History Main / ShootTheBullet

** Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam: Uso Evin defends himself by intercepting Katejina's beam rifle while he is fighting [[CharClone Chronocle Asher]] for the last time.

* In ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' this is tried twice, but doesn't succeed in either case. However, at the end of Season 2 [[spoiler:the Tachikomas manage to hit a submarine-launched nuclear missile with a satellite they've knocked out of orbit, thereby saving the day (and sacrificing their lives/existence, as their AIs were stored on that satellite]].

* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''

** Done by the 'Doctor' of all people in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E15Workforce Workforce]]". Of course, he's in his Emergency Command Hologram mode at the time and thus has access to the tactical and strategic database instead of his normal medical one. When being chased by two enemy ships, he fires a torpedo backwards and then [[ShootingAtYourOwnProjectiles shoots it with a phaser]] as it passes between them. The resulting shockwave disables the enemy ships. He notes that this was first done by a Romulan commander in such-and-such battle.

** Done by the ''Doctor'', of all "people" in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E15Workforce Workforce]]". Of course, he's in his Emergency Command Hologram mode at the time and thus has access to the tactical and strategic database instead of his normal medical one. When being chased by two enemy ships, he fires a torpedo backwards and then [[ShootingAtYourOwnProjectiles shoots it with a phaser]] as it passes between them. The resulting shockwave disables the enemy ships. He notes that this was first done by a Romulan commander in such-and-such battle.

** During the shootout in the New Turin Nuclear Plant, Triela uses her Winchester Trench Gun to deflect a hand grenade thrown at her. This one is more justified than most as that model of shotgun was used for exactly that purpose by US soldiers during World War One.

* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. When a terrorist fires an anti-tank rocket at the car she's riding in, cyborg girl Petra fires a burst from her submachine gun at the oncoming warhead; one of the bullets hits a guiding fin and sends the rocket off course.

** In Season 5, Prometheus is able to save himself from Oliver's arrow by splitting it in half with a shuriken. In the season finale Oliver does the same, using a shuriken to split an arrow fired by ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul at a third party.

* On ''{{Series/Alphas}}'' Hicks' control over his Alpha powers grows to the point that he can do it with pistol rounds.
* ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}''
** In "Crucible", a gangbanger is [[VillainRespect impressed]] with how Oliver Queen and the Black Canary are taking down men armed with automatic rifles with just a bow and staff but adds, "Can your weapons do this?" and fires a grenade launcher at them. Oliver then explodes the 40mm grenade with an arrow before it reaches them.
** In the cross-over ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'', Oliver's doppelgänger from Earth X fires an arrow at Harrison Wells; Oliver, who was about to shoot him, quickly fires and intercepts the arrow with his.

*** The Rogolon are a ProudWarriorRace that believes actively defending against enemy attacks is dishonorable, so their ships have tough armor to tank enemy fire but no interception abilities. When the Centauri invaded to bypass Orieni defenses during the Centauri-Orieni War, [[CurbStompBattle the Rogolon fleet was even less effective that it should have been due the technological disparity and facing hardened veterans]].
* Done in the "Modern Warfare" (1.23) episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'', this gets [[spoiler:Britta and Chang]] out when their paintballs collide in midair, spraying them both with paint.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution "Resolution"]], a tank fires a shell at [[spoiler:a Dalek recon scout]] in makeshift "junkyard chic" armour. It responds by firing its own missile, which first knocks the shell off-course before going on to blow up the tank.
* ''Series/GetSmart'' had the anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-missile-missile, which was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
** That's just silly. [[Webcomic/SchlockMercenary We all know]] that there must be only one more "anti" than "missile" or nothing happens. Clearly, ''Get Smart'' had the anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-missile-missile-missile-missile.

* ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' tested a version of this. They found that it would be impossible to do deliberately, even with perfect aim and perfect timing, because the time lag between pulling the trigger and the bullet firing is unpredictable. They did find, however, that two Minié balls would fuse together if they did collide, and it might have happened by accident given the volley fire tactics of the period the Minié came from.
* Done (and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d[[note]] "You shot their damn bullets out of the air!"[[/note]]) in the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Gunmen of the Apocalypse", within an artificial reality environment where Cat is (Music sting!) ''The Riviera Kid!''. The [[HilariousOuttakes outtakes video]] features a montage of the many, many attempts to film the bullets falling out of the air. It takes [[OverlyLongGag several minutes]]…
* In ''Series/RoboCopPrimeDirectives'', a GunsAkimbo version of [=RoboCop=] is designed. When it's inevitably hijacked and sent against the real Murphy he's obviously outgunned. As [=RoboCable=] tries to shoot two of Murphy's friends, how does he get out of it? By shooting Cable's first bullet and causing it to ricochet the second off course as well.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': In "[[Recap/SmallvilleS02E02Heat Heat]]", when [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LivingAphrodisiac Desiree controls]] Jonathan into shooting Lex, Clark manages to save him by using his heat vision to destroy the bullet mid-flight.
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''
** Done by the ''Doctor'', of all "people" in "Workforce". Of course, he's in his Emergency Command Hologram mode at the time and thus has access to the tactical and strategic database instead of his normal medical one. When being chased by two enemy ships, he fires a torpedo backwards and then [[ShootingAtYourOwnProjectiles shoots it with a phaser]] as it passes between them. The resulting shockwave disables the enemy ships. He notes that this was first done by a Romulan commander in such-and-such battle.
** And in "Thirty Days" Tom Paris goes WellIntentionedExtremist and launches a missile at an UnderwaterCity, only to see it destroyed by a photon torpedo fired from Voyager in orbit.

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai''
** A standard part of [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger DekaRed's]] fighting style.

* In ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' this is tried twice, but doesn't succeed in either case.
** However, at the end of Season 2 [[spoiler:the Tachikomas manage to hit a submarine-launched nuclear missile with a satellite they've knocked out of orbit, thereby saving the day (and sacrificing their lives/existence, as their AIs were stored on that satellite]].