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* A nice feature of the mech armor in ''Film/{{District 9}}''.

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* ''VideoGame/OverWatch'' hero Genji's reflect ability.
* ''VideoGame/TitanFall'' and its sequel have the Vortex Shield. What happens is your Titan sticks out its hand as a disk of energy grabs all physical projectiles (like bullets, rockets, etc.) and sends them back. In the sequel, this is especially effective against [[GatlingGood Legion]].

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* 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.

* The 360 port of ''VideoGame/MushihimeSama Futari'' has Arrange Mode, which allows you to reflect bullets. Instead of hitting enemies, however, they rain showers of gems.

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

* In the TV movie, ''The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything'', a man inherits a gold pocket watch that can stop time for everyone but the person holding it. Someone shoots at him and he manages to stop time with the bullet in the air; he then turns the bullet to face the shooter and ''[[YouFailPhysicsForever shoves it]]'' hard enough that it will take off at full speed when he restarts. He then thinks better of this and shoves it again in a different direction; when he deactivates the watch, the bullet embeds itself harmlessly in the wall instead of hitting anyone.

A three-character dynamic where Alice and Charlie are diametrically opposed on some subject, with Bob leaning slightly towards one and is disrespected, dismissed or ignored for it by both sides. Bob is often derided by extremists on his own side as being too soft while the opposition sees him as being affiliated with said extremists, while any attempt at defending his views are seen as defending the extremists', and any attempt at conciliation is treated as high treason. Even a MistreatmentInducedBetrayal won't get him any favors with the opposition, and he may even be RewardedAsATraitorDeserves or at least be the target of many a PretenderDiss.

Note that Bob can be meant to be sympathetic (for example, if Alice is a FanHater, Charlie a FanDumb, and Bob a non-obsessive fan of the same work) or unsympathetic (Alice is resisting her country's invaders, Charlie is one of the invaders, Bob is TheQuisling, David just wants the fighting to stop).

Compare CategoryTraitor, YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame and StopBeingStereotypical (the middle character's perception of the extremists), NoTrueScotsman (the extremist's perception of the middle character), MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch, WithUsOrAgainstUs, TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou, and BlackAndWhiteInsanity.

Contrast NeutralityBacklash, where leaning towards neither side causes problems.

See also GoldenMeanFallacy, MediationBackfire, and WeAREStrugglingTogether.

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!! Examples:

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* Urd in ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' is held in contempt by both [[{{God}} the Almigthy One]] (because Urd is the AntiChrist) and by [[{{Satan}} Hild]] (because Urd is half-angel, and this makes her noble and heroic and thus [[AntiAntiChrist not a proper harbinger of the Apocalypse]]).

* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': Frank often ends up creating these (with himself as the extremist regarding bringing criminals to justice) when another superhero (usually Daredevil or Spiderman who just want the criminals arrested) tries to prevent him from killing a criminal. [[UngratefulBastard Said criminal usually ends up shooting at both of them, even knowing going with the super means he'll live, albeit in prison]].
* ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX:''
** During the Slavers arc, a weaselly little DirtyCop is one of the titular slavers' informants in the police, looked down on by other cops for his brown-nosing. His employers have nothing but contempt for him, referring to him solely as "the little shit" to his face. Frank lets him live to send a message to the slavers' European suppliers, secure in the knowledge that he won't make it back: "The Moldovans won't even leave fingerprints".
** During the Man of Stone arc, Rawlins' DirtyCoward, SmugSnake and ChronicBackstabbingDisorder tendencies are so exacerbated he ends up making General Zakharov look good, and Zakharov's strategy for luring mujaheddin out of cover involved pushing their families (babies included) off a cliff in front of them. By contrast, Zakharov has the greatest respect for Frank, deeming him a Russian born in the wrong country by mistake, and whatever feelings Frank had, he at least gives Zakharov a MercyKill. Rawlins' death is considerably messier.
* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': Billy Butcher's single goal is to exterminate supers from the face of the Earth. Hughie is well aware that the vast majority of supers are hedonistic SmugSuper assholes with entitlement issues, but he also knows that there are some good ones among them (even if they tend towards DumbIsGood). [[spoiler:Once the most dangerous/evil supers are out of the picture, Billy starts turning on his own allies until Hughie kills him.]]
* Famously happened in the Comicbook/{{Batman}} - ComicBook/CaptainAmerica crossover comic book. Since Red Skull is a Nazi, Red Skull is held equally in contempt not only by the heroes, but by ComicBook/TheJoker as well (since, by Joker's own admission, Joker is still a proud American even if he is AxeCrazy).

