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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' AnimatedAdaptation of "The Fake Smurf", Hogatha sets up a sabotage of the Smurf River Bridge by placing Jokey's "surprises" underneath and was hoping they would detonate at the moment the Smurfs cross the bridge, but unfortunately they don't, leaving Hogatha fuming and thinking that a sneaky dishonest Smurf has "sabotaged [her] sabotage". The "surprises" don't go off, however, until Hogatha herself tries to cross the bridge.

* Happens in the debut episode of ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces''. Dick Dastardly has Muttley plant explosives at a rock face in order to create a road-blocking avalanche, but when Muttley pushes the plunger, it doesn't go off. Dastardly splutters "Now what went wrong??" Muttley finds the problem: a wire was disconnected. He reattaches the wire and the explosives go off in Dastardly's face.

* ''Film/BlazingSaddles''. The {{heroes}} plan to blow up the fake town of Rock Ridge with explosives, but the detonator fails. The Waco Kid has to set off the dynamite by shooting it with a revolver, at a range that would be a challenge to a sniper with a scope mounted rifle.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' has a humorous one of these in the island episode; a firework fails to go off and Kyon sticks his head over it, trying see what's wrong. He nearly gets his face toasted when it finally launches its payload.

* In ''VideoGame/SpiderAndWeb'', a piece of interactive fiction written by AndrewPlotkin that won five Xyzzy Awards and was a finalist for four more, you play as an unnamed spy on an unknown mission against an unnamed country. [[ChekhovsArmoury The equipment with which you have been provided]] includes explosives, but like the rest the equipment, your detonator is not always reliable.

* Demonstrated in ''Manga/DanceInTheVampireBund''. When [[VillainOfTheWeek Histerica]] tried to blackmail Mina scattering minions with implanted cell-phone-activated bombs throughout Tokyo's subway system, Mina maneuvered her inside a building she had effectively converted one big [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage Faraday Cage]], blocking the cellphone signal. The muscle Histerica had with her being able to set themselves off with their own phones ''was'' a complication though.
* Played for drama in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Android 16 attempts a TakingYouWithMe HeroicSacrifice against Perfect Cell by setting off the bomb inside himself (which in theory would have been powerful enough to destroy Cell though Cell bragged that such a weapon wouldn't kill him anyway). Only to realize moments later that he doesn't have a bomb anymore -- Bulma and her father had removed it while they were repairing him since they didn't trust him with it. Cell promptly destroys the defenseless 16.

** In the book ''[[Recap/TintinCigarsOfThePharaoh Cigars of the Pharaoh]]'', Thompson and Thomson hastily abandon the ship they are on when Snowy accidentally drops a grenade from a crate full of them. We then learn the grenade was not actually armed... and we see T&T a safe distance away, wondering what's taking the grenade so long. A few panels later, we see that they spent ''the whole night'' waiting for it to go off.[[note]]This is an example of TruthInTelevision. At the time, there were several countries and companies that didn't put the explosives in the grenades when they're being transported, in order to avoid accidents like that. Once the grenades reached their destination, they'd be unpacked and have their explosives put in when necessary.[[/note]]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'', the count-down on [[spoiler: the SelfDestructMechanism of Gallaxhar's ship]] turns out to be a little off.

** Turned against the Joker in the climax with [[spoiler: the bomb-strapped passenger ferries. When Joker has Batman pinned with the midnight deadline for one ferry to blow up the other about to occur, he gleefully tells Batman, "We don't want to miss the fireworks. And here...we...go." However, both ferries refused to carry out Joker's demand, causing visible confusion on Joker's face at the lack of an explosion. He even turns around to look at a clock, and when he sees the clock has surpassed midnight, he is visibly shocked that his social experiment failed.]]

* In ''Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls'', [[spoiler: Pablo throws the detonators into a river, forcing one of the other guerillas to die while manually setting them off (HeroicSacrifice).]]

