History Main / HighSpeedMissileDodge

* GurrenLagann manages to use every means of missile dodging available the first time they're able to fly against the AirborneAircraftCarrier Dai-Gunten: The first volley is destroyed by the Gurren Lagann's own volley (tiring out the primary pilot), the second volley is dodged by the secondary pilot (while he's screaming in fear) and the final two supermissiles collide with one another after the first one is grabbed and thrown back at the ship.

* Subverted in ''LoveHina'' when Naru, screaming and arms flailing, flees from Kaolla Su's MacrossMissileMassacre.
* Just about every time the Nirvash typeZERO mech is deployed in ''{{Eureka Seven}}'', it pulls off at least one of these, usually butchering several hapless KLF units in the process. In fact, most, if not all, of the openings also depict it.

* Spike in ''CowboyBebop'' dodges missiles, asteroids, even laser beams in his spacecraft.
* ''{{FLCL}}'' sees Haruka dodge hundreds of bullets at once, while cutting every single one of them neatly in two halves with a razor. Talk about going over the top.
* Since it mostly involved both sides [[MacrossMissileMassacre launching barrages of magical bullets at each other]], both Nanoha and Fate engaged in quite a bit of this during their last battle in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''.
* Used repeatedly in ''CodeGeass'' by some of the more talented [[AcePilot aces]]. [[{{ActionGirl}} Kallen]] even pulls one off while ''still on the ground''.

* Not content to merely [[DodgeTheBullet dodge this time]], when a rocket-propelled grenade is fired at [[{{Trigun}} Vash the Stampede]] he ''kicks it out of the way''.
* In GundamSeed, Kira while in the Strike Gundam is known to do this from time to time, awesomely at that. To the point that he will have a barrage of missiles flying towards him, and he will dodge through the gap in their position, causing them to collide amongst each other, behind him.

->''"Training for SAM launches up to this point had been more or less book learning, recommending a pull to an orthogonal flight path 4 seconds prior to missile impact to overshoot the missile and create sufficient miss distance to negate the effects of the detonating warhead. [[TruthInTelevision Well, it works.]] The hard part though, is to see the missile early enough to make all the mental calculations. "''

* After the first couple of generations of jet fighter planes, air strategists decided that the future of air warfare was air-to-air missiles; planes just moved so fast that they couldn't have time to maneuver against each other as in the classic WW II dogfights, so how would they have time to aim and fire traditional machine guns (or their replacement, [[GatlingGood autocannons]])? The famous F-4 Phantom fighter didn't even have a cannon in its first few versions, as it was initially designed as a high-speed, high-altitude interceptor, intended to carry a load of radar-guided air-to-air missiles. Needless to say, things didn't work out quite that way. Early generations of air-to-air missiles just weren't that reliable. Later, after missiles became more reliable, friendly-fire incidents demonstrated the problems in over-the-horizon firing without visual identification of the target, concern of which was taken to ludicrous extremes in the Rules of Engagement the US military were given in the VietnamWar (where their opponents were usually able to dance all around the slug-like US fighters, though the Phantom's monstrous General Electric J79 engines--either of which by itself would have been the most powerful ever mounted in a fighter aircraft, and the Phantom had twin engines--gave it vastly superior climb and acceleration, which kept it from being a turkey shoot for the North Vietnamese). When the F-4 entered combat for the first time, they quickly figured out how to add a gun pod to the F-4, and later models included an internal cannon.

** And because heaven only knows [[SarcasmMode history can't repeat itself]] some USAF authorities are trying to remove the guns on aircraft AGAIN.

** Proponents of [[AttackDrone unmanned combat aircraft]] argue that developments in aircraft and missile technology will make it impossible for a human pilot to remain conscious while pulling the necessary maneuvers to defeat guided missiles (among other dogfighting tactics), because the G-forces will be too strong to withstand--thereby forcing humans out of the cockpit and into control booths instead (or handing the whole thing off to [[ArtificialIntelligence AIs]]). However, [[http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/archive/index.php?t-61574.html G-Suit technology is also improving]].

* Explained by the narrator in ''FlightOfTheIntruder'': For the A-6 Intruder, the preferred strategy was to dive towards the missile while ejecting decoys and attempting to jam the enemy's radar. The trickiest parts were of course spotting the incoming missiles early enough to know which way to dive, and running out of enemy missiles before you ran out of altitude.

** The [=MiG-25=] "Foxbat" was fast enough to outrun the earlier versions of the Sidewinder heat-seeking missile. However, modern versions of the Sidewinder fly at speeds of Mach 4 (or ''faster''), outpacing the Foxbat's top speed of 2.5~2.8. The GulfWar demonstrated just how far [[TechMarchesOn Tech Marched On]], with American [=F-15s=] slaughtering Iraqi [=MiG-25s=] using that very missile type.

