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5[[caption-width-right:350:He'd have worn a HazmatSuit, but he's [[RuleOfCool too awesome for that]].]]
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7->''"God knows what would happen if you spread Branston Pickle onto ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''. Possibly the universe would explode. And it would be ''awesome''."''
8-->-- ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''
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10"Awesome" is a hazardous substance in fiction. Put too much of it together, and dangerous things can happen. Things will [[StuffBlowingUp blow up]], [[YourHeadAsplode heads can explode/implode]], or even the universe could end, all for no other reason than the awesomeness ''itself'' caused it.
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12Probably first created by the RuleOfFunny, combined with the fact that explosions are, themselves, awesome (a sort of Transitive Property Of Awesomeness).
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14A SubTrope of AwesomenessIsAForce and StuffBlowingUp.
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16Compare NinjaPirateZombieRobot (making awesome by a combination of cool things), {{Nerdgasm}}, IncendiaryExponent, RealityBreakingParadox, TestosteronePoisoning, BigBulkyBomb, ReadingsBlewUpTheScale, YinYangClash, ThePowerOfRock, ExplosiveOverclocking.
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18Compare/Contrast SuckinessIsPainful.
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21!!Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly:
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26* Advertising/SegataSanshiro does a judo throw on a guy so hard that he explodes. ''Twice.''
27* In a commercial for [=PS3=] motion tracking games, a montage of said games play as a ([[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn ''real'']]) operatic duo sings in the background. It all ends when a random houseplant catches on fire, shocking the entire family.
28* The Creator/TerryCrews Old Spice commercials tend to include random explosions. Makes sense though, you have a buff black man who uses Old Spice. Can't get much more awesome than that. Of course, they're made by Tim and Eric. On one occasion, Old Spice Guy claimed that if he and his rival Fabio were ever in the same room their combined pizazz would destroy the universe. They ''did'', but thankfully all that happened was a bit of reality rearrangement, some time travel, things went [[Series/DoctorWho wibbly wobbly]], and after a heartfelt speech from Isaiah got past-Fabio to back down, everything went back to normal. *Old Spice jingle whistle*
29* [[InvokedTrope Very heavily used]] in a commercial for Verizon, wherein Creator/MichaelBay spent the entire commercial saying how he doesn't just have things, he has ''awesome'' things. And every time he points out an ''awesome'' piece of furniture, appliance, or even [[SerialEscalation his POOL]], it [[StuffBlowingUp erupts in a huge fireball]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXRCf9LbLM0 Awesome Barbecue.]]
30* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpoBISQmu8M Nintendo Power]] will blow up your head, your house, and even the planet itself!
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34* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
35** Simon and [[spoiler:Viral]] once actually killed an armada of enemies with nothing but the [[AwesomenessIsAForce sheer awesome]] they radiate.
36** [[spoiler: It is also canonical that, if Spiral Power is overused, the violation of conservation of mass will create a supermassive black hole and end the universe.]]
37** Lordgenome also repeatedly sets himself on fire by doing awesome things and [[RankScalesWithAsskicking generally being Lordgenome]].
38** In TheMovie version, [[spoiler: everybody gets a Tengen Toppa mecha]] and poses as a team. A ''[[spoiler:galaxy sized]] volcano'' spontaneously forms behind them and erupts/explodes (presumably because this is the only way for the universe to contain so much concentrated badass).
39* ''Manga/GetterRobo'': The [[CombiningMecha combination sequence]] of the Getter Emperor is apparently so awesome that it generates energy levels equal to the Big Bang and ''shakes the universe.''
40* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', the [[RankInflation most powerful mages]] have to have {{Power Limiter}}s attached to them, even more so if they're in a group together. Otherwise, they'd run the risk of having their sheer combined power potentially ''warping the fabric of reality'', which ''really'' happened when Nanoha and Fate fought a BeamOWar Divine Buster to Thunder Smasher back in Season One over a Jewel Seed.
41** It's also meant to keep unit power levels moderate. Because, let's face it, Hayate is basically a living magical nuke, Nanoha has more firepower than a battleship and Fate can pretty much beat anything she can touch. Those three alone pretty much constitute an army. ''And then put all three into the same unit.''
42* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara''. The characters are all so manly and HotBlooded that something's bound to spontaneously explode from the sheer overwhelming awesome at ''least'' OnceAnEpisode.
43* At one point, the release date for ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'''s BTB image song was pushed back two weeks. [[http://thisissternbild.com/2011/09/25/i-have-no-words/ The "official" reason for the delay]] was that the awesome combination of elements that comprised it produced an unexpected chemical reaction and blew up the sound studio.
