History Main / BlindShoulderToss

%%* Happens all the time in ''Series/BlackBooks''. That's probably why the bookshop is such a mess.

* At the end of ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', Rey arrives on Ahch-To with Luke Skywalker's lightsaber and presents it to him. When this scene resumes in ''Film/TheLastJedi'', [[spoiler:the first thing he does is toss the lightsaber over his shoulder (and the cliff behind him) before stalking off.]]

* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr'': Bad Luck Betty, a superstitious deputy, managed to put the sheriff in a full body cast after tossing salt over her shoulder just as he came in, which made him lose his footing and a grandfather clock fall on him.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. Played comically in "Melora", where the title character and Doctor Bashir have a date in a Klingon restaurant. Unimpressed, Melora argues over the food quality with the chef. The chef, impressed by a woman who knows what she likes, takes the food back, gleefully tosses it, and serves up good stuff.

* During the 4th trial in ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'', Prosecutor van Zieks closes his eyes and calmly flings his freshly uncorked bottle of wine into the public gallery behind him, just to emphasize an objection.

* During a tribute to Music/{{GeorgeHarrison}} performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Music/{{Prince}} steps up and delivers a face-melting solo. As soon as he's finished, Prince just chucks his guitar over his shoulder, presumably into [[HammerSpace hammerspace]].

* During the 4th trial of ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'', Prosecutor van Zieks closes his eyes and calmly flings his freshly uncorked bottle of wine into the public gallery behind him, just to emphasize an objection.

* Creator/VinceOffer does this to a competitor's product in his ad for the [=SlapChop=], with the chopper cleanly landing in the sink to his back. Hilariously, the Spanish-language version has him almost miss the sink and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86SOHZ0nIA accidentally rip the blinds off the window behind him while Offer continues his pitch undeterred]].

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1995/ga950625.gif Garfield tosses a flower after sniffing it]]. A bee nearby him gets offended at this, so he grabs the flower, flies to Garfield, and hits him with it.

Sometimes results in item breaking or secondary character chasing after it as it may actually be important. Sometimes it is a part that was broken off of something else, and is accompanied by an 'Oh, well' or 'Whatever.' Can be PlayedForLaughs if discarded item unintentionally hits something, such as ThatPoorCat. If it's a disguised explosive, expect it to detonate on impact. When this trope is in action, don't expect any form of proper disposal to occur anytime soon as LitteringIsNoBigDeal.

* ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. The newsreader announcing Zaphod Beeblebrox's theft of the Infinite Improbability Drive spacecraft casually throws aside each page of his script once he's finished reading it. So it's not just the Big Z who is flipped.

* In the thirty-second ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': Mists of Pandaria short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jon4GV1u3uM éBottoms Upé]], the human does this with an empty tankard. Surprisingly, he actually does look where he tosses it... but it still manages to trigger ThatPoorCat. Still follows the trope in that tankards are not normally discarded in this manner.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Two Bad Neighbors"

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLitterbug'' is a short film featuring WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck as the titular Litterbug and throwing trash behind their shoulders is a common method of them littering, even while driving.

* In one episode of ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'', Urumi throws an empty bottle over her shoulder;[[GrievousBottleyHarm It hits a Yakuza boss on the head.]]

* In one episode of ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'', Urumi throws an empty bottle over her shoulder; it hits a Yakuza boss on the head.

* ''Series.TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. The newsreader announcing Zaphod Beeblebrox's theft of the Infinite Improbability Drive spacecraft casually throws aside each page of his script once he's finished reading it. So it's not just the Big Z who gets flipped.

* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. A KGB agent blackmails a politician into providing a top secret document. Later he reveals that he already delivered that document months ago to UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre, but by handing it over to a foreign agent the politician will be committing treason and thereafter be under the KGB's thumb.

** For the ''Film/MenInBlack'' game, to illustrate how the Olmec statuette found at the end of level 1 has no relevance to the plot, we get a sketch of Seb briefly describing it, before tossing it away and sending the player to a mission in Antarctica. Later, he also does it with the "rare molecule" vial found at the end of level 2, which again is irrelevant to level 3.

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* This is how Usagi initially meets Mamoru in ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' -- she crumples up and tosses away a bad test paper, and hits him.

* Keyne Aqua gives ''Anime/{{Photon}}'' a bath in her starship's pool, beginning by pouring shampoo onto Photon's head at the start of chapter two. She simply lobs the bottle over her shoulder to free up both her hands to begin lathering Photon's hair. Neither shampoo nor bottle are seen nor mentioned thereafter.

---> '''Archie:''' You call that good luck?!
---> '''Jughead:''' Yeah! [[InsaneTrollLogic Imagine what he might have done to you if you hadn't thrown the salt!]]

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* In a parody of Music/DaftPunk's "Get Lucky" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43k7vWmMYmo "Get Loki"]] by Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}), at the beginning Loki picks up the sign "PROPERTY OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (please do not steal)" that's above the Tesseract and tosses it away.
* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} tosses away the disembodied head of ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} -- after having used it like a macabre hand puppet -- both at the conclusion of their ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'', and in episode 8 of ''WebVideo/SuperPowerBeatDown''. Hard to say if it's coincidental, of if the latter influenced the former, which is more recent.
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* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'': While WALL•E is looking for treasure, he comes across a diamond ring in a hinged box. However, after pulling the ring out of the box, he tosses the ''ring'' over his shoulder, being fascinated with the box.

* In the "Wayne Manor" teaser for ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', Batman tosses the laptop he was using to check "The Website/{{Twitter}}sphere" straight over his head and into the background once he's done with it, at which point it snaps in half.
* In ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', while rummaging inside Tapper's lost-and-found box, Ralph finds a ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' exclamation point and tosses it over his shoulder.

