History Main / StrollingThroughTheChaos

* A dramatic variant from ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'': Mordin Solus walks briskly through an exploding building on Tuchanka on his way to [[spoiler: cure the genophage]], shielding his eyes from shrapnel, but never breaking stride. Depending on your exact choices, this can either be [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] by making Mordin struggle a great deal to reach the end [[spoiler: and succumb to his bullet wound before making it]], or turned UpToEleven as he'll actually sing quietly to himself as he makes the trip.

** [[spoiler:Lord Cutler Beckett]]'s death scene in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' was very much the serious version. He's walking down the stairs, which are blowing up behind him with chunks of wood flying around, and finally dies engulfed in the fireball which annihilates his ship.

* While advising on ''Film/ABridgeTooFar'', Lt. Colonel Frost objected to a scene where the actor playing him (Anthony Hopkins) runs across a street under fire. ''He'' always walked. It was decided to leave the scene as it was, for fear the audience would have a WhatAnIdiot reaction.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' gave us Fortune who, through some AppliedPhlebotinum caused bullets to bend around her and grenade to defuse near her body. That coupled with her huge {{Railgun}} made her practically impossible to defeat.

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* During Prudence's "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'', she walks straight through a football field in the middle of practice without getting tackled. A keen eye will be able to see the football players are actually dancing.

* The classic ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Trouble With Tribbles" had Cyrano Jones enjoying some quality time with the liquor synthesizer while Humans and Klingons were happily beating each other with the furniture. Then holding a drink well above his head so it doesn't get spilled, he waltzes through the brawlers until he gets to the door, whereupon it's snatched out of his hand by the bartender who's just entered having fetched a squad of {{redshirt}}s. Only slightly abashed, Cyrano removes another full glass from his pocket and drinks that instead.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor does this in "Battlefield" and "The Christmas Invasion". In fact, in the former, the Doctor takes this a step further by casually walking in between two people having a ''swordfight'', cheerfully raising his hat to them as he does so.

* A minor plot point in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' Literature/GauntsGhosts novel ''Ghostmaker'', through psychic trickery.
* War does this in ''Literature/GoodOmens''. Justified in that she's War.

* ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'': In "King of the Klondyke", Scrooge returns to Dawson after the GoldRush has turned it into a massive boom town. There's one panel of Scrooge walking through town while all manner of FunnyBackgroundEvent occurs.

When the [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking bullets, fists or pies]] are flying, expect one character to be able to wander through it all without so much as a nick, a scratch or a drop of cream.

Usually PlayedForLaughs, this trope will have one person able to maneuver about the chaos while completely avoiding damage. This could be either through skillful dodging or simple blind luck. Often the character will take advantage of the pandemonium. If a bar has erupted into [[BarBrawl battle royale]], this guy will be leisurely enjoying the top shelf booze while bodies slide along the bar and fly into the stacks of bottles behind him. Sometimes they may try to play peacemaker. Other times they are simply trying to find the nearest exit.

--> Walking home I shot two little girls, but otherwise it was the screamers and runners attracting the attention. Personally, I think that manners and a dignified bearing still count for a lot. All in all, I was in a very good mood. When everybody's laughing, it's sort of infectious.

* ''Film/TheGreatRace'' had The Great Leslie strolling through a massive pie fight in a royal kitchen. It was his attempt to dodge one pie too many that led to his diving face first into the one pie that got him.

* A serious example of this would be in Akira Kurosawa's ''Film/{{Ran}}'', where a king survives the seige of his own castle without making any effort to avoid his death.

* Hedley Lamarr, the BigBad of ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', walks in on a pie fight in the commissary. He ducks into the bathroom and emerges after a moment, disguised by having [[PieInTheFace his face completely covered by a cream pie]]. Since he's clearly already been hit and isn't throwing anything himself, everyone ignores him to focus other targets.

** ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' often portrayed him as raving fanboy getting front row seat action.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'', this is the first power of the Chaos purview: as long as the Scion in question doesn't interact with the violence/whackiness/chaos that's going on in a scene where he/she activates this power, he/she can't be harmed by it.