* In ''VideoGame/LennyLoosejocksInSpace'', Lenny has four hours to disarm all of the bombs that Prime Minister Squeegle Queegly had planted. If those four hours are up, it looks the Squeegles have won, and Prime Minister Sqeegle Queegly watches the last 20 seconds count down...[[spoiler: only for the timer to reset itself back to four hours. Angered, Prime Minister Sqeegle Queegly demands on where the explosion is. That is when two of his servants tell him that the explosion was affected by a Year 3000 bug, giving Lenny four more hours. Prime Minister Sqeegle Queegly tells his servants to get back to work, and the game continues.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': This happens at the end of Volume 5. After [[spoiler: rigging bombs across Haven Academy, Adam tries to blow all of it in an attempt at TakingYouWithMe. After clicking the button, he pauses, confused, then hits it again.]] No explosions occurred, because [[spoiler: Ilia [[HeelFaceTurn disarmed all of them]] ]].

* ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany'''s Marty wonders this after imitating the [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star run]] and firing a missile barrage up the marines' exhaust pipe. After he [[spoiler: autopilots his jet into the pipe the fireworks fly.]]

* In the Season 1 finale of ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', Bouncing Boy tries to detonate the bomb to destroy the Sun-Eater, but it fails due to the primary conductor coil being broken on impact. [[spoiler: This forces [[ExtraOreDinary Ferro Lad]] to go in there and act as a makeshift conductor to trigger the detonation, [[HeroicSacrifice saving the whole solar system at the cost of his life]].]]

%%* In both ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' and ''Film/DeepImpact'', destroying asteroids by remote control proves problematic.

* At the end of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', [[spoiler:Andy the Smart-Ass Bomb finally blows up as a space ship carrying Tucker's "son" and Chruch's girlfriend zooms off. There isn't an explosion at first, and Grif is horribly disappointed. Just as soon as he looks down, there's a huge boom in the sky, leaving the Reds impressed and Grif demanding it again. Of course, this is a serious insult to the Blues.]]

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHadgehog'': At the beginning of the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' episode, "Sonic the Matchmaker", Scratch and Grounder attempt to destroy Sonic with a dynamite stick disguised as a [[TrademarkFavoriteFood chili dog]]. Sonic brings the dynamite stick to Robotnik as Scratch and Grounder wonder why they didn't hear an explosion. They are quick to realize that Sonic left with the dynamite stick, but not quick enough to stop Sonic before the dynamite stick explodes in Robotnik's face.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', this is played for laughs, when Link sets the third pearl into its slot, the statue starts to glow. Link runs for cover, but nothing happens. Confused, he goes back to the statue to check...only for it to blow up in his face, causing him to fly hundreds of yards away, flying right into the wall of the tower that is rising from the ocean.
** Only to fall back into the water hundreds of feet below, and have his [[ExpositionFairy boat]] collect him.

-->'''Android 16:''' [[AC: Where's the kaboom!? There was supposed to be a Cell-shattering kaboom!]]

* At the beginning of the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' episode, "Sonic the Matchmaker", Scratch and Grounder attempt to destroy Sonic with a dynamite stick disguised as a [[TrademarkFavoriteFood chili dog]]. Sonic brings the dynamite stick to Robotnik as Scratch and Grounder wonder why they didn't hear an explosion. They are quick to realize that Sonic left with the dynamite stick, but not quick enough to stop Sonic before the dynamite stick explodes in Robotnik's face.

* The {{Trope Namer|s}} is a ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon entitled ''WesternAnimation/{{Hare-Way To The Stars}}'', where Marvin, unaware that Bugs took his Explosive Space Modulator, asks "Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an [[EarthShatteringKaboom Earth-shattering kaboom!]]"

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode ''Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming", Bob attempts to detonate a nuclear bomb, only for it to go off with a disappointing fizzle and fall apart, revealing a family of mice and a 'best before' date of 1959.
--> '''Bob:''' There were plenty of brand-new bombs, but you had to go for that retro 50s charm!

* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', Dying for Pie, Squidward is rather disappointed when Spongebob doesn't explode.
--> [[spoiler:'''Squidward''': THE PIE YOU ATE WAS A BOMB!!!]]
** He's more aggravated then disappointed, [[PetTheDog having spent the day doing stuff with Spongebob to make his last day alive enjoyable.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Squidward''': I spent the whole day with you doing doing all kinds of ''ridiculous'' things because you were supposed to ''explode''!!!]]
** It's soon revealed that Spongebob didn't explode because [[spoiler:he never ate the pie, but rather he was saving it to share it with Squidward later. Then he tripped and accidentally dropped the pie on Squidward's face. THEN the explosion happened]].
--> [[spoiler: '''Squidward''':...Ow.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E5Rookies "Rookies"]], the plan is to blow up the Rishi Moon outpost so the Republic will be warned about the Separatist invasion fleet. However, there's a problem with the detonator not linking up with the remote, and there's no time to fix it. So Hevy winds up staying behind to [[HeroicSacrifice set it off manually]], which the others don't discover until it's too late.

* In the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', Boogie tries to drop Sally and Santa Claus into his cauldron of snake-and-spider stew. However, after he props them to slide in, he doesn't hear a splash into the pot, courtesy of Jack pulling a BigDamnHeroes.
-->'''Oogie:''' What the? ''(Pulls back the revolving table to reveal Jack giving him a DeathGlare)'' [[OhCrap Eep!]]\\
'''Jack''' [[TranquilFury Hello,]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Oogie]].

Nothing. The detonator has failed [[FinaglesLaw at the worst possible time]], [[HeroicSacrifice leading someone to have to go back and activate the explosive/device manually]]. Or worse, the enemy simply dismantled the bombs or jammed the detonator before they could be set off, and gets to rub the heroes' faces in it. Usually PlayedForDrama rather than [[PlayedForLaughs comedy]]. One exception is in cartoons, where the bomber will inevitably go back to check, and have it explode ([[NonFatalExplosions harmlessly]]) in his face.

** The famous hospital-demolition scene from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' in which the Joker attempts to do an UnflinchingWalk to the getaway bus while the hospital implodes behind him, which turns into black comedy when midway through, the explosions suddenly stop. Joker flings up his arms and fiddles around with the detonator (including a little PercussiveMaintenance) for a few seconds until he's startled by the explosions resuming and high-tails it out of there.

** German bomb disposal teams are still digging up and detonating allied ordnance dropped in UsefulNotes/WW2. Hundreds of tons of bombs simply didn't explode when they hit the ground. Others had time-delayed detonators that failed to go off, these were meant to detonate the bomb hours after the air raid, when civilians and firefighters where moving the rubble, causing further casualties.

* From the Website/DarwinAwards An unlicensed pyrotechnician was killed when an apparently faulty firework blew up in his face when he tried to see what was wrong.

'''Danny:''' I know, and somebody gets hurt. You don't hear Yen complaining.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' has a humorous one of these in the island episode; a firework fails to go off and Kyon [[WhatAnIdiot sticks his head over it]], trying see what's wrong. He nearly gets his face toasted when it finally launches its payload.

** Turned against the Joker in the climax with [[spoiler: the bomb-strapped passenger ferries. When Joker has Batman pinned with the midnight deadline for one ferry to blow up the other about to occur, he gleefully tells Batman, "We don't want to miss the fireworks. And here...we...go." However, both ferries refused to carry out Joker's demand, causing visible confusion on Joker's face at the lack of an explosion. He even turns around to look at a clock, and when he sees the clock has surpassed midnight, he is visibly shocked that his social experiement failed.]]

