History Main / HeyCatch

* On ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Mike throws a sock at the CDA agents (who gather around the poor schlub who caught it for decontamination) as a distraction while Sulley escaped with Boo.

* ''Film/Ronin1998'': Early in the film, Sam wants to know more about his teammates for an upcoming heist. Offering to pour computer expert Gregor a cup of coffee, Sam deliberately spills the coffee and when he goes to wipe up the mess, he (again deliberately) knocks a cup off the counter. Gregor catches it, showing that he's more skilled than just a computer guy. Sam later conducts a similar test with [[spoiler:Spence; he doesn't pass, showing he's a fraud and getting him kicked off the team.]]

* ''Film/{{Serenity}}'': While Mal and the Operative are facing off at the Companion lodge, the Operative threatens to have his cruiser lock onto ''Serenity'''s "pulse beacon" and launch missiles. Mal responds by tossing him the beacon in question.

* ''[[Fanfic/AceCombatEquestriaChronicles Ace Combat: Wings Of Unity]]'' combines this with PreMortemOneLiner: After Sunburst knocks an enemy pegasus out of the air with a well-placed punch, making him drop the bomb he was carrying, Sunburst grabs the bomb and throws it back at his foe as he falls away, with a taunt of, "You forgot something!" Boom. Could also count as a CoupDeGrace, since the {{Mook}} was likely [[DisneyVillainDeath falling to his doom anyway.]]

* During a fight scene in ''Film/EasternCondors'', Yuen Biao faces off against an EliteMook in a jungle, where he distracts said mook by kicking a coconut at him, and when the mook catches the coconut, Yuen Biao lands a flying kick that knocks out the mook.

* In ''Film/{{Inception}}'' Eames tosses a bomb to a snow-mobile full of projections while skiing past them.

* In the original ''Film/{{Total Recall|1990}}'', Quaid tries to slip onto Mars undetected by disguising himself in an animatronic suit [[DisguisedInDrag resembling a fat woman]]. When his [[LargeHam covah is again blown]], he takes off the mask and tosses it to his pursuers, upon which it cracks wise [[YourHeadASplode and then explodes]].

* In ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', the AxCrazy Deacon of the 'Deez tosses a lit match towards an open floor hatch only to have it snatched before falling in by a Mook. It is fortunate that the match was caught, because the hatch led to the 'Deez's ''oil supply!''

* One of [[TheGunslinger Erron Black's]] moves in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' is him underhand tossing a stick of dynamite to his opponent; they'll struggle to catch it, and subsequently sustain an explosion that tosses them into the air like a ragdoll.

[[caption-width-right:214: We superpowers have it tough.]]

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': In "The Way of the Ninja", Castle attempts to prove that a suspect is a ninja by suddenly tossing Beckett's coffee cup at him; expecting the suspect to catch. Needless to say, the suspect is not a ninja and the cup ends up smashed on the floor. Beckett is not impressed.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' RTS games, it was used as a [[{{Pun}} catchphrase]] for the Dwarven Mortar Team. According to [=WoWWiki=]:

* Elite goons from ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTriad'' would say "Here, catch!" when they toss a grenade at you. Of course, the whole game is rather on the silly side.

'''Sam:''' Good reflexes.\\

* In ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', ''Film/JamesBond is confronted by a knife-wielding goon in an Indian marketplace. He grabs a lighted torch from a juggler and waves it in the goon's face, then tosses it to him. The goon instinctively catches the torch, enabling Bond to knock him out with a punch.

* Film/JamesBond does this to distract a henchman during the marketplace chase sequence in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' before then punching him out.

* ''Film/{{Ronin}}'': Early in the film, Sam wants to know more about his teammates for an upcoming heist. Offering to pour computer expert Gregor a cup of coffee, Sam deliberately spills the coffee and when he goes to wipe up the mess, he (again deliberately) knocks a cup off the counter. Gregor catches it, showing that he's more skilled than just a computer guy. Sam later conducts a similar test with [[spoiler:Spence; he doesn't pass, showing he's a fraud and getting him kicked off the team.]]
-->'''Sam''': Good reflexes.
-->'''Gregor''': Oh yeah. They die hard.
* ''Film/{{Serenity}}'': while Mal and the Operative are facing off at the Companion lodge, the Operative threatens to have his cruiser lock onto ''Serenity'''s "pulse beacon" and launch missiles. Mal responds by tossing him the beacon in question.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Han Solo does this to an Imperial officer, tossing him one of the explosives the Rebels were bringing in, and the unprepared officer is knocked backwards [[RailingKill off of a catwalk]].
* When in ''Film/{{Star Trek IV|The Voyage Home}}'', Chekov's gun fails to work due to interference from radiation, he tosses it at the marine officer who was interrogating him a minute earlier before legging it.

