What's the word for this?

[BlackMetalWhiteGuy]

2008 Original Post: I'm trying to remember the name of a "law" that applies to fight scenes in movies in which the hero / heroine is outnumbered. It states that when the hero is facing multiple opponents at one time, they will attack individually, rather than as a group, allowing him / her to fend them off one at a time.

2014 Edit: The phrase that I was looking for was "mook chivalry." It can also be called the one-at-a-time attack rule, but mook chivalry was the specific phrase I was inquiring about. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MookChivalry

 

[Blind Guardian]

The Hollywood-syndrome

 

[The Heartbreak Kid]

Yeah, dont know the word but it is so stupid. Just bundle the fucker.

 

[False Joe]

Or hire people that can actually fucking aim.

"Oh look. 60 people with automated weapons. As long as I strafe side to side they won't hit me by law of averages"

 

[Blind Guardian]

Or the bad guys think "Why even bother,i mean he´s the protagonist of this story so we´ll never win anyway"

 

[skeptik]

I'm trying to remember the name of a "law" that applies to fight scenes in movies in which the hero / heroine is outnumbered. It states that when the hero is facing multiple opponents at one time, they will attack individually, rather than as a group, allowing him / her to fend them off one at a time.

Bullpit maybe? I was watching a show called Fight Quest last night in which two fighters were training in some type of fighting style, don't remember the name, and this was one of the exercises that they used to train, although after a while more than one opponent would jump in. This probably isn't right, but whatever.

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

Sniglets

I haven't read through the whole list yet, and obviously it doesn't include all of them, but it might be there.

 

[waif]

It's in here, although most of this only applies to anime.

 

[Lord Kur]

the word for gay love in prison between women is bulldaggin

does that help?

 

[waif]

It helped me.

 

[cookiecutter]

cleveland steamer

 

[waif]

Alabama Hot Pocket.

 

[False Joe]

Strawberry Cheesecake.

 

[Pessimism]

Schadenfreude

 

[WeAreTheLastMen]

strawberry hamburger molasses martini

it's when the guy makes a really gross drink while he's having sex.

 

[mutantllama]

banana cream pie

 

[False Joe]

Explaining terms is for gays WeAreTheLastMen.

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

Artic pipeline.

 

[waif]

You made that one up

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

Do you really want to know what it means? It's gross.