The old carnival routine where a person (usually a woman) stands against a board as a target and the throwing knives are supposed to hit on either side of the target, which may lead to a Knife Outline. Usually faked when done in live action, even where the possibility of error is supposed to be realistic; too many things can go wrong trying to do it for real, and lovely assistants in Stripperific outfits aren't easy to come by these days... Examples of Knife-Throwing Act include: