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For nukes used as the Plan A of the evil military, see NukeEm. For nukes used when the consequences of not using them would be worse, see NuclearOption.

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For nukes used as the Plan A of the evil military, see NukeEm. For nukes used when the consequences of not using them would be worse, see NuclearOption. Contrast MutuallyAssuredDestruction, when the goal of having nukes is that both sides will decide not to use them.
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* In ''VideoGame/Mercenaries2WorldInFlames'', the main character is eventually sent to capture the BigBad CorruptCorporateExecutive from his hidden bunker. However, after discovering that the bunker buster airstrike has little to no effect on the massive door, he has to go and convince either the Americans or the Chinese to give him/her a nuclear bunker buster in order to demolish the door.

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* In ''VideoGame/Mercenaries2WorldInFlames'', the main character is eventually sent to capture the BigBad CorruptCorporateExecutive from his hidden bunker. However, after discovering that the bunker buster airstrike has little to no effect on the massive door, he he/she has to go and convince either the Americans or the Chinese to give him/her a nuclear bunker buster in order to demolish the door.
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* In ''VideoGame/Mercenaries2WorldInFlames'', the main character is eventually sent to capture the BigBad CorruptCorporateExecutive from his hidden bunker. However, after discovering that the bunker buster airstrike has little to no effect on the massive door, he has to go and convince either the Americans or the Chinese to give him a nuclear bomb in order to bust down the door.

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* In ''VideoGame/Mercenaries2WorldInFlames'', the main character is eventually sent to capture the BigBad CorruptCorporateExecutive from his hidden bunker. However, after discovering that the bunker buster airstrike has little to no effect on the massive door, he has to go and convince either the Americans or the Chinese to give him him/her a nuclear bomb bunker buster in order to bust down demolish the door.
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* The season 1 finale of ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' ended with the legion trying to deliver a nuke to a suneater that was guarded by kill bots and a nearly-impenetrable shield. One team went off to beat up the mastermind, another team went off to temporarily disable the shield and everyone else had to buy the bomb squad time and a path to deliver it. Ferro Lad had to set off the detonator manually.

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* The season 1 finale of ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'' ended with the legion trying to deliver a nuke to a suneater that was guarded by kill bots and a nearly-impenetrable shield. One team went off to beat up the mastermind, another team went off to temporarily disable the shield and everyone else had to buy the bomb squad time and a path to deliver it. Ferro Lad had to set off the detonator manually.

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* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': In the fight against Armisael, [[spoiler:Rei uses Unit 00's experimental N2 device to [[HeroicSacrifice take out the Angel along with herself]]]]. It works, but [[spoiler:it destroys most, if not all of Tokyo-3.]]
** Subverted in most of the episodes, where using N2 weapons against the Angels works, to an extent, by disabling them momentarily, but not directly killing them.

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* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': In the fight against Armisael, [[spoiler:Rei uses Unit 00's experimental N2 device to [[HeroicSacrifice take out the Angel along with herself]]]]. It works, but [[spoiler:it destroys most, if not all of Tokyo-3.]]
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]] Subverted in most of the episodes, where using N2 weapons against the Angels works, to an extent, by disabling them momentarily, but not directly killing them.



* In the issue of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' where Namor first reappears, he attacks New York with a gigantic, whale-like creature. The Thing carries a nuke into the creature's stomach in an attempt to kill it. He escapes [[JustInTime with seconds to spare]].

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* In the issue of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' where ''ComicBook/FantasticFour1961'' in which Namor first reappears, he attacks New York with a gigantic, whale-like creature. The Thing carries a nuke into the creature's stomach in an attempt to kill it. He escapes [[JustInTime with seconds to spare]].spare]].
* In ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulkFutureImperfect'', Hulk is able to send his [[FutureMeScaresMe evil future counterpart]], the Maestro, back to Ground Zero of the very gamma bomb test that spawned the Hulk in the first place -- and even getting vaporized by a gamma bomb at point blank range doesn't kill the Maestro completely.



