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Compare UnflinchingWalk when it's coupled with StuffBlowingUp. TeamPowerWalk is when multiple heroes do this together. A little bit faster than the SlowWalk. Compare OminousWalk, which is more monstrous and predatory.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', Gru does this kind of walk as he prepares to board his spaceship for the mission to steal the moon. Unfortunately, the mood is kind of ruined by the fact that his spacesuit is colored a hot pink after being washed with the girls' ballet costumes.

Compare UnflinchingWalk when it's coupled with StuffBlowingUp. PowerWalk is when multiple heroes do this together. A little bit faster than the SlowWalk. Compare OminousWalk, which is more monstrous and predatory.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': In the teaser trailer, Bowser's Castle lands in front of the penguin's castle and Kamek introduces Bowser, the King of the Koopas, followed by Bowser slowly walking out of the statue of his head attached to the front of his castle while being backed by fire.

* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'''s Captain Barbossa, when looking to make an entrance - he even manages it after losing his leg. Captain Jack Sparrow, not so much.
* The various models of Franchise/{{Terminator}} can pull this off even when buck naked. Robert Patrick was even cast [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay as the T-1000]] for his ability to do this at a very brisk pace.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k Used narmfully]] in the already SoBadItsGood ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightPart2''.
** Due to his poor (but surprisingly strong) physical condition, Ricky can only walk in a Menacing Stroll in ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightIIIBetterWatchOut''.
* Michael Myers of the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series' highest level of speed, at least when the [[OffscreenTeleportation camera isn't on him]]. Even when his victims are running away from him, Michael manages to keep up with them with nothing more than a MenacingStroll.

* Ivan Vanko in ''Film/IronMan2'' has a moment like this in the beginning, moseying on over to Tony Stark in his Whiplash rig [[UnflinchingWalk while racecars crash and explode behind him]].

* Lockdown of ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' has this down pat.
%%(ZCE)* Darth Vader from ''Franchise/StarWars'' is a master of this, even before he puts on the dark helmet.

* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'''s Major Motoko Kusanagi. It helps that she ''can'' walk through walls and anyone stupid enough to stand in her path.

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure''

** Part 3 of the [=Manga/Anime=] ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' features a scene where Jotaro confronts Dio. They both [[https://i.imgur.com/cC930EJ.png begin to walk toward each other slowly before attacking]], [[FountainOfMemes which has been parodied too many times to count]].

* [[Anime/GhostInTheShell Major Motoko Kusanagi]]. It helps that she ''can'' walk through walls and anyone stupid enough to stand in her path.

** Part 3 of the [=Manga/Anime=] [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]] features a scene where Jotaro confronts Dio. They both [[https://i.imgur.com/cC930EJ.png begin to walk toward each other slowly before attacking]], [[FountainOfMemes which has been parodied too many times to count]].

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* ''Fanfic/When You Love It(Here Are My Upturned Hands)'' by RayShippouUchiha, Ichigo comes home from the store to find Kisuke has been taken. He takes the time to collect the dirty tea cups and put away the ice cream(to enjoy when they return) before calmly annihilating everyone who gets in his way when he goes to get him back.

* [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Barbossa]], when looking to make an entrance - he even manages it after losing his leg. Captain Jack Sparrow, not so much.

* ''Film/{{Logan}}'': ''[[Comicbook/{{X 23}} Laura]]'' pulls an ''epic'' one combined with DecapitationPresentation, TheGlovesComeOff, and KubrickStare. After Pierce sends a couple mooks into Logan's home to retrieve her, Laura emerges alone and tosses the head of one of the Reavers at Pierce's feet. Then she throws away the cuffs the guy had been carrying. And casts aside her backpack. ''Then'' the claws come out. All while stalking towards Pierce and an army of men ''twice her size'' with murder in her eyes. It's made even ''more'' badass by the fact it's being done by an ''eleven year-old girl'', and that her actress, Creator/DafneKeen, ''completely sells it''.

* Spike from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''... and Buffy developed one too, for that matter.
* Sylar's done it once or twice on ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.

* John Reese practically ''owns'' this trope on ''Series/PersonOfInterest''.
* ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'''s Richard Harrow.

* ''Videogame/ResidentEvil2Remake:'' [[TheJuggernaut Mr. X]]'s main form of locomotion; neither concentrated gunfire, nor zombies, nor walls can halt his slow, but constant stride towards you, and he searches the area in much the same speed if he loses you. He will only sprint after you if you make the mistake of [[BerserkButton blasting his hat off]].

* [[Creator/CharlizeTheron Charlize Theron]] explains how to do it: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2cUtdv99ig "You have to come from your core really tight, shoulders down, neck long... and then just think 'murder,' and walk."]]

