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* In ''Oliver Button Is a Sissy'', the older boys do this with Oliver's tap shoes, before one of the girls stops them. [[WriteWhatYouKnow Based on an actual incident from author/illustrator Tomie [=dePaola=]'s childhood.]]
** [=dePaola=] would later refer to this incident again in ''For the Duration'', the final volume in the ''26 Fairmount Avenue'' series.

* ''[[VideoGame/SonicBoom Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric]]'' has Sonic and Knuckles doing this with the Radiant Crystal, with both Lyric and Eggman, respectively, attacking them in an attempt to get it. {{Deconstruction}} ensues when [[spoiler:Lyric and Eggman call off their "partnership", Eggman's attempt to kill Lyric with Metal Sonic goes awry, and the latter razes half of Slowpoke Isle all because Sonic and company wanted to get them away from Bygone Island.]]
* Occurs briefly in ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight: Sins of the Fathers'': at the end of the game, [[spoiler: BigBad Tetelo is threatening Gabriel's friends, Detective Mosely and Grace, but can't attack Gabriel directly because of his Schattenjaeger amulet, which protects him. She demands the amulet or she'll kill them. The correct answer is to throw the amulet over her head (while taunting her) to Mosely, who then gets Grace out of danger while protected.]]

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* ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' does this in the episode "Kid Stuff" to keep the "Amulet of First Magic" away from Mordred.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' does this in the episode "Kid Stuff" to keep the "Amulet of First Magic" away from Mordred.

** In one episode, the bullies do this with Bart's "Junior Campers" uniform. Bart actually wants to quit so he starts to walk away, telling them to keep it. Jimbo then tells him that he'd better ''pretend'' to want it back, or he'd be sorry. Bart complies.
--->'''Bart:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh, woe is me. My precious uniform.]]
** Another episode has a group of girl bullies doing this with Lisa's shoes. They end up throwing them completely out of reach, forcing Lisa to walk home barefoot, causing a social worker [[AbuseMistake to think]] she was suffering from BarefootPoverty.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'', The [[HarmlessVillain Beagle Boys]] and the [[BrattyHalfPint triplets Huey, Dewey and Louie]] ended up doing this with a [[MacGuffin bag of form-changing powder]], while engaged in a {{Shapeshifter Showdown}} on top of that!

* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', [[spoiler:the heroes do this with Syndrome's remote control, keeping it away from the Omnidroid it controls.]]

In one scenario, the heroes are trying to keep the MacGuffin away from the villain or villains. Said villain is so focused on the item that they're not fighting the heroes who don't have it.

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* ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'' has loads of fun with this in the heist foiling scene; once that diamond starts getting tossed around, the Muppets start bragging about their throwing skills, the host of The Wide World of Muppet Sports shows up, theme music starts playing...
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* There is a ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode where the heroes and villains fight over the then unhatched Togepi egg while maneuvering through Weezing's smoke. Pikachu ultimately catches it before it could shatter, but Misty's the main [[TeamMom mom]] to it.

* The Doctor and [[ActionGirl Ace]] with the Bow of Nemesis in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "Silver Nemesis".

** In "The Return of Harmony, Part 2", brainwashed Fluttershy leads this game to keep the Elements of Harmony Reference Guide away from Twilight.

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* ''Film/WestSideStory2021'': In this adaptation's version of "Cool", Tony takes away Riff's [[spoiler:gun that he just bought for the rumble]] and won't give it back unless he calls off the rumble while Riff tries to take it back. After Riff continues to refuse to back down, Tony tries to get rid of it, only for Riff to snatch it back. The rest of the Jets present then keep tossing it to each other to keep Tony from getting it again.
* ''Film/TheGiant2016'': At a bus stop late at night, some hoodlums take Rikard's hat and start playing keep away with it. Roland chases them away by throwing pétanque boules at them.