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* In the 1979 epic ''Film/{{Meteor}}'', a gigantic piece of a main-belt asteroid breaks off and is headed straight for Earth. US and Soviet orbital nuclear weapons that point Earthward are turned toward the incoming meteor. SpecialEffectFailure ensues.

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* In the 1979 epic ''Film/{{Meteor}}'', a gigantic piece of a main-belt asteroid breaks off and is headed straight for Earth. US and Soviet orbital nuclear weapons that point Earthward are turned toward the incoming meteor. SpecialEffectFailure ensues.



* Back in 1961, Admiral Harriman Nelson used a nuke to defeat Global Warming[[note]]Not the GlobalWarming version -- this one has the [[HollywoodScience Van Allen radiation belts ''on fire'']][[/note]] in ''Film/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea''.

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* Back in 1961, Admiral Harriman Nelson used a nuke to defeat Global Warming[[note]]Not the GlobalWarming version -- this one has the [[HollywoodScience Van Allen radiation belts ''on fire'']][[/note]] ''[[HollywoodScience on fire]]''[[/note]] in ''Film/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea''.
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* Back in 1961, Admiral Harriman Nelson used a nuke to defeat Global Warming[[note]]Not the GlobalWarming version -this one has the [[HollywoodScience Van Allen radiation belts ''on fire'']][[/note]] in ''Film/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea''.
* The [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci-Fi Channel]] absolutely ''loves'' to use this as the solution to their [[DisasterMovie natural-disaster-of-the-week films]], even if it makes absolutely no sense. The sun spewing deadly flares that will [[ArtisticLicensePhysics ignite the Earth's atmosphere's supply of methane]] and burn up all the oxygen on the planet? Stop the burn with a nuke in the atmosphere. Planet-wide tempest surging out of control because some doofus unleashed an [[SealedEvilInACan ancient Sumerian storm god]]? Nuke the skies and cut off its power supply. ''The moon breaking up like a bad jawbreaker in a cataclysmic shower of meteors that will destroy the Earth?'' Take an A-bomb to its core and seal the cracks. It's official: nuclear weapons are the new [[DuctTapeForEverything duct tape]].
* In the ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' film, the mobile infantry use rocket-propelled mini-nukes to kill giant orbital defense bugs, and to clear out extensive subterranean bug colonies. Near the end, [[spoiler:Lt. Rico]] uses one in a MexicanStandoff between his fireteam and a group of bugs holding [[spoiler:his [[AcePilot love interest]]]] hostage. After the BlastOut, one trooper is [[spoiler:mortally wounded and [[HeroicSacrifice stays behind]]]] to keep the bugs at bay until the nuke [[spoiler:detonates in his hand]]. Yet the idea of using those mini-nukes to, say, wipe out those charging swarms of bugs attacking them [[HollywoodTactics never crosses their minds]]. No, they prefer using automatic rifles against a sea of kamikaze Bugs.
* ''Film/TheDayTheEarthCaughtFire'' (1966). The largest atomic test yet conducted by the United States at one pole is matched within a few days by the Soviets detonating their own Tsar Bomba at the other. This sets up a wobble in the Earth's rotation which eventually [[SpaceWhaleAesop throws it out of orbit towards the Sun]]. The movie ends with the protagonists waiting the results of another large nuclear detonation in Siberia which scientists hope will reverse, or at least halt, their course. The last scene shows a newspaper print room with two possible next editions -- one headlined WORLD SAVED, the other WORLD DOOMED.

