History Main / DefiantStoneThrow

* ''WebVideo/LifeSMP'': On Day 5 of 3rd Life, when Ren, now a bloodthirsty warlord, comes in demanding tribute from the Flower Forest faction, Jimmy is on board with hearing him out... until Ren not-so-subtly implies that said tribute would include [[HumanSacrifice one of Scott's lives]]. Jimmy responds by shutting down negotiations, burning Ren's banner, and telling him and Martyn in no uncertain terms to get lost.

-->-- ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''

So the villain is going on an [[EvilGloating evil speech]] about how now everyone must despair and obey or die... Only to get a rock to the head from a {{Muggle}} or InnocentBystander. Rather than be paralyzed with fear, the meekest make a very brave, but mostly harmless[[note]]despite the fact that in RealLife, getting hit by a good-sized rock can be legitimately dangerous[[/note]] gesture of defiance against a dangerous foe whom they have every reason not to piss off. For extra trope points, it'll be a child, old person, or someone who is completely unintimidating. For double bonus points, it will be someone previously shown to dislike the hero or badmouth them.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has this in the first season episode "Imprisoned". Earthbenders are being kept prisoner in an ocean rig / TailorMadePrison devoid of all stone and earth to keep them from [[DishingOutDirt Earthbending]]. After the Gaang brings up a huge pile of she rig's coal for them to Earthbend, and Aang then Katara give an inspirational speech, no one acts because of their broken spirits. However, Haru tosses the first stone in defiance, and when the warden attacks him in anger [[PapaWolf Haru's father Tyro acts to protect him]] and soon all the Earthbenders rise up to resist. That's when [[{{Pun}} things got very dirty very fast]] for their captors.

* The famous UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh "Advertising/NineteenEightyFour" commercial.

See also SpiritBomb, DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu, LeastIsFirst. BoulderBludgeon is when the character actively uses rocks as a weapon.

* In ''Manga/DragonBall'''s BadFuture there is a panel where an old man hits Android 17 in the face with a rock after surviving the destruction 17's supposedly weaker sister unleashed on his city by virtue of not being noticed. 17 compliments his aim before killing him.
* Taken to a more close up version in ''Manga/HokutoNoKen'' when a child mourning for Shuu's death at Thouther charges at him with a knife in a bid to kill him. His blade manages to hit him in the knee in which he was unfazed by the injury before being shouted down by Thouther for showing a futile display of love for Falco and lecturing him on how VirtueIsWeakness.
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'': Has Tanjiro doing this to Giyu to stop him from Stabbing Nezuko to death What was Giyu's response? He stabbed Tanjiro almost to death, which knocks him unconscious.

* In ''Fanfic/MyHeroPlaythrough'', Inko uses her Quirk to pull Overhaul's mask towards her before she's rescued, ensuring the mask snaps back when she disappears.

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* In ''Literature/TheBlackMagicianTrilogy'' when the affluent magicians go out into the town people will throw stones at them non stop. Since they can just put up a magical barrier this isn't a problem... until the main character's natural ability shows itself by throwing a stone ''through'' that barrier with no problem.
* In ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' short story ''[[Literature/TheLastWish The Lesser Evil]]'', after Geralt kills Renfri in defense of the villagers of Blaviken, they, quite ironically, proceed to pelt him with stones, thinking him nothing more than a murderer. Geralt survives unscathed due to a timely [[DeflectorShields Quen Sign]], however, he is forced out of Blaviken and awarded with the epithet [[HeroWithBadPublicity "The Butcher of Blaviken"]].
* In ''[[Literature/TheSpiritThief The Spirit Rebellion]]'', towards the end Eli convinces the spirits of the town to rise up against the Duke that is enslaving them. They are too afraid at first until one roofing tile launches itself at the duke, triggering all the other spirits to join in [[spoiler: It turns out to be a subversion as Eli's adoptive father actually threw the stone to motivate the others.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', the heroes enter the town square of Palmacosta to find the oppressive Desians there, about to hang one of the townsfolk. After her "crimes" (refusing to "sell" them supplies on the basis that they're evil oppressors demanding them for much less than they're actually worth) are announced publicly, a little boy starts throwing stones at their leader. [[StupidEvil He orders the kid executed]], at which point the party steps in to save both townspeople and drive off the Desians.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', Eggman is terrorizing the citizens of [[DarkestAfrica Mazuri]], demanding to know the location of the Gaia Temple. One of the children screams at him "WE'RE NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING!" and chucks a rock at Eggman, hitting him in the head. While the kid's parents hide him from Eggman, his ServileSnarker robot can be seen laughing.
* ''VideoGame/SonicCD'' has a bad ending where Eggman wins, covering Little Planet entirely with a robotic shell and making it fly away. Sonic, from the ground, throws a rock at it.

* In ''Videogame/{{Xenogears}}'' has this with Fei (the PC) on the ''receiving end'' of the rock throws! In one arena match when facing a much weaker but massively popular opponent, the crowd throws stuff at the player in opposition.

* Possible to invoke by the player in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'': One of the squire job's job skills is to throw a rock as an improvised ranged attack, and this is a game where all characters can die for real and you will fight various enemies from corrupt tyrants to actual eldritch abominations. Often a squire on the verge of death will have nothing better they can do anyway.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Battle of the Superheroes!", Superman starts [[{{Superdickery}} acting like a jerk]] under [[NotHimself the influence of red kryptonite]]. When he declares himself king, Lois and Jimmy lead a [[ProducePelting tomato-throwing]] mob against him.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Spontaneous Combustion", Randy gets stoned after his solution to stop people from dying ends up causing the town to undergo a massive heatwave.