History Main / RidingTheBomb

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': In a scene of "The Lost Treasure of the Golden Squirrel" Skipper hallucinates riding the bomb, in a direct parody of the original. Fan recreation, referring to the Offspring song: [[http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/35100000/So-penguins-of-madagascar-35176844-750-600.jpg here]]

At the end of Stanley Kubrick's UsefulNotes/ColdWar [[BlackComedy dark comedy]] ''Film/DrStrangelove'', B-52 pilot Maj. "King" Kong -- a straight-shootin' Texan played by cowboy character actor Slim Pickens -- goes to the bomb bay to [[PlotDemandedManualMode manually release the stuck bay doors]] on his damaged aircraft, thus enabling him to complete his [[NukeEm nuclear attack run]] on a Soviet target. He succeeds, but just as he celebrates his accomplishment with a bit of hootin' and hollerin', the bomb on which he was seated is dropped. He rides the device all the way in to the target, wildly whipping his Stetson hat around as he plummets to a thermonuclear death and a blaze of glory.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfP8qHvOUXc Surfing on a Rocket]] music video by Music/{{Air}}. Rocket riders include a microcephalic bodybuilder, a rich shark, a mad scientist, George Bush in a cowboy hat with a gasoline hose, a man with a tentacled TV for head, a PlayboyBunny in a US-flag swimsuit, a cannibal emperor and a man with a nuclear mushroom for head.

* In the [[ComicBook/DeathOfSuperman Return of Superman]] arc, Superman, Steel and Superboy find a massive missile preparing to launch at Metropolis. As it launches, Steel and the still-powerless Superman escape the exhaust by leaping into the nearest room, but Superboy leaps onto the rocket itself, riding it all the way to Metropolis while trying to disable it.

* A Film/TheThreeStooges short, "Boobs In Arms", has them inducted in the army - at films' end, they've broken into enemy headquarters and are getting bombarded by their own side. After their own laughing gas bomb puts them in laughing fits, leading them to being captured by the enemy troops. After taking down the enemy troops in their own outpost, the Stooges are [[FriendlyFireproof shelled by their own cannons]]. After a couple of smaller shells streak by, a large shell blows through, scooping them up. They ride it, loudly laughing away, into a gorgeous sunset. Just a typical day for them.

* A Film/TheThreeStooges short has them inducted in the army - at films' end, they've broken into enemy headquarters and are getting bombarded by their own side. After a laughing gas bomb puts them in laughing fits, a large shell blows through, scooping them up. They ride it, laughing, into a gorgeous sunset. Just a typical day for them.

* Gizmo in ''VideoGame/BleedingEdge'' has her ''Rock-It'' Super, which sees her hop on a large missile and guide it wherever she wants, before exploding and damaging everything around it, doing even more damage and a bigger explosion the longer it's in flight.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'', in the civilization stage, a military nation gets access to their final super-power, the ICBM (although the naming is off). Upon launch, cheesy music plays and it is implied that some of the creatures are riding the missiles, due to all the yehawwing going on during the sequence. [[WhatAnIdiot Of course, using this will indeed capture the cities quickly so you can advance to the space stage, but there's going to be piles of nuclear rubble you won't be able to build up on]]...

* Dante ''surfs on a missile'' in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 3''.

!!As this is often a DeathTrope (seeing as how NoOneCouldSurviveThat), unmarked spoilers abound. Beware.

* A mission in ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' has Daxter ride a missile.

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!!As this is often a DeathTrope(seeing as how NoOneCouldSurviveThat), unmarked spoilers abound. Beware.

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* [[http://dark-tsubaki88.deviantart.com/art/Firefly-2-217243599 This]] piece of ''MyLittlePony'' fanart. Well, danger is her life after all.

At the end of Stanley Kubrick's UsefulNotes/ColdWar [[BlackComedy dark comedy]] ''Film/DrStrangelove'', B-52 pilot Maj. "King" Kong -- a straight-shootin' Texan played by cowboy character actor Slim Pickens -- goes to the bomb bay to [[PlotDemandedManualMode manually release the stuck bay doors]] on his damaged aircraft, thus enabling him to complete his nuclear attack run on a Soviet target. He succeeds, but just as he celebrates his accomplishment with a bit of hootin' and hollerin', the bomb on which he was seated is dropped. He rides the device all the way in to the target, wildly whipping his Stetson hat around as he plummets to a thermonuclear death and a blaze of glory.