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* Back in 1961, Admiral Harriman Nelson used a nuke to defeat Global Warming[[note]]Not the GlobalWarming version -this -- this one has the [[HollywoodScience Van Allen radiation belts ''on fire'']][[/note]] in ''Film/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea''.
* ''Film/SyfyChannelOriginalMovie'': The [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci-Fi Channel]] Syfy Channel absolutely ''loves'' to use this as the solution to their [[DisasterMovie natural-disaster-of-the-week films]], even if it makes absolutely no sense. The sun spewing deadly flares that will [[ArtisticLicensePhysics ignite the Earth's atmosphere's supply of methane]] and burn up all the oxygen on the planet? Stop the burn with a nuke in the atmosphere. Planet-wide tempest surging out of control because some doofus unleashed an [[SealedEvilInACan ancient Sumerian storm god]]? Nuke the skies and cut off its power supply. ''The moon breaking up like a bad jawbreaker in a cataclysmic shower of meteors that will destroy the Earth?'' Take an A-bomb to its core and seal the cracks. It's official: nuclear weapons are the new [[DuctTapeForEverything duct tape]].
* In the ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' film, ''Film/StarshipTroopers'', the mobile infantry use rocket-propelled mini-nukes to kill giant orbital defense bugs, and to clear out extensive subterranean bug colonies. Near the end, [[spoiler:Lt. Rico]] uses one in a MexicanStandoff between his fireteam and a group of bugs holding [[spoiler:his [[AcePilot love interest]]]] hostage. After the BlastOut, one trooper is [[spoiler:mortally wounded and [[HeroicSacrifice stays behind]]]] to keep the bugs at bay until the nuke [[spoiler:detonates in his hand]]. Yet the idea of using those mini-nukes to, say, wipe out those charging swarms of bugs attacking them [[HollywoodTactics never crosses their minds]]. No, they prefer using automatic rifles against a sea of kamikaze Bugs.
* ''Film/TheDayTheEarthCaughtFire'' (1966). ''Film/TheDayTheEarthCaughtFire'': The largest atomic test yet conducted by the United States at one pole is matched within a few days by the Soviets detonating their own Tsar Bomba at the other. This sets up a wobble in the Earth's rotation which eventually [[SpaceWhaleAesop throws it out of orbit towards the Sun]]. The movie ends with the protagonists waiting the results of another large nuclear detonation in Siberia which scientists hope will reverse, or at least halt, their course. The last scene shows a newspaper print room with two possible next editions -- one headlined WORLD SAVED, the other WORLD DOOMED.




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* In ''Film/Oblivion2013'', Jack Harper smuggles a nuke to the alien ship Tet and detonates it to save humanity, [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice dying with the ship]]]].
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** Some of these proposals (although not the paving one) made it as far as ''real live nuclear tests'', notably [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gasbuggy Project Gasbuggy,]] a 1967 test in New Mexico that basically turned the later "fracking" technique for natural gas extraction up a notch -- eleven ''kilotons'', that is. (Actually, 29 kilotons.) Two more tests like this would follow in 1969 and 1973 before the idea ran out of funding.

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** Some of these proposals (although not the paving one) made it as far as ''real live nuclear tests'', notably [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gasbuggy Project Gasbuggy,]] Gasbuggy]], a 1967 test in New Mexico that basically turned the later "fracking" technique for natural gas extraction up a notch -- eleven ''kilotons'', that is. (Actually, 29 kilotons.) notch. Two more tests like this would follow in 1969 and 1973 before the idea ran out of funding.



** They also semi-regularly do this with oil wells which catched on fire, because almost nothing else can stop a burning oil well from... well, burning.

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** They also semi-regularly do this with oil wells which catched caught on fire, because almost nothing else can stop a burning oil well from... well, burning.
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* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': In the Chimera Ant arc [[spoiler:the climax involve the use of the Poor Man's Rose AKA Miniature Rose, a box-sized weapon of mass destruction and the setting equivalent of an atomic bomb. After the Chimera King Meruem proved to be all but [[InvincibleVillain invincible]], the Hunter Association approved the use of the explosive. It was implanted within the body of Isaac Netero, president of the Hunter Association and the strongest fighter in the manga, and was programmed to go off should he died in battle. After Netero's strongest attack failed to injure Meruem significantly, he committed suicide and the subsequent explosion left Meruem at the brink of death. He was healed by his remaining guards but eventually succumbed to the bomb's lethal poison.]]

