Comic Books
"Y'see, I'm not too fond of shootin'. It's my preference to blow things up. Once you blast the roof off a pub and see all the parts flying off people, a little bang-bang's never gonna match the sight of that."
— Brian, Sin City
Literature
"It isn't that hard to make nitroglycerin. The hard part is getting rid of it quietly."
—Jim McCarthy, A Day For Damnation
"Pretty. What do we blow up first?"
— X-Wing Series, motto of Wraith Squadron
Live-Action TV
"Jamie want big boom!"
— Jamie Hyneman, MythBusters
"The only thing that differentiates him and me from a couple of 14 year old pyromaniacs... is ballistic glass."
— Adam Savage, Mythbusters
Ben Vereen: I'm getting a big charge out of being on your show!
Crazy Harry: Did someone say a BIG CHARGE?
Crazy Harry: Did someone say a BIG CHARGE?
Tabletop Games
Now, your life revolves around the glory of the blast. People are irrelevant unless they're fueling the fire. You'll help other Etherites destroy, but their causes are secondary to the joy of detonation.
—Mad Bomber, Mage: The Ascension - Tradition Book: Sons of Ether (Revised)
Laugh as you toss around sticks of dynamite and Molotov cocktails, or when you leap from a tall building to belly-flop on the street. You're tough, so flaunt it. Laugh even more if someone warns that "tough" does not mean "indestructible" and you're likely to blow yourself up. Instant death in a massive, fiery explosion? Yeah, that's the way you want to go.
—Roleplaying notes for Rico Loco the Mad Bomber, Vampire: The Masquerade - Mexico City By Night
Video Games
"I LOST A BOMB! Do you have it?"
— Crazy Ivan, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
"Mmm... The prince NEVER lets me bake... The last time I baked a cake, he complained about— TOO MUCH DYNAMITE!"
— Spinzo, Furquest
"Wanna blow something up? Haha!"
— Mad Bomber, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
"I like my enemies like I like my bombs: ABOUT TO EXPLODE."
— Ziggs, League of Legends
"Hahahahaha! Did you see that?! That right there is true art! What a stunning explosion! Art is detonation!"
— Crimm, Luminous Avenger iX
"Say hello to my cute bombs!"
— Grenade Man, Mega Man 8
"Explosion...is ART!"
— Blast Man, Mega Man 11
"If at first you don't succeed, blow it up again!"
— Junkrat, Overwatch
"Hee hee HEE! Quiet, he says! Total silence! BOOM! Aaaa-hahaha!"
— Plague Knight, Shovel Knight
"Ohh, they're gonna have to glue you back together... IN HELL!"
— Demoman, Team Fortress 2
"As long as I've got bombs and there's men need killing, I'm your man!"
— Demoman, Team Fortress 2
"Did you see that guy's face just now? The total despair when he realized he was gonna get blown to bits, no matter what he did? Wasn't that hilarious?!"
— W, Arknights
Webcomics
"He's always planning to blow something up. I just never know what."
— Elf on Pronto, Schlock Mercenary
"I don't function in society, sir. I'm a mercenary. I blow society up."
—Shore "Pi" Pibald, Schlock Mercenary
"Everyone expects your graveside service to have a 'minimum safe distance' sign, lieutenant."
— Shodan on Shore "Pi" Pibald, Schlock Mercenary
Zoe: ...Are you sure you can't just... do a little explosion...?
Rue: Do I seem like a precision kind'a person to you?
Rue: Do I seem like a precision kind'a person to you?
Web Original
Later that year, Berkley appeared in the thriller, Detonator, in which she tries to stop things from being blown up. Of course, an action movie without explosions wouldn’t be very exciting. So she fails a lot.
—LeBeau
, "What the Hell Happened to Elizabeth Berkley?"
, "What the Hell Happened to Elizabeth Berkley?" The sudden circus comes to town!
The behemoth and the top-hat clown!
Come gather, gather all around.
See them rain their fire down!
The behemoth and the top-hat clown!
Come gather, gather all around.
See them rain their fire down!
—Rocky (while throwing dynamite everywhere), Lackadaisy Animated Pilot
, Lackadaisy Animated PilotWestern Animation
"Kaboom?"
"Yes, Rico, Kaboom."
"Yes, Rico, Kaboom."
Real Life
"You can't handle the truth. Because the truth is, I blew up the Murrah building and isn't it kind of scary that one man could reap this kind of hell?"
—Timothy McVeigh
