History Main / CatchAndReturn

* From ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' Season 12, Tucker starts a training exercise based around catching [[HiredGuns Felix]], reasoning that if his ragtag group of soldiers can defeat Felix they'll have no problem breaking Sarge, Donut, and Washington out of the enemy base. Among their many failures is Tucker tossing a grenade at Felix, who calmly catches it and counts to four before sending it right back to a fleeing Tucker.

** [[VideoGame/DragonBallHeroes Xeno Trunks]] and [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie Silver]] has the latter redirecting the former's Galick Gun and [[FightsLikeACardPlayer the card-summoned GT Goku and Pan's]] Kamehamehas all right back at the half-Saiyan via his [[MindOverMatter psychokinesis]] [[spoiler:and ending the fight by teleporting Trunk's [[SpellBlade Sword of Hope]] right back at him for the [[HoistByHisOwnPetard finishing blow]] as the half-Saiyan launches it at him for his own finisher, temporally erasing Trunks from existence.]] It's pointed out in the post-fight analysis [[spoiler:Silver's ability to do this even against foes much stronger than himself would negate Trunk's possible power advantage.]]

* The ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' between [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Blake Belladonna]] and [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Mikasa Ackerman]] ends this way: [[spoiler: Blake sending one of Mikasa's Thunder Spears back at her causes it to impale Mikasa. Blake then detonates the Thunder Spear, with the resulting explosion obliterating Mikasa on the spot.]]

* In ''Film/Daredevil2003'', Bullseye throws back the sai Elektra threw at him, impaling her hand with it. It's implied Elektra was in fact attempting her own Catch and Return, as she steps up to it quite deliberately.

* Happens once in ''"Brain Smasher ...A Love Story"'' when the Chinese monks (who so far have displayed moderate mook-class combat skills and a great deal of flashy casual acrobatics) pursuing the leads finally run into a random security guard who's armed, nervous and fires on them when they aren't intimidated. The shot actually does knock one back - until he grins, digs the bullet out of the hard leather palm protector he's wearing and tosses it into the guard. The protagonist is an experienced bouncer who's done decently clashing with the monks so far... but this shakes him, convincing him that just running while beating down the monks isn't going to resolve this. (He's proven right.)

** ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'': During LeParkour scene in the beginning, the bomber [[ThrowAwayGuns throws his empty gun]] at Bond, who catches it and throws it back to hit him with it.
* In ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', Jade Fox pulls this on one of the fighters trying to kill her. Good thing it was only with a paralyzing dart.
** She does the same thing with a deer horn knife soon afterwards, with lethal results.

** ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'': During their climactic fight, Deadpool catches one of Ajax's axes and tosses it back at him.

* In the ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' movie, Bullseye throws back the sai Elektra threw at him, impaling her hand with it. It's implied Elektra was in fact attempting her own Catch and Return, as she steps up to it quite deliberately.

** ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'': A '''[[NightmareFuel very disturbing]]''' example, where [[spoiler: [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch Wanda Maximoff]]]] uses her [[MindOverMatter telekenises]] to catch [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 Captain Carter's]] shield and throws it back at her, [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisecting her in the middle]].

* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' turns this trope UpToEleven in [[WarriorPoet Akisame's]] fight with Alexander Gaidar. Gaidar throws [[http://www.onemanga.com/Historys_Strongest_Disciple_Kenichi/274/11/ an enormous bundle of rebar]] at Akisame. Akisame hurls it back at Gaidar and hits a steel girder, causing the bundle to split and the rebar to rain down on Gaidar. Gaidar uses it to [[http://www.onemanga.com/Historys_Strongest_Disciple_Kenichi/274/14/ make a pretty sculpture,]] which he [[http://www.onemanga.com/Historys_Strongest_Disciple_Kenichi/274/15/ hurls at Akisame,]] who catches it, [[http://www.onemanga.com/Historys_Strongest_Disciple_Kenichi/274/16-17/ reconstructs it into his own sculpture, and hurls it back.]] On second thought, UpToEleven [[SerialEscalation isn't far enough.]]

