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* SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker does this with ''a baby'' to kill [[spoiler: Gordon's wife Sarah]] at the end of the ''[[ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand No Man's Land]]'' storyline.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker throws a doll at WonderWoman, who reflexively catches it. It explodes in her face.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' plays with this a bit: while Tucker's organized a training exercise to catch [[HiredGuns Felix]]. At one point, Tucker throws a grenade, telling him to "Catch!" Felix does so.
-->'''Felix:''' One mississipi, two mississipi, three mississipi...
-->'''Tucker:''' [[OhCrap Oh God, oh god, OH GOD!]]
-->'''Felix:''' FOUR mississipi! ''*[[CatchAndReturn Felix throws the grenade back to Tucker, and it explodes right as it touches him]]*''

* John Robie in ''Film/ToCatchAThief'' uses this to disarm one of his resistance comrades. Now working as a chef, the comrade approaches him with two cleavers. John tosses a bottle of fine wine to him, and the comrade drops the cleavers to catch the bottles.

* John Robie in ''Film/ToCatchAThief'' uses this to disarm one of his resistance comrades. Now working as a chef, the comrade aproaches him with two cleavers. John tosses two bottles of fine wine to him, and the chef in the comrade takes over, dropping the cleavers to catch the bottles.

* In LoisMcMasterBujold's ''[[Literature/VorkosiganSaga Ethan of Athos]]'', Elli Quinn removes a goon who was holding her and Ethan at gunpoint by tossing him a small bomb disguised as a message. Small, in this case, meaning it can't quite rupture the hull of a space station.

* [[TheDementedCartoonMovie "Oh, Juliet!" "Oh, Romeo... catch!"]] '''[[StuffBlowingUp * BOOM* ]]'''

* In the IsaacAsimov short story [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singing_Bell "The Singing Bell"]] this is used to [[spoiler: catch a thief and a murderer.]]

* OlderThanRadio: Used in Mark Twain's ''[[HuckleberryFinn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]''. Huck disguises himself as a girl but the woman he tries to deceive tests him by tossing him a ball of yarn to see if he knows how to catch things in his skirt.

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer 3: [[CommandAndConquerTiberium Tiberium Wars]]''. GDI Grenadier Squads use this [[{{Pun}} catchphrase]] as an occasional comic relief in an otherwise dark and edgy story.

* ''Terminator2JudgmentDay'' has the titular {{Determinator}} launching tear gas at cops wearing gas masks. He eventually approaches them, hands the tear gas launcher off with a, "Here, hold this," and rips the mask off of the cop to whom he hands it. Much earlier, Sarah distracted a guard this way during her escape by tossing keys at him so he would leave his midsection exposed and vulnerable.

* In the original ''Film/TotalRecall1990'', Schwarzenegger tries to slip onto Mars undetected by disguising himself in an animatronic suit [[DisguisedInDrag resembling a fat woman]]. When his [[LargeHam Covah is again blown]], he takes off the mask and tosses it to his pursuers, upon which it cracks wise [[YourHeadASplode and then explodes]].
--->'''Old Lady Mask:''' Prepare for a surprise! Cue explosion.

* ''Disney/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'': In the climax Sal'uk threatens to kill Aladdin in front of Aladdin's father Cassim if he doesn't hand over the Hand of Midas. Cassim throws the magical object in Sal'uk's direction, who catches it with his bare hands--and is immediately [[TakenForGranite turned into a gold statue]].

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* In ''ReturnOfTheJedi'', Han Solo does this to an Imperial officer, and the unprepared officer is knocked backwards [[RailingKill off of a catwalk]].

* Ben Gates from ''NationalTreasure'', while being held at gunpoint, throws a lighted flare at his adversary, which is quite distracting because the floor is covered in gunpowder at that point.
* Robert Langdon from ''TheDaVinciCode'' throws [[spoiler:a cryptex to Sir Teabing. The cryptex is extremely important and likewise fragile]].

* On ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Mike throws a sock at the [=CDA=] agents (who gather around the poor schlub who caught it for decontamination) as a distraction while Sulley escaped with Boo.

* In the ''Literature/MalusDarkblade'' series, a Nurgle lord is taken out when the hero's lackey throws him a sack with a vial of the greek fire equivalent.

* In ''SonsOfAnarchy'', Agent Stahl tosses a gun to another character in order to get her finger prints on it and frame her for murder.
* In an episode of "Night Court" dozens of people show up at the courtroom after hearing that a lottery winner wants to give away his millions. They show up in wheelchairs (only to be exposed when the baliff says "All rise" and he does), and even dressing like the Elephant Man. The judge expresses his anger at the disguises and tosses something to "a blind man" who catches it easily.

* This is the set-up for Rob Van Dam's Van Daminator - he throws a chair to his opponent, who catches it just in time for Van Dam to kick it into their face.

* When Rei challenged [[FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]] with a technique that was powerful enough to defeat even him, Raoh responded by throwing his cape at him while he was in midair, distracting him long enough to hit him with a fatal technique of his own.

* Used occasionally in ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma ½]]''. For example: Ranma distracting Happosai with a tossed bra or the principal tossing something like a pineapple at the students to distract them.

* Subverted in two ways in ''New GrapplerBaki''. Yanagi throws a teapot full of boiling water to his old foe Shibukawa and, while he is distracted, Yanagi stops his attack just before Shibukawa's face, showing how easily he could have killed him. Soon after that, while Yanagi was in the middle of a fight against Baki, Shibukawa appears from nowhere and throws a teapot all over Yanagi, who starts screaming... before realizing that it was, in fact, cold water. Then Shibukawa sports some laughs and the fight is resumed, without using the surprise attack to.

* ''JusticeLeague'': SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker throws a doll at WonderWoman, who reflexively catches it. It explodes in her face.

* In ''ReturnOfTheJedi'', Han Solo does this to an Imperial officer.

* In ''ReturnOfTheJedi'', Han Solo does this to a random mook.

* An unusual variant of this trope occurs in episode 3 of ''[[DominionTankPolice New Dominion Tank Police]]'': use one crime to fake out the police while you finish another. The "stick" in this case is a runaway truck full of highly-unstable explosives (meaning, if it crashes, a fair chunk of the city goes boom). The police must mobilize all hands to evacuate the area. Although the truck is eventually stopped by Brenten's BigDamnHeroes moment, the "stick" still works, as it prevents the scheduled bust of a warehouse in the harbor, giving the criminals (who secretly orchestrated the runaway truck) the time they need to clear out the warehouse before it is raided.

* In ''DarwinsSoldiers'', [[TheDragon O'Neill]] hurls a lit flare at his captors, who try to get out of the way to avoid being set on fire. He then makes his escape while they are tripping over each other.

* A Hey Catch is used to distract the Villain of the Week on ''CaseClosed''. Lucky it worked, too, because the man was armed.

* In ''[[{{Uncharted}} Uncharted 3]]'', Nate can sometimes perform this kind of attack in hand-to-hand combat; throwing his gun at an enemy and then knocking him out as he's catching it.