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|frame|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]].

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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 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.

* 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.

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* [[Captain America]], the ''patron saint'' of this trope, does this with the addition of his shield being a [[Precision Guided Boomerang]] (and what little we see of his older classic-shape shield proves it was just as effective a projectile).

* [[Captain America]], the ''patron saint'' of this trope, does this with the addition of his shield being a [[Precision-Guided Boomerang]] (and what little we see of his older classic-shape shield proves it was just as effective a projectile).

== [[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 Out]] to [[Captain America]], leading member of the Avengers. Warriors prefer the use of [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|the other trope]] [http://www.wowwiki.com/Heroic_Throw instead].

* [[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-Out]] to [[Captain America]], leading member of the Avengers. Warriors prefer the use of [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|the other trope]] [http://www.wowwiki.com/Heroic_Throw instead].

* 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 and Match Weapon]] specifically designed to be thrown.

* Pyrrha Nikos's chakram-shield in ''[[RWBY]]'' is a [[Mix-and-Match Weapon]] specifically designed to be thrown.

== [[Web Comics]] ==

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