** In Season 2, [[BigBad Zoom]] pulls this off on a ''[[UpToEleven lightning bolt thrown by Barry]]''.

* ''VideoGame/TailConcerto'' and ''{{VideoGame/Solatorobo}}'' has some enemies and bosses that will fire off bombs or rockets that Waffle and Red can catch and send back as an alternate method of dealing damage (and is even encouraged if you want to make the games easier on yourself). In some cases, it's the ''only'' method of attack you have.

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheForceUnleashed:

** At the battle at the Althing Hólmstein, a supporter of Flosi, hurls a spear at Kári Solmundarson "but [Kári] caught it in mid-air and hurled it back, an

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* ''Animation/BoBoiBoyGalaxy'': In "A Fiery Fight", Sai [[ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks throws his shield]] at [[PlayingWithFire BoBoiBoy Fire]], who narrowly dodges it. Sai directs it back towards his opponent, but to his shock, he catches it from behind and proceeds to [[IncendiaryExponent set his shield on fire]] before throwing it back.
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* In ''Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter'', thanks to the Magic Potion ComicBook/{{Asterix}} [[ArrowCatch catches an arrow between thumb and index finger]] (an inch from his nose), and then throws it bare-handed back at the archer, cutting the string of his bow.

* Ronin does one of these in ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013''. Can be seen at about 1:38 in the second trailer.

* ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. During LeParkour scene in the beginning, the bomber [[ThrowAwayGuns throws his empty gun]] at Bond, who catches it and throws it back to hit him with it.

** ''Film/Deadpool2016'': During their climactic fight, Deadpool catches one of Ajax's axes and tosses it back at him.

* In the ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' movie, Bullseye throws back the sai Elektra threw at him, impaling her hand with it. It's implied Elektra was in fact attempting her own Catch And Return, as she steps up to it quite deliberately.

* Rick O'Connell pulls this trope with a knife in ''Film/TheMummyReturns''.
** He also does it with a ''snake'' of all things in the same film.
*** In the same scene, even. Some villains just don't learn.
* The knife-throwing twins in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' have this as part of their circus act. Naturally it is later utilized in their fight against Film/JamesBond.

* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':

--->Hey buddy, I think you lost this!

* In ''Film/Mulan2020'', Bori Khan catches an arrow shot at him by a Chinese archer and fires it back. ''[[HorseArcher On horseback.]]''

* ''Series/Hawkeye2021'': Clint catches and returns a molotov cocktail in the second episode.

* ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerGiantFist EXTRAPOWER Giant Fist]]'': Unique to Zophy is the ability to catch projectile attacks in mid-air and throw them back at the attacker. Not just rocks, knives and spears, but even bullets, rockets, fireballs and lasers can be caught in his hands and thrown back at the opponent!

** In ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'', Master Chief does this with the Covenant bomb that was going to blow up the ''Cairo,'' using it to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard blow up a Covenant capital ship]] instead. Additionally, he [[RidingTheBomb rides with the bomb]] in zero-G to make sure it returns to sender.

* This is one of the core mechanics of Silver the Hedgehog's gammeplay in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' using his Psychokinesis. When there isn't any debris or crates around to use as ammo, Silver can always wait for his enemies to open fire on him, use Psychokinesis to catch the projectiles and then lob them back at his leisure. This goes for nearly anything the enemies can toss at you aside from laser beams.
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheForceUnleashed2'' several enemy vehicles can only be damaged by catching their projectiles with the Force and returning them back.

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''

* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'': Powerful telekinetic alien Geryuganshoop attacks Saitama with a high-speed shower of rubble. Saitama casually catches one rock from the air and nonchalantly flicks it back, putting a hole through Geryuganshoop's head and [[OneHitKill ending the fight in one move]], as is usual for him.

* ''WebVideo/{{Smosh}}'': In “WASHINGTON’S FIRST VIDEO BLOG”, Washington gets shot in the bellybutton, takes the bullet out, and then throws it at the shooter.

** [[PlayingWithFire Firebending]] has a technique subset concerning [[ShockAndAwe lightning]]. [[CoolOldGuy Uncle Iroh]] developed "Lightning Redirection", enabling a firebender to turn an attacker's lightning against them should the redirector so choose. Until Iroh developed the technique, the only way to defend against Lightning attacks was evasion. One of the most epic scenes has [[spoiler:Zuko catching a double-strength lightning bolt and aiming it back at his father, Firelord Ozai, who just tried to kill him with it.]]
*** Iroh's redirection technicique is based on waterbending where redirection is a key principle often used by Katara and other waterbenders.

