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Oh, and bonus points if this dramatically super accurate shot comes directly after a firefight in which both sides clearly graduated from the [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]].
Oh, and bonus points if this dramatically super accurate shot comes directly after a firefight in which both sides clearly graduated from the [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]].


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* In ''[[Quigley Down Under]]'', Quigley sets off a dead fall trap on one of his pursuers by shooting a rope.
* In ''[[Quigley Down Under]]'', Quigley sets off a dead fall trap on one of his pursuers by shooting a rope.
* Realistically averted in the 2010 ''[[True Grit]]'', where the heroes opt to climb a tree and cut the rope on a man hanged high.
* Realistically averted in the 2010 ''[[True Grit]]'', where the heroes opt to climb a tree and cut the rope on a man hanged high.
* [[The a Team (Film)|Hannibal Smith]] goes against the [[A Team Firing|norm]] by cutting through Face's noose in the film with three or four bullets in rapid succession.
* [[The a Team (Film)|Hannibal Smith]] goes against the [[A-Team Firing|norm]] by cutting through Face's noose in the film with three or four bullets in rapid succession.
* Inverted in ''[[Film/House|House]]'', in which a flying skeletal monster steals Roger's shotgun as he's dangling from a rope, then fires it (after a Gun Twirl, no less!) to break the rope and send him plummeting ''into'' danger. Unlike most examples here, it's plausible that the line would break, as a shotgun can damage a whole section of the rope rather than just one small spot.
* Inverted in ''[[Film/House|House]]'', in which a flying skeletal monster steals Roger's shotgun as he's dangling from a rope, then fires it (after a Gun Twirl, no less!) to break the rope and send him plummeting ''into'' danger. Unlike most examples here, it's plausible that the line would break, as a shotgun can damage a whole section of the rope rather than just one small spot.
* ''[[Cat Ballou]]'' gets rescued in this manner in the the eponymous movie.
* ''[[Cat Ballou]]'' gets rescued in this manner in the the eponymous movie.
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* This is done at the starting of ''[[Brave Fencer Musashi]]'', although they were magic machine gun bullets coming straight from your [[Finger Gun|hand]].
* This is done at the starting of ''[[Brave Fencer Musashi]]'', although they were magic machine gun bullets coming straight from your [[Finger Gun|hand]].
* In the [[Interactive Fiction]] game ''[http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=xwedbibfksczn7eq Gun Mute]'', the PC has to do this to save his boyfriend.
* In the [[Interactive Fiction]] game ''[http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=xwedbibfksczn7eq Gun Mute]'', the PC has to do this to save his boyfriend.
* In ''[[Anaksha Female Assassin]]'', {{spoiler|this is how you beat the last stage. Your target is fully armored and [[Kung Fu Proof Mook|can't be killed by your bullets]], but there's a steel girder tied to a rope that's hanging over the street...}}
* In ''[[Anaksha Female Assassin]]'', {{spoiler|this is how you beat the last stage. Your target is fully armored and [[Kung Fu-Proof Mook|can't be killed by your bullets]], but there's a steel girder tied to a rope that's hanging over the street...}}




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