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* Azuma from ''FairyTail'', who can blow up ships from a distance with his explosion magic.

** [[spoiler: Later on, we see a fellow member of a group Deidara used to be in, called the Blast Corps, who has the "Explosion Release" Kekkai Genkai]].
* Gensuru the Bomb Devil from ''HunterXHunter'' has two abilities of this sort: He can create a small explosion with a touch or a bigger explosion (involving bombs conjured from thin air) if he sets things up right beforehand.

* That kid Maki from ''DarkerThanBlack'' had psi-detonated ''fingerprints''.

** Nappa, who waves two fingers to create spontaneous explosions.

** In fact, just about any KiAttack that isn't piercing, cutting, concussive, or purely destructive will detonate like a standard explosive, including a fiery plume and thick clouds of dark smoke.

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* The titular characters of ''SplosionMan'' and ''MsSplosionMan''.
* ''{{Borderlands}}'' - The Explosive Artifact, for [[TheBerserker Brick]] and [[FeatheredFiend Bloodwing]], who then can make explosions and detonate their enemies with their fists and beak (respectively).

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* The titular character of ''SplosionMan''.

* Cinque's Inherent Skill in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha {{StrikerS}}'' is the ability to transmute any metals into high-grade explosives on touch. Combine that with her ability to summon any number of steel daggers out of thin air, and you get a GameBreaker character who had to be PutOnABus until the end of the season immediately after her introduction.

[[StockSuperpowers Superpowers]] that involve [[StuffBlowingUp creating explosions]]. Can overlap with WhyAmITicking. See also ActionBomb.

* Mr. 5 from ''OnePiece'' has a Devil Fruit power, allowing him to make any part of his body explode at will (without harming himself).

* ''{{Borderlands}}'' - The Explosive Artifact that affects a class's special ability. Even [[TheBerserker Brick's]] punches and the hunter's bird-creature can detonate enemies.

* The Human Bomb, who made his original appearance in ''Police Comics #1'' in August of 1941, is the original super-powered explosion maker. He literally could cause anything he touched to explode... the bigger the object, the bigger the explosion. When Quality comics went out of business, DCComics purchased the rights to its entire stable of characters, and the Human Bomb became a member of the Freedom Fighters.

* The titular character of ''SplosionMan''.
* Combustion Man from ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' causes explosions by heating the air.

* The "Human Hand-Grenade" from ''[[TheAuthority The Authority: Revolution]]'' had the power to explode, then reassemble himself.
* [[Comicbook/{{X-Men}} Marvel Mutant]] Tabitha "Boom-Boom" Smith has this as her superpower. She creates time-delay plasma balls which explode. They can be small or huge.
** Also in ''X-Men'', War of the Apocalypse horsemen had a power to detonate objects he focused on.
** Gambit has a power to turn any object he touches into a bomb, as small as a playing card or as big as a car (he used that one when teaming up with Ben Grimm from the Comicbook/FantasticFour).

* ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. Tim the Enchanter can cause explosions (presumably using magic) hundreds of yards away.
* Rahkshi of Fragmentation do this in ''{{Bionicle}}'', as they cause objects to spontaneously burst into fragments.
* Both Liberty Lad and El Diablo gain the ability to cause random bits of scenery to explode in ''FreedomForce''.

* {{Borderlands}}- The Explosive Artifact that effects a class's special ability. Even [[TheBerserker Brick's]] punches and the hunter's bird-creature can detonate enemies.

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* Deidara from ''{{Naruto}}'' uses Exploding Clay, which combines this trope with DishingOutDirt and ArtInitiatesLife.

Examples:

* Azuma from FairyTail, who can blow up ships from a distance with his explosion magic.
* Mr. 5 from OnePiece has a Devil Fruit power allowing him to make any part of his body explode at will (without harming himself).
* Deidara from {{Naruto}} uses Exploding Clay, which combines this trope with DishingOutDirt and ArtInitiatesLife.
* Gensuru the Bomb Devil from HunterXHunter has two abilities of this sort: he can create a small explosion with a touch or a bigger explosion (involving bombs conjured from thin air) if he sets things up right beforehand.
* Kimblee from FullmetalAlchemist can use alchemy to [[WhyAmITicking change people's chemical makeup to make them explosive]].

* Combustion Man from ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', who causes explosions by heating the air.
* That kid Maki from DarkerThanBlack had psi-detonated ''fingerprints''.

* [[XMen Marvel Mutant]] Tabitha "Boom-Boom" Smith has this as her superpower - she creates time-delay plasma balls which explode. They can be small or huge.
** Also in X-men, War of the Apocalypse horsemen had a power to detonate objects he focused on.
** Gambit has a power to turn any object he touches into a bomb, as small as a playing card or as big as a car (he used that one when teaming up with Ben Grimm from Fantastic Four).

* ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. Tim the Enchanter can cause explosions (presumably using magic) hundreds of yard away.

* Cinque's Inherent Skill in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha {{StrikerS}}'' is the ability to transmute any metals into high-grade explosives on touch. Combine that with her ability to summon any number of steel daggers out of thin air, and you get a GameBreaker character who had to be PutOnABus until the end of the season immediately after her introduction.

[[StockSuperpowers Superpowers]] that involve [[StuffBlowingUp creating explosions]]. Can overlap with WhyAmITicking.