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* The Hollywood image of intentionally hitting a target by deflecting a bullet off of dozens of randomly angled surfaces after mere seconds of observation with a random firearm is generally deemed impossible, as ballistic projectiles lose energy when ricocheting (the same way a bouncing ball never goes as high as its first bounce) and eventually will drop to non-lethal speed before ultimately succumbing to air resistance and gravity. With each deflection, the spin of a projectile is also altered; this can have varying effects depending on how and by how much the spin changes and the type of projectile. This is not entirely unpredictable -- for instance, professional pool players often use backspin and sidespin to control how balls deflect and the curve of their path by striking them at the proper angle -- but it is extremely difficult to learn even in this example.\\\
In addition, for metal projectiles like bullets, each deflection further deforms the projectile. This alters the aerodynamics of the projectile, and the angle of future deflections. All of this combined means that one or two deflections is theoretically possible for someone with absurd levels of skill, and if a [[FormulaicMagic geometry wiz]] with plenty of time and an extremely steady hand pulled the trigger a three-or-four-bounce lethal shot may be plausible, depending on how extreme the curve is [[note]]a right angle or bouncing around an obstruction: maybe plausible. Full 180? Not happening.[[/note]]. After more ricochets than that, a bullet's flight path can be considered essentially random, and it probably won't have enough energy left to be lethal.\\\
In addition, for metal projectiles like bullets, each deflection further deforms the projectile. This alters the aerodynamics of the projectile, and the angle of future deflections. All of this combined means that one or two deflections is theoretically possible for someone with absurd levels of skill, and if a [[FormulaicMagic geometry wiz]] with plenty of time and an extremely steady hand pulled the trigger a three-or-four-bounce lethal shot may be plausible, depending on how extreme the curve is [[note]]a right angle or bouncing around an obstruction: maybe plausible. Full 180? Not happening.[[/note]]. After more ricochets than that, a bullet's flight path can be considered essentially random, and it probably won't have enough energy left to be lethal.\\\
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* The Hollywood image of intentionally hitting a target by deflecting a bullet off of dozens of randomly angled surfaces after mere seconds of observation with a random firearm is generally deemed impossible, as ballistic projectiles lose energy when ricocheting (the same way a bouncing ball never goes as high as its first bounce) and eventually will drop to non-lethal speed before ultimately succumbing to air resistance and gravity. With each deflection, the spin of a projectile is also altered; this can have varying effects depending on how and by how much the spin changes and the type of projectile. This is not entirely unpredictable -- for instance, professional pool players often use backspin and sidespin to control how balls deflect and the curve of their path by striking them at the proper angle -- but it is extremely difficult to learn even in this example.\\\
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In addition, for metal projectiles like bullets, each deflection further deforms the projectile. This alters the aerodynamics of the projectile, and the angle of future deflections. All of this combined means that one or two deflections is theoretically possible for someone with absurd levels of skill, and if a [[FormulaicMagic geometry wiz]] with plenty of time and an extremely steady hand pulled the trigger a three-or-four-bounce lethal shot may be plausible, depending on how extreme the curve is [[note]]a right angle or bouncing around an obstruction: maybe plausible. Full 180? Not happening.[[/note]]. After more ricochets than that, a bullet's flight path can be considered essentially random, and it probably won't have enough energy left to be lethal.\\\
In addition, for metal projectiles like bullets, each deflection further deforms the projectile. This alters the aerodynamics of the projectile, and the angle of future deflections. All of this combined means that one or two deflections is theoretically possible for someone with absurd levels of skill, and if a [[FormulaicMagic geometry wiz]] with plenty of time and an extremely steady hand pulled the trigger a three-or-four-bounce lethal shot may be plausible, depending on how extreme the curve is [[note]]a right angle or bouncing around an obstruction: maybe plausible. Full 180? Not happening.[[/note]]. After more ricochets than that, a bullet's flight path can be considered essentially random, and it probably won't have enough energy left to be lethal.
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* ''Manga/SPYxFamily'': Yor occassionally pulls this trope. Two particular instances include when she's training Anya for a dodgeball game, she throws the ball making it ricochet on several trees (even knocking one down), and another time she kicks a terrorist who's threatening Anya hard enough to make him bounce on the alley's walls a few times before stopping.
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* ''Manga/SPYxFamily'': Yor occassionally pulls this trope. Two particular instances include when trope.
** When she's training Anya for a dodgeball game, she throws the ballmaking so it ricochet ricochets on several trees (even trees, even knocking one down), and another down.
** Another time she kicks a terrorist who's threatening Anya hard enough to make him bounce on the alley's walls a few times before stopping.
** When she's training Anya for a dodgeball game, she throws the ball
** Another time she kicks a terrorist who's threatening Anya hard enough to make him bounce on the alley's walls a few times before stopping.
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* Daredevil himself can do it with his billy club on occasion. Most JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly in one of Creator/KevinSmith's issues, where Daredevil throws it through a glass window where, instead of shattering the window completely, it just leaves a small hole, approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Then it bounces around, knocking out the {{mooks}} and returning through the ''exact same hole''.
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* ''Manga/SPYxFamily'': Yor occassionally pulls this trope. Two particular instances include when she's training Anya for a dodgeball game, she throws the ball making it ricochet on several trees (even knocking one down), and another time she kicks a terrorist who's threatening Anya hard enough to make him bounce on the alley's walls a few times before stopping.
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** In ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Reconstruction]]'', Church lands an impossible ricochet shot on the Meta... by accident, and it ricochets ''nine'' times before hitting the Meta in the foot. Hardly an ideal shot, even if he meant to do it, though it ''does'' prove to be helpful... by providing the heroes with a trail of blood to follow.
** Played with and {{subverted|Trope}} when Agent Washington picks up a gun in ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga Project Freelancer]]'' that fires ricocheting energy pellets. He declares it the worst gun ever. Of all time.
** In ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Reconstruction]]'', Church lands an impossible ricochet shot on the Meta... by accident, and it ricochets ''nine'' times before hitting the Meta in the foot. Hardly an ideal shot, even if he meant to do it, though it ''does'' prove to be helpful... by providing the heroes with a trail of blood to follow.
** Played with and {{subverted|Trope}} when Agent Washington picks up a gun in ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga Project Freelancer]]'' that fires ricocheting energy pellets. He declares it the worst gun ever. Of all time.
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** In''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Reconstruction]]'', Church lands an impossible ricochet shot on the Meta... by accident, and it ricochets ''nine'' times before hitting the Meta in the foot. Hardly an ideal shot, even if he meant to do it, though it ''does'' prove to be helpful... by providing the heroes with a trail of blood to follow.
** Played with and {{subverted|Trope}} when Agent Washington picks up a gun in''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga Project Freelancer]]'' that fires ricocheting energy pellets. He declares it the worst gun ever. Of all time.
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** Played with and {{subverted|Trope}} when Agent Washington picks up a gun in
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* One episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' has a cartoon segment called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He starts talking and Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off a sign, and then lands in Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Isabella does this in a foosball match, after saying that the next shot would go in.
* {{Zigzagged|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroop-A-Long''. Ricochet Rabbit himself bounces off of objects; his bullets do things such as hover in midair and produce a mallet to conk the villain.
* ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He starts talking and Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
* {{Zigzagged|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroop-A-Long''. Ricochet Rabbit himself bounces off of objects; his bullets do things such as hover in midair and produce a mallet to conk the villain.
* ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He starts talking and Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Isabella does this in a foosball match, after saying that the next shot would will go in.
*{{Zigzagged|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroop-A-Long''. Ricochet Rabbit himself from ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroopALongCoyote'' bounces ''himself'' off of objects; his bullets do things such as hover in midair and produce a mallet to conk the villain.
* ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He starts talking and Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.objects.
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* ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He starts talking and Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* The Hollywood image of intentionally hitting a target by deflecting a bullet off of dozens of randomly angled surfaces after mere seconds of observation with a random firearm is generally deemed impossible.
** Here's why:
*** Ballistic projectiles lose energy when ricocheting (the same way a bouncing ball never goes as high as its first bounce) and eventually will drop to non-lethal speed before ultimately succumbing to air resistance and gravity.
*** With each deflection, the spin of a projectile is altered; this can have varying effects depending on how and by how much the spin changes and the type of projectile. This is not entirely unpredictable--for instance, professional pool players often use backspin and sidespin to control how balls deflect and the curve of their path by striking them at the proper angle- but it is extremely difficult to learn even in this example.
*** In addition, for metal projectiles like bullets, each deflection further deforms the projectile. This alters the aerodynamics of the projectile, and the angle of future deflections.
*** All of which means one or two deflections is theoretically possible for someone with absurd levels of skill, and if a [[FormulaicMagic geometry wiz]] with plenty of time and an extremely steady hand pulled the trigger a three or four bounce lethal shot may be plausible, depending on how extreme the curve is [[note]]a right angle or bouncing around an obstruction: maybe plausible. Full 180? Not happening.[[/note]]. After more ricochets than that, a bullet's flight path can be considered essentially random, and it probably won't have enough energy left to be lethal.
** Of course this all goes out the window if there's even a little AppliedPhlebotinum or {{Unobtanium}} involved--physics just passes the remote to [[MinovskyPhysics its brother]] and [[PassThePopcorn grabs the popcorn]].
Now that the physics majors are (hopefully) appeased:
* A handful of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_shooting professional trick shooters]] have successfully performed stunts involving hitting a target by ricocheting a bullet off of one or more metal plates. It is one of the most difficult and dangerous trick shots, requiring years of practice, precise preparation, extreme levels of skill, and a well maintained firearm to successfully perform.
** For comparison, throwing a coin into the air and shooting it before it lands is a stunt which many professional exhibition shooters master early in their careers. To repeat: people who consider [[ImprobableAimingSkills shooting coins out of the air]] an entry level trick, consider a one or two deflection shot an [[TheGunslinger impressive display of skill]].
** Bullets hitting a hard surface (such as a wall or roadway) at an angle tend to move parallel to the surface. It's possible to bounce bullets under cars to hit people hiding on the other side. Soldiers in urban environments don't stand too close to walls for the same reason.
* The Francisca, a medieval throwing axe, was actually designed to allow it to be used in this manner. The hatchet-like weapon features an long, thin, extremely heavy head, and a relatively short handle. When thrown properly, this odd design caused the axe to tumble and bounce upon impact- allowing them to strike foes carrying heavy shields from below or behind after bouncing off of other shields or the ground.
* When a target is behind impenetrable cover, one military option is to shoot walls, the ceiling, the roof or vegetation. None of the bullets fired will hit the target, but stone or wood fragments will, possibly injuring or incapacitating the target. That's why soldiers wear helmets: to protect them against debris flying around - not against bullets (helmets are bullet-proof in video games only).
* [[ArmorPiercingAttack Depleted uranium shells]] lose just enough power upon impact to keep them from exiting whatever enclosed vehicle they've struck, usually tanks. This, combined with the impact, causes them to shatter into razor-edged shards that bounce around inside, shredding components and [[BloodyHorror crewmembers.]]
* The "Magic Bullet" conspiracy claim concerning the assassination of John F. Kennedy tries to argue for a second shooter by claiming the "Lone Gunman" theory has one of the bullets do this. However, this is based on the mistaken belief that everyone was sitting at the same height and facing forward; when the trajectory is traced with everyone sitting the way they ''actually'' were (Kennedy sitting slightly higher due to his custom chair for his back injury, with everyone turned around, ducking, and otherwise rotated), the bullet bounces ''once''.
** Here's why:
*** Ballistic projectiles lose energy when ricocheting (the same way a bouncing ball never goes as high as its first bounce) and eventually will drop to non-lethal speed before ultimately succumbing to air resistance and gravity.
*** With each deflection, the spin of a projectile is altered; this can have varying effects depending on how and by how much the spin changes and the type of projectile. This is not entirely unpredictable--for instance, professional pool players often use backspin and sidespin to control how balls deflect and the curve of their path by striking them at the proper angle- but it is extremely difficult to learn even in this example.
*** In addition, for metal projectiles like bullets, each deflection further deforms the projectile. This alters the aerodynamics of the projectile, and the angle of future deflections.
*** All of which means one or two deflections is theoretically possible for someone with absurd levels of skill, and if a [[FormulaicMagic geometry wiz]] with plenty of time and an extremely steady hand pulled the trigger a three or four bounce lethal shot may be plausible, depending on how extreme the curve is [[note]]a right angle or bouncing around an obstruction: maybe plausible. Full 180? Not happening.[[/note]]. After more ricochets than that, a bullet's flight path can be considered essentially random, and it probably won't have enough energy left to be lethal.
** Of course this all goes out the window if there's even a little AppliedPhlebotinum or {{Unobtanium}} involved--physics just passes the remote to [[MinovskyPhysics its brother]] and [[PassThePopcorn grabs the popcorn]].
Now that the physics majors are (hopefully) appeased:
* A handful of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_shooting professional trick shooters]] have successfully performed stunts involving hitting a target by ricocheting a bullet off of one or more metal plates. It is one of the most difficult and dangerous trick shots, requiring years of practice, precise preparation, extreme levels of skill, and a well maintained firearm to successfully perform.
** For comparison, throwing a coin into the air and shooting it before it lands is a stunt which many professional exhibition shooters master early in their careers. To repeat: people who consider [[ImprobableAimingSkills shooting coins out of the air]] an entry level trick, consider a one or two deflection shot an [[TheGunslinger impressive display of skill]].
** Bullets hitting a hard surface (such as a wall or roadway) at an angle tend to move parallel to the surface. It's possible to bounce bullets under cars to hit people hiding on the other side. Soldiers in urban environments don't stand too close to walls for the same reason.
* The Francisca, a medieval throwing axe, was actually designed to allow it to be used in this manner. The hatchet-like weapon features an long, thin, extremely heavy head, and a relatively short handle. When thrown properly, this odd design caused the axe to tumble and bounce upon impact- allowing them to strike foes carrying heavy shields from below or behind after bouncing off of other shields or the ground.
* When a target is behind impenetrable cover, one military option is to shoot walls, the ceiling, the roof or vegetation. None of the bullets fired will hit the target, but stone or wood fragments will, possibly injuring or incapacitating the target. That's why soldiers wear helmets: to protect them against debris flying around - not against bullets (helmets are bullet-proof in video games only).
* [[ArmorPiercingAttack Depleted uranium shells]] lose just enough power upon impact to keep them from exiting whatever enclosed vehicle they've struck, usually tanks. This, combined with the impact, causes them to shatter into razor-edged shards that bounce around inside, shredding components and [[BloodyHorror crewmembers.]]
