fastest of the four Sentinels you face, barely beating the resident ninja Fereydoon by a few speed points.
* All types of Skaarj from ''{{Unreal}}'' (not so much in the Tournament series, where they could be PCs and so were retooled into the {{Mighty Glacier}} for game-balance reasons). Taken to ridiculous extremes by the [[AttackAttackAttack Berserkers]], [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Lords]] and [[FlyingBrick Warlords]].
* Venom from the ''[[UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' game is at least twice as bulky as Spider-Man, attacks with brutal claw and tentacle strikes and throws and can pick up and toss cars with ease. He's also nearly as agile as Spider-Man and possesses a "locomotion jump" that lets him leap HUGE distances in a single bound.
* [=TeeTee=] in ''Diddy Kong Racing'': while you have to completely master the game to get him, using him pretty much guarantees easy victory for anyone.
* [[FinalFantasyV Exdeath]] in ''[=~Dissidia: Final Fantasy~=]'' is normally so slow it's ridiculous(ly awesome), but he gains quite the speed burst when countering. He also has a move that allows him to teleport towards the opponent at an alarming speed.
** [[FinalFantasyX Jecht]] fits better: He's a huge beef tank who attacks with long series of decisively rapid punches, kicks and sword strikes. His weakness is a lack of any ranged attacks (except for the highly situational Ultimate Jecht Shot).
** [[FinalFantasyIV Golbez]] fits as well. He's right up there with fellow [[TinTyrant Tin Tyrants]] [[FinalFantasyV Exdeath]] and [[FinalFantasyI Garland]] for the title of "largest playable character(s) in the whole damn game" and his ground movement speed leaves something to be desired...but his ''attacks'' execute with very alarming speed.
** Same deal applies to [[SNKBoss Chaos]], though he can only be fought in a very small arena where movement speed doesn't really matter does that doesn't stop him from being [[ThatOneBoss so hard that many new players give up on the game because they can't beat him]].
* This is Akira Yuki's niche in ''VirtuaFighter''. Most of his attacks come out incredibly fast with high power. However, many have a very short optimum range, and many of his attacks and combos have strict timings. One of the most extreme examples would be his knee attack, which is pulled off by pressing Guard+ Kick, then letting go of Guard exactly one frame (1/60th of a second) later. The faster ones also have a long lag at the end of them, leaving an opening if they miss or are blocked. Since most of his attacks do their best damage at close range, the opponent will likely be close enough to return with a damaging throw. However, his movement and basic attacks don't match the speed of Pai, Kagemaru, Sarah, or Lion.
* Iron Tager from ''BlazBlue'' was a MightyGlacier in ''CalamityTrigger'', but speed buffs in ''Continuum Shift'' are shifting him in this direction. Similarly for Hakumen. Then the trailer for the PSP version came out, showing Unlimited Tager crossing the screen at least as fast as Kokonoe wanted...
* The Rex Wheelie from Kirby Air Ride Star is a Bulk Star with more speed and acceleration, doesn't have the need to refuel, has a lot of HP, Defense and attack and is HUGE. Also, being a wheel based Machine and therefore always on the ground, it jumps high off ramps and automatically activates the special buttons and panels (i.e. Boost Panels) on the floor.
* From the'' {{Metroid}}'' series, Ridley is a super-intelligent killing machine that breaths fire and eats corpses. He's also about fifteen feet tall, utterly towering over the protagonist Samus Aran. You'd think he'd be slow and easy to avoid so you can pick him off with your ArmCannon, right? '''Wrong.''' There is a reason he usually is ThatOneBoss.
** Samus herself counts. She's a power armored badass that can soak up damage like a sponge, is death at both melee and range, and is capable of reaching mach 1.
* Hunters from HalfLife 2 Episode 2. Large tripod-ish killing ''things'' with impressive speed (they can outrun you, period), an array of deadly weapons, and a lot of hit points - it can take multiple rockets to kill one, depending on difficultly, although the Pulse Rifle altfire is a nice one-hit-kill solution.
** Antlion Guards from [=HL2=] and its Episodes, though unable to jump like lesser Antlions, are the size of [=APCs=] - and just as fast.
* The Tyrants from the ''ResidentEvil'' series; with the Nemesis as their undisputed king. Generally, they start off slow, hard hitting, and resilient. Then, when you piss them off enough, they get a speed boost. And they are faster than you.
* ''{{StarCraft}}'' has the Zerg Ultralisk.
** But only with the upgrade, otherwise it's a MightyGlacier.
* Many end game creatures in ''Heroes of Might and Magic''. Perhaps the best example is the dragon units, which are always the strongest units and among the fastest.
* Hell Knights in ''{{Doom}} 3'', according to at least one expedition team member into Hell. You can hear his terrified ramblings on them in an audio log.
* Guardians in ''{{Uncharted}} 2: Among Thieves'' are one of the most unfair examples of this trope. Not only are they big, strong, fast, and capable of leaping absurd distances, they're also ImmuneToBullets when you first meet them. Even when you do get the opportunity to actually kill them, they still absorb enough rounds to turn a small army into salsa and ask for seconds. Oh, and they also fire some of the most accurate and damaging weapons in the game. Good thing you never have to face more than three of them at a time.
* Juggernauts from ''ModernWarfare 2''. Heavily armoured enough to need multiple hits from otherwise-OneHitKill weapons like the [[{{BFG}} Barret .50 cal]] or [[GameBreaker noobtube]], carrying a [[MoreDakka M240 machine gun]] which they use with near-aimbot accuracy, while also being able to charge at a fast clip. They are very much DemonicSpiders.
* [[http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Blizzard_Buffalo Blizzard Buffalo]] from ''[[MegaManX Mega Man X3]]''. He's an eight-foot-tall robotic bison-man who skids across icy surfaces at high speeds.
* Kain from {{Legacy of Kain}}. A vampire with superhuman strength sufficient to move boulders weighing several tons, superior speed, agility, and reflexes to mortals, and skin tougher than a suit of armor.
* ''RiseOfTheKasai'' features Rau and Baumusu; two huge guys who fight with a variety of weapons at a blur of speeds, but can also move with amazing silence and stealth.
* Bacchus from StarOceanTheLastHope, His strafing attack moves him quickly along the ground and hits twice. If you add {{more dakka}} through Item creation, it actually becomes more powerful then his special attacks (which are already some of the best). Of course, He also has high Defense and HP. As well a skill that lets him heal 50% of his hp instantly.

* TheBrute in ''NinjaSpirit'' is revealed to be like this when he dodges a lightning bolt.
* [[http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=38&issue=5 Mongo]] from ''[=~The Adventures of Dr. McNinja~=]''. All the speed, agility, and skills of a ninja with the strength and body of a GiantMook. And he wields [[ChainsawGood Chainsaw Nunchucks]].
* BuckGodot. For someone over 7 feet tall and easily weighing in at 600 pounds (all muscle actually), he is A LOT faster than he has any business being.
** Justified in that he's from a [[{{Heavyworlder}} high gravity world]].
* Like the second quote says, Pindar from ''AMiracleOfScience'', a ([[GeniusBruiser remarkably polite and intelligent]]) ten-foot-tall robot who can jump around like an enormous mechanical bunny if he needs to.
* Mr. Mighty from ''EverydayHeroes'' [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=77921 demonstrates this skill when needed]].
* Sgt. Schlock - 500 pounds. 5 times stronger than a boosted human. You need anti-tank weaponry to do more than inconvenience him, and he's [[BlobMonster the Spokesblob]] for [[MoreDakka Even More Dakka]]. [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20031125.html Way faster than he looks?]] You betcha.

* TheBatman version of Penguin could arguably count, being a pudgy little man who's "picked up a little something from the Orient".
* ''[[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''. The title heroes themselves subvert any expectations about speed: turtles are certainly not reputed for being fast, and even mutant ones would seem [[RogueElephant a poor choice to train as ninja]]... and yet they kick ass.
** Hun is a humongous mountain of a man, and one of the largest human characters in the series; his speed and agility, however, is consistently shown to be on par with all the other martial artists.
* Megabyte of ''{{ReBoot}}'' can outrun vehicles and throw them around like rag dolls when he catches them.
* The Scotsman from ''SamuraiJack'' is about three times Jack's size but is easily capable of matching Jack's speed, fighting him to a standstill for three days and nights.
* [[EvilCounterpart Venom]] from ''{{The Spectacular Spider-Man}}'' is physically stronger than Spidey, but shown to be pretty fast.
* [[BigBad Vilgax]] from ''{{Ben 10}}''. He's about twice as tall as any of Ben's aliens [[spoiler:except Way Big]], strong enough to smack [[SuperStrength Fourarms]] around with ease and shatter [[NighInvulnerable Diamondhead's]] face. He's fast enough to catch [[SuperSpeed XLR8]] even as he flees, and tends to charges into battle with all the speed of a freight train ([[TheJuggernaut and fifty times harder to stop, too]]).
* The Leviathan from ''StormHawks'' is fast enough to outfly the title heroes' flying motorcycles, AND big enough to ''swallow their mothership''.