* ''Film/{{Logan}}'': ''[[Comicbook/{{X 23}} Laura]]'' pulls an ''epic'' one combined with DecapitationPresentation, TheGlovesComeOff, and KubrickStare. After Pierce sends a couple mooks into Logan's home to retrieve her, Laura emerges alone and tosses the head of one of the Reavers at Pierce's feet. Then she throws away the cuffs the guy had been carrying. And casts aside her backpack. ''Then'' the claws come out All while stalking towards Pierce and an army of men ''twice her size'' with murder in her eyes. It's made even ''more'' badass by the fact it's being done by an ''eleven year-old girl'', and that her actress, Creator/DafneKeen, ''completely sells it''.

The Menacing Stroll is the lithe, athletic walk of the perennial badass. Not quite a strut, it is a subtle, confident gait that lets everyone know that the walker could kick the collective ass of everyone in the room without breaking a sweat, because they are ''just that awesome''. The Menacing Stroll was first observed in the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games, but it can also be found in assassins, thieves, and the leaner species of badass. It's all in the shoulders.

Compare UnflinchingWalk when it's coupled with StuffBlowingUp. PowerWalk is when the heroes all do one together. A little bit faster than the SlowWalk.

* Jue Viole Grace from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' from time to time.

* Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure tends to put the "Menacing" in menacing stroll. [[UnsoundEffect To the point where whenever it happens (Or anything "Menacing" for that matter), Japanese onomatopoeia "ゴゴゴゴ" begins to float around the character in question, which roughly translate into "Menacing"]]. To be more specific...

* Darth Vader from ''Franchise/StarWars'' is a master of this, even before he puts on the dark helmet.

* Simon Belmont and his kin from ''{{Franchise/Castlevania}}''. Also, rather than change into some nasty form, Dracula does this in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia''.
* Altair in ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''. It's genetic - Ezio, Connor, and Desmond walk the same way. Altair's traditional robes make it the most obvious out of the four though.
** Alternatively, it's only Desmond that has the walk, and he's projecting it into the others when he's in the Animus.
* Jotaro in [[TheAnimeOfTheGame The Game of the Anime]] ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.
* The Menacing Stroll is almost always part of the repertoire of an SNKBoss.
* Dante from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''.

* [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Arcueid]] in ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'', in both vanilla and SuperpoweredEvilSide modes.
** Also, Nanaya.

* ''Videogame/ResidentEvil2Remake:'' [[TheJuggernaut Mr. X]]'s main form of locomotion; neither concentrated gunfire, nor zombies, nor walls can halt his slow, but constant stride towards you, and he searches the area in much the same speed if he loses you. He will only sprint after you if you make the mistake of [[BerserkButton blasting his hat off]]; you'll quickly wish you hadn't.

* Megatron of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''. Constantly.

The Menacing Stroll is the lithe, athletic walk of the perennial badass. Not quite a strut, it is a subtle, confident gait that lets everyone know that the walker could kick the collective ass of everyone in the room without breaking a sweat, because they are ''just that awesome''. The Menacing Stroll was first observed in the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games ([[FanNickname dubbed the Pimp Walk by fans]]), but it can also be found in assassins, thieves, and the leaner species of badass. It's all in the shoulders.

* Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure tends to put the "Menacing" in menacing stroll. To the point where whenever it happens (Or anything "Menacing" for that matter), Japanese onomatopoeia "ゴゴゴゴ" begins to float around the character in question, which roughly translate into "Menacing". To be more specific...
** Part 3 of the [=Manga/Anime=] [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]] features a scene where Jotaro confronts Dio. They both [[https://i.imgur.com/cC930EJ.png begin to walk toward each other slowly before attacking]].

The Menacing Stroll is the lithe, athletic walk of the perennial badass. Not quite a strut, it is a subtle, confident gait that lets everyone know that the walker could kick the collective ass of everyone in the room without breaking a sweat, because they are ''just that awesome''. The Menacing Stroll [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mif5ya4JUy0 was first observed]] in the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games ([[FanNickname dubbed the Pimp Walk by fans]]), but it can also be found in assassins, thieves, and the leaner species of badass. It's all in the shoulders.

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* ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, in her various incarnations.
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* Jyu Viole Grace from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' from time to time.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', the Shades of Anhk-Morpork are a place where normally no woman would dare to walk alone by night. [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6093110/16/Clowning-is-a-Serious-Business Given sufficient reason and fired by anger]], Miss Alice Band conveys via body language that of all the dangerous scary things that could be encountered by night in a dark badly-lit villanous hive, a Lady Assassin with vengeance on her mind and anger to burn off is pretty much the scariest. Other denizens of the night notice this and give her a wide berth and lots of personal space.

%%* [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Barbossa.]] Captain Jack Sparrow, not so much.

* Darth Vader from ''Film/StarWars'' is a master of this, even before he puts on the dark helmet.

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