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All those who chose to oppose his shield must yield!''|'''[[Captain America]]''' theme song, ''[[The Marvel Superheroes (Animation)|The Marvel Superheroes]]''}}
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See also [[Deadly Disc]].
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* Athrun kills {{spoiler|Tolle}} in ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' by throwing his mech's enormous shield through his aircraft's cockpit, decapitating him in the process. ''[[Family-Unfriendly Death|Ouch]]''.
** Then [[Gundam Seed Destiny|Shinn]] one-ups him by throwing his shield at the Freedom and firing at the shield. Since the shield has anti-beam coating, the shot ''ricochets off the shield and hits the Freedom''. Needless to say, Kira ''really'' didn't expect that.
* In ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', the "weighing pans" of the Gold Cloth of Libra become huge dual shields when assembled as armor. The chains from which they hang in its "balanced scales" form [[Variable
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Captain America]], the ''patron saint'' of this trope, does this with the addition of his shield being a [[Precision
== [[Film]] ==
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* The Buckler shield in ''[[Tribes Vengeance]]'' can be thrown (and guided with the mouse) at enemies. It's ''very'' useful for killing enemies in midair.
* The ''[[Ragnarok Online]]'' ability Shield Boomerang
* [[Stone Wall|Protection-specced]] Paladins in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' can do this with their [http://www.wowwiki.com/Avenger%27s_Shield Avenger's Shield] talent, in a clear [[Shout
* The ''[[Ghosts N Goblins (Video Game)|Ghosts N Goblins]]'' video game had a shield... it was ''intended'' to be a short-range throwing weapon.
* In the computer game ''[[Lands of Lore]]: The Throne of Chaos'', chucking shields at a certain boss kills it faster than either throwing actual weapons ''or'' [[Face Palm|using the weapon you're supposed to kill it with]].
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* ''[[Haloid]]'': during the battle between the Covenant and MC/Samus Aran, MC throws a Covenant shield at a Covenant Elite and cuts its off.
* In ''[[Dead Fantasy]] II'', Rinoa throws her shield/boomerang/buzzsaw Silenced Tear at an opponent.
* Pyrrha Nikos's chakram-shield in ''[[RWBY]]'' is a [[Mix
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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