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5	[[caption-width-right:350:Tom is going out with a bang.]]
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7	->'''Lucas:''' This sucker is filled with 150 grains of black powder. AKA gunpowder. Strap two of these together, and it's bigger than an M-80. Five of them, we've got ourselves a stick of dynamite.\
8	'''Max:''' You wanna kill that thing with ''fireworks''?
9	-->-- ''Series/StrangerThings''
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11	One of the wackier ways to cash in your chips, at least in cartoons. As fireworks contain many of the chemicals used in the manufacture of weaponized explosives, they can be a form of ImprovisedWeapon. In animated shows this tends to backfire, with the user riding a rocket into the air, where it explodes into a firework shaped like the person who was riding it. Of course, they'll still be none the worse for wear because of AmusingInjuries.
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13	This also covers fireworks accidents, even when it doesn't necessarily result in death. It's about the use, intended or not, of fireworks to cause serious harm.
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15	This is TruthInTelevision. Every year people are killed and injured by accidents involving/deliberate misuse of fireworks. There are persistent efforts to restrict fireworks to organized displays only due to danger, accidents, misuse, nuisance, noise etc. There are regulations for consumer use such as in the Canadian province of Ontario, where the sale of fireworks is restricted to a few days before the holidays Victoria Day and Canada Day respectively. Pets are often traumatized by them and many pets are lost (bolting)/killed (by running into traffic etc.) by fireworks going off. Gangs use these as {{Improvised Weapon}}s when guns aren't available.
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17	There's a chance these fireworks can be used as ChekhovsGun, especially if they were used earlier. See also FlareGun, which has its own trope. Compare FantasticFireworks, which aren't weaponized.
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24	* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'': Inverted in the third Sound Stage, where Nanoha re-purposes her [[WaveMotionGun Starlight Breaker]] spell as fireworks to celebrate the anniversary of Fate and Arf's familiar contract.
25	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
26	** Inverted in one instance were a lot of bazooka-wielding Marines are surrounding the Straw Hat crew, Brook uses his MagicMusic to make them hallucinate being in a party, and then tell them to fire their bazookas upward like fireworks.
27	** Sanji's AloofBigBrother Ichiji uses this his signature elemental power, creating flashes of light with his punches that can pierce through enemies or explode on impact. It's earned him the nickname "Sparking Red" Ichiji.
28	* ''Manga/PandemoniumWizardVillage'': [[spoiler:Brow]] steals one of Zipher's fireworks and causes a massive fire to break out by setting it off wrong. Thankfully, Zipher saved him, though [[spoiler:[[EyeScream Zipher loses an eye in the process]]]].
29	* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': One of the Daimons, Soyia, had this ability. She used it to make Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars look like laughing stock by firing fireworks into the air and making them have to dance to avoid them.
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33	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': In episode 61, the goats catch Wolffy and send him flying up into the sky on a firework, which then explodes.
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37	* Firework magic is featured in ''Fanfic/BlossomingHearts'', which also doubles as [[spoiler: Chloe's]] specialty.
38	* In ''Fanfic/TheRigelBlackChronicles'', the Weasley Twins give Harry a small disk of their own invention before the first Triwizard Task, enchanted with the equivalent of several crates of fireworks. It's first and foremost in case she needs a serious distraction, but if it's not needed, it's also a way to celebrate the finish. [[spoiler: She uses the first one to scare off a ''dragon'', and later uses a second one in an enclosed space to cripple two attackers.]]
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42	* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'': At the end when the mice drive off the cats, the Giant Mouse of Minsk they build includes batteries of fireworks rockets that they fire at the fleeing cats to give them just that much more motivation to leave.
43	* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': Lord Shen uses cannons that shoot firework-like projectiles. In this universe, peacocks used fireworks for centuries, but Shen was the first one to weaponize them and use them to take over China.
44	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': At the end, Shan Yu is blasted by a firework that was lit by Mushu. It then hits a tower filled with them, triggering a explosion that kills him. Mulan launched a firework earlier in the movie that hit the peak of a mountain, triggering an avalanche that killed off Shan Yu's entire army (though in that case it was more akin to primitive mortars, already being intended as weapons).
