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* Yes, [[http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-26563326 someone actually did this]]. Needless to say, DontTryThisAtHome!
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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 attacked her goldfish]]. Needless to say, DontTryThisAtHome!
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* Yes, [[http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-26563326 someone actually did this]]. Needless to say, DontTryThisAtHome!
* Yes, [[http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-26563326 someone actually did this]]. Needless to say, DontTryThisAtHome!
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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. Regardless, [[HateDumb many react to a Furby, game console, or smartphone being microwaved as if it were a living animal]].
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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. Regardless, [[HateDumb many react to a Furby, game console, or smartphone being microwaved as if it were a living animal]].
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* The ''Gremlins'' example is parodied on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Instead of turning into a Gremlin, the Mogwai becomes Creator/FranDrescher. Peter microwaves her anyway.
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* The ''Gremlins'' example is parodied on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Instead of turning into a Gremlin, the Mogwai becomes Creator/FranDrescher.Fran Drescher. Peter microwaves her anyway.
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* An "[[YellowFace Asian]]" character in ''Film/{{Hanger}}'' microwaves and eats puppies.
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* An "[[YellowFace Asian]]" character in ''Film/{{Hanger}}'' ''Hanger'' microwaves and eats puppies.
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* In ''Series/Shameless'', eight-year-old Carl microwaves a goldfish, apparently for fun.
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* In ''Series/Shameless'', ''Series/{{Shameless}}'', eight-year-old Carl microwaves a goldfish, apparently for fun.
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* In "Series/Shameless", ''Series/Shameless'', eight-year-old Carl microwaves a goldfish, apparently for fun.
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* In "Series/Shameless", eight-year-old Carl microwaves a goldfish, apparently for fun.
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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. Regardless, [[HateDumb many react to a Furby, game console, or smartphone being microwaved as if it were a living animal]].
* There are some videos on YouTube of live animals being microwaved but most have over 80% dislikes and are flagged for violating community guidelines.
* 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. Regardless, [[HateDumb many react to a Furby, game console, or smartphone being microwaved as if it were a living animal]].
* There are some videos on YouTube of live animals being microwaved but most have over 80% dislikes and are flagged for violating community guidelines.
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* In 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, you hear the hand explode.
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* In ResidentEvil6, ''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, you hear the hand explode.
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* In 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, you hear the hand explode.
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* The ''Gremlins'' example is parodied on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Instead of turning into a Gremlin, the Mogwai becomes Fran Drescher. Peter microwaves her anyway.
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* The ''Gremlins'' example is parodied on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Instead of turning into a Gremlin, the Mogwai becomes Fran Drescher.Creator/FranDrescher. Peter microwaves her anyway.
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* WeirdAlYankovic's song "I'll Sue Ya" features a line about this:
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* InvertedTrope in ''TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Gumball accidentally ''creates'' life when he puts a jar full of disgusting goo in the microwave.
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* InvertedTrope in ''TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Gumball accidentally ''creates'' life when he puts a jar full of disgusting goo in the microwave.
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* A rather infamous EasterEgg from ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' is at the beginning of the game, when you can heat a casserole in the microwave and cause it to explode. The FanRemake ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'' also includes this, and then does one better by putting a ''headcrab'' in the same microwave after the resonance cascade, which you can make explode as well.
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* The ''Series/MythBusters'' refused to test the myth that you can dry a poodle in the microwave.
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* The ''Series/MythBusters'' refused to test the myth that you can dry a poodle in the microwave.
microwave, [[SubvertedTrope despite playing it up as a myth]] at the beginning of the segment. This was the first explicit instance of the show's NoAnimalsWereHarmed policy.
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* In ''Fred Hembeck Destroys the MarvelUniverse'', Ant-Man is killed when an old lady sticks him in a microwave oven. "POP!"
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* In ''Fred Hembeck ''Creator/FredHembeck Destroys the MarvelUniverse'', Ant-Man is killed when an old lady sticks him in a microwave oven. "POP!"
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* This urban legend is mentioned in YakitateJapan as "proof" that Americans make frivolous lawsuits, when an American baker shows up.
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* This urban legend is mentioned in YakitateJapan ''YakitateJapan'' as "proof" that Americans make frivolous lawsuits, when an American baker shows up.
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* WeirdAlYankovic's song "I'll Sue Ya" features a line about this:
--> "I sued Panasonic. They never told me not to use their microwave to dry off my cat!"
