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* This is the standard response of Louise of ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' after she gets magic. And slightly before...

* The "Cowboy Funk" episode of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' involves the crazed Teddy Bomber; who blows up buildings throughout the episode (the last one nearly taking Spike and the cowboy Andy with it). Jet even states that the reason why no one goes after Teddy Bomber is because they don't want to get blown up.

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': Naturally, this trope is Nice Holystone's [[{{Fetish}} one true love]]. As a girl, she accidentally [[EyeScream blew out an eye]] tinkering with explosives. She even has explosives stored in her ''[[EyepatchOfPower eye socket]]''.

* LightNovel/DirtyPair: The point of the series.

* Megumin from ''LightNovel/{{KonoSuba}}'' only ever chose to learn how to use Explosion magic, and dumped all of her skill points into making bigger and faster explosions. However, she regularly exhausts herself after casting the spell once a day, since [[RequiredSecondaryPowers she never put any skill points into increasing her mana pool]].

* ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}'' plays with this a lot. To the point that by the beginning of the second season, as soon as hot-tempered ultra-powerful sorceress Lina Inverse starts chanting her most powerful spell (which usually results in mile wide craters, at least), the other characters are running for the hills and trying to evacuate civilians.

* ‘’LightNovel/EightySixEightySix'' Has a bunch of explosions ragging from a city-wide explosion to [[{{Macross Missile Massacre}} a barrage of missiles pouring down the sky]]

** Oyecomova from ''Manga/SteelBallRun'' has the Stand, Boku no Rhythm wo Kiitekure, which is basically Killer Queen UpToEleven. Anything Oyecomova touches can have grenade pins attached to it, which when separated from the object, which can happen with even with just the slightest bit of force, will cause the pin to explode. ''And [[BeeAfraid this]] [[RiverOfInsanity does]] [[WhyAmITicking mean]]'' '''''[[FogOfDoom anything]]'''''.

*** It's more like a [[UpToEleven UNIVERSE Shattering Kaboom]]

* ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS'' loves blowing stuff up, especially Scopedogs, but anything is fair game.

** ''Manga/VentoAureo'':

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', there is a good chance those cutting leaves ''are'' MadeOfExplodium. The anime is in love with explosions. Especially when [[ButtMonkey Team Rocket is on the receiving end]].
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': This is how [[DarkMagicalGirl Homura]] planned on defeating [[EldritchAbomination Walpurgis Night]]. Using her HammerSpace, [[CrazyPrepared or stuff she just put there ahead of time]], she attacks with hundreds of rocket launchers, mortars, mobile artilleries, and a building covered wall-to-wall with explosives. [[spoiler: Too bad none of it helped.]]

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', there is a good chance those cutting leaves ''are'' MadeOfExplodium. The anime is in love with explosions.

* In ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', one of Hong Kong's hobbies is to detonate firecrackers, according to his profile. More than one fanwork goes further and depicts him as a full-blown explosives expert.
* Naturally, this trope is [[LightNovel/{{Baccano}} Nice Holystone's]] [[{{Fetish}} one true love]]. As a girl, she accidentally [[EyeScream blew out an eye]] tinkering with explosives. She even has explosives stored in her ''[[EyepatchOfPower eye socket]]''.

* Manga/{{Naruto}}

** In Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable, [[BigBad Yoshikage Kira]]'s [[FightingSpirit Stand]], Killer Queen, ''runs'' on this trope, with its primary ability turning anything it touches into a detonated bomb (but only one at a time), its secondary ability, Sheer Heart Attack, releasing [[ActionBomb an autonomous heat-seeking RC-car sized tank]] [[ImplacableMan that won't stop until its targets are dead]], and later on, [[spoiler:Bites The Dust, a bomb that creates a ''[[GroundhogDayLoop time loop]]'' by blowing up anyone who tries to inquire Bites The Dust's host about Kira's secrets]].

