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* In the novel ''[[The Man Who Never Missed]]'', the title hero makes his reputation by tranq-darting several ''thousand'' enemy soldiers with a tiny personal firearm, each one with a single perfect shot. In the last scene, after the hero has retired and opened a bar, he makes a paper-ball-and-wastebasket shot - and misses.
** It is revealed early on that his reputation is a careful construct, and that he has missed a (very) few times.
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* This leads to Bob Lee Swagger's realization that the man the FBI thought had committed the crime couldn't have done it in ''I, Sniper''.
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== Other ==
* There's an [https://web.archive.org/web/20101228130107/http://www.apptism.com/apps/paper-toss app] for that.
** Several, actually. Paper Toss, Catch It, and Toss It are all examples.
* And a website: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170806030949/http://www.digyourowngrave.com/paper-ball-throwing-game
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[[Category:Universal Tropes]]
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[[Category:White Collar Tropes]]
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