* Knights. Medieval Knights in full plate armor were actually fairly fast and mobile. Earlier, knights who wore mail (chainmail for D&D fans) even more so. When a modern day museum guard can do [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm11yAXeegg cart-wheels]] in an authentic armor one realises that "literary tropes of the 19th through 20th century" that exemplified the clunkiness and slowness of the armored knight were just that: pure fiction. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMuNXWFPewg Watch this video]]
* Medieval and Renaissance swords. These ''heavy'' (~0.8 kg!) swords were fast, dynamic and were made with precision and sophistication that befuddles modern smiths and metallurgists... and they could chop off your limbs! Medieval Renaissance Martial Arts were sophisticated fighting systems that involved a lot of movement and dynamism. Almost [[BladeLock nothing]] [[{{Flynning}} is]] [[SwordSparks true]] of how these were portrayed in modern media or literature. See the SwordFight entry for more.
** [[DidNotDoTheResearch Befuddles modern smiths and metallurgists?]] Yeah, not so much...it's just much cheaper and less time consuming to make swords stock rather than used involved hand-forging processes. Even so there are still some smiths who can and do produce exact replicas of archaic swords.
** Renaissance Zweihanders (two-handed swords) were specialist weapons used to literally "chop down" the polearms of pikemen. While six feet long they were still fast and mobile enough to use in a melee. They were rarely seen off the battlefield as the big blade was cumbersome to carry and offered little advantage over a longsword when the opponent also used swords and hand weapons.
* Amur tigers. Saltwater crocodiles. Leopard seals. [[EverythingIsWorseWithBears Grizzly bears]]. ''[[EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks Great White Sharks]]''. All are several hundred kilograms each, longer than a man is tall, and each one will rip you to shreds with an unholy quickness.
** Great Whites are actually fairly slow, relying mostly on stealth to pull off ambushes. A better example could be the Mako Shark, which has tuna, another Lightning Bruiser, as its main prey.
** Great Whites have been documented world-wide attacking prey at speeds great enough to launch themselves and their meals clear of the water.
*** Great Whites are technically the largest species of Mako shark, so it's all fine. And Mako sharks are dangerous TO THE BOAT when being fished. Also, if you can move through water, which is pretty dense, at the speed a cheetah runs, trashing arround will prove destructive.
* Killer Whales are as big as elephants and can swim much faster then Great Whites.
** At least one killer whale has apparently [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAOH0GJHjxY developed a taste for great white sharks]] and has made it her business to hunt down and devour their livers (* insert Hannibal Lecter joke here* ).
* People recognize their strength right away, but tend to underestimate how ''fast'' elephants can be (a mistake [[{{Animorphs}} Rachel]] likes to use to her advantage).
** Same for hippos. Those things can outrun a man and those big teeth are not for show. The deadliest animals in Africa are not lions.
*** By that definition -- number of human fatalities per year -- the deadliest animals in Africa are mosquitoes (which spread malaria, etc.), and the second-deadliest are humans (who wage war, etc.).
*** Mosquitoes are just a XanatosSucker (IncrediblyLamePun not intended) for the Plasmodium.
* The ''{{Tyrannosaurus rex}}'', though its top speed is still somewhat speculative, was hardly slow. Probably.
** Most gracile legs of everything in its size range. It was still faster that anything its size. Except maybe Deinocheirus, which probably was an overgrown [[FragileSpeedster Gallimimus]].
* Cachalotes (Sperm Whales). Those guys dive down to 9000 feet to hunt ''giant squids''! They can do 30 kn at ease, and are known to have sunk sailing ships by ramming at them.
* Really, the whole concept of strength/speed as a dichotomy is a fictional concept. You'll be hard pressed to find anything strong that isn't fast, human or animal.
** Strength and speed as antitheses might be a largely fictional trope, but massiveness and ability to accelerate rapidly as antitheses is certainly '''not''', thanks largely to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square-cube_law the square-cube law]]. Bigger things are weaker and slower in proportion to their size.
*** Stride increases proportional to a creature's size. Its strength increases proportionally to the square of its size. Its mass, however, increases with the cube of its size.
* Rhinoceros, the White and black rhinos can run very fast.
* In his second UFC fight Brock Lesnar revealed that for him, "Lightning Bruiser" isn't just a pro wrestling trait of his; it wasn't surprising to see him practically knock Heath Herring halfway across the cage with his first right punch of the fight... what was surprising was how quickly Lesnar practically ''dove'' onto Herring before he could land.

* Signum of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. Nearly as fast as Fate, except every hit from her hurts like hell, [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom even unarmed ones]]. She also took a direct hit of one of Fate's magics ''without even flinching'', due to her "Panzergeist" defense magic. Forced Fate to take a completely FragileSpeedster "Sonic Form" so she can evade nearly all of her attacks because she was too damn strong, and she still had trouble dealing solid damage.
** The entire super-powerful LightningBruiser status of Signum can be represented by Signum ''still'' being stronger than Nanoha '''after''' ''[=StrikerS=]'', as the final chapter of the supplementary manga shows.
** Subaru too. [[RollerbladeGood Mach Calibre]] allows her to move at great speeds. Now combine this with SuperStrength and durability [[spoiler: from being a [[MyHeroZero Type Zero]] [[HollywoodCyborg Cyborg]]]].
** Despite usually being labeled the FragileSpeedster rather than the LightningBruiser, Fate tends more towards the latter than the former. She is an incredible close-in combatant, outspeeds all of the main cast, and can transform Bardiche into hard-hitting [[SinisterScythe Haken]] or [[{{BFS}} Zanber]] forms. Yes, Sonic Drive makes her a OneHitPointWonder, but when a superspeedster is whaling on you with a {{BFS}} you tend to notice the bruiser more than the fragile.
* Shin and Yamato from ''Eyeshield21'' seem to apply. Both of them are fast enough to keep up with Sena, but also have immense upper body strength to go with it.
** &# 332;tawara comes to mind to. He's the fastest of the linemen in ''Eyeshield 21''.
* Also from ''{{Naruto}}'' we have Rock Lee. Despite being strong enough to pull ''tree-sized roots'' out of the ground, he is most often noted for his incredible speed--he's fast enough to slip past Gaara's fast, instantly-reacting sand shield through footwork alone.
* [[{{ptitlegynukzwikxmd}} Ranma Saotome]]. Not only is he capable of [[RapidFireFisticuffs throwing hundreds of punches in the space of a second]], but each one of those punches is likely capable of shattering multi-ton boulders.
** Hell, a lot of the [[FanNickname Nerima Wrecking Crew]] count: Mousse can land some strong kicks, zips around like a fly and can take a considerable pounding before going down. Ry&# 333;ga can easily charge around like a bull and is only a MightyGlacier compared to Ranma and Mousse. He even lampshades this himself when fighting Lime, a super-strong character (even by ''[=~Ranma ½~=]'' standards) who is less than super-fast, which makes Ry&# 333;ga realize that all those fights with Ranma have made ''him'' very very fast in turn.
* While his durability is [[FragileSpeedster debatable]] in various games, in most animated adaptations {{Sonic the Hedgehog}} can be seen taking, avoiding and dealing out damage in equal measure, sometimes to MadeOfIron levels.
* Negi of ''MahouSenseiNegima!'' When he finally perfects his Thousand Bolts spell, he uses BlackMagic to absorb it, [[spoiler: briefly turn himself into lightning, and beat the crap out of Jack Rakan.]]
** [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Negi, Rakan was able to take all that punishment and turned out to ''still'' be a stronger, faster, and tougher LightningBruiser than him even when he's in that form]].
*** Later in that fight, [[spoiler: Negi puts ''two'' Thousand Bolts into his BlackMagic, which makes him even faster and removes a critical weakness. At that point, Negi was more of a classic FragileSpeedster, while Rakan was pretty much a MightyGlacier -- but compared to pretty much everyone in the world, both are [[GameBreaker completely broken]] {{LightningBruiser}}s]].
* Soifon and Yoruichi Shihouin from ''{{Bleach}}''.
** Ichigo himself could be considered an example, as when he's on the top of his game he can out-pace his own SwordBeam attacks and produce after-images, but still can lob said [[SwordBeam Sword Beams]] that deal impressive damage. [[spoiler: His [[SuperPoweredEvilSide recent Berserker Hollow form]] fits more into the first category, moving so fast that Ulquiorra can't keep up, but capable of ripping [Ulquiorra's] arm off and impressive feats of damage soaking]]
* Natsu of ''FairyTail''. He's agile, strong, practically MadeOfIron, and uses a very rare and powerful Fire Magic taught to him by a Dragon. Fellow Dragon Slayer Gazille also qualifies, and he's ''literally'' MadeOfIron at times, being the Metal Dragon Slayer.
** Both Dragon Slayers are particularly notable for being extremely powerful with or without magic, as almost all other magic users are physically weak, and almost all other fighter types can't use magic. Exceptions would be [[spoiler: the artificial dragon slayers and Zero of Oracion Seis.]]
* Eclair from ''KiddyGrade'', who can take defeat guard robots and combat cyborgs twice her size. Fittingly enough her name means "lightning bolt" in French.
* Marie Mjolnir from ''SoulEater''. Fast enough that the unlucky/deserving [[spoiler: Justin Law]] didn't know what hit him, and her strength is presumably why she's known as the Crushing Weapon.
* Black* Star for one is the fastest student in Shibusen/DWMA and punches hole through walls.
* Father Alexander Anderson from ''{{Hellsing}}''. He can [[HealingFactor regenerate]] from [[BoomHeadshot headshots]] with large-calibre explosive rounds, then close the distance and [[OffWithHisHead lop your head off]] before you know what's hit you.
** Of course, that's because all his vampire opponents are [=LB=]s too. Even the artificial mass-produced Nazi vampire mooks are [[SuperSpeed superhumanly fast]], [[SuperStrength can tear men to shreds]] and [[HealingFactor regenerate from]] [[ImmuneToBullets smalls arms fire]], to say nothing of major named vampires - or Alucard himself.
* Lenalee from ''DGrayMan''.

