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{{trope}}
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{{quote|'''Megatron''' (to Rattrap, after he supposedly "missed"): You should have made your shots count!
'''Optimus Primal''' (freed from restraints): Oh, he did.
|''[[Beast Wars]]''}}
[[The Gunslinger]] has an opponent in his sights, and fires a shot.
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See also [[Deadly Dodging]], [[Boomerang Comeback]], [[Pinball Projectile]], and [[Shoot the Rope]]. Also, it's [[Tempting Fate|bad juju to assume someone missed because they didn't hit you, specifically.]] Contrast [[Stab the Scorpion]]. If the shooter aimed at his victim, expecting him to miss in order to do a chain reaction; than it overlaps with [[Batman Gambit]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[The Law of Ueki]]'', the villain thinks a shot has missed and mocks the hero for not doing what he thought necessary, before the effect ends in the villain getting crushed beneath a tree. In another episode, an opponent believes he expertly dodged Ueki's attack, only to find that Ueki had struck his targets (his pockets) precisely.
* ''[[
* In ''[[
** Also occurs within the arc Usopp was introduced in. Zoro, chasing after Jango, cuts down a tree branch. Jango thinks Zoro's attack missed, but really, he was cutting the branch down so that Usopp could aim at Jango with a Gunpowder Star.
* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', the titular character pulls one of these off with [[BFS|a sword larger than he is]]. While fighting Hiten, the older of two Thunder Brothers, he flings his ginormous sword towards his opponent and misses. Hiten demands to know what sort of aim that was, and Inuyasha responds "Perfect!" At this point Hiten turns around to see that {{spoiler|his younger brother, who was attempting to choke the life out of Kagome, has been perfectly skewered by Tessaiga without Kagome being struck.}}
* In Amu's final battle with {{spoiler|Nikaidou}} in ''[[Shugo Chara]]'', she throws the Heart Rod in his direction, which flies out the window. {{spoiler|Nikaidou}} sneers at her aim?just before the rod returns and smashes the machine on which his plans had relied.
* Vash the Stampede, from ''[[Trigun]]'', pretty much lives and breathes this
** Well, he ''does'' have utterly improbable aiming
* A variation of this happens often in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]
* Happens twice in the third Ichigo/Grimmjow fight in ''[[
** Also used in the Hitsugaya/Gin fight during the Soul Society Arc. Though Hitsugaya dodges Gin's sword, which can extend itself to stab from a distance, he discovers that the unconscious Hinamori is directly in the sword's path.
* Piccolo does this to Android 17 in ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. He shoots either slow or badly aimed ''ki'' blasts which appear insignificant to 17, who dodges them all with little to no effort. {{spoiler|Turns out it was a guided scattershot designed for Piccolo to control the energy blasts and ultimately converge them all onto his enemy at once.}}
* Vato Falman pulls one of these in the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* This is used in one of the first battles of ''[[Zoids]] New Century/Zero''. Bit Cloud is only allowed a few shots from his weapon and due to low accuracy wastes them all firing at a cliff. Much later in the episode, this cliff collapses causing the opponent to miss a crucial shot and come into melee range allowing him to land his [[Finishing Move]] winning him the battle.
** Do note that nobody is sure whether this is what he meant to happen or not. It's possible he just got lucky.
* A variation is used right near the end of ''[[Gun X Sword]]'', when {{spoiler|Ray Lundgren fires his last shot at the Claw before he is killed. The Claw laughs, saying that he missed, but Ray was actually aiming for the Claw's machine, and the bullet delayed the execution of his plan long enough for Van to stop him.}}
* In ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'', Gas Skunk breathes stink gas all over Team Bullet Train. Railspike blasts a bunch of mines at him, all missing, and Midnight Express chastises him for inaccuracy. Railspike points out his mines did in fact reach their target - they exploded in midair, and the flame from the blast ignited Gas Skunk's breath, hurting him.
* In ''[[Gundam Wing]]'', {{spoiler|1=Milliardo Peacecraft fires ''Libra'''s [[Wave Motion Gun|main cannon]], missing both the Gundam Pilots and [[The Federation]]'s space headquarters. Then everyone realizes with horror that his target was Earth itself.}} Of course, this may be slightly spoiled for the viewer since ''the name of the episode'' is {{spoiler|"Target: Earth"}}.
* Happens in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' when Hiei dodged Yusuke's spirit gun only to be hit from behind after the blast was reflected off a mirror.
