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13	* GadgeteerGenius that she is, Skuld of ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' 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!]]'''
14	* Manga/{{Akira}} begins with ''the mother of all kabooms'' that [[TokyoFireball completely obliterates Tokyo]]. And there's more, too.
15	* ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS'' [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPf7fAt-HfYXew-U3s7WgxA_zw2Jfpk8o loves blowing stuff up]], especially Scopedogs, but anything is fair game.
16	* ''Literature/{{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]]''.
17	* Considering that ''Manga/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.
18	* Three key phrases can be used to succinctly sum up ''Manga/{{Blame}}'': WalkingTheEarth, [[{{Bizarrchitecture}} Amazing Architecture]] and '''Stuff Blowing Up'''.
19	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': This is the specialty of Bambietta Basterbine, Sternritter E. The E stands for ''Explode'', and enables her to make anything into a bomb -- and the way it works, it's nearly impossible to block her explosions by any means (but they can be [[HoistByHisOwnPetard reflected]]).
20	* The preferred method of dealing with Genetic engineering mishaps in ''Anime/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.
21	* 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.
22	* The ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession22CowboyFunk Cowboy Funk]]" 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.
23	* Marcille in ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon''. Her standard offensive spell is to conjure a localized explosion. She can also use stronger versions of it with some cast time.
24	* One Contractor in ''Anime/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.]]
25	* ''Literature/DirtyPair'': The point of the series.
26	* ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' is made of this trope by the end of the Frieza saga. Planets get blown up left and right.
27	** Actually, while planets are often threatened with destruction, we rarely actually see them explode. In fact, in the original manga, there were only two planets that we actually saw exploding (3, if you count [[BabyPlanet King Kai's planet]]). Of course, when you add filler, movies, and later continuations such as [[Anime/DragonballSuper Dragon Ball Super]], that number increases significantly. Not that there weren't plenty of other things exploding in the manga, of course.
28	* The final episode of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' features Nabeshin espousing the philosophy that "Explosions fix ''everything''!", then giving a graphic demonstration: a [[FusionDance fused]] Excel and Hyatt are returned to their original bodies when he dynamites the room they're standing in.
29	* This is the standard response of Louise of ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' after she gets magic. And slightly before...
30	* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Solf J. Kimblee is an alchemist whose power is to turn things into bombs. [[MadBomber He thoroughly enjoys himself doing so]].
31	** Roy Mustang. Things go boom when he snaps his fingers. He enjoys it less than Kimblee though.
32	* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', 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.
33	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
34	** 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]].
35	** ''Manga/GoldenWind'':
36	*** Narancia Ghirga has the Stand, Aerosmith, which takes the form of a RC fighter plane. It has all the capabilities of an actual fighter place, including being able to drop bombs. And because Narancia is HotBlooded and has a HairTriggerTemper, it's to be expected that fights involving him tend to turn their locations into war-zones.
37	*** A rather nasty side effect of Cioccolata's Stand, Green Day, is that if the mold it produces germinates fast enough on its victim, it will cause them to explode.
38	** Oyecomova from ''Manga/SteelBallRun'' has the Stand, Boku no Rhythm wo Kiitekure, which is basically Killer Queen up to eleven. 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]]'''''.
39	** Like his [[AlternateUniverse Original Universe 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 produces 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.
40	* Megumin from ''Literature/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]].
41	* In ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', this is Nanoha's solution to practically ''everything''. [[DarkMagicalGirl Need to make friends]]? [[DefeatMeansFriendship Blow them up]]. HumongousMecha CosmicHorror [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt 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]].
42	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
43	** Deidara is an awesomely insane MadBomber who enjoys blowing things up with clay. [[spoiler: In fact, he met his demise by self-detonation.]]
44	** And in the first ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' film the BigBad, Doto, blows up his own fortress for no apparent reason.
45	** 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]].
46	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has a particularly awesome explosion in ''End of Evangelion'' when Asuka in Unit 02 throws a battleship at a bunch of tanks.
47	* In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', 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]].
48	* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': This is how [[DarkMagicalGirl Homura]] planned on defeating [[EldritchAbomination Walpurgisnacht]]. 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]].
49	** 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}}.]]
50	* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', [[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.
51	** This could be TruthInTelevision, as when you put eggs in microwaves, they do actually explode. Violently. Seriously kids, DontTryThisAtHome.
52	** Earlier, in the {{OAV}} version of the same story, Kasumi reminisces about her childhood and how she couldn't cook anything either --up to, and including, setting a pot of ''boiling water'' ablaze.
53	* ''Anime/{{Redline}}'' explodes enough stuff to rival ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' for sheer explodyness. This includes [[spoiler: JP, but he's MadeOfIron so he lives.]]
54	* In ''Manga/TheRedRangerBecomesAnAdventurerInAnotherWorld'', everything behind Tougo will explode as part of his TransformationSequence, and his Burning Kizuna Punch will also make things explode even if nothing inside them is prone to detonating.
55	* In ''WesternAnimation/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.]]
56	* ''Literature/{{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.
57	** Second or third most powerful. The most powerful one, if mishandled, results in EarthShatteringKaboom.
58	*** It's more like a UNIVERSE Shattering Kaboom.
59	* At the end of TheMovie of ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon'', [[spoiler: the Ideon explodes so hard it takes down a galaxy with it]].
60	* In ''Anime/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]].
61	* In ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' (and a few of its sequels,) the first part of the Daedalus Attack consists of 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.
62	* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is particularly fond of filling the screen with explosions. Namely, if something is pierced with a drill, it explodes. The first BigBad is defeated by getting a hole DETONATED on his torso, and the second one EXPLODES SEVEN TIMES.
63	** It ''opened'' with a zooming space-galaxy-thing shot...which then blew up. Then there were lots more explosions. [[EstablishingSeriesMoment Really, with a start like that you should've expected this sort of thing]].
64	*** And then we have the volcano that spontaneously explodes when Kamina and Simon combine [[spoiler: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.
65	*** When the Dai-Gun Doten Kaizan was destroyed, it was done in parts. First Guame's part, due to the thousands of beams pulled after Gurren-Lagann, then Cytomander's, then Adiane's and finally Viral's part, by a Giga Drill Breaker... all from the inside. Safe to say, the recurring explosion looked fucking awesome, and somehow missed Viral, despite the Giga Drill also hitting him in the head. From below. And he survived being inside a giant mecha that blew up several times.
66	* ''Manga/{{Zeorymer}}'''s Dimensional Coupler Cannon warps space to blow stuff up directly. Its Meioh attack creates a SphereOfDestruction visible from space.
67	* ''Anime/GiantGorg'' You’ll see a bunch of vehicles exploding across the series raging from tanks to aircrafts and a giant indestructible robot.
68	* ''Manga/CityHunter'' Grenades, and bazookas are a common form of explosive devices in the series.
69	* ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'' For having major [[{{Space Battle}} space battle scenes]] it’s typical to see the Imperial and Allied forces blowing each up one by one.
70	* ''Literature/EightySixEightySix'' has a bunch of explosions ragging from a city-wide explosion to [[MacrossMissileMassacre a barrage of missiles pouring down the sky]].
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