* In the ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' sub-webcomic ''[[http://www.goblinscomic.com/tempts-fate-8/ Tempts Fate]]'', a goblin defeats an adversary whose god forbade him to wield any weapon by tossing him one.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':

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[[caption-width-right:215: We superpowers have it tough.]]

* In ''VideoGame/ThePunisher'' video game, one of the kills the titular VigilanteMan can do, is to toss his shotgun, assault rifle, or machine gun at an enemy who will reflexively catch it, distracting him. The Punisher will then either stab the guy in the face, or shoot him in the head with a handgun.

* When in ''Film/{{Star Trek IV|The Voyage Home}}'', Chekov's gun fails to work due to interference from radiation, he tosses it at the marine officer who was interrogating him a minute earlier before legging it.

* In ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu,'' Sousuke accepts a challenge from his high school's karate club and, after it's finally made clear to him that he's expected to fight hand-to-hand, performs a HeyCatch with a grenade. While his opponent is thus distracted, Sousuke decks him with a kick to the head. When Kaname protests that he was supposed to fight without weapons, he points out that the pin was still in the grenade.
* When Rei challenged [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]] with a technique that was powerful enough to defeat even him, Raoh responded by throwing his cape at him while he was in midair, distracting him long enough to hit him with a fatal technique of his own.
* A Hey Catch is used to distract the Villain of the Week on ''Manga/CaseClosed''. Lucky it worked, too, because the man was armed.
* Used occasionally in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. For example: Ranma distracting Happosai with a tossed bra or the principal tossing something like a pineapple at the students to distract them.
** Also used in more serious arcs. In the final battle, Ranma tosses what appears to be [[spoiler: Akane's small, dehydrated form]] at Saffron. Even Saffron is disgusted by Ranma's apparent disregard for [[spoiler: the life of Akane]], before realizing it was a fake made out of some sticks and leaves. While he doesn't catch it, the distraction still serves its purpose.
* Subverted in two ways in ''[[Manga/BakiTheGrappler New Grappler Baki]]''. Yanagi throws a teapot full of boiling water to his old foe Shibukawa and, while he is distracted, Yanagi stops his attack just before Shibukawa's face, showing how easily he could have killed him. Soon after that, while Yanagi was in the middle of a fight against Baki, Shibukawa appears from nowhere and throws a teapot all over Yanagi, who starts screaming... before realizing that it was, in fact, cold water. Then Shibukawa sports some laughs and the fight is resumed, without using the surprise to attack.
* An unusual variant of this trope occurs in episode 3 of ''[[Anime/DominionTankPolice New Dominion Tank Police]]'': use one crime to fake out the police while you finish another. The "stick" in this case is a runaway truck full of highly-unstable explosives (meaning, if it crashes, a fair chunk of the city goes boom). The police must mobilize all hands to evacuate the area. Although the truck is eventually stopped by Brenten's BigDamnHeroes moment, the "stick" still works, as it prevents the scheduled bust of a warehouse in the harbor, giving the criminals (who secretly orchestrated the runaway truck) the time they need to clear out the warehouse before it is raided.

* ComicBook/TheJoker does this with ''a baby'' to kill [[spoiler: Gordon's wife Sarah]] at the end of the ''[[ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand No Man's Land]]'' storyline.

[[folder:FanWorks]]
* ''[[FanFic/AceCombatEquestriaChronicles Ace Combat: Wings Of Unity]]'' combines this with PreMortemOneLiner: After Sunburst knocks an enemy pegasus out of the air with a well-placed punch, making him drop the bomb he was carrying, Sunburst grabs the bomb and throws it back at his foe as he falls away, with a taunt of, "You forgot something!" Boom.
** Could also count as a CoupDeGrace, since the {{Mook}} was likely [[DisneyVillainDeath falling to his doom anyway.]]
* In ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', while John is peacefully reading a book in the Idris' attic, a guy suddenly arrives. John thinks he's there to tell him to leave the book alone, but the guy just throws him an object instead. When John automatically catches it, it explodes in a puff of powder that puts him to sleep—and the story kicks into high gear thereafter.
* In ''FanFic/BetweenMinds'', done from [[{{Videogame/Portal}} Chell]] to [[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]] with a Xen crystal to distract him.