45	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'': The animals set off [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Mr. Snoops']] fireworks inside [[BigBad Madame Medusa]]'s riverboat to distract the villains and destroy the riverboat while they save Penny. No one is hurt, but Mr. Snoops' clothes in particular do reduced to tatters from this.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'': Sid ties Buzz to a rocket with the intent of firing it and watching it and Buzz blow up. Woody later uses the rocket to catch up to the moving van (or the car Andy's in, to be more specific), jumping off just before the explosion.
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50	* ''Film/Athena2022:'' Downplayed. Fireworks are heavily used by Athena's inhabitants and Karim's followers, but they don't kill anyone. Instead, they are used to keep the police at a distance and start fires.
51	* In ''Film/ColdWar'', mercenaries recruited by the movie's BigBad rig up some fireworks on the rooftop of a high-rise building when [[SWATTeam the Special Duties Unit]] storms the area during an anti-terrorist operation. The SDU was led to an ambush when the fireworks were used as improvised rocket launchers. This caused severe casualties with several SDU operators killed or heavily wounded, partially due to limbs lost in the ambush.
52	* The climactic action sequence of ''Film/DeepBlueSea'' involves stuffing the black powder of multiple flares inside of a hollow spear shaft to create a makeshift pipe bomb and then shooting it at the remaining genetically engineered mako shark to blow it up. It is mentioned that the amount of black powder that the heroes are firing (salvaged from about five flares) is enough for 2.5 sticks of dynamite. This whole scenario was [[JustForFun/TropesExaminedByTheMythbusters tested by the Mythbusters]] and it was utterly busted -- the only thing that wasn't in the realm of ArtisticLicenseExplosives is that black powder explodes.
53	* ''Film/DumbAndDumberTo'': Harry and Lloyd decide to "prank" the (unbeknowst to them) hitman who has joined them on their journey by filling his bedroom with about a hundred firecrackers while he's sleeping. This results in him being set on fire and jumping into the nearby pool to get out of it relatively unscatched.
54	* ''Film/FinalDestination3'': The finale takes place at a tricentennial, featuring fireworks. Said fireworks set off a horse that manages to nearly kill one character (and upon failing to do so, kill another), and at the end of the scene, the fireworks nearly hit the three main characters, only to cause the death of the film's only human antagonist.
55	* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' modifies Fred and George's triumphant exit from Hogwarts to include a dragon shaped firework chasing Umbridge harmlessly in a shout out to the Fellowship of the Ring example.
56	* ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'': Thankfully not fatal, but fireworks encountered by the Crumps in the shop's basement were pretty close...
57	* ''Film/LandOfTheDead'': The so-called "Sky Flowers" (as Charlie refers to them) are used to distract the zombies and turn them into sitting ducks to either be ran past or killed off effortlessly. [[spoiler:It's a major OhCrap moment late in the film when the zombies stop falling for it.]]
58	* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'' has a comedic, non-fatal example: at Bilbo's birthday party, [[ThoseTwoGuys Pippin and Merry]] steal and launch one of Gandalf's firework rockets, ending up with an AshFace.
59	* ''Film/MonkeyMan'' has the protagonist, lacking any real access to firearms, shoot and disable/kill several armed mooks during the climactic battle with fireworks from the Diwali celebrations going on outside.
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63	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''
64	** ''Literature/TheFifthElephant'': In the finale, Vimes fashions a makeshift rocket from a road flare, despite knowing that the tremendously inaccurate propulsion will make it almost impossible to hit anything. He's counting on his enemy, a werewolf, to fall prey to his own instincts and catch it.
65	** In ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'', Leonard of Quirm has designed a rocket launcher weapon, but because of having to make it in a hurry from available materials, the rocket has "A riot of coloured balls and stars" written on it.
66	* In ''Literature/TheFantasticFlyingJourney'', the passengers of Belladonna use fireworks to scare away a pack of SavageWolves from a herd of musk oxen.
67	* Non-fatal, but a thrown firecracker in ''Literature/FollowMyLeader'' leads to Jimmy losing his sight permanently.
