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* ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'', [[spoiler:the chronically killed Lynne]] has shot at one of the main antagonist [[spoiler:while under his mind control so that he could frame her for his "murder"]]. It took two shots, as the first one missed [[spoiler:because she was fighting against the mind control.]]. While the first shot missed it's intended target, it did hit an unintended target no one was aware of... [[spoiler:That target being the antagonist's pet cat, whom [[TomatoSurprise was whom you have been playing as the whole time]].]]

* Averted in the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' story ''Fanfic/UnmaskerUnleased''. Unlike most akumatized villains, Unmasker actively avoids getting any civilians involved. When it's implied that Monarch tells her to attack people to lure out Ladybug and Cat Noir, she outright refuses. The worst she does of her own freewill is break some guy's cellphone for butting into a private affair.

* ''Series/TheBoys2019''

* ''Series/{{Fargo}}'': In "[[Recap/FargoS02E05 The Gift of the Magi]]" Virgil takes a shot at Ed, but it misses and ends up hitting Charlie, knocking him out.

** In season 4, a man who was about to testify in court is found dead, Carcetti uses the incident to hammer incumbent Mayor Royce in the primaries as an example of the city not taking care of witnesses. After the primary when the case is no longer volatile, Kima investigates and eventually finds out that the bullet that killed the witness was actually a ricocheted stray bullet from someone shooting at bottles for target practice.

** In season three, a man who was about to testify in court is found dead, Carcetti uses the incident to hammer Royce in the primaries as an example of the city not taking care of witnesses. After the primary when the case is no longer volatile, Kima investigates and eventually finds out that the bullet that killed the witness was actually a richochetted stray bullet from someone shooting at bottles for target practise.

* ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'': The event gets kicked off when a hitman sent by ComicBook/TheKingpin tries to shoot Peter Parker. Thanks to his Spider Sense, he's able to push himself and Mary Jane out of the way of the shot, but the bullet ends up hitting Aunt May instead.

* ''Fanfic/StupidDevilDog'': Andre's and Gerald's spells that miss Saito during their fight hit several homes and kill at least a few people.

* ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEvaEmeraldFury'': One of the tranquilizer darts that bounce of She-Hulk's body hits Shinji and knocks him out.

* ''Fanfic/TheDaysOfReckoningAreUponUs'': When Peggy shoots at the vibranium shield, one of the ricochets hits a technician in the shoulder.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12662796/13/The-Fourth-Council-Race The Fourth Council Race]]'': The "Six Minute War" came to an end when a missed shot wipes out a colony of fifty thousand people.

* ''VideoGame/XCOM2'': Downplayed. Missed shots cannot hit enemy units, which leads to missed shots at targets from ranges where it would be physically impossible to miss to go off in a random direction to avoid the "Missed shots hitting targets for no effect" behavior from the first game. However, missed shots can destroy cover and hit/destroy environmental objects/destructibles. For example, an attack aimed at an [=ADVENT=] trooper taking cover behind a destructible (eg. a car) that misses could instead hit the destructible and, if it's a hazard, [[EveryCarIsAPinto blow it up]], [[IMeantToDoThat killing the intended target anyway]]. Unfortunately, this can also happen to your troops as well.
* ''VideoGame/{{XCOM}}'': With the exception of map borders where the shots disappear, all missed projectiles will continue to fly until they hit something: walls, explosive materials, civilians, X-COM operatives, aliens, etc. To-Hit is calculated in two stages; wether your troops hit what they were aiming for, and what takes the hit if they miss. This can result in destroying cover or [[AccidentalAimingSkills an alien behind the first one]].

* ''VideoGame/Gundam0079TheWarForEarth'': During the final battle, Char will land his Zaku on the White Base's bridge. If the player doesn't respond to the quick time event in time, the Gundam will try to fire at Char and hit the White Base's bridge instead.
* ''VideoGame/{{GhostTrick}}'', [[spoiler:the chronically killed Lynne]] has shot at one of the main antagonist [[spoiler:while under his mind control so that he could frame her for his "murder"]]. It took two shots, as the first one missed [[spoiler:because she was fighting against the mind control.]]. While the first shot missed it's intended target, it did hit an unintended target no one was aware of... [[spoiler:That target being the antagonist's pet cat, whom [[TomatoSurprise was whom you have been playing as the whole time]].]]

* In ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'''s 1960 feature "The Mad 'Comic' Opera," ComicStrip/DickTracy talks a lot about his bad aim, but still shoots at ComicStrip/RexMorganMD to try to stop him from kidnapping ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie (it makes only ''slightly'' more sense in context). He instead shoots through the window behind Rex and hits [[ComicStrip/{{Blondie}} Dagwood Bumstead]], who happened to be walking by. [[DeathSong Dagwood gets one song in before dying]].

* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho''. In "The Sky Man" we see an entire planet fall victim to this trope during the Time War, despite the best efforts of Cole Jarnish to save the inhabitants (which only make things worse). It's suggested that whatever's poisoning the planet isn't a weapon but the equivalent of 'spent fuel'--expended temporal energy that's been inadvertently dumped on the planet.

* ''Film/TheKiller'':