[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
* On ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Mike throws a sock at the [=CDA=] agents (who gather around the poor schlub who caught it for decontamination) as a distraction while Sulley escaped with Boo.
* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'': In the climax Sa'luk threatens to kill Aladdin in front of Aladdin's father Cassim if he doesn't hand over the Hand of Midas. Cassim throws the magical object in Sa'luk's direction, who catches it with his bare hands--and is immediately [[TakenForGranite turned into a gold statue]].

* In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Han Solo does this to an Imperial officer, and the unprepared officer is knocked backwards [[RailingKill off of a catwalk]].
* In ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' the AxCrazy Deacon of the 'Deez tosses a lit match towards an open floor hatch only to have it snatched before falling in by a Mook. It is fortunate that the match was caught, because the hatch led to the 'Deez's ''oil supply!''
* Ben Gates from ''Film/NationalTreasure'', while being held at gunpoint, throws a lighted flare at his adversary, which is quite distracting because the floor is covered in gunpowder at that point.

* In the film adaptation of ''Film/ToKillAMockingbird'', Atticus throws a drinking glass at Tom to show that Tom can't use his left hand, so couldn't have attacked Mayella Ewell.
* John Robie in ''Film/ToCatchAThief'' uses this to disarm one of his resistance comrades. Now working as a chef, the comrade approaches him with two cleavers. John tosses a bottle of fine wine to him, and the comrade drops the cleavers to catch the bottle.

-->'''Wallace''': You've gotta see just how dead they are. You never know, they might be able to '''catch this!''' [Throws a soda can at the corpse.]
* In ''Film/{{Willow}}'', the titular character throws a magic petrifying acorn at Queen Bavmorda. (Willow wasn't actually trying for a HeyCatch here - he just missed, but Bavmorda obligingly snatched it out of the air anyway.) [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Willow, the magic of his quirky village witch doctor is not up to the task of petrifying the uber-sorceress BigBad, and she shakes it off rather easily.]]
* Film/JamesBond does this to distract a henchman during the marketplace chase sequence in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' before then punching him out.
* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' has the titular {{Determinator}} launching tear gas at cops wearing gas masks. He eventually approaches them, hands the tear gas launcher off with a, "Here, hold this," and rips the mask off of the cop to whom he hands it. Much earlier, Sarah distracted a guard this way during her escape by tossing keys at him so he would leave his midsection exposed and vulnerable.
* In the original ''Film/TotalRecall1990'', Quaid tries to slip onto Mars undetected by disguising himself in an animatronic suit [[DisguisedInDrag resembling a fat woman]]. When his [[LargeHam covah is again blown]], he takes off the mask and tosses it to his pursuers, upon which it cracks wise [[YourHeadASplode and then explodes]].
-->'''Fat Lady Mask:''' Get ready for a surprise! ''(Cue explosion)''
* When in ''Film/{{Star Trek IV|The Voyage Home}}'', Chekov's gun fails to work due to interference from radiation, he tosses it at the marine officer who was interrogating him a minute earlier before legging it.
* Subverted in ''Film/PrizzisHonor'' hitwoman Kathleen Turner tries to distract a bodyguard by tossing a baby (actually a life-size baby doll) to him. It doesn't work, causing the hit to get very messy before the shooting's done.
-->'''Kathleen Turner''': "What kind of man ''wouldn't'' catch a baby?"
-->'''Jack Nicholson''': "A mobster's bodyguard."

-->"Follow my voice, follow my voice! To the left - no, turn around! Go to the right, go to - no, that's a tree..."
* In ''Film/HarleyDavidsonAndTheMarlboroMan'', Harley throws his gun at one of the armored car guards, and then punches him out when the guard catches it. He does this because he can't shoot very well.
** Marlboro uses this trick later in the movie.

