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== Anime & Manga ==

* Tristan distracts Yami Bakura by throwing him the unconscious body of Mokuba, long enough to let him hit him for a K.O. It was one of the rare action scenes that didn't involve children's card games in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]''.

* Tristan distracts Yami Bakura by throwing him the unconscious body of Mokuba, long enough to let him hit him for a K.O. It was one of the rare action scenes that didn't involve children's card games in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.

* In ''[[Full Metal Panic]]? Fumoffu,'' Sousuke accepts a challenge from his high school's karate club and, after it's finally made clear to him that he's expected to fight hand-to-hand, performs a [[Hey, Catch!]] with a grenade. While his opponent is thus distracted, Sousuke decks him with a kick to the head. When Kaname protests that he was supposed to fight without weapons, he points out that the pin was still in the grenade.

* When Rei challenged [[Fist of the North Star|Raoh]] with a technique that was powerful enough to defeat even him, Raoh responded by throwing his cape at him while he was in midair, distracting him long enough to hit him with a fatal technique of his own.

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* In the film adaptation of ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'', Atticus throws a drinking glass at Tom to show that Tom can't use his left hand, so couldn't have attacked Mayella Ewell.

* John Robie in ''[[To Catch a Thief]]'' uses this to disarm one of his resistance comrades. Now working as a chef, the comrade aproaches him with two cleavers. John tosses two bottles of fine wine to him, and the chef in the comrade takes over, dropping the cleavers to catch the bottles.

* In ''[[~~The Man Who Knew Too Little (Film)|~~The Man Who Knew Too Little]]'', Wallace [[And You Thought It Was a Game|mistakes a corpse for an actor playing the part of a corpse]], and tries to make him break character:

* In ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Little]]'', Wallace [[And You Thought It Was a Game|mistakes a corpse for an actor playing the part of a corpse]], and tries to make him break character:

{{quote| '''Wallace''': You've gotta see just how dead they are. You never know, they might be able to '''catch this!''' [Throws a soda can at the corpse.]}}

* In ''[[Willow]]'', the titular character throws a magic petrifying acorn at Queen Bavmorda. (Willow wasn't actually trying for a [[Hey, Catch!]] here - he just missed, but Bavmorda obligingly snatched it out of the air anyway.) {{spoiler|Unfortunately for Willow, the magic of his quirky village witch doctor is not up to the task of petrifying the uber-sorceress [[Big Bad]], and she shakes it off rather easily.}}

* On ''[[Monsters Inc.]]'', Mike throws a sock at the CDA agents (who gather around the poor schlub who caught it for decontamination) as a distraction while Sulley escaped with Boo.

* On ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'', Mike throws a sock at the CDA agents (who gather around the poor schlub who caught it for decontamination) as a distraction while Sulley escaped with Boo.

* [[James Bond (~~Film~~)|James Bond]] does this to distract a henchman during the marketplace chase sequence in ''[[~~Octopussy (Film)|~~Octopussy]]'' before then punching him out.

* [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] does this to distract a henchman during the marketplace chase sequence in ''[[Octopussy]]'' before then punching him out.

* ''[[Terminator 2]]'' has the titular [[Determinator]] launching tear gas at cops wearing gas masks. He eventually approaches them, hands the tear gas launcher off with a, "Here, hold this," and rips the mask off of the cop to whom he hands it. Much earlier, Sarah distracted a guard this way during her escape.

* In ''[[~~Total Recall (Film)|~~Total Recall]]'', Schwarzenegger tries to slip onto Mars undetected by disguising himself in an animatronic suit [[Disguised in Drag|resembling a fat woman]]. When his [[Large Ham|Covah is again blown]], he takes off the mask and tosses it to his pursuers, upon which it cracks wise [[Your Head Asplode|and then explodes]].

* In ''[[Total Recall]]'', Schwarzenegger tries to slip onto Mars undetected by disguising himself in an animatronic suit [[Disguised in Drag|resembling a fat woman]]. When his [[Large Ham|Covah is again blown]], he takes off the mask and tosses it to his pursuers, upon which it cracks wise [[Your Head Asplode|and then explodes]].

{{quote| '''Old Lady Mask:''' Prepare for a surprise! Cue explosion.}}

* When in ''[[Star Trek IV ~~the~~ Voyage Home ~~(Film)~~|Star Trek IV the Voyage Home]]'', [[Chekov's Gun]] fails to work due to interference from radiation, he tosses it at the marine officer who was interrogating him a minute earlier before legging it.