* While it is commonly overshadowed in the public consciousness by the [[Film/SavingPrivateRyan carnage of Omaha Beach]] a few miles east, the first wave of American troops to land on Utah Beach was almost a bloodbath. The destroyer USS ''Corry'', leading the landing craft in, struck a mine and sank, so they landed in the wrong place thanks to strong currents. The Germans immediately directed artillery on the leading elements of the 4th Infantry Division. As the troops took whatever cover they could find, the 4th [=ID's=] [[NumberTwo Executive Officer]], Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (son of [[UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt the famous President]]), recognized that the artillery was intensifying, the Germans were shifting machine guns to sweep the beach, and his men would soon be pinned down. Standing up amid the shrapnel and bullets, Roosevelt strode (actually ''limped [[HandicappedBadass with a cane]]'') across the beach, waving for his men to follow him. Led by Roosevelt, the 4th Division quickly overran the beach defenses before the Germans could react, saving hundreds of lives. Roosevelt was awarded the Medal of Honor, but died of a heart attack before he could receive it.

* ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'': To show that Cri-Kee is a lucky cricket, Mulan's grandmother crosses a street wearing a blindfold. Even Cri-Kee is scared by the ensuing chaos but she's unharmed and describes it as proof of Cri-Kee's luck.

* The classic ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Trouble With Tribbles" had Cyrano Jones enjoying some quality time with the liquor synthesizer while Humans and Klingons were happily beating each other with the furniture. Then holding a drink well above his head so it doesn't get spilled, he waltzes through the brawlers until he gets to the door, whereupon it's snatched out of his hand by the bartender whose just entered. Only slightly abashed, Cyrano then removes another full glass from his pocket and drinks that instead.

* The classic ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Trouble With Tribbles" had Cyrano Jones enjoying some quality time with the liquor synthesizer while Humans and Klingons were happily beating each other with the furniture.

* Lord Rust in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels. An UpperClassTwit to end all Upper-Class Twits who thinks he's a military man because of his breeding, he's been described as confusing "idiot stubbornness with bravery." In ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'', it's mentioned that for all the horrific losses his regiments would suffer in battle, Rust himself would often emerge without a scratch, "the arrows turning aside in midair to avoid striking him."

* Gandalf in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: The Two Towers'', grimly closing in on the possessed Théoden while his party beat the shit out of the guards.

* In a flashback within the SequelSeries to ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'', ''Crossed: +100'', [[SerialKiller Beauregard Salt's]] reaction to [[ZombieApocalypse chaos of C-Day]] is to get a coffee and danish and idly comment on the news at the local cafe.

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* Various mediums portray Ares, the God of War, to do this is the midst of heated battles. Cause ya'know, he's the god of war.

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** Used in the game ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'': Ares is depicted as being enormous, yet still eludes the arrows of the enemy.

* In ''Film/MeanGirls'' after the female population of the school has descended in to madness over the Burn Book, Regina stands at the top of the stairs and admires her handiwork as people run past and debris flies through the shot.

* While it is commonly overshadowed in the public consciousness by the [[Film/SavingPrivateRyan carnage of Omaha Beach]] a few miles east, the first wave of American troops to land on Utah Beach was almost a bloodbath. The destroyer USS ''Corry'', leading the landing craft in, struck a mine and sank, so they landed in the wrong place thanks to strong currents. The Germans immediately directed artillery on the leading elements of the 4th Infantry Division. As the troops took whatever cover they could find, the 4th [=ID's=] [[NumberTwo Executive Officer]], [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Jr.
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (son of the famous President)]] recognized that the artillery was intensifying, the Germans were shifting machine guns to sweep the beach, and his men would soon be pinned down. Standing up amid the shrapnel and bullets, Roosevelt strode (actually ''limped [[HandicappedBadass with a cane]]'') across the beach, waving for his men to follow him. Led by Roosevelt, the 4th Division quickly overran the beach defenses before the Germans could react, saving hundreds of lives. Roosevelt was awarded the Medal of Honor, but died of a heart attack before he could receive it.

* In Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Batman}}'' there's a scene where the Joker's thugs tommy-gun rival mobsters on the steps of the courthouse. Naturally everyone hits the deck except Bruce Wayne, who's so busy staring at the Joker he doesn't even notice when a bullet clips his shoulder.

* Gandalf in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: The Two Towers'', grimly closing in on the possessed Théoden while his party held off the guards.