History Main / NonFatalExplosions

* In addition to the VideoGame example above, Bob-ombs were played with quite frequently in all three ''[[Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow Super]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3 Mario]] [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld Bros.]]'' cartoons. Sometimes this was subverted when Bob-ombs were capable of causing disasters such as avalanches.

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' has two different types of episodes- in the school-based comedy ones, things explode in people's faces all the time and they just shake it off. Away from the school, in the plot-based stories, people get hurt.

* One of the several AmusingInjuries that happen to [[Manga/SgtFrog Keroro]] and his platoon is explosions. Apparently, jamming a live grenade into Keroro's mouth will only make him faint. And grow a [[FunnyAfro large afro.]]

* In Ed's introduction episode of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', her hideout gets blown away by the shockwave of a meteor striking nearby, leaving behind a molten crater. She just goes flying and only suffers a couple of bruises.

* ''VideoGame/{{Vendetta}}'' features sticks of dynamite that do damage, but if the damage is less-than fatal (i.e. if the character has plenty of life left). The victim merely stands blinking and wearing {{ash face}} for a moment before continuing as normal. A direct-to-hit-points damage if ever there was one.

Cartoons aimed at children are the most blatant offenders (with WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes characters able to survive dynamite going off in their hands) but this shows up in almost every medium and genre. This [[FridgeLogic raises the question]] of why anyone even tries to use them (or, anything, for that matter) as weapons at all, if they're so harmless[[note]]The answer, of course, is because [[StuffBlowingUp explosions are pretty]][[/note]].

* Played infamously in ''Manga/OnePiece'', where [[spoiler: A bomb with a 5-kilometer blast radius is carried into the sky by Pell in an apparent HeroicSacrifice, [[DisneyDeath but he managed to survive.]]]]

* The ''Film/StarskyAndHutch'' film included a scene where [[spoiler: Hutch's house is bombed and Willis is caught in the blast]]. Despite being quite close to the front door, he's merely slowly lifted into the air (almost as if he's on wires....) and breaks his leg on the impact.

* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow:'' None of the DIY explosions on the show are ever fatal... except maybe [[spoiler: in the series finale, where demolitions enthusiast Edgar K. B. Montrose tries to construct a chair-warmer out of plastic explosives and is never heard from again.]]

** In "Every Shot a Hit" in the second game, Rottweiler regularly goes [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blast_fishing dynamite fishing]]. Woody adds dental adhesive to the dynamite to cause it to stick to Rottweiler's hand, blowing the latter up.

* You cannot be hurt by explosions in ''Videogame/FireworksManiaAnExplosiveSimulator''

* In addition to the VideoGame example above, Bob-ombs were played with quite frequently in all three [[Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow Super]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3 Mario]] [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld Bros.]] cartoons. Sometimes this was subverted when Bob-ombs were capable of causing disasters such as avalanches.

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* These are a favorite stock gag on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', especially when [[MadBomber Crazy Harry]] puts in an appearance.

* These were a favorite stock gag on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', especially when [[MadBomber Crazy Harry]] put in an appearance.

** Averted in "Charge of This Post," where Flack nearly died from having a huge hole blown in his torso by a bomb. He survived but still had some severe damage. Mac had some as well, though it was only cuts and scrapes.

** Also played straight with Adam, Flack, and Sheldon & Camille all surviving vehicles blowing up near them in other episodes, and with Mac only suffering a momentary hearing issue due to a restaurant blowing up behind him in "Sangre por Sangre."

* On ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'', Skip Hinnant picked up a book in the library called ''Explosions.'' [[HilarityEnsues The inevitable happens]]. Afterwards, he looks at the screen:

* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow:'' None of the DIY explosions on the show are ever fatal.. except maybe [[spoiler: in the series finale, where demolitions enthusiast Edgar K. B. Montrose tries to construct a chair-warmer out of plastic explosives and is never heard from again.]]

** Played completely, utterly straight in the best Destroy ending of the third game. Shepard is caught at the heart of a MASSIVE explosion in the center of the Citadel, and yet is still shown to have somehow survived - after apparently [[UpToEleven surviving reentry into Earth's atmosphere as well.]]

* Not-quite averted in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''; hitting an unarmored person dead-on with a missile is probably going to kill them and anyone standing next to them, or at least very nearly so. Somehow, though, if you try it with the V.A.T.S. system and it misses, even if the missile hits the wall a foot to their left, the blast damage is less than if the exact same situation happened without using VATS. Grenades, however, tend to [[LudicrousGibs work as advertised]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has tons, to the point where it's almost a RunningGag.

* ''VideoGame/{{Vendetta}}'' features sticks of dynamite that do damage, but if the damage is less-than fatal (i.e. if the character has plenty of life left). the victim merely stands blinking and wearing {{ash face}} for a moment before continuing as normal. A direct-to-hit-points damage if ever there was one.

* In ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'', Rosa Cosette d'Elise gets caught in an explosion by a wayward air-to-air missile during her efforts to [=BASE=] jump from the top of the the International Space Elevator's windbreak after helping bring down Arsenal Bird ''Justice'', and comes out of the blast only missing her high altitude helmet, miraculously suffering no injuries that prevent her from deploying her parachute.

* {{Justified|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/Marathon'' in that the player is a superpowered cyborg who's implied to have had alien tech implanted. Unless you have at least 2x shields, though, missiles will probably kill you, and the player's grenades still hurt a lot, too (they knock off slightly more than 2/3 of a bar of health). Some of the enemies' grenades are less damaging (though they can still kill you if your shields are low enough). Another major source of damage is shrapnel from exploding enemies: in particular, a Mother of All Hunters or Mother of All Cyborgs will do a little bit more than a bar's worth of damage, and a Juggernaut explosion will do anywhere from 2⅓ to 2⅔ bars (making it most often fatal).

A similar behaviour can be seen in many video games, where fragmentation grenades typically have an incredibly small blast radius after which the lethal wall of burning-hot shrapnel they create simply vanishes. Some games (mainly multiplayer ones) even allow players to survive grenades going off right in their faces or even direct hits from rockets -- albeit just barely -- as a way to prevent explosives from being {{Game Breaker}}s. It goes even further in games where [[MadeOfExplodium every enemy and object dies with an explosion]] and where ChainReactionDestruction phenomenon is common as the explosions caused in that manner are outright harmless. Sometimes explosions are so harmless they can be [[RocketJump actively invoked as a propulsion system]]. In strategy games, explosives may deal less damage to infantry than they do to vehicles as a form of CompetitiveBalance.

* In ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' and ''Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle'', the Angels have stood in front of massive explosions the should be enough to rip them to shreds, but they just sent hurling 5 feet in the air without any signs of wounds or bruises.

* In the ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' films. The Angels have stood in front of massive explosions the should be enough to rip them to shreds, but they just sent hurling 5 feet in the air without any signs of wounds or bruises.

* Particularly JustForFun/{{egregious}} in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', in which it is ''the {{mons}} themselves'' that explode. Somehow, Trainers never have to pick up scattered bits of Electrode or Geodude afterwards, although they do faint.
** One fan explanation has this "explosion" as a burst of heat and light that the Pokémon emits in a big burst before fainting from the exertion.
*** Then again, there's also its "cousin", Self-Destruct. Let ''that'' sink in for a moment.
** Unless you're playing by the recently-popularized [[FinalDeath Nuzlocke]] rules, in which case, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential yes, you just ordered your trusted friend and ally to pull a]] TakingYouWithMe. And they'll do it, too. [[VideoGameCaringPotential Because they love you]]. [[JerkAss Even if you]] [[MoralEventHorizon don't deserve it]].