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* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': In the Chimera Ant arc [[spoiler:the climax involve the use of the Poor Man's Rose AKA Miniature Rose, a box-sized weapon of mass destruction and the setting equivalent of an atomic bomb. After the Chimera King Meruem proved to be all but [[InvincibleVillain invincible]], the Hunter Association approved the use of the explosive. It was implanted within the body of Isaac Netero, president of the Hunter Association and the strongest fighter in the manga, and was programmed to go off should he died die in battle. After Netero's strongest attack failed to injure Meruem significantly, he committed suicide and the subsequent explosion left Meruem at the brink of death. He was healed by his remaining guards but eventually succumbed to the bomb's lethal poison.]]
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** In the NonSerialMovie ''[[Recap/BabylonFiveFilm02Thirdspace Babylon 5: Thirdspace]]'', Sheridan delivers a nuke into an ArtifactOfDoom that has opened a portal to a universe of the CosmicHorrorStory variety.

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** In the NonSerialMovie ''[[Recap/BabylonFiveFilm02Thirdspace ''[[Film/BabylonFiveThirdspace Babylon 5: Thirdspace]]'', Sheridan delivers a nuke into an ArtifactOfDoom that has opened a portal to a universe of the CosmicHorrorStory variety.
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** In the prequel movie ''[[Recap/BabylonFiveFilm01InTheBeginning In the Beginning]]'', Sheridan employs a nuclear minefield to destroy the Minbari flagship, the Black Star.

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** In the prequel movie ''[[Recap/BabylonFiveFilm01InTheBeginning ''[[Film/BabylonFiveInTheBeginning In the Beginning]]'', Sheridan employs a nuclear minefield to destroy the Minbari flagship, the Black Star.
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** In the episode "The Doomsday Machine," Commodore Decker takes a shuttle and steers it [[spoiler:down the throat of the planet killer]] -- without an onboard nuke. But this gives Captain Kirk the idea to try Decker's plan with the ''USS Constellation'' [[spoiler:rigged to self-destruct in a big explosion]]. Kirk manually pilots the ''Constellation'' [[spoiler:into the maw]].
** In "[[MyGreatestFailure Obsession]]," the vampire cloud, which has been freely munching on the crew, finally heads home to reproduce. Kirk beams down to the planet WhereItAllBegan to deliver a chunk of antimatter. When it [[spoiler:blows, it rips half the planet's atmosphere away]].
** In "The Immunity Syndrome," the ''Enterprise'' must deliver an anti-matter bomb to the [[spoiler:nucleus of the giant space amoeba]]. In a twist, Mr. Spock volunteers for a separate [[spoiler:suicide mission]], to deliver the probe that enables Kirk to target the nucleus.
* Apparently a favorite trope of Capt. Sheridan (Creator/BruceBoxleitner) on ''Series/BabylonFive'', who solved his problems with nukes so many times that Boxleitner began referring to his character as "Nuke'em Sheridan". A few examples:
** In the prequel movie ''In The Beginning'', Sheridan employs a nuclear minefield to destroy the Minbari flagship, the Black Star.
** In the episode ''Z'ha'dum'', Sheridan loads a White Star with two 500 megaton nukes and steers it into the Shadows' capitol city. In fact, he had the ship wait in orbit and had it programmed to arm the nukes and home in to the signal of his communicator. Which was in his hand at that moment. He gets better, but not without consequences.
** In the episode "Into the Fire", Sheridan used nukes planted on asteroids to get the attention of the Shadow and Vorlon fleets. It worked ... perhaps a little too well.
---> '''Sheridan''': Good morning, gentlemen. This is your wake-up call.\\
''(a few explosions later)''\\
'''Lyta Alexander''': ''(who is telepathically eavesdropping on both enemy fleets)'' Captain... they're pissed.
** In the NonSerialMovie ''Babylon 5: Thirdspace'', Sheridan delivers a nuke into an ArtifactOfDoom that has opened a portal to a universe of the CosmicHorrorStory variety.
* In the two-part miniseries ''[[Series/TenPointFive 10.5]],'' there is a scientific effort, led by our [[HollywoodScience Hollywood Scientist]] lead, to use six nukes to stop the Big Earthquake. Five nukes get detonated by remote, but the sixth requires a HeroicSacrifice. Subverted because the sixth wasn't actually detonated at the scientific place and time; it is uncertain, but this attempt might have [[NiceJobBreakingItHero worsened the problem]].