* Happened in ''[[
* In the ''Pokemon Mystery Dungeon'' manga called ''Ginji's Rescue Team'', Ginji uses Flamethrower towards Moltres. This follows:
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'''Ginji''': Nope. I hit the bull's-eye. }}
** That meant {{spoiler|he uses Flamethrower towards lava to raise it up, then Mudkips uses Water Gun to cool the lava down and harden it, resulting in Ginji and Mudkip using "Rock Slide" to defeat the legendary Pokemon}}.
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** During the match between Ojou with Sena out due to an injury and Yukimitsu is called as a replacement. The White Knights send Shin to score a touchdown and no one can stop him. With three seconds left, Yukimitsu instead of trying to hold Shin back, ''pushes Shin into the endzone''. It was revealed that {{spoiler|Ojou's plan was to score ''right when time ran out'', leaving Deimon no time to catch up. Yukimitsu realized this and ''saved'' Deimon by giving them one second they needed for a comeback. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|And they did]].}} As Shin said, "Even though you're an enemy, that's... magnificent."
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
* [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]] likes to shoot his webbing past an opponent, wait until the bad guy gloats, and then yank on the webline - inevitably pulling something large and heavy into/on top of the baddie. (In one instance, he suggests that the taunter should see ''[[
== Card Games ==▼
* In one ''[[
* Variation: In the storyline of the ''[[Deadlands (Tabletop Game)|Deadlands]]'' CCG ''Doomtown'', the climactic battle sees Austin Stoker face down the manitou [[Big Bad|Knicknevin]] with the Holy Wheel Gun (modified by [[Mad Science]] to work especially well against monstrous creatures in general) - but he doesn't shoot Knicknevin, he shoots {{spoiler|an undead [[Abraham Lincoln]]. With the same bullet that killed him the first time. This results in ''another'' manitou (who reanimated Lincoln intending to wreak its own havoc, but badly underestimated the man's willpower) gaining control for the first time in years, and promptly tearing Knicknevin to shreds for being a glory hound}}.▼
▲== Comic Books ==
▲* [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]] likes to shoot his webbing past an opponent, wait until the bad guy gloats, and then yank on the webline - inevitably pulling something large and heavy into/on top of the baddie. (In one instance, he suggests that the taunter should see ''[[Batman Returns (Film)|Batman Returns]]''. Seriously.)
▲* In one ''[[Usagi Yojimbo (Comic Book)|Usagi Yojimbo]]'' scene, Usagi is annoyed at a band of ruffians causing a ruckus at the inn he's staying at. When the ruffians' leader refuse to back down, Usagi draws his sword and unleash a series of strikes... and the leader is at first stunned, then realize he's unharmed. He scoffs at Usagi's bad aim... until his gang point out the various flies, neatly bisected or trisected, lying on the ground. They back off very quickly.
** Most likely based on a Chinese tale of a group of toughs in a restaurant who are about to challenge a supposedly legendary swordsman. In that version, he doesn't cut the flies...he picks them out of the air with his chopsticks. All of them, in a couple of seconds.
* [[Captain America (comics)]] uses a variation on [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]] during ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]''. Cap throws his shield, missing. Spidey webs it to a wall. Spidey turns to gloat, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|only for Cap to close the distance and punch him silly]].
** In a late '90s DC/Marvel crossover, Captain America is working his way up to fighting Batman, and runs into Bane. Cap does a standard shield attack, Bane dodges, and taunts Cap while grabbing him and setting him up for his standard backbreak attack. Of course the shield ricochets right back into Bane's head.
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** Bucky Barnes shortly after taking over as Cap following Civil War goes up against some AIM mooks with the Black Widow and throws the shield missing the 3 mooks in front of him and has it rebound away from him. The bad guys say something along the lines of "Captain America? Yeah right." only for Bucky to take advantage of their distraction to (nonlethally) shoot them. The shield? It knocks out a fourth mook that was creeping on the Widow.
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' comic ''Welcome to the Jungle'' has Harry going up against three Hecatean Hags trying to perform an Ascension ritual, and at one point during the big throwdown, he aims a spell at the wall behind one of them. When the Hag calls him out on the supposedly misaimed spell, Harry agrees... and the ceiling above the Hag collapses, crushing her.
** Happens a second time when Harry tracks down the last hag, low on juice and stumbling. He lets loose one spell, and the Hag laughs at him for missing. {{spoiler|He just threw open the lock on the cage of the ''very'' pissed-off gorilla whose zookeeper friend the Hag was holding hostage...}}
* This is Bullseye's entire schtick. Anything he throws ''will'' hit his intended target, even if he throws it in the complete opposite direction. He doesn't even have any powers, he's just that absurdly good.