* In the 2008 ''Film/IronMan1'', while Tony Stark is in captivity and building a weapon, he carefully pulls apart a warhead for .13 grams of palladium and tosses the rest of it behind him with a comment of "Don't need that."
* ''Film/ThreeAmigos''. When the title characters are riding through the desert, Lucky Day and Ned Nederlander run out of water. Dusty Bottoms [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJmesqycoQU#t=3m11s takes a drink from his canteen and casually tosses it away]] ''even though it's still full of water'', to the stunned disbelief of Lucky and Ned.
* In the film adaptation of ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', Scott buys an item from the internet for the sole purpose of talking to Ramona. When she delivers it, he casually tosses it into the trashcan behind him without looking. Notable because no special effects were involved: Michael Cera had to do about 40 some odd takes in order to get the package to land exactly in the trash can. Shown in the outtakes, along with a throw counter and, at one point, moving the bin closer to him.

* In the remake of ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', Mr. Salt hands Wonka a business card, which Wonka promptly whips over his shoulder without even a glance at it.

* In ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'', after [[spoiler:the Enterprise-D crash-landed]], Picard is seen in his ready room looking for his photo album, and he picks up a ceramic object, casually putting it back down in a dismissive manner. It was his [[PricelessMingVase priceless]] [[http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Kurlan_naiskos Kurlan naiskos]] from the show, used here as a random prop. Notable from the WebVideo/RedLetterMedia review, including dubbing a glass shatter over the discard.
* ''Film/AlienResurrection'' has one memorable scene where Ellen Ripley tosses a Basketball into a hoop as if it was no big deal. Sigourney Weaver actually got the ball in the hoop for the shot, but that doesn't mean the scene wasn't unedited: they had to edit out one of the actors exclaiming "Oh shit!" at the fact that she got it in the hoop, which would have been an OutOfCharacterMoment. Doubles as a RealLife example in this case.
* In ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', Negasonic Teenage Warhead types a tweet on her smartphone just as she is about to fight Angel Dust (who, along with Deadpool, politely wait for her to finish), then she tosses the phone aside. Partially justified, though, since as we see right afterward, using her power just vaporizes her clothes with the exception of her X-Men uniform underneath, so the phone would have likely been totaled too if she'd kept it on her.
* At the end of ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', Rey arrives on Ahch-To with Luke Skywalker's lightsaber and presents it to him. When this scene resumes in ''Film/TheLastJedi'', [[spoiler:the first thing he does is toss the lightsaber over his shoulder (and the cliff behind him) before stalking off.]]
* ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay'': In the beginning of Part 2, Haymitch tells Katniss they prepared a speech for her, but she doesn't like it and refuses. Haymitch says he isn't really surprised, and just toss the speech tablet.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', no sooner have you gotten the three {{Plot Coupon}}s than the apparent BigBad Zant shows up, takes them, looks at them for a moment, and then tosses them away in disdain, leaving you to find four more {{Plot Coupon}}s to find him again.
* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate'' Simon comes across a magical relic: a blue crystal ball. After picking up and staring at it for a bit, nothing happens, causing him to give a disappointed "Bah." and tossing it over his shoulder with a deadpan look, breaking it. After breaking however, the Spirit of Belnades appears from inside and starts to help him out.

* In ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'', in the cut-screen after the battle with Karlof, while Master Chen triggers a TrapDoorFail, then another, then another, Gandalf munches an apple and then tosses it over his shoulder. It happens to be launched into one of the many misfired trapdoors, right as it's opened.

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', Jack Spicer opens a [[SealedEvilInACan puzzle box]] containing "A mask? Lame." and tosses them behind him.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DogCity'', Ace buys a newspaper, reads the headline, then disgustedly wads the paper and tosses it over his shoulder. [[FridgeLogic Makes you wonder why he bothered wasting a quarter]]....

* Appears as a RunningGag in ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''. At the beginning of each episode, Chief Quimby gives the title character a mission briefing written on [[ThisPageWillSelfDestruct self-destructing paper]]. After reading it, Gadget invariably crumples it up and obliviously throws it over his shoulder on his way out, where it blows up in Quimby's face.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' where [[TheDitz Stumpy]] is pretending to be a detective, he lights a pipe and carelessly tosses the lighter away. It lands on some poor guy offscreen who catches on fire.

Where a character is given or is holding an item, considers it for a second and then dismisses it as worthless, unimportant, or irrelevant and subsequently rids themselves of it, frequently by tossing it over their shoulder without a glance. Sometimes results in item breaking or secondary character chasing after it as it may actually be important. Sometimes it is a part that was broken off of something else, and is accompanied by an 'Oh, well' or 'Whatever.' Can be PlayedForLaughs if discarded item unintentionally hits something, such as ThatPoorCat. If it's a disguised explosive, expect it to detonate on impact. When this trope is in action, don't expect any form of proper disposal to occur anytime soon as LitteringIsNoBigDeal.

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* In an ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', Jughead refuses to be superstitious on Friday the 13th. After bad luck following each attempt to disprove the notion, he finds a horseshoe, scoffs at the idea it's lucky, and casually throws it away. It hits a passing driver in the head -- who turns out to be tall, muscled, and none too pleased.

* In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0032.html strip #32]] of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', a pair of lawyers for Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast show up to drag away the monster, as it isn't open ''D&D'' content and thus copyright infringement. As a result, on the next page Roy Greenhilt is seen tossing away the script for strip #33 while saying they're finding themselves with no plot for today.