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''"That is why," he said, shifting his paw on the leaves. "Not even I can look thee between the eyes, and I was born among men, and I love thee, Little Brother. The others they hate thee because their eyes cannot meet thine; because thou art wise; because thou hast pulled out thorns from their feet--because thou art a man."''|Lampshaded in ''[[The Jungle Book (novel)|The Jungle Book]]''}}
When a character is faced with a creature that should have him running away or cowering in
Picture the scenario: [[The Hero]] is cornered by the villain. Forget civility, reason, logic, ''God'', this is serious. The [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] is about to be opened on the world, probably in the form of an [[Eldritch Abomination]]. The villain is locking the hero in a [[Cool Gate]] to [[Another Dimension]] with no chance of return. The [[Gladiator Games]] have commenced and it's one unarmed, wounded person against a whole pride of hungry lions. And ''there's nothing anyone can do''. There's no backup, no escape, no [[Big Damn Heroes]]. All is lost, the world is undone, the lions are going to eat good tonight, etc. [[The End of the World as We Know It|HE COMES.]]
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They lions don't move in for the kill. The villain stops his insane cackling. The [[Ultimate Evil]]... hesitates.
The hero, through sheer [[Badass]], has intimidated something which had an infinitely superior advantage over him. Where the situation goes from here depends. Perhaps the bad guy turns tail and runs away. Maybe the hero's staredown has distracted the villain long enough for [[The Cavalry]] to arrive or the [[Big Damn Heroes]] to show up. Or maybe the villain gets over it and kills the hero after all, but
A sure sign of the character being [[Badass]]. Overlaps with [[Death Glare]]. If the hero goes out staring down and intimidating his killer, it's a good candidate for a [[Dying Moment of Awesome]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Teen Genius]] Light Yagami of ''[[Death Note]]'' stares down Rem, a [[Shinigami|God of Death]]. Subverted in that the Death God is a [[Token Good Teammate|nicer person]] [[Knight Templar|than he is]] and {{spoiler|[[Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?|through his manipulations]] he has turned her into an [[Unwitting Pawn]].}}
* A [[Death Glare]] is one form of "Haki" ("Will"/"Ambition"), a recognized superpower in the ''[[One Piece]]'' world. Can cause any animal or non-named character to faint.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Hercules (
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': Fluttershy (pictured above) has subdued a dragon (who was so large each of his eyes was around the same size as her body) and a cockatrice (whose gaze was ''turning her to stone'' as she did so, but who still gave up first) by staring them down and scolding them.
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