History Main / TrickArrow

* ''ComicBook/Great10'': Celestial Archer of the Great Ten doesn't technically use trick arrows, but because his bow is a peerless magical weapon created by the gods, he can basically do anything with his arrows anyway -- for instance, he can create a bridge or walkway by shooting an arrow that leaves solid terrain behind it as it flies.

Contrast ArcherArchetype: simple and sane. Compare TrickBullet. See also MageMarksman, who may be capable of creating these through magic. The more bizarre trick arrow types often head into BowsAndErrors territory.

* In ''Fanfic/FireEmblemThreeHousesFifthPath'', Claude is turned from an ArcherArchetype to a user of trick arrows such as knockout gas arrows, rope arrows, and foam arrows.

* Hanzo of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' is an ArcherArchetype with an arsenal: Sonic Arrow, which grants you echo-location with a noticeable radius; Scatter Arrow, which [[MacrossMissileMassacre splits into many arrows on impact]]; and finally, Dragonstrike -- a slow-moving, spirit-charged, wall-clipping arrow that looks like [[OurDragonsAreDifferent two coiled dragons]].

* So far in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', [[ArcherArchetype Vex]] has used burning arrows, lightning arrows, grappling arrows, exploding arrows, and more.

** And while we're on the subject of the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'', Woodrow Kelvin from the ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'' remake has a very interesting move called Bassaiga. He sets up his bow so that it looks like he's going to shoot his enemy, but then he pulls his sword out at the last moment and slashes them. How's ''that'' for a [[IncrediblyLamePun Trick Arrow]]?

* Shaft from Creator/RobLiefeld's ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'' plays with the trope. His arrows are the standard pointy variety, but he has a trick bow that doesn't require a string.[[note]][[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Not because Liefeld was too lazy to draw bowstrings, no never.]][[/note]] (According to the tech manual, it uses focused ''artificial gravity'' to fire the arrows.) During Creator/AlanMoore's run on ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'', GoldenAge hero Waxman tried to get Shaft to consider using trick arrows, giving examples of older archer heroes who used them. [[spoiler:Not one of which had survived the experience.]]

** The second Hawkeye, [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop Kate Bishop]], does use trick arrows sometimes, but unlike Clint, she seems more open to using regular arrows with her enemies.

* ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' and the extended Arrow-family have [[TropeCodifier codified this.]] Among others, they've used handcuff arrows, jiu-jitsu arrows, and ''boxing glove arrows''.

* ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'': [[Characters/HawkeyeClintBarton Clint Barton]] is the premiere user of these in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Once you discover just how varied his arsenal is, including acid, rocket, putty, explosive, bola, and suction arrows, you realize that most of the time he's in a jam it can be easily solved with one of them, but writers tend to not remember that. Exploding arrows seem to be his favorites, at least of the ones that have gimmicks.

** The tranquilizer crossbow in ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite: Burial at Sea -- Episode 2'' can also fire noisemaker and gas bolts.

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* Darkhood in ''Literature/InterviewingLeather'' is a BadAssNormal, probably based on Green Arrow. So obviously he has a bunch of different arrows like taser arrows, grappling arrows, and even *gasp* normal arrows.
* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', both crossbow-wielding superheroes, Shadow Stalker and Flechette, have trick arrows: the former has her tranquilizer bolts, the latter has a chain-generator she can use to turn her arbalest into a GrapplingHookPistol.
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