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* 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]]? 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]].

* GadgeteerGenius that she is, Skuld of ''[[Manga/AhMyGoddess Oh My Goddess!]]'' could probably drum up a flamethrower from old engine parts, or a disintegrator ray from a disassembled TV set, but, nope, she relies on bombs. '''[[http://www.mangavolume.com/index.php?serie=ah-my-goddess&chapter=ah-my-goddess-83&page_nr=13 AND]] [[http://www.mangavolume.com/index.php?serie=ah-my-goddess&chapter=ah-my-goddess-83&page_nr=14 HOW!]]'''

* Three key phrases can be used to succinctly sum up ''{{Blame}}'': WalkingTheEarth, [[{{Bizarrchitecture}} Amazing Architecture]] and '''Stuff Blowing Up'''.

* {{Zeorymer}}'s Dimensional Coupler Cannon warps space to blow stuff up directly. Its Meioh attack creates a SphereOfDestruction visible from space.

* ''Anime/{{Redline}}'' explodes enough stuff to rival ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' for sheer explodyness. This includes [[spoiler: JP, but he's MadeOfIron so he lives.]]

* In ''SpeedGrapher'', main character [[DeadpanSnarker Tatsumi]] [[IntrepidReporter Saiga]] adquires the power to make anything blow up by taking a picture of it. He then decides to save the girl who gave said power to him, [[MysteriousWaif Kagura]] [[TheWoobie Tennouzou]].

* At the end of TheMovie of ''SpaceRunawayIdeon'', [[spoiler: the Ideon explodes so hard it takes down a galaxy with it]].

* {{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.

* In ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma ½]]'', [[LethalChef Akane]] tries to get some hard-boiled eggs by popping a tray of about a dozen or so in the microwave. It explodes spectacularly, blasting its own door off its hinges with such force, the shockwave knocks Ranma (a powerful martial artist) off his feet and the door itself breaks through the plumbing, flooding the kitchen.

* In ''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]]? 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]].

* In ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', this is Nanoha's solution to practically ''everything''. HumongousMecha CosmicHorror on a rampage? [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Blow it up]]. Student not following orders? [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Blow her up.]] [[DarkMagicalGirl Need to make friends]]? [[DefeatMeansFriendship Blow them up]]. [[MamaBear Need to save daughter]]? 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]].

* In ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', this is Nanoha's solution to practically ''everything''. HumongousMecha CosmicHorror on a rampage? [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Blow it up]]. Student not following orders? [[GetAholdOfYourselfMan Blow her up.]] [[DarkMagicalGirl Need to make friends]]? [[DefeatMeansFriendship Blow them up]]. [[MamaBear Need to save daughter]]? 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]].

* The "Cowboy Funk" episode of Cowboy Bebop 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.

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

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

* One Contractor in ''DarkerThanBlack'' was a little boy who could blow up anything he'd left handprints on. This was impressive enough when the results were seen from a distance or when he was just using gravel as cherry bombs, but when he marked ''everything in the room'' with handprints? [[ImpressivePyrotechnics Yeesh.]]

** It ''opened'' with a zooming space-galaxy-thing shot...which then blew up. Then there were lots more explosions. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Really, with a start like that you should've expected this sort of thing]].

* In ''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.

* The preferred method of dealing with Genetic engineering mishaps in ''BloodPlus'' is 'Option D', which means dropping missiles on the affected area. On a smaller scale, Kai uses [[AbnormalAmmo special bullets]] which ultimately cause parts of [[NighInvulnerable Chiropterans]] to explode.

* In ''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 ''RobotechTheShadowChronicles'' Ariel has a vision of Space station Liberty being blown up [[spoiler: Space station Liberty really is blown up, with blast radius of hundreds of kilometers - wiping out the Haydonite Fleet.]]

* Considering that ''BlackLagoon'' is essentially the anime equivalent of a Hollywood action film, it should be no surprise that the explosions can get to ridiculous levels at points, especially when it comes to the cars.

* ''Anime/{{Redline}}'' explodes enough stuff to rival ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' for sheer explodyness. This includes [[spoiler: JP, but he's MadeOfIron so he lives.]]

* In ''SpeedGrapher'', main character [[DeadpanSnarker Tatsumi]] [[IntrepidReporter Saiga]] adquires the power to make anything blow up by taking a picture of it. He then decides to save the girl who gave said power to him, [[MysteriousWaif Kagura]] [[TheWoobie Tennouzou]].
* ''ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS'' loves blowing stuff up, especially Scopedogs, but anything is fair game.

