# What's your favorite movie/tv ass whooping? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343 "2003-11-20T19:00:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/1 "2003-11-20T19:00:24Z")
Mine is from _The Godfather_. I love the part where Sonny beats the holy living hell out of Carlo for abusing his sisterThe part where Sonny pounds Carlo with a garbage can lid is priceless. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/2 "2003-11-20T19:30:36Z")
Shane. The irony of Alan Ladd and Van Heflin, both in love with the same woman and beatin’ hell outta each other so the other wouldn’t get hurt made me smile. Plus, it was a pretty good fight. ---
**Author:** ![Shortie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Shortie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shortie)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/3 "2003-11-20T20:28:25Z")
_Enter the Dragon_. Pretty much all of the one on one fights in it are fun, but I’d have to pick the finale. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/4 "2003-11-20T20:48:17Z")
The Alley scene from **They Live**. Note some similar posts in this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=223701&pagenumber=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=223701&pagenumber=2) ---
**Author:** ![TheInterruptingCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@TheInterruptingCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInterruptingCow)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/5 "2003-11-20T21:43:21Z")
_Uncommon Valor_ Randall “Tex” Cobb beats the hell out of a young Patrick Swayze, prefacing the butt-whupping with, “Usin’ that Oriental martial bullshit on me is gonna be reeeaaalllll expensive, boy!” ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/6 "2003-11-20T21:55:10Z")
The fistfight between John Wayne and Victor McLaglen in _The Quiet Man_. It seemed to form the last quarter of the film, yet it was still too short. McLaglen: “I’m as fresh as a daisy!” Wayne: “You look more like a black-eyed Susan.” ---
**Author:** ![davesink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@davesink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davesink)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/7 "2003-11-20T21:58:45Z")
Raising Arizona, when Nicholas Cage gets the bejeezez knocked out of him by the bounty hunter biker. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/8 "2003-11-20T22:10:46Z")
The final fight scene between Riggs and what’s his name in Lethal Weapon was okay, but nothing beats Bruce Lee’s choreographed sequences. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/9 "2003-11-20T22:29:17Z")
On the TV end of things: Buffy v Angelus in a battle to the death, **Becoming II**. Several between Buffy and Spike, but my favorite would be **Harsh Light of Day**. Buffy v Glory **The Gift**. and most recently, Spike v Angel **Destiny** ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/10 "2003-11-20T22:39:02Z")
It isn’t actually shown, but my favorite TV ass-kicking was on _Rossanne_, of all places. When the Fieldings find out that Jackie’s boyfriend has been physically abusive, Dan simply stands up, puts on his coat and steps out the door. He walks back in sometime later cradling his hand and asks for a bowl of ice. You can have your pretty little kick-boxers. _Nobody_ can administer a whipping like a pissed-off John Goodman. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/11 "2003-11-20T23:00:08Z")
My favorite Lee sequence was against the full gang behind the restaurant in _The Way of the Dragon_ (AKA _Return of the Dragon_). The use of the Bo Staff, dual nunchaku and the mocking of each individual before taking them down was excellent. IMO he was at his physical best in that movie, the fight with Chuck Norris was outstanding. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/12 "2003-11-20T23:09:53Z")
My favorite TV fight seen was Peter Griffin vs. the Giant Chicken. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/13 "2003-11-20T23:12:51Z")
‘Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,’ when Jay and Bob fly all over the country beating up people who’ve insulted them on message boards. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/14 "2003-11-21T02:33:38Z")
Kurt Russel bitch slaps some crooked dealer in **Tombstone** David Spade beats the crap out of Chris Farley with a 2x4 in **Tommy Boy** Ed Norton kicks the crap out of himself in **Fight Club** ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/15 "2003-11-21T02:56:29Z")
Frank Sinatra and Henry Silva had a cool dustup in _The Machurian Candidate_, notable because as far as I know, it was one of the first portrayals of karaté fighting in an American movie, and it wasn’t stylized at all; just two well-trained men squaring off, bruising the hell out of each other and destroying all of Laurence Harvey’s furniture. The fistfight in _They Live_, though, wins. I even started a thread about it a while back. ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/16 "2003-11-21T06:32:10Z")
The climactic fight in the foundry in **The Legend of Drunken Master**. Complete, total, all-out fury. Brutal, fast, and astonishing. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/17 "2003-11-21T07:53:59Z")
**Destroy All Monsters** When Godzilla and the crew all team up for one final whomp on Geidra. Even Baby Godzilla gets his licks in. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/18 "2003-11-21T08:15:35Z")
Little Bill kicking English Bob’s ass in Unforgiven. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/19 "2003-11-21T08:29:59Z")
How about the truck chase in **Raiders** where Indy first gets his own ass whooped, thrown out the windshield, and dragged behind the truck, only to crawl back up into the cab in true unstoppable-Indy fashion and just beat the hell out of the driver, slamming the guy’s head on the dash repeatedly and finally throwing HIM out the windshield and running over his sorry Nazi ass? Now THAT’S payback! ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343/20 "2003-11-21T08:49:16Z")
It’s not my favourite but it deserves mentioning is Adam Sandler kicking the crap out of those punks in Punch Drunk Love. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-movie-tv-ass-whooping/214343.md?page=2)