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* Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'': Hades is so mad at his minions for buying ''Hercules'' merchandise that he causes a brief eruption on the volcano he's in. This is seen from the background as the scene cuts to Hercules and a crowd some miles away, who all start looking around wondering where the sound of the blast came from.

* Parodied in ''Disney/{{Bolt}}''. A Calico helicopter is blown up in the opening action sequence. It pulls back to three different angles, then pulls back even further to a shot from across the bay... where the explosion is tiny, and barely knocks over an empty paper cup sitting on a ledge.

** In the first part of "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", the family receives a thank you letter from Burns for the assorted chocolates..save Homer who had sent the candies in the hopes Burns would at least remember his name. When Homer reads the letter, he orders the kids out of the room before unleashing a major F-Bomb. [[CurseCutShort The audience doesn't hear it]] but we cut to outside of the house as organ lets out a note, crows are disturbed and fly off from their perches and the neighbors around the street stand around in shock.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' does this with Dexter letting off [[ToiletHumor an extremely powerful fart]]. First it zooms out to show his house (shaking from the fart), then it zooms out further to his neighborhood (shaking from the fart). After that, it zooms out showing the planet, and finally, it zooms out, showing the universe. Throughout this, we hear Dexter farting, the indication being that it was so loud, ''the entire cosmos'' could hear it. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments When we zoom back in, we see that he embedded the TV in the wall]].

* ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' has the battle between the original GreenLantern, Alan Scott, and [[FaceHeelTurn his turned-mad son]] [[CastingAShadow Obsidian]]. After Alan Scott uses his GreenLanternRing [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever to match his son's size]] and blast him at full power, [[http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2007/05/the_highlight_r_1.html we cut to a wide shot of the city]] as a massive pillar of Green Lantern's light is rising into the sky, then cut into a wider shot as we see this massive pillar of light rocket into space.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': At the start of "Helter Shelter," the Professor's loud and protracted yell of "BUUUUBBBBLES!!!!" goes all the way into outer space where the girls are repairing a spacecraft.
-->'''Blossom:''' (''to Bubbles'') Boy, what did you do ''this'' time?

[[caption-width-right:350:Fortunately it was Sunday, [[InferredHolocaust so there wasn't anyone]] [[ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding on the continent they just destroyed]].]]

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* ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' has the battle between the original GreenLantern, Alan Scott, and [[FaceHeelTurn his turned-mad son]] [[DarkIsEdgy Obsidian]]. After Alan Scott uses his GreenLanternRing [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever to match his son's size]] and blast him at full power, [[http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2007/05/the_highlight_r_1.html we cut to a wide shot of the city]] as a massive pillar of Green Lantern's light is rising into the sky, then cut into a wider shot as we see this massive pillar of light rocket into space.

* During the interception of a malfunctioning agricultural robot at the start of ''Film/{{Runaway}}'', Officers Ramsay and Thompson jump on top of it, only for the robot to explode. Cut to a group of farmers making quips about "World War 3" as they watch a large cloud of black smoke rise over their fields.

* ''Film/{{Runaway}}''. During the interception of a runaway agricultural robot at the start of the movie, Ramsay and Thompson jump on top of it, [[DefeatEqualsExplosion only for the robot to explode.]] Cue a group of amused farmers watching a large ball of smoke rise above their field, with one quipping that WW3 has broken out.

* ''Series/FatherTed'' did this in one episode where a milk truck (in... well... near Ireland) is filled with explosives and blown up. The audience doesn't witness the actual explosion, but instead cuts to a shot of an Eskimo [[EskimoLand ice-fishing]] somewhere far above the Arctic Circle. He juuust hears the blast, looks around, shrugs and goes back to his fishing. This is also a GilliganCut, as it happens in the middle of the HoistByHisOwnPetard villain giving the page-quote above.

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' does this with Dexter letting off [[ToiletHumor an extremely powerful fart]]. First it zooms out to show his house (shaking from the fart), then it zooms out further to his neighborhood (shaking from the fart). After that, it zooms out showing the planet, and finally, it zooms out, showing the universe. Throughout this, we hear Dexter farting, the indication being that it was so loud, ''the entire cosmos'' could hear it. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny When we zoom back in, we see that he embedded the TV in the wall]].

* Done in ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan when Saitama unleashes a "Serious Punch" on Boros at the climax of their fight. Not only obliterating him in the attack but likewise cutting to show the Earth's atmosphere in which ''clouds were parted from the sheer force alone''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', an early "April Fools"-themed episode had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4g8S7y0p2c Bart pranking Homer]] with an overshaken can of Duff beer. When Homer ''finally'' opens the can, Bart barely has time to call him on it before the sheer force of the exploding beer [[TrashTheSet destroys the entire house]], and the scene cuts to the police officers on patrol two blocks away witnessing the resulting MushroomCloud.

* In the 'ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip for [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1999/ga991114.gif 14 November 1999]], Garfield holds a sleeping Jon's eyes open as Odie licks them. The last panel shows to aliens on the Moon wondering what the screaming is. A ''Webcomic/SquareRootOdMinusGarfield'' strip relocates the aliens to the Saturnian moon Minas, as part of the "Garfield [word that sounds like 'Minus'] Garfield" RunningGag. TheRant points out that this makes the scream even louder.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'', during the competition North, Jack, Bunny, and Sandy are holding to collect the teeth, North jumps down a chimney. Below, Bunny lights up a fire and says, "Ho-ho-ho." We then cut to outside of the house as an explosion comes out of the chimney and we hear North scream.

->''"Better get out the earplugs, Father, because when that milkfloat goes up, you'll hear it all the way to the North Po-"\\
[cut to North Pole]'' '''*BOOM*'''
-->-- '''Pat Mustard''' being HoistByHisOwnPetard, ''Series/FatherTed''