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* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'': Elsa is visibly distraught at seeing the Nazis burning books, and is shocked that Indy thought she would give up the diary for incineration. Indy refuses to let it change his opinion of her since she's still working for them.
--> '''Elsa:''' Is that what you think of me? I stood up for the Grail, not the swastika!
--> '''Indy:''' You stood up to be counted among the enemies of everything the Grail stands for!
* In the ''Film/XMen'' movies, ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} holds this place in the Mutant Civil War. Neither the X-Men nor the Brotherhood of Mutants want anything to do with him, with the only exceptions being Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Colossus.
* ''Film/DjangoUnchained'': Django explains that "house niggers" (slaves who serve in a plantation's mansion rather than in the fields) are the lowest of the low, being looked down by whites for being black and hated by other slaves for their cushy job and {{Quisling}}-like position.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'': Vimes finds himself on the receiving end when he investigates the attempted murder of the Klatchian envoy, finding evidence everywhere that somebody tried to make it look like a Klatchian did it. It actually was the Klatchians (deliberately badly framing themselves), but Vimes was railroading himself into looking for Ankh-Morpork guilt because doing otherwise would make him appear to side with the racist {{Upperclass Twit}}s (most of which already look down on him for not being of sufficient breeding and daring to think he can actually arrest them) and unthinking lowbrow hotheads in the city.
---> You couldn't bring yourself to think the Klatchians had done it. Because that'd line you up with Sergeant Colon and the rest of the Klatchian-fags-are-made-of-camel-dung brigade.
** ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' has Gilt and Vetinari exchanging a look after UpperClassTwit Horsefry (one of the clacks executives) demonstrates his crass ignorance of Thud (used to demonstrate that SmartPeoplePlayChess):
---> Gilt and Vetinari shared a look. It said: While I loathe you and every aspect of your personal philosophy to a depth unplumbable by any line, I'll credit you at least with not being Crispin Horsefry.
** ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'': Ridcully finds himself having to rebuke an unpleasant ObstructiveBureaucrat without looking like it to preserve his authority but let Nutt continue coaching the team.
** ''Discworld/NightWatch'': Vimes gets three hitmen sent after him. One of them is clearly in it for the thrills, so he gets selected for interrogation where he instantly breaks down. Not only do the two professionals think he's NotWorthKilling, he later ends up joining Carcer's crew and gets slapped down by him (just to rub it in, Coates was also part of the crew, and he ''stared down'' Carcer).
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'': Gilderoy Lockhart, MilesGloriousus extraordinaire, is loathed by students ([[ChickMagnet well, male students]]) and staff alike.
** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'': Harry puts himself between Sirius Black trying to murder Peter Pettigrew to avenge the murders of Harry's parents and Sirius' imprisonment. Harry does this not because he has any sympathy for Pettigrew (he rejects his sniveling attempts at gratitude) but because he wants to think his father wouldn't have approved of his friends killing each other (not to mention the leaving Pettigrew alive to face trial is a CruelMercy).
** Pettigrew appears as this even later: when he tries to get credit for being Lord Voldemort's sole servant between Voldemort's rebirth and the Azkaban breakout, Voldemort laughs at him, pointing out Pettigrew stayed on out of fear of Voldemort's retribution rather than any loyalty or devotion (such as the Lestranges). Even Snape gets in on it, snidely suggesting that he recommend Pettigrew for more dangerous missions than being Snape's housekeeper.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': Ketran (a Yeerk) has some difficulty convincing the Animorphs that there is such a thing as peaceful Yeerks who oppose taking unwilling hosts, as they've known nothing but Yeerks trying to kill them. Meanwhile the militaristic Yeerks see the peace movement as traitors to the cause and hunt them down.
* Downplayed to mutual ignorance in Creator/DaveBarry's ''Money Secrets'', where one of the reasons newspapers are failing (according to newspaper editors) is that young people don't read the papers, thus changes must be made to make it more enticing, mostly involving giving less actual news, more pieces on celebrities, tattoos, skateboarding, etc. This has the two-pronged result of making older readers cancel their subscriptions (as the paper now looks like a hybrid between a tabloid and a comic book) and younger readers not subscribe (because as noted earlier, young people do not read newspapers).
* ''Literature/LeSilenceDeLaMer'': Werner the German officer quartered in the French home is an OfficerAndAGentleman, truly believing in the ideals of the Nazi party and how eliminating the weak will make the world a better place (for their part, his unwilling hosts maintain absolute silence towards him). Then after he meets his brother (now a CardCarryingVillain delighting in the pain and misery he causes) and learns about the death camps, he finally realizes the brutish, destructive thuggery that the Nazis stand for, and volunteers for the Eastern front.
* ''Literature/TwentyYearsAfter'': During the Fronde, Mazarin is well aware that just about the only person who doesn't want him kicked out of France is the queen, whether they're opposing her or part of her faction. His one or two attempts at StillTheLeader in front of the prince of Conde get him looks reminding him that "if Conde was defending him, it was neither out of conviction nor enthusiasm".