* During the UsefulNotes/FalklandsWar, the highly-skilled pilots of the Argentine Air Force may have been able to destroy the British task force, if only the bombs they used weren't set on distance-based fuzes that often led to them hitting British ships but not exploding.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV [[DownloadableContent Episode Ardyn]]'' begins with [[BigBad Ardyn]] waltzing through the Founder's Day Festival in the Lucian capital of Insomnia. Naturally, he's not here as a [[VillainsOutShopping Villain Out Shopping]]; as he reaches a wide-open intersection, he triumphantly declares "Now, let the fireworks begin!" and snaps his fingers. [[FailedAttemptAtDrama There's an awkward pause]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent as some festival-goers give him looks]]. A few seconds later, [[PhysicalGod Ifrit]] [[PlayingWithFire the Infernian]] appears... around a corner, a block to the east.[[labelnote:*]]This may in fact be an ActorAllusion to ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' above, as Ardyn's voice actor did Joker for the Japanese dub.[[/labelnote]]

** An [[ThrowItIn inadvertent]] example: the Joker's famous hospital-demolition scene from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' in which he attempts to do an UnflinchingWalk to the getaway bus while the hospital implodes behind him, which turns into black comedy when midway through, the explosions suddenly stop. The scene was synchronized around the actual demolition of an old Brach's candy factory in that part of Chicago. It's heavily debated whether this was a RealLife case of "Where's the Kaboom" or if Creator/ChristopherNolan just decided not to tell Creator/HeathLedger that there would be a pause in the explosions, or if Heath Ledger just didn't tell anyone what he planned to do. Without once breaking character, Ledger flung up his arms and fiddled around with the detonator(including a little PercussiveMaintenance) for a few seconds until the explosions re-started... And then [[OhCrap he started running.]]

'''Jack''' [[TranquilFury Hello,]] [[PreeAssKickingOneLiner Oogie]].

* During Episode 60 Part 1 of ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' after attempting to [[TakingYouWithMe self-destruct]] on Perfect Cell, Android 16 realizes his countdown went into the negatives, as Bulma had previously removed the nuclear device.
-->'''Android 16:''' [[AC: Where's the kaboom!? There was supposed to be a Cell-shattering kaboom!]]

* In the Norwegian film ''The Last Lieutenant'' (1993), the eponymous character comes out of retirement to fight against Hitler's invasion, but the regular army soldiers mock this old man in his obsolete uniform. They're sent to blow up a bridge, but the detonators fail to explode. The old man proves his bravery by walking out onto the bridge and setting the charges off manually.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV [[DownloadableContent Episode Ardyn]]'' begins with [[BigBad Ardyn]] waltzing through the Founder's Day Festival in the Lucian capital of Insomnia. Naturally, he's not here as a [[VillainsOutShopping Villain Out Shopping]]; as he reaches a wide-open intersection, he triumphantly declares "Now, let the fireworks begin!" and snaps his fingers. [[FailedAttemptAtDrama There's an awkward pause]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent as some festival-goers give him looks]]. A few seconds later, [[PhysicalGod Ifrit]] [[PlayingWithFire the Infernian]] appears... around a corner, a block to the east.

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* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'': Duo Maxwell fails to self-detonate when he's surrounded by enemies because the button doesn't work. [[spoiler:The circumstances surrounding Quatre's self-detonation earlier suggest this was because [[EmpathicWeapon Duo's Gundam refused to let him die with it]].]]
* In ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The End of Evangelion]]'', Ritsuko plots her revenge against Gendo by reprogramming the [=MAGI=] supercomputers to trigger NERV HQ's self-destruct sequence on her command. When Ritsuko then confronts Gendo by [[JustBetweenYouAndMe explaining the details of her revenge to him]] and tries to trigger said self-destruct, nothing happens, as the MAGI rejects the command. This wasn't so much a technical issue as the AI playing favorites.
* Played with in ''Manga/{{FAKE}}'': during a hostage crisis, Dee bluffs the bad guys by telling them a retractable ballpoint pen is the detonator for a bomb hidden in the character's base. When he clicks the pen, his bluff seems to have been called -- but then the bomb, which Ryo had previously set for 10 pm, goes off as scheduled.

* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}''. Fortunately for the heroes, Hakkai had removed the explosives Yaone set to blow them all up, because 'I'm sorry, I found them earlier and thought they were dangerous'.
* The ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' [[TheMovie Movie.]] Toward the end, a giant bullet FIRED FROM HEAVEN impacts the earth, creating a massive bubble/magic explosion effect. The soundtrack? Empty.

* Played for tragedy in ''Manga/{{Heroman}}''. [[spoiler:Joey's father died when he tried to blast a passage clear for his fellow trapped miners. When the dynamite failed to detonate, he went to check what was wrong, and found out that faulty wiring caused a delay of a few secon-- '''BOOM!''']]
* A sad version happens in ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''. Jerrid's given instructions to detonate a capsule that is said to contain a bomb in it if anyone gets near it while Emma attempts negotiations with the AEUG (re: unknowingly giving them a note telling them to surrender the captured Gundam Mk. II or said capsule would explode). When Kamille races out with the Mk.II to get the capsule, Jerrid takes aim and fires, destroying the capsule and promptly freaks out as to why it didn't explode and take out the fragile Mk.II. [[spoiler:There was no bomb. In the capsule was Kamille's ''mother''.]]
* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' has a humorous one of these in the island episode; a firework fails to go off and Kyon [[WhatAnIdiot sticks his head over it]], trying see what's wrong. He nearly gets his face toasted when it finally launches its payload.

** In the book ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'', Thompson and Thomson hastily abandon the ship they are on when Snowy accidentally drops a grenade from a crate full of them. We then learn the grenade was not actually armed... and we see T&T a safe distance away, wondering what's taking the grenade so long. A few panels later, we see that they spent ''the whole night'' waiting for it to go off.[[note]]This is an example of TruthInTelevision. At the time, there were several countries and companies that didn't put the explosives in the grenades when they're being transported, in order to avoid accidents like that. Once the grenades reached their destination, they'd be unpacked and have their explosives put in when necessary.[[/note]]]

** In ''Destination Moon'', Captain Haddock puts a firecracker under Calculus's chair in an attempt to shock him out of his EasyAmnesia. He and Tintin wait outside for a while, but don't hear it go off. Captain Haddock, thinking that the fuse has gone out, goes back in to see what happened. Tintin tries to warn him that it's still smoking, but it's too late. The explosion [[AshFace covers Captain Haddock in soot]], but leaves Calculus completely unfazed.

* A particularly sadistic version appears in ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaProjectHorizons.'' When triggered, a booby-trapped jack-in-the-box springs open and drops three grenades. The grenades are duds; the ''real'' bomb is the jack-in-the-box itself, which explodes several seconds ''after'' the expected grenade blast.

* In ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'', Boris and Natasha attempt to blast Rocky, Bullwinkle, and Karen with a cannon, but fortunately, Karen is GenreSavvy enough to put out the fuse when their backs are turned.
-->'''Boris and Natasha:''' Where is boom?
* In ''Film/PearlHarbor'':
** The Japanese bomb that falls through the ''Arizona's'' mess decks lands in the ammo magazine below, giving one of the cooks time to look down the hole and then back up like "Wow, that was close." Then, its timer stops and it detonates all the ammo in the compartment, effectively blowing the ship in two.
** During the raid, the pilots are trying to setup the 50 cal anti-aircraft gun. Another bomb skitters across the flight line and the guys duck for cover. When it stops near the AA gun, it sits there as a small propeller start to spin. Just as one of the pilots pops up and declares, "It's a dud! It's a (blam)."
* In ''We Are from the Future 2'' four men are participating in the re-enactment of a World War 2 battle when they accidentally disturb a 70+ year old unexploded bomb which detonates right in their faces. They survive but are thrown back in time to 1943, shortly before the original battle is about to begin. They end up fighting a LastStand against the attacking Germans. A bomb lands in their midst but does not explode. They then realize that they have just completed a StableTimeLoop and the bomb will sit there unexploded for the next 70+ years, waiting for them to find it and accidentally cause it to explode.
* PlayedWith in ''Film/ForceTenFromNavarone'' when the explosive charges fail to immediately blow the dam apart near the end of the movie to the anger of most of the characters, before [[DemolitionsExpert Miller]] reveals it was intentional and the explosion was only meant to weaken the integrity of the dam enough to make it collapse on it's own.

