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Indiana Jones is a bad ass. There's no doubting that. Just cast your mind back to his infamously fierce fisticuffs with a balding, man mountain of a Nazi on a runway in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

But what we love most about Indy's scrapping ability is that there appears to be no obvious reason as to why he possesses such a thunderous north paw. The man's an archeologist and a lecturer. By all rights he should smell faintly of cat food and have a wife with bladder issues.

But no. Jones can knock you from here to next Tuesday just for looking at his hat a little oddly. And that's what we love. The total lack of reasoning for his nose-bothering swing.

Thus, this post is dedicated to the most inexplicably thunderous thumpers in TV and film. You won't find any secret agents or Kung Fu specialists. No boxers or bouncers, no marines or medieval knights. This is all about your average Joe, with a far from average wallop. Gents, please be upstanding, for the pocket rockets...

Who? Indiana Jones from the Indiana Jones movies
Why he should be a wuss: He's a university lecturer. Our university lecturer was afraid of chewing gum. Fact.
Punching strength: His refusal to stop bopping you square on the nose and the way his power comes clean from his shoulders.
Top wallop: Pick of the Jones jawbreakers occurs in The Last Crusade when Indy and his dad are aboard a zeppelin. Cornered, and dressed unconvincingly like a ticket inspector Indy takes a gargantuan swing at Colonel Vogel knocking him out. Not finished, Dr Jones flips his Nazi enemy clean out of the departing airship before turning to the horrified passengers and announcing, in English no less, "No ticket." Even his dad offers him a look of pride! Enjoy that haymaker then pick your all time favourite Indy swing...



Who? Marty McFly from the Back to the Future trilogy -- and, importantly not George McFly. Sure everyone remembers McFly's Sr's KO of Biff Tannen but this was a one off inspired by his desire to get laid. He's no badass. His son, however, packs a sweet punch.
Why he should be a wuss: Isn't he, like, 16? Plus he hangs around with a 65-year-old scientist. Not as if he and his mates get in bar regular brawls, is it? Oddly, Marty does though.
Punching strength: Intelligence. McFly Jr's ability to distract you with trademark "what the hell is that?" and point, so your face is turned when you're caught, is second to none.
Top wallop: Back to the Future 3. An Old West Biff Buchanan finds himself on the wrong end of three McFly rights and a left that are so powerful that he is sent clean through a tombstone. Alas this video is unavailable so you'll have to suffice with this colossal slobberknocker from the first movie. Jump to 2 mins 20.



Who? Homer Simpson from The Simpsons
Why he should be a wuss: He's an over weight, exercisephobe who spends more time screaming than sparring.
Punching strength: Brute force and the fact that even if you punch back, you're not going to do any damage. Lest we forget, in an episode named "The Homer They Fall" he realises he has a bizarre medical condition that renders him unable to be knocked out. Thus he decides to embark on a career as a boxer, with considerable success. Moe's his coach!
Top wallop: It could be any one of the gargantuan right hooks hurled at Bart's adopted Big Brother in an episode called Brother From the Same Planet. Either them... or this...




Who? Jeremy Grey from Wedding Crashers
Why he should be a wuss: He's a divorce mediator for chuff's sake! That's like finding a rock hard marriage guidance counsellor! It doesn't happen. You'd expect him to have a handshake wetter than a sozzled Scottish salmon.
Punching strength: Timing. It's. All. In. The. Timing.
Top wallop: This rocket that sends Zach sparko... (This is NSFW thanks to colourful language)



Who? Ace Ventura from Ace Ventura
Why he should be a wuss: He's a tree hugging vegan.
Punching strength: Needs very little provocation. Wear the wrong clothes or shoo away the wrong pigeon and you're done for, even with many of people watching or in socially awkward situations. You won't even know you're in a fight until he's danced his thunderbolts across your visage.
Top wallop: A toss up between this...



And this...


Who? Phil Connors from Groundhog Day
Why he should be a wuss: He's a middle aged weatherman. Can you picture your weatherman packing a killer punch? Just switch on the BBC. Point taken?
Punching strength: The sucker punch. He'll arrive with a smile then send you spinning. Bing!
Top wallop: Two guesses...




Who? Stewie Griffin from Family Guy
Why he should be a wuss: Umm... He's a baby. He should barely have the strength to stand.
Punching strength: Gut-wrenching brutality and a deeply alarming refusal to stop. This baby-faced assassin will even use "tools."
Top wallop: During this sickening attack on Brian the dog, in which he grabs the pooches collar and pounds six shades out of him...NSFW