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* ''{{Series/Blackadder}}'':
** In the second series, Blackadder has nothing but contempt for Lord Melchett for his constant sucking up to the Queen. Melchett hates him right back, constantly scheming to get Blackadder in trouble with the Queen, but must take great care that the PsychopathicWomanchild not decapitate him on a whim either.
** ''Blackadder Goes Forth'': Captain Blackadder finds himself with an antagonistic relationship with Captain Darling, who abuses his position under General Melchett to make Blackadder's life miserable (and is constantly belittled by Blackadder), but he's ignored and mistreated by the general in turn. It's a sign of just how badly they know they're screwed in the final episode when Darling is volunteered for the big push and neither of them snarks at the other.

* ''VideoGame/EmpireEarth'': The final English mission gives the Duke of Wellington this feeling, as he's defending a corrupt monarchy busy having a party while he's fighting against [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte a man who tried to give France a better government]].
* ''MegaManX4'': the game centers on the conflict between the Maverick Hunters (and Zero in particular) and their supposed partners, the Repliforce (and their higher-up Colonel in particular). Iris - Zero's girlfriend of sorts and Colonel's sister - got caught in the tension between the two, with Colonel refusing to stop the coup d'etat and Zero being vehement on stopping Colonel's group at any cost. Iris tries to make the two stop fighting, to no avail. This culminates in [[spoiler:Zero slaying Colonel, then a distraught Iris merging Colonel's robotic core with hers and then fighting Zero, who then has to take her down in self-defense. Iris' body got overclocked and she died peacefully on Zero's arms. Cue Zero's anguished scream about questioning his (lack of) reason for fighting and the subsequent RoaringRampageOfRevenge, especially once he knows who's the real mastermind behind the (largely unnecessary and avoidable) conflict of the 2 groups.]]

* ''WebComic/SequentialArt'': Art is told to redo a drawing by both the marketing and censorship departments: one wanting more cleavage or the ad won't sell, one wanting less cleavage or the ad won't air.
* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'': When Yuki and Sonya are fighting over which one is his girlfriend, Gary makes the mistake of suggesting both. The girls instantly turn on him instead.

