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* [[Judge Dredd]]'s gun has special "ricochet ammo" for this purpose.

* [[Daredevil|Bullseye]] can do this with [[Improbable Weapon User|ANYTHING]].

* [[Daredevil]] himself can do it with his billy club on occasion. Most [[~~Egregious|egregiously~~]] in one of [[Kevin Smith]]'s issues, where Daredevil throws it through a glass window where, instead of shattering the window completely, it just leaves a small hole, approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Then it bounces around, knocking out the [[Mooks]] and returning through the ''exact same hole''.

* [[Daredevil]] himself can do it with his billy club on occasion. Most [[egregious]]ly in one of [[Kevin Smith]]'s issues, where Daredevil throws it through a glass window where, instead of shattering the window completely, it just leaves a small hole, approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Then it bounces around, knocking out the [[Mooks]] and returning through the ''exact same hole''.

* [[Wonder Woman]] has been known to do this with her tiara.

* [[Green Arrow]] does this with arrows.

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* [[Moon Knight]]'s [[Limit Break|X-Treme attack]] in ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance]]'' takes this [[Up to Eleven]]. Basically, it's this trope combined with [[More Dakka]], turning the whole screen into a bouncing, ricocheting [[Bullet Hell]] for the enemies. Pretty much an [[Game Breaker|instant boss-killer]] too, especially if it's used in an enclosed room.

* Happens with projectiles with the Missile(Bounce) attribute in ''[[Warcraft]] III''.

* ''[[Perfect Dark]]'''s grenades are rather humdrum until the secondary mode, "Proximity Pinball," is ~~activated -- after~~ which they start bouncing throughout the level until an enemy gets close enough to set off the proximity trigger. Multiplayer matches including them taught players to dread that innocent little "boing" sound...

* ''[[Perfect Dark]]'''s grenades are rather humdrum until the secondary mode, "Proximity Pinball," is activated—after which they start bouncing throughout the level until an enemy gets close enough to set off the proximity trigger. Multiplayer matches including them taught players to dread that innocent little "boing" sound...

* ''[[Descent]]'''s Phoenix Cannon ricochets twice off surfaces. A skilled player can use it to shoot robots around corridors. A less skilled player is likely to try to use it to open a door (which works fine for other weapons) and get his own shots bounced back in his face for a [[Epic Fail|highly embarrassing death]].

* ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'', specifically ''Jak 3'''s Reflexor gun. That thing will bounce off anything, forever, and if you spam the screen with bullets its a veritable party of yellow lines. And if you buy the upgrade to make it bounce off things more... hoo boy. Then again, the ''Jak and Daxter'' series doesn't seem to pay attention to reality much anyway.

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== Web Comics ==

* Vallant, of ''[[Teh Gladiators]]'', takes [[Accidental Aiming Skills]] to a new level of insanity when his shots ricochet around the Arena like buzzing flies until they finally hit ~~something -- never~~ what he was aiming at but always something that helps Teh Gladiators win.

* Vallant, of ''[[Teh Gladiators]]'', takes [[Accidental Aiming Skills]] to a new level of insanity when his shots ricochet around the Arena like buzzing flies until they finally hit something—never what he was aiming at but always something that helps Teh Gladiators win.

* The lucky shot variety is subverted in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0436.html this strip] of ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]''.