* [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Deidara]] is an awesomely insane MadBomber who enjoys blowing things up with clay. [[spoiler: In fact, he met his demise by self-detonation.]]

** Like his AlternateUniverse counterpart, Yoshikage Kira from ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'' has the Stand, Killer Queen. While its abilities are still explosion based, their are a few differences: instead of turning anything it touches into bombs, it instead produce explosive soap bubbles, it can create multiple bombs at once rather than one at a time, and it can release multiple Sheer Heart Attacks at once rather than just one.

* In [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4]] of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', Yoshikage Kira's Stand, Killer Queen, ''runs'' on this trope, with its primary ability turning anything it touches into a detonated bomb (but only one at a time), its secondary ability releasing an autonomous heat-seeking RC-car sized tank that won't stop until its targets are dead, and later on, [[spoiler: Bites The Dust, a bomb that creates a ''time loop'' by blowing up anyone who tries to inquire Bites The Dust's host about Kira's secrets.]]

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has a particularly [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] explosion in ''End of Evangelion'' when Asuka in Unit 02 throws a battleship at a bunch of tanks.

* In ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' (and a few of its sequels,) the first part of the Daedalus Attack consists of [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome the title mecha punching into an enemy ship]]. The second part consists of deploying lots and lots of HumongousMecha from the "fist" to deliver a MacrossMissileMassacre within the ship's interior, causing it to explode spectacularly.

* In [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4]] of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', Yoshikage Kira's Stand, Killer Queen, ''runs'' on this trope, with its primary ability turning anything it touches into a detonated bomb (but only one at a time), its secondary ability releasing an autonomous heat-seeking RC-car sized tank that won't stop until its targets are dead, and later on, [[spoiler: Bites The Dust, a bomb that creates a ''time loop'' by blowing up anyone who tries to inquire Bites The Dust's host about Kira's secrets.]]

* In Part 4 of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', Yoshikage Kira's Stand, Killer Queen, ''runs'' on this trope, with its primary ability turning anything it touches into a detonated bomb (but only one at a time), its secondary ability releasing an autonomous heat-seeking RC-car sized tank that won't stop until its targets are dead, and later on, [[spoiler: Bites The Dust, a bomb that creates a ''time loop'' by blowing up anyone who tries to inquire Bites The Dust's host about Kira's secrets.]]
* This is the standard response of Louise (of ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'') after she gets magic. And slightly before...

* In ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', this is Nanoha's solution to practically ''everything''. [[DarkMagicalGirl Need to make friends]]? [[DefeatMeansFriendship Blow them up]]. HumongousMecha CosmicHorror on a rampage? [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Blow it up]]. [[RageAgainstTheMentor Student not following orders]]? [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Blow her up]]. [[MamaBear Need to save daughter]]? [[BeatTheCurseOutOfHim Blow her up]]. [[TooFastToStop Some people forgot to equip brakes]]? [[SubvertedTrope Active Guard with Holding Net.]] There are some things Full Power Total Destruction can't solve, but [[Memes/{{Advertising}} for everything else, there's]] [[WaveMotionGun Starlight Breaker]].

* Naturally, this trope is [[LightNovel/{{Baccano}} Nice Holystone's]] [[{{Fetish}} one true love]]. She even has explosives stored in her ''[[EyepatchOfPower eye socket]]''.

* In ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', this is Nanoha's solution to practically ''everything''. [[DarkMagicalGirl Need to make friends]]? [[DefeatMeansFriendship Blow them up]]. HumongousMecha CosmicHorror on a rampage? [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Blow it up]]. Student not following orders? [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Blow her up]]. [[MamaBear Need to save daughter]]? [[BeatTheCurseOutOfHim Blow her up]]. [[TooFastToStop Some people forgot to equip brakes]]? [[SubvertedTrope Active Guard with Holding Net.]] There are some things Full Power Total Destruction can't solve, but [[Memes/{{Advertising}} for everything else, there's]] [[WaveMotionGun Starlight Breaker]].