44* Invoked in ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' when Nabeshin concludes that anything capable of undoing the FreakyFridayFlip in the final episode will have to be highly volatile, so he simply lights a stick of dynamite and holds it out toward those affected. It works.
45* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': A villainous RealityWarper attempts to imagine himself as stronger than Zaraki but instead accidentally tears apart his own body. Although he can imagine meteorites and space vacuum destroying Soul Society, he cannot imagine how any physical body can contain Zaraki's awesome spiritual power.
46* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', anytime two [[ClothesMakeTheSuperMan Three Star Goku Uniform or Kamui users]] fight, things simply explode. At one point a multi-part explosion was caused simply because Ryuuko and Satsuki were ''glaring at each other.''
47* Parodied in a crossover between ''VideoGame/DigimonWonderSwanSeries'' and ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'' with a HandWave that Taichi and Ryo's enemy was a cryokinetic who was weak to {{hot blood}}ed, allowing them to negate his attempts to freeze Zeromaru and Monodramon through pure passion.
48* When Meliodas and Ban reunite in ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', they [[VitriolicBestBuds get into an impromptu wrestling match]] that winds up leveling the castle they're in ''and'' the top-level spell imprisoning them [[AchievementsInIgnorance without actually knowing it's there]].
49* In ''Manga/MedakaBox'', this is Hinokage's Unknown Hero ability in a nutshell: he's so large, intimidating and awesome that people's minds ''refuse to see him'' unless he makes a conscious effort to interact with them. And that was before the series, by the time he appears he's become so awesome that people ''have trouble remembering him anymore''.
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53* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n3VSw1XBOo&t=2m0s 2:00 into this video]] from ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC''. Now even though the mixed reviews of both meant that didn't happen, it otherwise counts as this trope.
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57* In ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'', users of the Terrafirminator are warned in the advert that "In some rare cases, users may explode when viewing the Terrafirminator."
58* The intro dream sequence in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' has this:
59-->'''Po:''' ''[narrating]'' He was so deadly in fact, that his enemies would go blind from over-exposure to pure awesomeness!
60* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS5WNz8UbU8 this scene]] from the ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' movie, Meatwad busts out a guitar solo so face meltingly awesome, and on a ''two-string toy guitar'' no less, that he explodes when he finishes.
61* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'': A monster is an awesome scarer if they can scare human adults. Just be sure to get out of there before the screams blow up the door.
62* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'': Spongebob's "Goofy Goober Rock" song manages to thwart Plankton's evil scheme with ThePowerOfRock.
63-->'''Plankton:''' His chops are too righteous! The [[MindControlDevice helmets]] can't handle this level of Rock and Roll!
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67* ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'':
68** [=JB=] has a dream sequence in where his singing is so awesome it makes a dude's head explode.
69--->''"I did not mean! To blow your mind! But that shit happens to me... all the time!"''
70** A few seconds prior, as he begins his song and turns on his [[GlassShatteringSound Glass-Shattering Voice]], the microphone ''catches on fire''.
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74* It's very often in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' / ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' team ups for this to occur: Both teams morph, do an AssKickingPose, and then things behind them explode due to how awesome having both teams morph in the same place at the same time is.
75** Most notable is the ''[[Series/PowerRangersInSpace In Space]] / [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]'' team up, which happens right before the two groups ''[[CurbStompBattle whoop the asses of the PSYCHO RANGERS.]]''
76** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', being one of the more meta series, actually covered this. Ziggy asks Doctor K why things spontaneously blow up behind them when they morph, and she explains it as run-off energy from the morphing process being shunted. In the same episode, Flynn has to fix his malfunctioning morpher, but realizes that doing so will have a lot more feedback than usual. His solution? ''Weaponize'' the ensuing henshin explosion and take out a squadron of mooks.
77** In a ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' episode, [[AscendedFanboy Gai Ikari]] transforms into all 35 Red Rangers in chronological order. He uses attacks of all but two (Dyna Red and Go Red). In the former case, he uses the henshin explosion to destroy a mob of {{Mook}}s behind him that he tied up with Goggle Red's ribbon (ItMakesSenseInContext).
78** In the ''[[Film/ResshaSentaiToqgerVsKyoryugerTheMovie ToQger vs. Kyoryuger]]'' crossover, the [[Series/ResshaSentaiToQger ToQgers]] end up getting caught in the Kyoryuger's henshin explosion.
