History Main / BulletCatch

* Film/{{Casshern }}''does this in the 2004 live action movie. With a cannon shell. Which he then crams into a robot's chest. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emYqURahUKI Holy shit.]]

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* Blog/ConstableFrozen's work [[http://constable-frozen.tumblr.com/post/120791176928/bang Bang]] has [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Anna]] catch a bullet. Elsa is merely bulletproof.
* [[http://what-if.xkcd.com/81/ This]] ''Blog/WhatIf'' article explains that this trope ''might'' be possible, provided you shoot the bullet upwards so that the bullet stops mid-air, and have a friend catch it there by flying with a hot-air balloon or something. DontTryThisAtHome, though; the falling bullet is ''dangerous''.

* Done in an over-the-top fashion purely for laughs in the [[ShowWithinAShow "Police Cops"]] pilot on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Detective Homer Simpson catches a bullet, then ''throws it back hard enough to wound the criminal'' who fired it. [[CatchPhrase And that's the end of that chapter.]]

* OlderThanRadio: A police detective in one of Creator/KalmanMikszath's short stories from the Slovak Relations anthology (1881), manages to trick a superstitious bandit, into believing that he used black magic to catch his bullets (in truth he had two bullets with him from the beginning, and the bandit missed two consecutive shots).
* The climax of ''[[Literature/TheGreatMerlini Death from a Top Hat]]'' is a performance of the bullet catch trick. The murderer tried to sabotage the trick to eliminate a potential witness against him (namely, the person performing the trick). Unfortunately for the murderer, the whole trick had been set up as a trap; among the additions was a trick shot specialist firing the gun with orders to miss. Merlini alludes to one of the stories in the RealLife folder at the end of ''The Footprints on the Ceiling''. He'd just been asked by the District Attorney to perform the Bullet Catch trick at the Policeman's Benefit Ball, and was worried about having an armed audience.

* In the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' novel "Interference", the character of I.M. Foreman catches a bullet fired at him in his teeth, claiming that he learned how to do that when he saw the trick on Earth; the Doctor's companion Sarah Jane Smith points out that nobody ''really'' catches bullets in their teeth, but Foreman simply muses that this explains why it took him so long to learn it.