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** In the episode "The "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E6TheDoomsdayMachine The Doomsday Machine," Machine]]", Commodore Decker takes a shuttle and steers it [[spoiler:down the throat of the planet killer]] -- without an onboard nuke. But this gives Captain Kirk the idea to try Decker's plan with the ''USS Constellation'' [[spoiler:rigged to self-destruct in a big explosion]]. Kirk manually pilots the ''Constellation'' [[spoiler:into the maw]].
** In "[[MyGreatestFailure Obsession]]," "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E13Obsession Obsession]]", the vampire cloud, which has been freely munching on the crew, finally heads home to reproduce. Kirk beams down to the planet WhereItAllBegan to deliver a chunk of antimatter. When it [[spoiler:blows, it rips half the planet's atmosphere away]].
** In "The "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E18TheImmunitySyndrome The Immunity Syndrome," Syndrome]]", the ''Enterprise'' must deliver an anti-matter bomb to the [[spoiler:nucleus of the giant space amoeba]]. In a twist, Mr. Spock volunteers for a separate [[spoiler:suicide mission]], to deliver the probe that enables Kirk to target the nucleus.
* Apparently a favorite trope of Capt. Sheridan (Creator/BruceBoxleitner) on in ''Series/BabylonFive'', who solved solves his problems with nukes so many times that Boxleitner Creator/BruceBoxleitner began referring to his character as "Nuke'em "Nuke 'em Sheridan". A few examples:
** In the prequel movie ''In The Beginning'', ''[[Recap/BabylonFiveFilm01InTheBeginning In the Beginning]]'', Sheridan employs a nuclear minefield to destroy the Minbari flagship, the Black Star.
** In the episode ''Z'ha'dum'', "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E22ZHaDum Z'ha'dum]]", Sheridan loads a White Star with two 500 megaton nukes and steers it into the Shadows' capitol city. In fact, he had the ship wait in orbit and had it programmed to arm the nukes and home in to the signal of his communicator. Which was in his hand at that moment. He gets better, but not without consequences.
** In the episode "Into "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E06IntoTheFire Into the Fire", Fire]]", Sheridan used uses nukes planted on asteroids to get the attention of the Shadow and Vorlon fleets. It worked ...works... perhaps a little too well.
---> '''Sheridan''': --->'''Sheridan:''' Good morning, gentlemen. This is your wake-up call.\\
''(a ''[a few explosions later)''\\
later]''\\
'''Lyta Alexander''': ''(who Alexander:''' ''[who is telepathically eavesdropping on both enemy fleets)'' fleets]'' Captain... they're pissed.
** In the NonSerialMovie ''Babylon ''[[Recap/BabylonFiveFilm02Thirdspace Babylon 5: Thirdspace'', Thirdspace]]'', Sheridan delivers a nuke into an ArtifactOfDoom that has opened a portal to a universe of the CosmicHorrorStory variety.
* In the two-part miniseries ''[[Series/TenPointFive 10.5]],'' ''Series/TenPointFive'', there is a scientific effort, led by our [[HollywoodScience Hollywood Scientist]] lead, to use six nukes to stop the Big Earthquake. Five nukes get detonated by remote, but the sixth requires a HeroicSacrifice. Subverted because the sixth wasn't actually detonated at the scientific place and time; it is uncertain, but this attempt might have [[NiceJobBreakingItHero worsened the problem]].



* The ''Series/{{Space1999}}'' episode "Space Brain" painfully subverts it: in order to avoid the Moon from going through it like a gigantic bullet, the titular Brain provides the Alphans with a plan that involves changing the Moon's course with carefully-placed nuclear explosions. However, the malfunction and crash of the Eagle Transporter that carried said nukes completely removes the possibility of the Alphans using them from the table, and so they have to rush to prepare for the crossing of the PathOfMostResistance...

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* The ''Series/{{Space1999}}'' ''Series/Space1999'' episode "Space Brain" painfully subverts it: in order to avoid the Moon from going through it like a gigantic bullet, the titular Brain provides the Alphans with a plan that involves changing the Moon's course with carefully-placed nuclear explosions. However, the malfunction and crash of the Eagle Transporter that carried said nukes completely removes the possibility of the Alphans using them from the table, and so they have to rush to prepare for the crossing of the PathOfMostResistance...



* Used with abandon in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', where application of planet-destroying cyclonic torpedoes is a regular and accepted solution to Tyranid invasions, major outbreaks of heresy, or just a handful of peasants who thought it was a good idea to use smuggled alien farm equipment.

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* Used with abandon in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', where application of planet-destroying cyclonic torpedoes is a regular and accepted solution to Tyranid invasions, major outbreaks of heresy, or just a handful of peasants who thought it was a good idea to use smuggled alien farm equipment.



** In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 1}}'', the BigBad can be nuked, or can be talked into nuking himself. Trying to kill him with guns results in the former.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' there are hand-held nuclear catapults, and giant monsters to dispatch. Also, the GNR radio quest is the straight-played example, where both the problem and the solution are introduced at the same time. It's possible to kill the Behemoth without the Fat Man, but it's undeniably convenient.
** In VideoGame/{{Fallout Tactics|BrotherhoodOfSteel}}, the only way to break into Vault 0 is by escorting a nuclear warhead to point-blank range of the Vault's door. Heroic sacrifice not necessary.
* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' has a sort of example, where the decommissioned science vessel ''Amerigo'' is demolished with a nuke. It counts, because the previous mission is about [[spoiler:Zergified Kerrigan]] infesting the whole ship. And what do the marines pack with their big bomb? [[RuleOfFunny Beers.]]
-->"Thank God for cold fusion!"

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** In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 1}}'', ''VideoGame/Fallout1'', the BigBad can be nuked, or can be talked into nuking himself. Trying to kill him with guns results in the former.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' there are hand-held nuclear catapults, and giant monsters to dispatch. Also, the GNR radio quest is the straight-played example, where both the problem and the solution are introduced at the same time. It's possible to kill the Behemoth without the Fat Man, but it's undeniably convenient.
** In VideoGame/{{Fallout Tactics|BrotherhoodOfSteel}}, ''VideoGame/FalloutTacticsBrotherhoodOfSteel'', the only way to break into Vault 0 is by escorting a nuclear warhead to point-blank range of the Vault's door. Heroic sacrifice not necessary.
* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' ''VideoGame/StarCraftI'' has a sort of example, where the decommissioned science vessel ''Amerigo'' is demolished with a nuke. It counts, because the previous mission is about [[spoiler:Zergified Kerrigan]] infesting the whole ship. And what do the marines pack with their big bomb? [[RuleOfFunny Beers.]]
-->"Thank
Beers]].
-->''"Thank
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* Apparently a favorite trope of Capt. Sheridan on ''Series/BabylonFive'', who solved his problems with nukes on multiple occasions:

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* Apparently a favorite trope of Capt. Sheridan (Creator/BruceBoxleitner) on ''Series/BabylonFive'', who solved his problems with nukes on multiple occasions:so many times that Boxleitner began referring to his character as "Nuke'em Sheridan". A few examples:


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** In the episode "Into the Fire", Sheridan used nukes planted on asteroids to get the attention of the Shadow and Vorlon fleets. It worked ... perhaps a little too well.
---> '''Sheridan''': Good morning, gentlemen. This is your wake-up call.\\
''(a few explosions later)''\\
'''Lyta Alexander''': ''(who is telepathically eavesdropping on both enemy fleets)'' Captain... they're pissed.
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Not the Too Much Information accident.


* Used in ''The Wave'', by Christopher Hyde, which depicts a series of disasters in the Columbia River starting with terrorist activity in Canada and the USA, that leads the wave of water to take out several dams, and a nuclear reactor. To prevent the irradiated water from reaching the Pacific, a nuclear weapon is used to stop the wave by collapsing the mountains. This book was released in 1979, the same year as TMI accident and "The China Syndrome" film.

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* Used in ''The Wave'', by Christopher Hyde, which depicts a series of disasters in the Columbia River starting with terrorist activity in Canada and the USA, that leads the wave of water to take out several dams, and a nuclear reactor. To prevent the irradiated water from reaching the Pacific, a nuclear weapon is used to stop the wave by collapsing the mountains. This book was released in 1979, the same year as TMI the Three Mile Island reactor accident and "The China Syndrome" film.
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* Humanity constructs a really big nuke in ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'', in a desperate bid to, ahem, ''re-ignite the sun''. Never mind that the sun creates the amount of energy generated by the bomb many times over ''every single second''. Best to suspend your disbelief on this point. The flaws of this idea are pointed out in [[https://slackerz.kapowblock.com/comic/comic045/ this comic]].

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* Humanity constructs a really big nuke in ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'', in a desperate bid to, ahem, ''re-ignite the sun''. Never mind that the sun creates the amount of energy generated by the bomb many times over ''every single second''. Best to suspend your disbelief on this point. The flaws of this idea are pointed out in [[https://slackerz.kapowblock.com/comic/comic045/ com/comic/comic045 this comic]].comic.]]



** TheMovie ended with the Nuke blowing up BigBad Ra's mothership showing it to work. Later uses included the first season attempting to use enhanced nukes to blow up two invading ships fail. Still later they'd mix Asgard beaming technology to deliver nukes on board ships. Finally they'd set up nuclear mines as protection from deep space.

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** TheMovie ended with the Nuke blowing up BigBad Ra's mothership mothership, showing it to work. Later uses included the first season attempting to use enhanced nukes to blow up two invading ships fail. Still later they'd mix Asgard beaming technology to deliver nukes on board ships. Finally they'd set up nuclear mines as protection from deep space.



** Some of these proposals (although not the paving one) made it as far as ''real live nuclear tests'', notably [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gasbuggy Project Gasbuggy]], a 1967 test in New Mexico that basically turned the later "fracking" technique for natural gas extraction up a notch -- eleven ''kilotons'', that is. (Actually, 29 kilotons.) Two more tests like this would follow in 1969 and 1973 before the idea ran out of funding.

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** Some of these proposals (although not the paving one) made it as far as ''real live nuclear tests'', notably [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gasbuggy Project Gasbuggy]], Gasbuggy,]] a 1967 test in New Mexico that basically turned the later "fracking" technique for natural gas extraction up a notch -- eleven ''kilotons'', that is. (Actually, 29 kilotons.) Two more tests like this would follow in 1969 and 1973 before the idea ran out of funding.
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* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': In SCP-682's termination log, a 60 megaton nuclear bomb is suggested to be used for destroying the creature. Subverted though, as the proposal is rejected for fear that it could survive and adapt.

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* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' used a similar strategy, with the important distinction of the goal being to change its course. (In real life, even if you had a nuke powerful enough to vaporize an asteroid moments before impact, doing so would be unwise. The destructiveness of a asteroid/comet comes from its kinetic energy, which is unaffected by blowing it up--it might not leave a crater, but [[FromBadToWorse it would boil the atmosphere more efficiently]].)

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* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' ''Film/Armageddon1998'' used a similar strategy, with the important distinction of the goal being to change its course. (In real life, even if you had a nuke powerful enough to vaporize an asteroid moments before impact, doing so would be unwise. The destructiveness of a asteroid/comet comes from its kinetic energy, which is unaffected by blowing it up--it might not leave a crater, but [[FromBadToWorse it would boil the atmosphere more efficiently]].)
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* Similar to the Fantastic Four example above, the Thing had to carry a nuke to the center of Ego, the living planet, in the 90's ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' cartoon.

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* Similar to the Fantastic Four example above, the Thing had to carry a nuke to the center of Ego, the living planet, in the 90's ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' cartoon.''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries''.

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The most interesting dramatic element of Deus Ex Nukina is the common requirement that the nuclear device must be [[ItsTheOnlyWay delivered by hand]]. Robots and missiles can't be trusted; nukes are delivered by [[AlwaysMale men]]. The [[RidingTheBomb delivery method]] is half the fun and often involves [[ILoveNuclearPower physical contact]] with the device. Frequently, the courier must also make the [[HeroicSacrifice ultimate sacrifice]] and stay with the bomb to trigger it manually.

Not to be confused with ILoveNuclearPower.

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The most interesting dramatic element of Deus Ex Nukina is the common requirement that the nuclear device must be [[ItsTheOnlyWay delivered by hand]]. Robots and missiles can't be trusted; nukes are delivered by [[AlwaysMale men]]. The [[RidingTheBomb delivery method]] is half the fun and often involves [[ILoveNuclearPower physical contact]] contact with the device. Frequently, the courier must also make the [[HeroicSacrifice ultimate sacrifice]] and stay with the bomb to trigger it manually.

Not to be confused with ILoveNuclearPower.
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** They detonate a nuke over the city to make the Wraith think they blew themselves up. Or the time they nuked the Replicators. With six Mark IX weapons, capable of destroying Stargates and with an average yield of about five gigatons, at least fifty times as powerful as any weapon ever actually detonated by man. When the Mark IX came along, in SG-1 and Atlantis, they really turned this trope UpToEleven.

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** They detonate a nuke over the city to make the Wraith think they blew themselves up. Or the time they nuked the Replicators. With six Mark IX weapons, capable of destroying Stargates and with an average yield of about five gigatons, at least fifty times as powerful as any weapon ever actually detonated by man. When the Mark IX came along, in SG-1 and Atlantis, they really turned this trope UpToEleven.up a notch.



** Some of these proposals (although not the paving one) made it as far as ''real live nuclear tests'', notably [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gasbuggy Project Gasbuggy]], a 1967 test in New Mexico that basically turned the later "fracking" technique for natural gas extraction UpToEleven -- eleven ''kilotons'', that is. (Actually, 29 kilotons.) Two more tests like this would follow in 1969 and 1973 before the idea ran out of funding.

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** Some of these proposals (although not the paving one) made it as far as ''real live nuclear tests'', notably [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gasbuggy Project Gasbuggy]], a 1967 test in New Mexico that basically turned the later "fracking" technique for natural gas extraction UpToEleven up a notch -- eleven ''kilotons'', that is. (Actually, 29 kilotons.) Two more tests like this would follow in 1969 and 1973 before the idea ran out of funding.

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* In ''Film/MarsAttacks'': [[GeneralRipper General Decker]] insists using a nuclear missiles to blow up the Martian's head ship. When the president is at his lowest, out of desperation, he agrees to finally shoot them. [[spoiler: The Martians use a bizarre machine that absorbs the explosion into a balloon, brings it back to the ship and the Martian emperor ''inhales the nuclear explosion'' which makes his voice [[HeliumSpeech sound funny]].]]
** [[spoiler: [[GeniusBonus H-bombs fuse hydrogen into helium. He inhales the helium]].]]

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* In ''Film/MarsAttacks'': [[GeneralRipper General Decker]] insists using a nuclear missiles to blow up the Martian's head ship. When the president is at his lowest, out of desperation, he agrees to finally shoot them. [[spoiler: The Martians use a bizarre machine that absorbs the explosion into a balloon, brings it back to the ship and the Martian emperor ''inhales the nuclear explosion'' which makes his voice [[HeliumSpeech sound funny]].]]
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]] [[GeniusBonus H-bombs fuse hydrogen into helium. He inhales the helium]].]]

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