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* Superman does this in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' when he decides to hold his hands over one of the city-destroying bombs set off by Professor Zoom attached to one of his minion's belts.

* ''Literature/TheMalloreon'': After the final confrontation, the [[DeityOfHumanOrigin newly deified]] [[spoiler:Eriond]] contains the world-destroying force of a CosmicKeystone's destruction with his [[CompleteImmortality indestructible body]] and [[RealityWarper divine will]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask:'' Masked Stanley one-ups his live -action self by swallowing an entire ''nuclear missile'' and containing the explosion in him, even taking time to mock the one that launched it afterwards.

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-->'''Superman:''' ''(narrating)'' Now I was angry.

-->'''Flash:''' Did you hear what Wonder Woman said? Your supernova stunt is now on record as a "feat", hotshot.
-->'''Green Lantern:''' Great. I made "feat" status. What comes next, miracles?

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* In ''FanFic/InnocenceOnceLost'' spinoff ''After the War'' Princess Luna is forced to contain an Antimatter Bomb explosion to foil a terrorist attack. She gets maimed for life and had she not been on the [[PlaceOfPower moons surface]] and recieved medical aid quickly enough she would have likely died from her injuries.

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* Daemon in ''WesternAnimation/{{ReBoot}}'' does this to an explosion caused by an incendiary round shot by Matrix to show how little chance any weaponry had against her.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask:'' Masked Stanley one-ups his live action self by swallowing an entire ''nuclear missile'' and containing the explosion in him, even taking time to mock the one that launched it afterwards.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'': When Diana finds a bomb hidden at Etta's brother's wedding she doesn't have enough time to dispose of it and instead faces away from the other revelers, hugs it to her chest and curls around it as it goes off.

* In [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/48294/after-the-war-luna-aeternal Luna Aeternal]] Princess Luna is forced to contain an Antimatter Bomb explosion to foil a terrorist attack. She gets maimed for life and had she not been on the [[PlaceOfPower moons surface]] and recieved medical aid quickly enough she would have likely died from her injuries.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/Futurama'' episode ''War is the H-Word'', Bender does this with an exploding ball, the resulting explosion turning him into a Jiffy-Pop-like puffball.

* [[BigBad Sebastian Shaw]] does this with a grenade explosion to highlight his EnergyAbsorption powers in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' before letting the explosion go off onto an unfortunate victim to incinerate him immediately.

* Subverted in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''. Wanda's failure to properly contain an explosion with her powers, resulting in the destruction of a building, is the catalyst for the Sokovia Accords.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', Kanan's [[spoiler: final moments before death]] involve holding back a massive explosion at the fuel refinery using the Force.

* Parodied in ''Series/{{Community}}''; Dean Spreck has a paint bomb tied to a drone roll in, set to explode and rule out all the Greendale students in a game of Paintball. Magnitude dramatically throws himself over it and covers the front of his purple shirt in pink paint.

* Played for laughs in ''Series/{{Community}}''; Dean Spreck has a paint bomb tied to a drone roll in, set to explode and rule out all the Greendale students in a game of Paintball. Magnitude dramatically throws himself over it and covers the front of his purple shirt in pink paint.

* In ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' the episode “The Elongated Knight Rises” he deals with one of Trickster’s bombs by wrapping his torso in it, having his elastic body completely insulating the explosion from everyone else.

A SubTrope of BombDisposal and SuperTrope of EatTheBomb.

* Luke Cage does this in ''Series/LukeCage2016'' in front of the Jamaican Yardie Gang when he contains a grenade explosion and the shrapnel in his palms after tanking their previous attacks to show they have no chance beating him.

There are many ways a character can display strength or power. Some have SuperStrength and can lift massive structures for the crowds. Some have SuperSpeed and can move faster than the eye can see. Some are [[MadeOfDiamond practically invulnerable]] and can take whatever you throw at them.

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* Superman often does this in comics with his bare hands when it comes to holding a bomb or explosive a villain happens to throw at him due to NighInvulnerability.
** A humorous example is best shown in an issue of the [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries animated series]] tie-in ''ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures'' where Superman grabs a grenade thrown by a criminal and puts it in his ''mouth''. The ensuing explosion only makes him cough a little.

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* In ''Film/TheMask'', Mask!Stanley disposes of a bomb set off by the BigBad in the climax by swallowing it whole and letting his [[CartoonPhysics cartoonish stomach]] contain the explosion.
-->'''Mask!Stanley:''' Now, ''that's'' a spicy meatball!

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