History Main / CartoonBomb

This is a subtrope of IncrediblyObviousBomb, but that also includes more realistic but still blatantly obvious bombs like the classic digital timer (often ticking to make it even more incredibly obvious) attached to a bundle of explosives (which is fairly common in cartoons).

* Not surprisingly, these are occasionally seen in some Itchy and Scratchy segments on ''TheSimpsons''.

* ''TheAvengers'' - a pair of vaudeville clowns kill off a number of folks - one with such a bomb, complete with "BOMB" painted on it in big white letters.

* ''DGrayMan'' episode "Lenalee's Love" has a (rather pathetic) akuma attacking Lenalee using one of these, only to have it backfire when it's interrupted by Komui.

* ''BlazingSaddles'' takes the 'Cartoon' aspect of it to the extreme when Bart defeats Mongo. After dressing up like a deliveryman and saying "Candygram for Mongo!" he hands Mongo the bomb and walks off while "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" (the Looney Tunes theme) plays in the background.

[[caption-width-right:128: Only to be used in a manner that is likely to backfire.]]

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[[caption-width:128: Only to be used in a manner that is likely to backfire.]]

* In an [[SoBadItsHorrible infamous]] promo spot for {{WCW}}'s inagural ''Beach Blast'' PPV, a one-eyed midget hired by Vader and Sid Vicious plants one of these bombs on a boat in an attempt to kill their rivals, Sting and Davey Boy Smith.

This actually has a basis in history: Before the mid-19th century, contact fuses for detonating explosive payloads had yet to be developed. The only means by which an explosive shell or bomb could be feasibly detonated was by a slow-burning match cord. In Western militaries, these weapons often took the shape of an iron sphere with a match cord sticking out of one end. Early hand grenades took this shape, as well as mortar bombs.

** You can also shoot that guy ''before'' he stops playing — and Cohen will say something along the lines of, "Was he so obviously lame?"

* ''MadMagazine'''s "Spy Vs. Spy".

** Master and Commander also accurately depicts the use of these early hand grenades.
* Also played historically straight in the 1991 version of The Last of the Mohicans. The siege of Fort William Henry is ended by a French 18" mortar bombardment. The lighting of the separate fuses for both the huge iron ball, and the mortar that will then lob it over the walls, can clearly be seen.

* Grenades shaped like this were used in PiratesOfTheCarribbean, which was likely a historically accurate depiction.

* Played historically straight in the 1991 version of The Last of the Mohicans. The siege of Fort William Henry is ended by a French 18" mortar bombardment. The lighting of the separate fuses for both the huge iron ball, and the mortar that will then lob it over the walls, can clearly be seen.

* In the 1991 version of The Last of the Mohicans, the siege of Fort William Henry is ended by a French 18" mortar bombardment. The lighting of the separate fuses for both the huge iron ball, and the mortar that will then lob it over the walls, can clearly be seen.

* Bob-ombs from ''SuperMarioBros.'' games.