--> "I sued Panasonic. They never told me not to use their microwave to dry off my cat!"
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* An "[[YellowFace Asian]]" character in ''Film/{{Hanger}}'' microwaves and eats puppies.
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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.
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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.
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* This urban legend is mentioned in YakitateJapan as "proof" that Americans make frivolous lawsuits, when an American baker shows up.
* This urban legend is mentioned in YakitateJapan as "proof" that Americans make frivolous lawsuits, when an American baker shows up.
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* The W's song "Stupid" is all about stories of people doing stupid things, and the first verse is all about the urban legend of the woman trying to microwave her poodle to dry it off. "The poor little poodle never heard the bell ding. / He went out with a bang, if you know what I mean. / Stupid, that was stupid..."
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* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer's pet lobster gets all dirty, so he decides to give a bath. The water was a bit ''too'' hot...
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* InvertedTrope in TheAmazingWorldOfGumball: Gumball accidentally ''creates'' life when he puts a jar full of disgusting goo in the microwave.
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* InvertedTrope in TheAmazingWorldOfGumball: ''TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Gumball accidentally ''creates'' life when he puts a jar full of disgusting goo in the microwave.microwave.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer's pet lobster gets all dirty, so he decides to give a bath. The water was a bit ''too'' hot...
* The ''Gremlins'' example is parodied on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Instead of turning into a Gremlin, the Mogwai becomes Fran Drescher. Peter microwaves her anyway.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer's pet lobster gets all dirty, so he decides to give a bath. The water was a bit ''too'' hot...
* The ''Gremlins'' example is parodied on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Instead of turning into a Gremlin, the Mogwai becomes Fran Drescher. Peter microwaves her anyway.
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** A puzzle is solved by really using a future microwave to dry a live hamster (yes, it does survive).
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** A puzzle is solved by really using a future microwave to dry a live hamster (yes, it does survive).survive, and Laverne remarks out loud that kids trying to imitate the gesture would have bad things happen to them).
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* InvertedTrope in TheAmazingWorldOfGumball: Gumball accidentally ''creates'' life when he puts a jar full of disgusting goo in the microwave.
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* InvertedTrope in TheAmazingWorldOfGumball: Gumball accidentally ''creates'' life when he puts a jar full of disgusting goo in the microwave.
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* In ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'', you can kill Weird Al's hamster by putting it in the microwave. Show him the exploded remains if you want to get killed.
** The sequel, ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'', has a puzzle solved by really using a future microwave to dry a live hamster (yes, it does survive).
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* In ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'', you can kill Weird Al's Ed's hamster by putting it in the microwave. Show him the exploded remains if you want to get killed.
** The * In the sequel, ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'', has a ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle''
** The original incident is canon and the owner of the animal [[DeconstructedTrope needed years of therapy to overcome the trauma]].
** A puzzle is solved by really using a future microwave to dry a live hamster (yes, it does survive).
** The original incident is canon and the owner of the animal [[DeconstructedTrope needed years of therapy to overcome the trauma]].
** A puzzle is solved by really using a future microwave to dry a live hamster (yes, it does survive).
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* "Microwave Cat" by Feo Y Loco.
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* In ''Film/UrbanLegend'', Hootie the dog gets microwaved by the killer in order to draw one of the victims out.
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Someone killing a pet by putting it into a microwave oven and turning it on. The pet might explode as well.
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.
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* In ''Film/UrbanLegend'', Hootie the dog gets microwaved by the killer in order to draw one of the victims out.
* One of the gremlins in ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' is killed in a microwave. (Yes, it's a pet.)
* In the prologue of ''The Willies'', an old woman tries to dry her poodle off in the microwave, and it explodes.
* In ''American Vampire'', one of the vampires explodes the protagonist's dog in the microwave.
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** The sequel, ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'', has a puzzle solved by really using a future microwave to dry a live hamster (yes, it does survive).
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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.
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* One of the gremlins in ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' is killed in a microwave. (Yes, it's a pet.)
* In the prologue of ''The Willies'', an old woman tries to dry her poodle off in the microwave, and it explodes.
* In ''American Vampire'', one of the vampires explodes the protagonist's dog in the microwave.
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* In ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'', you can kill Weird Al's hamster by putting it in the microwave. Show him the exploded remains if you want to get killed.
** The sequel, ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'', has a puzzle solved by really using a future microwave to dry a live hamster (yes, it does survive).
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