* The "Magic Bullet" conspiracy claim concerning the assassination of John F. Kennedy tries to argue for a second shooter by claiming the "Lone Gunman" theory has one of the bullets do this. However, this is based on the mistaken belief that everyone was sitting at the same height and facing forward; when the trajectory is traced with everyone sitting the way they ''actually'' were (Kennedy sitting slightly higher due to his custom chair for his back injury, with everyone turned around, ducking, and otherwise rotated), the bullet bounces ''once''.
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* The Hollywood image of intentionally hitting a target by deflecting a bullet off of dozens of randomly angled surfaces after mere seconds of observation with a random firearm is generally deemed impossible.
** Here's why:
*** Ballisticimpossible, as ballistic projectiles lose energy when ricocheting (the same way a bouncing ball never goes as high as its first bounce) and eventually will drop to non-lethal speed before ultimately succumbing to air resistance and gravity.
***gravity. With each deflection, the spin of a projectile is also altered; this can have varying effects depending on how and by how much the spin changes and the type of projectile. This is not entirely unpredictable--for unpredictable -- for instance, professional pool players often use backspin and sidespin to control how balls deflect and the curve of their path by striking them at the proper angle- angle -- but it is extremely difficult to learn even in this example.
***example.\\\
In addition, for metal projectiles like bullets, each deflection further deforms the projectile. This alters the aerodynamics of the projectile, and the angle of futuredeflections.
***deflections. All of which this combined means that one or two deflections is theoretically possible for someone with absurd levels of skill, and if a [[FormulaicMagic geometry wiz]] with plenty of time and an extremely steady hand pulled the trigger a three or four bounce three-or-four-bounce lethal shot may be plausible, depending on how extreme the curve is [[note]]a right angle or bouncing around an obstruction: maybe plausible. Full 180? Not happening.[[/note]]. After more ricochets than that, a bullet's flight path can be considered essentially random, and it probably won't have enough energy left to be lethal.
**lethal.\\\
Of course this all goes out the window if there's even a little AppliedPhlebotinum or {{Unobtanium}} involved--physics just passes the remote to [[MinovskyPhysics its brother]] and [[PassThePopcorn grabs thepopcorn]].
Now that the physics majors are (hopefully) appeased:
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* A handful of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_shooting professional trick shooters]] have successfully performed stunts involving hitting a target by ricocheting a bullet off of one or more metal plates. It is one of the most difficult and dangerous trick shots, requiring years of practice, precise preparation, extreme levels of skill, and awell maintained well-maintained firearm to successfully perform.
**perform. For comparison, throwing a coin into the air and shooting it before it lands is a stunt which many professional exhibition shooters master early in their careers. To repeat: people who consider [[ImprobableAimingSkills shooting coins out of the air]] an entry level trick, entry-level trick consider a one or two deflection one-or-two-deflection shot an [[TheGunslinger impressive display of skill]].
** * Bullets hitting a hard surface (such as a wall or roadway) at an angle tend to move parallel to the surface. It's possible to bounce bullets under cars to hit people hiding on the other side. Soldiers in urban environments don't stand too close to walls for the same reason.
* The Francisca, a medieval throwing axe, was actually designed to allow it to be used in this manner. The hatchet-like weapon features an long, thin, extremely heavy head, and a relatively short handle. When thrown properly, this odd design caused the axe to tumble and bounce uponimpact- impact, allowing them to strike foes carrying heavy shields from below or behind after bouncing off of other shields or the ground.
* When a target is behind impenetrable cover, one military option is to shoot walls, the ceiling, the roof or vegetation. None of the bullets fired will hit the target, but stone or wood fragments will, possibly injuring or incapacitating the target. That's why soldiers wear helmets: to protect them against debris flying around - not against bullets (helmets are bullet-proof in video games only).
* [[ArmorPiercingAttack Depleted uranium shells]] lose just enough power upon impact to keep them from exiting whatever enclosed vehicle they've struck, usually tanks. This, combined with the impact, causes them to shatter into razor-edged shards that bounce around inside, shredding components and [[BloodyHorror crewmembers.]]
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* The "Magic Bullet" conspiracy claim concerning the assassination ofJohn F. Kennedy UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy tries to argue for a second shooter by claiming that the "Lone Gunman" theory has one of the bullets do this. However, this is based on the mistaken belief that everyone was sitting at the same height and facing forward; when the trajectory is traced with everyone sitting the way they ''actually'' were (Kennedy sitting slightly higher due to his custom chair for his back injury, with everyone turned around, ducking, and otherwise rotated), the bullet bounces ''once''.
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Of course this all goes out the window if there's even a little AppliedPhlebotinum or {{Unobtanium}} involved--physics just passes the remote to [[MinovskyPhysics its brother]] and [[PassThePopcorn grabs the
Now that the physics majors are (hopefully) appeased:
* A handful of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_shooting professional trick shooters]] have successfully performed stunts involving hitting a target by ricocheting a bullet off of one or more metal plates. It is one of the most difficult and dangerous trick shots, requiring years of practice, precise preparation, extreme levels of skill, and a
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* This has been around since [[Main/OlderThanTheNES almost the beginning]] of video games as the pack in title of the UsefulNotes/Atari2600, ''VideoGame/{{Combat}}'', has tank fights were you can ricochet shots off the walls.
* This has been around since [[Main/OlderThanTheNES almost the beginning]] of video games as the pack in title of the UsefulNotes/Atari2600, ''VideoGame/{{Combat}}'', has tank fights were you can ricochet shots off the walls.
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* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny short, ''WesternAnimation/WildAndWoollyHare''. After explaining to Yosemite Sam how his next shot was going to bounce off about half the town's buildings before coming back into the room and part Sam's hair right down the middle, Bugs fires. It does ''exactly'' what he said it would, including splitting Sam's hat in half during the parting of his hair.
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* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' episode "Flash and Substance": Batman fires a flare into the air, seemingly aiming for Mirror Master, but it ricochets off various objects before falling into a mirror. Mirror Master jeers, "You missed me!", not realizing [[spoiler:Batman launched it in the mirror so the Flash, trapped in a mirror dimension, could find his way back and kick butt.]]
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* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' episode "Flash "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E5FlashAndSubstance Flash and Substance": Substance]]": Batman fires a flare into the air, seemingly aiming for Mirror Master, but it ricochets off various objects before falling into a mirror. Mirror Master jeers, "You missed me!", not realizing that [[spoiler:Batman launched it in the mirror so the Flash, trapped in a mirror dimension, could find his way back and kick butt.]]butt]].
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* Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Eclipse Lake", where the AntiMagic properties of [[GiantCorpseWorld the Titan's]] veins cause projectile spells to continuously bounce off of them until they hit something that isn't resistant or run out of energy.
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* Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Eclipse Lake", "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E9EclipseLake Eclipse Lake]]", where the AntiMagic properties of [[GiantCorpseWorld the Titan's]] veins cause projectile spells to continuously bounce off of them until they hit something that isn't resistant or run out of energy.
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* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny short ''WesternAnimation/WildAndWoollyHare''. After explaining to Yosemite Sam how his next shot is going to bounce off about half the town's buildings before coming back into the room and part Sam's hair right down the middle, Bugs fires. It does ''exactly'' what he said it would, including splitting Sam's hat in half during the parting of his hair.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Combat}}'' This has been around since [[Main/OlderThanTheNES almost the beginning]] of video games as the pack in title of the UsefulNotes/Atari2600, ''VideoGame/{{Combat}}'', has tank fights were you can ricochet shots off the walls, making this Main/OlderThanTheNES.walls.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Combat}}'' is one of the first if not *the* first example of this trope in video games, making this trope Main/OlderThanTheNES. Several of the tank fight modes allow you to ricochet shots off the walls of the playfield with no loss in lethality to the rounds.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Combat}}'' is one of the first if not *the* first example of this trope in video games, making this trope Main/OlderThanTheNES. Several of the has tank fight modes allow fights were you to can ricochet shots off the walls of the playfield with no loss in lethality to the rounds.walls, making this Main/OlderThanTheNES.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Combat}}'' is one of the first if not **the** *the* first example of this trope in video games, making this trope Main/OlderThanTheNES. Several of the tank fight modes allow you to ricochet shots off the walls of the playfield with no loss in lethality to the rounds.
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* ''VideoGame/Combat'' is one of the first if not **the** first example of this trope in video games, making this trope Main/OlderThanTheNES. Several of the tank fight modes allow you to ricochet shots off the walls of the playfield with no loss in lethality to the rounds.
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* ''VideoGame/Combat'' ''VideoGame/{{Combat}}'' is one of the first if not **the** first example of this trope in video games, making this trope Main/OlderThanTheNES. Several of the tank fight modes allow you to ricochet shots off the walls of the playfield with no loss in lethality to the rounds.
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* This trope dates all the way back to one of the first games for the ''UsefulNotes/Atari2600'' - specifically ''VideoGame/Combat'' which was the pack in game for the console. Several of the tank fight modes allow you to richochet shots off the walls of the playfield with no loss in lethality to the rounds.
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* This trope dates all the way back to one of the first games for the ''UsefulNotes/Atari2600'' - specifically ''VideoGame/Combat'' which was is one of the pack first if not **the** first example of this trope in game for the console. video games, making this trope Main/OlderThanTheNES. Several of the tank fight modes allow you to richochet ricochet shots off the walls of the playfield with no loss in lethality to the rounds.
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* This trope dates all the way back to one of the first games for the ''UsefulNotes/Atari2600'' - specifically ''VideoGame/Combat'' which was the pack in game for the console. Several of the tank fight modes allow you to richochet shots off the walls of the playfield with no loss in lethality to the rounds.
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* Those Mc Donald’s commercials with Larry Bird and Michael Jordan playing an increasingly ludicrous game of “Horse” back in the day. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oACRt-Qp-s "Off the floor, off the scoreboard, off the wall, nothing but net."]]
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* Those Mc Donald’s Some UsefulNotes/McDonalds commercials with had Larry Bird and Michael Jordan UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan playing an increasingly ludicrous game of “Horse” back in the day."Horse". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oACRt-Qp-s "Off One of them]] ends with one of the men bouncing the ball so it goes in the hoop from outside the building. And then they prepare to do it from ''on top another building''.
-->"Off the floor, off the scoreboard, off the wall, nothing but net."]]"
-->"Off the floor, off the scoreboard, off the wall, nothing but net.
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* In ''Anime/SailorMoon'', the Amazoness Quartet used this to expose peoples' dream mirrors.
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' - The Seven Stakes of Purgatory are shown as part spike, part homicidal guided missile, and part this. And all {{Fanservice}}.
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' - The Seven Stakes of Purgatory are shown as part spike, part homicidal guided missile, and part this. And all {{Fanservice}}.
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* In ''Anime/SailorMoon'', the Amazoness Quartet used uses this to expose peoples' people's dream mirrors.
*''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' - ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': The Seven Stakes of Purgatory are shown as part spike, part homicidal guided missile, and part this. And all {{Fanservice}}.
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* In one ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' story, Coach Clayton sees Dilton Doiley effortlessly score hoops by bouncing the basketball off the floor. He recruits Dilton for the basketball team, but Jughead points out the flaw with Dilton's method -- the other players can easily block bounced shots.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield. Due to its unique construction and ''lots'' of practice, for the most part -- others who have stepped into the role, like John Walker, never really got the hang of it like the original did.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield. Due to its unique construction and ''lots'' of practice, for the most part -- others who have stepped into the role, like John Walker, never really got the hang of it like the original did.
* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'':
** Bullseye can do this with ''[[ImprobableWeaponUser anything]]''.
* Daredevil himself can do it with his billy club on occasion. Most JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly in one of Creator/KevinSmith's issues, where Daredevil throws it through a glass window where, instead of shattering the window completely, it just leaves a small hole, approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Then it bounces around, knocking out the {{mooks}} and returning through the ''exact same hole''.
* ComicBook/GreenArrow does this with arrows.
* ComicBook/JudgeDredd's gun has special "ricochet ammo" for this purpose.
** Bullseye can do this with ''[[ImprobableWeaponUser anything]]''.
* Daredevil himself can do it with his billy club on occasion. Most JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly in one of Creator/KevinSmith's issues, where Daredevil throws it through a glass window where, instead of shattering the window completely, it just leaves a small hole, approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Then it bounces around, knocking out the {{mooks}} and returning through the ''exact same hole''.
* ComicBook/GreenArrow does this with arrows.
* ComicBook/JudgeDredd's gun has special "ricochet ammo" for this purpose.
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* ComicBook/JudgeDredd's gun has special "ricochet ammo" for this purpose.
* [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Bullseye]] can do this with [[ImprobableWeaponUser ANYTHING]].
* Franchise/WonderWoman has been known to do this with her tiara.
* ComicBook/GreenArrow does this with arrows.
* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} has done this with his eskrima sticks, having it hit a couple mooks then return to him, even though they're not meant to be thrown in the first place.
* An unintended spoof version was a minicomic by [[Magazine/{{Mad}} Sergio Aragones]] taking on Superman: All shots ricochet "harmlessly" off him...he should have thought they ricochet somewhere where people are standing.
* In one ''ComicBook/ArchiesComics'' story, Coach Clayton sees Dilton Doiley effortlessly score hoops by bouncing the basketball off the floor. He recruits Dilton for the basketball team, but Jughead points out the flaw with Dilton's method- The other players can easily block bounced shots.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield. Due to its unique construction and ''lots'' of practice, for the most part - others who have stepped into the role, like John Walker, never really got the hang of it like the original did.
* ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} himself can do it with his billy club on occasion. Most JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly in one of Creator/KevinSmith's issues, where Daredevil throws it through a glass window where, instead of shattering the window completely, it just leaves a small hole, approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Then it bounces around, knocking out the {{mooks}} and returning through the ''exact same hole''.
* [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Bullseye]] can do this with [[ImprobableWeaponUser ANYTHING]].
* Franchise/WonderWoman has been known to do this with her tiara.
* ComicBook/GreenArrow does this with arrows.
* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} has done this with his eskrima sticks, having it hit a couple mooks then return to him, even though they're not meant to be thrown in the first place.
* An unintended spoof version was a minicomic by [[Magazine/{{Mad}} Sergio Aragones]] taking on Superman: All shots ricochet "harmlessly" off him...he should have thought they ricochet somewhere where people are standing.