* The {{Flash}}, whenever the writers don't forget [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:FlashInfiniteMassPunch.png how much it sucks to be punched by someone going that fast.]]
** This has varied over the years, and still varies with the writer. In Wally West's first hundred issues or so, he could usually hit no harder than a typical athlete -- his aura absorbed most of the energy. As the editor pointed out, Wally would break his hands with every punch otherwise. When the Speed Force was introduced, it quickly became a catch-all answer to physics gripes; thus Wally's been delivering super-punches again, apparently using the Speed Force to sneak around Newton's third.
* Reflex from ''Sovereign Seven'' was a specific aversion of the usual treatment of fast characters.
* [[SpiderMan Spider-Man]] and Beast of the [[XMen X-Men]] have enhanced strength, reflexes and agility.
* [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Quicksilver]] has given one or two demonstrations of this. His most recent (and arguably most notable, given fan reaction) is his utterly flawless and justifiably arrogant [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1880807.html takedown]] of Mr. X in a recent {{Thunderbolts}} issue.

* ''StarWars'': The Jedi themselves. They wield {{Laser Blade}}s that easily cut through steel walls and bodily appendages, can perform acrobatic feats such as jumping long distances, and are more or less ImmuneToBullets.
** Of course they also have {{Mighty Glacier}}s too, whose response to the speedsters and bruisers is just to use the jedi/sith equivalents of a Hold Person spell be levitating them off the ground. (See also, Darth Vader, above).
* Pretty much any cinematic martial artist, particularly if they're played by Jet Li.
** Or by BruceLee. Not that tall and only a little over 72 kg (about 160 lbs) but it was all muscle that moved like lightning.
* The Beast of ''KungFuHustle''. [[spoiler:The final BigBad of the movie]], he is faster and more MadeOfIron than the Landlady and Landlord. Good thing [[spoiler: Sing is faster than ''him'' after the Beast accidentally unlocks his true power]].
* Megaguirus of the ''Godzilla'' series is the single quickest, nimblest monster in the entire series, and still manages to pick Godzilla - a monster three times her own mass - off the ground, as well as take a considerable amount of physical punishment and be little worse for the wear. She burns like a gasoline-doused paper bag, but physically speaking, she can swap blows with the best of them.
** Some versions of Godzilla himself also qualify, but none so much as his Final Wars incarnate, who shrugged off nuke-scale explosions that left mile-wide craters in the ground, while simultaneously dispatched his enemies with wire-fu maneuvers and amazingly quick reflexes.
** King Seesar is a less extreme example, being an(allegedly) stone monster who barrels right into enemies with surprising speed and executes spectacular roundhouse kicks.
* [[WaifFu River Tam]] in ''{{Serenity}}''; for someone that small, she hits ''hard'' as hell.

* [[FanNickname Her Imperial Bugginess]] the Vord Queen in the ''CodexAlera'' books is ''terrifyingly'' powerful. While she looks a bit like a CuteMonsterGirl (or at least [[UncannyValley tries]]), she's faster and stronger than Aleran crafters using BulletTime and SuperStrength, crafts better than pretty much anyone anyway, can run up walls and ceilings, and is generally able to slice you to little pieces. Oh, and [[ImmuneToBullets balest bolts]] ''bounce off her skin''. To make matters worse, she's a brilliant commander with a [[ZergRush massive]], {{Hive Mind}}ed army consisting in large part of lesser {{Lightning Bruiser}}s.
* Achilles from ''TheIliad'' certainly qualifies, being able to outrun anyone else in the book, and being described as 'swift-footed' more often than anything else. Making this trope OlderThanDirt.
* Max the Silent from AndrewVachss's Burke books, despite not looking very powerful at first glance, is death in close quarters. In the event that someone manages to land a blow on him, it becomes apparent that he can shrug off should-be-painful stuff like multiple knee strikes from Muay Thai exponents.

* Masato Yoshino from DragonGate is a FragileSpeedster minus the fragile. He's the second smallest guy on the roster, but he can press guys his own size over his head, and knock guys much bigger than himself flying across the ring with a dropkick.

* Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao. The man started his career at 106 pounds, has advanced all the way to 147 (almost unheard of in Boxing). And his KO percentage has risen, while he retains the same blinding handspeed he had at lower weights. Ricky Hatton got a little taste of that combination earlier this year, as did Miguel Cotto, both men billed as "bigger and stronger" than Pacquiao, until he put a thoroughly one-sided beat down on both of them. Hatton got knocked the hell out in the second round, and the ref jumped in to save Cotto in the final round of their fight.
* Roy Jones, Jr. Possibly the fastest pound for pound fighter in boxing history, Roy Jones also had incredible knockout power for the early part of his career. Watching Roy Jones is an experience in and of itself, he sits back and strikes like a viper. He's like a ninja in the ring...just watch his first knockdown of journeyman Richard Hall. I'm pretty sure he teleports at least once.
* Mark Recchi is small for a hockey player who plays a physical style (5'10, 180 pounds) but early in his career was nicknamed "The Wrecking Ball" for his propensity to crash into opponents, many larger than himself. Pat Verbeek, also qualifies, earning the amazing nickname "The Little Ball of Hate". Unlike Recchi, he was also known for fighting.

* High Elf heavy cavalry (Silver Helms and Dragon Princes) in {{Warhammer Fantasy}}. Lightning quick and can deliver tremendous blow - almost as efficient as the Bretonnian knights. Not as durable, though, but have better initiative in combat.
* Speedsters in the ''HeroSystem'' can approach this. Obviously they are built for speed, but a high Dex score and Skill Levels in dodging can make them very difficult to hit, and the rules for adding velocity to melee damage mean that a speedster can, if he doesn't mind having a poor chance to hit, land a punch on somebody while going fast enough to circumnavigate the globe in a ''single combat phase''.
* Monks were intended to be this in ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]''. They were meant to have high movement speed and hit very often. Unfortunately, the 3.5 version is often considered to be quite lacking at high levels of optimization. The 4e version does somewhat better as a relatively effective striker.
* The nature of the ''{{World of Darkness}}'' character-building system dictates these -- damage is determined by strength + skill, and speed is determined by strength + dexterity + 5. If you have high strength, you're quick and powerful.

