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* In Season 2 episode 20 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', Doctor H. is frustrated about an incident earlier and gets hit by a bottle (actually a [[GenieInABottle genie]] who ''is'' [[AnimateInanimateObject a bottle]] that was thrown by Big M.). After commenting that even a ''bottle'' won't stop pestering him, Doctor H. tries to throw it out of his sight, but it keeps coming back to hit him every time he does so.

* Occurs in ''[[Film/CaptainAmerica1979 Captain America II: Death Too Soon]]'', where the Captain foils a mugging attempt by tossing his trademark shield at a perpetrator, missing him at point-blank range, and the thug gives his shield enough time to curve back and knock himself out.

* Occurs in ''Film/CaptainAmericaIIDeathTooSoon'', where the Captain foils a mugging attempt by tossing his trademark shield at a perpetrator, missing him at point-blank range, and the thug gives his shield enough time to curve back and knock himself out.

* In ''ComicBook/TheSuperiorFoesOfSpiderMan'', when Boomerang tosses one of his boomerangs at Bullseye, Bullseye performs a NonchalantDodge then proceeds to close the door behind him right before the boomerang comes back at him.

* In the BatmanColdOpen of an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'', Batman pulls this off against [=KGBeast=].

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'', Captain Boomerang sends a swarm of boomerangs flying at Franchise/TheFlash, who catches them and throws them back. They turn around and fly back at him (suggesting that these boomerangs are ''so'' good that it doesn't take any skill to use them, they return whether you want them to or not). Upon seeing them going back towards him, Flash's response is a "DUH!"

* In ''VideoGame/{{MUGEN}}'', the Dancing Banana throws Bananarangs forwards that disappear should they score an unblocked hit. If they miss or get blocked, they stay a short while at the screen's edge before flying back in the opposite direction for a second chance to hit the opponent.

* Thor pulls a similar trick to the example in the above section in Film/ThorRagnarok while Loki is currently disguised as Odin, who enchanted the hammer to begin with. As he's not Odin, Loki can't stop it from coming back and has to drop the charade.

* ''DC vs. Marvel'' shows a fight between Bane and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, with Cap missing a shield toss, and Bane closing in and grabbing him, only to get struck by the returning shield before he can break Cap's back.

* Not exactly a boomerang, but in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', in a last ditch effort to beat Hiei, Yusuke goad him into the path of a point blank [[KiBlast Reigun]] shot. It would have hit any other opponent, but Hiei manages to use his extreme speed to get out of the way. He then takes the time to gloat about how Yusuke was almost good enough, only to be hit in the back by the return shot a few seconds later; as it turns out, Yusuke figured Hiei would dodge, so he positioned himself so the shot would hit the Mirror of Darkness behind him and ricochet back when Hiei wasn't paying attention. Good thing it worked, too. Because if his shots ''didn't'' work that way, he had no other plans left.

!!!Throwers hit variant

->''"[[{{Slogans}} It's all coming back to you.]]"''

* One episode of ''Series/{{Blackadder}} II'' has Edmund giving a boomerang to the Queen as a present from his expedition around the world. She's unimpressed by it, and tells Percy to throw it away. He lightly tosses it out the door behind him, and a few seconds later, it miraculously emerges to strike Percy on the head. (Which, of course, amuses the Queen immensely.)

* In the first season of ''Anime/{{Digimon|Adventure}}'', Ikkakumon launches his Harpoon Torpedo at the MonsterOfTheWeek, then when it's not looking, the torpedo opens up and fires a guided missile that comes back and tags him.

* ''When the Eds come across a cursed boomerang in an episode of WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', they eventually manage to throw it into the distance. It comes right back with enough force to pin them all to a tree branch. Interestingly, it was the first point in the episode where the boomerang actually returned to the thrower at all.

* In ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', proficient players of Captain America make use of this factor with his shield throw to set up combos; usually knowing their opponent will either try to block it or dodge it.

* Occurs in ''Captain America II: Death Too Soon'', a made-for-TV film from 1979 starring Reb Brown as ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, where the Captain foils a mugging attempt by tossing his trademark shield at a perpetrator, missing him at point-blank range, and the thug gives his shield enough time to curve back and knock himself out.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'': How Captain Boomerang takes out one of the guards on the tower: sending the boomerang past him to hit him on its return.

''[Wrecker looks behind him and gets hit in the face with Mjolnir]''

-->'''Giles:''' It's not that simple, is it-- (''ball bounces off his head'') Ow.

** In the [[Recap/DeathBattleS02E11CaptainAmericaVsBatman "Captain America vs. Batman"]] match, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's nails Franchise/{{Batman}} behind the head with his shield by ricocheting it against a wall. Though it is just the warm-up phase.
** In [[Recap/DeathBattleS02E24DarthVaderVsDoctorDoom "Darth Vader vs. Doctor Doom"]], toward the end of the fight, Darth Vader throws his lightsaber at Doctor Doom, who easily sidestep it. Later, though, guided by the Force, the lightsaber hits Doctor Doom in the back mid-gloating.

(''Wrecker looks behind him and gets hit in the face with Mjolnir'')

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'': How Captain Boomerang takes out one of the guards on the tower: sending the boomerang past him to hit him on its return.

* In ''Series/{{Blackadder}} II'', Blackadder and his minions return from being lost at sea, having discovered [[UsefulNotes/Australia a bizarre new land]]. Unfortunately, the Queen doesn't like the "stick" Edmund brought her and orders Percy to get rid of it. Percy half-heartedly lobs it out the door and a few moments later it comes back and whacks him in the head, at which point Queenie decides she loves it.

* A very real problem in any ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' game with the green shell. Miss your target and it's just as likely to come back and hit you.