79** Also present in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' during the original Ultrazord sequence. There's a massive explosion as the Mega Dragonzord completes its descent into Titanus' carrying bay.
80** [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] ([[AffectionateParody just like everything else]]) in ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'', where in one season 1 episode, the roll call explosion scares the crap out of [[TheWatson Aoyagi]] and [[CosplayOtakuGirl Moegi]]. And in another, they finish their roll call, [[WheresTheKaboom only for no explosion to go off. They turn around]], and THEN the explosion goes off, scaring them yet again.
81* ''Series/TimAndEricAwesomeShowGreatJob'' has a title sequence so awesome that its creators' heads appear to explode into showers of kitten heads. And that's the least concerning thing about the show.
82* In ''Series/ICarly'', it's said the two most powerful warrior classes in a ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' parody can't fight because the resulting epic battle would be so volatile, it'd destroy the multiverse.
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86* The playfield and backglass for ''Pinball/{{Flight 2000}}'' features asteroids exploding in space, for no other reason other than because they can.
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90* In ''TabletopGame/AdeptusEvangelion'' your ability to pull off awesome things in your mecha is a stat called Synch ratio, which can change when you get hurt. [[MoreDakka More=better]], at least until you go [[RankInflation above 100%]] at which point it [[DeadlyUpgrade starts to]] eat your soul alive. Then you pass 200% and essentially attain the [[RealityWarper power]] of [[PhysicalGod god]]. In less than five minutes, you will collapse into [[MythologyGag Tang]]. It is sure to be a awesome moment, and a DyingMomentOfAwesome.
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94* [[spoiler:The Portal of Awesome]] in ''VideoGame/BillyVsSNAKEMAN''. If putting two [[MemeticBadass Memetic Badasses]] together causes that much devastation, imagine what would happen if you did that with seven. If a village's leader is able to open it up, it means the village is about to go down in a blaze of Awesome. Once that happens, everyone in the village gets a bonus, and the leader is allowed to build up an even more awesome village from the ashes. The Wasteland is filled with the fallout of these Awesomizations.
95* ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' has spellcasting, but almost the entire cast cannot cast it for this reason. To the amateur magician, The Correspondence may as well be renamed 'fire runes' because reading them has a tendency to set things on fire - except the magic goes even deeper and can burn your corneas, brain, or soul. Usually by exploding. Then there's the Discordance, summarized as 'mysterious amnesia runes' which cause laser-guided anterograde and retrograde amnesia, denial, and an unhealthy tendency to blatantly lie about binary outcomes. Which can also concussively explode.
96** The 'gods' of this setting are master spellcasters, to the point that they can create ''sentient'' giant balls of fire made of Correspondence runes. These Logos are meant to blow up your ship and eat anyone in violation of the law.
97* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' introduced the LethalJokeCharacter "Bard" class as an AprilFools joke. The class would wield an axe called "The Facemelter" whose [[ThePowerOfRock Power Of Rock]] was sufficient to melt faces.
98* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'': MemeticBadass Mike Haggar´s Level 3 Hyper, a SpinningPiledriver, explodes on impact with the ground.
99* ''VideoGame/RocketLeague'', a game about rocket-powered cars playing soccer, has every goal punctuated with the ball exploding.
100* Used in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpv6b7l_Ag0 this]] hilarious trailer for ''Strafe'', a [[TheNineties 90's-stylised]] first-person shooter with procedurally-generated levels slated for a 2017 release. [[NightmareFace Poor]] [[YourHeadAsplode Trevor]].
101-->'''Mother:''' You can't handle the intense gameplay!
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105* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' at the end of the ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' review claims the universe would end (but it would be awesome) if ''No More Heroes'' was combined with Branston Pickle. (Whereas Branston Pickle + Chocolate Eggs = {{Squick}}).
106* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' once pits Creator/ChuckNorris against Japanese MemeticBadass Advertising/SegataSanshiro. The result? [[spoiler:Their battle is so insanely awesome it ''destroys the universe''.]]
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110* Mindy suffers an awesomeness-induced coma in [[http://www.cinemabums.com/?p=345 this strip]] of ''Webcomic/CinemaBums''.
111* [[http://www.dorktower.com/2011/01/18/dork-tower-tuesday-january-18-2011/ Here]] in ''Webcomic/DorkTower'':
112--> "If tvtropes.org had a lovechild with damnyouautocorrect.com, the universe would disappear in a singularity of ''win'', you know..."