* Vaan from FinalFantasyXII.
* In ''{{City of Heroes}}'', nothing's stopping mighty [[TheBrute Brutes]] and [[StoneWall Tankers]] from taking the Super Speed power pool, which includes Superspeed (to make you run fast) and Hasten (to make your attacks recharge faster). The Stone Armour powerset does slow the user, but that can be overcome with teleportation!
** Then there are the Electrical Armor and Electrical Melee powersets for Brutes (and Stalkers). The armor set includes a power that boosts your movement and recharge speeds while the melee set has Lightning Rod, a top-tier attack that involves you ''turning into a bolt of lighting and teleporting to your target to hit them''.
*** Don't forget Power Surge, which temporarily turns you into a [[EnergyBeing person made of lighting]] for extra damage resistance.
* In the ninth and tenth installments of ''FireEmblem'', Ike is a pretty straight example of this. In ''Path of Radiance,'' he starts out a FragileSpeedster, but about halfway through, he becomes almost as strong and well armored as the [[MightyGlacier Mighty Glaciers]], but also retains his initial speed advantage. He ''starts out'' this way in ''Radiant Dawn'', and only gets better (barring slight speed issues). He is a standard Glacier when he appears in SuperSmashBros Brawl.
** In the 10th game Harr (And Jill, if leveled) has stats that range from "good" to "more defense then most specialist" leading him to clear endless legions of enemies by himself with no support. Incidentally, he dies quickly when facing lightning
** As are Sety (who actually has the possibility of getting enemies a 0% chance to hit him) and the swordmaster class.
*** Pretty much ANY Second Generation FE 4 character. [[TheScrappy Except Corpul.]] Even those who'd appear to be {{Squishy Mage}}s , [[GameBreaker like Yuria]], for example (Yuria's notable, her Physical Defense sucks, like a typical SquishyMage-- but due to the fact that she's known for "vamping", are fully capable of taking even the hardest of hits and shrugging them off like they were nothing) are examples of this.
** Ike is one of the faster [[MightyGlacier glaciers]] of ''SuperSmashBros Brawl''.
** Many of the "Mercenary/Hero" class characters throughout ''FireEmblem'' gain great speed and strength gains. And are strong enough to wield the heavier swords [[FragileSpeedster myrmidons cannot.]]
** ''FireEmblem'' is full of these. [=FE7=] had Hector, [=FE8=] you could do this easily with Amelia as a General, and all of the dragonriders have this kind of quality.
** Trueblades, the class that Swordmasters turn into after level 20 in ''Radiant Dawn'', could also count, especially Mia. They have a ridiculous evasion rate, hit their target most of the time, and between all of their offensive stats you'd be hard-pressed to find anythign short of a mini-boss or boss that can survive more than a single round with one; usually they'll end up getting killed by critical hits or their Astra ability.
* In ''[[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic Chronicles]]'', Sonic is TheMario (ironically enough) stat-wise except for being the fastest character in the game. In the usual gaming fare, he's something of a FragileSpeedster but it really just depends on whether you can hold on to a single ring.
* The Point Man and Michael Becket from the ''{{FEAR}}'' series have superhuman speeds (thanks to their special SloMo bullet-time powers), and are also strong enough to kill a well-armored soldier with a single well-placed slide kick to the 'nads.
* ''{{Wild ARMs 1}}'' has Jack Van Burace. He was likely supposed to be the FragileSpeedster, especially considering his "Accelerator" ability that allowed him to act first in the turn, but in practice, his Fast Draw skills could just about match MightyGlacier Rudy's damage output. In ''[[VideoGameRemake Alter Code F]]'', his strength was toned down considerably to emphasize Rudy's, but obtaining all his Fast Draw skills boosts his stats back up to "just about as powerful as Rudy" level.
** Note that he has extremely limited MP, although there were workarounds in both the original and the remake.
* [[HeroicSociopath Alex Mercer]] of ''{{Prototype}}'' just seems like a guy in a hoodie and jacket. But he can run fast enough to scale buildings and outrun helicopters. And can lift cars above his head dropkick people and send them flying a block away. And let's not even go into his [[LovecraftianSuperpower blades, tentacles, claws, clubs, or shapeshifting powers]].
** It helps that he has a ''ton'' of mass, to the point where a four-foot drop to the ground will result in cracked pavement and simply standing on a '''tank''' will noticeably slow it down; ''definitely'' a hard-hitting speedster.
* Oswald the Shadow Knight, from ''OdinSphere''. Strongest, toughest character in the game, with good speed and jumping power. Also hits even harder and moves faster when he uses his [[SuperMode Shadow Form]]. Other characters in the game are capable of blocking for highly increased damage resistance or have ranged normal attacks, and some special double-jump power, like flight. Oswald's just meant to rush in and rip things to pieces.
* ''BackyardSports'': Pablo Sanchez. There's a reason why he's a MemeticBadass.
* Citan from ''{{Xenogears}}''. He starts off as a BareFistedMonk, with the highest speed and HP of all the characters (plus, enough attack power to compete with a weapon user). But then, as if he wasn't [[GameBreaker broken]] already, he eventually gets a sword, making him the strongest character BY FAR.
* Dante from ''DevilMayCry'' looks like any other human, as many of the bosses assume. However, his devil heritage gives him both the HealingFactor to shrug off humanly-fatal wounds and the power and speed to tear enemies a new one with ease. [[CutscenePowerToTheMax At least in cutscenes]].
* Ayla of ''ChronoTrigger''. She uses only physical attacks, as she was born before humans gained the power to use magic. She hits harder than anyone else in the game at that point, AND out-speeds over half the character roster. Conveniently, you get the Berserker Ring not long before. Add in her late weapon that does 9999 damage on a critical, and you got a powerhouse on your hands. Most of the other characters can accomplish this with proper tweaking of stats.
* In ''SuperMarioRPG'', Geno is the fastest character, his strength is about the same as Bowsers's (depending on several factors), and his magic is one of the strongest. He's death on toy legs.
** He's also a GlassCannon.
* [[RatchetAndClank Ratchet]] is a pretty good example. He's a quick, nimble hero capable of [[PlatformGame platforming]] his way around the levels. Yet he is also able to [[MadeOfIron shrug off rockets to the face]] and carries [[OneManArmy more firepower than entire U.S. Military]] ''[[BeyondTheImpossible could possibly ever dream of]].''
* Marisa Kirisame of ''{{Touhou}}''. Her bullets fire mainly in front of her, dishing out narrow but concentrated damage, and she moves faster than Reimu, who in many games is the only other playable character.
** Marisa [[GoodBadBugs B]] aka [[FanNickname Marisa Bugged]], aka [[FanNickname Marisa Broken]] from ''Mountain Of Faith'' (and even ''Subterranean Animism'', though to a lesser extent, which makes one wonder whether the bug may have been intended) takes this to ridiculous extremes. The game contains a bug which causes Marisa to dish out simply ludicrous amounts of damage as long as her energy remains between 3 and 3.95. Marisa Broken is powerful enough to cut long spellcards to a fraction of their length, and to end non-spellcard attacks before the first bullets fired even reach her.
* Beat from ''TheWorldEndsWithYou'' moves around a lot on his screen to attack, and his non-finishing attacks do the most damage of those of the secondary characters.
* Scout from ''TeamFortress2'' may seem like a FragileSpeedster at first, but his Scattergun does over 100 damage point-blank. That's roughly the same damage as a Demoman's grenade, Demoman being the game's GlassCannon. SoYeah.
** Abuse of a GoodBadBug resulted in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Ad0_8rEY0&feature=related this monstrosity.]]

