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* In TheMovie of ''HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Harry does this to distract a basilisk.
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* In TheMovie of ''HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Harry does this to distract a basilisk.basilisk (it's blind, and hunts by sound).
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*Sly 2: Band of Thieves, has the alarm clock gadget as Sly, trigger bombs as Bentley, and other guards as Murray.
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* You can toss coins in the stealth game ''Augustus'', thought more often that not it would result in the guards running towards your hiding spot instead.
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* One of the gadgets Cate can equip for any mission in NoOneLivesForever is a few coins. That's all, just coins. Plain, ordinary currency. Not even enhanced in the usual ridiculous manner other common items are made into spy gadgets in this game. At first, it seems absurd that carrying a few coins in your pocket takes up an equipment slot that could be held by, say, lipstick grenades, until you see just how stupid the guards can be when a coin is chucked across the room...
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{{Ninja}}s call this "throwing the toothpick", [[OrSoIHeard or so it is said]].
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* A reccuring gag in ''{{Dragon Tails}}:'' involves Lemuel throwing rocks in the bushes to distract enemies. The targets found the sound to be distracting but never investigated the noise beyond standing and thinking about how annoying it is, opening a window of opportunity for the other dragons.
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* A reccuring recurring gag in ''{{Dragon Tails}}:'' involves Lemuel throwing rocks in the bushes to distract enemies. The targets found the sound to be distracting but never investigated the noise beyond standing and thinking about how annoying it is, opening a window of opportunity for the other dragons.
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* ''JonnyQuest'' TOS episode "The Dreadful Doll". Hadji throws a rock to distract Korbay so Jonny can free Race Bannon.
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** "The Dreadful Doll". Hadji throws a rock to distract Korbay so Jonny can free Race Bannon.
** ''Terror Island". Race Bannon throws a coin to distract some guards.
** "The Dreadful Doll". Hadji throws a rock to distract Korbay so Jonny can free Race Bannon.
** ''Terror Island". Race Bannon throws a coin to distract some guards.
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* ''SplinterCell'' has this in spades, allowing you to pick up items for no other purpose than to throw them and distract the enemies. However, the AI is smart enough to register no only the point of impact, but also the trajectory they have seen, therefore, doing the same thing as on the image above would actually make any guard run towards you.
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* ''SplinterCell'' has this in spades, allowing you to pick up items for no other purpose than to throw them and distract the enemies. However, the AI is smart enough to register no not only the point of impact, but also the trajectory they have seen, therefore, doing the same thing as on the image above would actually make any guard run towards you.you.
** Even if they ''don't'' find you, they'll be more vigilant.
** Even if they ''don't'' find you, they'll be more vigilant.
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* In Kieslowski's "Dekalog", part VII, Majka, while hiding behind a wall, throws a small wooden ball down the stairs, thus distracting an old woman watching over the entrance to the back of the stage.
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* Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie has the heroes distract a patrolling Beholder -- a creature covered in eyes -- with a thrown rock. Note, this might actually be plausable since the majority of beholders are insane.
* Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie has the heroes distract a patrolling Beholder -- a creature covered in eyes -- with a thrown rock. Note, this might actually be plausable since the majority of beholders are insane.
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Subtrope of TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Closely related to SoMuchForStealth, in which this is done by accident and alerts every guard to your presence. Both tropes depend on guards being incredibly sensitive to noise, even though ItsProbablyNothing. See also GoFetch when this is done with an AngryGuardDog or any other sort of animal. Not to be confused with CatScare.
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Subtrope of TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Closely related to SoMuchForStealth, in which where this is done by accident and alerts every guard to your presence. Both tropes depend on guards being incredibly sensitive to noise, even though ItsProbablyNothing. See also GoFetch when this is done with an AngryGuardDog or any other sort of animal. Not to be confused with CatScare.
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Easy: you pick up a rock and toss it past him. When it lands, the noise will catch his attention, and he'll go to investigate, giving you ample time to slip past. This trick is what we call ThrowingTheDistraction.
A SubTrope of TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Related to SoMuchForStealth, in which this is done by accident and alerts every guard to your presence. Both tropes depend on guards being incredibly sensitive to noise, even though ItsProbablyNothing. See also GoFetch when this is done with an AngryGuardDog or any other sort of animal. Not to be confused with CatScare.
A SubTrope of TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Related to SoMuchForStealth, in which this is done by accident and alerts every guard to your presence. Both tropes depend on guards being incredibly sensitive to noise, even though ItsProbablyNothing. See also GoFetch when this is done with an AngryGuardDog or any other sort of animal. Not to be confused with CatScare.