* ''Series/SledgeHammer'''s father, Jack, was a carnival performer who had this as his greatest trick. He did it once. Years later, Sledge needed to learn the trick, and managed to pull it off successfully when shot at.
* In the pilot episode of ''Series/WarOfTheWorlds1988'' one of the Martians catches a grenade fired from an M203 launcher by Lt. Colonel Ironhorse. The Martian stares at it in puzzlement as Ironhorse (who doesn't realise he's fighting aliens) gapes in amazement, then the grenade explodes in his hand.
* During his debut episode in ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'', [=DekaBreak=] showed off his skills by catching a couple dozen bullets fired at him by the MonsterOfTheWeek in-hand. Similarly, Doggie Kruger has shown to be skilled at manipulating bullets in midair with his sword as [=DekaMaster=], first by catching then ''flinging'' a bullet shot at him at the fuse of an armed dynamite pack, saving the DamselInDistress the bomb was attached to; then by cutting down a good ''thousand'' bullets fired at him in such a way that they formed an "X" at his feet.
** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' reused the footage of the first two tricks, but they edited the bullets into [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms lasers]]. It didn't work too badly when [=DekaMaster's=] counterpart Shadow Ranger caught the blast on his sword and flung it at the death trap, but Omega Ranger ([=DekaBreak=]) dropping caught laser pellets at his feet came off kind of silly.
* In one episode of ''Series/TheNewAvengers'', the Russians had developed a super-martial arts training program which would enable those who survived to deflect bullets with their hands. The graduate did fairly well, but it turned out he could only deflect attacks from one direction at a time.
* ''Series/MythBusters'' tested the catch-a-bullet-in-your-teeth myth. [[spoiler:To say the myth was busted is an understatement. They couldn't even get close to ''theoretically'' doing it. Not only is human reaction time nowhere near fast enough to catch a bullet, but molars of a PIG (which are larger and stronger than our teeth) couldn't survive a bullet, so never mind the thin teeth at the front of your mouth which is where most magicians catch bullets.]]
** They also tested the variant of a ninja swatting away a bullet. Needless to say, it was busted. Human reaction time only gets the hand moving after the bullet has passed. Even if the hand somehow made contact, the bullet would still plow through the soft flesh and keep going into its target.
* On ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', arch-villain Sylar can use his telekinesis to freeze bullets in mid-air [[Film/TheMatrix Neo style]]. Although after he gained a superpowered HealingFactor, he generally [[TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort stopped bothering and just took the hits]].
* This used to happen every other episode on ''Series/{{Smallville}}''. {{Justified|Trope}} in that the show is about Clark Kent before he became Superman, and it only failed once, when his attacker was using [[AppliedPhlebotinum Kryptonite]] bullets.
* On ''Series/LoisAndClark'', this was Superman's preferred response to bullets, ''rather than'' showing off his classic ImmuneToBullets. (Actually more justified, since it avoided ricochet damage to bystanders.) Early on, he successfully intimidated Lex Luthor by firing a gun at him and catching the bullet before it hit him.
* On ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', the mysterious Observers demonstrate this ability.
** Which prompts the villain of Season 4 to create a high tech gun whose bullets can outspeed the Observers' reflexes, as [[spoiler:September]] finds out.
* Done by [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Jonathan Smith]] on ''Series/HighwayToHeaven'' when a would-be convenience store robber tries to shoot him.
* In ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' Raphael pulls this trick in nearly the exact same circumstances as the ''Highway to Heaven'' example above.
* It happens a couple of times in ''Series/TheTomorrowPeople2013'' as characters with highly developed telekinetic powers are able to stop bullets à la Neo in The Matrix.
* A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch about casting for the then-recent ''Superman'' movie had the casting agency believe that the actor playing Superman should actually be able to use his powers without special effects. One of the people trying out for the role gets killed while trying to perform the bullet catch scene, and it ends with the final candidate being repeatedly shot at because he keeps missing when trying to do it.

* On ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', Yo-yo (courtesy of her [[BulletTime powers]]) attempts this to save Mack from machine gun fire. Technically, she catches all of the bullets, with two of them ending up hitting her.
* PlayedForLaughs on ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'':
--> '''Brad Sherwood:''' Today, we're going to show you how to catch a bullet. ''(pretends to get shot and goes down)''
* ''[[Series/WonderWoman1975 Wonder Woman]]'': In "Death in Disguise", [[BigBad Nightingale]] fires a small cannon on his desk that is unexpectedly a real weapon at Wonder Woman. She catches the bullet-sized cannon ball.

* Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "Paradise" mentions this trope by name: "When she was a girl/She expected the world/But it flew away from her reach/And the bullets catch in her teeth."

* Characters in TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} can do this if they have Enhanced Time sense. With great difficulty they can deflect ''lasers''.
* One of the sidebar mini-stories from the ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'' game involves someone with enhanced reflexes doing just this. The storyteller mentioned that he had to get a cyberhand afterwards, but he figured the guy would be getting drinks off that story till the end of time.
* This is one of the things an ''TabletopGame/{{Aberrant}}'' character can do with a high enough [=MegaDexterity=] attribute.

* Optional in ''TabletopGame/BigEyesSmallMouth''. Two abilities, Deflection and Reflection respectively, allow a character to catch or deflect any incoming missile, and subsequently fire it back at the attacker that initially launched/threw/fired it. The mechanics don't specify what sorts of attacks can and can't be deflected, leaving it up to the GM's discretion.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'', a short story involved a bounty hunter who was contemplating that he saw two acts right out of legend in a row. He got egged into shooting a [[SupernaturalMartialArts Physical Adept]] who caught his bullet, and then simply flicked it back with enough force to hospitalize the bounty hunter. While players who roll up an adept have access to an ability to catch "slow" projectiles like arrows and shuriken, bullets are outside their capability; and while they can also specialize in throwing weapons, few can actually fling with enough force to neutralize a hardened opponent with one shot.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'', the [[BarehandedBladeBlock Blade Grasp]] ability lets you do this due to a bug. The developers decided it was a {{Good Bad Bug|s}}, and it was kept as an AscendedGlitch in the re-release while other bugs (like the infinite JP glitch) were fixed. And since the success rate of Blade Grasp is based on the character's Bravery stat, the chances of catching bullets can be ''extremely high'' (a maxed-out Bravery stat is 97, meaning a 97% chance of success for Blade Grasp).