* In ''[[FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto]] [[DynastyWarriors Musou]]'' Kenshiro is more of a [[GlassCannon Glass Ninja]] early on, but definitely this once he's been upgraded.
* In the online Flash Game ''BubbleTanks 2'', the "Ghost Sniper" is definitely one of these. While it has the least amount of health of all the [[EvolutionaryLevels final evolution paths]], its only attack, a [[PiercingAttack piercing]], ''explosive'' sniper bullet, hurts like a ton of bricks and is quite possibly the strongest attack in the game! Not to mention it is extremely fast AND can become [[IntangibleMan intangible]]...
* In ''BlazBlue'''s survivable speedster group we have Unlimited Ragna. Where normal Ragna is a GlassCannon, Unlimited Ragna not only deals more damage and is faster than his normal self, but has the health to out-tank MightyGlacier[=/=]StoneWall Tager even before taking into account his life-draining Drive attacks.
* Lightning from ''FinalFantasyXIII'' can become this. Her final stats and abilities make her TheMario by default, and her strength is surpassed only by MightyGlacier Fang. However, Lightning is one of three characters (the others being [[TheRedMage Sazh]] and [[GlassCannon Hope]]) who can equip five pieces of equipment (one weapon and four accessories) that have a set bonus that increases ATB recovery rate, meaning she can attack more frequently. Furthermore, the weapon she equips as part of this set, the Axis/Enkindler, increases her ATB gauge with each attack. Slap on a Haste buff on her and she will easily live up to her name.

* Aries, at [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]] in the ''WhateleyUniverse''. As strong as the tougher bricks, as fast as the faster speedsters. But he's a [[TheDragon Dragon]] for the school's BigBad.

* Ulrich of ''CodeLyoko'' is a [[SuperSpeed speedster]], but also the heaviest hitter of the group and has excellent defense with his katana.
** William might count too, as he's even faster than Ulrich with his SuperSmoke power, and wield his {{BFS}} with terrible power and speed.
* ''HowToTrainYourDragon'' has the Night Fury, Toothless, easily the fastest dragon in flight, and with one of the most powerful fire blasts. Also, despite being comparatively small, he easily survives hitting the ground any time he gets shot down or loses control of his flight.

* {{Bruce Lee}}, the greatest martial artist in the recorded history of the world. In a way, he [[{{Subverted Trope}} subverted]] this trope, since at first glance, he appears to be merely a factory-model {{Fragile Speedster}}. Mike Tyson could hit a leather punching bag hard enough to tear a hole in it. {{Jet Li}} could hit it fast enough that a 24-frame-per-second video camera would have trouble following him as anything but a blur. But Bruce Lee could do '''both''', ''in the same strike''.
** ''"Bruce Lee, pound for pound, might well have been one of the strongest men in the world, and certainly one of the quickest."'' -'''{{Chuck Norris}}'''
* Swordfishes. One of the fastest fishes in the sea, it can painfully [[strike: injure]] kill an unlucky person if it jumps out of the water and skewers them.
* Bees, Wasps and Hornets. Small, fragile, fast, and their sting hurts like hell. And if you develop an allergic reaction from that sting, heaven help you...
* Mosquitoes count too, they can fly at a decent speed, and they "hit hard" in the form of ''nasty'' diseases they carry, such as Malaria, Yellow Fever, Dengue Fever, Encephalitis, Heartworm and others that can easily kill humans. [[GlassCannon And it takes a single smack to off them for good]].

* ''ZetaGundam'': Paptimus Scirocco in his The O mobile suit. Heavily armored enough to withstand beam shots, where other mobile suits had abandoned armor due to the penetrating power of beam shots, yet also frightfully fast and agile. Compared to the MS of the time, it's also quite big. Admittedly it carried only beam sabres and a beam rifle, but when the suit is that fast and the pilot has really good aim... A JustifiedTrope in that Scirocco used to be captain of the Jupiter hydrogen-gathering fleet, where gravity is stronger and therefore more powerful thrusters are needed to use mobile suits effectively in the Jovian gravitational field. Scirocco's expertise in this area, having built the Messala, allowed him to apply this principle to a much heavier suit. Although The O has a large amount of vernier thrusters and is incredibly agile, it's not actually that fast, as the thrusters are designed for agility and the lack of a transformable mode means that only the backpack and rear skirt boosters are used over longer distances.
** The O is a sort of SpiritualSuccessor to the original ''MobileSuitGundam'''s Dom series of MS, black and purple behemoths armed with [[{{BFG}} collosal rocket launchers]] which are capable of traveling at breakneck speeds due to their lower bodies being outfitted with what are best described as jet-powered rocket pants.
*** The trend continues in ''{{Gundam 00}}'' with the Tieren Taozi and Tieren High Mobility type-B which are deceptively fast given their considerable bulk, the Ahead (its name is something of a IncrediblyLamePun it is litteraly one head taller than regular mobile suits) and the Innovator suits (Gadessa, Garazzo, Gadess, Regnant and the Reborns). H/Allelujah's {{Transforming Mecha}}s are designed to be hard-hitting speedsters for hit-and-run operations.
*** And then there's the Dendobrium Orchis and Neue Ziel mobile armours in ''{{Gundam 0083}}'', not to mention the [=GP02=] Gundam Physalis.
*** From the same show, there's the Xamel and the Val Varo. The Xamel is even more deceptive about it's speed seeing as it could move rather fast despite being just as big as a transport ship meant for mobile suits and contains enough firepower to do some serious damage to a Feddie base alone. And the Val Varo being the bastard child of the Bigro and the Adzam could dance circles around the Full Vernian while sporting armor that a beam rifle couldn't pierce and its large mega particle cannon and claws that could crush a Gundam.
** The Asshimar from ''ZetaGundam'', seemingly only notable for being the first mobile suit capable of sustaining atmospheric flight with out the need for any craft system is one of these, in addition to its flight capability (which rather fast in its own right) has armor that renders it nigh invulnerable to mobile suit small arms and while it only has one beam rifle, it's pretty much the carry-all weapon of death for its time anyway.
** Theoretically, the Apsalus [=MAs=] from ''{{The 08th MS Team}}'' should be like this, although we've only ever seen the Apsalus II qualify for the "Lightning" part of the trope.
** The Big Rang from ''[[GundamIGLOO MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079]]'' just about qualifies, but somewhat lacks maneouverability of the Bigro due to the giant support platform attatched to its ass. However, it's still pretty fast and isn't at all a sitting duck, as well as being able to dish out and take damage that could destroy ships (it destroyed at least 3 on-screen).
** And then there's the Khsatriya in ''GundamUnicorn'' which takes the concept of a lightning bruiser and turns it UpToEleven. Essentialy a scaled-down version of the Quin Mantha from ''GundamZZ'', it still towers over mobile suits and can either dodge beam shots or block them with its 4 massive binders (which contain thusters, mega particle cannons, funnels and a fold out arm), as for weapons it has ''12'' Mega particle cannons (4 in the chest and 2 on each binder) ''24'' [[AttackDrone funnels]] (6 per binder), 2 beam sabres and has the option of carrying a twin beam [[GatlingGood gatling gun]].
* The Dai-Gunzan/Dai-Gurren walking fortress from ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is capable of moving extraordinarily fast, even to the point of being able to land punches and kicks on the Gurren Lagann, which is mouse-sized compared to it.
** And then, when the good guys get it, it runs up a vertical cliff face, to build up momentum, jump a few hundred meters into the air, and ''swallow kick an AirborneAircraftCarrier''. Lightning Bruiser, no kidding.
* The Siegfried [[AMechByAnyOtherName Knightmare Frame]] from ''CodeGeass''. Despite being much bigger than any other model and lacking any kind of aerodynamic features, it zips around like nobody's business, can mow down enemy units with ease, and can survive a frickin' ''building'' falling on it without taking damage.
** Almost every Knightmare Frame in the series qualifies as this at one point or another. Even the early-model Glasgows were the world's Lightning Bruisers of their day, as seen in many of the introductions of the first season's episodes; the Glasgows were armed with the same weapons as conventional tanks and armored vehicles, but were able to run circles around them.
* Saotome Alto from ''MacrossFrontier'' had this to say when he saw Ozma's Armored Pack-equipped VF-25:

** A very fair comment considering Alto was barely able to keep up in his super-pack equipped VF-25, considering that a VF-25 with a super pack is meant to be ''faster'' than an armor-pack equipped one, so it doubles as a testament of Ozma's skill.

