History Main / ReturnToShooter

* Barf does a variant of this in ''{{Spaceballs}}'', with the laser blasts entering a tube and looping around to hit their shooters.

* ''TheMatrix'' has a scene like this near the end, except that the bullets simply fall to the ground after being stopped rather than being reflected at the enemy. ''Path of Neo'' allows you to do the same exact thing, with the added ability to send the collected bullets right back at targets.

* A RealLife example: On Sept 21, 1956, an American F-11 Tiger jet [[EpicFail shot itself down]] during a test firing of its cannon in a shallow dive. The bullets slowed down enough that the plane managed to catch up with them.

* A RealLife example: On Sept 21, 1956, an American F-11 Tiger jet [[EpicFail ''shot itself down'' ]] during a test firing of its cannon in a shallow dive. The bullets slowed down enough that the plane managed to catch up with them.

* A RealLife example: On Sept 21, 1956, an American F-11 Tiger jet [[EpicFail ''shot itself down'']] during a test firing of its cannon in a shallow dive. The bullets slowed down enough that the plane managed to catch up with them.

* A RealLife example: On Sept 21, 1956, an American F-11 Tiger jet {{EpicFail ''shot itself down''}} during a test firing of its cannon in a shallow dive. The bullets slowed down enough that the plane managed to catch up with them.

* A RealLife example: On Sept 21, 1956, an American F-11 Tiger jet {{EpicFail''shot itself down''}} during a test firing of its cannon in a shallow dive. The bullets slowed down enough that the plane managed to catch up with them.

* A RealLife example: On Sept 21, 1956, an American F-11 Tiger jet [[EpicFail''shot itself down'']] during a test firing of its cannon in a shallow dive. The bullets slowed down enough that the plane managed to catch up with them.

* A RealLife example: On Sept 21, 1956, an American F-11 Tiger jet ''shot itself down'' during a test firing of its cannon in a shallow dive. The bullets slowed down enough that the plane managed to catch up with them.

* Prudence from ''{{Charmed}}'' plays this 100% straight in episode 9 of season 2 ''"Ms. Hellfire"''

* Jesus from ''MadnessCombat'' uses this ability when he becomes the episode's main character.

* In EightBitTheater Sarda uses some very creative portals and teleportations to move an entire swarm of arrows, and the person that shot them at him, several hundred miles away in such a way that the shooter winds up on the receiving end of the arrow barrage he just fired. [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/02/03/episode-1090-not-sunny-d/ See?]]

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** Epic level monks in 3.5 can take a feat that lets them hit magic spells so hard they turn around and hit the caster.

* Why does Lucy from ''{{Elfen Lied}}'' never think of this? Or is she just so sadistic she prefers to cut them up?

** ''MarsMatrix'' has a similar mechanic. Instead of immediately reflecting the bullets, your ship absorbs them and can be aimed by moving in the opposite direction of where you want to fire them.

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* In the ''{{Hellsing}}'' anime, Incognito actually lets all of Alucard's DepletedPhlebotinumShells ''hit'' him... and ''then'' laughs it off and blasts Alucard with the same bullets. Of course [[{{Dracula}} Alucard]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent being]] [[EldritchAbomination Alucard]], this doesn't stick for long either.
* Why does Lucy from ''{{Elfen Lied}}'' never think of this? Or is she just so sadistic she prefers to cut them up?

A character is being shot at. Multiple rounds are fired, but this is a reality where superpowers and high-tech shields exist and the bullets are stopped mid-flight, hovering in there place. The bad guys with the guns all watch as the rounds slowly turn in the mid-air and then...

* The central mechanic of the arcade game ''GigaWing''.
** ''[=rRootage=]'' attempts to simulate this with [[{{Homage}} GW Mode]], but instead, catching a bullet fires a laser at the boss.
** MarsMatrix has a similar mechanic. Instead of immediately reflecting the bullets, your ship absorbs them and can be aimed by moving in the opposite direction of where you want to fire them.
** Also the most central mechanic in Siter Skain's RefleX.

* [[Series/{{Heroes}} Sylar]] gets two: once with glass, to find an invisible foe, and once with an actual gun in the season one finale.
** He also does it in Volume 3 with a bullet fired at someone else.

* The TabletopRPG ''{{Champions}}'' implements this with the power Missile Reflection (which is an advanced form of the power Missile Deflection). An even more advanced form exists, it allows the possessor to aim an incoming ranged attack at ''any'' other target.

* Prudence from ''{{Charmed}}'' plays this 100% straight in episode 9 of season 2 ''"Ms. Hellfire"''
* The 3.5 DungeonsAndDragons supplement the ''Expanded Psionics Handbook'' introduces a psionic feat call "Return Shot''.
** Epic level monks in 3.5 can take a feat that lets them hit magic spells so hard they turn around and hit the caster.
* Jesus from MadnessCombat uses this ability when he becomes the episode's main character.

* {{Iji}}'s Resonance Reflector serves this purpose when bouncing the shots from mooks back at them, and is ultimately useful for [[PlayingTennisWithTheBoss playing tennis with the final boss]].
* NikolaiDante's Huntsman 5000 would turn the bullet around to kill anyone who was not programmed to use it.
* In the {{Hellsing}} anime, Incognito actually lets all of Alucard's DepletedPhlebotinumShells ''hit'' him... and ''then'' laughs it off and blasts Alucard with the same bullets. Of course [[{{Dracula}} Alucard]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent being]] [[EldritchAbomination Alucard]], this doesn't stick for long either.

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** Epic level monks in 3.5 can take a feat that lets them hit magic spells so hard they turn around and hit the caster.

** Also the most central mechanic in Siter Skain's Reflex.

* In EightBitTheater Sarda uses some very creative portals and teleportations to move an entire swarm of arrows, and the person that shot them at him, several hundred miles away in such a way that the shooter winds up on the receiving end pf his own arrow barrage. [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/02/03/episode-1090-not-sunny-d/ See?]]

** ''[=rRootage=]'' attempts to simulate this with [[{{Homage}} GW Mode]], but the reflected bullets bounce off and go the other way; instead, they fire lasers at the boss.

* ''TheMatrix'' has a scene like this near the end, except that the bullets simply fall to the ground after being stopped rather than being reflected at the enemy.
** ''Path of Neo'' allows you to do the same exact thing, with the added ability to send the collected bullets right back at targets.

* Barf does a variant of this in {{Spaceballs}}, with the laser blasts entering a tube and looping around to hit their shooters.