68	* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'': The Weasley twins use fireworks as one of many ways to harass Umbridge. In the film version, they attack her with fireworks while making their epic get away.
69	* In ''Literature/{{Kim}}'', on his way to find Mahbub Ali, Kim joins a firework-maker who takes him to a party for a local king in Patiala. At the party, the fireworks were lit all at once, causing a blast that killed eleven men, including the firework-maker, and [[BlownAcrossTheRoom blew Kim accross a tent]], but [[PlotArmor of course survived]].
70	* In ''Utopia'', by Lincoln Child, Dr. Warne kills a terrorist using a fireworks mortar as an improvised bazooka and stops the terrorist's armored truck by using his pet robot, which is carrying about 10 pounds of flash powder, as a suicide bomber.
71	* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Despite fireworks having been around for about a thousand years, nobody has weaponized them, apparently because the Guild of Illuminators that monopolizes the technology has sought to prevent it. After Mat accidentally discovers their destructive capabilities in the third book, he occasionally uses fireworks as backup weapons, until he is able to work with a disgraced Illuminator to use her expertise to make actual cannons.
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75	* ''Series/AlteredCarbon''. Harlan's World is girdled by "angelfire", a network of [[{{Precursors}} Elder]] {{Kill Sat}}s that automatically fire on anything that flies too high. On Harlan's Day the inhabitants shoot firework rockets into the sky which erupt when the angelfire opens fire on them. When Governor Harlan wants to eliminate some suspected traitors [[YouKnowTooMuch before Colonel Carrera can interrogate them]], she has them BoundAndGagged and [[StrappedToARocket strapped to the firework rockets]] at her official reception.
76	* ''Series/Batman1966'': In the episode, "The Joker's Flying Saucer", the Joker ties Batgirl to a giant fireworks rocket.
77	* ''Series/CodeRed'': In the episode, "Fireworks," a teenage street dealer in illegal fireworks causes havoc in the city, including accidentally starting a structure fire that Chief Rorchek's battalion has to deal with. Later, Joe has to reprimand Danny for fooling around with sparklers, the firefighters give a presentation describing how dangerous the careless use of fireworks is and Danny has to help a friend who is severely burned when a firecracker explodes in his hand.
78	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]", the Second Doctor uses a firework to drive off a Yeti in the tunnels under Rassilon's Tower.
79	** In ''Recap/DoctorWho2022NYSEveOfTheDaleks'' (which takes place in both a timeloop and a storage unit complex]] the Doctor and companions (and episode guest stars) discover one storage room just FILLED with illegal fireworks. The last loop sees them tricking the Daleks into firing into it and it causes a chain reaction which blows up the complex and the Daleks inside.
80	* ''Series/LondonsBurning'' had a VerySpecialEpisode set on Guy Fawkes Night in which this trope natually played a role. Blue Watch only had to deal with one ''directly'' fireworks-related callout -- most of the episode was spent putting out excessively large bonfires that were threatening to take nearby houses with them -- but it was a truly spectacular one: A partygoer managed to inadvertently launch a rocket through his host's kitchen window and set the building on fire, and as if that wasn't enough property damage for one night the responding fire trucks had to nudge their way through a mass of parked cars to get to the scene. [[LaserGuidedKarma The man whose recklessness caused the fire in the first place got his brand new car's rear wing thoroughly bashed in.]]
81	* ''Series/AScareAtBedtime'' has the HalloweenEpisode "Never Shove a Banger Up Your Arse on Halloween", where Fester and Ailin sing a charming ditty about handling fireworks responsibly, all the while interspersed with shots of [[BlackComedy twitching, blown-off hands]]. In addition, Ailin is mentioned to have had a firework lodged inside of him, and that it could go off anytime soon...
82	-->'''Fester''' (noticing Ailin near the bonfire): "A-Ailin, you're awful close to the fire there, I don't think- ('''''[[StuffBlowingUp BOOM]]''''') Ooh, Jesus..."
83	* ''Series/StrangerThings'': Downplayed. Although Lucas extols this trope's potential ("Strap two of these [fireworks] together, and it's bigger than an M-80"), the fireworks the characters hurl at [[spoiler:the Mind Flayer's earthly form]] seem to be minor annoyances at best.