113* This is how most [[MadScientist Sparks]] operate in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', with Agatha in particular standing out, as evidenced by Vole's report on a local coffee shop in Mechanicsburg.
114-->'''Vole''': Dere haff been ''three explosions'' so far, sir.\
115'''Gil''': (''Happily'') Agatha!
116* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'': Art creates [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=665 an image that combines all known fetishes]]. When Pip looks at it, his head explodes. He's not to complain though.
117-->'''Pip:''' That's some good shit...
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121* ''WebSite/SFDebris'':
122** It assumes this about ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'':
123--->"Ceti Alpha VI just blew up one day. I really have no idea how that just happened. Best guess, Khan took his shirt off, and his genetically enhanced Latin body was just too much for it to take."
124** When reviewing ''Trials and Tribblelations'', Sisko, Spock and Kirk are on the screen at the same time, and Chuck's computer shut down for *ahem* ...personal, reasons...
125--->"My computer -- [[ICallItVera Ruby]] -- shut down, and I noticed a wet spot under her processor."
126* According to Website/ChuckNorrisFacts, if Creator/ChuckNorris and Creator/MrT walk into a room together, that room will explode due to the combined awesomeness being too much to contain. One time, Creator/MrT once pitied a fool at the exact moment Chuck Norris roundhouse-kicked him in the ribs. The result was TheEighties.
127* From [[http://www.badassoftheweek.com/ripley.html Badass of the Week,]] discussing [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Ellen Ripley]], came this line describing how a mecha suit fighting a space monster seemed like something you'd just have to imagine, "the fact that it's an actual scene from a movie makes my head want to implode from the G-force that the "Awesomeness Field" around my computer is generating."
128* As Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom [[http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/offtopic/keira_knightley found out:]]
129-->"Creator/KeiraKnightley, along with Creator/NataliePortman may hold the key to the salvation of the Universe itself. If Creator/SamuelLJackson and Creator/MrT were to ever team up, they might well keep their beer in the same fridge. Any fridge used by both Jackson and T would be the coolest object known to mankind, so cool that it might slowly bring all atomic motion to a halt. The only way to avert this would be for Keira Knightley and Natalie Portman [[GirlOnGirlIsHot to make out]], thus producing an equivalent level of hotness to counter the sheer coolness of the Jackson/Mr. T fridge."
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133* The opening title of ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' is a black screen showing the letters: "The following sequence may be the most awesome thing to ever precede a rant on a game or a film. Your head may explode."
134** When [[MadScientist Dr. Insano]] reviewed ''Film/TheDungeonmaster'', he said that the rock music in one scene was too awesome for any man to withstand.
135** In his [[DVDCommentary commentary]] for ''Film/TheClonesOfBruceLee'' review, he stated someone could clone Eddie Music/VanHalen, and they would play rock at the same time and cause the universe to explode.
136* This one is kind of a MemeticMutation in Brazil. In a satirical video where resident MemeticBadass Captain Nascimento (from the movie ''The Elite Squad'') was trying to interview Chuck Norris, the two of them started to differ in opinion and it seemed they would break into a fight. Right then both stopped and decided it would be better to call another guest, since the two of them fighting would trigger a chain reaction that would make the universe implode.
137* There is Website/YouTube video of Creator/NorioWakamoto performing a parody of the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Giga Drill Break(er)]]. It was bleeped out, and someone in the comments section suggested that it was because, if that combined awesomeness was left unfiltered, it would destroy everything within 15 miles of the speakers.
138* In [[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A. Bum's]] review of ''Film/TheExpendables'', he says that Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzeneger being in the same room could have caused the world to explode. He then remarks that, given the movie's love of StuffBlowingUp, this is ''exactly what happened''.
139* As Creator/AllisonPregler is jotting down cool Burt quotes from ''Film/Tremors2Aftershocks'', her notebook eventually blows up.
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143* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness of ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' believes that the end of the world shall be caused by the EpicRocking of the main characters' band Dethklok. [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight They seem to be on the ball]].
144* In ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', in an attempt to impress Benson by wearing trendy clothing and acting irrelevant, Mordecai and Rigby are brought before an intergalactic court of coolness for becoming so cool that they could potentially create a black hole of coolness that could destroy the universe. They end up being guilty of being too cool after Benson is forced to admit that the two are the coolest people he know, but end up escaping back to Earth with everything back to normal.
145* Grim's guitar solo in the BattleOfTheBands episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' is so epic that it summons hurricane force winds, causes the entire neighborhood to burst into flames, and cracks the Earth to the point that demons erupt from the bowels of hell.
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