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->''And now to defeat the evil villain once and for all, by throwing him carelessly in a random direction. Go, Millennium Frisbee!''
-->'''Tristan Taylor''' before literally throwing away [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Yami Bakura]]'s [[ClingyMacGuffin Millennium Ring]], ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', Episode 18

So the heroes have finally defeated the villain and stripped him of the source of his power. All that is left is to make sure its power can never again be used for evil purposes. So obviously, at least to the heroes, the most effective means to accomplish this is by chucking the object off into the distance. ...Instead of just, ya'know, destroying it right then and there, keeping it with them or, if either proves hazardous, hiding it somewhere only the heroes could find it.

'''Philip''': Yes, yes, I did, but I didn't know that I'd failed everything until five days later. See, that's five extra happy days that I had that you didn't have.

In many cases, especially within children's cartoons, the villain himself is [[ATwinkleInTheSky disposed of this way]]. By doing this, the heroes ignore the glaring fact that the MadeOfIron villain can and inevitably will just land somewhere, dust himself off, and [[{{Determinator}} try yet again]] another day. Might as well though, because if the show takes place in North America, the probably [[KidHero underage heroes]] aren't even allowed to kill their enemies, and if they somehow do, the foe will no doubt find some way to [[BackFromTheDead come back]]. As for jail, please, [[CardboardPrison it won't hold him for five minutes]].

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'''s famous "LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!!" cry as Pikachu knocks Team Rocket into the sky, followed by ATwinkleInTheSky. Team Rocket ''always'' manages to [[OnceAnEpisode come back in the next episode.]]

* Subverted at the end of Disney's ''{{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}}'', where it (briefly) ''looks'' like the Genie is just throwing the SealedEvilInACan out into the desert -- and then the Can itself gets Sealed away in the Cave of Wonders. Nevertheless, it's back by the sequel.

** This ability returns once again in VideoGame/Persona4Arena and VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax acting as her [[LimitBreak Instant]] [[OneHitKO Kill]].

* Infamously pulled in ''{{WebAnimation/TOME}}'''s Season 1 Finale, when Nylocke [[spoiler: tosses the [[MadeOfEvil Forbidden Power]], which had been contained in a [[ChekhovsGun previously-set-up data absorbing item]], in a random direction. The Forbidden Power ended up in the Sanctuary region, where it eventually battled the Dragon Bug, forced the entire population of TOME to evacuate, and allowed the villain to carry out his evil plan. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice job breaking it, hero!]]]] This was, however, meant as a reference to the page quote, since Nylocke is voiced by the famous Creator/LittleKuriboh of WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries fame.

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* Played dead straight in ''[[Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy Dark Apprentice]]''. The New Republic attempts to dispose of the Sun Crusher, a shuttle-sized supernova-causing weapon, by dropping it into a gas giant. They explicitly knew that this wouldn't actually destroy the thing, but a) they couldn't figure out a more permanent solution because it was almost literally MadeOfIndestructium and b) one faction in the Senate thought it might come in handy some day. [[spoiler: They come to regret this decision when Kyp Durron gets DrunkOnTheDarkSide, pulls it back out and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge with it. Luke Skywalker eventually shoves it past the event horizon of a black hole, which ''seems'' to have solved the problem permanently.]]

-->'''Tristan''', ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', Episode 18

-->'''Tristan''', ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''

* In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', Chie unleashes this trope in the form of the Galactic Punt. It's a OneHitKill to any downed Shadows, sending them off with ATwinkleInTheSky. Adverted against bosses, [[ContractualBossImmunity for obvious reasons]].
** This ability returns once again in VideoGame/Persona4Arena and VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax acting as her [[LimitBreak Instant Kill]].

* Subverted at the end of Disney's ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'', where it (briefly) ''looks'' like the Genie is just throwing the SealedEvilInACan out into the desert -- and then the Can itself gets Sealed away in the Cave of Wonders. Nevertheless, it's back by the sequel.

* ''Disney/WreckItRalph'': Ralph accidentally takes a Cy-Bug with him from ''Hero's Duty'' into ''Sugar Rush''. After crashing in ''Sugar Rush'', the pod's escape hatch activates, hurling Ralph and the Cy-Bug airborne. Ralph gets stuck in a tree while the Cy-Bug lands in a taffy pond and drowns, seemingly defeated. Ralph goes on retrieving his medal and later helping Vanellope, not knowing that the Cy-Bug survived and is breeding underneath ''Sugar Rush''.

* In ''Disney/{{Hercules}}: The Animated Series'', the "grab, twirl, and toss" move became Herc's staple fighting style. What with the fact that Disney wouldn't let him actually use that sword he always carried around. Seriously, watch ''any'' episode.