* On ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' had an episode where [[BadassInDistress Rocky was kidnapped]] by the MonsterOfTheWeek, with the villains confiscating his Zeonizer, only to drop it when the others appeared, leading to a game of Keep Away between them and the Cogs using ''carnival rides'', ending with Tommy grabbing it and [[EatMe purposely letting the Monster grab him too]] so he and Rocky could blast their way out.
* ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' has a memorable sequence of yoinks as the Wind and Thunder Rangers fight for the Wind Rangers' mentor, currently [[ShapeshifterModeLock a guinea pig]] in a pet ball-sized force field.
* Apparently ''Series/{{Monk}}'' played this version right through College. [[ChekhovsSkill It becomes useful.]]
* Used as a spoof of Rugby in ''Series/MaidMarianAndHerMerryMen''. Just to add to the spoof, they're using an actual egg.
* ''Series/KenanAndKel'' try this with a remote control in "Foul Bull" when they attempt to stop the former's father from seeing that they have something to do with Ron Harper's injury. It ends quickly when Roger grabs on Kel to get the remote.
* ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'': In the season one finale, Sibuna does this...with a jar of deadly sandflies they had managed to get from Rufus following Fabian [[BewareTheNiceOnes tackling him to the ground.]] Seeing that it was extremely dangerous, it also seemed like a game of HotPotato as well; ''nobody'' wanted to hold it, they just didn't want to ''drop'' it, and they wanted to keep Rufus from getting it. Jerome soon solved the problem by throwing it at the ground near Rufus himself and bolting, allowing Sibuna to escape while Rufus was attacked by the swarm of sandflies.

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* One ''Podcast/{{Rifftrax}}'' short features a young {{Woobie}} falling victim to this, courtesy of some neighborhood bullies. Riffer Bill Corbett notes that a game of "Monkey in the Middle" can quickly be ended by a [[GroinAttack good, swift crotch punch]] from the Monkey.

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* ''Theatre/TheLeagueOfSTEAM''. An accidental version occurs in "Curses!", when the team has a cursed artifact appraised in a curio shop run by [[Series/MythBusters Grant Imahara]]. When our heroes [[OhCrap realize what they have]], they keep throwing it to each other, greatly confusing the {{Mummy}} that's [[FailedASpotCheck sneaking up on them with hands outstretched]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', The [[HarmlessVillain Beagle Boys]] and the [[BrattyHalfPint triplets Huey, Dewey and Louie]] ended up doing this with a [[MacGuffin bag of form-changing powder]], while engaged in a {{Shapeshifter Showdown}} on top of that!

* Occurs briefly in ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight Sins of the Fathers'': at the end of the game, [[spoiler: BigBad Tetelo is threatening Gabriel's friends, Detective Mosely and Grace, but can't attack Gabriel directly because of his Schattenjaeger amulet, which protects him. She demands the amulet or she'll kill them. The correct answer is to throw the amulet over her head (while taunting her) to Mosely, who then gets Grace out of danger while protected.]]

* In Judy Blume's ''Literature/{{Blubber}}'', Jill joins the class AlphaBitch and her crowd in a game of keep-away with Linda's notebook. Later on, when Jill herself becomes the target the same crowd plays catch with her math book before throwing it in the street.

* ''Literature/SpaceCase'': When [[TheProtagonist Dash]] goes to Roddy to get help on hacking into Moon Base Alpha's computer systems, he finds Patton and Lily Sjoberg are doing this with a pair of VR Goggles on Roddy.

* In ''Oliver Button Is a Sissy'', the older boys do this with Oliver's tap shoes, before one of the girls stops them. [[WriteWhatYouKnow Based on an actual incident from author/illustrator Tomie [=dePaola=]'s childhood.]]
** [=dePaola=] would later refer to this incident again in ''For the Duration'', the final volume in the ''26 Fairmount Avenue'' series.

Polar opposite of the MacGuffinDeliveryService and HotPotato.

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