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* ''LetsPlay/AScotsmanInEgypt'': Despite working for an odiously unworthy king who makes his contempt for him clear, an English general tries to throw a BreakingSpeech at the Scottish army he's fighting, about how their leaders are content to throw their men into the grinder and not risk their own hides. One of the Scots points out that true as it may be, he's an Englishman, and that's all the reason they need to fight.
* ''WebOriginal/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'': In episode 12, we're introduced to Asuna's father, who's decided to marry her off to one of his employees [[spoiler:as an alternative to keeping her comatose body in the hospital.]] However, it quickly becomes apparent that for all the disdain he shows Kirito he couldn't care less about the guy either, not even bothering to get his name even slightly right.
--> '''Asuna's father:''' Ah, good, you're here! Allow me to introduce you to my daughter's fiancé! Kazuto (Kirito's RL name), Versace. Versace, Kazuto.
--> '''Sugou:''' (exasperated) Ah ha ha, sir, that's not my name. That was the brand of briefcase I put all the money in.
--> '''Asuna's father:''' You're sure? It's a pretty cool name. Maybe you should go with it. All classy and Italian, like Ferrari! Ooh, I haven't bought one of those in forever! Excuse me, gentlemen, I need to go call my Ferrari guy!

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* Frizz and Nug, two unwilling cronies in ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'', are regularly abused and PressGanged by the BigBad Zordrak or his CoDragons, Sgt Blob and Urpgor. The heroes meanwhile either don't know or don't care that either of them are TheDragAlong and [[GoodIsNotSoft often repel them just as violently]]. The two Urpneys are so aware of their doomed position against either that most episodes they are more focused on evading their job altogether instead of committing much evil.
* During ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames'', the human-world version of Twilight Sparkle is held in contempt by the Crystal Prep Shadowbolts (because they're a ruthless OpposingSportsTeam who think Twilight is too soft) and by Sunset Shimmer (because Sci-Twi is an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom whose meddling with magic is causing all sorts of danger at Canterlot High). In the end, both sides manage to come around.
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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 their place. The bad guys with the guns all watch as the rounds slowly turn in the mid-air and then...

WHAM!

All the expended rounds do a 180 and are fired on the foe who made the shot. The character (often the hero) has some superpower in the form of telekinesis that can stop the ammo before it even comes close, and then (usually) uses it against the opponents.

A subtrope of AttackReflector.

Compare BulletCatch, CatchAndReturn, BulletDodgesYou, PlayingTennisWithTheBoss.

!!Examples:

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* In the ''Anime/{{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.

* ComicBook/{{Magneto}} does this a few times in ''ComicBook/XMen''.
* ''ComicBook/NikolaiDante'''s Huntsman 5000 would turn the bullet around to kill anyone who was not programmed to use it.

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* A nice feature of the mech armor in ''Film/{{District 9}}''.
* ''Film/TheMatrix'' has a scene like this near the end, where Neo stops the Agents' bullets after resurrecting as The One, except that the bullets simply fall to the ground after being stopped rather than being reflected at the enemy. ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' allows you to do the same exact thing, with the added ability to send the collected bullets right back at targets.
* In the TV movie, ''The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything'', a man inherits a gold pocket watch that can stop time for everyone but the person holding it. Someone shoots at him and he manages to stop time with the bullet in the air; he then turns the bullet to face the shooter and ''[[YouFailPhysicsForever shoves it]]'' hard enough that it will take off at full speed when he restarts. He then thinks better of this and shoves it again in a different direction; when he deactivates the watch, the bullet embeds itself harmlessly in the wall instead of hitting anyone.
* Barf does a variant of this in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', with the laser blasts entering a tube and looping around to hit their shooters.

* In ''Honor's Knight'', second book of the ''Literature/ParadoxTrilogy'', Devi shoots armor-piercing bullets at a lelgis. The lelgis catches them with a plasmex shield, turns them around, and flings them back at her.

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

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* The TabletopRPG ''TabletopGame/{{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.
* The 3.5 ''TabletopGame/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.
** There's also the (rather underwhelming) [[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/spells/peripety.htm Peripety]] epic spell.