84	* ''Series/TheWhizKidAndTheCarnivalCaper'': In the climax, the eponymous Whiz Kid Alvin sets off a fireworks display in order to disorient the bad guys trying to rob the carnival and to alert the police that something is going on they should investigate.
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88	* In the DirectToVideo film ''Muppet Classic Theater'' retelling of "Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs", Miss Piggy (portraying the third pig) thwarts TheBigBadWolf's attempt to break in through the chimney dressed as Santa Claus by firing an enormous rocket up it, sending the wolf soaring into stratosphere.
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92	* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': In the episode "School Safety Advisor", DumbJock Stretch Snodgrass brings an enormous firecracker to school, preparatory to setting it off for the Fourth of July. Stretch accidentally gets the fuse wet, so he ''attempts to dry it off with a match''. This lights the fuse; fortunately a quick-thinking Miss Brooks throws the firecracker into an empty supply room. Alas, the room wasn't so empty after all! [[DeanBitterman Principal Osgood Conklin]] emerges relatively unharmed from that minor explosion!
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97	* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': The spell Snapdragon Fireworks, most likely inspired by the Lord of the Rings example, allows you to shoot off a tiny dragon-shaped firework each round that damages and dazzles opponents. In a campaign that allows the existence of gunpowder, a wide variety of fireworks can be crafted by anyone with a good rank in alchemy and used as weapons, albeit seriously unpredictable and dangerous ones.
98	* ''TabletopGame/Turnip28'': St Alamei's Rocket Batteries are poorly maintained, rickety fireworks racks, guarded by troops who are themselves carrying a quantity of similar items. The Batteries don't actually do much damage - they bypass saves, but five shots with a 6+ Inaccuracy isn't going to intimidate anybody that much - but not only will the target unit take panic tokens, the nearest unit to them will as well, and the troops protecting the Batteries can calm themselves down by blowing up their own models and spread more panic tokens around when they're wiped out.
99	* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'':
100	** ''The Throne of Chaos'' describes a Cathayan army shooting enchanted fireworks against an invading Chaos horde.
101	** The Imperial Helstorm Rocket Battery was inspired in-universe by the inventor witnessing the fireworks display given by the Cathayan ambassador to the Empire, and the name comes not from its effects against enemies but the storm of profanity emmitted by an Imperial noble nearly killed by the thing.
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105	* ''VideoGame/BattleRealms'': Dragon Clan Chemists use firework rockets in battle to rain explosive damage on enemies from afar.
106	* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'':
107	** ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'': A pre-order weapon is a highly powerful special grenade type called the "Contraband Sky Rocket", which jumps up into the sky (and can impact with a rooftop, hurting the player) and explodes with a fireworks-style display.
108	--->WARNING: Not intended for indoor use.
109	** ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'': One of the rare shotguns available on the game is the "Party Line", which fires explosive rounds that burst in fireworks.
110	---> "[[FlavorText What better way to celebrate]] [[ShoutOut the birth of your country]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons than blowing up part of it?]]"
111	* ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' has few types of firecrackers (one what can be thrown at people and one what is set on the ground and detonates after a while) as weapons.
112	* In ''VideoGame/CarnEvil'', FinalBoss [[RepulsiveRingmaster Ludwig von Tokkentakker]] gets desperate when his health is low and begins launching a barrage of fireworks at the player.
113	* In ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'', fireworks are usable not only as distractions but also as combo weapons to kill zombies.
114	* In ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'', Mickey and Oswald defeat the Shadow Blot by launching fireworks at him.
115	* ''VideoGame/FireworksManiaAnExplosiveSimulator'' allows you to cause whatever undue chaos with fireworks you want, including setting fires and even causing a gas station to explode.
116	* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': Yoimiya is a young, energetic lady who works as an artificer for Inazuma, the region she lives in. She's also an archer who weaponizes said fireworks, [[TrickArrow empowering her attacks with them]]. Appropiately enough, she has a [[PlayingWithFire Pyro]] Vision.
