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* A rare villain example in ''[[Artemis Fowl]] the Arctic Incident'': the protagonists are surprised when enemy fire appears to miss them, until they realize there is now an avalanche bearing down on them. They had ducked under an ice sheet to avoid the enemy fire, so the goblins couldn't get a shot in. To solve this, they decided to just shoot the ice sheet. Although, [[Our Goblins Are Wickeder|considering how stupid they are]], they ''might'' have been [[Accidental Aiming Skills|aiming at them]].

** Also used again in the next book: "It was a testament to the goblin's stupidity that he could be trapped in a melting vehicle in a lockdown with an LEP officer firing at him and still think he had the upper hand."

** Notable in that she delivers the obligatory "what I was aiming for" line when her opponent is [[Deader Than Disco|in no condition to understand]].

* Played for laughs in ''[[The Pushcart War]]''. After the pushcart vendors use their pea shooters to take out the tires of the large trucks, they listen to a news report which details the outcome. The report includes a woman claiming to have been hit by one of the pea shooters. Maxie asks the group "Who missed?" One vendor admits he intentionally "shot" the woman for making fun of his products.

* In Mike Lee's ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' Time Of Legends book ''Nagash The Sorcerer'', Nagash himself pulls this in his fight against {{spoiler|the Druchii sorceress}}, crushing {{spoiler|her}} beneath a big statue.

* In ''[[The Heroes of Olympus|The Lost Hero]]'', Leo sends a bolt of fire over a Cyclops's head. She barely has time to be smug about it before it becomes clear what Leo was aiming at: a chain that was suspending an engine block directly over her head. ''Squish.''

 

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

'''Kobayashi:''' DAMMIT! And I've been practicing, too! }}

* Played straight in ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20140509111608/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-08-19 except that no guns were used.]

* At least in [[Bob and George]], [http://bobandgeorge.com/archives/011108c Roll never misses.]

* ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire]]'' has [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428205531/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20070222 this] grand finale to a bar fight.

 

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