History Main / GrenadeSpam

** While the weakest explosive, dynamite is still tremendously useful, even on late game. With good stealth, you can drop it in the enemy's pocket (reverse pickpocketing them) and it should kill the enemy without fail. Dynamite is preferable for this purpose since while any explosive will kill in 1 hit if you do this, dynamite is the cheapest explosive you can get and it also has smaller blast radius than a grenade or mine, so you are less likely to get caught in the explosion while trying to do this.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', Raiders, Gunners, and Super Mutants have developed a bad habit of endlessly spamming {{Molotov Cocktail}}s as well as grenades, both of which can OneHitKill on [[HarderThanHard Survival difficulty]], with [[ImprobableAimingSkills incredible accuracy]].

* Because of a few quirks of weapon range, area of effect, and general devastation, a viable tactic for American players in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'' was to equip their Rangers with [[BlindedByTheLight Flashbangs]] as their first upgrade. In ''Generals'', Flashbangs inexplicably behave like fragmentation grenades, wiping out enemy units in a reasonable radius. As a result, a solution to early-game infantry rushes was to have teams of Rangers bombarding incoming infantry with volleys of grenades. This was particularly effective against the Chinese, as Red Guards have to cluster together for their horde bonus.

->''"...which is sadly missing from ''World At War'' where you spend the vast majority of your time running away from some hilariously relentless grenade throwing. Seriously, the Japanese were the ones who invented the tactic of fearlessly running at the enemy with bayonets! Why are they suddenly so scared of death that they're resorting to filling the sky with grenades?! [[SuddenlyShouting WHERE'S YOUR SENSE OF HONOR?!]]"''

See also ThrowDownTheBomblet if spamming grenades is an individual's WeaponOfChoice.

* An unusually [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools intentional and controlled]] example occurs in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', which has amongst its varied ink weaponry explosive sub weapons like ink grenades and ink bombs (as in, water bombs filled with ink). While the use of these weapons is usually limited by using up a big chunk of the Inkling's [[ManaMeter ink supply]] when thrown, the [[LimitBreak Special Weapon]] called Bomb Rush (replaced in ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' by the [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute nearly-identical]] Bomb Launcher) grants unlimited use of these weapons for a limited time. As the game puts it: ''"Bombs away!"''

* Junkrat from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' is built around this. His main weapon is the Frag Launcher, which fires 5 grenades at a medium rate of fire before having to reload. Unlike most grenade launchers, the Frag Launcher's grenades only explode when they directly hit an enemy rather exploding on any impact, meaning choke points guarded by Junkrat have ''a lot'' of grenades going around. For even more grenades, a custom game with [[UpToEleven 12 Junkrats]] can be played.

* ''TabletopGame/StrikeLegion'' allows players to take an [[MoreDakka automatic]] underbarrel GrenadeLauncher on some weapons. This can fire any kind of grenade available to Legionaires, [[UpToEleven up to and including]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom singularity grenades]].

** For players, the game mostly averts this trope, with a rather restrictive limit of one grenade for most soldiers per mission, and a non-modified maximum of three depending on upgrades ("Tactical Rigging" in particular lets soldiers carry two grenades, even on [[NewMeat Rookies]] and [[RedShirt XCOM Base Security]]). Players love to boast about liberally ''using'' each and every one of these grenades to flush enemies out of cover and secure kills that may be missed from shots, however, invoking this feeling with squads of six soldiers even as grenades quickly run dry until the next mission.

