History Main / DelayedExplosion

* Pick an UltraSeries or SuperSentai show. This trope is in full force.

[[caption-width-right:288:"[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Where's the kaboom?]] There was supposed to be a castle-shattering ka-" *BOMB*]]]]

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* The Delayed Blast Fireball spell in ''DungeonsAndDragons''. Although technically a time bomb, Delayed Blast Fireball can equally well be used to generate a Shoe-Drop Delay. Its implementation in ''BaldursGate'' was such that it is most often used just as a regular fireball, but the 'delayed' part turns it into an Expository Delay.

* ''TheDarkKnight'' has a particularly macabre example of a Gag Delay. When the Joker pushes the button, a few minor explosions happen, but not nearly enough to take down the whole building. The Joker has time to abuse his detonator before the real blast occurs. This is because in real life the explosions were set in separate parts of the building intentionally so that it'd have a domino effect, [[ThrowItIn but Heath Ledger didn't know that was supposed to happen.]]

* ''IndependenceDay'' has several of these.

* ''{{Zone Fighter}}'' often has the monsters suffer this after the titled hero shoots them with his Meteor Missile Might.
* Pick an UltraSeries or SuperSentai show. This trope is in full force.

* ''TimeCrisis 3'' has enemy guards raiding the boat of the two protagonists, only to see a bomb tick down to zero followed with "Bye!" displayed on the timer.

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[[caption-width-right:350: Even explosions obey RuleOfCool in ''GurrenLagann'']]

* {{Egregious}} Delay, where there is no discernible reason other than the makers wanting it that way (see also the RuleOfCool). TengenToppaGurrenLagann, I'm looking in your direction.

** Could be that the Death Star is so large that the explosion from it must (to be seen in whole) be seen from such a distance that it appears "slower" (as a fast-moving car would, seen from a distance)

* Averted in the MadeForTV film ''SpecialBulletin'' where a news crew accidentally catches a nuclear explosion, shows the mushroom cloud and the immediate blast wave following it.

* ''TheDarkKnight'' has a particularly macabre example of a Gag Delay. When the Joker pushes the button, a few minor explosions happen, but not nearly enough to take down the whole building. The Joker has time to abuse his detonator before the real blast occurs. This is because in real life the explosions were set in separate parts of the building intentionally so that it'd have a domino effect, [[ThrowItIn but Heath Ledger didn't know that was suppose to happen.]]

* In ''TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', putting the last jewel in its statue causes it to glow. Link prepares for the inevitable explosion...and after several seconds of nothing he lets down his guard. ''THEN'' it explodes, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny blasting Link right into the rising Tower Of The Gods.]]

* ''TheDarkKnight'' has a particularly macabre example of a Gag Delay. When the Joker pushes the button, a few minor explosions happen, but not nearly enough to take down the whole building. The Joker has time to abuse his detonator before the real blast occurs, [[ThrowItIn due in Real Life to technical problems that occurred during filming]]. His OhCrap look and running once the explosions began in earnest was 100% genuine.
** Actually the explosions ''were'' set in seperate parts of the building intentionally so that it'd have a domino effect. Heath Ledger's CrowningMomentOfFunny response with the jiggling of the remote was not, however.

* ''{{NCIS}}'' has an episode where there's a bomb in a cabin. Everybody dashes out the door, jumps over the car and hunkers down behind it... and they wait there for what would seem to have been about half an hour or more before it finally blows. It was hilarious.

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* Pretty much any modern Anime, [[ScienceFictionAnimeAndManga Sci-Fi]] or not, that involves projectile weapons with [[BulletsDoNotWorkThatWay bullets]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre missiles]], [[RayGun lasers]], etc of a [[{{ptitletnnwhqnhdt9x}} fantastical or highly-technological nature]].

* Pretty much any modern Anime that involves projectile weapons with bullets, missiles, lasers, etc of a fantastical or highly-technological nature.

*** In fact, sometimes a set of bombs used in an air raid will use fuses of varying lengths, upwards of several hours, in order to [[HumansAreBastards hinder repair attempts]] and [[CombatPragmatist delay a base from resuming operations against you]].

** A common tactic is for bombs to have delayed fuses. This either allows them to penetrate before exploding (most notably used to penetrate armor protection before detonating inside, or to create a bigger hole underground if you are destroying roads or runways.)