* In ''VideoGame/{{killer7}}'', MASK de Smith does not ''catch'' the bullet. Oh no. He ''[[UseYourHead headbutts it out of thin air]].'' And he ''wins.'' He isn't ''even'' MadeOfIron. He's made out of freakin' ''adamantium.''
* [[PsychoForHire Karikeya]] of ''VideoGame/WildArms5''. After he throws his shotgun at Greg and tells him to try and kill him with it, he proceeds to catch every single one of Greg's shots with his [[ArtificialLimbs bionic arm]]. Greg eventually gets past the arm by shooting Kartikeya's face at point-blank range. Unfortunately, Kartikeya caught that bullet [[NowThatsUsingYourTeeth with something else]].
* This is your character's special ability in the WWII FirstPersonShooter ''Uber Soldier''.
* A variant is seen in ''VideoGame/AlienSoldier'', wherein the main character can create a brief force field that turns enemy fire into health powerups.
* One of the weapons in ''VideoGame/Conduit2'' has the ability to suspend incoming bullets in a force-field, then fire them back at opponents.
* In ''VideoGame/MischiefMakers'', Marina's main skill is grabbing things, especially projectiles! It's usually missiles, but even lasers can be caught and thrown back as balls of energy. Other caught bullets sometimes drop as colored gems to be picked up, instead.
* Jeanne has the ability to slap away VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'s bullets.
** [[spoiler:Father Balder]] subverts this during a cutscene by slowing down time, taking the bullets and then repositioning them back at Bayonetta's face.
* The primary mechanic in ''VideoGame/MarsMatrix''. Your Mosquito is equipped with a shield that can catch bullets. Hold it down all the way and it turns into a standard bomb, but if you let go before then you can fling the captured bullets at enemies, which turns them into [[EvolvingAttack experience cubes]]. [[BulletHell And boy, do you need to master it.]]
* ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' has the "Return to Sender" Vigor, which lets Booker create a magnetic force field in front of him. By holding it, he can collect bullets and send them back at the enemy.
** Subverted in the original two games, where it's mentioned Telekinesis can't be used to stop bullets; the human brain simply can't react fast enough to a gunshot for the power to affect the projectile. It can, however, be used to CatchAndReturn grenades, as those are moving at human throwing speeds.
* In ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns'', the Menacing Ruin can allow your pepper grinder shots to be embedded into its huge arm, [[CatchAndReturn before surely flinging it back at you]].
* Possible in [[UsefulNotes/GameEngine Source engine games]], but ''much'' easier to do in ''VideoGame/GarrysMod''. You just need to install a BulletTime addon and a hostile NPC with a non-{{hitscan}} weapon.
* In a cutscene of Scenario Campaign of ''[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Tekken 6]]'', Lars attempts to murder Heihachi by shooting him. Heihachi catches the bullet... ''with his teeth'' and spits it back out. Lars and Alisa leave the compound afterwards.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'', Alvin [[TalkToTheFist interrupts]] [[BigBad Khronos]] with a trio of pistol shots aimed at his head, but he effortlessly catches all three of them between his fingers. The fact that he can [[TimeMaster manipulate the flow of time]] probably helped him there.
* Trucy from ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' claims she can catch bullets with her teeth. Although she's most likely talking about the bullet catch magic trick, as opposed to an actual ability.
* Corvo from ''{{Videogame/Dishonored}}'' can do this thanks to his ability of [[TimeStandsStill slowing or downright stopping time]]. He can even use it to [[MundaneUtility reload his gun with his enemies' bullets]].
* Near the end of the first ''VideoGame/NelsonTethersPuzzleAgent'' game, [[spoiler:Nelson fires his gun at some of [[OurGnomesAreWeirder the Hidden People]], who catch the bullets ''in their teeth'']].
* The [=VR=] game ''Robo Recall'' (and its TechDemoGame predecessor, ''Bullet Train'') features this as one of the many, ''many'' ways to dispatch your enemies, facilitated by their bullets [[BulletTime slowing down as they approach you]] with grab icons. Doing so gets you a "Return to Sender" bonus if it's a killing shot, or a "Ping-Pong" bonus if you deflect the bullets back at them with one of your guns!
* ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' has the mysterious Watcher stop the bullets fired by Jack from hitting Col. Zarpedon, Neo-style. [[spoiler:[[CallBack It does it again at the end of the game by stopping the bullets from hitting Athena when Lilith orders her execution.]]]]
* ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'': In the climax of ''Escaping the Prison's'' Badass Bust Out ending, Henry catches a bullet and throws it back at the one who shot it, terrifying everyone on the police force into letting him nonchalantly walk out.