* In ''[[Batman: No Man's Land
* In ''[[
* Cyclops has pulled this off from time to time as well, bouncing his optic blasts off reflective surfaces.
* In ''[[The Nail|Justice League; Another Nail]]'', after [[New Gods|Mr. Miracle]] is killed by Desaad, his disembodied spirit makes his home in Big Barda's Mother Box. Later, after acquiring a [[Green Lantern]] power ring, Barda confronts [[Darkseid]], but when she fires her power ring at him she misses by a country mile. Darkseid gloats that living on Earth has made her soft, until it's revealed that her first attack was really a GL construct of Mr. Miracle, who is now free to disrupt Darkseid's machinery, causing it to overload and ultimately destroy him.
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* One issue of ''[[The Warlord]]'' had Machiste throw a knife at an evil wizard. It passed over the villain's shoulder and stuck into a wall -- and then it turned out good wizard Mongo had [[Shapeshifting|transformed]] [[Action Girl|Mariah]] into the knife just long enough to put her close behind the bad guy this way.
== [[Film]] ==
* In the ''[[Wild Wild West (
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'''Gordon''': [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|
* In ''[[
** In ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', when Batman misses the Joker's truck during the chase scene, the Joker mocks him "He missed!" only to have the truck flipped over; the aim was to tripwire the truck.
** Sort of similar, in ''[[Batman Begins]]'': "Who said anything about stopping it?"
* In ''[[Treasure Planet]]'', Delbert shoots at some pirates but hits the rope holding a longboat instead, dropping it on the pirates.
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'''Delbet:''' You know, actually I ''did!'' }}
* In the 1985 film ''[[Silverado]]'', as a posse is chasing the leads into some hills, several warning shots come from Danny Glover's character, who is hiding somewhere out of sight. As his shots ricochet off nearby rocks and cacti, a deputy says: "Let's go, he ain't hittin' nothin'". This prompts the sheriff, played brilliantly by [[
** "Today, my jurisdiction ends... here."
* [[Happy Gilmore]] uses this on the 18th hole.
* In ''[[
** {{spoiler|[[Not Quite Dead|or so they think...]] }}
*** {{spoiler|Although cutting their numbers from several thousand to less than a dozen is still [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|damn, fucking, impressive]].}}
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* At the end of ''[[Tank Girl]]'', the final round of ammo {{spoiler|goes way over the head of the bullet-deflecting main villain to knock over a bucket of water and short out his 100%-electronic life. Oh, the irony ... he was the head of Water & Power, and now he's lost power because his head is full of water.}}
* An interesting variant is in ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''. Buzz is flying ([[Meaningful Echo|or falling, with style]]) towards Andy's moving truck, and flies over it. Woody yells that they missed the truck, and Buzz says they weren't aiming for the truck. They ditch their momentum and fall perfectly through the sunroof of Andy's mom's car into a box next to Andy, resulting in Andy's mom not questioning how they got there since she thought they were there all along.
* In ''[[
** Similarly, in ''[[
*** {{spoiler|Bond and Valentin had previously been enemies. His shot proves exactly the opposite, however: since Zukovsky had been fatally wounded, if he had chosen to shoot Elektra instead, Bond would have been unable to escape the torture device.}}
* Variant in ''[[The Court Jester]]'': During the climactic [[Flynning|swordfight]], Basil Rathbone swipes at a candle in frustration, chopping it clean off its candlestick. [[Danny Kaye]] swipes at a row of candles, apparently missing; Rathbone looks smug for a moment before Kaye lightly blows at the candles, making them fall apart where he just sliced them.
* In the ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' movie, Alan shoots rocks from his rock-throwing gadget (!), seemingly at The Hood.
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'''Alan:''' It's not you I'm ''aiming'' at. * shoots one last rock and hits the trapdoor release* }}
== [[Literature]] ==▼
* A rare villain example in ''[[
▲== Literature ==
▲* A rare villain example in ''[[Artemis Fowl (Literature)|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 Different|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."
* In the ''[[
** 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
* In ''[[The Heroes of Olympus
* ''[[Dresden Files]]'': Done with a vampire's knife throw when
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* This happens twice in ''[[
** In "White Hole", Lister fires a shot to knock a planet into a white hole but misses... only to hit another planet, which collides with another planet, which plugs the hole. He then claims this was a "trick shot".
** This also happens in the second novel. With disastrous consequences.
** In "Gunmen of the Apocalypse", the Cat stops a fleeing Kryten by firing a bullet in apparently the wrong direction. It ricochets of several objects, hitting a sign just as Kryten is passing under it. The sign collapses on top of him.
