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A common trick when fighting a [[Giant Mook]], but often seen elsewhere is to find a way to [[Hoist By Their Own Petard|use their power against them]]. The most simple way to do this is using your own cunning and speed.
Common targets include:
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* [[The Man Behind the Man]], who you really want to be damaged;
* a load-bearing pillar, catching your foe in a [[Collapsing Lair]];
* a container or device connected to their [[Achilles' Heel]];
* a [[Booby Trap|physical trap]];
* a generator or some type of electric outlet, perfect for, but not limited to, [[Mecha-Mooks]];
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* off a cliff, if they're charging;
* another enemy, who shoots at the same time;
* the enemy itself, if it's using something like [[Misguided Missile|homing missiles that you can direct back to it]].
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
See also: [[Hoist by His Own Petard]], [[Karmic Death]], [[Could Have Been Messy]], [[Bullfight Boss]], and [[Bulletproof Human Shield]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In the third episode of ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', Dutch takes out two ships of the fleet of pirates sent after the crew by a disgruntled client when they incompetently attempt a pincer attack on the titular ship by letting off speed and letting the two annihilate each other with their own guns. Revy then proceeds to take out the rest of the pirate fleet singlehandedly in a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
* The very basis of the ''Hiryuu Shoten Ha'' (Flying Dragon Ascension Wave) in ''[[Ranma ½]]'' is based on this. The practitioner must goad the foe into a spiral pattern while making them discharge a hot [[Battle Aura]], all while dodging the enemy attacks and keeping a cool aura (and a clear mind) oneself. Upon reaching the nexus, the martial artist winds up and delivers a spinning
* In ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', the title character defeats his opponent, who is just as fast but larger and stronger, by using Deadly Dodging until his opponent's body breaks under the stress. Yes, Kenshin ran circles around this guy until his legs broke.
** Possibly subverted early on in the manga; Kenshin deliberately doesn't dodge a bottle that was thrown at him, because it would have hit Kaoru.
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* Gin uses the [[Innocent Bystander]] variety of this in ''[[Bleach]]''.
{{quote|'''Gin:''' Are you sure you want to dodge that?}}
* ''[[Darker
* The epilogue of the third season of [[Sailor Moon]] includes this in a fight between Sailor Moon and Uranus and Neptune. Usagi refuses to fight them, so she causes them to colide with eachother, defeating themselves for her.
* [[One Piece]]: During the battle with Mr. 4 and Ms. Merry Christmas, Ms. Merry Christmas, who had the power of the Mogu Mogu no Mi (Mole Mole Fruit) was tunneling underground and had Usopp on the run while trying to stab him with her claws from below. Usopp notes that there are several half buried ruins around the area their fighting and tricks her into following him before jumping over a half-buried wall, causing her to smash into the part that was buried.
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* In one ''[[Transformers]]'' comic, a rhino-shaped decepticon (Stranglehold) charged against an autobot, who very politely introduced him to the wall.
* Used by [[Deadpool]] to impale [[The Hulk]] on a broken pole.
** The Hulk himself has pulled this trick a couple of times, including ducking the Constrictor's [[Whip It Good|cybernetic whips]] and causing them to hit an electric streetlight behind him and electrocuted the snakelike killer, or rolling out of the way of an electrically-charged Absorbing Man and letting him hit a large pool of water.
* 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.
== Fanfiction==
* In the 19th chapter of the ''[[Naruto]]'' fanfic, Kusari no Naruto, Naruto gets the Ichibi to hit itself in the face twice.
== Films -- Animation ==
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* At the end of ''[[Chicken Run]]'', Ginger is pursued by Mrs. Tweedy climbing up a rope (OK, a string of Christmas lights). As Tweedy reaches her, she attacks Ginger with a meat cleaver. After a moment, Ginger reveals that not only is she alright, but that Tweedy cut the rope, and falls away.
* Used several times in the starting sequence to ''[[Bolt]]'', once by Bolt getting a homing missile to hit a helicopter, and once by Penny getting one of the motorbiking [[Faceless Mooks]] to electrify another.
* Disney's ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'' uses this tactic against the [[Mook]] archers, causing them to hit each other. Of course, they don't ''actually'' hit each other with arrows. They just get pinned to walls through the collars or somesuch.
* In the 2009 film version of ''[[Astro Boy (film)|Astro Boy]]'', Astro uses this to get the Peacekeeper to collapse a skyscraper on itself.
* In ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', Tiana and Naveen use this against a trio of dim-witted frog hunters.