* ''Webcomic/MagIsa'' - Lucia catches a bullet that she [[http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119618 fired from her own gun... then eats it just to show how badass she is.]]

* In ''Webcomic/ParallelDementia'', Miyan catches a bullet ''[[http://pd.milkinthepantry.com/?strip_id=536 with her teeth.]]''

* Maxima of ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' can do this, and in fact its the very first power demonstrated in the comic. She has SuperSpeed and NighInvulnerability, so its justified. [[spoiler:Also the first hint that something was wrong with the robbery: She could have easily taken out the robbers before they finished pulling out their guns]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Cloudscratcher}}'' Ixia can catch the bullets from [[http://www.cloudscratcher.com/comic.php?page=267 a machine gun]], which she later explains as the result of some super soldier drugs that allow her to slow down her perception of time.

* Casshern does this in the 2004 live action movie. With a cannon shell. Which he then crams into a robot's chest. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emYqURahUKI Holy shit.]]
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Darth Vader does this. ''With blasters.'' Then force pulling the blaster out of [[spoiler:Han]]'s hand before sitting down to dinner. The [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Expanded Universe]] confirms that Vader ''[[EnergyAbsorption absorbed]]'' the blaster bolts after catching them. Most powerful Force-users can do such things, with some (such as the [[ItRunsInTheFamily Halcyon/Horn bloodline]]) having an exceptional talent for it.
** When Poe Dameron tries to shoot Kylo Ren in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', the latter stops Poe's blaster bolt (a pulse of super-heated plasma) before it can reach him. The frozen bolt then hangs in mid-air for a few minutes throughout the next scene, and it is only after Poe is taken prisoner and the other people in his village had been executed that Kylo Ren releases the shot, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent startling a few Stormtroopers]].
** Darth Vader tops himself in ''Film/RogueOne'', stopping blaster bolts in midair then shooting them back at the ones who fired them.
* The villain of ''Film/TheReturner'' is fast enough to get his hand up in time to catch a bullet, [[spoiler:but not tough enough to prevent it from going clean through his hand and into his head.]]
* ''Film/District9'': The protagonist in alien PoweredArmor catches an RPG-7 rocket fired at Christopher's command ship. Then it explodes in his "hand". He survives though. The armor also has the ability to suspend incoming bullets in a force-field generated from one of its arms and then fire them back at the assailants.
* It should surprise no-one that ''Film/BulletproofMonk'' features this trick.
* In ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' Arnie gets shot in the head, but there's no visible wound. He moves his jaws around a bit, spits out the bullet and tells the shooter "Don't do that." From the looks of it, he was shot in the mouth (although why it didn't tear his lip is a mystery) and the bullet was stopped by the metal of his spine. Presumably it would have ricocheted off his teeth.
* In ''Film/YouDontMessWithTheZohan'' Adam Sandler catches bullets with his hands and one with his NOSE.
* In ''UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett and The River Pirates'', Crockett fakes this as part of a trick-shooting bet -- The bullet he 'catches' with his teeth he put in his mouth while everyone was watching the ricochets.
* In Out for Blood (2004) a security guard catches a bullet with his teeth.