* In one episode of ''[[
** ''[[
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** There's also "The Harvest" (S1x02), in which this trope is inverted and subverted. Buffy picks up a cymbal stand to attack Luke, and the following dialogue occurs:
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'''Buffy:''' There's something you forgot about, too: sunrise.
''Buffy throws the cymbal stand at the window behind Luke, breaking it. Luke writhes in pain for a couple of seconds before realizing there isn't actually any sunlight.''
'''Buffy:''' * ''stakes Luke''* [[Bond One-Liner|It's in about nine hours, moron]]. }}
** In the season 3 episode "Graduation Day Part 1", {{spoiler|Faith}} decides to distract Buffy by shooting Angel with an arrow coated in slow-acting poison.
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'''{{spoiler|Faith}}:''' Meant to. }}
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]''
* In one episode of ''[[Psych]]'', Shawn shows off his shooting skills to a female cop; she thinks he's missed the target completely, until she gets a closer look and sees that every shot he fired hit ''exactly where hers had''.
* In one episode of ''
* Plays a key part of the climax of the [[Disney+]] [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] TV series ''[[WandaVision]]'': During Wanda's aerial battle with {{spoiler|Agnes/Agatha}} in episode nine, she appears to be throwing eldritch bolts wildly, missing {{spoiler|Agnes/Agatha}} as often as she hits her... until it turns out {{spoiler|she's been inscribing runes on the inside of the Hex to deprive her opponent of her ability to use magic}}.
▲* Variation: In the storyline of the ''[[
==
* Players can do it themselves in games with [[Exploding Barrels]].
* In ''[[
* In the 2005 update of ''[[Sid
** Unless you've taken out half of the named pirates, in which case, they start to become [[Genre Savvy]], ducking under the crate... [[Boomerang Comeback|which then swings back and knocks them off the ship anyway]]. And the last captain you defeat will actually jump up ''on'' the crate, and celebrate his acrobatic ability by swinging his sword over his head...cutting the rope on the crate and landing him in the drink.
* In ''[[
* This quite exactly happens in ''[[Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal]]'' near the beginning. In Clank's [[Show Within a Show]] "Secret Agent Clank," Clank throws a tray directly above the bad guy who stormed in. The antagonist gloats about Clank's bad aim, then the chandelier directly above him crashes down on him and somehow electrocutes him.
* Done in several [[RPG
* This is arguably part of [[Metal Gear|Revolver Ocelot]]'s MO, being a "ricochet genius".
* [[Badass Bookworm|Jin Uzuki]] gets one during his first cutscene fight with Margulis early on in ''[[
* In ''[[
** If you do not take this interrupt option, the krogan will continue his little rant for about a minute and a half, in which the interrupt trigger remains on screen THE WHOLE TIME, almost begging you to shut him up.
*** What's even more hilarious is that his buddies will back away while he's taunting you that you missed. It seems that the trigger was not the only one begging you to shut him up.
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* ''[[Razing Storm]]'': When you defeat the Spider Tank, those missiles it fires are ''not'' running on faulty aiming devices. Remember, you are standing on a suspended platform. A platform that is suspended over a ''great'' height... Long story short, ''shoot the missiles.''
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[
* ''[[
▲* In ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', The Great Flying Shooting Juan's trick shot is [http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=8&issue=10 a ridiculously over-the-top example].
▲* ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]'' pulls this trope off with a [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060901 thrown sword].
** And later with [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101008 another thrown sword].
* In ''[[Cheshire Crossing]]'', [[Alice in Wonderland
* ''[[Something
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130514084908/http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp04212007.shtml And this]
* Tempts Fate pulls this off with a magic pool of goo in one of the TF strips for ''[[Goblins]]''. The villain was a skull that came to life when TF dropped it in the pool - since the pool will turn anything organic into a living monster or something - and TF threw two boards into the pool, thus conjuring two big golem-like things to attack the villain.
* Subverted in ''[[
* Used in [http://www.captainsnes.com/2003/06/12/350-three-words-you-never-say-to-a-samurai/ this] comic of ''[[Captain SNES]]'', titled "Three Words You Never Say to a Samurai".
* Subverted in ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]'', when Liquid pilots a helicopter to fight the Cyborg Ninja. His attack is to press a button - a button whose function he has yet to determine. The button detaches the helicopter's main rotor, and the Ninja laughs and laughs... up until the rotor impales him.
* Haley uses a variant in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0716.html this] ''[[The Order of the Stick
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0470.html This one too], albeit the villains don't have time to make a 'You missed!' remark.
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0164.html Here's] one for Roy.
