Throwing Your Shield Always Works: Difference between revisions

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* Used by Derfel in ''[[The Warlord Chronicles]]'' during a pre-battle single combat. He spots that the Saxon champion he's about to fight is going to charge and overwhelm him with speed and brute force, and counters by throwing his shield into the other man's face and then gutting him while he's knocking it aside.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'': it's Apollo Geist's favorite move. Unfortunately, throwing his shield ''never'' works, but he keeps doing it.

** It works, though not as originally intended, exactly once: {{spoiler|In the final episode of ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'', Apollo Geist throws his shield at Decade, but Kuuga [[Taking the Bullet|Takes The Bullet]] for him and gets [[Heroic Sacrifice|killed]] in the process. Then [[It Got Worse]]...}}

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* Some of the Finis enemies in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 2'' fight with razor-lined shields that they throw at you.

* In ''[[Dynasty Warriors: Gundam]]'', Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog can throw its shield as a boomerang.

* ''[[Rygar]]'''s Diskarmor, a shield with a chain attached to it to use as a yo-yo attack, is the video game grandpappy of this trope.

* ''[[Rygar]]''{{'}}s Diskarmor, a shield with a chain attached to it to use as a yo-yo attack, is the video game grandpappy of this trope.

* The Gladiatorial SRPG ''[[Gladius]]'' features this with the shield focused Myrmidon class as one of its more powerful set of skills.

* In the ''[[Battle Clash]]''/''Metal Combat'' duology, Carlos is able to do this with both his mechs, the ST Baron and later the ST Viscount.

* Several members of the Alexandria family of [[Soul Calibur]] throw their shields in a number of their attacks.

* Several members of the Alexandria family of ''[[Soul Calibur]]'' throw their shields in a number of their attacks.

* Shield Knight from ''[[Shovel Knight]]'' dual-wields small and large shields. She uses the giant shield to block frontal attacks, charge towards an opponent, and throw her shield which comes back like a boomerang. She can also bash her shield hard enough against a wall to cause the ceiling to collapse.

== [[Web Animation]] ==

* ''[[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~~-~~and-Match~~ ~~Weapon]]~~ ~~specifically~~ designed to be thrown.

* Pyrrha Nikkos from ''[[RWBY]]'', whose Greek Diphylon-like shield Akoúo̱ is designed to be thrown like a chakram. For extra effectiveness, she can control the shield with her Semblance of [[Selective Magnetism|Polarity]].

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* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'': a Spartan throws his shield to slice a robot.

* In the ''The Three Musketeers'' (part of ''[[The Banana Splits]]'' show) episode "The Haunted Castle", d'Artagnan throws a shield at a [[Mooks|mook]].

* The title character of ''[[Steven Universe]]'' has a shield as his gem weapon inherited from his mother. While it's durable enough to take a charged shot from a Gem Warship, he can also throw it as a weapon that can cut through solid rock and damage metal.

* The Turtle Miraculous, from ''[[Miraculous Ladybug]]'', gives a person a turtle-themed costume with an unbreakable shield as the wielder's primary weapon. In addition to being used for for defense, it can be [[Shield-Bash|swung as a blunt weapon]], and thrown at targets.