He's come a long way since the days of trying to punch people twice his size in alleys.

I don't know, maybe he was trying to high five them then, too, and just not very good at it. And he was being a turtle with the garbage can lid. It was basically the roots of his future fighting techniques.

Issie: Slap him in the face!
Steve: That's not how you fight like a man!
Issie: Well, fighting like a man isn't working very well, is it? Slap him in the face!