Line #20 PlayingWith/ExplodingBarrels


1	'''Basic Trope''': Barrels filled with explosive material which explode when shot.
2	* '''Straight''': The game has quite a few barrels around environments which explode when shot.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Exploding barrels play a major role in this game and can be found everywhere.
5	** There are special barrels which, when shot, produce a huge mushroom cloud like explosion.
6	** The barrels explode when even slightly touched.
7	* '''Downplayed''': In one area, bombs hidden in barrels are packed around a support. The character is supposed to shoot them later to take out the support,but otherwise the barrels don't explode.
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** Those barrels can be found in a military firing range and are used for training.
10	** The barrels contain a liquid which ignites when exposed to air.
11	** Those are gunpowder kegs, or barrels repurposed to store explosive munitions.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** Those barrels actually heal anything around them when shot.
14	** One level is full of {{Cartoon Bomb}}s that don't explode, and reveal useful items when destroyed.
15	* '''Subverted''':
16	** An exploding barrel is shot but it goes "Hssss" sound while running empty from the holes.
17	** The explosive barrels are meant to channel the explosive relatively safely into the ceiling or ground - at most it might kill a mook right by it if hit with a powerful enough weapon to pierce it instead of just detonation via heat or another explosion.
18	* '''Double Subverted''': A barrel is shot. It does nothing first. Then, after 30 seconds, it explodes.
19	* '''Parodied''': The enemies are ordered to stay next to them and carry them around.
20	* '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes the barrels explode, sometimes they don't.
21	* '''Averted''': The barrels in the game are not explosive.
22	* '''Enforced''': The game is an intentional Serious Sam clone. Without exploding barrels there'd be no way to beat the hundreds of monsters swarming you.
23	* '''Lampshaded''': "Isn't it dangerous to store explosives out in the open like this?"
24	* '''Invoked''': A character puts explosive chemicals in a barrel to make it explosive.
25	* '''Exploited''': A character, knowing that appropriately marked barrels will explode, shoots one which happens to be near a group of enemies.
26	* '''Defied''': Any explosive material will be kept in special storage rooms and in safe containers.
27	* '''Discussed''': "Quick! Head for that store-room full of conspicuously-placed barrels! We'll blow those mooks to high heaven!"
28	* '''Conversed''': "Dude, when you're playing this game you ''need'' to aim for the barrels when they're all clumped around them like that!"
29	* '''Implied''': A level takes place in a factory full of barrels. The barrels don't explode on-screen, but the level completion cutscene shows the PlayerCharacter [[UnflinchingWalk walking away from the factory]] while [[OutrunTheFireball it explodes in the background]].
30	* '''Deconstructed''': The barrels explode easily because they are made of easily combustible material, which is a serious safety hazard. The company that makes the barrels is sued for negligence and shut down.
31	* '''Reconstructed''': The manufacturer makes the barrels bulletproof. However, players can destroy them with explosive weapons like rocket launchers, [[StuffBlowingUp causing impressive chain explosions]].
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37	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
38	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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