117	* ''Videogame/GetAmped:'' One of the pick-up weapons you can find is a fireworks stick that you can use to launch fireworks at enemies. One of the "accessories" lets the user use different kinds of fireworks to attack enemies.
118	* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' has a weapon called the Firework Launcher, which is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin make-shift rocket launcher that shoots fireworks]].
119	* In ''VideoGame/HigurashiDaybreak'', Satoko has two weaponsets based on fireworks.
120	* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'': Subverted, as the philosophers grudgingly hosting Sir Roderick Ponce von Fondlebottom complain that he keeps winning duels with that "strange firework" of his. By which they mean his gun.
121	* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'': One of powers is called Celestial Fireworks, what launches a firework upwards what blows up after a short while. It is also one of Palutena's moves in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''
122	* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
123	** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Donald has a ability called Flare Force that has him summon fireworks to shoot at enemies.
124	** The Ducky Goose and Drak Quack Dream Eaters from ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' will use firecrackers and fireworks against enemies.
125	* ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' has the [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] + [[HavingABlast Bomb]] [[ComboPlatterPowers combination]], which allows Kirby to turn ''himself'' into deadly fireworks.
126	* ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' features the boss of the China Town area being a bulky sumo fighter who Jack can't beat unless he wrestles him into fireworks cannons. [[RuleOfThree Three goes kills him]].
127	* ''VideoGame/MegamanAndBass'': Inverted with [[VideoGame/MegaMan7 Burst Man]], as the CD Data entry explains that he likes to shoot off his weapons as fireworks in his downtime.
128	* ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'': Occasionally, the Rebel soldiers will attempt to assault your player character with flung fireworks, that can kill your character in one hit ([[OneHitPointWonder much like everything else in the game]]).
129	* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'': In the 1.11.1 update, firework rockets were updated to cause damage to anyone caught in the blast. When crossbows were added to the game, players became able to create rocket launchers by loading crossbows with firework rockets.
130	* ''VideoGame/MugenSouls'':
131	** The undisputed goddess Chou Chou's special attack Seven's Impact has her release 7 energy streams that explodes in a barrage of fireworks on her enemy, knocking them high up in the air.
132	** Ryuto's special attack [=AbsoRyutoly=] Heroic turns his enemy into a ground spinner after he impales them with his sword.
133	* In ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' and ''Videogame/{{Okamiden}}'', the [[HavingABlast Cherry Bomb]] brush technique explodes into a shower of fireworks.
134	* ''VisualNovel/ThePriceOfFlesh'': One of [[TheManyDeathsOfYou the numerous possible ways you can die]] is by Derek scorching you with fireworks before finishing you off with a firecracker in your mouth.
135	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
136	** ''VideoGame/MarioParty5'': The minigame Rain of Fire begins as Bowser uses his fire breath to ignite a cannon's fuse so it launches a large firework skyward. When it explodes, its debris begin falling onto the characters' area in the form of small fireballs. The objective, logically, is to dodge them. Those who get hit by any fireball will lose the minigame and face whatever punishment Bowser decided prior to the start of the minigame.
137	** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'': At the end, fireworks are fired during the party to celebrate Mario's saving of Prism Island. At one point, Bowser and his minions are seen in a patched-up airship struggling to fly when a stray firework collides with it, exploding and sending the ship, Bowser and the Koopalings crashing.
138	* ''VideoGame/ProjectZomboid'' has sparklers that you can scavenge from household utility drawers. These are completely useless—you can't even combine them with matches or a lighter to have a little celebration. ''Unless'' you are the [[MacGyvering Engineer]] profession, in which case you can use them as the fuse on an incendiary bomb made from [[AerosolFlamethrower hairspray]].
139	* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara 3 Utage'': In one stage, beating Kanetsugu causes him to be knocked into a giant fireworks cannon and is fired from it alongside a firework what blows up on him.
140	* ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'': Hanabi uses fireworks as part of her fighting style alongside a hammer what itself can store fireworks to turn it into a RocketPoweredWeapon and launch fireworks.
141	* ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'':
142	** Panda King attempted to become a firework artist but after he was shunned by the nobles due of his poor background, he used the knowledge of fireworks to use them as weapons, eventually becoming the demolitions expert of the Fiendish Five.
