History Main / DynamiteCandle

* ''ComicBook/{{Commando}}''. "Hour of Reckoning" involved an Italian general who'd been disgraced after losing a battle in North Africa. When the British general who defeated him turns up on his doorstep during the invasion of Italy, he's determined to get revenge. Under the guise of saluting his WorthyOpponent he has his chef prepare a FancyDinner, only the cake has a bomb in it! Fortunately the chef is horrified by this RevengeBeforeReason, and so the British have an OhCrap reaction when the chef suddenly charges into the room wielding a cleaver...and cuts the lighted candle which is actually a fuse.

->'''Twitchy:''' ''[looks in the back of a mine cart]'' Hey, lookie, I found this box of candles! A big box!\\
'''The Wolf:''' A box of candles? Light 'em up!\\
''[Twitchy holds up what is clearly a stick of dynamite with a sparkling fuse]''\\
'''The Wolf:''' Wow, that's nice and bright. What kind of candles are those?\\
'''Twitchy:''' ''[looks at the word "DYNAMITE" on the side]'' Uh, DEE-NA-MEE-TAY. [[Film/AChristmasStory Hmm, must be Italian.]]\\
'''The Wolf:''' ''[gasps]'' Lose the candle!
-->-- ''{{WesternAnimation/Hoodwinked}}''

* ''ComicBook/{{Commando}}''. "Hour of Reckoning" involved an Italian general who'd been disgraced after losing a battle in North Africa. When the British general that defeated him turns up on his doorstep during the invasion of Italy, he's determined to get revenge. Under the guise of saluting his WorthyOpponent he has his chef prepare a FancyDinner, only the cake has a bomb in it! Fortunately the chef is horrified by this RevengeBeforeReason, and so the British have an OhCrap reaction when the chef suddenly charges into the room wielding a cleaver...and cuts the lighted candle which is actually a fuse.

* Woody's ShowWithinAShow in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' ended on a cliffhanger with Woody on his way to rescue Stinky Pete and Jessie who are trapped in a mine after Stinky Pete had just lit a huge pile of dynamite thinking it was a candle because the last episode never aired.

** In "Doggone Tired" a rabbit tries everything he can to keep a hunting dog awake throughout the night, this includes switching out his bed side candle for a stick of dynamite. When the dog tries to blow it out, his nose gets the full blunt of the blast.

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[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* During one episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', a blackout affects the entire theater. At one point, the Newsman has a segment, but can't read the story given him, and asks for a bigger candle. [[MadBomber Crazy Harry]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRlEljwmA-Y&feature=related provides]]; [[DeadlineNews destruction]] [[HilarityEnsues ensues]]. Unusually for this version of the trope, the ''only'' indication that this trope is in effect before the dynamite goes off is the fact that Crazy Harry is the one who gives him the candle--there is no obvious bomb fuse.

* One ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' skit has Cinder teaching Roman, Neo, Emerald, and Mercury about booby-traps, with the cake version of this as her demonstration. After angrily refuting Roman's idea of ''booby-trapping a flan'', Cinder then gets angry when [[OnlySaneMan Emerald]] points out the obviousness of the plan. [[PoorCommunicationKills Thinking that her subordinate doesn't understand the idea]], Cinder [[HoistByHisOwnPetard lights the wick to demonstrate the plan]] - which proves to be a big [[{{Pun}} miscake]].
--->'''Cinder:''' (''after lighting the wick'') ''See? Now when you lean in to blow out the candles -''\\

[[folder:Real life]]

* One ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' skit has Cinder teaching Roman, Neo, Emerald, and Mercury about booby-traps, with the cake version of this as her demonstration. After angrily refuting Roman's idea of ''booby-trapping a flan'', Cinder then gets angry when [[OnlySaneMan Emerald]] points out the obviousness of the plan. [[PoorCommunicationKills Thinking that her subordinate doesn't understand the idea]], Cinder [[HoistByHisOwnPetard lights the wick to demonstrate the plan]] - which proves to be a big [[JustForPun miscake]].

** WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner: Wile E. Coyote, very often.
** Yosemite Sam.
** Bugs Bunny.
** The "Happy Birthday" punishment in the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "WesternAnimation/ItsHummerTime".
** In the short "WesternAnimation/DoughRayMeOw", the bird gives a birthday cake, with a stick of dynamite for the fourth candle, to the big dumb cat, who insists he's 3 and gives back the dynamite, refusing to take it back. However, when the cat realizes he ''is'' 4, he takes the dynamite back, cuing the explosion later.

A character is in a dark area and manages to grab something cylindrical with a wick and lights it. As he looks around his surroundings, he doesn't notice he actually lit a stick of dynamite! And the room he is in contains several boxes of dynamite!

** In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE9BeAClown Be a Clown]]", the Joker has a fancy looking explosive candle on a cake for the Mayor's son's birthday party. While most of the guests don't suspect anything, Bruce realizes the danger and [[DunkingTheBomb pushes the tray holding the cake into the swimming pool]], where it harmlessly detonates in there.

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** In "Be a Clown", the Joker has a fancy looking explosive candle on a cake for the Mayor's son's birthday party. While most of the guests don't suspect anything, Bruce realizes the danger and [[DunkingTheBomb pushes the tray holding the cake into the swimming pool]], where it harmlessly detonates in there.
** In "Baby Doll", the eponymous villain uses a dynamite candle in an attempt to kill Spunky [[spoiler:actually Robin in disguise]]. Spunky, tied up and failing to blow the fuse, leans and uses his teeth to grab the dynamite and toss it safely away.

* Played with in the ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episode "Law and Oracle", where Bender lights a dynamite stick then leaves it in his mouth like a cigar... but he does a double-take and realizes IT'S DYNAMITE and uses it to break open an invisible safe.

[[caption-width-right:300: They bring some light, alright.]]