* In ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'', the Abomination catches a rocket out of the air and headbutts it so it would explode on his face. Needless to say, the soldiers who witness it are pretty intimidated, which seems to have been the purpose.
* ''Film/{{Kopps}}'': In his daydream, Benny the cop catches several bullets with his hands and forms a ''grenade'' out of them, which he tosses over his shoulder, [[UnflinchingWalk unflinched by the explosion]].
* ''Film/TheMeteorMan'''s SuperSpeed allows catching an entire volley of bullets, but the weakening power meant he wasn't perfectly invulnerable when doing so.
* In ''Film/RushHour'', Lee claims that his father did this. Carter doesn't buy it.

* During a flashback in ''Film/Comic8'', when Mongol is shot by a gang leader, his friend Mudy comes in and catches the bullet with his teeth.
* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'':
** An InvokedTrope in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Batman fires a 40mm grenade at Superman, only for the Man of Steel to grab it in front of his face. [[spoiler:Meaning the grenade is at exactly the right distance when it explodes, giving Superman a faceful of Kryptonite gas. So this was likely a literal BatmanGambit by the firer.]]
** ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': Technically, Diana is just reacting fast enough to block them with her bracelets, and while the traditional "crossed wrists" and upturned fist poses show up, the manner in which she blocks the bullets almost looks like she is catching them. Humorously, she blocks one bullet from striking Steve and the ricochet landed in Steve's hand, but since it was recently fired it is hot and he reacts accordingly.
** ''Film/Shazam2019'': Dr. Sivana, who gained superpowers, grabs Billy Batson and holds his head underwater, preventing him from transforming since he can't say Shazam. To save him, Mary tries to shoot Sivana in the eye. Sivana instinctively catches the bullet, but he let go of Billy to do it, allowing Billy to surface and transform.
* Downplayed in ''Film/MrRight''. The hitman Steve is given an "WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd shotgun" that is so weak that Francis can block the pellets with his palm. It is very painful and some of the pellets went past his hand and hit him in the face, but all this does is make his hand and face bleed a little. Steve then complains about how lame the weapon he had been given is.
* The BigBad of ''Film/TheDarkTower2017'' does this all the time, being an EvilSorcerer. The first time we see it, he catches a bullet shot at him ''[[OffhandBackhand from behind, without looking back]]''. Given that TheHero is also TheGunslinger, this is a serious problem.
* ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' features a twist on this: the Protagonist sees a wall with bullet holes and holds a gun up. Since the bullets are moving backwards in time, they reverse-fire back into the gun.
--> You're not shooting the bullet… You're catching it.

* Jotaro's Stand Star Platinum in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is so fast it caught a bullet that Jotaro fired at his own head at ''point blank range''.

* Shows up in the intro to ''Manga/DeathNote''. The character in question is a Shinigami, though.
* In ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'', Largo catches a ''railgun dart''.

* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'':
** Kurapika goes to a mansion to apply for a job, a group of 11 people who wear black hooded robes and masks and are armed with guns and swords suddenly appear and attack him. Using his Dowsing Chain, Kurapika blocks a number of bullets fired at him and jumps onto a chandelier to avoid the sword users and observe the situation.
** Uvogin demonstrates how tough he is by casually catching a bullet fired at him at point-blank range with his ''teeth''.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', Graham Specter catches bullets with an ''adjustable spanner''. That would seem substantially more difficult than catching bullets with your hands.

* When Nabeshin has a [[JustForPun Stand off]] against Alien #1, in ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemi''.

* Gamma from ''Manga/{{Zombiepowder}}'' inserted armor in his right arm just so he could do this. [[spoiler:At least that's what he tells people]]. In the first chapter he even blocks a rocket from a bazooka with it.
* Neuro in ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro'', ''so many times''. He catches one with his eyelid, he is just that awesome.
* ''Anime/VoltesV'' featured a MonsterOfTheWeek patterned after a samurai. The heroes have trouble fighting it, and TheBigGuy, a kendo master, had to teach his older brother TheHero to catch a sword between the hands. TheHero only manages to learn the trick by asking his brother to do the trick with a pistol, stopping the bullet by using two stones.

* Tsukuyomi of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' shows early on that enough Shinmeiryuu training lets people catch bullets with their swords (and yet [[TheGunslinger Mana]] remains a powerful fighter at the higher levels of combat...)
* ''Manga/BlackButler'': Sebastian doesn't just catch a bullet... he catches a bullet from a gun shot point-blank at his master's head. And then [[CatchAndReturn "gives it back"]].
* In ''Manga/YamiNoAegis'', the main character deflects (and sometimes catches) bullets pretty much every chapter.

* Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor catches a nail fired from a nailgun in his teeth. As usual, this suggests that he's either BornLucky or a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass.
* Variation in ''LightNovel/FateZero'': Kotomine, in his confrontation with Kiritsugu, uses his magically-heightened reflexes to block a bullet from Kiritsugu's MageKiller gun. The bullet still enters his hand, travels down his forearm, and explodes out his elbow, rendering his arm useless, but he manages to prevent it from hitting his face. Evidently, having the ''speed'' to catch a bullet doesn't mean your body is tough enough to prevent harm.
* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' Eren uses his titan form to catch a ''cannon shell'' at one point.
* Koro-sensei from ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' can't touch the [[AppliedPhlebotinum special bullet]] used against him since they disintegrate his cells on contact, so he catches it with two pieces of chalk instead. However, he can catch typical anti-aircraft missiles with no problem.
* In the manga of ''Manga/SandsOfDestruction'', Taupy introduces himself to Kyrie (and the reader) by jumping in front of him and catching a dozen or so bullets.
* In ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear AXZ's'' eighth episode, BadassNormal [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Genjuurou]] beats all six main characters by himself during a training session. That includes catching a barrage of missiles from Chris's Megadeth Party with his bare hands and then he throws them back at her all at once. (The strange part is that she fires 24 missiles at him, he catches eight and then throws twelve back at her and they ended up being 17.)
* In the very first chapter of ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'', two Mooks pull this off by catching multiple bullets with their teeth. Kyo proceeds to slice them to ribbons so fast [[YouAreAlreadyDead they don't even realize what happened]]. The manga [[UpToEleven only gets crazier from there]].
* In ''Anime/DogDays'', when Valerio tries [[ThePeepingTom to peep on some girls]] during a PublicBathhouseScene, they all [[CantBatheWithoutAWeapon pull out rifles and open fire on him]]. But he effortlessly catches the bullets]] and throws them back with enough force to [[ClothingDamage destroy]] their [[ModestyTowel towels]].

* Ozymandias claims his [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower physical fitness]] is ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' such that he could catch a bullet. Shortly thereafter, he ''actually does'', though he admits he wasn't actually sure and it does injure his hand. [[Film/{{Watchmen}} In the film version]], he has an inch-thick padding on his palm, into which the bullet sinks (but still breaks the skin). The bullet's momentum causes him to lose his footing and go tumbling down the stairs, leaving him stunned for a few moments at the bottom.

* [[Franchise/TheFlash Jay Garrick]] is seen doing this on the cover of ''[[http://www.comicvine.com/flash-comics-/37-116418/ Flash Comics #1]]'' (from 1941).
** Snatching bullets out of the air is a standard tactic of pretty much all of [[Franchise/TheFlash the speedsters]] in Franchise/TheDCU.
** Wally had one instance that parodied just how easy this is for speedsters. A psycho with an Uzi opened up on a room and Wally walked around picking a half dozen bullets out of the air, and disarming the man in a very casual manner. He misses one bullet that then kills [[spoiler:an exit sign]] when he returns his perception of time to normal.
* Featured (well, {{subverted}}) in the ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' book "Fingers". Joe Dalton is about to shoot an unarmed Luke when Fingers (who had been playing cards with that Daltons) holds his hand in front of the gun and says that shooting Luke "wouldn't be nice". Joe fires anyway and Fingers catches the bullet. Joe then shoots Fingers in the face and he catches the bullet with his teeth. Luke then grabs Joe's gun only for Fingers to tell him that he had earlier switched all of the bullets in that gun with blanks so it would be "safer for playing cards": the rest was all due to Fingers' near supernatural sleight-of-hand.

* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
** In ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'' #11, Kara shoots at a pirate mook and catches the bullet before it hits his face.
** In the ''World of ComicBook/NewKrypton'' storyline, Supergirl catches a sniper's bullet before the projectile hits its intended victim.
** In ''ComicBook/Injustice2'' issue #26, a death squad is about to gun down innocent civilians. Kara flies in the way and catches ''all'' the bullets.
* The [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]] villain called "The Demon" who gained superpowers thanks to some mystic {{phlebotinum}} was able to do this to some Communists trying to shoot him. Bonus points for throwing the bullets back at his attackers at superspeed, forcing them to retreat.

* Comicbook/PowerGirl, being a Kryptonian, can do this. On one occasion she was being repeatedly shot by the Crimson Avenger (magic bullets), who she could not hurt in return as she is just a red mist in human form. So she caught one of the bullets and threw it back at high velocity, and that hurt the supernatural gunwoman.
* [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Big The Cat]]... yes, ''that'' Big The Cat. In ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', after appearing to be shot, Big sits back up with the steaming bullet in hand and casually tells the shooter that his gun just went off, and that he should be more careful with it. However, while doing so, Big [[ObfuscatingStupidity gets angry and attacks him]]. Talk about [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass crouching moron...]]

* In ''Film/KungFuHustle'', The Beast shows off his formidable skills by putting a gun to his own head, firing, and catching the bullet with two fingers. Any remaining dissent was silenced.
* ''Film/ThePrestige'' discusses the bullet-catch trick as being a crowd-pleaser but [[ChekhovsGun with dangerous potential to go wrong]], either due to problems with the props or unsolicited audience participation. Sabotage of the trick results in the performer getting [[{{Fingore}} a couple of his fingers blown off]] for extra-owie.
* Terence Hill's character in ''Film/SuperFuzz'' has a goon fire some seven shots at him. And he catches first six with ''the barrel of his (empty) revolver'' and the seventh, ''with his teeth''!
* Film/AustinPowers catches a bullet in his teeth at least once.
* Film/AceVentura also manages to catch a bullet in his teeth.
* In ''Film/TheMatrix'' Neo stops bullets in mid-air simply by holding up his hand. Plucking one of the frozen bullets out of the air afterwards and casually dropping it on the floor only adds to the [[RuleOfCool coolness factor]]. Justified because he does it within the Matrix, which is a VirtualReality, in which he has superpowers due to the programming.
* The hero does this in BarehandedBladeBlock fashion in ''Dead or Alive 2: Kanzaisha'' (From the trilogy by Creator/TakashiMiike), which prompts his opponent to question whether the guy is even human.
* Berthold in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'' manages to catch a musket ball by running after it. He ''is'' the world's fastest man, after all. In his case, he tries to reach out and grab it several times because it's still hot from leaving the musket and it burns his fingers.

* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': Because [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Remnant]] uses [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter kinetic firearms]] instead of blasters like in ''Star Wars'', [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Darth Nihilus]] doesn't bother trying to [[ParryingBullets parry bullets]]. He instead uses the Force to catch incoming bullets and [[CatchAndReturn fling them back at the shooter]]. A particularly impressive example of this is in Chapter 18 when he stops ''thousands'' of incoming Dust rounds mid-air and then forms a protective dome around himself using the hovering bullets.

* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': Since the people of Remnant use [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter kinetic weapons]] instead of blasters like in ''Star Wars'', [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Darth Nihilus]] doesn't bother ParryingBullets. He instead uses the Force to catch incoming bullets and [[CatchAndReturn fling them back at the shooter]]. A particularly impressive example of this is in Chapter 18 when he stops ''thousands'' of incoming Dust rounds mid-air and uses the hovering bullets to form a protective dome around himself.

* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': Since the people of Remnant use [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter kinetic weapons]] instead of blasters like in ''Star Wars'', [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Darth Nihilus]] doesn't bother ParryingBullets. He instead uses the Force to catch incoming bullets and [[CatchAndReturn fling them back at the shooter]]. A particularly impressive example of this is in Chapter 18 when [[spoiler:Atlesian soldiers fire thousands of Dust rounds in Nihilus's direction. He manages to catch every single bullet ''separately'' and maintains enough focus to keep them floating mid-air while still stopping any further incoming rounds.]]

* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': Since the people of Remnant use [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter kinetic weapons]] instead of blasters like in ''Star Wars'', [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Darth Nihilus]] doesn't bother ParryingBullets. He instead uses the Force to catch incoming bullets and [[CatchAndReturn fling them back at the shooter]]. A particularly impressive example of this is in Chapter 18 when [[spoiler:a squad of Atlesian soldiers fires thousands of Dust rounds in Nihilus's direction. He manages to catch every single bullet ''separately'' and maintains enough focus to keep them floating mid-air while still stopping any further incoming rounds.]]

* Ozymandias claims his [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower physical fitness]] is ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' such that he could catch a bullet. Shortly thereafter, he ''actually does'', though he admits he wasn't actually sure and it does injure his hand. [[Film/{{Watchmen}} In the film version]], he has an inch-thick padding on his palm, into which the bullet sinks (but still breaks the skin). The bullet's momentum causes him to lose his footing and go tumbling down the stairs, leaving him stunned for a few minutes at the bottom.

* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': On the John Cleese episode, Gonzo's act of the night (assisted by [[MadBomber Crazy Harry]], of all people) involves catching a cannonball with his bare hand. Amazingly, he actually ''succeeds'' -- only to get his arm stretched out to a ridiculous length.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': During the Golden Age "bullets and bracelets," a "game" where the object is to repel bullets with the bracelets Amazons all wear and then catch them if possible, was a common game for all Amazons, and one of Diana's signature moves.

* Vergil of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is only hit by bullets ''if he allows it'' - his {{Katana|sAreJustBetter}} can be [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning wind-milled]] to [[SpinToDeflectStuff stop all bullets fired at him]] without much effort. Occasionally, [[RightBackAtYa he'll send them back]].

* ''Manga/BlackButler'': Sebastian doesn't just catch a bullet... he catches a bullet from a gun shot point-blank at his master's head.

* Possible in [[GameEngine Source engine games]], but ''much'' easier to do in ''VideoGame/GarrysMod''. You just need to install a BulletTime addon and a hostile NPC with a non-{{hitscan}} weapon.

* Blog/ConstableFrozen's work [[http://constable-frozen.tumblr.com/post/120791176928/bang Bang]] has [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Anna]] catch a bullet. Elsa is merely bulletproof.

* In the pilot episode of the TV series ''Series/WarOfTheWorlds'' one of the Martians catches a grenade fired from an M203 launcher by Lt. Colonel Ironhorse. The Martian stares at it in puzzlement as Ironhorse (who doesn't realise he's fighting aliens) gapes in amazement, then the grenade explodes in his hand.

* a ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-sLxs6ovD0 goldfish]]'' does it with its mouth.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has guns in its canonical setting, and characters can use the Deflect Arrows or Snatch Arrows feat against all ranged attacks that are not unusually massive (such as cannonballs or ballista bolts) or spells. As a consequence, a first-level character built to do this can snag a bullet fired at them once every six seconds as long as the they have a free hand and can see it coming.

** ''Anime/DragonballSuper'': Goku effortlessly catches the bullets from an automatic gun when confronted by thieves, and Krillin ''failing'' to stop a bullet (it just bruises him) is treated as a sign that he's getting rusty.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': During the Golden Age "bullets and bracletes," a "game" where the object is to repel bullets with the bracelets Amazons all wear and then catch them if possible, was a common game for all Amazons, and one of Diana's signature moves.

* In the very first chapter of ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'', two Mooks no-name thugs pull this off by catching multiple bullets with their teeth. Kyo proceeds to slice them to ribbons so fast [[YouAreAlreadyDead they don't even realize what happened]]. The manga [[UpToEleven only gets crazier from there]].

* In the very first chapter of ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'', two [[Mooks no-name thugs]] pull this off by catching multiple bullets with their teeth. Kyo proceeds to slice them to ribbons so fast [[YouAreAlreadyDead they don't even realize what happened]]. The manga [[UpToEleven only gets crazier from there]].

* In the very first chapter of ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'', two [[Mook no-name thugs]] pull this off by catching multiple bullets with their teeth. Kyo proceeds to slice them to ribbons so fast [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouAreAlreadyDead they don't even realize what happened]]. The manga [[UpToEleven only gets crazier from there]].