** And [[http://abydos91.deviantart.com/art/Applejack-Fearless-352856104 this]].

* In ''Film/SpaceCowboys'', one of the astronauts straps himself to the end of a satellite loaded with nuclear missiles and rides it to the Moon.

** A re-skin of said mount is available as a very rare drop on Valentine's Day. It's bright pink, sports zebra pimpmobile decorations and is naturally called "Big Love Rocket." [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Presumably, it can also get past radars.]]

** ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' Fantasy has a similar concept, although in their case, the "catapult" fires what is effectively a goblin in a wingsuit who (hopefully) guides themself into the target at high speed, killing both on impact. Not only that, but the goblins used this way ''volunteer'', for the chance to briefly fly and possibly kill something, plus becoming AbnormalAmmo is probably a better death than whatever [[BadBoss their own side would otherwise give them]].

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orks]] have grot-guided bombs. A gretchin (small orkoid subspecie, similar to goblins in the fantasy setting) will steer to bomb to it's target, increasing it's accuracy. Of course the mekboys tend to forget to tell the pilot that it's a one-way flight. Their assault troops are called Storm Boyz and are full-sized Orkz whose jump-packs look like someone just strapped a live rocket to their back... Because that's exactly what they did. Whether or not the rocket explodes on a bad roll rather than just fly off in a random direction depends on the edition being played.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' Fantasy avoids it; in their case, the rider ''is'' the bomb. And has volunteered, because being used as AbnormalAmmo is a better damn way of dying than being knifed and eaten by your own side.

* Jinx of ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' gets her EstablishingCharacterMoment by riding on the lead of a rainstorm of missiles into Piltover in her introductory music video "Get Jinxed".
* [[VideoGame/BurritoBison Burrito Bison]] has rockets you can ride. The pilots you replace are wearing cowboy hats, that your player character holds in one hand while riding.
* In the first mission of ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'', the Boss rides a nuke to disable it before it hits Washington, D.C. He/she jumps off before it's too late, though... and crashes through the roof of the White House, landing comfortably in the President's chair in the Oval Office. He/she is immediately elected President after this display of badassery.
* ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape'' combines this with ActionBomb by having missiles with legs in some levels, which can be mounted once they've tuckered out and stopped chasing you. They're needed to traverse harmful terrain you normally wouldn't be able to cross, but doing so requires some precision, due to [[StuffBlowingUp the obvious result of colliding with something]].
* ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' has [[spoiler:[[IdiotSavant Scooter]] getting his hand stuck in a faulty booster rocket that will explode and destroy the ship that the protagonists are on if he can't detach it. He knows that he can't get his hand out in time, so he decides to FaceDeathWithDignity and make a HeroicSacrifice instead, detaching the damaged booster from the ship. His last moments with Fiona are a poignant, heartfelt exchange before he pushes himself and the booster away from the ship and rides it into Pandora's atmosphere before it explodes, bellowing his CatchPhrase all the while.]] He still thinks that it's an awesome way to go.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}'': In "Red Dawn", when Quinn learns Debbie slept with the President, he bombs Washington, DC in a fit of jealousy, shouting "Nobody shucks my corn but meeeeeee!" as he rides the bomb. (Inexplicably enough, however, the cityscape he's dropping into is clearly [[CaliforniaDoubling San Diego, CA]].)
* Blossom does it in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''.
* ''{{Transformers}}: WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' has Rattrap RidingTheBomb attached to former Decepticon Ravage's stealth ship after forcing it to crash. The twist: the bomb remained unexploded until after the crash, and Rattrap was blown clear into the arms of his comrades, nice and safe.
** The Season 1 Finale for ''Beast Wars'' had Optimus Primal unwittingly riding the bomb into the Planet Buster, thanks to Megatron making additional modifications that essentially sealed Optimus inside.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': In a scene of "The Lost Treasure of the Golden Squirrel" Skipper hallucinates riding the bomb, in a direct parody of the original. Fan recreation, referring to the Offspring song: [[http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/35100000/So-penguins-of-madagascar-35176844-750-600.jpg here]]
* A Sino-{{Clockpunk}} version in the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'' episode "Face Full Of Fear": Temutai is stealing all the gunpowder in the Valley to create his ultimate weapon, which turns out to be a ''really big'' firework rocket. Inevitably, Po ends up riding it. Although in this case, the bomb-rider is trying to ''stop'' the thing.
* The episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E12AmendingFences Amending Fences]]" has Pinkie Pie riding backwards on Twilight Sparkle as they plummet towards the library tower, closely resembling the famous bomb-riding shot.