* In one ''ComicBook/ArchiesComics'' story, Coach Clayton sees Dilton Doiley effortlessly score hoops by bouncing the basketball off the floor. He recruits Dilton for the basketball team, but Jughead points out the flaw with Dilton's method- The other players can easily block bounced shots.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield. Due to its unique construction and ''lots'' of practice, for the most part - others who have stepped into the role, like John Walker, never really got the hang of it like the original did.
* ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} himself can do it with his billy club on occasion. Most JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly in one of Creator/KevinSmith's issues, where Daredevil throws it through a glass window where, instead of shattering the window completely, it just leaves a small hole, approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Then it bounces around, knocking out the {{mooks}} and returning through the ''exact same hole''.
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* ComicBook/JudgeDredd's gun has special "ricochet ammo" for this purpose.
* [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Bullseye]] can do this with [[ImprobableWeaponUser ANYTHING]].
* Franchise/WonderWoman has been known to do this with her tiara.
* ComicBook/GreenArrow does this with arrows.
An unintended spoof version is a minicomic by Creator/SergioAragones of ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' taking on ComicBook/{{Superman}}: All shots ricochet "harmlessly" off him... but he should have thought about the fact that they'd ricochet somewhere where people are standing.
* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} has done this with his eskrima sticks, havingit one hit a couple mooks then return to him, even though they're not meant to be thrown in the first place.
* An unintended spoof version was a minicomic by [[Magazine/{{Mad}} Sergio Aragones]] taking on Superman: All shots ricochet "harmlessly" off him...he should have thought they ricochet somewhere where people are standing.
* In one ''ComicBook/ArchiesComics'' story, Coach Clayton sees Dilton Doiley effortlessly score hoops by bouncing the basketball off the floor. He recruits Dilton for the basketball team, but Jughead points out the flaw with Dilton's method- The other players can easily block bounced shots.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield. Due to its unique construction and ''lots'' of practice, for the most part - others who have stepped into the role, like John Walker, never really got the hang of it like the original did.
* ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} himself can do it with his billy club on occasion. Most JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly in one of Creator/KevinSmith's issues, where Daredevil throws it through a glass window where, instead of shattering the window completely, it just leaves a small hole, approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Then it bounces around, knocking out the {{mooks}} and returning through the ''exact same hole''.place.
* [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Bullseye]] can do this with [[ImprobableWeaponUser ANYTHING]].
* Franchise/WonderWoman has been known to do this with her tiara.
* ComicBook/GreenArrow does this with arrows.
* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} has done this with his eskrima sticks, having
* An unintended spoof version was a minicomic by [[Magazine/{{Mad}} Sergio Aragones]] taking on Superman: All shots ricochet "harmlessly" off him...he should have thought they ricochet somewhere where people are standing.
* In one ''ComicBook/ArchiesComics'' story, Coach Clayton sees Dilton Doiley effortlessly score hoops by bouncing the basketball off the floor. He recruits Dilton for the basketball team, but Jughead points out the flaw with Dilton's method- The other players can easily block bounced shots.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield. Due to its unique construction and ''lots'' of practice, for the most part - others who have stepped into the role, like John Walker, never really got the hang of it like the original did.
* ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} himself can do it with his billy club on occasion. Most JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly in one of Creator/KevinSmith's issues, where Daredevil throws it through a glass window where, instead of shattering the window completely, it just leaves a small hole, approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Then it bounces around, knocking out the {{mooks}} and returning through the ''exact same hole''.
* ComicBook/WonderWoman has been known to do this with her tiara.
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* At one point in ''Fanfic/OriginStory'', Superwoman catches Ragnarok's hammer (which is a weaker copy of Thor's weapon), rips the head off the handle, and crinkles it into a ball. She then tosses it past Ragnarok's head. Ragnarok taunts her with a quick, "You missed." She wasn't aiming at Ragnarok. The metal ball that used to be the hammer's head bounces off a rock, and then bounces off a tree, only to smack into the back of Ares' head so hard the god of war is knocked unconscious.
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* At one point in ''Fanfic/OriginStory'', Superwoman catches Ragnarok's hammer (which is a weaker copy of Thor's [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]'s weapon), rips the head off the handle, and crinkles it into a ball. She then tosses it past Ragnarok's head. Ragnarok taunts her with a quick, "You missed." She wasn't aiming at Ragnarok. The metal ball that used to be the hammer's head bounces off a rock, and then bounces off a tree, only to smack into the back of Ares' Ares's head so hard the god of war is knocked unconscious.
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* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', Robin pulls this off by shooting an arrow that had gone off course with another arrow, correcting the trajectory of the first arrow and sending it straight into the bullseye, Robin Hooding the one that was already in there. Trigger, one of the Sheriff's vulture lackeys, does the accidental version a couple of times with his crossbow. Apparently even when the safety is on (or when he thinks that the safety was on his crossbow). In the final shot of the movie he attempts to "present arms", it goes off, and the bolt bounces around before hitting one of the hearts on Robin Hood's wedding carriage.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'', the titular Cobbler Tack sends a tack ricocheting during the final battle. It eventually hits EvilChancellor Zig-Zag's horse, who launches Zig-zag off its back, which causes his sword to cut a rope, [[RubeGoldbergDevice which activates a catapult…]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'', the titular Cobbler Tack sends a tack ricocheting during the final battle. It eventually hits EvilChancellor Zig-Zag's horse, who launches Zig-zag off its back, which causes his sword to cut a rope, [[RubeGoldbergDevice which activates a catapult…]]
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* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'':
** Robin pulls this off by shooting an arrow that had gone off course with another arrow, correcting the trajectory of the first arrow and sending it straight into the bullseye, Robin Hooding the one that was already inthere. there.
** Trigger, one of the Sheriff's vulture lackeys, does the accidental version a couple of times with his crossbow. Apparently even when the safety is on (or when he thinks thatthe safety was on his crossbow).it is). In the final shot of the movie he attempts to "present arms", it goes off, and the bolt bounces around before hitting one of the hearts on Robin Hood's wedding carriage.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'', the titular Cobbler Tack sends a tack ricocheting during the final battle. It eventually hits EvilChancellor Zig-Zag's horse, who launchesZig-zag Zig-Zag off its back, which causes his sword to cut a rope, [[RubeGoldbergDevice which activates a catapult…]]catapult]]...
** Robin pulls this off by shooting an arrow that had gone off course with another arrow, correcting the trajectory of the first arrow and sending it straight into the bullseye, Robin Hooding the one that was already in
** Trigger, one of the Sheriff's vulture lackeys, does the accidental version a couple of times with his crossbow. Apparently even when the safety is on (or when he thinks that
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* In ''Film/AlienResurrection'', when Christie is held at point range, he puts his hands up as if surrendering, only to just shoot the roof. After bouncing two times on the roof, the bullet hit the guy that was behind him and holding a rifle, going through his helmet with ease, and killing him. Strangely, later, [[spoiler:he can't hit a Xenomorph that's running ''straight at him''. He should've tried to bounce it off something]].
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica does this in his movies with his shield. Somehow, it looks even more improbable in live action. Also, given that the film explains away the unique properties of the shield by saying that it absorbs and deadens vibrations, should be even more impossible to ricochet than a regular disc. And never make any sounds on impact. [[HollywoodScience But whatever, it works.]] Lampshaded by ComicBook/SpiderMan in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'': "That thing does not obey the laws of physics at all, does it?"
* Playing up [[Creator/ChuckNorris Chuck Norris's]] SelfParody of his action-hero persona in ''Firewalker'', this is how Max racks up one of his two kills with a gun, after missing ''five times'' from less than twenty feet.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica does this in his movies with his shield. Somehow, it looks even more improbable in live action. Also, given that the film explains away the unique properties of the shield by saying that it absorbs and deadens vibrations, should be even more impossible to ricochet than a regular disc. And never make any sounds on impact. [[HollywoodScience But whatever, it works.]] Lampshaded by ComicBook/SpiderMan in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'': "That thing does not obey the laws of physics at all, does it?"
* Playing up [[Creator/ChuckNorris Chuck Norris's]] SelfParody of his action-hero persona in ''Firewalker'', this is how Max racks up one of his two kills with a gun, after missing ''five times'' from less than twenty feet.
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* In ''Film/AlienResurrection'', when Christie is held at point range, he puts his hands up as if surrendering, only to just shoot the roof. After bouncing two times on the roof, the bullet hit hits the guy that was behind him and holding a rifle, going through his helmet with ease, and killing him. Strangely, later, [[spoiler:he can't hit a Xenomorph that's running ''straight at him''. He should've tried to bounce it off something]].
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica does this in his movies with his shield. Somehow, it looks even more improbable in live action. Also, given that the film explains away the unique properties of the shield by saying that it absorbs and deadens vibrations, should be even more impossible to ricochet than a regular disc. And never make any sounds on impact. [[HollywoodScience But whatever, it works.]] Lampshaded by ComicBook/SpiderMan in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'': "That thing does not obey the laws of physics at all, does it?"
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* Playing up[[Creator/ChuckNorris Chuck Norris's]] Creator/ChuckNorris's SelfParody of his action-hero persona in ''Firewalker'', ''Film/{{Firewalker}}'', this is how Max racks up one of his two kills with a gun, after missing ''five times'' from less than twenty feet.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica does this in his movies with his shield. Somehow, it looks even more improbable in live action. Also, given that the film explains away the unique properties of the shield by saying that it absorbs and deadens vibrations, should be even more impossible to ricochet than a regular disc. And never make any sounds on impact. [[HollywoodScience But whatever, it works.]] Lampshaded by ComicBook/SpiderMan in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'': "That thing does not obey the laws of physics at all, does it?"
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* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', the tank driver is killed by an errant bullet that ricochets off several surfaces before hitting him in the forehead.
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* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', the a tank driver is killed by an errant bullet that ricochets off several surfaces before hitting him in the forehead.forehead.
* [[Characters/MCUCaptainAmerica Captain America]] does this in his movies in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse with his shield. Somehow, it looks even more improbable in live action. Also, given that the film explains away the unique properties of the shield by saying that it absorbs and deadens vibrations, should be even more impossible to ricochet than a regular disc. And never make any sounds on impact. [[HollywoodScience But whatever, it works.]] Lampshaded by [[Characters/MCUSpiderMan Spider-Man]] in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'': "That thing does not obey the laws of physics at all, does it?"
* [[Characters/MCUCaptainAmerica Captain America]] does this in his movies in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse with his shield. Somehow, it looks even more improbable in live action. Also, given that the film explains away the unique properties of the shield by saying that it absorbs and deadens vibrations, should be even more impossible to ricochet than a regular disc. And never make any sounds on impact. [[HollywoodScience But whatever, it works.]] Lampshaded by [[Characters/MCUSpiderMan Spider-Man]] in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'': "That thing does not obey the laws of physics at all, does it?"
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* Soviet soldiers in ''Film/Stalingrad2013'' shoots at occupiers using field gun and burnt tank to change trajectory of its shell.
* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ANewHope'' has a rather funny example, wherein Han Solo falls into the trash compactor aboard the Death Star, following all of his friends. He decides to blast open the door, and immediately after Luke says, "No, wait!" he fires, causing the bolt to ricochet all over the room for several seconds, inevitably pissing everybody off. The reason this happens with an energy weapon is explained as "magnetic sealing," technology which repels particles that try to pass through its electromagnetic field, including blaster bolts, since they are actually particle beam weapons.
* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ANewHope'' has a rather funny example, wherein Han Solo falls into the trash compactor aboard the Death Star, following all of his friends. He decides to blast open the door, and immediately after Luke says, "No, wait!" he fires, causing the bolt to ricochet all over the room for several seconds, inevitably pissing everybody off. The reason this happens with an energy weapon is explained as "magnetic sealing," technology which repels particles that try to pass through its electromagnetic field, including blaster bolts, since they are actually particle beam weapons.
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* Soviet soldiers in ''Film/Stalingrad2013'' shoots at occupiers using a field gun and a burnt tank to change trajectory of its shell.
* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ANewHope'' has a rather funny example, wherein Han Solo falls into the trash compactor aboard the Death Star, following all of his friends. He decides to blast open the door, and immediately after Luke says, "No, wait!" he fires, causing the bolt to ricochet all over the room for several seconds, inevitably pissing everybody off. The reason this happens with an energy weapon is explained as "magnetic sealing," technology which repels particles that try to pass through its electromagnetic field, including blaster bolts, since they are actually particle beam weapons.shell.
* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ANewHope'' has a rather funny example, wherein Han Solo falls into the trash compactor aboard the Death Star, following all of his friends. He decides to blast open the door, and immediately after Luke says, "No, wait!" he fires, causing the bolt to ricochet all over the room for several seconds, inevitably pissing everybody off. The reason this happens with an energy weapon is explained as "magnetic sealing," technology which repels particles that try to pass through its electromagnetic field, including blaster bolts, since they are actually particle beam weapons.
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* An epic one (it even gets a replay) in the Thai movie ''Film/TearsOfTheBlackTiger''
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** There are the trick shots Archchancellor Ridcully sets up on his pool table. Being a Literature/{{Discworld}} wizard, his "trick shots" involve bouncing the cue ball off of passing seagulls, the back of the Bursar's head (''last Tuesday'', no less!), and possibly even itself.
** Ridcully manages to ''invert'' this once with the help of Ponder Stibbons. A bit of magical trickery allows the cue ball to pass ''through'' the various piles of paperwork and junk on the table, by rolling into a flat parallel universe when it would normally bound off something. [[MundaneUtility Ponder set up this stunt to impress Ridcully into accepting his department's budgetary needs]].
* One of the novels in ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTheGalaxy'' series mentions that there is special software installed to do exactly that with the RealRobots when the enemy is hiding. Why an explosive projectile blows up only when hitting a target instead of a rock is not explained. Presumably, they're smart bullets or something.
** Ridcully manages to ''invert'' this once with the help of Ponder Stibbons. A bit of magical trickery allows the cue ball to pass ''through'' the various piles of paperwork and junk on the table, by rolling into a flat parallel universe when it would normally bound off something. [[MundaneUtility Ponder set up this stunt to impress Ridcully into accepting his department's budgetary needs]].
* One of the novels in ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTheGalaxy'' series mentions that there is special software installed to do exactly that with the RealRobots when the enemy is hiding. Why an explosive projectile blows up only when hitting a target instead of a rock is not explained. Presumably, they're smart bullets or something.
