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* ExplosiveInstrumentation

* EveryCarIsAPinto

* DunkingTheBomb

* DetonationMoon

* CartoonBomb

* BubblegumPopping

* BaaBomb

* AwesomenessIsVolatile

* AngstNuke

* ActionBomb

** This tends to happen a lot during a series finale, such as in ''WebVideo/HoleDiggers'' or ''WebVideo/JaffaQuest''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VeB_-gWSdA&feature=related Try to repeat after me: * BOOM* Brass section, go: * BOOM* Now the winds: * BOOM* Now the drums: * BOOM* ]]

** Creepers. Made worse by LestsPlay/SimonLane's ineptitude at keeping an eye out for them.

** This tends to happen a lot during a series finale, such as in ''WebVideo/HoleDiggers'' or ''Jaffaquest''.

** This tends to happen a lot during a series finale, such as in Hole Diggers or Jaffaquest.

* [[StuffBlowingUp/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]

[[folder:Films — Animation]]

* BabyBoomers

Let's face it, everything's better with exciting, fiery explosions. Television scripts are short, deadlines are pressing and since audiences love "things that go BOOM!", shortcuts are taken. There's a pretty good chance the audience has already seen something blow up at least once during a typical first half-hour of television or film viewing.

Note, however, that while we mere mortals react to explosions with some combination of shock and awe, if the folks on-screen are not so close to the blast they're surfing the shock wave away from the epicenter, they'll probably be [[UnflinchingWalk strolling off coolly]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqz5dbs5zmo in slow motion]], not even deigning to turn their heads to acknowledge things going to Hades behind them. From this, we can also infer that if one does not grant an explosion power by looking at it, it cannot strike you down with a piece of shrapnel. If they foolishly glance at an explosion, they may still survive by running from it and jumping, but are much more likely to get killed.

Note that RealityIsUnrealistic. Explosions in RealLife don't typically create massive fireballs. When a bomb goes off, you get a big shockwave, the ground shakes, things are propelled through the air, windows crack, walls can fall down, people can get torn apart by debris or die without apparent injury, but no flames. Explosions are incredibly dangerous, but they don't [[RuleOfCool look awesome]]. Hollywood needs things to look cool, so they add fuel to their pyrotechnics so that you also get massive fireballs. Works that strive for realism will avoid this.

Let's face it, everything's better with explosions. Television scripts are short. Shortcuts are taken.

There is a pretty good chance the audience has already seen something blow up at least once during a typical day of television.

Note that RealityIsUnrealistic. Explosions in real life don't typically create massive fireballs. When a bomb goes off, you get a big shockwave, the ground shakes, things are propelled through the air, windows crack, walls can fall down, people can get torn apart by debris or die without apparent injury, but no flames. Explosions are incredibly dangerous, but they don't [[RuleOfCool look awesome]]. Hollywood adds fuel to their pyrotechnics so that you also get massive fireballs. Works that strive for realism will avoid this.