* ''[[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 ==
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* Used by Kitty Pryde against Juggernaut in ''[[X-Men]]: The Last Stand'', as she tricks him into crashing into a wall behind her; due to their powers being temporarily nullified by Leech, he's promptly knocked out.
** And again in the ''Wolverine'' movie, with Wade Wilson dodging and slicing bullets to take out foes on either side of him with their own bullets.
* In ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'', the Landlord defeats the pair of kung fu villains who double as [[Musical Assassin
* Pulled off in the movie adaptation of ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]''. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|By a]] ''[[Hot Sub-On-Sub Action|submarine]]''.
* River Tam from ''[[Serenity]]'', in both the Maidenhead fight and Mr. Universe's complex, uses this, although she isn't above shoving people ''into'' the way as well.
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* ''[[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.
* In ''[[
* 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.
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* In the ''[[Star Wars]]'' EU, this is a space tactic known as the Ackbar Slash. It was developed in the Battle of Endor at the end of ''Return of the Jedi'' for use by large capital ships in close proximity to each other. It has been implied that the only reason it works is because it's generally suicidal and no-one is that crazy.
** And also because the Mon Calamari warships that constitute the bulk of Admiral Ackbar's fleet have stronger [[Deflector Shields]] and better maneuverability than most other ships of their size, giving them a better chance of avoiding enemy fire and of surviving the shots that do hit them.
** Also notable is a trick used by fighters against capital vessels, involving having a bunch of missiles chase an allied fighter, then making a high-performance turn right next to the hostile ship. The missiles try to match the turn, but have to take wider turns due to their faster
** {{spoiler|Make sure the missiles are all fired at the same time}}
** There's also the A-Wing Slash, wherein a group of X-Wings head for any enemy ship, only to peel away at the last minute and reveal the A-Wings that were hiding in the glow from their engines. The Deadly Dodge part comes when an Imperial commander duplicates it with Preybird starfighters in place of X-Wings and proton torpedoes in place of the A-Wings.
* 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.}}
* In the [[Discworld]] book ''[[
{{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 the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Past Doctor Adventures]] novel ''The Eleventh Tiger'', the Doctor does this to the Gung Fu School bully who challenges him to a duel. The Doctor first flips him onto his back using his attack as a lever, then when the bully decides to kick at the Doctor's head (a kick that he boasts shatters jars, and jars are stronger then heads) the Doctor momentarily blinds him with a reflection of light and then moves his head an inch to the left, allowing the bully's foot to crack into the wooden pole behind the Doctor's head, splintering the pole and his foot. The Doctor then tells the other students to tend to the bully's wounds. Topping this off is the fact this is the first Doctor, who looks like he's 60 if he's a day.
* 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 ''[[Helm]]'', Leland de Laal discovers this by accident during his [[Training
▲== Live Action TV ==
* 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.
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* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Age of Steel", Mickey also defeats a Cyberman by getting it to punch an electrical generator.
* In the second season ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' episode "The Virtue Affair", Napoleon Solo escapes from a holding cell and is running through the corridors of the [[Big Bad]]'s lair. Confronted by two [[Mooks]] approaching from opposite sides of the corridor, Solo dodges just in time for the mooks to gun each other down.
** Played with in the third season episode "The Five Daughters Affair, Part II". Solo and Kuryakin, creeping down a corridor of a THRUSH complex, are menaced by one THRUSH mook ahead of them and two behind them. The mook in front of them sprints towards them, then leaps at Solo as if to tackle him. Solo quickly hits the floor, and the leaping mook takes out the two mooks following the heroes.
* In an episode of ''[[Murder Most Horrid]]'', the fiancée of a murder victim announces that she no longer wishes to live and asks his killers to all shoot her in the head at the end of a song. She takes a bow.
* [[Double Subverted]] in an episode of ''[[Farscape]]''. Crichton tries to trick a creature into jumping through a hole blown in the hull that's sealed with an improvised hatch and an electromagnetic field. However, after he dodges it, it misses the hatch and clings to the wall instead. It takes a few more tries and several seconds of frantically dodging to work.
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* 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).
▲== Pro Wrestling ==
* [[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 ==
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* 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]]''.
* Third Edition [[Dungeons
** 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]].
** Also in ''Galaxy'', this technique can be used to turn Bullet Bills into [[Helpful Mook
* The old Sega Genesis/Megadrive game ''Taz in Escape from Mars'' requires this tactic against one boss, a bull that one must trick into running into a wall.