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** There are the trick shots Archchancellor Ridcully sets up on his pool table. Being a Literature/{{Discworld}} Discworld wizard, his "trick shots" involve bouncing the cue ball off of passing seagulls, the back of the Bursar's head (''last Tuesday'', no less!), and possibly even itself.
** Ridcully manages to ''invert'' this once with the help of Ponder Stibbons. A bit of magical trickery allows the cue ball to pass ''through'' the various piles of paperwork and junk on the table, by rolling into a flat parallel universe when it would normally bound off something. [[MundaneUtility Ponder set up this stunt to impress Ridcully into accepting his department's budgetaryneeds]].
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* One of the novels in ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTheGalaxy'' series mentions that there is special software installed to do exactly that with theRealRobots [[RealRobotGenre Real Robots]] when the enemy is hiding. Why an explosive projectile blows up only when hitting a target instead of a rock is not explained. Presumably, they're smart bullets or something.
** Ridcully manages to ''invert'' this once with the help of Ponder Stibbons. A bit of magical trickery allows the cue ball to pass ''through'' the various piles of paperwork and junk on the table, by rolling into a flat parallel universe when it would normally bound off something. [[MundaneUtility Ponder set up this stunt to impress Ridcully into accepting his department's budgetary
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* In ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', Major Winters was hit in the ankle by a ricochet. The Medic that pulled the bullet out even said he was lucky it was a a ricochet, since the 7.92mm Mauser bullet could have just as easily taken his foot off. It was no comfort since he would be limping the rest of the battle.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Pretty much the only possible way Warren Mears could've hit Tara Maclay with that stray shot.
* The Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho'' once threw a cricket ball, and it bounced around all over the place. Admittedly the effect bordered on a RubeGoldbergDevice instead of this trope, but it probably still counts. Not only that, but he did it while his Time Lord mind was entirely suppressed and he believed that he was human.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Pretty much the only possible way Warren Mears could've hit Tara Maclay with that stray shot.
* The Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho'' once threw a cricket ball, and it bounced around all over the place. Admittedly the effect bordered on a RubeGoldbergDevice instead of this trope, but it probably still counts. Not only that, but he did it while his Time Lord mind was entirely suppressed and he believed that he was human.
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* The Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho'' once threw a cricket ball, and it bounced around all over the place. Admittedly the effect bordered on a RubeGoldbergDevice instead of this trope, but it probably still counts. Not only that, but he did it while his Time Lord mind was entirely suppressed and he believed that he was human.
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* Seen in ''Series/RedDwarf''. In the famous "Gunmen of the Apocalypse'' episode set in a computer-simulated Western town, The Cat pulls off non-lethal trick shots in this manner. Also done in the episode where Lister plays pool with planets by shooting a thermonuclear device into a star to create a solar flare, which knocks a planet into another one which then goes on to hit a third one which plugs up the white hole and saves the ship while "potting" all planets in to orbit around another star, much to the surprise of the rest of the crew.
-->'''Lister:''' ''[to an utterly astonished Rimmer]'' What? If I'd told you I was going for a trick-shot you'd have had one of your spasms.
* {{Invoked|Trope}} In "Rivals" of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', a device has "changed the balance of luck in different rooms": Chief O'Brien demonstrates this by throwing a ball in a completely random direction in the holodeck. It bounces off the walls several times before returning to O'Brien's raised hand.
-->'''Lister:''' ''[to an utterly astonished Rimmer]'' What? If I'd told you I was going for a trick-shot you'd have had one of your spasms.
* {{Invoked|Trope}} In "Rivals" of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', a device has "changed the balance of luck in different rooms": Chief O'Brien demonstrates this by throwing a ball in a completely random direction in the holodeck. It bounces off the walls several times before returning to O'Brien's raised hand.
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* Seen in ''Series/RedDwarf''. ''Series/RedDwarf'': In the famous "Gunmen "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIGunmenOfTheApocalypse Gunmen of the Apocalypse'' Apocalypse]]", an episode set in a computer-simulated Western town, The Cat pulls off non-lethal trick shots in this manner. Also done in the episode where Lister plays pool with planets by shooting a thermonuclear device into a star to create a solar flare, which knocks a planet into another one which then goes on to hit a third one which plugs up the white hole and saves the ship while "potting" all planets in to orbit around another star, much to the surprise of the rest of the crew.
-->'''Lister:''' ''[to an utterly astonished Rimmer]'' What? If I'd told you I was going for a trick-shot you'd have had one of your spasms.
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* {{Invoked|Trope}}In "Rivals" in "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS02E11Rivals Rivals]]" of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', a ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. A device has "changed the balance of luck in different rooms": Chief O'Brien demonstrates this by throwing a ball in a completely random direction in the holodeck. It bounces off the walls several times before returning to O'Brien's raised hand.
-->'''Lister:''' ''[to an utterly astonished Rimmer]'' What? If I'd told you I was going for a trick-shot you'd have had one of your spasms.
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** Vallery Irons tried imitating Xena with her headband. Four enemies knocked out [[ArmorIsUseless despite wearing a helmet]]. At least she [[AccidentalAimingSkills was impressed]].
** [[Recap/VIP2x16HardValsNight Hard Val's Night]]: At one point Allen Shellenberger hit a golf ball on top of a table inside a building. The golf ball bounces off various surfaces before finally landing in Jeremy Popoff's martini.
-->Jeremy (sips martini with the golf ball still in it): "It's a little dry."
* Xena's chakram from ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', which bounces off rocks, pillars, and {{mooks}}' heads before [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang returning to her hand]]. Exaggerated in an episode featuring a GroundhogDayLoop. To break the loop, Xena had to (among other things) stop a young noblewoman from committing suicide with a vial of poison. However, the distance from where Xena wakes up every morning to where the girl does the deed is too far to reach in the time allowed, in addition to stopping everything else going wrong that day. So she spends at least one day ignoring everything else to take measurements, angles, and distances. So that when she wakes up again, the first thing she does is go outside, gauge the wind, and throw her chakram across, through, above and between several city blocks in order to be exactly where the poison vial will be when it gets there, as well as putting a stop to everything else along the way. And it returns to her hand afterwards.
** [[Recap/VIP2x16HardValsNight Hard Val's Night]]: At one point Allen Shellenberger hit a golf ball on top of a table inside a building. The golf ball bounces off various surfaces before finally landing in Jeremy Popoff's martini.
-->Jeremy (sips martini with the golf ball still in it): "It's a little dry."
* Xena's chakram from ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', which bounces off rocks, pillars, and {{mooks}}' heads before [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang returning to her hand]]. Exaggerated in an episode featuring a GroundhogDayLoop. To break the loop, Xena had to (among other things) stop a young noblewoman from committing suicide with a vial of poison. However, the distance from where Xena wakes up every morning to where the girl does the deed is too far to reach in the time allowed, in addition to stopping everything else going wrong that day. So she spends at least one day ignoring everything else to take measurements, angles, and distances. So that when she wakes up again, the first thing she does is go outside, gauge the wind, and throw her chakram across, through, above and between several city blocks in order to be exactly where the poison vial will be when it gets there, as well as putting a stop to everything else along the way. And it returns to her hand afterwards.
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** Vallery Irons tried tries imitating Xena with her headband. Four enemies knocked out [[ArmorIsUseless despite wearing a helmet]]. At least she [[AccidentalAimingSkills was she's impressed]].
**[[Recap/VIP2x16HardValsNight "[[Recap/VIP2x16HardValsNight Hard Val's Night]]: Night]]": At one point Allen Shellenberger hit hits a golf ball on top of a table inside a building. The golf ball bounces off various surfaces before finally landing in Jeremy Popoff's martini.
-->Jeremy (sips --->'''Jeremy:''' ''[sips martini with the golf ball still in it): "It's it]'' It's a little dry."
dry.
* Xena's chakram from ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', which bounces off rocks, pillars, and {{mooks}}' heads before [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang returning to her hand]]. Exaggerated in an episode featuring a GroundhogDayLoop. To break the loop, Xenahad has to (among other things) stop a young noblewoman from committing suicide with a vial of poison. However, the distance from where Xena wakes up every morning to where the girl does the deed is too far to reach in the time allowed, in addition to stopping everything else going wrong that day. So she spends at least one day ignoring everything else to take measurements, angles, and distances. So that when When she wakes up again, the first thing she does is go outside, gauge the wind, and throw her chakram across, through, above and between several city blocks in order to be exactly where the poison vial will be when it gets there, as well as putting a stop to everything else along the way. And it returns to her hand afterwards.
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* Xena's chakram from ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', which bounces off rocks, pillars, and {{mooks}}' heads before [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang returning to her hand]]. Exaggerated in an episode featuring a GroundhogDayLoop. To break the loop, Xena
* The playfield for ''Pinball/HarlemGlobetrottersOnTour'' shows one of the players throwing a basketball that bounces off the heads of five other Globetrotters before flying up the left lane.
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* The playfield for ''Pinball/HarlemGlobetrottersOnTour'' shows one of the players throwing a basketball that bounces off the heads of five other Globetrotters before flying up the left lane.
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* In the Chicken Western Sketch from the [[Recap/TheMuppetShowS2E20 Petula Clark episode]] of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', the bad guy is dispatched when he attempts to shoot the sheriff and the latter holds up a frying pan to deflect the bullet. It bounces off various objects until it finally hits a lamp, which falls on the bad guy's head and knocks him out.
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* In the Chicken Western Sketch from the [[Recap/TheMuppetShowS2E20 Petula Clark episode]] of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', the bad guy is dispatched when he attempts to shoot the sheriff and the latter holds up a frying pan to deflect the bullet. It bounces off various objects until it finally hits a lamp, which falls on the bad guy's head and knocks him out.
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* This can be taken as a cinematic skill or special power in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}''. Plus the frisbee grenades from ''Ultra-Tech''.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'':
** This can be taken as a cinematic skill or specialpower in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}''. Plus the power.
** The frisbee grenades from''Ultra-Tech''.''TabletopGame/GURPSUltraTech''.
** This can be taken as a cinematic skill or special
** The frisbee grenades from
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* ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful:'' One Specchio charm allows a Princess to do this with her ranged attacks, bouncing the projectile to strike weak points or hit enemies in cover.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'', a popular sport for [[SuperSoldier Juicers]] is Deadball, a variation of Handball where the ball may randomly extrude spikes after a bounce or ricochet. Eventually, somebody got the idea to (further)weaponize them with versions that can be set to automatically release {{Vibroweapon}} spikes(or better yet, ''explode'') after a set number of bounces.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'', a popular sport for [[SuperSoldier Juicers]] is Deadball, a variation of Handball where the ball may randomly extrude spikes after a bounce or ricochet. Eventually, somebody got the idea to (further)weaponize them with versions that can be set to automatically release {{Vibroweapon}} spikes(or better yet, ''explode'') after a set number of bounces.
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* ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful:'' ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful'': One Specchio charm allows a Princess to do this with her ranged attacks, bouncing the projectile to strike weak points or hit enemies in cover.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'', a popular sport for [[SuperSoldier Juicers]] is Deadball, a variation of Handball where the ball may randomly extrude spikes after a bounce or ricochet. Eventually, somebody got the idea to(further)weaponize (further) weaponize them with versions that can be set to automatically release {{Vibroweapon}} spikes(or spikes (or better yet, ''explode'') after a set number of bounces.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'', a popular sport for [[SuperSoldier Juicers]] is Deadball, a variation of Handball where the ball may randomly extrude spikes after a bounce or ricochet. Eventually, somebody got the idea to
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* In the Inika arc from ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', Toa Hewkii gained a Mask of Accuracy. One of the things he did with it was shoot a pebble he created (being the Toa of Stone) and ricochet it off a dozen surfaces before hitting his intended target in the back.
* Cue sports (such as Billiards) calls successful attempts of a pinball projectile to be trick shots. One variation, three-cushion billiards, requires this because a scoring point is awarded by hitting an object ball and three cushions before the second object ball.
* Both [[Toys/NERFBrand NERF Elite]] darts and RIVAL ball projectiles can ricochet after hitting a surface. Averted for the suction darts, which sticks to the surface instead.
* Cue sports (such as Billiards) calls successful attempts of a pinball projectile to be trick shots. One variation, three-cushion billiards, requires this because a scoring point is awarded by hitting an object ball and three cushions before the second object ball.
* Both [[Toys/NERFBrand NERF Elite]] darts and RIVAL ball projectiles can ricochet after hitting a surface. Averted for the suction darts, which sticks to the surface instead.
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* In the
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* In the movie-editing minigame at the end of the first chapter of ''Make It Big In Hollywood'' the hero's bullet ricochets off a broken wagon, a blacksmith's sign and a windmill before hitting the saloon sign, causing the latter to drop on top of the bad guys.
* Demonstrated to a hilariously impossible extent in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O21hrwDbezk this]] video of a Source mod by Jimbomcb, wherein the bullet ricochets off the ceiling and floor repeatedly, losing no momentum from the impacts, resulting in bullet impact decals in a pattern not unlike a spirograph.
* The original Atari home system came with a game simply called "Tank", where two players control tanks that fire missiles at each other. On some levels the missiles bounce, and intricate trick shots are possible.
* Demonstrated to a hilariously impossible extent in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O21hrwDbezk this]] video of a Source mod by Jimbomcb, wherein the bullet ricochets off the ceiling and floor repeatedly, losing no momentum from the impacts, resulting in bullet impact decals in a pattern not unlike a spirograph.
* The original Atari home system came with a game simply called "Tank", where two players control tanks that fire missiles at each other. On some levels the missiles bounce, and intricate trick shots are possible.
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** In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'': With multiple classes:
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** In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'': With ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', multiple classes:classes can do this:
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** ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'': Multiple weapons can do this:
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** ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'': Multiple ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' has multiple weapons that can do this:
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*** Min Min Lighter {{Legendary|Weapon}} Lasers fire ball lightning that shock nearby enemies, and bounce off things if they don't dissipate before they hit the object
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*** Min Min Lighter {{Legendary|Weapon}} Lasers fire ball lightning that shock nearby enemies, and bounce off things if they don't dissipate before they hit the objectobject.
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* The aptly-named Ricochet Stone subweapon that appears in a few games of the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series. There's an enemy in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'' that uses a rifle that shoots ricocheting bullets.
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* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'':
** The aptly-named Ricochet Stone subweapon that appears in a few games of the''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series. series.
** There's an enemy in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'' that uses a rifle that shoots ricocheting bullets.
