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* A cut-scene in ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade'' has Vin and Daxter doing this with an activated plasmite bomb and soon enough all of the bombs become active, giving the following mission a time limit.

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* A cut-scene in ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade'' has Vin and Daxter doing this with an activated plasmite bomb and soon enough all of the bombs become active, giving the following mission a two-minute time limit.
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This is, of course, TruthInTelevision. To avert this trope, the thrower might allow the grenade fuse to 'cook off' a few seconds before throwing so that it explodes right as it's thrown at its intended target and no time for them to evade the blast. This too can have [[HoistByHisOwnPetard unpredictable results]], as the time it takes for fuses to burn is never consistent.

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This is, of course, TruthInTelevision. To avert this trope, the thrower might allow the grenade fuse to 'cook off' a few seconds before throwing so that it explodes right as it's thrown at its intended target and no time for them to evade the blast. This too can have [[HoistByHisOwnPetard unpredictable results]], as the time it takes for fuses to burn is never consistent.
consistent. Most soldiers are instead trained to lob grenades in a high arc to reduce the chances of the enemy throwing it back by maximizing the time it stays in the air.
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* ''Fanfic/SeventhEndmostVision'': [[SuperSoldier Tifa]] does this in Chapter 19 against [[MenInBlack Blast]], who is trying to capture Sephiroth with sleep-gas grenades. Even half-dead from falling off the Plate, Tifa manages to kick or catch several grenades during their fight, and somehow manages to get Blast's nose every time, eventually breaking it. Justified since Tifa is a 1st Class SOLDIER in this fic, and thus, superhuman.

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* ''Fanfic/SeventhEndmostVision'': [[SuperSoldier Tifa]] does this in Chapter 19 against [[MenInBlack [[TheMenInBlack Blast]], who is trying to capture Sephiroth with sleep-gas grenades. Even half-dead from falling off the Plate, Tifa manages to kick or catch several grenades during their fight, and somehow manages to get Blast's nose every time, eventually breaking it. Justified since Tifa is a 1st Class SOLDIER in this fic, and thus, superhuman.
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* Stitch and Jumba in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' do this with a malfunctioning PlasmaCannon. As they toss it back and forth, they actually say "One potato, two potato..."

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* Stitch and Jumba in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' do this with a malfunctioning jammed PlasmaCannon. As they toss it back and forth, At one point, they actually say "One potato, two potato..."" as they toss it back and forth.
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** ** Willy does it again in "The Last Aristocrat"; catching two grenades simultaneously and throwing them overboard before they go off.

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** ** Willy does it again in "The Last Aristocrat"; catching two grenades simultaneously and throwing them overboard before they go off.

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* ''ComicStrip/ModestyBlaise'': In "Guido the Jinx", Willie manages to catch a grenade that is thrown at him by a group of mercenaries and toss it back before it explodes.

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In "Guido the Jinx", Willie manages to catch a grenade that is thrown at him by a group of mercenaries and toss it back before it explodes.explodes.
** ** Willy does it again in "The Last Aristocrat"; catching two grenades simultaneously and throwing them overboard before they go off.

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