* The droideka in ''StarWars''. It can roll into a ball and move at ridiculous speed, and when it unrolls, it's protected by a deflector shield and a pair of rapid-fire blaster cannons. In the films, they could drive off even Jedi. Its weakness? It can't deflect or shoot while it's rolling around, and it often has to lose the shield to reduce expenses. [[EliteMooks The super battle droid]] is also pretty quick, has a lot of power, and much more durable than its little cousins -- they keep firing after they get their arms blown off.
** Which is interesting, because according to ''StarWarsBattlefront'', their guns are located ''in'' their arms.
*** No, they can at least take [[http://stardestroyer.net/Empire/Tech/Ground/SuperBattledroid.jpg losing one arm]] is what was meant.
* The [[Film/{{Transformers}} transformers]] are incredibly fast and graceful despite being made of huge, durable metal parts.
* The {{Terminator}} is fast ''and'' incredibly tough, and the later movies showed them getting progressively faster and meaner. Between the original, Uncle Bob, the T-1000, the T-X, [[TheSarahConnorChronicles Cameron, Cromartie, Catherine Weaver]], and Marcus, there's no shortage of these tough, fast, and very literal killing machines.
* [[spoiler: Obadiah Stane/ Iron Monger]] in the ''IronMan'' [[Film/IronMan film]] could be considered one of these; his suit is fast enough to catch up with Tony's despite Tony's smaller suit and head-start, while also being stronger to boot.
** Not quite. Tony's suit was operating with only a fraction of its normal power reserves, while [[spoiler:Stane]]'s was in top condition. Had the fight started with them both fresh, Tony could have literally flown rings around him.
*** For that matter, [[FlyingBrick Iron Man]] himself.

* The Prince Serg (and presumably other ships of its class) in the VorkosiganSaga.

* In DaleBrown books, the [[PoweredArmor Tin Man]] and [[MoCapMecha CID]] units can't be stopped by anything smaller than anti-tank weaponry, themselves mount tank-killer weapons and still allow their users to move at least as fast as, if not faster than normal humans. It is noted, however, that CID units, since they tower over unaugmented humans, are hampered in confined spaces.
* Later versions of {{Bolo}}s are as large as WorldWarOne battleships, and can reach 500 KPH.

* The Necrons in ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' exhibit shades of this on the ground, if they go for a teleportation-heavy strategy, but their fleet is the utter embodiment of this trope in space-pound for pound, Necron ships are among the fastest and most maneuverable in the galaxy, rivaling and at times surpassing even the [[FragileSpeedster Eldar]] fleets. Pound for pound, Necron ships are also among the toughest nuts in the galaxy to crack. However, these advantages come at the price of lacking firepower and paying dearly for the damage the ships do take.
** The lack of firepower is only for ''BattlefleetGothic''. In the fluff, a small escort ship can take on a small fleet by itself, destroying it before it has a chance to react (specific incident from [[CiaphasCain Cain's Last Stand]]).
*** Which was the reason for their new lack of firepower (hey there was a reason why players called them a GodModeSue, they were)
*** People seem to consistently forget that the main weakness of the Necron fleets is how few of them there are -- reflected by their points and damage rules. The Imperial Navy can lose half its ships and still call it a win. The Necrons can lose if a single midsize ship is destroyed, even if they annihilate the rest of the enemy.
** Tau hammerheads. While not as durable as, say, a Leman Russ tank, the 10pt multi-tracker upgrade lets the Tau pilot blaze 12" (quite a bit on tabletop, where that's the ''maximum'' distance most infantry can move in a turn; well, it was in 4th edition anyway) and still fire ''all its guns''. Did we mention that the main weapon on a Hammerhead is frequently a gun the size of a telegraph pole, capable of reducing the toughest non-superheavy tank to scrap metal in one shot?
*** According to the fluff, it doesn't usually destroy the tank; it ''liquifies'' the crew from the ''air pressure created as the pill-sized slug goes clean through the tank.''
*** Unless you roll a 5 or 6 on a penetrating hit (which railguns are quite good at doing). In this case, it hits the ammo stockpiles or something, and the vehicle is reduced to a crater.
** The Eldar Falcon is possibly a better example of a LightningBruiser, and definitely an example of TheMario. Its movement capability is a little more versatile than the Hammerhead, being able to move up to 12" and fire all guns, or up to 24" and fire fewer guns, it can transport a squad of up to six guys (who can be anything from guys in light armor with infantry-shredding weapons to a miniature AmazonBrigade with power swords to a band of psykers with magic flamethrowers, but are most commonly heavily armored troops with short-ranged anti-tank guns), though it might have slightly less raw armor than the Hammerhead when given the proper upgrades it is much harder to hit and damage, and its weapons are rather less powerful than a railgun but it has more of them and better secondary guns.
*** Hell, a Wave Serpent is just as fast, more survivable, and can pack weapons capable of burning clean through almost any non-superheavy in the game, but it's still a primary troop transport. Twin-linked bright lances have a 75% chance of hitting and almost never a worse than 50% chance of damaging an enemy.
** The Dark Eldar Ravager is possibly the single most durable thing in the Dark Eldar list (discounting the Talos, but the Talos is friggin' slow), and has three, count them, three weapons capable of blasting a Land Raider (the yardstick by which heavy armor is usually measured) into scrap with a single shot. Granted, the chances of actually doing so given clear line of sight and no cover are about one in nine, but ''still''. Most lighter tanks stand no chance. And it has approximately equivalent speed capabilities to the Falcon, noted above.
* Clan Omnimechs from the Battletech game. Faster, more armored, with more and meaner guns than the Inner Sphere counterparts.
* The Grav Tank in ''{{GURPS}}: Ultra-Tech'' can break the sound barrier, become nearly invisible and carries a massively powerful plasma cannon. If it does get hit the armor is the equivalent of several inches of hardened steel. Those stats are for a ''light'' tank.

