Throwing Your Shield Always Works: Difference between revisions

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[[File:throwing-your-shield-always-works_7746.jpg|link=Captain America|right|And you thought [[Shield Bash|KLONG!]] was bad.]]

[[File:throwing-your-shield-always-works_7746.jpg|link=Captain America|right|And you thought [[Shield-Bash|KLONG!]] was bad.]]

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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]]''}}

A [[Sub Trope]] of [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]] and [[Improbable Use of a Weapon]], a [[Luckily My Shield Will Protect Me|shield]] is thrown at a target. Varies from just hitting to slicing.

A [[Sub Trope]] of [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]] and [[Improbable Use of a Weapon]], a [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me|shield]] is thrown at a target. Varies from just hitting to slicing.

See also [[Deadly Disc]].

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In ''[[Gundam Wing]]'', The Shenlong Gundam throws its shield at few enemies in space, whilst the Deathscythe's (rocket-powered, [[Laser Blade]]-tipped) shield is actually its ''primary ranged weapon''.

* 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]]''.

* 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 Length Chain|spool into the shields themselves]]. When using one as a weapon, the wielder [[Epic Flail|holds onto the chain and flings the shield at its target]], edge-first, and then he reels it back with the chain (taking care not to be plowed over by it on its return trip.) Aside from their unsurpassed defensive power, the Shields (like all Libra weapons) are impossibly destructive regardless of the user's personal strength, capable of shattering the legendary Pillars that hold up the Seven Seas... but not the Main Breadwinner, the principal support at the center of Poseidon's Shrine.