* When in ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home|Star Trek IV the Voyage Home]]'', [[Chekov's Gun]] fails to work due to interference from radiation, he tosses it at the marine officer who was interrogating him a minute earlier before legging it.

* Subverted in ''Prizzi's Honor'' hitwoman Kathleen Turner tries to distract a bodyguard by tossing a baby (actually a life-size baby doll) to him. It doesn't work, causing the hit to get very messy before the shooting's done.

{{quote| '''Kathleen Turner''': "What kind of man ''wouldn't'' catch a baby?"<br />

'''Jack Nicholson''': "A mobster's bodyguard." }}

* Norrington, in [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Dead Man's Chest]].

* In ''[[Harley Davidson and ~~The~~ Marlboro Man]]'', Harley throws his gun at one of the armored car guards, and then punches him out when the guard catches it. He does this because he can't shoot very well.

* In ''[[Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man]]'', Harley throws his gun at one of the armored car guards, and then punches him out when the guard catches it. He does this because he can't shoot very well.

** Marlboro uses this trick later in the movie.

* ''[[~~Serenity (Film)|~~Serenity]]'': while Mal and the Operative are facing off at the Companion lodge, the Operative threatens to have his cruiser lock onto ''Serenity'''s "pulse beacon" and launch missiles. Mal responds by tossing him the beacon in question.

* ''[[Serenity]]'': while Mal and the Operative are facing off at the Companion lodge, the Operative threatens to have his cruiser lock onto ''Serenity'''s "pulse beacon" and launch missiles. Mal responds by tossing him the beacon in question.

== Literature ==

* In ''[[Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets]]'' Harry throws Lucius the diary wrapped in an old sock, thereby freeing Dobby.

* A small subversion is used in ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/The Fifth Elephant|The Fifth Elephant]]'' where Vimes throws an orange at a harmless-looking bureaucrat who DOESN'T catch it. This is later subverted even further when Vimes proves his suspicion that the bureaucrat {{spoiler|is an assassin, who opted not to catch the orange based on the fact that it was not a threat.}}

* A small subversion is used in ''[[Discworld/The Fifth Elephant|The Fifth Elephant]]'' where Vimes throws an orange at a harmless-looking bureaucrat who DOESN'T catch it. This is later subverted even further when Vimes proves his suspicion that the bureaucrat {{spoiler|is an assassin, who opted not to catch the orange based on the fact that it was not a threat.}}

** Vimes later uses the [[Hey, Catch!]] tactic to kill the novel's [[Big Bad]].

** Specifically with the bureaucrat, {{spoiler|is that the assassin didn't react at all to the orange. It hits him, and fell to the floor. Vimes repeated it with his dwarf subordinate later sending said cop ducking under a table. Later it is explained most people at least flinch or dodge the orange if they aren't going to catch it.}}

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* In David Wingrove's ''[[Chung Kuo]]'' novels Stefan Lehmann brings a baby along to a meeting with a rival gang boss, purely so he can use it as a [[Hey, Catch!]] distraction to make ganking him easier. Real nice guy.

* An especially malicious variant is pulled by Chamdar in [[David Eddings]]' novel ''Belgarath the Sorcerer,'' a spin-off to the [[Belgariad]] series. {{spoiler|When Belgarath finds that Chamdar has murdered a young couple by setting their house on fire, Chamdar distracts him long enough to escape by throwing their infant son at him.}}

* In [[Patricia C Wrede]]'s ''The Raven Ring'', the heroine's thrown weapons are being blocked by the villain's [[Time Stop]] spell. So she tosses him [[MacGuffin|the titular ring he'd been after]], and the ring's magic interrupts the spell. At which point he takes a dozen high-speed knives to the face simultaneously.

* In [[Patricia C. Wrede]]'s ''The Raven Ring'', the heroine's thrown weapons are being blocked by the villain's [[Time Stop]] spell. So she tosses him [[MacGuffin|the titular ring he'd been after]], and the ring's magic interrupts the spell. At which point he takes a dozen high-speed knives to the face simultaneously.

== Live-Action TV ==

* In an episode of ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Next Generation]]'', Data discovers that he and Captain Picard are in a holodeck simulation by throwing a tool to a holographic, and apparently left-handed Geordi LaForge. ([[Chekhov's Gun|Earlier in the episode]], Data had discovered a bug in which the holodeck would get handedness wrong.) Of course, Data threw the tool crosswise right-to-left across 'Geordi's' body, which most people would catch with their left, regardless of their dominant hand.