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Easy: you pick up a rock and toss it past him. When it lands, the noise will catch his attention, and he'll go to investigate, giving you ample time to slip past. This trick is what we call ThrowingTheDistraction.
Throwing The Distraction.
ASubTrope subtrope of TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Related to SoMuchForStealth, in which this is done by accident and alerts every guard to your presence. Both tropes depend on guards being incredibly sensitive to noise, even though ItsProbablyNothing. See also GoFetch when this is done with an AngryGuardDog or any other sort of animal. Not to be confused with CatScare.
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A SubTrope of TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Related to SoMuchForStealth, in which this is done by accident and alerts every guard to your presence. Both tropes depend on guards being incredibly sensitive to noise; see ItsProbablyNothing. See also GoFetch when this is done with an AngryGuardDog or any other sort of animal.
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A SubTrope of TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Related to SoMuchForStealth, in which this is done by accident and alerts every guard to your presence. Both tropes depend on guards being incredibly sensitive to noise; see noise, even though ItsProbablyNothing. See also GoFetch when this is done with an AngryGuardDog or any other sort of animal.
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A SubTrope of TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Related to SoMuchForStealth, in which this is done by accident and alerts every guard to your presence. Both tropes depend on guards being incredibly sensitive to noise; contrast see ItsProbablyNothing. See also GoFetch when this is done with an AngryGuardDog or any other sort of animal.
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A SubTrope of TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Related to SoMuchForStealth, in which this is done by accident and has the opposite effect. Both tropes depend on guards being incredibly sensitive to noise; see ItsProbablyNothing. See also GoFetch when this is done with an AngryGuardDog or any other sort of animal.
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A SubTrope of TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Related to SoMuchForStealth, in which this is done by accident and has the opposite effect. alerts every guard to your presence. Both tropes depend on guards being incredibly sensitive to noise; see contrast ItsProbablyNothing. See also GoFetch when this is done with an AngryGuardDog or any other sort of animal.
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A SubTrope of TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Related to SoMuchForStealth, in which this is done by accident. accident and has the opposite effect. Both tropes depend on guards being incredibly sensitive to noise; for the opposite, see ItsProbablyNothing. See also GoFetch when this is done with an AngryGuardDog or any other sort of animal.
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A SubTrope of TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Related to SoMuchForStealth, in which this is done by accident and has accident. Both tropes depend on guards being incredibly sensitive to noise; for the opposite result.opposite, see ItsProbablyNothing. See also GoFetch when this is done with an AngryGuardDog or any other sort of animal.
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A subtrope SubTrope of TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Related to SoMuchForStealth, in which this is done by accident and has the opposite result.
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* In Kieslowski's "Dekalog", part VII, Majka, while hiding behind a wall, throws a small wooden ball down the stairs, thus distracting an old woman watching over the entrance to the back of the stage.
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* A reccuring gag in ''{{Dragon Tails}}:'' involves Lemuel throwing rocks in the bushes to distract enemies. The targets found the sound to be distracting but never investigated the noise beyond standing and thinking about how annoying it is, opening a window of opportunity for the other dragons.
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[[caption-width:449:So simple, even a princess can do it.]]
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* In ''TheIncredibles'', Mr. Incredible uses the pebble tossing trick to lure guards away so he can sneak into Syndrome's lair.
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* In ''TheIncredibles'', Mr. Incredible uses beans a guard in the pebble tossing trick to lure head with a rock--all the other guards away so he can sneak into Syndrome's lair.nearby leave their post to look at the unconscious guard.
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* In ''SpiderAndWeb'', the protagonist throws a lockpick into a dead end to distract some guards. [[spoiler:Except that actually, it didn't happen quite like that.]]
* In ''SpiderAndWeb'', the protagonist throws a lockpick into a dead end to distract some guards. [[spoiler:Except that actually, it didn't happen quite like that.]]
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* The stealth game ''DeathToSpies'' allows you to do this with cutlery and dishes. The mini-map even shows you how far the sound travels.
* You can toss coins in the stealth game ''Augustus'', thought (OrSoIHeard) more often that not it would result in the guards running towards your hiding spot instead.
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* Subverted in Film/ThreeAmigos. One of the amigos throws a rock to distract a guard they're trying to sneak past, but accidentally hits the guard's head and knocks him out.
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* StarWars: ObiWan uses the force to pop a gasket to distract two guards, allowing him to sneak away from the tractor beam controls.
* In TheMovie of HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets, Harry does this to distract a basilisk.
* In TheMovie of HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets, Harry does this to distract a basilisk.
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* StarWars: ''StarWars'': ObiWan uses the force to pop a gasket to distract two guards, allowing him to sneak away from the tractor beam controls.
