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*** The second time is during the climax, [[spoiler:where he managed to hit one of the soldiers a skilled ricocheting shot.]]

*** The first time is [[spoilers:when he shot all the prizes in a rigged carnival game.]]
*** The second time is during the climax, [[spoilers:where he managed to hit one of the soldiers a skilled ricocheting shot.]]

* ''Manga/SPYxFamily'': ** Yor occasionally pulls this trope.

* ''Manga/SPYxFamily'': **Yor occasionally pulls this trope.

* ''Manga/SPYxFamily'': Yor occassionally pulls this trope.
** When she's training Anya for a dodgeball game, she throws the ball so it ricochets on several trees, even knocking one down.
** Another time she kicks a terrorist who's threatening Anya hard enough to make him bounce on the alley's walls a few times before stopping.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': As a kid, Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter was a skilled pitcher in little league baseball. He was so skilled that he almost pitched a perfect game. [[TooQualifiedToApply His team's coach decided to pull him out so that the other team members could still play]]. Dex pleaded to continue pitching (he erroneously believed that pitching perfectly would resurrect his deceased parents), but he was still pulled out of the game. Sad and enraged, young Dex deliberately threw a baseball that ricocheted off a pole and struck the back of the coach's skull, killing him instantly. As an adult, he's perfected this skill to the point where he can accurately ricochet other objects with deadly force, including bullets.

* This has been around since [[OlderThanTheNES almost the beginning]] of video games as the pack in title of the UsefulNotes/Atari2600, ''VideoGame/{{Combat|Atari2600}}'', has tank fights were you can ricochet shots off the walls.

* The Reflective Shot powerup in ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}'' games allows players to do this.

* In ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', the Energy Ball ammo for the pulse rifle (and the energy globes in the Citadel) will ricochet until they hit a target.
* In ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series, a single sniper rifle shot can make multiple ricochets, to the point where players have occasionally killed multiple enemies with only one round ([[AccidentalAimingSkills usually by complete accident]]); the beam rifle is capable of something similar. Additionally, the Scattershot (introduced in ''VideoGame/Halo4'') is a HardLight shotgun whose rounds will ricochet off surfaces (which is almost mandatory due to its [[ShortRangeShotgun piss-poor range]]), making it very deadly in enclosed indoor environments. And yes, it is entirely possible for the bullet to bounce back and kill the player who fired it.
* The Marksman in ''VideoGame/HellgateLondon'' can learn to bounce shots off the environment with 100% effectiveness, and ricochet between multiple targets.

* The Nomad pistol in ''VideoGame/JourneyToTheSavagePlanet'' can be upgraded to have this as its level II ChargedAttack. It bounces among clusters of enemies until they all die or it hits a wall or floor, or flies off into the sky. At the highest level, it also explodes when it hits the final enemy in a mob.
* In ''VideoGame/KeroBlaster'', all forms of the Bubble bounce off of surfaces indefinitely until they hit an enemy or a fixed period of time has passed, and the final upgrade for the Fan shoots a spread of 4 shurikens that can each ricochet once.

* This has been around since [[Main/OlderThanTheNES almost the beginning]] of video games as the pack in title of the UsefulNotes/Atari2600, ''VideoGame/{{Combat}}'', has tank fights were you can ricochet shots off the walls.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Tank}}'', two players control tanks that fire missiles at each other. On some levels the missiles bounce, and intricate trick shots are possible.

* In ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series, a single sniper rifle shot can make multiple ricochets, to the point where players have occasionally killed multiple enemies with only one round ([[AccidentalAimingSkills usually by complete accident]]); the beam rifle is capable of something similar. Additionally, the Scattershot (introduced in ''VideoGame/Halo4'') is a HardLight shotgun whose rounds will ricochet off surfaces (which is almost mandatory due to its [[ShortRangeShotgun piss-poor range]]), making it very deadly in enclosed indoor environments.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': As a kid, Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter was a skilled pitcher in little league baseball. He was so skilled that he almost pitched a perfect game. His team's coach decided to pull him out so that the other team members could still play. Dex pleaded to continue pitching (he erroneously believed that pitching perfectly would resurrect his deceased parents), but he was still pulled out of the game. Sad and enraged, young Dex deliberately threw a baseball that ricocheted off a pole and struck the back of the coach's skull, killing him instantly. As an adult, he's perfected this skill to the point where he can accurately ricochet other objects with deadly force, including bullets.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': As a kid, Benjamin Poindexter was a skilled pitcher in little league baseball. He was so skilled that he almost pitched a perfect game. His team's coach decided to pull him out so that the other team members could still play. Benjamin pleaded to continue pitching, but he was still pulled out of the game. Sad and enraged, young Ben decided to kill the coach. He did it by throwing a baseball that ricocheted off a pole and struck the back of the coach's skull. As an adult, he's perfected this to the point where he can accurately ricochet other objects with deadly force, including bullets.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': As a kid, Benjamin Poindexter was a skilled pitcher in little league baseball. He was so skilled that he almost pitched a perfect game. His team's coach decided to pull him out so that the other team members could still play. Benjamin pleaded to continue pitching, but he was still pulled out of the game. Sad and enraged, young Ben decided to kill the coach. He did it by throwing a baseball that ricocheted off a pole and struck the back of the coach's skull.

* ''Manga/FireForce'': Lieutenant Hinawa is a Second Generation [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic]] who can make any bullet he fires from commmon guns ricochet in midair by carefully and precisely manipulating the sparks produced by the propellant. To put it bluntly, he can shoot around corners.

* ''WebComic/RavensDojo'' has a story arc involving an extended battle with a Mexican gunslinger/necromancer who fights exclusively by ricocheting his bullets off of gravestones, and has them set up to prevent being able to dodge. Wherever he and an opponent are, he can shoot in a seemingly-random direction and strike his enemy. However, by the time they hit their intended target, they've lost all stopping power and just kinda stick there from dried sweat. His opponent ends up covered head-to-toe in bullets just standing there thinking up some more witty banter. Yeah, [[CoolButStupid it's that kinda comic.]]

* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIV'', if you die by entering the hatchway of the patrol ship instead of the landing gear, you get this message:

* Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} has been known to do this with her tiara, which at least has the justification of being able to defy physics because [[AWizardDidIt of being magical]].

Compare ReflectingLaser. Also see BouncingBattler, where a character uses this as a fighting technique.

* ''WebComic/RavensDojo'' has a story arc involving an extended battle with a Mexican gunslinger/necromancer who fights exclusively by ricocheting his bullets off of gravestones, and has them set up to prevent being able to dodge. Wherever he and an opponent are, he can shoot in a seemingly-random direction and strike his enemy. However, by the time they hit their intended target, they've lost all stopping power and just kinda stick there from dried sweat. His opponent ends up covered head-to-toe in bullets just standing there thinking up some more witty banter

* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', a tank driver is killed by an errant bullet that ricochets off several surfaces before hitting him in the forehead.