* During a fight scene in ''Film/EasternCondors'', Yuen Biao faces off against an EliteMook in a jungle, where he distracts said mook by kicking a coconut at him, and when the mook catches the coconut, Yuen Biao lands a flying kick that knocks out the mook.
* In ''Film/{{Inception}}'' Eames tosses a bomb to a snow-mobile full of projections while skiing past them.
* In ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'', Thorin and Azog are battling on a frozen river when they get stuck on a circular piece that tips with their weight. Thorin cleverly tosses Azog the giant rock he uses for his mace and then casually steps off the platform, causing Azog to be pulled into the water.
* Done in ''Film/RolloAndTheSpiritOfTheWoods'' when Millie's first surrounded by the [[AllTrollsAreDifferent rolleys]]. She throws her bag in the air and starts running while the rolleys catch the bag and start inspecting its contents, realizing her ploy a moment afterwards.

* In ''Literature/JohannesCabalTheDetective'' Cabal manages to subdue a centuries old incredibly powerful warlock this way, tossing him a vial of holy water. The warlock, Umtak Ktharl, is so evil the holy water boils and bursts the vial in his hand, causing him to lose his concentration and plummet (he has hovering at the time) into a fast-moving river. The narrator muses that the only reason this worked is that Ktharl caught the item (which was the worst thing he could do) because he was so sure it couldn't hurt him.
* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' Harry throws Lucius the diary wrapped in an old sock, thereby freeing Dobby.
* A small subversion is used in ''Literature/TheFifthElephant'' where Vimes throws an orange at a harmless-looking bureaucrat who DOESN'T catch it. This is later subverted even further when Vimes proves his suspicion that the bureaucrat [[spoiler:is an assassin, who opted not to catch the orange based on the fact that it was not a threat.]]
** Specifically with the bureaucrat, [[spoiler: is that the assassin didn't react at all to the orange. It hits him, and fell to the floor. Vimes repeated it with his dwarf subordinate later sending said cop ducking under a table. Later it is explained most people at least flinch or dodge the orange if they aren't going to catch it.]]
** Vimes later uses the HeyCatch tactic to kill the novel's BigBad, who, being [[spoiler:a werewolf, is [[MyInstinctsAreShowing rather strongly inclined]] to play Fetch.]]
* In Creator/NealStephenson's ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}'', Bobby Shaftoe throws Japanese counterpart Goto Dengo his helmet on impulse as he and his regiment are leaving Shanghai. Dengo, in response, demonstrates what he learned from Shaftoe (who taught him how to pitch baseballs in return for learning some martial arts) by pitching him a hand grenade wrapped in a headband. Fortunately, Dengo hadn't pulled the pin.
* In Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/EthanOfAthos'', Elli Quinn removes a goon who was holding her and Ethan at gunpoint by tossing him a small bomb disguised as a message. Small, in this case, meaning it can't quite rupture the hull of a space station.
* In the ''Literature/MalusDarkblade'' series, a Nurgle lord is taken out when the hero's lackey throws him a sack with a vial of the GreekFire equivalent.

* In David Wingrove's ''Literature/ChungKuo'' novels Stefan Lehmann brings a baby along to a meeting with a rival gang boss, purely so he can use it as a HeyCatch distraction to make ganking him easier. Real nice guy.
* An especially malicious variant is pulled by Chamdar in Creator/DavidEddings' novel ''Belgarath the Sorcerer,'' a spin-off to ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' series. [[spoiler:When Belgarath finds that Chamdar has murdered a young couple by setting their house on fire, Chamdar distracts him long enough to escape by throwing their infant son at him.]]

* In the Creator/IsaacAsimov short story [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singing_Bell "The Singing Bell"]] this is used to [[spoiler:catch a thief and a murderer]].

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Ship in a Bottle", Data discovers that he, Captain Picard and Lt. Barclay are in a holodeck simulation by throwing a tool to a holographic, and apparently left-handed Geordi [=LaForge=]. ([[ChekhovsGun Earlier in the episode]], Data had discovered a bug in which the holodeck would get handedness wrong.) Of course, Data threw the tool crosswise right-to-left across 'Geordi's' body, which most people would catch with their left, regardless of their dominant hand.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Dean does this to Bela [[spoiler: by throwing her a lucky rabbits foot that makes the wielder insanely lucky... but causes fatally bad luck when it is lost again.]]
* In one episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'', Hawkeye was temporarily blinded by an exploding heater. At the end, after he's regained his vision, he strolls into the nurses' tent with a cane, claiming to have had a relapse, so they can go ahead and change since he can't see them. One of the nurses throws him a coffee cup, which he catches...Oops.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', the title character throws a pair of sunglasses at a woman who is supposedly completely blind. She catches them.
* Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}} once faced a PhysicalGod who could be weakened with a certain magical orb... so Buffy simply tossed it to the god in question, who, not being "the brightest star in the heavens", caught it by reflex.