143	** In ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus'', the world of aforementioned Panda King has fireworks laying around which you can ignite to launch at enemies or at obstacles.
144	** Panda King would later [[HeelFaceTurn join the Cooper Gang]] following a change of heart in ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', and as such, became playable. His specialty is being able to lock onto multiple targets with a volley of fireworks, which he manually loads into a launcher he has strapped on his back. Once the launcher is fully loaded, he releases all the fireworks like guided missiles, seeking all targeted opponents.
145	* ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'': The original trilogy has several instances where Spyro is able to light up fireworks that can be used to destroy otherwise indestructible chests or powerful enemies. In fact, the third game has an entire level built around the concept (Fireworks Factory).
146	* ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'' has the Zephyr Spark Launcher. In a subversion of this trope, its rockets [[JokeWeapon do piddly damage against enemies]]. This might have something to do with the fact that the fireworks in this game are merely toys and not weapons. That said though, there do exist mods that can buff its damage output into something more serviceable.
147	* ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'':
148	** The Roman Candle shoots out red and blue fireworks in rapid-fire succession. The weapon is a good crowd clearing weapon, because of small explosions made from contact.
149	** Firework rockets fired from the One-Handed Dragon set fire on anything they stick to. The burning targets will soon be met with spectacular green explosions when the rockets explode.
150	* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
151	** One item in third installment is a fireworks launcher that functions as a portable mortar.
152	** In the fourth installment, Villager uses a fountain firework as an upward smash attack.
153	* ''Videogame/{{Terraria}}'' has the firework rockets sold by the Party Girl. They're furniture that can deals 150 damage to whatever they hit. And yes, you ''can'' kill enemies and bosses with them... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppy-d8wQAOE very quickly in fact]].
154	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' has Crossette, a DLC-exclusive Fire elemental Blade who is themed around fireworks. Her special moves all involve blasting the enemy with increasingly elaborate firework displays.
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158	* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': At the Manburg Festival, [[spoiler:Schlatt orders Technoblade to perform a PublicExecution on Tubbo for treason and being TheMole, and Techno winds up using a firework-loaded crossbow to do so. However, when the splash damage winds up killing Schlatt as well, Techno goes on a rampage and starts shooting fireworks at the ''audience'' who are ForcedToWatch as well.]]
159	* ''WebVideo/LifeSMP'': While their first major use in combat as explosive projectiles is on Day 6 of ''3rd Life'', during a skirmish at Dogwarts, it isn't until the ''WebVideo/LastLifeSMP'' when they play a major role in a player's demise.
160	** For ''Last Life'', Lizzie fills most of her hot-bar with firework-loaded crossbows [[spoiler:and unleashes a fair amount of them onto Bdubs when he betrays her]] on Day 7. [[spoiler:While Lizzie loses her final life, her firework rockets weaken Bdubs enough that he's [[LaserGuidedKarma killed by his fellow Red Names when he tries to run]].]] On Day 9 of the same series, [[spoiler:Grian and Joel]] arm themselves with firework rockets for their rampage and end up killing [[spoiler:Pearl]] with them.
161	** In the ''WebVideo/DoubleLifeSMP'' finale, Joel decides to utilize the same plan to kill [[spoiler:Scott]] for [[spoiler:burning the Relation-Ship]] in the previous episode, only with ''stronger'' rockets. He credits Lizzie for the idea from the last season.
162	** From Day 6 of ''WebVideo/LimitedLifeSMP'', the T.I.E.S. use firework-loaded crossbows as weapons in fights alongside normal bows, melee weapons, and [[AwesomeButImpractical End crystals]]. While other factions like the Bad Boys also use crossbows, the T.I.E.S. are the only ones to use firework rockets as projectiles.
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166	* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': In the climax of "WesternAnimation/MagicianMickey", WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck grabs WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's prop gun and uses it against him. It fires firework-like blasts that sends Mickey up into the rafters with stagehand WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}. Then Donald fires one more shot up at them, which is a huge firework rocket that brings literally the house down. Amazingly, no one seems to have been killed in the inferno caused by the fireworks, but Donald in particular is much the worse for wear.