'''Hawkeye:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Guess what? I am.]] ''punches him out''

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', a minor character deflects a shuriken using his sword.

* In Frans Bengtsson's ''Literature/TheLongShips'', a Viking crew member catches and returns a spear thrown from an approaching enemy ship, hitting the thrower and freaking BOTH crews out. When his amazed crewmates quiz him afterwards, he explains that it's just something he can do, and he doesn't tell people about it because one of his relatives was badly injured trying to duplicate the stunt. Given the (relatively slow) speed of a thrown spear and the returner's difficulty disclaimer, this is pretty realistic.

** When Gunnar and Hallvard clash with a band of vikings, the viking Karl hurls a spear at Gunnar from his ship. Gunnar catches the spear [[HeroicAmbidexterity with his left hand]] and throws it back towards Karl's ship, killing one of Karl's men.

** At the battle at the Althing Hólmstein, a supporter of Flosi, hurls a spear at Kári Solmundarson "but [Kári] caught it in mid-air and hurled it back, and it brought death to a man in Flosi's following."
** In Kári's second fight with the sons of Sigfús and their allies, Grani Gunnarsson hurls a spear at Kári. Kári catches it in flight [[HeroicAmbidexterity with his left hand]], then hurls it back so that it pierces both Grani's shield and his thigh.

* ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman''. On hearing that Snow White is in TheLostWoods, Prince William decides that the quickest way to find her is to hook up with [[TheDragon Finn]]'s men who are also searching for her, by posing as a mercenary. As Finn rides through a village, he's annoyed to find a bow-holding William InTheHood, blocking his path.

* ''Literature/NjalsSaga'': At the battle at the Althing Hólmstein, a supporter of Flosi, hurls a spear at Kári Solmundarson "but [Kári] caught it in mid-air and hurled it back, and it brought death to a man in Flosi's following."

* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Getis Darwoss demonstrates his greater skill at combat magic than most academic mages by catching Eric's [[HandBlast mana bolt]] and throwing it back at him in one motion.

* The title character of ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' manages to catch a whole ''tree'' telekinetically flung at him by Sirene and fling it back at the flinger. But then, he is the (literally) goddamn Devilman!

* Ronin does one of these in ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}''. Can be seen at about 1:38 in the second trailer.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', a minor character deflects a shuriken using his sword.

** Vergil in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' shows the ability to block bullets by [[SpinToDeflectStuff spinning Yamato really quickly]]. In a cutscene, he lays the bullets down on the ground before knocking them right back.

** In the battle with Credo in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', the spears that the boss throws can be caught with the Devil Bringer and then thrown right back at him.

* Powerful telekinetic alien Geryuganshoop attacks Saitama from ''Manga/OnePunchMan'' with a high-speed shower of rubble. Saitama casually catches one rock from the air and nonchalantly flicks it back, putting a hole through Geryuganshoop's head and [[OneHitKill ending the fight in one move]], as is usual for him.

* Cale manages to pull this off in ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup''. It was a definite sign that he TookALevelInBadass.
* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', when an enemy throws a knife at the unarmed Captain Tagon, he "catches" it with his eye. This doesn't stop him from taking the knife and using it to kill his opponent horribly.

* In ''Film/SpiderMan3'', Harry Osborn throws a Green Goblin grenade as a last ditch attempt to kill Spider-Man. Spider-Man, leaning towards the dark side due to the Venom symbiote, dodges the grenade and flings it back at Harry with his webshooter, not even looking back as it blows up in Harry’s face.

* Happens once in ''"Brain Smasher ...A Love Story"'' when the Chinese monks pursuing the leads (who so far have displayed moderate mook-class combat skills and a great deal of flashy casual acrobatics) finally run into a random security guard who's armed, nervous and fires on them when they aren't intimidated. The shot actually does knock one back - until he grins, digs the bullet out of the hard leather palm protector he's wearing and tosses it into the guard. The protagonist is an experienced bouncer who's done decently clashing with the monks so far... but this shakes him, convincing him that just running while beating down the monks isn't going to resolve this. (He's proven right.)