Deadly Dodging: Difference between revisions

* off a cliff, if they're charging;

* another enemy, who shoots at the same time;

 

While this is usually punches, it can be used on projectiles. Used frequently in kids cartoons to avoid having the heroes actually [[Just Hit Him|hit]] their opponents. In [[Video Games]], this is a fairly common way to defeat the [[Puzzle Boss]], often stretching credulity to the point of [[Boss Arena Idiocy]]. Even without Puzzle Bosses, this is also a favorite way of dealing with large numbers of [[Mook]]s. Some (usually older) games even allow enemies to begin infighting with each other when you do this properly.

* In ''[[Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic The Hedgehog]]'', this is how Sonic wins the very first fight we see him in, tricking [[Big Bad|Dr. Robotnik]] into hitting Caterkiller.

* In ''[[Asterix|Asterix In Spain]]'', Asterix succeeds in defeating a wild aurochs with this method - after some spectacular Spanish bullfighting, of course.

 

== Films -- Animation ==

* ''[[The Incredibles]]'' has Dash cause about half the fatalities in the movie by getting mooks to blow themselves up on scenery during a chase sequence.

* Another Disney hero using this is ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''. His introduction song is all about how he's always one jump ahead of his enemy.

 

== Films -- Live Action ==

* ''[[Hellboy (film)|Hellboy]]'' dodges Wink's [[Rocket Punch|fist]] and it hits what appears to be a giant meatgrinder. Wink doesn't live much longer after that, obviously.

* In [[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]], Robin and Achoo ([[Running Gag|Bless you!]]) dodge four soldiers while on a hanging platform, leaving them suspended off the ground atop their swords.

* Jet Li's character invokes this by accident in the final battle of ''[[Lethal Weapon]] 4'' when he reflexively dodges a bullet which hits and kills his brother.

 

* In ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', depressed robot Marvin is left to defend himself with no weapons against a giant killer robot. He explains this situation to the killer robot, with emphasis on the callous and unthinking humans who abandoned a little helpless robot, and this makes it so angry that it destroys a wall, and then the floor. Unfortunately, it's standing on a bridge several hundred feet above ground level.

{{quote|'''Marvin:''' What a depressingly stupid machine.}}

{{quote|...when six are against one in a melee in the shadows, and especially if those six aren't used to a target that is harder to hit than a wasp, and even more so if they got all their ideas of knife fighting from other amateurs, then there's six chances in seven that they'll stab a crony and about one chance in twelve that they'll knick their own earlobe.}}

* In the first ''[[Kingdom Keepers]]'' book, Finn managed to defeat a [[Dem Bones|skeletal T-Rex]] by making it hit the tracks of ''[[Disney Theme Parks|Big Thunder Mountain Railroad]]'' which causes the weak frame to splinter apart.

* In [[Percy Jackson and The Olympians|The Titan's Curse]], Percy takes the sky from Artemis, and Artemis pushed Atlas into Percy, who moved, and allowed the sky to fall on Atlas.

* [[Ciaphas Cain]] uses this in ''Cain's Last Stand'' when fighting three combat servitors. The one hit by the other's plasma bolt isn't taken down by it, but misidentfies its fellow as another attacker as a result of the hit.

 

* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', "Me Robot You Jane", Buffy defeats [[Mailer Daemon|Moloch the Corruptor]] by tricking him into punching an electrical junction box, frying him.

** In the episode ''Homecoming'', Buffy maneuvers the two German assassins into shooting each other.

* Done unintentionally in ''[[Friends]]'', where Ross accidentally punches a lamppost after being goaded by Joey to hit him. Joey apologizes and states that he merely dodged reflexively, even taking a swing at Ross in response (who doesn't dodge).

 

* [[TNA]] wrestler [[Samoa Joe]]'s favorite counter against high-flying wrestlers is to simply step aside and allow them to crash into the mat (or the concrete floor, as the case may be).

* Happens a lot in wrestling and usually after it happens a tag team usaully breaks up a short time after.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* In ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]'', the "redirect" feat allows you to pull this off, as does the "trick" application of the Bluff skill.

* Rules for the "Sucker Attack" go back as far as third edition ''[[Champions]]''.

** Also available in Fourth Edition for Rogues, including a paragon path as well as various attacks.

*** Monks have at least two reactions like this as well, and the flavor text for a few powers point at this, even though the game mechanics are that of a regular attack.

*** So do a few other classes, mostly as feat- or utility-based powers.

* [[Star Wars]] Saga Edition has a starship maneuver called the "Ackbar slash" which allows you to redirect an enemy attack towards another enemy ship.

 

== Video Games ==

* To beat {{spoiler|1=GLaDOS}} in ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'', you have to do this with some missile turrets, either standing close by and aiming the turrets, or using portals to send a missile over.

* Used in ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Galaxy]]'' to trick Bowser into performing a [[Ground Pound]] over a glass cover. Said cover was on top of molten hot liquid that would burn Bowser.

** Of course this actually harkens back to ''[[Super Mario Bros.]] 3'', where Mario tricks Bowser into destroying the floor, which covered a [[Bottomless Pit]].

** When dealing with the Alatreon, there are two ledges at the edge of the arena. This is the only reliable way to get at these horns while it's still standing - the other ways are knocking it off its feet and putting it to sleep.

* One of the quicker ways to defeat the Garradors in ''[[Resident Evil]] 4'' is to stand with your back to a wall, get them to charge you, and run for it (conveniently, they usually don't swerve after you), causing them to get their claws stuck in said wall and allowing you a free strike to the weak point on their backs.

* Averted in the fight against El Odio in ''[[Psychonauts]]'', interestingly, as not only is it a [[Bullfight Boss]] in terms of the trope definition, it's a [[Bullfight Boss]] in literal terms. He's rather intelligent for a boss of his kind and probably won't end up touching the wall at all.

* The mooks in ''[[Battletoads]]: Battlemanics'' automatically counterattack when they take damage, so if you get one to hit another they'll fight to the death.

* One boss in ''[[Fable (video game)|Fable I]]'' can't be damaged and always strike you. Every few attacks, he will loose a brutal assault that, if dodged, stuck his swords in the ground. This leaves him vulnerable for a while.

* In the [[Nintendo 3DS]] downloadable game ''[[Video Game/Sakura Samurai|Sakura Samurai]]'', timing your dodges and attacks is the key to victory, as opposed to [[Button Mashing]]. You can dodge most enemies' attacks normally, but it's more effective to time your dodges and backsteps just as the enemy is about to attack, then closing the gap with an attack of your own. Doing this properly earns you "Precision Points", which can be traded in for gold.

* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]: Ken's Rage'': During the second phase of Kenshiro's boss fight with Shin in Chapter 2 of Legend Mode, Shin will use an [[Unblockable Attack|unblockable charge attack]] that will cause severe damage if it connects. If you position Ken in front of a pillar and then dodge at the last second, Shin's hand will get stuck for a few seconds, allowing you to get a few free hits in.

 

== Web Animation ==

* [http://epicgoldenaxe.ytmnd.com Epic Golden Axe Maneuver.]

 

== Web Comics ==

** Lampshaded by Brooklyn

{{quote|'''Brooklyn''' "It's incredible how often that move works."}}

 

== Real Life ==

 

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