* At the end of TheMovie of ''SpaceRunawayIdeon'', [[spoiler: the Ideon explodes so hard it takes down a galaxy with it]].
* In ''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.

* Naturally, this trope is [[LightNovel/{{Baccano}} Nice Holystone's]] [[{{Fetish}} one true love]]. She even has explosives stored in her ''[[EyepatchOfPower eye socket]]''.
* This is the standard response of Louise (of ''LightNovel/ZeroNoTsukaima'') after she gets magic. And slightly before...

* ''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 ''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.
* The "Cowboy Funk" episode of Cowboy Bebop 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.
* {{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.
** Second or third most powerful. The most powerful one, if mishandled, results in EarthShatteringKaboom.
*** It's more like a [[UpToEleven UNIVERSE Shattering Kaboom]]
* [[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.]]
** And in the first ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' film the BigBad, Doto, blows up his own fortress for no apparent reason.
** When Tailed Beasts aren't flattening mountains and crushing villages with their tails/feet, they are blowing stuff up on the gargantuan scale with the [[WaveMotionGun Tailed Beast Bomb]].
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Solf J. Kimblee is an alchemist whose power is to turn things into bombs. [[MadBomber He thoroughly enjoys himself doing so]].
** Roy Mustang. Things go boom when he snaps his fingers. He enjoys it less than Kimblee though.
* One Contractor in ''DarkerThanBlack'' was a little boy who could blow up anything he'd left handprints on. This was impressive enough when the results were seen from a distance or when he was just using gravel as cherry bombs, but when he marked ''everything in the room'' with handprints? [[ImpressivePyrotechnics Yeesh.]]
* GadgeteerGenius that she is, Skuld of ''[[Manga/AhMyGoddess Oh My Goddess!]]'' could probably drum up a flamethrower from old engine parts, or a disintegrator ray from a disassembled TV set, but, nope, she relies on bombs. '''[[http://www.mangavolume.com/index.php?serie=ah-my-goddess&chapter=ah-my-goddess-83&page_nr=13 AND]] [[http://www.mangavolume.com/index.php?serie=ah-my-goddess&chapter=ah-my-goddess-83&page_nr=14 HOW!]]'''
* ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' is made of this trope by the end of the Frieza saga. Planets get blown up left and right.
* The preferred method of dealing with Genetic engineering mishaps in ''BloodPlus'' is 'Option D', which means dropping missiles on the affected area. On a smaller scale, Kai uses [[AbnormalAmmo special bullets]] which ultimately cause parts of [[NighInvulnerable Chiropterans]] to explode.
* ''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.]]
** This was her original shtick [[spoiler:in previous timelines]], she relied exclusively on homemade explosives until one of her teammates complained about stuff blowing up in front of them. [[spoiler:So she started [[KleptomaniacHero stealing guns]] from the local {{Yakuza}}.]]

* LightNovel/DirtyPair: The point of the series.
* Considering that ''BlackLagoon'' is essentially the anime equivalent of a Hollywood action film, it should be no surprise that the explosions can get to ridiculous levels at points, especially when it comes to the cars.
* The title of ''Manga/{{Btooom}}'' is supposed to be that of the sound a bomb makes when exploding. The story's whole premise is a DeadlyGame where the only weapons given are bombs, so there are plenty of explosions.
* Manga/{{Akira}} begins with ''the mother of all kabooms'' that [[TokyoFireball completely obliterates Tokyo]]. And there's more, too.

* Manga/{{Akira}} begins with ''the mother of all kabooms'' that [[TokyoFireball completely obliterates Tokyo]]. [[UpToEleven And there's more, too.]]

* The title of ''Manga/{{Btooom}}'' is supposed to that of the sound a bomb makes when exploding. The story's whole premise is a DeadlyGame where the only weapons given are bombs, so there are plenty of explosions.

*** And then we have the volcano that spontaneously explodes when Kamina and Simon combine for the last time. The movies had the Chouginga Dai-Gurren-Dan create a Galaxy-sized volcano, for the sole purpose of making it explode seconds later, due to their own pure awesomeness that summoned it in the first place.

* Three key phrases can be used to succinctly sum up ''{{Blame}}'': WalkingTheEarth, [[{{Bizarrchitecture}} Amazing Architecture]] and '''StuffBlowingUp'''.

* In ''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 [[IncrediblyLamePun full-blown]] explosives expert.

* Manga/DragonBall Z is made of this trope by the end of the Frieza saga. Planets get blown up left and right.