History Main / HeyCatch

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': Terry thinks Willy Watt has developed telekinesis and is terrorizing people from his jail cell. Terry's Test? Throw a glass of water. It stops mere inches from Willy's head. Yup, [[MonsterOfTheWeek found the bad guy.]]

* Daray of ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' tosses a decorative sculpture at his deceased brother's girlfriend Torie in order to get her to reveal the dagger she's hiding behind her back while inching closer to him [[http://www.charbythevampirate.com/comic/959 causing her to have her hands full when he punches her in the face.]]
* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' Agatha tosses her Castle Heterodyne dingbot at a Geisterdamen and shouts catch which allows the dingbot to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20161130 electrocute the Geisterdamen when she reflexively catches it.]]

* A small subversion is used in ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'' where Vimes throws an orange at a harmless-looking bureaucrat who DOESN'T catch it. This is later subverted even further when Vimes proves his suspicion that the bureaucrat [[spoiler:is an assassin, who opted not to catch the orange based on the fact that it was not a threat.]]

* ''Disney/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'': In the climax Sa'luk 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 Sa'luk's direction, who catches it with his bare hands--and is immediately [[TakenForGranite turned into a gold statue]].

* One ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' comics involves Calvin bragging about how he has three water balloons, and Hobbes has only one. Hobbes' response is this trope, and Calvin loses his hold on all four, resulting in him being soaked by all of them.

* Subverted in two ways in ''[[Manga/BakiTheGrappler New Grappler Baki]]''. 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.

** Specifically with the bureaucrat, [[spoiler: is that the assassin didn't react at all to the orange. It hits him, and fell to the floor. Vimes repeated it with his dwarf subordinate later sending said cop ducking under a table. Later it is explained most people at least flinch or dodge the orange if they aren't going to catch it.]]

-->From the time the dwarves first learned to use mortars to the present day, there have been only 3 reported cases of the [[TooDumbToLive enemy being stupid enough to actually try catching the shell]], [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments with a successful catch being made only once. The name of the individual who performed this impressive feat has been lost, along with most of his anatomy and all insect and plant life in a 15-foot radius of the place where he was standing.]]

** Vimes later uses the HeyCatch tactic to kill the novel's BigBad.

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

* 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]].

-->From the time the dwarves first learned to use mortars to the present day, there have been only 3 reported cases of the [[TooDumbToLive enemy being stupid enough to actually try catching the shell]], [[CrowningMomentOfFunny with a successful catch being made only once. The name of the individual who performed this impressive feat has been lost, along with most of his anatomy and all insect and plant life in a 15-foot radius of the place where he was standing.]]

-->'''Sherlock:''' Victor Nardin, think fast! ''(throws orange)''

-->'''Suspect:''' Ow!\\

'''Suspect:''' Why he hit me?

** Could also count as a CoupDeGras, since the {{Mook}} was likely [[DisneyVillainDeath falling to his doom anyway.]]

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' Agatha tosses her Castle Heterodyne dingbot at a Geisterdamen and shouts catch using her which allows the dingbot to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20161130 electrocute the Geisterdamen when she catches it.]]

** Also used in more serious arcs. In the final battle, Ranms tosses what appears to be [[spoiler: Akane's small, dehydrated form]] at Saffron. Even Saffron is disgusted by Ranma's apparent disregard for [[spoiler: the life of Akane]], before realizing it was a fake made out of some sticks and leaves. While he doesn't catch it, the distraction still serves its purpose.

* One story in ComicBook/ArchieComics, Archie hears Reggie yell "catch!", and being GenreSavvy, covers his head reflexively. Reggie acts hurt that Archie would suspect him of such a trick and Veronica calls out Archie for distrusting his friend. Archie apologizes, and the next time he hears Reggie yell "catch!", he turns to catch it - and catches a rotten egg in his face, Reggie and Veronica mocking him for being so gullible. LaserGuidedKarma kicks in when Archie is angrily recounting the episode to Betty, and when Reggie overhears Archie shouting "catch!", fearing revenge, ends up diving into a mud puddle, taking Veronica with him.

A common way to show that a fighter is highly aware of his surroundings is for him to react to this with a NoSell (throw an orange at him and it bounces off his chest) or a NonchalantDodge (throw an orange at him and he casually moves out of the way, not remotely distracted from the task in hand).

* An especially malicious variant is pulled by Chamdar in Creator/DavidEddings' novel ''Belgarath the Sorcerer,'' a spin-off to the {{Belgariad}} series. [[spoiler:When Belgarath finds that Chamdar has murdered a young couple by setting their house on fire, Chamdar distracts him long enough to escape by throwing their infant son at him.]]