167	* The Donald Duck short "Donald's Nephews" had this as the explanation for why Huey, Dewey, and Louie came to live with him. They had placed a firecracker under their father's chair. ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' would later use this as a MythologyGag to explain how Scrooge ended up looking after Donald and Della in the episode "The First Adventure!".
168	* The main plot of the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Whistle While Your Wife Works" kicks off when a firecracker blows up in Peter's hand, [[{{Fingore}} scattering his fingers]], forcing Lois to cover for him at work.
169	* ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'': In "It's Hummer Time!", one of the punishments the dog gives the cat is "Happy Birthday," where the cat is given a birthday cake with firecrackers instead of candles and he must blow them out before they go off. Of course he doesn't succeed.
170	* ''WesternAnimation/MisterGo'': One short has the titular character celebrating New Year's Eve with his dog Bip, and bringing a boxful of fireworks rockets. After setting off one ''indoors'' he decides to launch another out the window, but when it seems to be a dud, Mr. Go angrily grabs it and shakes it trying to make it work, and only then does the rocket take off, taking him along for the ride. The rocket eventually crashes and explodes, leaving Mr. Go to celebrate the New Year as a BandageMummy.
171	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E26ToWhereAndBackAgainPart2 To Where and Back Again, Part 2]]", Trixie uses her homemade fireworks as weaponry when fighting the changelings -- their AntiMagic barrier does quite little to protect them from a face full of bottle rockets.
172	* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman'': In "Luthor's Fatal Fireworks", Lex Luthor captures Jimmy Olsen to lure Superman to the West Coast where he unleashes a bombardment of fireworks laced with kryptonite.
173	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbDudeWereGettingTheBandBackTogether Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together!]]", Dr. Doofenshmirtz tries to strap his archnemesis Perry the Platypus to a giant rocket/firework. Perry, of course, escapes, and Doof ends up strapped to the rocket when it goes off.
174	* ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'':
175	** In "WesternAnimation/TheYankeeDoodleMouse", Tom and Jerry throw firecrackers at each other, and at one point Tom fires Roman candles at Jerry. The short ends with Tom's hands tied to a large firework rocket, right before it takes off.
176	** In "WesternAnimation/SafetySecond", Jerry keeps being subject to exploding fireworks being set off by Nibbles on the 4th of July. Later they both team together to attack Tom with fireworks which ends with Tom holding onto a firework rocket and being launched for a display of death.
177	* ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner'': Wile E. Coyote would often purchase these from AcmeProducts to combat the Roadrunner, especially the rocket ones, which he would usually ride. (And would usually blow up in mid-air with him on it.)
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181	* Explosions in fireworks factories are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_t4yFHZQqc&feature=related both pretty and terrifying]].
182	* In imperial China, the "hive of bees" weapon involved archers conventionally loosing an arrow to which was attached a rudimentary rocket. At first intended to greatly lengthen the effective range of arrows, this aspect was dropped when it was realised that an attached and lit rocket made the arrow wildly inaccurate. However, a hundred or more archers each firing such an enhanced arrow ''at the same time'', in the general direction of an enemy, could exert a massive morale impact due to their noise, general unreliability and propensity to explode on impact. And being hit by an arrow is bad enough: being hit by one that then explodes would be worse.
183	* On the strike of New Years Day 2016, a drunken man in the Philippines was killed by hugging a giant firecracker.
184	* Flare Guns were used as weapons in World Wars I and II, with the German army even developing grenades that could be fired from the guns, and infamously in the Korean War Lieutenant Edward Mastronardi killed a Chinese soldier with a flare gun. On the civilian side they are often seen as an attractive choice for a self-defense gun, as they are loud and bright (likely to attract attention), could easily blind or ignite the clothing of an assailant, and are rather easy to obtain, but they're not guaranteed to do any of this and thus overshadowed by legitimate self-defense weapons if available, like tasers, pepper spray, or conventional firearms.
185	* Gangs use fireworks when firearms aren't readily available; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAAeYrtN1c0 for example, here's footage of Chicago gangs launching roman candles at each other.]]
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