Line #84 Quotes/ImprobableAimingSkills


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5	->"Nigel, do you-" Kissan's words died in his lips as he saw Nigel slumped in his seat, and standing beside the bike, leveling a pistol his way-\
6	The Nod biker was a hundred meters away, with a dozen Nod soldiers between him and the man by Nigel's bike. [[TakeThat A normal soldier, straight out of boot on his first day, would never have made that kind of shot with a pistol. Even an experienced target shooter might find it difficult.]] [[note]] This scenario is lifted from the official ''Tiberium Wars'' novelisation, in which a normal soldier straight out of boot on his first day did in fact make such a shot with a pistol.[[/note]]\
7	But that was why they called him [[ColonelBadass "Havoc."]]\
8	Kissan's visor shattered, his head snapped back, and he toppled out of his motorcycle as the rest of the ambushed Nod militia found themselves under fire from multiple directions by a superior number of GDI troops.
9	-->-- ''Fanfic/TiberiumWars''
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11	->There was a high-pitched whine like a Colt .45 in a {{spaghetti western}}. With a speed and accuracy that only comes from cybernetic hand-eye co-ordination and a computer-controlled aiming system, Seven fired three times from the hip, cutting them down in an instant.
12	-->-- ''A Fistful of Mammary Gland''
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14	->''"I AM SNIPING '''DRAGONS!''' ONE HANDED! ...How the fuck did I just do that?!"''
15	-->--'''Capt. Leonard Church''', ''Fanfic/GateThusTheBloodGulchersKickedAssHere''
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18	[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
19	->'''Tintin:''' Bad news, Captain. [[OneBulletLeft We've only got one bullet.]]
20	->'''Captain Haddock:''' Well, lad, what's the good news?
21	->'''Tintin:''' We've got one bullet.
22	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011''
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24	->'''Captain Amelia:''' Did you actually aim for that?\
25	'''Dr. Doppler:''' You know, actually, I ''did.''
26	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet''
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29	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
30	->''"I've only got twelve bullets, so some of you are going to have to share!"''
31	-->-- '''Wade Wilson''', ''Film/{{Deadpool\|2016}}''
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33	->''"Shoot the wings off the flies."''
34	-->-- '''Sloan''', ''{{Film/Wanted}}''
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36	->''"When I was 19, I did a guy in Laos from a thousand yards out. It was a rifle shot in high wind. Maybe eight or even ten guys in the world could have made that shot. It's the only thing I was ever good at."''
37	-->-- '''Martin Riggs''', ''Film/LethalWeapon1987''
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40	[[folder:Literature]]
41	->''There, you see, is a man who could hunt flies with a rifle, and command a ducal salary in a Wild West show to-day if we had him back with us.''
42	-->-- '''Creator/MarkTwain''', "Literature/FenimoreCoopersLiteraryOffenses"
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44	->'''Harry''': I saw you during the fight at Wrigley, Kincaid. You fired a dozen shots, on the move and dodging bad guys the whole time.\
45	'''Kincaid''': What's so supernatural about that?\
46	'''Harry''': In a fight, [[{{Muggle}} just plain folks]] miss sometimes. Maybe most times. You didn't miss once.\
47	'''Kincaid''': What's the point of shooting if you're just going to miss?
48	-->-- ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles: Literature/BloodRites''
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51	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
52	->'''Jayne Cobb:''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext "Saint Jayne" has a nice ring to it, though.]]\
53	'''Shepherd Derria Book:''' I'm just trying to think how many miracles you've performed.\
54	'''Jayne:''' [[NoodleIncident I once hit a guy in the neck from 500 yards with a bent scope.]]
55	-->-- ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', "Objects in Space"
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57	->''"It takes a good marksman to shoot you at 50 feet from a moving car, but it takes a great marksman to miss... while making it look like they are trying to hit you. Or markswoman, as the case may be."''
58	-->-- '''Michael Westen''', ''Series/BurnNotice''
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60	->'''Manny:''' Hey! You could have hit me!\
61	'''Gloria:''' Oh ''please''. At this distance, I could have unbuttoned your shirt if I wanted to!
62	-->-- ''Series/ModernFamily''
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64	->'''Mr. Drysdale:''' But that woman ''shot'' at me!\
65	'''Jed Clampett:''' Naw, Mr. Drysdale, she shot at your ''[[WilliamTelling hat]]''. If [[NeverMessWithGranny that little ol' woman]] ever goes to throwing lead at ''you'', you'll be casting a polka-dot shadow.
66	-->-- ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'', "The Great Feud"
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69	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
70	->"Bet you can't put it through the eye."\
71	"Left or right?"
72	-->-- FlavorText for [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=135186 "Femeref Archers",]] ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''
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75	[[folder:Video Games]]
76	->''"Hiding won't help you! I understand the bullets, you see... I make them go where I want."''
77	-->-- '''Revolver Ovelot''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''
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79	->'''Aimee Matchlock:''' Guess I was already pushing my luck from this range, huh? [...] So ya figure we just wait 'til they drag their butts over here to finish the job?\
80	'''Angelo OVO Panetonne:''' ...Why not? You nearly took them out from across an ocean. At close range, they're as good as dead.
81	-->-- ''VideoGame/BravelySecond''
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83	->''"LetMeTellYouAStory. Back when I was a gunnery officer, I had to aim at an enemy ship 30 kilometers[[note]]about 18 miles[[/note]] away in the middle of a storm. The seas were rough that day, and still, I landed one of the two shots." \
84	"Target is the Osean capital of Oured! To take the lives of one million people, '''[[SerialEscalation 5,000 kilometers]]'''[[note]]about 3,100 miles[[/note]] away, with my very own hands!"''
85	-->-- '''Cpt. Matias Torres''', ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown''
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88	[[folder:Web Original]]
89	->''"His training in the martial arts has made Creator/StevenSeagal into a deadly shot. He becomes one with the bullet and the two of them form a zen team... only, [[{{Metaphorgotten}} one of them is still a bullet.]] It sounds like bullshit, I know. Applying ancient Eastern teachings to firearm training kills 500 karate men a day. But Seagal made it work. He seriously, on camera, shoots the cotton off of Q-tips. Bang-- that's how Officer Seagal tests a DNA swab. '''The Verdict: [[CowboyCop Dead]].'''"''
90	-->-- '''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-super-powers-of-steven-seagal-lawman/#ixzz31rCQFvPB "The 7 Super Powers That Steven Seagal Actually Believes He Has"]]
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92	->'''Cowboy:''' YOU SCAMMING SACK OF CRAP! You cheated didn't you! There's no way you can land 5 bullseyes in a row!\
93	'''Shroomy:''' But I played a lot of boy scout games, I think you're just a sore loser, sir.
94	-->-- ''[[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]''
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97	[[folder:Western Animation]]
98	->''"Their precision is legendary. [[EliteMooks The Yu-Yan Archers]] can pin a fly to a tree from a hundred yards away. Without killing it."''
99	-->-- '''Zhao''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
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