History Main / NonchalantDodge

* Wesker from ''ResidentEvil 5'' does this whenever someone tries to shoot him; he casually leans to the side to avoid being hit by the bullets, before following up with a faster-than-the-eye-can-see attack on the person who shot at him.

* Michael's response to Laurie's knife throwing act in ''{{Halloween}} H20''.

* Pre-CharacterDerailment Batgirl III was notorious for being a type-1 example of this trope (often leaning away from bullets ''after'' [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower they were fired]]... for giggles).

* The main fighting style of [[{{Discworld}} The Silver Horde]] is to always be where they want to be, which is never where the enemies' attacks are. They are able to be this presice because they have over three centuries' experience at not dieing. [[ConservationOfNinjutsu There's only six of them.]]

** Chad's hopeless battle against Kyoraku. The guy doesn't even drop his drink as he avoids every single attack with infuriating and amusing ease.

* Goku is not the only ''DragonBall'' character to use this trick, however they generally all stick with Type 1. When showing off their speed, characters often do Type 2 as well.

[[quoteright:325:[[MahouSenseiNegima http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/apparently_dodging_just_once_wasnt_enough.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:325:[-I know, dodging ''one'' attack four times is pretty impressive.-] ]]

# The character barely moves to dodge, they do the most minimal of movement to avoid an attack. This usually doesn't interrupt combat or overly insult the attacker with their miss. [[DragonBall Goku's]] dodging a KamehameHadoken by moving his head out of the way slightly.
# The character completely dodges the attack at the last moment, but it looks like they were hit. However they appear somewhere else and not only are unharmed, but usually quite mouthy on the subject. The villain gets to JawDrop for their failure. If you're a {{Badass}} character in ''MahouSenseiNegima'' you do this once (and if you're [[{{Ninja}} Kaede]] you do this four times on the same attack, as seen in the picture).
# Not only did they dodge perfectly, they don't appear to be paying attention. This generally leads to the villain becoming outraged and the onlooking non-affiliated characters being baffled. [[{{Trigun}} Vash]] did this while walking into a hostage situation, listening to music with his headphones on, dancing around gunfire he didn't seem to notice.

* Quite amusingly done in RumoAndHisMiraculousAdventures. A belligerent innkeeper, challenged to try to hurt Rumo, fires both shots of a double-pull crossbow at him. He goes into BulletTime, then spends the next several paragraphs debating in his head how best to dodge so as to make the best impression. Eventually, he deflects one bolt into the ceiling and [[CrazyAwesome catches the other]] (and of course then get major injuries on the catching hand, since while in BulletTime he underestimated how fast the bolt was moving).

'''Morpheus:''' No, Neo. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready... you won't have to.\\
-- ''TheMatrix''

* In ''MahouSenseiNegima'', this is done for laughs during two fights. The first we see a clone of Kaede get hit by an attack, followed by four Ninja clones of her appearing around her enemy commenting on how much that would have hurt. Later on, Kotaro and Negi do the same thing against a different opponent.

* The entire [[{{Naruto}} Hyuuga]] fighting style is based on Type 1. Shown by the Neji vs. Naruto fight best.

** Rock Lee, drunk, Type 3.
*** Bonus points for being ''completely and sincerely'' asleep.

* After [[spoiler:the TimeSkip]], ''GurrenLagann'' had an episode in which Kittan threw punches at [[spoiler:Rossiu]], only to be met with Type 1.

* [[CowboyBebop Spike Speigel]]...except when he's fighting [[BadassBookworm Appledelhi]], who [[CurbstompBattle does it to him.]]

* In the manga version of SuzumiyaHaruhi, Nagato Yuki dodges attacks this way. The light novel explanation for how she dodges (fake) bullets is kind of ... confusing.
* In ''TenchiMuyo'', the brief but [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] fight between [[BigBad Kagato]] and [[OldMaster Yosho]] begins with Kagato firing an energy blast at Yosho...who dodges it by casually tilting his head a little bit to the side.
* In ''{{Soul Eater}}'', Liz attempts to punch Kid when he comments that she has smaller breasts than Patti (because this sort of thing [[SuperOCD concerns]] him). In the anime, he is hit, the manga has him leaning out of the way while looking in a different direction. Later on, Black Star is able to dodge Kid's attacks easily (with his hands in his pockets, even - he's ''that'' nonchalant), at least until Kid loses his patience.