* Subverted in ''[[Kid Radd]]'':
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'''Kobayashi:''' Heh heh. Did I?
'''Radd:''' Yes. Badly.
'''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.]
* Page [https://web.archive.org/web/20130617151119/http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/45 45] of ''[[
* 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.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Parodied in ''[[Chilly Beach]]'', after Dale takes a shot at the net, he declares: "He shoots, he!...." and, after many ricochets, the puck inevitably just goes up into the sky, causing him to finish with "... just misses the cloud he was aiming for."
* In one ''[[Bugs Bunny]]'' cartoon, Bugs brags to Yosemite Sam that he can perform a complicated trick shot that will part Sam's hair right down the middle. After he fires, Sam says, "You missed!" A second later, his hat splits apart, revealing a perfect part on his hair.
* In one episode of ''[[
* In ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[The Simpsons (
* One episode of ''[[
* In ''[[The Spectacular Spider
** Rhino also pulls a variant on Spidey himself in one episode.
* In an episode of ''[[King of the Hill]]'' when Ladybird, Hank's bloodhound, is thought to be rabid, Bobby takes aim with a rifle and fires. Hank and Dale think he missed; Bobby says "I didn't miss," and points at the body of a raccoon he had earlier adopted as a pet and whom they thought gave Ladybird and Dale rabies.
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* ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'' "Bunzel Fever", Buzz shoots his laser at Torque and misses. Torque chides "Missed!", Buzz replies "No I didn't" as a stack of boxes falls on top of Torque.
* Ms. Endive does this in the ''[[Chowder]]'' episode "Schnitzel Quits" with a cake and a panic button.
* In one episode of ''[[She
* Occurs by accident in the first episode of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Zuko easily dodges Sokka's boomerang and keeps handing Sokka's ass to him for a bit longer, until the boomerang comes back to nail him in the head.
* In an episode of ''[[Ed Edd and Eddy]]'', the Eds were dueling against the Kanker Sisters using turkey basters as squirt guns. The Eds shoot at the Kankers (while missing every shot) until they run out of water. Then the Kankers only shoot at their feet. Eddy makes fun of their aim until the Eds realize that what they were shot with was some sort of sticky solution to hold them in place while the Kankers kiss them.
* In an episode of ''[[
** Something similar happens in an earlier episode, when the Maximals are fighting the Predacons near a cliff face. Rhinox's aim is way off, and Cheetor calls him out on it. But a few seconds later, an avalanche of rocks, dislodged by Rhinox's carefully aimed fire, falls from the cliff and crushes the Predacons.
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* In the ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' TV movie ''AbraCatastrophe'', the climax is a duel between the [[A God Am I|now all-powerful Mr. Crocker]] and Timmy Turner's collection of gifts from magical beings. They are eventually sucked down to an atomic level and Timmy fires one of Cupid's Arrows at Crocker, which lands at the latter's feet.
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'''Timmy''': Wasn't aimin' at ya. }}
** Thusly Crocker realizes that he was standing on an atom, which splits apart due to the arrow and explodes in a nuclear reaction.
* An episode of ''[[
** Averted the "Missed me" dialog: Mad Hatter had trapped Batman under a playing-card wall and was about to axe off Batman's head. Batman throws a batarang directly at Hatter, to which Hatter easily dodges. Rather than sneer, Hatter resumes his attack only to discover Batman's toy severs a line suspending a huge gargoyle statue. Paralysed with horror ([[Oh Crap]]), Hatter is pinned beneath the statue's claw with Batman escaping in the nick of time. Yeah, just as he planned it.
* In an episode of ''[[
* In the ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Flash and Substance", Flash goes through one of the Mirror Master's mirrors after Linda Park, which leaves them both lost in the mirror dimension. Batman shoots his flare gun past the Rogues and into another mirror, showing them which one to go through to get out.
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'''Batman''': ''(stares at him)'' }}
* On the ''[[Young Justice (
* ''[[Batman:
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'''Batman:''' Is it, Rothul?
''(Cue [[Oh Crap]] moment as the robot Rothul is standing on explodes)'' }}
* In ''[[Iron Man: Armored Adventures]]'', Ghost takes a few shots at Iron Man, going straight over his head. Iron Man mocks him for this, until he points out that the wall is about to collapse on Black Widow, forcing Iron Man to rescue her instead of stopping Ghost.
* In one episode of ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', Optimus Prime and Dreadwing duke it out in the arctic. Optimus fires a shot that flies clear of Dreadwing, citing the 'con to call his aim "poor". Optimus replies "That is a matter of opinion." as the cliff face behind Dreadwing collapses on him.
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