* ''AceCombat'' late or endgame planes and the [[GameBreaker superfighters]] embody this trope. Fast, agile, able to take at least two missile hits (on Normal), armed with plenty of regular missiles and ''loaded to the gills'' with special weapons galore. In ''Ace Combat 6'' though, the early game [=A-10A=] can surprisingly fulfill this trope for some time, thanks to the highest Stability and Defense rating in the game, the FAEB being probably ''the'' best air-to-ground special weapon in the game (certainly the best unguided free-fall bomb) and a surprising ability in a(n early game) dogfight... at least within ''[[BottomlessMagazines infinite ammo]] tankbuster'' cannon range.
** The ADFX-01 Morgan from ''AceCombat Zero'' is blazingly fast, highly maneuverable, has excellent defense, and can mount as weapons a [[FrickinLaserBeams tactical laser system]] that can destroy even the most hardened targets in the game with as little as 2 seconds of sustained fire, an EMP jammer that when active will temporarily deflect ALL attacks, and a small-scale version of the Burst Missile from ''AceCombat 5'', which has a slow reload time and limited ammo but creates a wide-range explosion capable of killing ''entire squadrons'' in a single shot. "GameBreaker" doesn't even begin to cover it.
*** The [[SuperPrototype ADFX-]]'''[[SuperPrototype 02]]''' [[SuperPrototype Morgan]], the final boss of ''AceCombat Zero'', had [[AllYourPowersCombined all three special weapons mounted at the same time]]! Be thankful that it doesn't get to use them all at once.
*** Then there is the FALKEN, the next version and FAR superior upgrade to the Morgan. Its laser lasts a lot longer, it looks cooler, [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority has more red paint]], and it is even more mobile to boot. GameBreaker indeed.
** And in response to those, competing series by Konami Air Force Delta has their literal flagship, the Vic Viper, as an unlockable. Also, the crazy old man with the modified ww2 planes? Every bit as hardcore as Lou Gossett Jr.
* Ialdabaoth in ''SuperRobotWars''. It's a SuperRobot, which grants it a good dose of defense, yet it's hellishly fast and hits almost as hard as other big guns like the Dygenguard. Not to mention that the pilot can up the ante of damage 2.5 times.
** Valzacard. Size LL means it takes less damage and hits damn hard, but because its main pilot spent a lot of the game in the RealRobot Valhawk, there's a good chance it dodges at least as well as some of the tiny Gundams on the team. And half its pilots have the dodging and damage-dealing spells of a RealRobot while the other half have the support and defensive spells of a CoolShip.
** Either Angelg or Vysaga fits this, in the same vein of Ialdabaoth. They hit really hard, is quite tough, considered SuperRobot and have mirror image that lets them dodge, and activates often. Angelg is even noted to be one of the fastest mechas amongst the good guys.
** Baldios is a non-original example. Size LL, SuperRobot stats, and its own mirror image ability. Oh, and its a reality warper.
** So is {{GaoGaiGar}}. Protect Shade/Wall (and later Genesic Armor) let him handle armies of mooks, no trouble. Genesic Aura, Guy's stats, and the base power of Hell and Heaven/Goldion Hammer/Goldion Crusher let him deal tens of thousands of damage unaided. Brave and [[GameBreaker GaoFighGar/Genesic GaoGaiGar's stats]] let him dodge at percents that are poor for a Real, but ''ridiculous'' for a Super. Truly he is the Destruction God.
** Also, [[BossDissonance the vast majority of bosses]] will have more more HP and armor than any unit you'll have even when they possess high evasion and a small size. The ones that aren't generally being more MightyGlacier (because while high evade can be completely neutralized by Strike, Valor and Soul can only deal with high HP to a limited level).
** One of the first genuinely super robots you get in ''SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' - Grungust. In the early levels when you have it, it can one-shot most non-boss enemy mechs in its Wing Gust form - which otherwise possesses crappy weapons - by using [[strike:[[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Giga Drill Breaker]]]] Spiral Attack. If you're dealing with something durable, it can then shift forms into its humanoid mode and begin wailing on whatever it hit with Darkness Slash and Final Beam. Oh, and it has a ton of HP. And its default pilot, Irm, develops the Love power, which is approximately 80% of the buffs in the game happening all at once.
** The final boss of the ''SuperRobotWarsZ'' Special Disc, Overman Zan, is ''horrendously'' overpowered. Sure it doens't even have 40,000 HP, but ''all attacks only do 10% damage to it''. This is on top of it ''moving three times a turn'', ''casting Alert and Strike at the start of each turn'', and a whole bunch of other horribly broken perks making it a very, ''very'' difficult boss.
*** It's actually not ''too'' difficult, provided you didn't dump your SP fighting the swarms of {{Mook}}s (and, even then, you get quite a bit of lee-way; good thing too, because you have to fight against Overdevils).
** Again, [[ZetaGundam The O]] I'ts sometimes unlockable as well and it has very good armor, speed, and power for an MS.
* Cage upgrades to one when the Testament's true form is unlocked. Kinda gamebreaker-y to give the main character something with such ludicrous power. ''{{Zone of the Enders}}: Fist of Mars'' gets a very Gundam feeling once the Testament and the Orcrist (not as fast but super long range) come out to play; they have the weapons that make the mooks fall down. In the same vein is Naked Jehuty from ''The Second Runner''. SuperSpeed is a given with [[FlashStep the Zero Shift]], but it can also take a lot more punishment and deal out more than the other Jehuty versions. That too is before considering the unlimited Subweapon energy available in NewGamePlus. Vic Viper is also very nasty.
* The B-Fkin-Gear from ''AceOnline''[=/=]''AirRivals'' is a definite bruiser, but even the level 27 engine makes it pretty faster than two other gear classes. The 86 engine makes it ''faster than the dedicated {{Fragile Speedster}}s'', all the while retaining said bruiser abilities. Level 86 engine build B-Gears would dominate battlefields populated by those below the level since most players [[DidntSeeThatComing doesn't expect a B-Gear that boosts faster and more agile than I-Gears]].
** On the flipside, the I-Gears, being FragileSpeedster as they are, aren't usually deemed too much of a threat when assaulting defended points. When the I-Gear gains [[MacrossMissileMassacre Berserker]] though, it suddenly becomes a top-notch DPS-disher that would make most DPS-dedicated tanks weep.
* The [[CoolStarship N-1]] [[CoolPlane Starfighter]] of ''StarWars: RogueSquadron''. It's probably closer to a GlassCannon due to its agility and speed, but being as tough as [[TheMario an X-Wing]] and more heavily armed kinda cuts into that. It got {{nerf}}ed in the sequel by reducing its proton torpedo count from ten to six, but it got buffed slightly in the third game by replacing the torpedoes with [[MacrossMissileMassacre cluster missiles]].
* Sentinel in ''[[CapcomVsWhatever Marvel vs Capcom 2]]''. The largest character of the game with a seemingly clunky walking animation but has a pretty fast ground dash and the fastest flight mode of the game. It can also enter and exit flight mode in a flash too resulting in expert Sentinel players going in an out of flight mode instantly just to cancel the animation for their air attack, making it a deadly giant terror in the sky. These are just few of the reason why he's a top tier character in the game and is refered as [[GameBreaker "one of the four gods".]]
* Any of the Aggression-class cars in ''BurnoutParadise''. Furthermore, due to the mechanics of Aggression boost, they actually get stronger and faster the more damage they dish out and take. The three kings of this trope in-game, though, are the Carson Inferno Van, the Hunter Takedown 4x4, and Hunter Olympus Governor; massive, fast, and eager to put your little car into the guardrail.
* The {{Game Breaker}}s of ''RaidenFighters'': Judge Spear, Ixion, and certain versions of the Slave. All of them have ridiculous firepower and ridiculous speed.
* Nineball from ''ArmoredCore''. It's the reason why it is so [[ThatOneBoss damned hard to beat him]].
* [[BoringYetPractical Basic tanks]] in the early ''Command and Conquer'' series. In addition to being able to dish out and take far more damage then infantry, they were also much faster then them, which often led the games being all about massed tank rushes.
* {{Company of Heroes}}' Panther Tank counts as this, it's able to move at an equal pace of the '''much-lighter''' Panzer IVs and packs a lethal long-barreled 75mm Tank-killer cannon. In a game that isn't famous for realism when it comes to vehicles the Panther is well-depicted.
** To a lesser extent the Tiger I tank counts, just think of it as a slower version of the Panther with more armor and a gun that can gang-rape clusters of infantry and tear through enemy armor alike.f
* There are several examples in the ''MegaMan'' franchise, but the most prominent is Zero, especially in the ''MegaManZero'' series. He's ''very'' quick and agile, but when he cuts loose with the Z-Saber, his enemies don't know what hit them. The only downside is that Zero traditionally [[GlassCannon lacks durability]], but you can make up for that with Sub-Tanks and even Cyber-Elves if you like.
** Some games provide power-ups that enhance normal attributes, like running speed, attack speed, or attack power. With the right combination, your character can obtain this trope in a fashion. Though the best example aside from Zero would Ultimate Armor X in [[MegaManX Mega Man X8]]. Some of the powers of that armor include increased running speed, and the [[OneHitKill Nova Strike]]. Zero comes close in the same game with his [[GameBreaker secret armor and secret sword]], but X has more durability and raw power.

* Also from ''CodeLyoko'' but on [[BigBad XANA]]'s side, you have the Megatanks. Their arc-laser beam is the most devastating attack of the regular {{Mecha-Mooks}} (it can even damage the Lyoko towers), their hemispherical shells are imprevious to any of the heroes' weapons when closed, ''and'' they are the fastest non-flying monsters when rolling on themselves -- which also constitute an attack in itself by [[IndyEscape crushing anything in their paths]].

