History Main / WronskiFeint

* Appears in the movie of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''. It helps that [[spoiler:the Red Death's wings were shot full of holes so it ''can't'' pull up]].

* In ''ComicBook/AthenaVoltaire'', Athena seems to favor this tactic for disposing of attackers. The fight in ''The Brotherhood of Shambala'' is typical; she's out-gunned by two Japanese fighter planes, but thanks to being a better pilot, is able to arrange matters so that one fails to pull out of a dive and hits a river, while another doesn't turn quickly enough to avoid a cliff.
* Played with in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' #104 (Oct. 1972) - Quicksilver runs full-speed into a wall while being chased by a Sentinel. The Sentinel thinks that he is playing this trope. He wasn't--instead, he was gambling that he would survive hitting the wall at speed, but the far more massive Sentinel wouldn't.
* In ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'', Superman pulls this when being chased by "icon jockeys" (superhero wannabes who, thanks to 853rd century science, can buy temporary powers) who think he's a Bizarro.
* In ''ComicBook/TheDesertPeach'', Rosen does this to a pursuing British pilot. Rosen's in a Stuka--a dive bomber that's made to deal with the G-forces and stresses of pulling up out of a very steep dive--and the British pursuer ''isn't.'' TruthInTelevision; see RealLife below.
* In "The Power of Point Dread" (a ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' pack-in minicomic), He-Man manages to defeat Skeletor, who was piloting the faster and more heavily-armed Talon Fighter, and Beast-Man who is using the guns of Point Dread itself by taking advantage of the superior maneuverability to the Wind Raider to slam the Talon Fighter ''into'' Point Dread itself.
* This is essentially done a few times in ''ComicBook/SinCity'' in which a character lures one or more cop cars into Old Town where cops are not allowed. This ends with the cops turning and leaving... usually. The cop cars unfortunate enough to land in the neighborhood get blasted apart.

* In ''ComicBook/TraggAndTheSkyGods'' #9, Tragg is attacked by a [[FossilRevival reanimated T. rex skeleton]]. He defeats it by tricking it into chasing him and then lures it the edge of a cliff. He jumps off and the skeleton follows him. He lands on a small ledge and the skeleton plunges into the sea.
* ''Franchise/XMen'': [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel/Archangel]] often performs this on his enemies. While Warren isn't nearly as fast as most airborne people in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, he is ''far'' more agile, and sometimes it's hard to see the incoming wall with those big wings in your vision...

* The good guys fall for this in ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot''. Two web creatures on a collision course going around the Principal office, each followed by half a dozen CPUs. Web creatures escape, all CPU's crash and explode.

* Played with in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersLostLight''. Cyclonus is being chased by [[spoiler: Star Saber]], both of whom are in jet modes, only for Cyclonus to suddenly transformer into robot mode and use his {{BFS}} and [[spoiler: Star Saber's]] momentum to slice [[spoiler: Star Saber]] [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe in half]] from nose to tail.

* In the ''Series/{{Stingray|1964}}'' episode "The Man from the Navy", the titular super-sub is being used as the target vessel for a new underwater homing missile. In all previous tests, ''Stingray'' hasn't been able to shake off the missile, so an annoyed and frustrated Troy Tempest charges at a large rock formation on the ocean floor, only veering off at the last second. The missile can't follow the insane turn and crashes into the rocks. Just as well, because [[spoiler:while the other missiles have been inert test rounds, this one has a live warhead courtesy of Titan's agent X20]].

* Anakin also pulls this in the newer series ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars.'' In "Cat and Mouse," Admiral Trench fires a few missiles from his dreadnought at Anakin's stealth ship, who then [[HoistByHisOwnPetard led the missiles right back to Trench's command bridge when it was unshielded]].

** Later on in the Namek arc, this is attempted by Goku as a way to hit Frieza using his own manually-directed Kienzan discs. Frieza nearly falls for it the first time but is obviously privy to the second attempt, despite the use of a smokescreen. It turns out to be a ruse as Goku predicted Frieza's dodge and pummels him as soon as he jumps into the air. Frieza is forced down into the ground and leaps back up... [[HoistByHisOwnPetard and then gets cut in half by the remaining disc]], which he lost track of.

* This is used in ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' when Daxter is accidentally testing a missile and must destroy the trailing heat seekers from his tail. While a majority of these are dealt with by 'flare defense' the last one is destroyed by pulling off a Wronski Feint with a giant statue of Daxter.

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* ''Webcomic/Angels2200'': Greykat uses some of the ship's external structure for this, in her [[http://www.janahoffmann.com/angels/2006/03/25/part-2-comic-23/ duel against Quetz]].