* Subverted in ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}:'' the wizards of Unseen University are making the Ultimate HideousHangoverCure by mixing in every cure they can think of. Finally, Ridcully prepares to add a bunch of [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce Wow-Wow Sauce]] (Which was used in a previous book as an explosive), sending the other wizards diving for cover. When Ridcully dumps the stuff in, nothing happens, but just as Ridcully is berating the other wizards for their lack of backbone, the mixture lets off a fireball that sends the Archchancellor tumbling. Luckily, wizards are naturally-padded, so no serious harm.

* In ''Lenny Loosejocks In Space'', Lenny has four hours to disarm all of the bombs that Prime Minister Squeegle Queegly had planted. If those four hours are up, it looks the Squeegles have won, and Prime Minister Sqeegle Queegly watches the last 20 seconds count down...[[spoiler: only for the timer to reset itself back to four hours. Angered, Prime Minister Sqeegle Queegly demands on where the explosion is. That is when two of his servants tell him that the explosion was affected by a Year 3000 bug, giving Lenny four more hours. Prime Minister Sqeegle Queegly tells his servants to get back to work, and the game continues.]]
* In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', Eggman finally decides to destroy Station Square with a large missile. After it's launched and disappears over the skyline... nothing happens. Eggman is outraged that the missile was a dud and goes to set up a timed detonation on the crashed missile. Tails has to race Eggman to the missile so he can disarm the explosive.
* In an early mission of ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', Bill sets up the stolen explosives with Arthur helping him to blow up the tracks to rob a train. The explosives failed to detonate forcing the gang to jump aboard the train.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV [[DownloadableContent Episode Ardyn]]'' begins with [[BigBad Ardyn]] waltzing through the Founder's Day Festival in the Lucian capital of Insomnia. Naturally, he's not here as a [[VillainsOutShopping Villain Out Shopping]]; as he reaches a wide-open intersection, he triumphantly declares "Now, let the fireworks begin!" and snaps his fingers. [[FailedAttemptAtDrama There's an awkward pause]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent as some festival-goers give him looks]]. A few seconds later, [[PhysicalGod Ifrit]] [[PlayingWithFire the Infernian]] appears... around a corner, a block to the east.
-->'''Ardyn:''' Oh dear. [...] Oh, cursed be the wavering whims of the gods.
* In ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter 2'''s fourth level, you have to [[StealthBasedMission stealthily disarm]] the C4 charges on a highway bridge that the Agency has rigged to blow. If you get spotted after defusing them, they give the order to blow the bridge, but nothing happens.

* ''In WebVideo/CodysLab'', [[https://youtu.be/eCiu1EyKir4?t=429 this happens]] on episode 6 of the Cody's mine series. He is trying mine in an abandoned mine on his land using black powder explosives, and the voltage from the blasting generator turned out to be insufficient to travel all the way into the mine to detonate the explosives. With a more powerful diesel generator [[https://youtu.be/eCiu1EyKir4?t=478 the kaboom finally happens]]. [[https://youtu.be/eCiu1EyKir4?t=855 Later]], they encounter a BatScare.

* Played with a few times in ''Series/StargateSG1''. One of the more bizarre examples was when [[spoiler:Teal'c's brainwashed son]] tried to set off a hyper-toxic chemical bomb hidden in a pair of ''fake teeth'' by clacking his jaws together. Nothing happens, because the heroes had already noticed his deadly teeth and replaced them with harmless ones.

--> [[spoiler:'''Squidward''': THE PIE YOU ATE...WAS A BOOOOOOOOOMB!!!!!!]]

--> [[spoiler: '''Squidward''': I spent the entire day doing stuff you wanted because you were supposed to explode!!!!!]]