* The M1 Abrams tank can (with the governor removed) travel at up to 60 miles per hour on paved roads. Very few tanks can claim to be better protected than the Abrams. Whether or not it's the best tank in the world is a matter of debate.
* The German PzKpfw VI Tiger I tank was a perfect example of the Lightning Bruiser. It was well armoured, had excellent 88 mm gun and was faster than most Allied tanks. Its successor, Tiger II, was more a Mighty Glacier (even better armoured and heavier, but same gun and engine, and less technically reliable).
** For that matter, the BT series of Russian tanks, when first introduced, particularly the BT-7, though by that time the armor on the BT series was heavily outclassed.
** It should be noted that the Abrams trades it's combination of armor, weapons and speed in fuel and high maintenance, effectively lowering its range drastically. You can't get away from competitive balance in the real world, it seems.
* Tanks were originally designed to take on infantry in most every circumstance -- those out in the open, in fortifications, wherever. By WorldWarII, strategists surmised that designated "tank destroyers" were needed to defeat enemy tanks. These were agile vehicles, [[GlassCannon carrying large guns and eschewing armor]]. However, they were not produced in significant numbers, and German Panzers had a knack for holding their own with their own guns and heavy armor. Nowadays, tanks are expected to take on other tanks, in those cases where [[BigDamnGunship air support]] or [[{{BFG}} other anti-tank weapons]] aren't around. The old infantry support job is now more the task of the Infantry Fighting Vehicle, which is rather handily also a transport.
** Most German and Russian TDs were pretty damn heavy MightyGlacier types, actually, especially those developed from the Tiger, Panther, and IS-1 chassis. The Pz(38), Marder, Hetzer, SU-## , and ZiS models definitely fit the bill though. The Italians had an obscene amount of lightning bruisers, and in fact some of them were nothing more than trucks modified to support 90-150mm cannons, with or without treads. They tended to survive many shots just because the rounds passed through their paper armor, making them more effective than the authentic tank destroyers. At least until they entered machine gun range.
** Tanks are moving away from this role though; as increases in the power of field weapons renders heavy armour less and less relevant the tank looks more like a MightyGlacier. The British army has already started phasing out the heavier models.
** Main battle tanks in general are actually heavier than WW2 heavy tanks, but thanks to advances in design and materials are much more maneuverable.
* The Boeing 747, for a time the biggest airliner in the sky, is also among the fastest.
* Nuclear aircraft carriers in the US Navy, thanks to their nigh-unlimited fuel load and massive horsepower, have a top speed and endurance greater than much smaller ships restricted to diesel power.
** And they can do stuff like [[http://www.web-l.com/things-you-wont-see-on-cnn/aircraft-carrier-tips-as-it-makes-sharp-turn.jpg this]].
* Battlebots usually had one of these as tournament winners, as the decently armored wedge-type bots could simply flip over the opponent for a de facto victory. Sometimes they would also have a small saw or hammer in case the enemy bot was too heavy to flip, to first pull off its weapons, then batter it into submission.
* [[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/HMS_Dreadnought_%281906%29 HMS Dreadnaught]], which gave birth to the modern battleship, was faster, better armed and armored than all contemporary capital ships.
* The F-15 Eagle is an enormous airplane with a max takeoff weight equivalent to a B-17 bomber, but also one of the fastest, most maneuverable and well armed fighters of the 20th century.
** The U.S. loves big, powerful planes with a high climb rate. Other examples are the F-4 Phantom II (which held the world speed record for two decades and weighed even more than the Eagle) and the P-47 Thunderbolt, the heaviest single-engined piston fighter ever and one of the fastest aircraft of WWII. The USN WWII equivalent was Grumman F6F Hellcat and the USMC equivalent was Vought F4U Corsair.
** So do the Russians. The equivalent of the F-15, the Su-27 is bigger, heavier, faster and more maneuverable then the F-15. It is in fact the most maneuverable modern fighter, capable of puling a Cobra even without trust vectoring. The only western fighter to equal it in maneuverability is the F-22. Its "lightweight" adjunct the MiG-29, the equivalent of the F-16, is as big as the F-15 and almost twice as big as the F-16. The big size of Russian fighters comes from the big unrefueled range required to patrol the country with the largest contiguous surface in the world. At least in the case of Su-27, the MiG-29 which was intended for export is kind of short legged. Tu-160, what West [[ReportingNames report]] as "Blackjack", is not only bigger and can carry ~20% more at Maximum Takeoff Weight than the B-52, but can also break the sound barrier unlike the MightyGlacier Stratofortress. Notice the abundance of big and large in this entry.
*** In fact not only is the T-160 larger and faster than the B-52, it also boasts the heaviest takeoff weight of ANY military aircraft.
*** The Russian PAK-FA (T-50) stealth fighter also seems to follow this trend. Initially the Russian Defense Minitry wanted a "medium" plane - smaller than the Su-27, bigger than the Mig-29 - but it seems size won out. It's still a supercruising fighter that's likely to be even more maneuverable than the F-22!
**** ...and Sukhoi could make insane budget savings by reusing Su-27 parts in testing and development, hence a figher that's about the same size. (F22 proram - $65 billion vs. PAK-FA program - $8-10 billion(est.))
* The last USN battleships - the North Carolina, South Dakota and Iowa classes - were (and some are still) hallmarks of maritime Lightning Bruisers. Fast, well armoured and hard hitting, they were superior to anything any other navy could come by.
* For a while, on the British TV show Robot Wars, the winner was always a robot known as Chaos 2. One of the smaller and simpler 'bots, it was also one of the fastest, and the CO2 powered flipper was powerful enough that it was the first robot to catapult another out of the arena. On the occasions when it came across another robot capable of flipping it, it had no problems righting itself with the flipper. On one occasion, it even took out Matilda, the 116kg house bot designed to look like a dinosaur.
* North American "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_car Muscle cars]]" are great examples of this trope, being very big and heavy, but [[TimTaylorTechnology VERY powerful]] due to their massive V8 engines.
** Other examples would be most high-powered Luxury cars and [=SUVs=].
** Cranked up to 11 with the Bugatti Veyron: Weighs over two tons (1900 KG). Has over ONE THOUSAND horsepower, 0-60 in 2.4 seconds, and a top speed of 250 mph (400 km/h). If it ever crashed into another car at full speed, it would go through it like a bullet. Then promptly flip over when the spoiler gets torn off.
* The [[http://www.oshkoshairport.com/en/ARFFTrucks/Striker/Striker3000.aspx Oshkosh Striker 3000]] airport crash tender can go from 0-50 miles per hour in 35 seconds and can hit 70 miles per hour. Not bad for a vehicle that weighs 87,000 pounds fully loaded.

* [[FinalFantasyV Exdeath]] in ''[=~Dissidia: Final Fantasy~=]'' is normally so slow it's ridiculous(ly awesome), but he gains quite the speed burst when countering.

** Gannondorf in ''Twilight Princess'' in his boar form, in which he's the size of an elephant, smashes through the stone pillars in area you fight when running, and he runs much faster then you do.

*Bacchus from StarOceanTheLastHope, His strafing attack moves him quickly along the ground and hits twice. If you add {{more dakka}} through Item creation, it actually becomes more powerful then his special attacks (which are already some of the best). Of course, He also has high Defense and HP. As well a skill that lets him heal 50% of his hp instantly.

** Hurricanrana? Hogan? {{citation needed}}

* In DaleBrown books, the [[PoweredArmor Tin Man]] and [[MoCapMecha CID]] units can't be stopped by anything smaller than anti-tank weaponry, themselves mount tank-killer weapons and still allow their users to move at least as fast as, if not faster than normal humans.

* There are several examples in the ''MegaMan'' franchise, but the most prominent is Zero, especially in the ''MegaManZero'' series. He's ''very'' quick and agile, but when he cuts loose with the Z-Saber, his enemies don't know what hit them. The only downside is that Zero traditionally [[GlassCannon lacks durability]], but you can make up for that with Sub-Tanks and even Cyber-Elves if you like.

** It helps that he has a ''ton'' of mass, to the point where a four-foot drop to the ground will result in cracked pavement; ''definitely'' a hard-hitting speedster.

* ''{{Superman}}'', whenever the writers don't forget that he has SuperSpeed. Pretty much any FlyingBrick character generally applies.

* ''{{Bruce Lee}}'', pound for pound, might well have been one of the strongest men in the world, and certainly one of the quickest." -- '''ChuckNorris'''

* {{Bruce Lee}}, the greatest martial artist in the recorded history of the world. In a way, he [[{{Subverted Trope}} subverted]] this trope, since at first glance, he appears to be merely a factory-model {{Fragile Speedster}}. Mike Tyson could hit a leather punching bag hard enough to tear a hole in it. {{Jet Li}} could hit it fast enough that a 24-frame-per-second video camera would have trouble following him as anything but a blur. But Bruce Lee could do '''both''', ''in the same strike''.

--->'''Goku:''' He's getting HUGE! That mean's he'll be stronger. That means he won't be as fas--\\

* Obould Many-Arrows of R.A. Salvatore's Forgotten Realms is an orc blessed by a god to be as strong as a bull and as fast as a mountain cat. Combine that besides being just damn tough, he wears nearly impenatrable armor.

* Ootawara in ''{{Eyeshield 21}}''. He's big, strong, dumb, flatulent... and pretty damn quick.
** Shin from the same team also applies, though as a linebacker obviously leaning more towards speed. He's still extremely strong however, once stopping FragileSpeedster Sena with just one finger.
*** Shin takes this overboard. He eventually gets a 40-yard dash of 4.2 seconds, and is STILL stronger than Ootawara. In games, it seems that Ootawara is stronger in brute force, but Shin has more balance over his entire body.