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* [[Deadpool]] uses this as a brilliantly timed anticlimax in an issue of ''[[Cable and Deadpool]]''.
* The ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' do this all the time. Raphael throws a sai ([[Truth in Television|which works]]), Donatello throws his staff, and Michelangelo sometimes throws a nunchaku!
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* [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]] gets a pass with his hammer, since it returns to him when he throws it.
* It ''would've'' worked for Storm Shadow in his debut in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' series, to Scarlett's detriment, but Snake-Eyes [[Badass|catches it between his hands,]] ''[[Badass|from behind Scarlett, who was wearing a rocket-powered glider at the time.]]''
=== Fan Works ===
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* An old classic, Disney's ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'', features a sword-throw at the climax which may have inspired some of the others. This is how Prince Phillip kills Maleficent after she has transformed into a dragon. However, in this case the effectiveness of the attack is [[Justified Trope|justified]] by the magic Flora, one of the Fairy Godmothers, uses to enchant his sword so it would "Fly swift and sure, that Evil die and Good endure."
* In the [[Chuck Jones]] animated version of ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth]]'', Milo defeats the assembled demons by {{spoiler|throwing the Mathemagician's pencil like a javelin}}. This is even odder because the weapon in question didn't work by physical contact in the first place.
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* The extended re-release of the ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' movie ''[[Advent Children]]'' features Cloud arriving at the Midgar EDGE battle by hurling one of his swords several hundred feet, where it flies in a wide lateral circle and slices through three monsters along the way before he catches it. Of course, by this point in the movie, it's pretty clear you can bugger physics all you like [[Rule of Cool|as long as you're doing it awesomely]]. Not only does he throw it, it [[Bifurcated Weapon|splits in two]] in mid-flight. And he catches the second sword with the blade of the first one. Justified as this is a setting that has active magical abilities via materia.
** Although in this case, Cloud isn't using any magical assistance. He's just [[Implausible Fencing Powers|THAT good]] [[Master Swordsman|with his swords]].
* The scene in ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]'' where Jason throws his machete (which is on fire) through the fat guy's chest is a great example. It also doesn't seem too hard for Jason, a super-strong guy who seems to know how to properly use any form of weaponry.
* ''[[Star Wars]]''
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* Happens three times in ''[[Sucker Punch]]''. Babydoll throws her katana as a distraction so she can get close enough to shoot the second samurai in the face. Babydoll throws a bayonet to pin the courier's shoulder to a wall. The German general throws his rapier at Babydoll, and uses the time it takes for her to dodge to close the gap and [[Punched Across the Room|punch her into a wall]].
* ''[[Legend (film)|Legend]]''. Jack throws the unicorn horn at Darkness and impales him in the chest, wounding him and helping to drive him back.
=== Gamebooks ===▼
* In the ''[[Lone Wolf]]'' series, the opportunity to throw your sword is very rarely given, since the hero has usually plenty better opportunities, like using a [[Bow and Sword in Accord|bow and arrow]] or even [[Magic Knight|offensive magic]] in the later books. There is however one noteworthy occurrence in Book 12, ''The Masters of Darkness''. If you draw the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Sommerswerd]] before [[Mid Boss|Darklord Kraagenskûl]] to fight his Crypt Spawns, Lone Wolf is forced to throw the Sun Sword at his back before he'd alert [[Big Bad|Darklord Gnaag]]. It never miss and Kraagenskûl is badly wounded either way, but on a low roll he's still able to warn his master, making "[[The Many Deaths of You|your life and your mission end here]]."▼
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=== Tabletop Games ===
▲==== Gamebooks ====
▲* In the ''[[Lone Wolf]]'' series, the opportunity to throw your sword is very rarely given, since the hero has usually plenty better opportunities, like using a [[Bow and Sword in Accord|bow and arrow]] or even [[Magic Knight|offensive magic]] in the later books. There is however one noteworthy occurrence in Book 12, ''The Masters of Darkness''. If you draw the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Sommerswerd]] before [[Mid Boss|Darklord Kraagenskûl]] to fight his Crypt Spawns, Lone Wolf is forced to throw the Sun Sword at his back before he'd alert [[Big Bad|Darklord Gnaag]]. It never miss and Kraagenskûl is badly wounded either way, but on a low roll he's still able to warn his master, making "[[The Many Deaths of You|your life and your mission end here]]."
==== Tabletop RPG ====
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''
** ''Basic D&D'' provides rules for rarely thrown weapons in the Master Set. Targets may get a saving throw to halve damage, making it a less-than-perfect tactic.
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* Played with in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100113212511/http://www.flashring.com/content/stick/sstunts/stairjump.shtml Stairjump]''. Someone throws a sword at someone else, only for him to fall down the stairs and impale the first through the head.
* {{spoiler|Penny}} in ''[[RWBY]]''. Then again, they're clearly designed to be used that way... and they're on wires so they come back.
=== Web Comics ===
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== Exceptions/Subversions ==
=== Anime
* Subverted in the second episode of ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' when Aya throws his katana at an escaping helicopter: not only does it accomplish absolutely nothing, he doesn't even hit the chopper in the first place. The whole incident just illustrates the state of completely berserk rage he's in at the time.
* Subverted in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk9AsdCUbmo opening] to ''World Destruction'' (though the weapon is a large blade rather then a sword) where Morte throws her weapon at Lia and misses. Lia then shoots her.
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* Snotlout tries this is in ''[[How to Train Your Dragon]]''... and misses completely. Apparently the sun was in his eyes.
* Averted in the climactic duel scene from ''[[Rob Roy]]'': "You shall not throw your blades."
* ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]''
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=== Tabletop Games ===
* The post-apocalyptic setting of ''[[Deadlands]]: Hell on Earth'' outlines this as one maneuver that a desperate Templar ([[Knight Templar|no, not that one]]) might perform. Unless the player rolls well, though, the sword will most likely hit pommel-first... if it hits at all.▼
==== Gamebooks ====
* In the ''[[Fighting Fantasy]]'' book ''Sword of the Samurai'', at the climax, the reader is given the option of throwing the magic sword at the villain. If they choose this option, however, they miss, and the only effect is that they have to fight the [[Big Bad]] without a stat boost.
==== Tabletop RPG ====
▲* The post-apocalyptic setting of ''[[Deadlands]]: Hell on Earth'' outlines this as one maneuver that a desperate Templar ([[Knight Templar|no, not that one]]) might perform. Unless the player rolls well, though, the sword will most likely hit pommel-first... if it hits at all.
=== Video Games ===
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