History Main / AttackReflector

** In the first ''Film/IronMan1'' movie, when Tony Stark uses the prototype Iron Man suit to escape from captivity, one of his captors shoots him point-blank in the head; the bullet ricochets off his helmet and strikes the shooter in the forehead.
** During [[LetsYouAndHimFight the fight between Iron Man and Thor]] in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', Iron Man's armor absorbs and returns the power from the lightning Thor sends his way.

* ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}'': One of Iji's weapons, the Resonance Reflector, does this for a split second. Time it right. This is also a useful way of remaining a TechnicalPacifist as (post v.1.6) kills by reflected enemy attacks do not count. This is also practically required against one boss.

** Orihime gains one of these after the {{Timeskip}} by combining both her defensive shield Santen Kesshun ''and'' her attack reflector Koten Sanshun, creating the Shiten Kosshun shield. As soon as it receives an attack, Shiten Koushun disperses the resultant force as a concentrated explosion that is automatically returned along the attack's opposing trajectory.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Armello}}'' there's the ''Reflect'' attribute which reflects a single attack back at the attacker. Magna's ability allows her to add Reflect to her burned shield cards.

* In ''VideoGame/MagicalBattleArena'', this is [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha's]] Block special, creating a barrier that reflects weak projectiles back at the attacker.
* ''{{VideoGame/Majesty}}'': Vampires can use a "magic mirror" spell, which temporarily causes any spells aimed at them from heroes or other units to bounce back to their users. It can also nullify player spells, but not reflect them.
* ''VideoGame/MasterOfOrion 2'' has two devices demonstrating this trope: Reflection Field gives a chance to turn incoming beam attacks back, and Energy Absorber [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin absorbs 1/4 of all damage inflicted to the ship]] then allows the equipped ship to fire the stored energy as a beam weapon in the next turn.

* In the Sega Genesis version of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', each character has the ability to reflect projectiles thrown by enemies. Most characters just swat it back. Some, like the Megazord and Dragonzord, use shields or barriers to reflect it.

* A staple of the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series. Not only can characters like [[EvilOverlord Shao Kahn]] and [[MagicalNativeAmerican Nightwolf]] perform special moves that reflect projectiles, [[ThatOneBoss Motaro]] does this by ''default'' in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}'', items with the "reflection" property (e.g. the shield of reflection) can reflect ray-based attacks, like magic missiles and {{death ray}}s, back at whoever fired them. [[spoiler:It's also the easiest way to deal with [[TakenForGranite Medusa]].]]

* AttackReflector/DungeonsAndDragons

* All of whom are probably inspired by Rugal's Dark Barrier from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''. Which also belonged to Athena Asamiya, who calls it ''Psycho Reflector''. Even more, up until KOF 98, a Psycho Reflector performed with Strong Kick could even be used ''as a direct attack''.

* In ''Manhwa/TheBreaker'', Kang-Sung can use his Tai Chi Reflection Technique to reflect attacks back on his attacker. Also, members of the Artists' Society have a similar technique called Ki Whirlwind that lets them turn their opponent's own strength and ki back at them, resulting in the opponent being thrown into the air or smashed into the nearest wall or ceiling.

* The Manhua adaptation of ''Literature/HeavenSwordAndDragonSabre'' had the main protagonist Zhang Wuji do this repeatedly thanks to his mastery of several martial arts styles. Altered Universe/Grand Universal Shift allows him to completely control the attacks of an opponent who is less skilled than he is. At one point, an opponent launched two palm strikes against Wuji, only for Wuji to parry them and re-direct them so that the opponent hit himself. Even more amazingly, Wuji aimed the reflected attacks so well that the opponent hit his own pressure points and paralyzed himself.

[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
* Perseus deflecting the [[TakenForGranite gaze of Medusa]] with a mirror shield, at least in one of the less-gruesome variants of the tale.
* Greenland Inuit traditions recount how a practitioner of witchcraft or shamanism might fabricate a monster called a ''tupilaq'' to set loose on an enemy's trail. If the enemy's own magic proved more powerful than its maker's, the ''tupilaq'' would switch targets and return to assault its creator instead.

** ''The Unknown Gods''.

** ''The Unknown Gods''. The deity Ostyed can cause any fire weapon (burning arrow, flaming sword, etc.) that hits him to return to the sender and inflict double normal damage.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''