** Also used against those 2 gators; you get the stupid to put his net over the smart one.
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* A variant appears in ''[[Escape from Monkey Island]]'': the enormous [[Final Boss]] appears in a rehashing of the game's martial-arts-code-breaker puzzle, but can't be defeated in regular combat. The player is [[Guide Dang It|expected to have discovered and remembered]] that combatants will get frustrated and beat at their own head if stalemated, and induce the boss to do so, crushing its controller who was conveniently riding on top.
* In ''[[Persona 4]]'' enemies that miss have a chance of falling down. If it is the last enemy on their feet at the time, you get a free combination attack.
* Simultaneously played straight and inverted in ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]''. When fighting, both your dwarves and whoever they're fighting can sidestep to an adjacent free tile in order to dodge an attack. Free tiles include open spaces, so battles on top of bridges often result in one or more combatants dodging off the bridge and falling into the water or magma below.
* Played straight in ''[[Monster Hunter]]''. Certain monsters with very large fangs or horns can get them temporarily stuck in conveniently-placed ledges or walls by application of this technique. Doesn't work once the offending body part has been smashed, though.
** 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.
** ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]'' has the Nemesis. If you are skilled or lucky, you can get him to kill zombies for you, since he destroys ''anything'' in his path to get to the player.
* 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.
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* ''[[The Haunted Mansion]]'' has a segment where Zeke is [[Incredible Shrinking Man|shrunken down]] onto a billards table and has to get the ghostly player to hit all the balls into the pockets. In the kitchen, you have to get the plates aimed at you to break every bottle of alcohol.
* The first form of the [[Final Boss]] in ''[[An Untitled Story]]'' is defeated by having his charge shot bounce right back at him.
* Used brilliantly in [[Jade Empire]] by Sagacious Zu against {{spoiler|Death's Hand. Turns out to be a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], sadly}}.
* In ''[[Pikmin|Pikmin 2]]'', the easiest way to clear out areas with Cannon Beetle Larva (which shoot rocks out at you) is to lure them into shooting every other enemy in the vicinity. It also spares your pikmin from being steamrolled by the rock projectiles in the process.
* In ''[[Phantasy Star Online]]'', the easiest way to dispatch a Garanz is to open the menu to keep yourself in non-combat mode and running in circles around it, making it hit itself with its missiles while you take no damage.
* In [[Prince of Persia]] The Two Thrones, [[That One Boss]] fight involves two really big guys. The only way to beat them is to dodge and get an axe stuck in the ground.
* The only way to get a record for the record player in ''[[Minecraft]]'' (other than being really lucky with [[Random Drops|dungeon chests]]) is to get a skeleton to kill a creeper with its arrow.
* In ''[[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider Anniversary]]'', during the fight with the T-Rex this is the fastest method of killing it, but it's optional since you can just [[Infinite Ammo|pump it full of bullets]] until you reach [[Press X to Not Die|the end of the fight]] where this is in full effect. The force of the T-Rex smashing into the building behind you even leaves you with a conveniently placed stepping stone to get into the next area.
* 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.
* ''[[Vega Strike]]'' allows a variation of this as a desperation move - if you are under attack from something you can't really deal with (yet), try flying toward something big and armed with turrets (a capship or space station armed better than Habitat or Mining) and buzz within a kilometre or so before it while under fire. In the unlikely (in the early game area, at least) case it was not hostile to your attackers already, after a few stray shells scratch its paint it will be. You still need to pay attention to avoid running into the station or ships it may launch/dock while dodging shots and not be caught between one of those turrets and its target when the [[Beam Spam]] starts.
== Web Animation ==
* [http://epicgoldenaxe.ytmnd.com Epic Golden Axe Maneuver.]
== Web Comics ==
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** Also occurs unintentionally during an episode where Aang is training with Katara and Toph, where he ducks a boulder from Toph by burrowing into the ground, which proceeds to hit Katara, who was standing behind.
** And again in "The Headband", wherein Aang is attacked by the school bully. He manages to defeat the bully with his hands held behind his back and an innocent smile on his face, by dodging in such a way that causes his opponent to throw himself to the ground.
*** Put simply,
* Splinter likes doing this in the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|2003]] ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|TMNT]]'' cartoon. In one episode, he uses it to defeat the Shredder by bringing down a wooden water tower on him; in another, he combines it with [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]] against a group of elementals.
** The [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|1987 version]] has the title characters do this when Bebop and Rocksteady were charging, causing the two to collide head-first into each other. The first arcade game has a [[Boss Battle]] where this scene can be duplicated.
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** Lampshaded by Brooklyn
{{quote|'''Brooklyn''' "It's incredible how often that move works."}}
* Since [[Secret Squirrel]] can't fight the endangered [[
== Real Life ==
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