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* In WorldWarII, the British "hid" the Suez Canal with an array of spotlights and shifting reflectors intended to dazzle the eyes of bomber pilots. When they tested it by having two British planes fly into the area, they found the effect disoriented the pilots so much that both planes nearly crashed -- just from flashing lights.
-->Eventually, a chain of twenty-one searchlights covered the Suez Canal for its entire length. When illuminated, they created a curtain of swirling light over more than a hundred miles of Egyptian sky. In the following months enemy aircraft made a number of attempts to penetrate the curtain, and failed, and the canal remained open to Allied shipping throughout the war.
-->Eventually, a chain of twenty-one searchlights covered the Suez Canal for its entire length. When illuminated, they created a curtain of swirling light over more than a hundred miles of Egyptian sky. In the following months enemy aircraft made a number of attempts to penetrate the curtain, and failed, and the canal remained open to Allied shipping throughout the war.
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* One issue of ''The Punisher'' has him narrate how devastating a single flashbang grenade is to the senses. The next panel shows him dropping three at once through a skylight on some mobsters.
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* One issue of ''The Punisher'' has him narrate how devastating a single flashbang grenade is to the senses. The next panel shows him dropping three at once through a skylight on some mobsters.
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* ''LordOfTheRings'': Gandalf uses extremely bright light to incapacitate the Orcs during the Battle of Helm's Deep.
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* In modern warfare ([[NamesTheSame yes, even in]] [[ModernWarfare that one]]), one of the greatest threats to aircraft on the battle is heat-seeking missiles, which home in on the heat signature of the aircraft's engines. One of the more reliable ways to avoid the missiles? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOx_wHhitqk&feature=fvsr ejecting bright burning flares]] to distract or confuse the missiles' infra-red seekers.
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* During the age while armies still utilized campfires at night, it was not uncommon for those to be used as a means of deception. Merely looking at a light source at night temporarily ruins the eye's low light adjustments, meaning that while looking at such a campfire (or for that matter any other light source at night), it was impossible to actually see the people (if any) that existed around it; only the light source would be visible. Armies got pretty creative with this back in the day, from setting up false camps (the enemy won't know theres no one by the fire until its too late), to lighting a minimal number of fires to hide their number (sometimes going as far as just one big fire; good luck guessing how many people are sharing it), to ordering the camp to make several times its number in flames. A cunning general may even combine the various methods, essentially rendering the enemy's attempts to scout his position at night futile or downright counterproductive. Even in warfare, there are [[SubvertedTrope uses for fire]] [[KillItWithFire other then killing]].
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* In RobertEHoward's ConanTheBarbarian story "A Witch Shall Be Born", Salome uses light to blind Tamaris's rescuers.
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* In X-Wing: The Phantom Affair, a gang of pro-Imperial thugs attacks Rogue Squadron pilot Tycho Celchu. He beats most of them down by himself, but the last one gets the drop on him and is preparing to deliver the final (possibly fatal) blow, when he's [[EyeScream slashed through the eyes]] by a phantom Jedi's lightsaber, causing instant blindness and much pained yelling. It turns out later that the "Jedi" is just a hologram, and given that holograms are actually just light (lasers, to be specific), this trope stands.
* In X-Wing: The Phantom Affair, a gang of pro-Imperial thugs attacks Rogue Squadron pilot Tycho Celchu. He beats most of them down by himself, but the last one gets the drop on him and is preparing to deliver the final (possibly fatal) blow, when he's [[EyeScream slashed through the eyes]] by a phantom Jedi's lightsaber, causing instant blindness and much pained yelling. It turns out later that the "Jedi" is just a hologram, and given that holograms are actually just light (lasers, to be specific), this trope stands.
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* In ''MassEffect2'', flashbang stun grenades are Kasumi's special power that are unlocked once her loyalty mission is completed. With advanced training, Shepard can use these grenades as well. Donovan Hock's mercenary guards and the Shadow Broker's troops also make regular use of flashbangs.
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* Aside from using it as a makeshift flashlight, [[GodOfWar Kratos]] can put Helios' severed head to great use by blinding enemies with it. In fact, employing this strategy is how you're supposed to defeat [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Kronos the Titan.]]
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* HeroesOfMightAndMagic: Most iterations of the series have a spell called "Blind" that effectively works this way.
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* LuigisMansion: Luigi must use his flashlight to shock ghosts so that he may inhale them into his vaccuum.
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* CallOfDuty: Most iterations of the series features grenades that can blind your enemies (or yourself if carelessly used)
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In works of fiction, heroes and villains alike will find every advantage to winning a battle, whether it's a personal DuelToTheDeath or the ultimate FinalBattle. One of the simplest and most prevalent is based on a notion that if the enemy can't see you (or anything), they can't hit you: shining a super bright light source directly into the face of your enemies. This will work to varying degrees depending on the work, from completely blinding and incapicitating your foe to causing just a momentarily inconvenience.
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In works of fiction, heroes and villains alike will find every advantage to winning a battle, whether it's a personal DuelToTheDeath or the ultimate FinalBattle. One of the simplest and most prevalent is based on a notion that if the enemy can't see you (or anything), they can't hit you: shining a super bright light source directly into the face of your enemies. This will work to varying degrees depending on the work, from completely blinding and incapicitating your foe to causing just a momentarily momentary inconvenience.
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An example of TruthInTelevision, since armies have been using natural light in various ways to blind and hinder them enemies for centuries.
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* LordOfTheRings: Gandalf uses extremely bright light to incapacitate the Orcs during the Battle of Helm's Deep
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Depending on the work, the light source could be any number of things. For example, in {{Fantasy}} works it's likely[[AWizardDidIt some sort of magic had a hand in it]], while in ScienceFiction it is more likely to find flashbang grenades or devices specifically designed for this sort of thing.
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Depending on the work, the light source could be any number of things. For example, in {[Fantasy}} works it's likely[[AWizardDidIt some sort of magic had a hand in it]], while in ScienceFiction it is more likely to find flashbang grenades or devices specifically designed for this
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