* In an episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', Data discovers that he and Captain Picard are in a holodeck simulation by throwing a tool to a holographic, and apparently left-handed Geordi LaForge. ([[Chekhov's Gun|Earlier in the episode]], Data had discovered a bug in which the holodeck would get handedness wrong.) Of course, Data threw the tool crosswise right-to-left across 'Geordi's' body, which most people would catch with their left, regardless of their dominant hand.

* ''[[Supernatural]]'': Dean does this to Bela {{spoiler|by throwing her a lucky rabbits foot that makes the wielder insanely lucky... but causes fatally bad luck when it is lost again.}}

* In one episode of ''[[MASH|M* A* S* H]]'', Hawkeye was temporarily blinded by an exploding heater. At the end, after he's regained his vision, he strolls into the nurses' tent with a cane, claiming to have had a relapse, so they can go ahead and change since he can't see them. One of the nurses throws him a coffee cup, which he catches...Oops.

* In ''[[~~Red Dwarf (TV)|~~Red Dwarf]]'', this is one of the tests performed in an attempt to discover which of the two David Listers on board is the real one, and which is a hungry alien who can change how it is perceived to appear and sound.

* In ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', this is one of the tests performed in an attempt to discover which of the two David Listers on board is the real one, and which is a hungry alien who can change how it is perceived to appear and sound.

* In an episode of ''[[~~Angel (TV)|~~Angel]]'', the title character throws a pair of sunglasses at a woman who is supposedly completely blind. She catches them.

* In an episode of ''[[Angel]]'', the title character throws a pair of sunglasses at a woman who is supposedly completely blind. She catches them.

* [[Buffy]] once faced a [[Physical God]] who could be weakened with a certain magical orb... so Buffy simply tossed it to the god in question, who, not being "the brightest star in the heavens", caught it by reflex.

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== Videogames ==

* In ''[[The Punisher (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|The Punisher]]'' video game, one of the kills the titular [[Vigilante Man]] can do, is to toss his shotgun, assault rifle, or machine gun at an enemy who will reflexively catch it, distracting him. The Punisher will then either stab the guy in the face, or shoot him in the head with a handgun.

* In ''[[The Punisher (2005 video game)|The Punisher]]'' video game, one of the kills the titular [[Vigilante Man]] can do, is to toss his shotgun, assault rifle, or machine gun at an enemy who will reflexively catch it, distracting him. The Punisher will then either stab the guy in the face, or shoot him in the head with a handgun.

* In the [[~~War Craft~~]] RTS games, it was used as a [[Pun|catchphrase]] for the Dwarven Mortar Team. According to WoWWiki:

* In the [[Warcraft]] RTS games, it was used as a [[Pun|catchphrase]] for the Dwarven Mortar Team. According to WoWWiki:

{{quote| From the time the dwarves first learned to use mortars to the present day, there have been only 3 reported cases of the [[Too Dumb to Live|enemy being stupid enough to actually try catching the shell]], [[Crowning Moment of Funny|with a successful catch being made only once. The name of the individual who performed this impressive feat has been lost, along with most of his anatomy and all insect and plant life in a 15-foot radius of the place where he was standing.]]}}

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* Also from Blizzard, in ''[[~~Starcraft II (Video Game)|~~Starcraft II]]'', the nuclear missiles are inscribed with the words "Take it!"

* Also from Blizzard, in ''[[Starcraft II]]'', the nuclear missiles are inscribed with the words "Take it!"

* ''[[Command and Conquer]] 3: [[Command and Conquer Tiberium|Tiberium Wars]]''. GDI Grenadier Squads use this [[Pun|catchphrase]] as an occasional comic relief in an otherwise dark and edgy story.

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== Web Originals ==

* [[The Demented Cartoon Movie|"Oh, Juliet!" "Oh, Romeo... catch!"]] '''[[Stuff Blowing Up|* BOOM* ]]'''

* In ''[[~~Darwins~~ Soldiers]]'', [[The Dragon|O'Neill]] hurls a lit flare at his captors, who try to get out of the way to avoid being set on fire. He then makes his escape while they are tripping over each other.

* In ''[[Darwin's Soldiers]]'', [[The Dragon|O'Neill]] hurls a lit flare at his captors, who try to get out of the way to avoid being set on fire. He then makes his escape while they are tripping over each other.