* ''FanFic/WingsToFly'' has pilots employing countermeasures and the classic missile-avoidance maneuvers used by real pilots, and their own missiles to deal with incoming missiles.

* Ryu Hayabusa's ending in ''DeadOrAlive 4''. He dodges two missiles.

* Generally averted in the ''XWingSeries''. Proton torpedoes and concussion missiles lock on to targets before firing, will swerve to match dodges, and have a proximity fuse. Still, it's possible to avoid a lock, and fancy enough moves can let a pilot survive.

* Attempted by a Pinnace pilot in ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington The Honor Of The Queen]]''. Unfortunately, they still took a glancing blow from the missile, cutting the ship in half rather than simply disintegrating it.
* Done with cannonballs in {{Sharpe}}. TruthInTelevision, in that cannonballs travel slow enough that someone far enough away can realistically be able to get out of the way. Also subverted in that, whenever characters ''just'' dodge cannonballs, it inevitably ends with a concussion or unconsciousness from the wind of the cannonball's passing.

* ''DespicableMe'': Gru does this when Vector launches a MacrossMissileMassacre at him. The missiles redirect and blow up Vector's house. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome And then he]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny punches a shark]].

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* In a recent {{Deadpool}} comic, Deadpool is driving a pickup when Bullseye shoots at him with a rocket launcher. Deadpool does a 90-degree brake turn, opens the windows, and watches the missile sail harmlessly through the car. Even Bullseye, who usually gets ''very'' upset if he misses, is impressed.

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* ''DespicableMe'': Gru does this when Vector launches a MacrossMissileMassacre at him. The missiles redirect and blow up Vector's house. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome And then he]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny punches a shark]].

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* Episode 10 of ''RedVsBlue'' Season 8 brings forth [[spoiler:the return of Tex, who then delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the Reds and Tucker. Simmons fires a heat-seaking missile to Tex, who ''outruns it'' and goes through a portal and runs right back to the "heroes", missile in tow. She clotheslines Sarge, Simmons and Tucker who were conveniently standing in single-file at the time... [[FridgeLogic for some reason...]] and she slides under Grif. She then leads the missile into a bunch of exploding barrels.]]

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* Gru in DespicableMe does this to the heat seeking missiles in order to save his adopted children.

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Compare with the WronskiFeint, which uses the local landscape as an accessory. The same skills used in dodging missiles are also handy for dodging {{laser|Hallway}}s. See also SmokeShield, where it's sometimes implied that although the missiles exploded, the character dodged while obscured from the camera. See also MisguidedMissile, where the missiles are led back to their launcher or into each other. On a smaller scale there's DodgeTheBullet, which is about, well ... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dodging bullets]]. Not the same as CombatParkour.

Compare with the WronskiFeint, which uses the local landscape as an accessory. The same skills used in dodging missiles are also handy for dodging {{laser|Hallway}}s. See also SmokeShield, where it's sometimes implied that although the missiles exploded, the character dodged while obscured from the camera. See also MisguidedMissile, where the missiles are led back to their launcher or into each other. On a smaller scale there's DodgeTheBullet, which is about, well ... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dodging bullets]].

** ''MacrossFrontier'' episode 7 gives us [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=pnOws0VLg6k this]] clip, which provides examples of an attempted HighSpeedMissileDodge, MacrossMissileMassacre, {{Roboteching}}, ThemeMusicPowerUp, {{BFG}}, [[AttackDrone Attack Drones]], a partial ColdSniper, TransformingMecha, [[RealRobot Real Robots]], [[SapientShip Sapient Ships]], HumongousMecha, AcePilot, VaporTrail (InSpace), and TheWarSequence. All in the space of three minutes.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uh4yMAx2UA This video]] from Operation Desert Storm demonstrates RealLife [[HighSpeedMissileDodge High Speed Missile Dodging]] at work--sort of. Twelve American F-16 fighters were on a bombing mission north of Baghdad, but ran into a MacrossMissileMassacre of surface-to-air missiles ([=SAMs=]). The pilot in this video winds up dodging ''six'' [=SAMs=] through skillful piloting and effective use of his ECM pod and countermeasures. Two of his fellow pilots, however, were shot down. A written account of this incident [[http://www.lucky-devils.net/afm.html can be found here]], in the section labeled Day Three.

[[caption-width-right:350:Sure, his missile didn't hit, but at least he's got [[MsFanservice a fine view.]]]]

* There's also a couple of examples from more recent ''FinalFantasy'' games, such as ''{{Dirge of Cerberus}}'' and ''FinalFantasyIX''.

* ''DespicableMe'': Gru does this when Vector launches a MacrossMissleMassacre at him. The missiles redirect and blow up Vector's house. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome And then he]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny punches a shark]].

[[caption-width-right:337:Sure, his missle didn't hit, but at least he's got [[MsFanservice a fine view.]]]]