* The ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' games are notorious for this. Beginning with the first ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' game grenades would be spawned onto the map at a not even remotely fair rate, causing a frequent nicknaming of the game [[http://media.gamerevolution.com/images/misc/modern-warfare-grenade-spam.jpg Grenade of Grenade 4: Grenade Grenade]], or Grenade of Grenade 4: More Grenades. It got so bad that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td352xP-NZ8 advertising]] for the sequel included a PublicServiceAnnouncement about grenade spam. This PSA purported to be funded by the [[FunWithAcronyms fictional organisation]] '''F'''ight '''A'''gainst '''G'''renade '''S'''pam. This use of a homophobic slur (seemingly a deliberate nod to the term's widespread usage in the games' multiplayer matches) garnered some controversy, and [[http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/01/infinity-ward-pulls-fight-against-grenade-spam-ad-in-light-of/ the ad was eventually pulled]]. Naturally, ''VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Qpui1hYBw took the mickey out of the PSA.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} 2'' was infamous for grenade spam - especially on [[AbridgedArenaArray Strike At Karkand]]. Players would spawn with 4 grenades which they could chuck one after another, then refill instantly from an ammo pack on the ground, which lead to entire squads of players standing on opposite sides of a fence throwing as many grenades onto the other side as they could. Some later games took measures to avoid this, such as giving a more significant cooldown on ammo packs to stop grenade refreshing, or reducing the amount of grenades carried - ''Videogame/{{Battlefield 3}}'' limits players to two grenades on-hand as a maximum from a specialization, it's otherwise just one.

* In ''Film/DieHard2'', Captain Stuart and his men have John trapped in the plane that was used to transport the general they were to rescue. They toss about twenty grenades into the cockpit to blow it up, forcing [=McClane=] to scramble for the ejector seat.

* ''Videogame/{{Battlefield}} 2'' was infamous for grenade spam - especially on [[AbridgedArenaArray Strike At Karkand]]. Players would spawn with 4 grenades which they could chuck one after another, then refill instantly from an ammo pack on the ground, which lead to entire squads of players standing on opposite sides of a fence throwing as many grenades onto the other side as they could. Some later games took measures to avoid this, such as giving a more significant cooldown on ammo packs to stop grenade refreshing, or reducing the amount of grenades carried - ''Videogame/{{Battlefield 3}}'' limits players to two grenades on-hand as a maximum from a specialization, it's otherwise just one.

* Hayato Gokudera from ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' loves this trope. His arsenal is filled of dynamites.

->''"...which is sadly missing from World At War where you spend the vast majority of your time running away from some hilariously relentless grenade throwing. Seriously, the Japanese were the ones who invented the tactic of fearlessly running at the enemy with bayonets! Why are they suddenly so scared of death that they're resorting to filling the sky with grenades?! [[SuddenlyShouting WHERE'S YOUR SENSE OF HONOR?!]]"''

** ''Webcomic/CriticalMiss'' parodies this in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' multiplayer with "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8417-Lapidation-Pro The Stoning of Saint Bluntninja]]".

* In the original ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}}'' there are a few grenade machine gun emplacements (see Real Life below) scattered around Korea that the player can use. If one clears the game by capturing all 52 High Value Targets rather than killing them, it unlocks a "Cheaters Weapon Set" for NewGamePlus that includes a portable version for all your StuffBlowingUp needs.

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', the [[PowerUpLetdown otherwise useless RGB6]] owes its [[NotCompletelyUseless one-time usefulness]] during the battle with Vamp to this. When Vamp dives into the water you can pound a bunch of grenade rounds into it which will, whether they hit him or not, deplete his oxygen meter and force him to the surface as a gasping stunned free target (and if they ''do'' hit him, they empty about an eighth of his health). Because you will never use this weapon before or ever again after this battle, you'll have a full supply of grenades which you can spam with reckless abandon.

* Milder forms of this trope are used for infantry tactics in assaulting enemy positions, pioneered in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and still utilized to this day - the same reason video gamers hate being a victim of it makes it a very desirable thing to be be the one using in real life, since soldiers of course prefer winning their battles as easily as possible. However, soldiers will need to coordinate their grenade reserves for such a tactic, and grenade saturation in infantry tactics tend to be more based around ensuring the enemy is PinnedDown for allies to flank and close in to enemy positions (then probably using a grenade upon the enemy position with actually expected lethal intent) rather than just lobbing grenades at the enemy repeatedly in hopes of killing the enemy if you throw enough of them in their direction, as throwing grenades accurately with any sort of distance is not the easiest task for everyone.

->''"...which is sadly missing from World At War where you spend the vast majority of your time running away from some hilariously relentless grenade throwing. Seriously, the Japanese were the ones who invented the tactic of fearlessly running at the enemy with bayonets! Why are they suddenly so scared of death that they're resorting to filling the sky with grenades?! WHERE'S YOUR SENSE OF HONOR?!"''