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A form of MicrowaveMisuse. This can be a case of KickTheDog, or (as a popular UrbanLegend [[http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/microwavedpet.asp has it]]) just some misguided old lady or child trying to dry the pet out after it got wet. Has nothing to do with INeedToGoIronMyDog. Not related to EatTheDog either.

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A form of MicrowaveMisuse. This can be a case of KickTheDog, or (as a popular UrbanLegend [[http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/microwavedpet.asp has it]]) just some misguided old lady or child trying to dry the pet out after it got wet. Has This trope has nothing to do with INeedToGoIronMyDog. Not related to EatTheDog either.
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* ''[[WebVideo/WeeblAndBob Weebl & Bob]]'': The Bob toon titled "Housework" opens with a man microwaving a hedgehog, which then promptly explodes, causing him to exclaim that he'd microwaved his pet, only to find out his actual pet (a cat) is just fine, concluding that "hedgehogs are not pets".

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* ''[[WebVideo/WeeblAndBob ''[[WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob Weebl & Bob]]'': The Bob toon titled "Housework" opens with a man microwaving a hedgehog, which then promptly explodes, causing him to exclaim that he'd microwaved his pet, only to find out his actual pet (a cat) is just fine, concluding that "hedgehogs are not pets".
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* ''[[WebVideo/WeeblAndBob Weebl & Bob]]'': The Bob toon titled "Housework" opens with a man microwaving a hedgehog, which then promptly explodes, causing him to exclaim that he'd microwaved his pet, only to find out his actual pet (a cat) is just fine, concluding that "hedgehogs are not pets".
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** The original incident in ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' is canon and the owner of the animal [[DeconstructedTrope needed years of therapy to overcome the trauma]].

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** The original incident in ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' is canon and the owner of the animal [[DeconstructedTrope needed years of therapy to overcome the trauma]]. If you're dumb enough to give the hamster's remains to their psychologically-unstable owner, [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment he will outright murder them]]; if that character had anything important in their inventory, [[UnwinnableByDesign you're not getting them back]].

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Please, DontTryThisAtHome. You'll end up with a dead pet, [[LudicrousGibs a ton of grossness]], and a broken microwave. And probably [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone a lot of guilt on your conscience]]. And if anyone finds out, [[YouMonster a lot of hate directed at you]]. Usually a BlackComedyPetDeath.

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Please, DontTryThisAtHome. You'll end up with a dead pet, [[LudicrousGibs a ton of grossness]], and a broken microwave. And probably [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone a lot of guilt on your conscience]]. And if anyone finds when people find out, [[YouMonster a lot of hate directed at you]]. Usually a BlackComedyPetDeath.






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* Averted on every major microwave show where the creators usually have a strict policy against microwaving living things, most refuse to even microwave live insects. A few even refuse to microwave currently living plants.
* There are some videos on Website/YouTube of live animals being microwaved but most have over 80% dislikes and are flagged for violating community guidelines.
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* The ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Clap Your Hands If You Believe" has Dean fighting off a [[TheFairFolk fairy]] and he ends up trapping her in a microwave where she explodes.
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* In ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'', you can kill Weird Ed's hamster by putting it in the microwave. Show him the exploded remains if you want to get killed.

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* In ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'', if you're playing as Razor or Syd, you can kill Weird Ed's hamster by putting it in the microwave. Show him the exploded remains if you want to get killed.
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-->-- '''Camillio''' babysitting his little sister, ''WesternAnimation/{{Detentionaire}}''

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-->-- '''Camillio''' '''Camillio Martinez''' babysitting his little sister, ''WesternAnimation/{{Detentionaire}}''
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* Joe Secondopinionson attempted this on his goldfish in WesternAnimation/MoralOrel. His sister tries to stop him, but he ignores her and puts it in anyway.

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* Yes, [[http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-26563326 someone actually did this]]. To a ''kitten''. Because she [[DisproportionateRetribution thought it had attacked her goldfish]]. Needless to say, DontTryThisAtHome!
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* In ''ComicBook/FredHembeckDestroysTheMarvelUniverse'', following an unlucky encounter with Water Wizard, Ant-Man is discovered unconscious and wet by a little old lady. Fearing he'll [[CatchYourDeathOfCold catch his death of cold]], she takes him inside her house to dry him off, saying: "A couple of minutes in the microwave oven should do the trick..." After a BeatPanel comes an unfortunate "POP!" from within the house.
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* ''Film/KickAss''. Mafia mooks take someone to a lumber yard to be interrogated, apparently with a ConveyorBeltODoom but they find it's gone and a giant microwave used for treating the wood has been installed instead. They lock the victim inside and set the timer, only he can't hear their questions inside the cabinet and ends up exploding instead. The mooks find this BloodyHilarious.



* ''Series/Millennium1996'' uses this in its second episode. The killer traps a Millennium Group agent inside a giant industrial microwave, but Frank Black and [[BigDamnHeroes a battalion of San Francisco policemen arrive just in time]]. The old man still has to be treated for internal tissue damage.



* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'', there are points in Chris and Leon's scenarios in which they can shoot off a Rasklapanje's hand. Choose to attack the [[HelpingHands still-ambulatory hand]] near a microwave, and instead of throwing it away from them, they will shove it into the microwave and power it on. A few seconds later, the hand explodes.
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* The first season of British comedy sketch show ''Series/HaleAndPace'' (1988) included a skit about bad taste on television, with Pace commenting that "nothing causes more anger than being cruel to animals". Hale, who's fussing a kitten, agrees - and then reveals a microwave.
-->'''Pace:''' I mean, we like to experiment with comedy, but ''even we'' wouldn't microwave a cat live on national television.
-->'''Hale:''' We certainly wouldn't. So- ''[opens microwave]'' -''here's'' one we did earlier.
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* One of the gremlins in ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' is killed in a microwave. (Yes, it was a pet before it transformed)

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* One of the gremlins in ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' ''Film/Gremlins1984'' is killed in a microwave. (Yes, it was a pet before it transformed)
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* ''VideoGame/Kindergarten2'': Agnes may trade either of her 3 cats with you, depending on what food you bring her. There is a microwave oven in the office behind the cafeteria that you can cook the cat with. The game will give you three chances to decide whether to microwave the cat or not as [[YouBastard the protagonist protests the very idea of the action]]. If you go through with it, a loud meow can be heard before all that's left of the cat is a splatter of blood on the glass window, and the protagonist promptly walks out in disgust, ending the day phase. You don't get an achievement for killing the cat, but you do get the "Common Decency" achievement if you turn back on the idea.

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* ''VideoGame/Kindergarten2'': Agnes may trade either of her 3 cats with you, depending on what food you bring her. There is a microwave oven in the office behind the cafeteria that you can cook the cat with. The game will give gives you three chances to decide whether to microwave the cat or not as [[YouBastard [[WhatTheHellPlayer the protagonist protests the very idea of the action]]. If you go through with it, a loud meow can be heard before all that's left of the cat is a splatter of blood on the glass window, and the protagonist promptly walks out leaves in disgust, ending the day phase. You don't get an achievement for killing the cat, but you do get the "Common Decency" achievement if you turn back on the idea.
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* ''VideoGame/Kindergarten2'': Agnes may trade either of her 3 cats with you, depending on what food you bring her. There is a microwave oven in the office behind the cafeteria that you can cook the cat with. The game will give you three chances to decide whether to microwave the cat or not as [[YouBastard the protagonist protests the very idea of the action]]. If you go through with it, a loud meow can be heard before all that's left of the cat is a splatter of blood on the glass window, and the protagonist promptly walks out in disgust, ending the day phase. You don't get an achievement for killing the cat, but you do get the "Common Decency" achievement if you turn back on the idea.
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* The ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren'' episode "Badger's Bend" ended with Ben making tea while watching a goldfish in a blender jug, and flicking the wrong switch. In a spoof NoAnimalsWereHarmed segment afterwards, it showed how the goldfish was replaced with a fake one just before the take. In order to get the real goldfish out of shot, Ben's actor shoves its bowl in the microwave ... and flicks a ''different'' wrong switch.

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* The ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren'' episode "Badger's Bend" ended with Ben making tea while watching a goldfish in a blender jug, and flicking the wrong switch. In a spoof NoAnimalsWereHarmed segment afterwards, it showed how the goldfish was replaced with a fake one just before the take. In order to get the real goldfish out of shot, Ben's actor (Creator/GaryOlsen) shoves its bowl in the microwave ... and flicks a ''different'' wrong switch.
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* In the incredibly odd short ''Film/PossiblyInMichigan'', one character mentions her eccentric aunt, who accidentally killed herself and her dog when she tried to dry it off in a microwave. True to the surreal tone, her friend's only reaction to the story is to say, "She must have been pretty weird!"
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* The ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren'' episode "Badger's Bend" ended with Ben making tea while watching a goldfish in a blender jug, and flicking the wrong switch. In a spoof NoAnimalsWereHarmed segment afterwards, it showed how the goldfish was replaced with a fake one just before the take. In order to get the real goldfish out of shot, Ben's actor shoves its bowl in the microwave ... and flicks a ''different'' wrong switch.
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* Alluded to in ''Series/AScareAtBedtime''. Apparently, microwaving a hapless pet is just one way of summoning [[{{Satan}} the Quare Fella]]...
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%%* "Microwave Cat" by Feo Y Loco.

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%%* * In "Microwave Cat" by Feo Y Loco.Loco, linked [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KUigbEh8po here]], the singer relates how he bathed his cat and dried it in the microwave, with predictable results.
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* Among the many atrocities Dio Brando commits in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', one of the first is killing Jonathan Joestar's dog, Danny, by [[MurderByCremation burning him alive]] in an oven.
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If the victim is a human being, it's CookedToDeath.

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If the victim is a human being, it's CookedToDeath.CookedToDeath instead.

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