* In TheMovie ofHarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets, ''HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Harry does this to distract a basilisk.
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* In DoctorWho Series 4, the Doctor distracts a guard with a wind-up mouse. [[SubvertedTrope Almost as soon as he picks it up, he is knocked unconscious by]] [[OppositeSexClone the Doctor's cloned daughter]] Jenny. The Doctor is quick to call her out on what she's done.
* Used in "The Council part 1" episode of MissionImpossible, to draw someone away from a buried man that the team needed access to.
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* In DoctorWho ''DoctorWho'' Series 4, the Doctor distracts a guard with a wind-up mouse. [[SubvertedTrope Almost as soon as he picks it up, he is knocked unconscious by]] [[OppositeSexClone the Doctor's cloned daughter]] Jenny. The Doctor is quick to call her out on what she's done.
* Used in "The Council part 1" episode ofMissionImpossible, ''MissionImpossible'', to draw someone away from a buried man that the team needed access to.
* An episode of ''KungFu: The Legend Continues'' does this -- earlier, Kwai Chang is showing Peter how to blow a candle out using the gust of air from a palm strike. Later, when facing sentries in the woods, Peter sarcastically asks, "what are we going to, throw a rock and divert their attention?" as Kwai Chang performs a palm strike and rustles a bush instead to distract the guards.
* Used in "The Council part 1" episode of
* An episode of ''KungFu: The Legend Continues'' does this -- earlier, Kwai Chang is showing Peter how to blow a candle out using the gust of air from a palm strike. Later, when facing sentries in the woods, Peter sarcastically asks, "what are we going to, throw a rock and divert their attention?" as Kwai Chang performs a palm strike and rustles a bush instead to distract the guards.
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* In MetalGearSolid 2, you can throw empty ammo magazines to distract guards. The only way to get one is to fire all the bullets in a full mag, which isn't very useful in a stealth game.
** In fact, all MetalGear games have some sort of variant. Can even be done with grenades, but enemies will freeze in terror or take cover, depending on the soldier.
* The "distract" skill in WorldOfWarcraft.
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* [[SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]] demonstrates the technique perfectly in [[http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=1454 this]] BrawlInTheFamily (see the above picture).
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* Toyed with in the Ace Ventura Cartoon: Ace Ventura tries this by throwing a rock to distract the Burly Guard. The Guard looks over at the sound, ''turns to where the rock came from'' and shouts "I know you're over there and I'm coming to get you!" {{Oh Crap}}!
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* An episode of KungFuTheLegendContinues does this -- earlier, Kwai Chang is showing Peter how to blow a candle out using the gust of air from a palm strike. Later, when facing sentries in the woods, Peter sarcastically asks, "what are we going to, throw a rock and divert their attention?" as Kwai Chang performs a palm strike and rustles a bush instead to distract the guards.
* ''SpiderAndWeb'': The hero uses this at one point to get past a guard. [[spoiler:Actually, he didn't.]]
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* An episode of KungFuTheLegendContinues does this -- earlier, Kwai Chang is showing Peter how to blow a candle out using the gust of air from a palm strike. Later, when facing sentries in the woods, Peter sarcastically asks, "what are we going to, throw a rock and divert their attention?" as Kwai Chang performs a palm strike and rustles a bush instead to distract the guards.
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* Toyed with in the Ace Ventura Cartoon: Ace Ventura tries this by throwing a rock to distract the Burly Guard. The Guard looks over at the sound, ''turns to where the rock came from'' and shouts "I know you're over there and I'm coming to get you!" {{Oh Crap}}!
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* ''SpiderAndWeb'': The hero uses this at one point to get past a guard. [[spoiler:Actually, he didn't.]]
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* In ''TheIncredibles'', Mr. Incredible uses the pebble tossing trick to lure guards away so he can sneak into Syndrome's lair.
* In ''TheIronGiant'', Hogart throws a penny into the kitchen to divert mom's attention away while he sneaks out one of the Giant's hands, which has detached and is wandering around the house. The penny knocks over the spice rack by accident.
* In ''TheIronGiant'', Hogart throws a penny into the kitchen to divert mom's attention away while he sneaks out one of the Giant's hands, which has detached and is wandering around the house. The penny knocks over the spice rack by accident.
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* During a StealthBasedMission in ''TheLegendOfZelda: SpiritTracks'', Link must invoke this trope to distract one guard who doesn't turn around when spoken to. What the guard says when spoken to would probably make a perfect page quote, but I don't remember it exactly and I can't be bothered to look it up.
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* During a StealthBasedMission in ''TheLegendOfZelda: SpiritTracks'', Link must invoke this trope to distract one guard who doesn't turn around when spoken to. What the guard says when spoken to would probably make a perfect is immortalized above as the page quote, but I don't remember it exactly and I can't be bothered to look it up.quote.
