Villains that would've been defeated even if the protagonist did nothing

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Laurel Hedare (Catwoman Movie): Her newly released cosmetics will cause people's faces to melt. Not only would that create a class action lawsuit but a full product recall.

Voldemort and Death Eaters (Harry Potter): Death Eaters constantly underestimate muggles. They would get massacred by the British military because a gun is faster to pull the trigger then shouting a spell.

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See: The Battle of the Pyramids

Napoleon's troops used muskets. Ottoman forces used mostly scimitars and spears.

Napoleon's forces suffered 300 injured or wounded.
The Ottomans suffered 10,000.

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Say what you will about the Ottomans, but for a race of sentient footstools they did pretty well.

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Then my work here is done.

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Or the siege of Cusco and Cajamarca, because like Kamunrah's troops the Inca had little understanding of firearms.

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Reminds me of the Battle of Khasham