* In an episode of ''Series/NightCourt'', dozens of people show up at the courtroom after hearing that a lottery winner wants to give away his millions. They show up in wheelchairs (only to be exposed when the baliff says "All rise" and he does), and even dressing like the Elephant Man. The judge expresses his anger at the disguises and tosses something to "a blind man" who catches it easily.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': In "The Way of the Ninja", Castle attempts to prove that a suspect is a ninja by suddenly tossing Beckett's coffee cup at him; expecting the suspect to catch. Needless to say, the suspect is not a ninja and the cup ends up smashed on the floor. Beckett is not impressed.

* In ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' episode "The Lying Detective", Mrs Hudson pretends to be jittery while making tea and drops her cup [[SlowMotionDrop in slow motion]], so Sherlock would drop down the gun he was holding in order to [[DesperateObjectCatch catch the tea cup before it could hit the floor]], at which point Mrs Hudson picks up the gun and points it at Sherlock and forces him into the trunk of her car.
* Used by a different version of Sherlock in ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' when he bursts into interrogation and throws an orange at a suspect's face to test a theory that the suspect is blind in one eye, which would give him a DisabilityAlibi.
-->'''Sherlock:''' Victor Nardin, think fast! ''(throws orange)''\\
'''Nardin:''' Ow!\\
'''Sherlock:''' ''(to detectives)'' This man is innocent.\\
'''Nardin:''' Why he hit me?

[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* One ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' comic involves Calvin bragging about how he has three water balloons, and Hobbes has only one. Hobbes' response is this trope, and Calvin loses his hold on all four, resulting in him being soaked by all of them.

[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* This is the set-up for Wrestling/RobVanDam's Van Daminator - he throws a chair to his opponent, who catches it just in time for Van Dam to kick it into their face.
* In some angles and feuds when a Heel is feigning injury such as an injured arm in a sling and claiming he can't compete and the match should be cancelled, sometimes a Face will toss something at them and the Heel will reach out and catch it with his "injured" arm, proving he was faking it.
* Wrestling/EddieGuerrero won some of his matches (including his last) this way: while [[EasilyDistractedReferee the referee is accidentally hit or otherwise distracted]], grab a metal folding chair, bang it into the ring, toss it to his opponent, then fall down as if ''he'' just got hit, at which point the ref awards him the match by DQ.

* In one ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' module, one of the briefing officers suddenly says "Catch" and tosses a grenade to one of the [=PCs=]. [[spoiler: The pin has not been pulled. If he catches it, then he gets to keep it.]]
* One piece of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' fiction on The Jungle has a Chaos marauder handing an unarmed civilian a live grenade just for fun. Then the hero manages to trick him into picking up a live grenade. And [[ImprobableAimingSkills shoots it]].

[[folder:Videogames]]

* In the VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} RTS games, it was used as a [[{{Pun}} catchphrase]] for the Dwarven Mortar Team. According to [=WoWWiki=]:

** Like this:
-->"Hey, you! Catch!"
* Also from Blizzard, in ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'', the nuclear missiles are inscribed with the words "Take it!"
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars''. GDI Grenadier Squads use this [[{{Pun}} catchphrase]] as an occasional comic relief in an otherwise dark and edgy story.
-->[[RuleOfFunny "Here, catch!"]]
** Elite goons from ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTriad'' would say the exact same thing when they tossed a grenade at you. Of course, the whole game is rather on the silly side.
* ''VideoGame/ResonanceOfFate''. The opening cutscene has Vashyron toss his opponent a loaded gun to replace his empty weapon. While the surprised target fumbles to aim it, Vashyron dashes forward, slams him into a wall, and puts a gun in his mouth.
* Wesker throws his sunglasses at Chris in a ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' cutscene. The glasses themselves were harmless, but the split-second Chris needed to [[LookBehindYou catch the glasses]] was enough to give Wesker an opening for a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown vicious assault]].
* One of [[TheGunslinger Erron Black's]] moves in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' is him underhand tossing a stick of dynamite to his opponent; they'll struggle to catch it, and subsequently sustain an explosion that tosses them into the air like a ragdoll.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' has an example you can pull on Pretty Boy Lloyd if you force him to dig up the stash he's hidden in a grave in the New Reno graveyard. After a while, he'll circumvent and dig up a land mine he left to protect the stash (but not disarm it). Once [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he's done exhuming the grave and retrieved the goodies for you]], well, might as well make use of the mine, right?...
-->'''TheChosenOne:''' [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential Hey Lloyd! CATCH!]]
* In ''VideoGame/Uncharted3DrakesDeception'', Nate can sometimes perform this kind of attack in hand-to-hand combat; throwing his gun at an enemy and then knocking him out as he's catching it.
* From the E3 Gameplay demo of ''VideoGame/{{XCOM2}}'', we've got a soldier saying when throwing a grenade at three [[VichyEarth Advent]] FacelessGoons hiding behind a [[EVeryCarIsAPinto car]]: "Here, catch!". [[StuffBlowingUp A big Kaboom ensues, blowing up the car and the advent goons]], and the soldier [[BondOneLiner quips:]] "And that's how it's done!"

[[folder:Web Originals]]
* [[WebAnimation/TheDementedCartoonMovie "Oh, Juliet!" "Oh, Romeo... catch!"]] '''[[StuffBlowingUp * BOOM* ]]'''
* In ''Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers'', [[TheDragon O'Neill]] hurls a lit flare at his captors, who try to get out of the way to avoid being set on fire. He then makes his escape while they are tripping over each other.
* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' plays with this a bit while Tucker's organized a training exercise to catch [[HiredGuns Felix]]. At one point, Tucker throws a grenade, telling him to "Catch!" Felix does so.
-->'''Felix:''' One mississippi, two mississippi, three mississippi...\\

'''Felix:''' FOUR mississippi! ''([[CatchAndReturn Felix throws the grenade back to Tucker, and it explodes right as it touches him]])''
** [[spoiler: Tucker turns it into a PreMortemOneLiner when he tosses Felix a grenade while Felix is trying to maintain his shield, which is currently stuck with another grenade.]]

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' Agatha tosses her Castle Heterodyne dingbot at a Geisterdamen and shouts catch which allows the dingbot to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20161130 electrocute the Geisterdamen when she reflexively catches it.]]
** Subverted when a ''person'' gets thrown...and [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050620#.X7ZaXOXiuUk they don't bother to catch him]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': Terry thinks Willy Watt has developed telekinesis and is terrorizing people from his jail cell. Terry's test? Throw a glass of water. It stops mere inches from Willy's head. Yup, [[MonsterOfTheWeek found the bad guy.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Comicbook/TheJoker throws a doll at ComicBook/WonderWoman, who reflexively catches it. It explodes in her face.

* [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Daffy Duck]] twirls a mop like a baton and tosses it in the air ("Conrad the Sailor"). He tells Conrad Cat "Catch!" before the mop lands on his head.

** Similarly, taunts and insults have been [[MarkedBullet printed or drawn]] on modern bombs and missiles.

* A Hey Catch is used to distract the Villain of the Week on ''Manga/DetectiveConan''. Lucky it worked, too, because the man was armed.

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[[caption-width-right:215:[[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes We superpowers have it tough.]]]]

* One of [[TheGunslinger Erron Black's]] moves in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' is him underhand tossing a stick of dynamite to his opponent, to which they'll struggle to catch it, and subsequently sustain an explosion to the face.

* In some angles and feuds when a Heel is feigning injury such as a injured arm in a sling and claiming he can't compete and the match should be cancelled, a Face will at times toss something at them and the Heel will reach out and catch it with his "injured" arm proving he was faking it.

* One of [[TheGunslinger Erron Black's]] moves in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' is him underhand tossing a stick of dynamite to his opponent, to which they'll struggle to catch it, and subsequently sustain an explosion in the face.

* One of Erron Black's moves in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' is him underhand tossing a stick of dynamite to his opponent, to which they'll struggle to catch it, and subsequently sustain an explosion in the face.

* Daray of ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' tosses a decorative sculpture at his deceased brother's girlfriend Torie in order to get her to reveal the dagger she's hiding behind her back while inching closer to him [[http://www.charbythevampirate.com/comic/959 causing her to have her hands full when he punches her in the face.]]