* Spider-Man, having his signature SpiderSense, generally uses 1 and 2 during fistfights. As Peter Parker in ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', he does 3 in order to avoid a thrown football.

* Shinji pulls a Type 1 in ''ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'' when Toji tries to punch him at their first meeting. He makes it a little more mocking by tapping the extended arm with the side of his head.

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* We can't go without mentioning Gothmog, the disfigured orc general in the movie version of ''[[LordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. A Gondor catapult hurls an enormous chunk of building directly at him. Gothmog orders his orcs to stay put, waits until the very last second, and then [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome gracefully twists out of the way so that the giant piece of masonry lands just next to him instead of on top of him]]. And then he spits on it.
* After unlocking his potential as The One, [[TheMatrix Neo]] could dodge (or parry) any single attack even by an Agent this way (type 1 or 3), although then they start throwing more and tougher opponents to him so that he has to start paying attention again. A good example of when he actually does it is when the three new agents attack him in ''Reloaded'' and the first one aims a kick to his head.
** Correction, he [[NonchalantDodge Nonchalant Dodges]] the first kick easily, as well as its followup (which he blocks one handed, the other hand behind his back in disdain). He only notices the difference when he realizes he has to actually use both hands to parry.

--> When Thanaer tried to strike, Janson took the blows on his forearms or shoulders, or, in the case of especially clumsy shots, withdrew a handspan or two and let Thanaer unload his blows into empty air.

** Runs in the family; Vergil does the same in his introduction movie in Special Edition, dodging an enemy's scythe ala Type 1.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''SpiritoftheCentury'' allows players to invoke this trope with the "Right Place, Right Time" stunt. Normally in physical combat, a character must use some appropriate combat skill such as Athletics (representing physical agility) to dodge attacks. With the stunt, the character may use their Resolve skill (representing mental/spiritual fortitude or willpower). In-game, this is described as Type-3 Nonchalant Dodging.
->"So there he was, bullets flying all over the place, and he just walked over to their leader and punched him out like it was just the next thing on his to-do list."

[[folder:Webcomics]]
* [[{{Ptitlehpgydodt1jb7}} Doctor McNinja]]: "I think I woke up halfway through fighting off assassins"

* The Goku example for Type 1 was used move for move in ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' by Blossom as a ShoutOut.
* Toph from ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is a Type 1, sometimes Type 3. However, she more often ''blocks'' attacks.
** Avatar state Aang is almost as bad with Type 1.

* Edd, of all characters, in EdEddNEddy does this in one episode. While both Ed and Eddy are running around like crazy getting hit by water balloons (getting thrown at them by the Kanker Sisters, of course), Edd just causally steps to the side and easily dodges each and every one.
* Particularly effective Princess' debut episode in ThePowerpuffGirls. After Princess trashes Buttercup and Bubbles thanks to her powerful gadgets, Blossom gets into it, and ''she is pissed''. Cue complete ownage, with Blossom merely moving her head to avoid Princess' flurry of punches.

[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* In one hilarious moment, Shawn Stasiak tried to spear the Rock in the middle of a promo. The Rock dodged the spear easily, Stasiak flew into the ropes and the Rock continued his promo without missing a beat.
* William Regal has been known to walk away from opponents jumping off the top turn buckle while taunting the fans.
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* After unlocking his potential as TheOne, [[TheMatrix Neo]] could dodge (or parry) any single attack even by an Agent this way (type 1 or 3), although then they start throwing more and tougher opponents to him so that he has to start paying attention again. A good example of when he actually does it is when the three new agents attack him in ''Reloaded'' and the first one aims a kick to his head.

Will often overlap with ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask.

** And when he dies in the last chapter. Somebody did forgot how to dodge, huh?

* In {{Soul Eater}}, Liz attempts to punch Kid when he comments that she has smaller breasts than Patti (because this sort of thing [[SuperOCD concerns]] him). In the anime, he is hit, the manga has him leaning out of the way while looking in a different direction. Later on, Black Star is able to dodge Kid's attacks easily (with his hands in his pockets, even - he's ''that'' nonchalent), at least until Kid loses his patience.