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** The chase scene at the beginning perfectly exemplifies this change of tone. The bad guy [[LeParkour jumps through a tiny hole in some dry wall and keeps on running]]. Bond smashes through it head first like a British Kool Aid Man.

* ''Film/JohnnyEnglish'' ''Reborn'' when chasing down an highly athletic Chinese thug, Johnny uses practical means to chase him, the thug jumps up a fence Johnny opens the gate, the thug athletic jumps over some obstacles Johnny uses a ladder, and so on....

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** The srimec, or self-righting mechanism. It can both flip your opponent over, making him unable to move, and flip you ''back'' over if he does it to you.

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* In KingdomOfLoathing, most classes have special skills like the ability to drown your foe in sauce or [[DanceBattler dance battle]] them until they are rendered harmless. Turtle Tamers get the ability to headbutt, knee, and whack them with their shield. Oh, and, they will always hit, the second delevels, and the third stuns, which makes for a very easy fight for as long as your MP keeps up.

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* The first episode about Clay from ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' is centred around this trope. He holds the record for completing the obstacle course by turning around and getting the objective, seeing no point in going though the traps as long as he got the objective. Later he beats Jack Spicer in catching a bird by filling his hat with seeds and getting the birs to land unlike Jack who got beaten and bruised by chasing the bird.

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** And a regular bow, though taking more skill to use well, is even simpler.
* SimpleYetAwesome solutions are the dream of every mathematician and computer scientist ever. So much so that they describe these solutions as [[UnusualEuphemism beautiful or elegant]].

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* Possibly in a reaction to TheBourneSeries, JamesBond film ''CasinoRoyale'' seriously tones down the gadgetry and over-the-top save the world plots in favor of a more realistic, "down to earth" tone.

* Ash from ''EvilDead'' has to figure out how to start his [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] when he's got a [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter boomstick]] in his left hand and a chainsaw [[ArtificialLimbs in place of]] his right. So he adds two little protruding bits of scrap metal to his harness, which allows him to pull the ripcord quickly, easily, and {{badass}}ly.

* In KingdomOfLoathing, most classes have special skills like the ability to drown your foe in sauce or [[DanceBatler dance battle]] them until they are rendered harmless. Turtle Tamers get the ability to headbutt, knee, and whack them with their shield. Oh, and, they will always hit, the second delevels, and the third stuns, which makes for a very easy fight for as long as your MP keeps up.

* ''Film/JohnnyEnglish'' when chasing down an highly athletic Chinese thug, Johnny uses practical means to chase him, the thug jumps up a fence Johnny opens the gate, the thug athletic jumps over some obstacles Johnny uses a ladder, and so on....

* TheBeautifulGame. All that is required to play is two teams and a small round ball, and the rules are also easy to learn: don't use your arms (unless you’re the goalie), and kick the ball into the net. Even in the professional levels where you need much more than that, the rules and equipment required are simpler compared to most other sports. It’s relative simplicity has helped made it the world’s most popular sport.

* The ''GrandTheftAuto'' series is full of this sort of thing. Someone running from you? Create a roadblock of stolen cars. Need to avoid a swarm of heavily-armed enemies? Drive a car up to a wall and climb on top to hop over.

* The first episode about Clay from XiaolinShowdown is centred around this trope. He holds the record for completing the obstacle course by turning around and getting the objective, seeing no point in going though the traps as long as he got the objective. Later he beats Jack Spicer in catching a bird by filling his hat with seeds and getting the birs to land unlike Jack who got beaten and bruised by chasing the bird.

* ''RobotWars'' had a huge amount of this. In particular, Chaos 2, which had a simple pneumatic flipper, but claimed the UK title ''twice in a row''.

* TeamFortress2: The Spy's main weapon is a simple [[ButterflyKnife butterfly knife]]. It's the weakest melee weapon...unless you [[BackStab hit them in the back]], resulting in an instant kill. This knife has been the bane of players everywhere since the beginning of TF2.

* TeamFortress2: The Spy's main weapon is a simple [[ButterflyKnife butterfly knife]]. It's the weakest melee weapon...unless you [[BackStab hit them in the back]], resulting in an instant kill. This [[YourMileageMayVary bland-looking]] knife has been the bane of players everywhere since the beginning of TF2.

* ''Game/TheGodfather'' game: You can get through the whole game just using BoomHeadshot to OneHitKill.

* TeamFortress2: The Spy's main weapon is a simple butterfly knife. It's the weakest melee weapon...unless you [[BackStab hit them in the back]], resulting in an instant kill. This bland-looking knife has been the bane of players everywhere since the beginning of TF2.