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== Anime
* In ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', Kenshin kills Tomoe when she gets between him and his assassin.
* In ''[[Last Exile]]'', Sofia's orders an attack on Maestro Delphine's flagship. Just as the ship is destroyed, she learns that her [[Love Interest]] Alex Rowe was on board and had just moments before killed Delphine himself.
* A character of ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]'' intended to [[Murder the Hypotenuse]] but while he succeeded, he also unintentionally got the beloved person he was trying to free killed as well.
* In ''[[FAKE]]'', Ryo's parents were killed by the mafia when they were mistaken for the targeted drug runners for said mafia after taking the wrong bag at the airport.
* In ''[[
== Comic Books ==
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* [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Jubilation Lee's]] parents were mistakenly killed by hitmen who had actually been sent after their neighbors, who were also named Lee.
* In one issue of ''[[Jonah Hex]]'', a killer tries to shoot Jonah through a curtained saloon window. He instead shoots the [[Soiled Dove]] who is prancing about the room in Jonah's hat.
== Film ==
* In ''[[Legally Blonde]]'', the murderer wanted to kill her step-mother, and planned to kill her as she stepped in to their home. So when the door opened, the murderer took a shot. It ended up being her father.
* In ''[[The
* In [[The Movie|the film version]] of ''[[The Firm]]'', DeVasher shoots and kills the Nordic Man thinking that he was Mitch McDeere, through a closed door after seeing a silhouette of the Nordic Man carrying McDeere's briefcase.
* From the movie [[Clue (film)|Clue]]:
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Professor Plum: [[Witch with a Capital B|"Oh, shucks."]] }}
* The surviving characters in ''[[Lighthouse (film)|Lighthouse]]'' devise a trap involving molotov cocktails to kill the psychotic Rook. They manage to torch a guy from earlier part of the film, who chose the wrongest possible moment to return to the lighthouse.
== Literature ==
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* In ''[[Point Of Impact]]'', which was the basis for the Mark Wahlberg film ''Shooter'', the assassination is aimed for the President and, due to prevailing cross-winds, simply missed and hit the wrong target. {{spoiler|Or so everyone believes, but the bullet hit who it was supposed to.}}
▲== Live Action TV ==
* This happens very often in ''[[Law and Order]]''. Often, the intended victim will just be wounded, while an innocent bystander is killed.
** Subverted in the ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' episode "Raw", where a sniper shoots several children playing in their school's yard. One of the murdered children is the authentic target; the sniper shot the others intentionally to muddy the waters and make it seem like a random crime.
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* ''[[Rizzoli and Isles]]'': The first victim in "Rebel Without a Pause" was hit by a ricochet of a shot intended for someone else.
== Music ==
* In the music video of "Party at the C.I.A." by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] the protagonist accidentally shoots, and kills, a head of state, when he was supposed to kill another head of state (the
== New Media ==
In ''[[Conquering the Horizon]]'' Evelyn killed Hsthressis because she didn't realize Hsthressis was a person (Hsthressis's species look nothing like humans).
== Theatre ==
* In ''[[Hamlet]]'', the title Prince stabs Polonius through a curtain, thinking him to be his [[Evil Uncle]], Claudius, who he has sworn vengeance again.
** Later, Queen Gertrude drinks from a poisoned goblet of wine that Claudius had intended for Hamlet.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* [[Magic: The Gathering]] has a card called Goblin Assassin which may cause any player (including its owner) to sacrifice a creature any time a Goblin comes into play. It's flavour text strongly hints at the reason for this.
{{quote|''The more victims he kills, the more likely he is to get the right one.''}}
== Video Games ==
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* In one of the endings to ''[[Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors]]'' {{spoiler|it is revealed that Ace's prosopagnosia results in him murdering Nijisaki, the decoy, instead of Snake. Granted, judging by the murder of the 9th man partly being motivated by him knowing too much, he would have murdered Nijisaki, an accomplice in the Nonary Project, anyway.}}
== Web Comics ==
* The moment ''[[CRFH]]'' officially completed [[Cerebus Syndrome]] was when April stabbed and killed Mike instead of Marsha.
== Web Original ==
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** Near the end of V2, Bryan Calvert shoots at who he believes to be principal murderess Mariavel Varella. He shoots {{spoiler|Whitney Acosta}} by mistake instead. And in V4, Ilario Fiametta kills innocent {{spoiler|Etain Brennan}} when trying to shoot Kris Hartmann.
* Both Dr Horrible and Captain Hammer of ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]''. Horrible brought his Death Ray to kill Hammer but backed off at the last minute. Hammer took advantage of this stole his now broken gun and shot it at Horrible. The subsequent explosion send schrapnels flying at Penny Hammer's girlfriend and Billy's crush.
== Real Life ==
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