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Working Title: Made of Explodium: From YKTTW
Would Samurai Jack's robots fit under this category? They often explode after Jack slashes them.
Kalle: I'm sorry, after rereading this article I just had to add the picture. :P Feel free to remove it if you don't want it there!
No Troper Tales page so how about this: Why do the protagonists in the Bubble Bobble series when they die with eyes stuck out by a literal black line always poof away in sparkly magic fairy dust? If I had my way, I'd have them blow up. With nothing left behind. That's what the original game's "poofs" suggest to me.