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* {{Superman}} does this all the time. It was his first line in ''Series/LoisAndClark'', (*burp* Excuse me.) though Clark Kent had lines throughout the episode. In one of the issues from ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'' storyline, he force-feeds a bomb to Clawster and it explodes in his mouth, causing him to collapse and say "Good thing Clawster invulnerable."

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* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Minions}}'', [[spoiler: Kevin]] swallows the Lava Bomb and then [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome grabs the escaping Scarlet Overkill]] to propel himself into the sky so that the detonation won't hurt the people of London.

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* ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'' has the [[spoiler: horrible death followed by slow painful regeneration]] version.
* In an episode of ''Series/SheSpies'', the ColdOpen has the girls captured by a villain gloating about his tiny, but powerful bomb. Cassie then kicks it out of his hand, catches it in her mouth, and swallows it. Since the bomb is heat-activated, the villain is forced to set them free before the bomb warms to Cassie's body temperature and explodes in the middle of his base. The girls run to freedom and the opening credits start to run... only to be [[CreditsGag shoved off the screen by Cassie]] complaining that she has just ''swallowed a live bomb and will not survive through the credits''. Once she coughs up the bomb (and kicks it [[HoistByHisOwnPetard back down into the villain's base where it explodes]]), she allows the credits to resume where they left off.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': This is how River Song gets a Vortex Manipulator in "The Pandorica Opens." More specifically, she gets it from Dorium Maldovar, whose drink she has spiked with micro-explosives. She trades it for one of her earrings, which contains the detonator. Needless to say, Dorium is all too happy to accept.
* In the 2007 ''Series/{{Flash Gordon|2007}}'' series, Baylin uses her BizarreAlienBiology to disarm a bomb by neutralizing the alkaline components with her highly acidic stomach acid. Even though the bomb didn't go off, they still used the burp gag, minus the fireball.

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* In the ''[[SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam and Max]]'' cartoon, they're escorting a criminal on a plane who manages to escape, leaving behind a bomb. Sam orders Max to [[BombDisposal dispose of it]] while he's chasing the criminal down; Max eats it and then ducks into the overhead compartment to contain the explosion. Being ''Sam And Max'', he's somehow okay after this.

* Kirby, King Dedede, and Wario can eat explosive items in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', though that will hurt them (And in Wario's case, anyone who's standing too close to him).

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* One episode of ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' has the Lexx, a huge organic spaceship, being infiltrated by a saboteur with a nuclear bomb. The bomb detonates inside Lexx, but fortunately it is much too tough to sustain any damage. "I think I have eaten something hot," it mutters.

* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Minions}}'', [[spoiler: Kevin]] swallows the Lava Bomb and then [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome grabs the escaping Scarlet Overkill]] to propel himself into the sky so that the detonation won't hurt the people of London.

* Matter Eater Lad pulled this stunt, long ago, in the DCU's ''Comicbook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}'' comic.

* At one point in the second part of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', Esidisi swallows a lit stick of dynamite. Since he's NighInvulnerable, like all of the Pillar Men, it makes his stomach balloon out for a second but does no damage.
* Somewhat averted in the VideoGame/GalaxyAngel manga adaptation. Takuto's latest bid to get away from the enemy is to have Vanilla use her nanomachines construct a bomb which is disguised as one of his teeth. The bomb is revealed, turning the tide on their captors and ''almost'' buying them their freedom. A brawl ensues as Takuto, Vanilla, and Milfeulle escort ''their'' prisoners back to the ship, and the bomb goes flying out of Takuto's mouth and into Milfeulle's, who swallows it and makes it irretrievable. Milfeulle's abdomen is actually in pain by having swallowed the tooth, and the end result is not expected to be very pleasant, so the bad guys let them get away. [[spoiler: Then, the whole situation is subverted when Takuto reveals that the bomb is a fake. A later examination by one of the ship's doctors reveals that Milfie's pain is a slight case of food poisoning.]]

* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': While harassed by Spiderman, Daredevil and Wolverine, Frank comes across an amnesiac Bruce Banner, who'd been kidnapped by the criminals who witnessed his transformation. Frank feeds Banner stew made with hearty ingredients like MysteryMeat, C4 and detonators, so when the three heroes gang up on him, [[GiveChaseWithAngryNatives he flees to Banner's location and starts kicking the crap out of him]]. When Banner HulksOut, the heroes are eliminated in no time flat, leaving Frank to detonate the C4 in the Hulk's guts. The pain is such that he has no choice but to revert to Banner.

* In the FiveEpisodePilot of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', the Beagle Boys are in prison, when they get [[JailBake a box of bombs from "El Capitan" disguised as chocolates.]] Burger, the BigEater of the group, thinks they ''are'' chocolates, and eats one, [[DinnerDeformation with rather unpleasant results.]]

* {{Superman}} does this all the time. It was his first line in ''Series/LoisAndClark'', (*burp* Excuse me.) though Clark Kent had lines throughout the episode.

* In the 2007 ''Series/FlashGordon'' series, Baylin uses her BizarreAlienBiology to disarm a bomb by neutralizing the alkaline components with her highly acidic stomach acid. Even though the bomb didn't go off, they still used the burp gag, minus the fireball.

* In the early ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' animation "Marshmallow's Last Stand", Strong Bad actually shoves a bomb into Homestar Runner's mouth during a fight and kicking him in the abdomen. Homestar, as a result of the bomb exploding inside his stomach, as well as the fact that he ate too many marshmallows earlier in the animation, actually pukes on Strong Bad, and as a result he wins the fight.

* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Minions}}'', [[spoiler: Kevin]] swallows the Lava Bomb and then [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome finds a way]] to propel himself into the sky so that the detonation won't hurt the people of London.

* ''[[Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket Lupin III]]'' has [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E17 an episode]] where Lupin is forced to swallow a pill-sized bomb by a man claiming to be a descendant of Lawrence of Arabia to prevent the thief and his gang from following him. Lupin, uh... "retrieves" the bomb intact after a night in the bathroom, and it ends up in Fujiko's hopefully well-washed hands. She then slips it into a drink she prepares for Lawrence III; after the rebel leader swigs the beverage down and drunkenly reveals himself as a fraud, his men are all too happy to take the remote control to the bomb off of Fujiko's hands...

* In one ''Super Goof'' comic, the Beagle Boys try to get rid of Super Goof by feeding him an exploding peanut. It causes him to swell up like a balloon and then expel the explosion in a huge belch.

* ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'': Happens often when a thrown grenade hits a wall and unexpectedly bounces back into (most of the time) Filemon's mouth. [[NonFatalExplosions An explosion ensues]], usually followed by some comment from Mortadelo in the lines of: "Boss, if you were ''that'' hungry, why didn't you have a sandwich instead?".
** Played with in a short story. The Súper and Filemón think that Mortadelo has eaten a sandwich with a sausage that had a time bomb hidden inside. They try to get Mortadelo to the hospital to have the bomb removed, without letting him know so he won't get nervous, and also preventing him from falling or getting a sudden shock. Turns up that Mortadelo had eaten only the bread, and had put the sausage apart; when he retrieves the sausage, the bomb explodes on the three of them.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', the Beagle Boys are in prison, when they get [[JailBake a box of bombs from their mother disguised as donuts.]] Burger, the BigEater of the group, thinks they ''are'' donuts, and eats one, [[DinnerDeformation with rather unpleasant results.]] (And even when they realize what they are, [[TooDumbToLive he asks for another later.]] Fortunately, they keep him from eating any more, and use them to escape.)

* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': When Kirby eats a bomb, he gets a bomb-related power. Depending on the game, this can be Bomb, where Kirby tosses bombs like the Poppy Bros., or Crash, where Kirby explodes and [[SmartBomb damages all enemies]]. (Unless, of course, it's the Egg Catcher minigame from ''Kirby's Adventure''.)

* Bruce Banner in ''Film/TheAvengers'' sarcastically suggests that he should do this with the Tesseract.

* {{Superman}} does this all time. It was his first line in ''Series/LoisAndClark'', (*burp* Excuse me.) though Clark Kent had lines throughout the episode.

* Rico from ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'', and he's able to regurgitate it with fuse. The aptly named episode "All Choked Up" actually revolves around what happens when he ''can't'' spit up an activated bomb thanks to Alice's medicine.