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* The central mechanic of the arcade game ''VideoGame/GigaWing''.
** ''[=rRootage=]'' attempts to simulate this with [[{{Homage}} GW Mode]], but instead, catching a bullet fires a laser at the boss.
** ''VideoGame/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 ''VideoGame/RefleX''.
* The 360 port of ''VideoGame/MushihimeSama Futari'' has Arrange Mode, which allows you to reflect bullets. Instead of hitting enemies, however, they rain showers of gems.
* The ability of the protagonist from the game ''VideoGame/{{Ubersoldier}}'', which adds some variety to what is otherwise a bog-standard first-person shooter.
* One Vigor you can find late into ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' allows you catch bullets and smoosh them into a ball of molten lead that you can then hurl back at an enemy shooter. This uses a ''lot'' of [[ManaMeter salts]], though, so it isn't the most practical option you have.
* ''VideoGame/{{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]].
* ''VideoGame/OverWatch'' hero Genji's reflect ability.
* ''VideoGame/TitanFall'' and its sequel have the Vortex Shield. What happens is your Titan sticks out its hand as a disk of energy grabs all physical projectiles (like bullets, rockets, etc.) and sends them back. In the sequel, this is especially effective against [[GatlingGood Legion]].

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

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* In ''Webcomic/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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* 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.

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

* ''VideoGame/Overwatch'' hero Genji's reflect ability.

* Lara Croft does this with a thrown knife in ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider''.

* {{Magneto}} does this a few times in ''ComicBook/XMen''.

* Lara Croft does this with a thrown knife in the first ''Film/TombRaider'' movie.

* {{Magneto}} does this a few times in ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}''.
* ''NikolaiDante'''s Huntsman 5000 would turn the bullet around to kill anyone who was not programmed to use it.

* ''Film/TheMatrix'' has a scene like this near the end, where Neo stops the Agents' bullets after resurrecting as The One, 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.

* The ability of the protagonist from the game ''{{Ubersoldier}}'', which adds some variety to what is otherwise a bog-standard first-person shooter.
* One Vigor you can find late into ''BioshockInfinite'' allows you catch bullets and smoosh them into a ball of molten lead that you can then hurl back at an enemy shooter. This uses a ''lot'' of [[ManaMeter salts]], though, so it isn't the most practical option you have.

* The 360 port of ''VideoGame/{{Mushihimesama}} Futari'' has Arrange Mode, which allows you to reflect bullets. Instead of hitting enemies, however, they rain showers of gems.

* 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.

* 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.
* The 3.5 ''DungeonsAndDragons'' supplement the ''Expanded Psionics Handbook'' introduces a psionic feat call "Return Shot''.

* The central mechanic of the arcade game ''GigaWing''.

* The 360 port of ''{{Mushihime-sama}} Futari'' has Arrange Mode, which allows you to reflect bullets. Instead of hitting enemies, however, they rain showers of gems.

* In Webcomic/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?]]

* In ''ShanghaiNoon'', Jackie Chan's character pulls a throwing tomahawk out of a tree and throws it at the Native Americans chasing him. One of them catches the tomahawk in mid-flight and continues the chase, to Jackie's dismay.

* {{Magneto}} does this a few times in ''{{X-Men}}''.

Compare BulletCatch, BulletDodgesYou, PlayingTennisWithTheBoss.

* Magneto does this a few times in ''{{X-Men}}''.

* Lara Croft does this with a thrown knife in the first ''TombRaider'' movie.

* ''TheMatrix'' has a scene like this near the end, where Neo stops the Agents' bullets after resurrecting as The One, 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.

* In the TV movie, ''The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything'', a man inherits a gold pocket watch that can stop time for everyone but the person holding it. Someone shoots at him and he manages to stop time with the bullets in the air. He then [[YouFailPhysicsForever turns the bullets to face the shooter, changes his mind about killing them, and turns]] [[NoConservationOfEnergy the bullets to just miss everyone]].

* A nice feature of the mech armor in ''{{District 9}}''.

** 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.
** There's also the (rather underwhelming) [[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/spells/peripety.htm Peripety]] epic spell.

** ''VideoGame/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.

* The ability of the protagonist from the game ''{{Ubersoldier}}'', which adds some variety to what is otherwise a bog-standard first-person shooter.

* ''{{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]].