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-->"The first rule of patrol duty is vigilance, even when people are talking to you. Furthermore, if you hear any suspicious sounds, investigate them at once. Only once you can do these things on instinct will you be a true watchman!"
--->-Anonymous guard, ''TheLegendOfZelda: SpiritTracks''
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Easy: you pick up a rock and toss it past him. When it lands, the noise will catch his attention, and he'll go to investigate, giving you ample time to slip past. This trick is what we call ThrowingTheDistraction.
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* Very early on in ''ToyStory2'', Al does this with a skateboard. Justified in that it does create an audible crash, and the person he's distracting (Andy's mother) isn't a highly trained guard.
* Subverted in Film/ThreeAmigos. One of the amigos throws a rock to distract a guard they're trying to sneak past, but accidentally hits the guard's head and knocks him out.
* In ''Bolt'', Penny (the character on the show) likes to roll an actual penny into the field of vision of whomever she's trying to sidestep. Eventually, Bolt (in reality) would try the same trick - yes, it really does work.
* StarWars: ObiWan uses the force to pop a gasket to distract two guards, allowing him to sneak away from the tractor beam controls.
* In TheMovie of HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets, Harry does this to distract a basilisk.
* ''TheGunsOfNavarone''. Andrea and Mallory have reached the top of the cliff, but there's a German sentry guarding it. Mallory tosses a piton to distract the guard. A variant because they end up killing the guard. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vo_B8RYSj4 here, starting at 2:10]].
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* {{Subverted}} in ''Magicians of {{Gor}}'': Tarl throws a stone and the guy he's trying to draw away from his position turns towards him - he's GenreSavvy too.
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* In DoctorWho Series 4, the Doctor distracts a guard with a wind-up mouse. [[SubvertedTrope Almost as soon as he picks it up, he is knocked unconscious by]] [[OppositeSexClone the Doctor's cloned daughter]] Jenny. The Doctor is quick to call her out on what she's done.
* Used in "The Council part 1" episode of MissionImpossible, to draw someone away from a buried man that the team needed access to.
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* During a StealthBasedMission in ''TheLegendOfZelda: SpiritTracks'', Link must invoke this trope to distract one guard who doesn't turn around when spoken to. What the guard says when spoken to would probably make a perfect page quote, but I don't remember it exactly and I can't be bothered to look it up.
* In the first mission of ''Hitman: Blood Money", you're encouraged to toss a coin to distract some guards.
* In MetalGearSolid 2, you can throw empty ammo magazines to distract guards. The only way to get one is to fire all the bullets in a full mag, which isn't very useful in a stealth game.
** In fact, all MetalGear games have some sort of variant. Can even be done with grenades, but enemies will freeze in terror or take cover, depending on the soldier.
* The "distract" skill in WorldOfWarcraft.
* ''SplinterCell'' has this in spades, allowing you to pick up items for no other purpose than to throw them and distract the enemies. However, the AI is smart enough to register no only the point of impact, but also the trajectory they have seen, therefore, doing the same thing as on the image above would actually make any guard run towards you.
* ''{{Thief}}'' likewise has throwable objects. It also has noisemaker arrows, which do just that: cause a lot of noise upon impact.
* Can be done in DeusEx, as pointed out in the training mission by Anna Navarre.
* You can do this in ''BeyondGoodAndEvil'' with the disk-launcher, but the [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy guards are so stupid]] it's usually easier to just walk slowly around them.
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* [[SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]] demonstrates the technique perfectly in [[http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=1454 this]] BrawlInTheFamily (see the above picture).
* Subverted humorously in ''{{Goblins}}:'' the GAP try to distract the Brassmoon City gate guards my throwing a rock, but instead of going to investigate the noise, one of them shouts "Someone's throwing rocks at us from the woods!"
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* Toyed with in the Ace Ventura Cartoon: Ace Ventura tries this by throwing a rock to distract the Burly Guard. The Guard looks over at the sound, ''turns to where the rock came from'' and shouts "I know you're over there and I'm coming to get you!" {{Oh Crap}}!
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* An episode of KungFuTheLegendContinues does this -- earlier, Kwai Chang is showing Peter how to blow a candle out using the gust of air from a palm strike. Later, when facing sentries in the woods, Peter sarcastically asks, "what are we going to, throw a rock and divert their attention?" as Kwai Chang performs a palm strike and rustles a bush instead to distract the guards.
* ''SpiderAndWeb'': The hero uses this at one point to get past a guard. [[spoiler:Actually, he didn't.]]
