Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh...
In a fistfight, one participant (frequently The Hero) gets in close to his (usually much-larger and frequently The Brute) opponent, and lands a flurry of punches into his gut.
The opponent just looks down and smiles, completely unharmed, giving the hero a moment of sudden dread, before inflicting some violence upon him in return.
In some cases, this can be the beginning of a Curb-Stomp Battle.
The big guy may also say something like "Is That the Best You Can Do?" or "Stop it, that tickles." Sometimes the same effect is achieved when the target turns out to be Immune to Bullets.
Almost exclusively limited to the comedy-action genre, tho...read more