Arrow Catch: Difference between revisions

* Ashitaka does this in ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' at one point. It's the shot that takes some guy's arm off. Extra [[Badass]] points in that he immediately reloads it in his bow.

** He's also shown to be capable to cutting flying arrows out of the air.

* As pictured above, the various warriors in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' are capable of moving at speeds enough to catch quickly moving objects out of the air (the catcher in queston is Kaede, a super-powered [[Ninja]]).

** Setsuna does it with not one, but 5 darts [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v05/c42/6.html here]. It was [[Badass]].

* Haru Glory catches one with his mouth ''at point-blank range'' in ''[[Rave Master]]''.

* Souma did this in ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]''. Unfortunately, the arrow immediately exploded in his face.

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Bazette'''}}: I've already seen this tactic.}}

* Sting from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' not only catches an arrow, but then eats it and shoots it back with a massive gust of wind using his Dragon Roar attack.

== Comic Books ==

 

** Later, when Arrowette is about to kill a criminal, Superboy [[Chekhov's Skill|manages to catch it just in time.]]

* [[Batman]] once caught a [[Trick Arrow]] shot by Speedy (Roy) over his shoulder, without looking. It was meant as a joke by Roy, and it [[Badass|made a durable impression]] on him until long after he [[Sidekick Graduations Stick|became Arsenal]].

* Used by the [[Big Bad]] in the film ''[[The Hunted]]''. And it was at point blank range too.

* Taimak in ''[[The Last Dragon]]'' karate-chops an arrow out of the air. As it turns out, he really did, and the stunt only took two hours to get right.

** Of course, this was distinctly meant as a parody -

{{quote| '''Ahchoo''': Blinkin! How did you do that? <br />

'''Blinkin''': Pardon? Who's talking? }}

* Lucien does this once in the beginning of ''[[Underworld Rise of the Lycans]]'' He then spends the rest of movie getting shot in the back. Who says the bad guys never learn?

* In a movie version of ''[[The Mahabarta]]'', Shiva catches an enemy's arrow in his mouth.

* Michael Dudikoff's character does this in the second ''[[American Ninja]]'' film.

* [[Amitabh Bachchan]]'s character does this with multiple arrows in the 1991 [[Bollywood]] film ''Ajooba''. Also an example of [[Right Back At Ya]]

 

== Literature ==

 

** Vetinari didn't actually catch it, he stole it off the crossbow that {{spoiler|Vimes}} was holding just before he pulled the trigger (ironically, he pulled the trigger by reflex on feeling someone grabbing at his crossbow).

* Richard from the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series does this once in the second book, to intimidate a group of natives. He rarely gets the chance thereafter, since when arrows ''are'' fired at him, they tend to come [[Rain of Arrows|in larger numbers]].

* Jiang Wei in ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' is capable of this.

* Lanik, the protagonist of the book ''Treason'' by [[Orson Scott Card]] does this in a sense, but ups the badass level to impossible by slowing time (really just speeding himself up so that everyone else appears to be moving in 100x slow motion) right as a squad of archers shoot at his friend. In quicktime, he grabs the arrows and sticks them into the wall behind his friend. The archers, which are an execution squad, are perplexed, but fire again. This time, he goes into quicktime just after they fire, takes the arrows out of midair, and [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|stabs them back through the respective archers' hands!]]

* Eragon does one near the end of ''[[Inheritance Cycle|Eldest]]''.

* Parrying an arrow is a skill [[The Witcher|witchers]] are known for. [[Master Swordsman|Geralt]] at one point managed to parry two arrows at once, but his success came to him as a genuine surprise.

== Live Action TV ==

 

** A quick reminder is that ''busted'' doesn't mean impossible, but instead incredibly unlikely or impractical. They brought in a martial artist to test the myth, and he did manage to catch a few arrows, but would have been killed by the other two dozen that hit him (if not for the safety precautions). The main thing they did note was that if you had the skill it would be more practical (just less badass) to either dodge the arrow entirely or deflect it.

** In a way, they did. The ninja they brought in called foul, and said that a real ninja wouldn't just stand there taking it -- the whole point of being a ninja is not to be noticed to begin with, so any ninja worth anything wouldn't be seen by the archers anyway. Still, He proved that an arrow could be deflected with a sword. So, in a way, Samurai > Archers > Ninja. (Also, the ninja was in his forties, which is past the prime for such a profession.)

* In the ''Merlin'' TV movie Mordred shoots an arrow at Maab and she just catches it. She's an elemental being (sorceress/witch, just like the Lady of the Lake), so she has an excuse.

* ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' did this all the time, and so did Hercules in ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]''. He at least has the excuse of [[Super Strength]], though.

* Criss Angel did this once for ''[[Mindfreak]]''... after many, many, ''many'' attempts. From the footage they shot, it looked like he injured his hand pretty badly as well.

** He also attempted it with a [[Bullet Catch|nail gun.]] That one... [[Epic Fail|Didn't go so well.]]

* [[Dark Action Girl|Hrist]] is shown doing this in [[Valkyrie Profile Silmeria]]. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] by the fact that she's a goddess of battle.

* Played with in ''[[The Witcher]]''. The Professor claims to have heard that a Witcher can catch arrows in mid-flight, {{spoiler|shortly before shooting Witcher-in-training Leo with a crossbow and killing him. Geralt later parries a crossbow bolt, causing the professor to realize he was right all along.}}

* If you [[Screw Destiny]] in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]] 5'' and save Sun Jian during the battle of Jing province, he'll do one of these to intimidate the archers who were firing on him.

* Theoretically possible in ''[[Skyrim]]'' as arrows in flight can be interacted with and *picked up*, but to do so would require inhuman reflexes.

* [http://dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2009-07-29 Melna pulls this off] in ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'', complete with incredulous [[Lampshade Hanging]] by another character.

* ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'' features the badass Dragon-blooded monk Ten Winds pulling this off [http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0366.html here]. While being a [[Deadpan Snarker]].

{{quote| '''Jenka:''' [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20050606 I forgive. Once.]}}

 

 

* John Redcorn caught an arrow in an episode of ''[[King of the Hill]].'' It probably helped that he was standing right next to the archer at the time.

* Storm-Shadow from ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' (a ninja character) was capable of, and performed this feat. Followed shortly thereafter by a double-face-kick to two guys either side of him.

* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' managed to catch one once, but the arrow [[Subverted Trope|turned into a venomous snake and bit him.]]

* Danny does this in an episode of ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. He was mad impressed when he did so, but failed to notice until the last minute that said arrow had dynamite strapped to it. You can tell what happens next...

 

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