** The aptly-named Ricochet Stone subweapon that appears in a few games of the
** There's an enemy in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'' that uses a rifle that shoots ricocheting bullets.
* During the final chapter of Creator/{{Sierra}}'s ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'', when Freddy accuses a villainous poker player of cheating locals out of their homes and businesses in card games, the guy pulls a gun on him, leading to a standoff in the saloon where the player must find ''something'' to ricochet their gun off of while taking cover behind a table. Aim wrong, and the bullet bounces all over the place and eventually kills an innocent bystander -- but instead of issuing a GameOver for this (as one would normally expect from a Sierra adventure game), it rewinds the scene (ricochets and all) so the player can try again.
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* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'', specifically ''VideoGame/{{Jak 3|Wastelander}}'''s Reflexor gun. That thing will bounce off anything, forever, and if you spam the screen with bullets its a veritable party of yellow lines. And if you buy the upgrade to make it bounce off things more… hoo boy. Then again, the ''Jak and Daxter'' series doesn't seem to pay attention to reality much anyway.
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* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'', specifically ''VideoGame/{{Jak 3|Wastelander}}'''s ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'''s Reflexor gun. That thing will bounce off anything, forever, and if you spam the screen with bullets its it's a veritable party of yellow lines. And if you buy the upgrade to make it bounce off things more… more... hoo boy. Then again, the ''Jak and Daxter'' ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' series doesn't seem to pay attention to reality much anyway.
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* The laser [[PowerCopying copy ability]] in ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' series is capable of ricocheting from slants. ''VideoGame/KirbyNightmareInDreamland'' mentions this in its description: "Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (and it bounces off hills too!)".
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* The laser [[PowerCopying copy ability]] in the ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' series is capable of ricocheting from slants. ''VideoGame/KirbyNightmareInDreamland'' mentions this in its description: "Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (and it bounces off hills too!)".
* In the movie-editing minigame at the end of the first chapter of ''Make It Big In Hollywood'', the hero's bullet ricochets off a broken wagon, a blacksmith's sign, and a windmill before hitting the saloon sign, causing the latter to drop on top of the bad guys.
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* Kurt from ''VideoGame/{{MDK}}'' can collect ricocheting ammo for use with his [[SniperRifle sniper helmet]]. Doctor Hawkins in ''VideoGame/MDK2'' can use a loaf of bread together with an atomic toaster to shoot {{projectile toast}}s that can bounce off surfaces a few times before sticking to one and exploding.
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'': Strike Man's [[HyperDestructiveBouncingBall Rebound Striker]] qualifies for this- on the third bounce, it heads directly for Mega Man.
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'': After defeating Bounce Man, Mega Man acquires the Bounce Ball, a weapon that fires three balls (six with the [[SuperMode Power Gear]] active) that ricochet off walls. Unlike the Rebound Striker from ''10'', they don't get stronger with each bounce, functioning more like a combination of the Triple Blade from the same game and the Mega Ball from ''8''.
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'': the Mega Ball produces a small ball that, upon being shot or slid into, launches at an angle and bounces off of walls. The weapon also appears in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' as one of Mega Man's moves, where it functions the same way (albeit bouncing off of the sides of the screen).
* Revolver Ocelot in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' can bounce bullets off the wall to hit the player around corners. ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' lets you do this as well once you get your hands on a Colt Single-Action Army, though it's usefulness doesn't go far beyond RuleOfCool since it's 100% reliant on your own ability to use it with no auto-aiming feature.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' brings back the Ricochet Revolver as the "Tornado-6". It's based on the Mateba 2006M (made by the same company that made the Model 6 Unica semiauto revolver) and named after "Tornado" Yoshida, Revolver Ocelot's motion capture actor.
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'': Strike Man's [[HyperDestructiveBouncingBall Rebound Striker]] qualifies for this- on the third bounce, it heads directly for Mega Man.
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'': After defeating Bounce Man, Mega Man acquires the Bounce Ball, a weapon that fires three balls (six with the [[SuperMode Power Gear]] active) that ricochet off walls. Unlike the Rebound Striker from ''10'', they don't get stronger with each bounce, functioning more like a combination of the Triple Blade from the same game and the Mega Ball from ''8''.
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'': the Mega Ball produces a small ball that, upon being shot or slid into, launches at an angle and bounces off of walls. The weapon also appears in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' as one of Mega Man's moves, where it functions the same way (albeit bouncing off of the sides of the screen).
* Revolver Ocelot in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' can bounce bullets off the wall to hit the player around corners. ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' lets you do this as well once you get your hands on a Colt Single-Action Army, though it's usefulness doesn't go far beyond RuleOfCool since it's 100% reliant on your own ability to use it with no auto-aiming feature.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' brings back the Ricochet Revolver as the "Tornado-6". It's based on the Mateba 2006M (made by the same company that made the Model 6 Unica semiauto revolver) and named after "Tornado" Yoshida, Revolver Ocelot's motion capture actor.
* ''VideoGame/{{MDK}}'':
** Kurt can collect ricocheting ammo for use with his [[SniperRifle sniper helmet]].
** Doctor Hawkins in ''VideoGame/MDK2'' can use a loaf of bread together with an atomic toaster to shoot {{projectile toast}}s that can bounce off surfaces a few times before sticking to one and exploding.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'':
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'': The Mega Ball produces a small ball that, upon being shot or slid into, launches at an angle and bounces off of walls. The weapon also appears in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' as one of Mega Man's moves, where it functions the same way (albeit bouncing off of the sides of the screen).
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'': Strike Man's Rebound Striker qualifies for this -- on the third bounce, it heads directly for Mega Man.
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'': After defeating Bounce Man, Mega Man acquires the Bounce Ball, a weapon that fires three balls (six with the [[SuperMode Power Gear]] active) that ricochet off walls. Unlike the Rebound Striker from ''10'', they don't get stronger with each bounce, functioning more like a combination of the Triple Blade from the same game and the Mega Ball from ''8''.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
** Revolver Ocelot in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' can bounce bullets off the wall to hit the player around corners.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' lets you do this as well once you get your hands on a Colt Single-Action Army, though its usefulness doesn't go far beyond RuleOfCool since it's 100% reliant on your own ability to use it with no auto-aiming feature.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' brings back the Ricochet Revolver as the "Tornado-6". It's based on the Mateba 2006M (made by the same company that made the Model 6 Unica semiauto revolver) and named after "Tornado" Yoshida, Revolver Ocelot's motion capture actor.
** Kurt can collect ricocheting ammo for use with his [[SniperRifle sniper helmet]].
** Doctor Hawkins in ''VideoGame/MDK2'' can use a loaf of bread together with an atomic toaster to shoot {{projectile toast}}s that can bounce off surfaces a few times before sticking to one and exploding.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'':
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'': The Mega Ball produces a small ball that, upon being shot or slid into, launches at an angle and bounces off of walls. The weapon also appears in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' as one of Mega Man's moves, where it functions the same way (albeit bouncing off of the sides of the screen).
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'': Strike Man's Rebound Striker qualifies for this -- on the third bounce, it heads directly for Mega Man.
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'': After defeating Bounce Man, Mega Man acquires the Bounce Ball, a weapon that fires three balls (six with the [[SuperMode Power Gear]] active) that ricochet off walls. Unlike the Rebound Striker from ''10'', they don't get stronger with each bounce, functioning more like a combination of the Triple Blade from the same game and the Mega Ball from ''8''.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
** Revolver Ocelot in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' can bounce bullets off the wall to hit the player around corners.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' lets you do this as well once you get your hands on a Colt Single-Action Army, though its usefulness doesn't go far beyond RuleOfCool since it's 100% reliant on your own ability to use it with no auto-aiming feature.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' brings back the Ricochet Revolver as the "Tornado-6". It's based on the Mateba 2006M (made by the same company that made the Model 6 Unica semiauto revolver) and named after "Tornado" Yoshida, Revolver Ocelot's motion capture actor.
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* ''VideoGame/NuclearThrone'': Shell-using weapons fire projectiles that bounce off walls. The Shotgun Shoulders mutation increases the range and speed at which they bounce. The "Pop" weapons, though bullet-users, fire projectiles in the same manner, and are similarly affected by Shotgun Shoulders. The "Bouncer" weapons are another bullet-using variant, with slow-moving, spinning projectiles that bounce off the first wall they hit. The [[DeadlyDisc Disc Gun's]] sawblades also bounce off of walls.
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* ''VideoGame/NuclearThrone'': Shell-using weapons fire projectiles that bounce off walls. The Shotgun Shoulders mutation increases the range and speed at which they bounce. The "Pop" weapons, though bullet-users, fire projectiles in the same manner, and are similarly affected by Shotgun Shoulders. The "Bouncer" weapons are another bullet-using variant, with slow-moving, spinning projectiles that bounce off the first wall they hit. The [[DeadlyDisc Disc Gun's]] sawblades also bounce off of walls.
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* ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'''s grenades are rather humdrum until the secondary mode, "Proximity Pinball," is activated -- after which they start bouncing throughout the level until an enemy gets close enough to set off the proximity trigger. Multiplayer matches including them taught players to dread that innocent little "boing" sound…
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* ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'''s grenades are rather humdrum until the secondary mode, "Proximity Pinball," Pinball", is activated -- after which they start bouncing throughout the level until an enemy gets close enough to set off the proximity trigger. Multiplayer matches including them taught players to dread that innocent little "boing" sound…sound...
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* Magoichi Saika is TheGunslinger of ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'', but only recently has he shown off the truly ludicrous ricochet skills... at bouncing ''his own bullets off each other mid-flight'', resulting in a cloud of impossible ricochets. [[https://youtu.be/nU2ZG2GOOs0?t=60 Observe]].
%%* One of the bots in ''VideoGame/{{Shatterhand}}''.
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* Magoichi Saika is TheGunslinger of ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'', but only recently ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' and has he shown off the truly ludicrous ricochet skills... at bouncing ''his ''[[https://youtu.be/nU2ZG2GOOs0?t=60 his own bullets off each other mid-flight'', mid-flight]]'', resulting in a cloud of impossible ricochets. [[https://youtu.be/nU2ZG2GOOs0?t=60 Observe]].
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* During the final chapter of Creator/{{Sierra}}'s ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'', when Freddy accuses a villainous poker player of cheating locals out of their homes and businesses in card games, the guy pulls a gun on him, leading to a standoff in the saloon where the player must find ''something'' to ricochet their gun off of while taking cover behind a table. Aim wrong, and the bullet bounces all over the place and eventually kill an innocent bystander - but instead of issuing a GameOver for this (as one would normally expect from a Sierra adventure game), it rewinds the scene (ricochets and all) so the player can try again.
* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIV'', if you die by entering the hatchway of the patrol ship instead of the landing gear, you get this message, ''"The young shuttle pilot, his seat suddenly [[BringMyBrownPants humidified]] by your surprise entry, fires his pulseray. The shot just misses you and then bounces off the reflective surfaces of the cabin… eventually managing to fatally perforate you. Just as you fade from the living organism club you think, in amazement, 'So that's what my spleen looks like!'"''
* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIV'', if you die by entering the hatchway of the patrol ship instead of the landing gear, you get this message, ''"The young shuttle pilot, his seat suddenly [[BringMyBrownPants humidified]] by your surprise entry, fires his pulseray. The shot just misses you and then bounces off the reflective surfaces of the cabin… eventually managing to fatally perforate you. Just as you fade from the living organism club you think, in amazement, 'So that's what my spleen looks like!'"''
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* During the final chapter of Creator/{{Sierra}}'s ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'', when Freddy accuses a villainous poker player of cheating locals out of their homes and businesses in card games, the guy pulls a gun on him, leading to a standoff in the saloon where the player must find ''something'' to ricochet their gun off of while taking cover behind a table. Aim wrong, and the bullet bounces all over the place and eventually kill an innocent bystander - but instead of issuing a GameOver for this (as one would normally expect The "bounce" bot from a Sierra adventure game), it rewinds the scene (ricochets and all) so the player can try again.
''VideoGame/{{Shatterhand}}'' fires projectiles that rebound off walls.
* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIV'', if you die by entering the hatchway of the patrol ship instead of the landing gear, you get thismessage, ''"The message:
-->The young shuttle pilot, his seat suddenly [[BringMyBrownPants humidified]] by your surprise entry, fires his pulseray. The shot just misses you and then bounces off the reflective surfaces of thecabin… cabin... eventually managing to fatally perforate you. Just as you fade from the living organism club you think, in amazement, 'So "So that's what my spleen looks like!'"''like!"
* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIV'', if you die by entering the hatchway of the patrol ship instead of the landing gear, you get this
-->The young shuttle pilot, his seat suddenly [[BringMyBrownPants humidified]] by your surprise entry, fires his pulseray. The shot just misses you and then bounces off the reflective surfaces of the
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* The Mutalisk in ''VideoGame/StarCraftI'' and [[VideoGame/StarCraftII its sequel]] has an attack that bounces 3 times, each time doing less damage.
* A game before ''Super Mario Land'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' has Wendy O. Koopa's bracelets act as a pinball projectile, bouncing off the walls and floors. Unlike the previous bosses, these take longer to despawn.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'', instead of the series' standard {{fireballs}} you throw ricocheting balls. Mario's fireballs in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series bounce off walls and floors in reference to this.
* Prevalent in the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' series. Mai and Reimu Hakurei in the PC-98 games, for instance, both have projectiles that pinball everywhere. One of the possible Stage 4 bosses in Mystic Square, some of Mai's attacks have bouncing ice spheres that shatter into pieces. She uses this attack pattern at least twice in her battle. However, in Lotus Land Story, the stage 4 boss in Marisa's playthrough, Reimu's yin-yang orbs bounce everywhere in her battle, making it even harder for Marisa to dodge them because there's so many of them.
* In ''VideoGame/TowerFall'', laser arrows can bounce off walls and ceilings. After several bounces, the arrow loses its power, and unlike regular arrows, disappears if left alone for more than a second.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}'''s Blaster rifle fires energy bolts that ricochet off of walls and terrain. It's particularly dangerous to the user, as there's nothing stopping the blaster bolts from ricocheting straight back into the user in cramped areas, especially since the bolts [[ArmorPiercingAttack go straight through shields]]. The Spinfusor (the [[AbnormalAmmo blue exploding]] [[DeadlyDisc frisbee launcher]]) in all games will ricochet off of water surfaces at shallow angles (and explode at high angles), allowing skilled players to bounce discs under cover or nail plays from unexpected angles.
