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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 enemy itself, if it's using something like 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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* 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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* 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.
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* 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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** 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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