History ImprobableAimingSkills / LiveActionTV

** Also in the episode "Home is where the Heart Stops", Rick Castle, in order to win access to jewelry photos"

** The pilot shows him to be a crack shot at a gun range, although it is believable that in RealLife he would have trouble properly aiming at someone who is about to kill his {{Love Interest|s}}. Adrenalin would also be a major factor.

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E4TheFaceOfEvil "The Face of Evil"]] the Doctor passes the test of the horda, shooting a descending rope with a crossbow. Most of the time he's not even concentrating on the rope, then he abruptly turns around and shoots. It turns out he learned his archery skills from William Tell.
** Leela shoots the dragon's eye with remarkable accuracy in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"]], given that she was unfamiliar with the type of weapon used. However, she does take a few shots before she hits, which makes sense as we never see her using a handgun prior to the episode.
** The Fourth Doctor's companion, Leela, kills a Sontaran by throwing a knife into its very small probic vent from across a room in the serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime "The Invasion of Time"]]. Earlier, a Time Lord had told her that a Sontaran could theoretically be killed that way, but of course, no one could throw a knife with such accuracy. Leela then throws hers at something equally small, hitting it perfectly.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' uses ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'' version of this mentioned above in the episode "Boom!", while managing a ShoutOut to ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' at the same time.

%%* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Mulder and Scully, although the former had a tendency to drop his gun for RuleOfDrama in early seasons.

** John Reese is a very good marksman, but then he needs to be if he's going to kee {{Kneecapping}} people. He often shoots from the hip.

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. John Reese is a very good marksman, but then he needs to be if he's going to keep {{Kneecapping}} people. His DistaffCounterpart Sameen Shaw also has this ability, but she tends to chafe at Team Machine's ThouShaltNotKill policy -- one scene has her proud of hitting a man in the arm through a wall, only for him to [[BlackComedy die by falling out the window]]. Root gains the extreme version courtesy of [[ArtificialIntelligence The Machine]] calculating every shot, even the ability to [[OffhandBackhand hit targets she can't even see]].

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' follows standard zombie story protocol of the main characters usually scoring perfect headshots at the first attempt. The season 2 finale really pushes it though, with characters managing to nail several walkers while leaning out of the windows moving cars, in the dark.

** An archer in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior "The Time Warrior"]] managed to shoot the [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands out of a man's hand]] [[JustInTime just as he was about to]] bring it down on the Third Doctor.

** The Twelfth Doctor takes the Robin-Hood-Arrow-Split UpToEleven in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E3RobotOfSherwood "Robot of Sherwood"]]. Robin splits the Sheriff's arrow, then the Doctor splits his arrow, and the pair proceed to split several more of each others arrows in turn until the Doctor gets sick of it — "Well, this is just getting silly" — and blows up the target with his sonic screwdriver. [[spoiler:He confesses later in the episode that he planted homing chips in his arrows beforehand, subverting the trope for himself while proving Robin Hood's legendary skill even more.]]

** "The Even Chance": Captain Pellew shoots one DirtyCoward who was cheating in a duel and tried to stab his opponent InTheBack with a dagger. In real life, the musket might not be even effective for such a distant range, or he could have easily killed anyone who stood in the group. His aiming skills are lampshaded though.

** "Retribution": BadassAdorable Lieutenant Archie Kennedy guns down a Spanish soldier with a single shot from a flintlock pistol. It's a really huge distance between those two. What a badass!

* In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' on the rare occasions she fired a phaser in anger, Beverly always hit her target the first, giving rise to the FanNickname "One-Shot Crusher".

* US Marshall Tim Gutterson of ''{{Justified}}''. While Raylan may be a QuickDraw, Tim is a human aimbot. Once his gun is on someone, he's not gonna miss. Best shown when he 86's Jess Timmons by hitting him in an instant kill spot known as 'The Apricot'.