* A game before ''Super Mario Land'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' has Wendy O. Koopa's bracelets act as a pinball projectile, bouncing off the walls and floors. Unlike the previous bosses, these take longer to despawn.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'', instead of the series' standard {{fireballs}} you throw ricocheting balls. Mario's fireballs in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series bounce off walls and floors in reference to this.
* Prevalent in the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' series. Mai and Reimu Hakurei in the PC-98 games, for instance, both have projectiles that pinball everywhere. One of the possible Stage 4 bosses in Mystic Square, some of Mai's attacks have bouncing ice spheres that shatter into pieces. She uses this attack pattern at least twice in her battle. However, in Lotus Land Story, the stage 4 boss in Marisa's playthrough, Reimu's yin-yang orbs bounce everywhere in her battle, making it even harder for Marisa to dodge them because there's so many of them.
* In ''VideoGame/TowerFall'', laser arrows can bounce off walls and ceilings. After several bounces, the arrow loses its power, and unlike regular arrows, disappears if left alone for more than a second.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}'''s Blaster rifle fires energy bolts that ricochet off of walls and terrain. It's particularly dangerous to the user, as there's nothing stopping the blaster bolts from ricocheting straight back into the user in cramped areas, especially since the bolts [[ArmorPiercingAttack go straight through shields]]. The Spinfusor (the [[AbnormalAmmo blue exploding]] [[DeadlyDisc frisbee launcher]]) in all games will ricochet off of water surfaces at shallow angles (and explode at high angles), allowing skilled players to bounce discs under cover or nail plays from unexpected angles.
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* The Mutalisk in ''VideoGame/StarCraftI'' and [[VideoGame/StarCraftII its sequel]] has an attack that bounces 3 three times, each time doing less damage.
*A game before ''Super Mario Land'', ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' has Wendy O. Koopa's bracelets act as a pinball projectile, bouncing off the walls and floors. Unlike the previous bosses, these take longer to despawn.
* ** In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'', instead of the series' series's standard {{fireballs}} you throw ricocheting balls. Mario's fireballs in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series bounce off walls and floors in reference to this.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Tank}}'', two players control tanks that fire missiles at each other. On some levels the missiles bounce, and intricate trick shots are possible.
* Prevalent in the ''Franchise/TouhouProject''series. Mai and Reimu Hakurei in series:
** In ''[[VideoGame/TouhouGensokyoLotusLandStory Lotus Land Story]]'', Reimu, thePC-98 games, for instance, both have projectiles Stage 4 boss in Marisa's playthrough, has yin-yang orbs that pinball everywhere. bounce everywhere in her battle, making it even harder for Marisa to dodge them because there are so many of them.
** One of the possible Stage 4 bosses in ''[[VideoGame/TouhouKaikidanMysticSquare MysticSquare, some of Mai's Square]]'', Mai, attacks have with bouncing ice spheres that shatter into pieces. She uses this attack pattern at least twice in her battle. However, in Lotus Land Story, the stage 4 boss in Marisa's playthrough, Reimu's yin-yang orbs bounce everywhere in her battle, making it even harder for Marisa to dodge them because there's so many of them.
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* In ''VideoGame/TowerFall'', laser arrows can bounce off walls and ceilings. After several bounces, the arrow loses itspower, and power and, unlike regular arrows, disappears if left alone for more than a second.
*''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}'''s ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}'':
** The Blaster rifle fires energy bolts that ricochet off of walls and terrain. It's particularly dangerous to the user, as there's nothing stopping the blaster bolts from ricocheting straight back into the user in cramped areas, especially since the bolts [[ArmorPiercingAttack go straight throughshields]]. shields]].
** The Spinfusor (the[[AbnormalAmmo blue exploding]] [[DeadlyDisc blue exploding frisbee launcher]]) in all games will ricochet off of water surfaces at shallow angles (and explode at high angles), allowing skilled players to bounce discs under cover or nail plays from unexpected angles.
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** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' has Wendy O. Koopa's bracelets act as a pinball projectile, bouncing off the walls and floors. Unlike the previous bosses, these take longer to despawn.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Tank}}'', two players control tanks that fire missiles at each other. On some levels the missiles bounce, and intricate trick shots are possible.
* Prevalent in the ''Franchise/TouhouProject''
** In ''[[VideoGame/TouhouGensokyoLotusLandStory Lotus Land Story]]'', Reimu, the
** One of the possible Stage 4 bosses in ''[[VideoGame/TouhouKaikidanMysticSquare Mystic
* In ''VideoGame/TowerFall'', laser arrows can bounce off walls and ceilings. After several bounces, the arrow loses its
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* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Turok}} Turok 2]]'' an upgrade to the {{sho|rtRangeShotgun}}tgun, the Shredder does this.
* Ricochet Bombs in the ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' series. In earlier incarnations (Pre ''Twisted Metal: Black'') the bombs would last forever until hitting a vehicle, and each undetonated bounce would increase the power of the overall bomb. [[HilarityEnsues With the unlimited ammo cheat…]].
%%* The [=RazorJack=] from ''VideoGame/UnrealI'' can fire {{deadly disc}}s that ricochet off the surfaces until they hit the target.
* Ricochet Bombs in the ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' series. In earlier incarnations (Pre ''Twisted Metal: Black'') the bombs would last forever until hitting a vehicle, and each undetonated bounce would increase the power of the overall bomb. [[HilarityEnsues With the unlimited ammo cheat…]].
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* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Turok}} Turok 2]]'' an upgrade to the {{sho|rtRangeShotgun}}tgun, the Shredder Shredder, does this.
* Ricochet Bombs in the ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' series. In earlier incarnations (Pre ''Twisted Metal: Black'') the bombswould last forever until hitting a vehicle, and each undetonated bounce would increase increases the power of the overall bomb. [[HilarityEnsues With the unlimited ammo cheat…]].
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* Ricochet Bombs in the ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' series. In earlier incarnations (Pre ''Twisted Metal: Black'') the bombs
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* In ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'', the thrown glaives of the Night Elf Huntresses bounce twice normally and can be upgraded to do so once more. It's based on the Mutalisk attacks from ''[=StarCraft=]'', which makes sense considering both games were made by Blizzard.
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* In ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'', the thrown glaives of the Night Elf Huntresses bounce twice normally and can be upgraded to do so once more. It's based on the Mutalisk attacks from ''[=StarCraft=]'', which makes sense considering both games were made by Blizzard.Creator/BlizzardEntertainment.
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* In ''VideoGame/WiiPlay'''s subgame Tank, you can shoot bullets that ricochet on walls twice. Not only that, but a some of the enemies' shots can also ricochet off walls.
* ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}}'''s non locked-on missile and shuriken (The latter is eliminator mode only).
* ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}}'''s non locked-on missile and shuriken (The latter is eliminator mode only).
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* In ''VideoGame/WiiPlay'''s subgame Tank, "Tanks!", you can shoot bullets that ricochet on walls twice. Not only that, but a some of the enemies' shots can also ricochet off walls.
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* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' has this happen in ''Red VS Blue'' courtesy of [[TeamKiller Caboose]] that nails [[BoomHeadshot Donut in the head]], along with Agent Texas, Tucker and Church.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' has this as two of its many (many) awesome moments.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' has this as two of its many (many) awesome moments.
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* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' has this happen in ''Red "[[Recap/DeathBattleS07E17RedVsBlue Red VS Blue'' Blue]]" courtesy of [[TeamKiller Caboose]] that nails [[BoomHeadshot Donut in the head]], along with Agent Texas, Tucker Tucker, and Church.
*''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' has In ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'', MC combines this as two with a SniperRifle, a pair of its many (many) awesome moments.Energy Shields, and some ''serious'' ImprobableAimingSkills. ''Twice.''
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** In ''Reconstruction'', Church lands an impossible ricochet shot on the Meta... by accident, and it ricochets ''nine'' times before hitting the Meta in the foot. Hardly an ideal shot, even if he meant to do it, though it ''does'' prove to be helpful... by providing the heroes with a trail of blood to follow.
** Played with and {{subverted|Trope}} when Agent Washington picks up a gun in Project Freelancer that fires ricocheting energy pellets. He declares it the worst gun ever. Of all time.
** Played with and {{subverted|Trope}} when Agent Washington picks up a gun in Project Freelancer that fires ricocheting energy pellets. He declares it the worst gun ever. Of all time.
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** In ''Reconstruction'', ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Reconstruction]]'', Church lands an impossible ricochet shot on the Meta... by accident, and it ricochets ''nine'' times before hitting the Meta in the foot. Hardly an ideal shot, even if he meant to do it, though it ''does'' prove to be helpful... by providing the heroes with a trail of blood to follow.
** Played with and {{subverted|Trope}} when Agent Washington picks up a gun in ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga ProjectFreelancer Freelancer]]'' that fires ricocheting energy pellets. He declares it the worst gun ever. Of all time.
** Played with and {{subverted|Trope}} when Agent Washington picks up a gun in ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga Project
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* In ''Webcomic/BoyfriendOfTheDead'' ActionSurvivor Alex takes out three zombies with the head of a fourth in a single ricocheting shot. She's probably right that she could have been a pro golfer.
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* In ''Webcomic/BoyfriendOfTheDead'' ''Webcomic/BoyfriendOfTheDead'', ActionSurvivor Alex takes out three zombies with the head of a fourth in a single ricocheting shot. She's probably right that she could have been a pro golfer.
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* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'' had Cerise summoning a venomous [[SpikeShooter stinger-shooting]] giant bee [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/giant_bee during a fight]] with Skye and Tiffany seeking revenge. Tiffany being a BadassNormal type, she paddled the thing away. Because the stinger on its way out accidentally hit her previous summon, Cerise instead of a deserved beating receives praise, as the other girls thought she ''planned'' this. Melissa comments this with "You are the luckiest bitch alive".
* The lucky shot variety is subverted in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0436.html this strip]] of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', where a stray poisoned arrow nearly hits several things, including Vaarsuvius.
* The lucky shot variety is subverted in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0436.html this strip]] of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', where a stray poisoned arrow nearly hits several things, including Vaarsuvius.
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* Happens occasionally on ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' with bullets deflecting off metallic surfaces -- usually resulting in Brett catching it in a painful way. One time, Archer manages to track a stray bullet's path down across a steel door, a drinking fountain, two separate corridors, Cyril's [[PocketProtector pocket watch]], a fire extinguisher, two levels of stairwell, and ''then'' hit Brett.
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* Happens occasionally on ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' with bullets deflecting off metallic surfaces -- usually resulting in Brett catching it in a painful way. One time, Archer manages to track a stray bullet's path down across a steel door, a drinking fountain, two separate corridors, Cyril's [[PocketProtector pocket watch]], a fire extinguisher, two levels of stairwell, and ''then'' hit Brett.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': In "The Mask of Matches Malone!", Huntress (who is [[UnwillingSuspension dangling from a crane]] and being lowered into a SharkPool), fires her crossbow and ricochets her bolt off several objects so it rips the gag off Black Canary's mouth.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': In "The Mask of Matches Malone!", Huntress [[Characters/BatmanHuntress Huntress]] (who is [[UnwillingSuspension dangling from a crane]] and being lowered into a SharkPool), fires her crossbow and ricochets her bolt off several objects so it rips the gag off Black Canary's ComicBook/BlackCanary's mouth.
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* ComicBook/MoonKnight's [[LimitBreak X-Treme attack]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' takes this UpToEleven. Basically, it's this trope combined with MoreDakka, turning the whole screen into a bouncing, ricocheting BulletHell for the enemies. Pretty much an [[GameBreaker instant boss-killer]] too, especially if it's used in an enclosed room.
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* ComicBook/MoonKnight's [[LimitBreak X-Treme attack]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' takes this UpToEleven.''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance''. Basically, it's this trope combined with MoreDakka, turning the whole screen into a bouncing, ricocheting BulletHell for the enemies. Pretty much an [[GameBreaker instant boss-killer]] too, especially if it's used in an enclosed room.
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* ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He tries to talk, but Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He tries to talk, but starts talking and Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive|Saturday Night Live}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He tries to talk, but Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive|Saturday Night Live}}'': ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He tries to talk, but Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* ''{{SaturdayNightLive|Trope}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He tries to talk, but Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* ''{{SaturdayNightLive|Trope}}'': ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive|Saturday Night Live}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He tries to talk, but Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He tries to talk, but Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive}}'': ''{{SaturdayNightLive|Trope}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He tries to talk, but Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He tries to talk, but Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off to a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He tries to talk, but Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off to a sign and then lands into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* ''{{Series/SNL}}'': Saturday Night Live had a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He tries to talk, but Mitchell shoots a piece of ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off to a sign and then lands inro Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* ''{{Series/SNL}}'': Saturday Night Live had ''{{Series/SaturdayNightLive}}'': There was a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He tries to talk, but Mitchell shoots a piece of the ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off to a sign and then lands inro into Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* ''{{Series/SNL}}'': Saturday Night Live had a one-time cartoon called "Mischievous Mitchell". In it, a young boy, named Mitchell, tries to sell ham outside the house of his Jewish neighbors. The dad of the Jewish family, Mr. Goldstein, comes outside to see what is happening. He tries to talk, but Mitchell shoots a piece of ham from his slingshot. It hits a tree, ricochets off to a sign and then lands inro Mr. Goldstein's mouth. Mr. Goldstein spits out the ham and laughs.
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* Both Train Heartnet and Saya Minatsuki of ''Manga/BlackCat'' are able to do this with a technique known as the Reflect Shot.
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* Both Train Heartnet and Saya Minatsuki of ''Manga/BlackCat'' are able to do this with a technique known as the Reflect Shot.
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* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' - The Seven Stakes of Purgatory are shown as part spike, part homicidal guided missile, and part this. And all {{Fanservice}}.
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' - The Seven Stakes of Purgatory are shown as part spike, part homicidal guided missile, and part this. And all {{Fanservice}}.
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* In one ''ComicBook/ArchiesComics'' story, Coach Clayton sees Dilton Doiley effortlessly score hoops by bouncing the basketball off the floor. He recruits Dilton for the basketball team, but Jughead points out the flaw with Dilton's method- The other players can easily block bounced shots.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield. Due to its unique construction and ''lots'' of practice, for the most part - others who have stepped into the role, like John Walker, never really got the hang of it like the original did.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield. Due to its unique construction and ''lots'' of practice, for the most part - others who have stepped into the role, like John Walker, never really got the hang of it like the original did.
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* ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} himself can do it with his billy club on occasion. Most JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly in one of Creator/KevinSmith's issues, where Daredevil throws it through a glass window where, instead of shattering the window completely, it just leaves a small hole, approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Then it bounces around, knocking out the {{mooks}} and returning through the ''exact same hole''.
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* Miho from ''ComicBook/SinCity'' has done this a few times with her manji shuriken.
* In one ''ComicBook/ArchiesComics'' story, Coach Clayton sees Dilton Doiley effortlessly score hoops by bouncing the basketball off the floor. He recruits Dilton for the basketball team, but Jughead points out the flaw with Dilton's method- The other players can easily block bounced shots.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield. Due to its unique construction and ''lots'' of practice, for the most part - others who have stepped into the role, like John Walker, never really got the hang of it like the original did.
* ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} himself can do it with his billy club on occasion. Most JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly in one of Creator/KevinSmith's issues, where Daredevil throws it through a glass window where, instead of shattering the window completely, it just leaves a small hole, approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Then it bounces around, knocking out the {{mooks}} and returning through the ''exact same hole''.
* Miho from ''ComicBook/SinCity'' has done this a few times with her manji shuriken.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield. Due to its unique construction and ''lots'' of practice, for the most part - others who have stepped into the role, like John Walker, never really got the hang of it like the original did.
* ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} himself can do it with his billy club on occasion. Most JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly in one of Creator/KevinSmith's issues, where Daredevil throws it through a glass window where, instead of shattering the window completely, it just leaves a small hole, approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Then it bounces around, knocking out the {{mooks}} and returning through the ''exact same hole''.
* Miho from ''ComicBook/SinCity'' has done this a few times with her manji shuriken.
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* In ''Film/{{Tron}}'' and its sequel ''Film/TronLegacy'', the [[DeadlyDisc Identity Discs]] behave like this, although since the discs are computer programs and not bound by the laws of physics, this is to be expected. Also, they always come back to their owner when thrown.
* ''Film/HouseOfFlyingDaggers'': The daggers, and pretty much every other thrown item.
* An epic one (it even gets a replay) in the Thai movie ''Film/TearsOfTheBlackTiger''
* This is Film/HappyGilmore's specialty after being trained to use it to his advantage. In his final match against Shooter, a lookout tower gets in the way of the final hole thanks to a flunkie Shooter hired to ruin Happy's shot. Instead of putting around it and going into sudden death, Happy studies the structure and decides to beat Shooter then and there by hitting the ball so that it ricochets and hits a chute where it rolls perfectly into the hole.
* ''Film/HouseOfFlyingDaggers'': The daggers, and pretty much every other thrown item.
* An epic one (it even gets a replay) in the Thai movie ''Film/TearsOfTheBlackTiger''
* This is Film/HappyGilmore's specialty after being trained to use it to his advantage. In his final match against Shooter, a lookout tower gets in the way of the final hole thanks to a flunkie Shooter hired to ruin Happy's shot. Instead of putting around it and going into sudden death, Happy studies the structure and decides to beat Shooter then and there by hitting the ball so that it ricochets and hits a chute where it rolls perfectly into the hole.
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* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ANewHope'' has a rather funny example, wherein Han Solo falls into the trash compactor aboard the Death Star, following all of his friends. He decides to blast open the door, and immediately after Luke says, "No, wait!" he fires, causing the bolt to ricochet all over the room for several seconds, inevitably pissing everybody off. The reason this happens with an energy weapon is explained as "magnetic sealing," technology which repels particles that try to pass through its electromagnetic field, including blaster bolts, since they are actually particle beam weapons.
* In ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', Deadshot effortlessly executes a target this way with his wrist gun.
* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', the tank driver is killed by an errant bullet that ricochets off several surfaces before hitting him in the forehead.
* In ''Film/RoboCop2'' during a raid on a drug lab, a criminal takes a baby hostage. [=RoboCop=] scans for a plot trajectory and uses a ricochet shot off a metal door to [[ShootTheHostageTaker shoot the hostage taker in the head]].
* In ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', Deadshot effortlessly executes a target this way with his wrist gun.
* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', the tank driver is killed by an errant bullet that ricochets off several surfaces before hitting him in the forehead.
* In ''Film/RoboCop2'' during a raid on a drug lab, a criminal takes a baby hostage. [=RoboCop=] scans for a plot trajectory and uses a ricochet shot off a metal door to [[ShootTheHostageTaker shoot the hostage taker in the head]].
* This is ''Film/HappyGilmore'''s specialty after being trained to use it to his advantage. In his final match against Shooter, a lookout tower gets in the way of the final hole thanks to a flunkie Shooter hired to ruin Happy's shot. Instead of putting around it and going into sudden death, Happy studies the structure and decides to beat Shooter then and there by hitting the ball so that it ricochets and hits a chute where it rolls perfectly into the hole.
* ''Film/HouseOfFlyingDaggers'': The daggers, and pretty much every other thrown item.
* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', the tank driver is killed by an errant bullet that ricochets off several surfaces before hitting him in the forehead.
* In ''Film/RoboCop2'' during a raid on a drug lab, a criminal takes a baby hostage. [=RoboCop=] scans for a plot trajectory and uses a ricochet shot off a metal door to [[ShootTheHostageTaker shoot the hostage taker in the head]].
* Soviet soldiers in ''Film/Stalingrad2013'' shoots at occupiers using field gun and burnt tank to change trajectory of its shell.
* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ANewHope'' has a rather funny example, wherein Han Solo falls into the trash compactor aboard the Death Star, following all of his friends. He decides to blast open the door, and immediately after Luke says, "No, wait!" he fires, causing the bolt to ricochet all over the room for several seconds, inevitably pissing everybody off. The reason this happens with an energy weapon is explained as "magnetic sealing," technology which repels particles that try to pass through its electromagnetic field, including blaster bolts, since they are actually particle beam weapons.
* In ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', Deadshot effortlessly executes a target this way with his wrist gun.
* An epic one (it even gets a replay) in the Thai movie ''Film/TearsOfTheBlackTiger''
* In ''Film/{{Tron}}'' and its sequel ''Film/TronLegacy'', the [[DeadlyDisc Identity Discs]] behave like this, although since the discs are computer programs and not bound by the laws of physics, this is to be expected. Also, they always come back to their owner when thrown.
* ''Film/HouseOfFlyingDaggers'': The daggers, and pretty much every other thrown item.
* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', the tank driver is killed by an errant bullet that ricochets off several surfaces before hitting him in the forehead.
* In ''Film/RoboCop2'' during a raid on a drug lab, a criminal takes a baby hostage. [=RoboCop=] scans for a plot trajectory and uses a ricochet shot off a metal door to [[ShootTheHostageTaker shoot the hostage taker in the head]].
* Soviet soldiers in ''Film/Stalingrad2013'' shoots at occupiers using field gun and burnt tank to change trajectory of its shell.
* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ANewHope'' has a rather funny example, wherein Han Solo falls into the trash compactor aboard the Death Star, following all of his friends. He decides to blast open the door, and immediately after Luke says, "No, wait!" he fires, causing the bolt to ricochet all over the room for several seconds, inevitably pissing everybody off. The reason this happens with an energy weapon is explained as "magnetic sealing," technology which repels particles that try to pass through its electromagnetic field, including blaster bolts, since they are actually particle beam weapons.
* In ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', Deadshot effortlessly executes a target this way with his wrist gun.
* An epic one (it even gets a replay) in the Thai movie ''Film/TearsOfTheBlackTiger''
* In ''Film/{{Tron}}'' and its sequel ''Film/TronLegacy'', the [[DeadlyDisc Identity Discs]] behave like this, although since the discs are computer programs and not bound by the laws of physics, this is to be expected. Also, they always come back to their owner when thrown.
* Many Jedi are skilled at deflecting blaster bolts back at the shooter, but in ''Literature/LabyrinthOfEvil'', Obi-Wan demonstrates proficiency in bouncing bolts off his lightsaber, then watching them go through several more ricochets before they hit their target.
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* Many Jedi are skilled at deflecting blaster bolts back at the shooter, but in ''Literature/LabyrinthOfEvil'', Obi-Wan demonstrates proficiency in bouncing bolts off his lightsaber, then watching them go through several more ricochets before they hit their target.
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* Xena's chakram from ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', which bounces off rocks, pillars, and {{mooks}}' heads before [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang returning to her hand]]. Exaggerated in an episode featuring a GroundhogDayLoop. To break the loop, Xena had to (among other things) stop a young noblewoman from committing suicide with a vial of poison. However, the distance from where Xena wakes up every morning to where the girl does the deed is too far to reach in the time allowed, in addition to stopping everything else going wrong that day. So she spends at least one day ignoring everything else to take measurements, angles, and distances. So that when she wakes up again, the first thing she does is go outside, gauge the wind, and throw her chakram across, through, above and between several city blocks in order to be exactly where the poison vial will be when it gets there, as well as putting a stop to everything else along the way. And it returns to her hand afterwards.
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* Xena's chakram from ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', which bounces off rocks, pillars, and {{mooks}}' heads before [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang returning to her hand]]. Exaggerated in an episode featuring a GroundhogDayLoop. To break In the loop, Xena had to (among other things) stop a young noblewoman from committing suicide pilot of ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' Hicks is faced with someone using a vial of poison. However, the distance from where Xena wakes up every morning HumanShield, so he uses his Alpha ability to where the girl does the deed is too far to reach bounce a bullet off a sign behind them.
* In ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', Major Winters was hit in thetime allowed, in addition to stopping everything else going wrong ankle by a ricochet. The Medic that day. So she spends at least one day ignoring everything else to take measurements, angles, and distances. So pulled the bullet out even said he was lucky it was a a ricochet, since the 7.92mm Mauser bullet could have just as easily taken his foot off. It was no comfort since he would be limping the rest of the battle.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Pretty much the only possible way Warren Mears could've hit Tara Maclay with that stray shot.
* The Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho'' once threw a cricket ball, and it bounced around all over the place. Admittedly the effect bordered on a RubeGoldbergDevice instead of this trope, but it probably still counts. Not only that, but he did it while his Time Lord mind was entirely suppressed and he believed that he was human.
* Tested by the ''Series/MythBusters'' with firearms. For the record, bullets lose a lot of energy whenshe wakes up again, they ricochet. The "three ricochets and kills the first thing she does is go outside, gauge the wind, and throw her chakram across, through, above and between several city blocks in order to be exactly where the poison vial will be when it gets there, as well as putting a stop to everything else along the way. And it returns to her hand afterwards.firer" myth they were working on was solidly Busted.
* In ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', Major Winters was hit in the
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Pretty much the only possible way Warren Mears could've hit Tara Maclay with that stray shot.
* The Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho'' once threw a cricket ball, and it bounced around all over the place. Admittedly the effect bordered on a RubeGoldbergDevice instead of this trope, but it probably still counts. Not only that, but he did it while his Time Lord mind was entirely suppressed and he believed that he was human.
* Tested by the ''Series/MythBusters'' with firearms. For the record, bullets lose a lot of energy when
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* The Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho'' once threw a cricket ball, and it bounced around all over the place. Admittedly the effect bordered on a RubeGoldbergDevice instead of this trope, but it probably still counts. Not only that, but he did it while his Time Lord mind was entirely suppressed and he believed that he was human.
* Tested by the ''Series/MythBusters'' with firearms. For the record, bullets lose a lot of energy when they ricochet. The "three ricochets and kills the firer" myth they were working on was solidly Busted.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Pretty much the only possible way Warren Mears could've hit Tara Maclay with that stray shot.
* In ''Series/{{VIP}}'':
* Tested by the ''Series/MythBusters'' with firearms. For the record, bullets lose a lot of energy when they ricochet. The "three ricochets and kills the firer" myth they were working on was solidly Busted.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Pretty much the only possible way Warren Mears could've hit Tara Maclay with that stray shot.
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* The Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho'' once threw {{Invoked|Trope}} In "Rivals" of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', a cricket ball, and it bounced around all over device has "changed the place. Admittedly the effect bordered on a RubeGoldbergDevice instead balance of luck in different rooms": Chief O'Brien demonstrates this trope, but it probably still counts. Not only that, but he did it while his Time Lord mind was entirely suppressed and he believed that he was human.
* Testedby throwing a ball in a completely random direction in the ''Series/MythBusters'' with firearms. For holodeck. It bounces off the record, bullets lose a lot of energy when they ricochet. The "three ricochets and kills the firer" myth they were working on was solidly Busted.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Pretty much the only possible way Warren Mears could've hit Tara Maclay with that stray shot.
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* {{Invoked|Trope}} In "Rivals" of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', a device has "changed the balance of luck in different rooms": Chief O'Brien demonstrates this by throwing a ball in a completely random direction in the holodeck. It bounces off the walls several times before returning to O'Brien's raised hand.
* In the pilot of ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' Hicks is faced with someone using a HumanShield, so he uses his Alpha ability to bounce a bullet off a sign behind them.
* In ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', Major Winters was hit in the ankle by a ricochet. The Medic that pulled the bullet out even said he was lucky it was a a ricochet, since the 7.92mm Mauser bullet could have just as easily taken his foot off. It was no comfort since he would be limping the rest of the battle.
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* In ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', Major Winters was hit
* In the movie-editing minigame at the end of the first chapter of ''Make It Big In Hollywood'' the hero's bullet ricochets off a broken wagon, a blacksmith's sign and a windmill before hitting the saloon sign, causing the latter to drop on top of the bad guys.
* Demonstrated to a hilariously impossible extent in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O21hrwDbezk this]] video of a Source mod by Jimbomcb, wherein the bullet ricochets off the ceiling and floor repeatedly, losing no momentum from the impacts, resulting in bullet impact decals in a pattern not unlike a spirograph.
* The original Atari home system came with a game simply called "Tank", where two players control tanks that fire missiles at each other. On some levels the missiles bounce, and intricate trick shots are possible.
* Demonstrated to a hilariously impossible extent in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O21hrwDbezk this]] video of a Source mod by Jimbomcb, wherein the bullet ricochets off the ceiling and floor repeatedly, losing no momentum from the impacts, resulting in bullet impact decals in a pattern not unlike a spirograph.
* The original Atari home system came with a game simply called "Tank", where two players control tanks that fire missiles at each other. On some levels the missiles bounce, and intricate trick shots are possible.
* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' has this as the overlooked special ability of the "Power Weapon" category of firearms. With a Ballistic Coprocessor hand cyberware piece, ricochet angles will be automatically calculated, and will aim-snap to targets, even when firing from the hip. Building up an intuition of "simple geometry" as the trope image caption entails can enable a player to ricochet easily and frequently on the fly, most commonly with a simple bounce off the ground. A modification for eye cyberware, the Trajectory Generator, can display ricochet trajectories for these weapons when aiming down sights for more complex ricochet shots, or serve as "training wheels" for building up the angle-eyeballing intuition.
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* During the final chapter of Creator/{{Sierra}}'s ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'', when Freddy accuses a villainous poker player of cheating locals out of their homes and businesses in card games, the guy pulls a gun on him, leading to a standoff in the saloon where the player must find ''something'' to ricochet their gun off of while taking cover behind a table. Aim wrong, and the bullet bounces all over the place and eventually kill an innocent bystander - but instead of issuing a GameOver for this (as one would normally expect from a Sierra adventure game), it rewinds the scene (ricochets and all) so the player can try again.
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* In the movie-editing minigame at the end of the first chapter of ''Make It Big In Hollywood'' the hero's bullet ricochets off a broken wagon, a blacksmith's sign and a windmill before hitting the saloon sign, causing the latter to drop on top of the bad guys.
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* ComicBook/MoonKnight's [[LimitBreak X-Treme attack]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' takes this UpToEleven. Basically, it's this trope combined with MoreDakka, turning the whole screen into a bouncing, ricocheting BulletHell for the enemies. Pretty much an [[GameBreaker instant boss-killer]] too, especially if it's used in an enclosed room.
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* ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'': the Mega Ball produces a small ball that, upon being shot or slid into, launches at an angle and bounces off of walls. The weapon also appears in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' as one of Mega Man's moves, where it functions the same way (albeit bouncing off of the sides of the screen).
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'': the Mega Ball produces a small ball that, upon being shot or slid into, launches at an angle and bounces off of walls. The weapon also appears in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' as one of Mega Man's moves, where it functions the same way (albeit bouncing off of the sides of the screen).
* ComicBook/MoonKnight's [[LimitBreak X-Treme attack]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' takes this UpToEleven. Basically, it's this trope combined with MoreDakka, turning the whole screen into a bouncing, ricocheting BulletHell for the enemies. Pretty much an [[GameBreaker instant boss-killer]] too, especially if it's used in an enclosed room.
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* Demonstrated to a hilariously impossible extent in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O21hrwDbezk this]] video of a Source mod by Jimbomcb, wherein the bullet ricochets off the ceiling and floor repeatedly, losing no momentum from the impacts, resulting in bullet impact decals in a pattern not unlike a spirograph.
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* Demonstrated During the final chapter of Creator/{{Sierra}}'s ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'', when Freddy accuses a villainous poker player of cheating locals out of their homes and businesses in card games, the guy pulls a gun on him, leading to a hilariously impossible extent standoff in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O21hrwDbezk this]] video the saloon where the player must find ''something'' to ricochet their gun off of while taking cover behind a Source mod by Jimbomcb, wherein table. Aim wrong, and the bullet ricochets off bounces all over the ceiling place and floor repeatedly, losing no momentum eventually kill an innocent bystander - but instead of issuing a GameOver for this (as one would normally expect from a Sierra adventure game), it rewinds the impacts, resulting in bullet impact decals in a pattern not unlike a spirograph.scene (ricochets and all) so the player can try again.
* A game before ''Super Mario Land'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' has Wendy O. Koopa's bracelets act as a pinball projectile, bouncing off the walls and floors. Unlike the previous bosses, these take longer to despawn.
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* A game before ''Super Mario Land'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' has Wendy O. Koopa's bracelets act as a pinball projectile, bouncing off the walls and floors. Unlike the previous bosses, these take longer to despawn.
* The original Atari home system came with a game simply called "Tank", where two players control tanks that fire missiles at each other. On some levels the missiles bounce, and intricate trick shots are possible.
* The original Atari home system came with a game simply called "Tank", where two players control tanks that fire missiles at each other. On some levels the missiles bounce, and intricate trick shots are possible.
* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' features the [[https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Cedo Cedo]], a magazine-fed automatic shotgun with the unique property of an alternate fire mode, launching a glaive that ricochets off walls, floors, and enemies to cover its victims in horrible miasmas that load them down with debilitating status effects. A single glaive can bounce between half a dozen victims and ruin everyone's day accordingly.
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* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' has this as the overlooked special ability of the "Power Weapon" category of firearms. With a Ballistic Coprocessor hand cyberware piece, ricochet angles will be automatically calculated, and will aim-snap to targets, even when firing from the hip. Building up an intuition of "simple geometry" as the trope image caption entails can enable a player to ricochet easily and frequently on the fly, most commonly with a simple bounce off the ground. A modification for eye cyberware, the Trajectory Generator, can display ricochet trajectories for these weapons when aiming down sights for more complex ricochet shots, or serve as "training wheels" for building up the angle-eyeballing intuition.
* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' features the [[https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Cedo Cedo]], a magazine-fed automatic shotgun with the unique property of an alternate fire mode, launching a glaive that ricochets off walls, floors, and enemies to cover its victims in horrible miasmas that load them down with debilitating status effects. A single glaive can bounce between half a dozen victims and ruin everyone's day accordingly.
* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' features the [[https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Cedo Cedo]], a magazine-fed automatic shotgun with the unique property of an alternate fire mode, launching a glaive that ricochets off walls, floors, and enemies to cover its victims in horrible miasmas that load them down with debilitating status effects. A single glaive can bounce between half a dozen victims and ruin everyone's day accordingly.
* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' has this happen in ''Red VS Blue'' courtesy of [[TeamKiller Caboose]] that nails [[BoomHeadshot Donut in the head]], along with Agent Texas, Tucker and Church.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' has this as two of its many (many) awesome moments.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' has this as two of its many (many) awesome moments.
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* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' has this happen in ''Red VS Blue'' courtesy of [[TeamKiller Caboose]] that nails [[BoomHeadshot Donut in the head]], along with Agent Texas, Tucker and Church.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' has this as two of its many (many) awesome moments.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' has this as two of its many (many) awesome moments.
* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': An accidental example when [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2945 Sidney reactivates]] her DeflectorShield just as an alien monster fires on a building close to her and a piece of shrapnel grazes her cheek. Problem is, the fast-moving shrapnel is still inside the shield when it erects, ricocheting inside the barrier until it hits Sydney in the gut.
* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'' had Cerise summoning a venomous [[SpikeShooter stinger-shooting]] giant bee [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/giant_bee during a fight]] with Skye and Tiffany seeking revenge. Tiffany being a BadassNormal type, she paddled the thing away. Because the stinger on its way out accidentally hit her previous summon, Cerise instead of a deserved beating receives praise, as the other girls thought she ''planned'' this. Melissa comments this with "You are the luckiest bitch alive".
* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'' had Cerise summoning a venomous [[SpikeShooter stinger-shooting]] giant bee [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/giant_bee during a fight]] with Skye and Tiffany seeking revenge. Tiffany being a BadassNormal type, she paddled the thing away. Because the stinger on its way out accidentally hit her previous summon, Cerise instead of a deserved beating receives praise, as the other girls thought she ''planned'' this. Melissa comments this with "You are the luckiest bitch alive".
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* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'' had Cerise summoning a venomous [[SpikeShooter stinger-shooting]] giant bee [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/giant_bee during a fight]] with Skye and Tiffany seeking revenge. Tiffany being a BadassNormal type, she paddled the thing away. Because the stinger on its way out accidentally hit her previous summon, Cerise instead of a deserved beating receives praise, as the other girls thought she ''planned'' this. Melissa comments this with "You are the luckiest bitch alive".
* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': An accidental example when [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2945 Sidney reactivates]] her DeflectorShield just as an alien monster fires on a building close to her and a piece of shrapnel grazes her cheek. Problem is, the fast-moving shrapnel is still inside the shield when it erects, ricocheting inside the barrier until it hits Sydney in the gut.
* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': An accidental example when [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2945 Sidney reactivates]] her DeflectorShield just as an alien monster fires on a building close to her and a piece of shrapnel grazes her cheek. Problem is, the fast-moving shrapnel is still inside the shield when it erects, ricocheting inside the barrier until it hits Sydney in the gut.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E2TheCrystallingPart2 The Crystalling - Part Two]]", the baby alicorn Flurry Heart keeps firing off uncontrolled blasts of energy, and an especially unfortunate one ends up ricocheting off Rarity's hand mirror, Shining Armor's defensive shield, Starlight Glimmer's protective bubble, and burning a big old hole through Twilight's MacGuffin book.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': In "The Mask of Matches Malone!", Huntress (who is [[UnwillingSuspension dangling from a crane]] and being lowered into a SharkPool), fires her crossbow and ricochets her bolt off several objects so it rips the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E2TheCrystallingPart2 The Crystalling - Part Two]]", gag off Black Canary's mouth.
* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in thebaby alicorn Flurry Heart keeps firing WesternAnimation/BugsBunny short, ''WesternAnimation/WildAndWoollyHare''. After explaining to Yosemite Sam how his next shot was going to bounce off uncontrolled blasts of energy, about half the town's buildings before coming back into the room and an especially unfortunate one ends up ricocheting off Rarity's hand mirror, Shining Armor's defensive shield, Starlight Glimmer's protective bubble, and burning a big old hole through Twilight's MacGuffin book.part Sam's hair right down the middle, Bugs fires. It does ''exactly'' what he said it would, including splitting Sam's hat in half during the parting of his hair.
* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in the
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E2TheCrystallingPart2 The Crystalling - Part Two]]", the baby alicorn Flurry Heart keeps firing off uncontrolled blasts of energy, and an especially unfortunate one ends up ricocheting off Rarity's hand mirror, Shining Armor's defensive shield, Starlight Glimmer's protective bubble, and burning a big old hole through Twilight's MacGuffin book.
* Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Eclipse Lake", where the AntiMagic properties of [[GiantCorpseWorld the Titan's]] veins cause projectile spells to continuously bounce off of them until they hit something that isn't resistant or run out of energy.
* Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Eclipse Lake", where the AntiMagic properties of [[GiantCorpseWorld the Titan's]] veins cause projectile spells to continuously bounce off of them until they hit something that isn't resistant or run out of energy.
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* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny short, ''WesternAnimation/WildAndWoollyHare''. After explaining to Yosemite Sam how his next shot was going to bounce off about half the town's buildings before coming back into the room and part Sam's hair right down the middle, Bugs fires. It does ''exactly'' what he said it would, including splitting Sam's hat in half during the parting of his hair.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': In "The Mask of Matches Malone!", Huntress (who is [[UnwillingSuspension dangling from a crane]] and being lowered into a SharkPool), fires her crossbow and ricochets her bolt off several objects so it rips the gag off Black Canary's mouth.
* Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Eclipse Lake", where the AntiMagic properties of [[GiantCorpseWorld the Titan's]] veins cause projectile spells to continuously bounce off of them until they hit something that isn't resistant or run out of energy.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': In "The Mask of Matches Malone!", Huntress (who is [[UnwillingSuspension dangling from a crane]] and being lowered into a SharkPool), fires her crossbow and ricochets her bolt off several objects so it rips the gag off Black Canary's mouth.
* Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Eclipse Lake", where the AntiMagic properties of [[GiantCorpseWorld the Titan's]] veins cause projectile spells to continuously bounce off of them until they hit something that isn't resistant or run out of energy.
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To pull this off intentionally means you're either TheGunslinger or an exceptional (and highly unrealistic) instance of the ArcherArchetype; pulling it off accidentally makes you [[BornLucky incredibly lucky]]. This is often a characteristic of the PrecisionGuidedBoomerang, though returning to the wielder is not necessary. You may find one in a TrickShotPuzzle.
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To pull this off intentionally means you're either TheGunslinger or an exceptional (and highly unrealistic) instance of the ArcherArchetype; MasterArcher; pulling it off accidentally makes you [[BornLucky incredibly lucky]]. This is often a characteristic of the PrecisionGuidedBoomerang, though returning to the wielder is not necessary. You may find one in a TrickShotPuzzle.
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* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', Robin pulls this off by shooting an arrow that had gone off course with another arrow, correcting the trajectory of the first arrow and sending it straight into the bullseye, Robin Hooding the one that was already in there. Trigger, one of the Sheriff's vulture lackeys, does the accidental version a couple of times with his crossbow. Apparently even when the safety is on (or when he thinks that the safety was on his crossbow). In the final shot of the movie he attempts to "present arms", it goes off, and the bolt bounces around before hitting one of the hearts on Robin Hood's wedding carriage.
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* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', Robin pulls this off by shooting an arrow that had gone off course with another arrow, correcting the trajectory of the first arrow and sending it straight into the bullseye, Robin Hooding the one that was already in there. Trigger, one of the Sheriff's vulture lackeys, does the accidental version a couple of times with his crossbow. Apparently even when the safety is on (or when he thinks that the safety was on his crossbow). In the final shot of the movie he attempts to "present arms", it goes off, and the bolt bounces around before hitting one of the hearts on Robin Hood's wedding carriage.
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* Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Eclipse Lake", where the AntiMagic properties of [[GiantCorpseWorld the Titan's]] veins cause projectile spells to continuously bounce off of them until they hit something that isn't resistant.
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* Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Eclipse Lake", where the AntiMagic properties of [[GiantCorpseWorld the Titan's]] veins cause projectile spells to continuously bounce off of them until they hit something that isn't resistant.resistant or run out of energy.
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* {{Zigzagged|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroop-A-Long''. Ricochet Rabbit himself bounced off of objects; his bullets did things such as hover in midair and produce a mallet to conk the villain.
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* {{Zigzagged|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroop-A-Long''. Ricochet Rabbit himself bounced bounces off of objects; his bullets did do things such as hover in midair and produce a mallet to conk the villain.
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* {{Zigzagged|Trope}}in ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroop-A-Long''. Ricochet Rabbit himself bounced off of objects; his bullets did things such as hover in midair and produce a mallet to conk the villain.
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* {{Zigzagged|Trope}}in {{Zigzagged|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroop-A-Long''. Ricochet Rabbit himself bounced off of objects; his bullets did things such as hover in midair and produce a mallet to conk the villain.
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* {{Zigzagged|Trope}}in ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroop-A-Long''. Ricochet Rabbit himself bounced off of objects; his bullets did things such as hover in midair and produce a mallet to conk the villain.
