Pearl: HOW DID WE LOSE?! [...] WE WALK AWAY FROM EXPLOSIONS WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THEM!
"It's such a tragedy. All the great action heroes never get to see their own beautiful work. Always, they walk away."
Cool guys don't look at explosions
They blow things up and then walk away
Who's got time to watch an explosion?
There's cool guys have errands that they have to walk to...
Keep walkin', keep shinin'
Don't look back, keep on walkin'
Keep struttin' slow motion
The more you ignore it, the cooler you look!
Cool guys don't look at explosions
The flames are hot, but their heart is chill
Walk fast from that boring explosion
And don't think about the people you've killed
They blow things up and then walk away
Who's got time to watch an explosion?
There's cool guys have errands that they have to walk to...
Keep walkin', keep shinin'
Don't look back, keep on walkin'
Keep struttin' slow motion
The more you ignore it, the cooler you look!
Cool guys don't look at explosions
The flames are hot, but their heart is chill
Walk fast from that boring explosion
And don't think about the people you've killed
— The Lonely Island, "Cool Guys Don't Look At Explosions"
"How do they walk away in movies without flinching when it explodes behind them? There's NO WAY! I call bullshit on that! The movie industry is completely irresponsible for the way they portray explosions!"
— Allen "Gator" Gamble, after an explosion on The Other Guys
<<Gasp!>> He did it! And he's not looking back at that cool explosion! He's a hero!
— Bender (on Hermes), Futurama
"Man oh man, look at this cover. Rothrock and Haim are back-to-back, posing with their weapons, with explosions and shit in the background. But they care not about explosions, because they're badasses.
— Obscurus Lupa talking about Fast Getaway II
DIO: "Oh? You're approaching me? Instead of running away, you're coming right to me!
Jotaro: "I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer."
DIO: "Oh really? Then get as close as you need to.
— Jotaro and DIO simultaneously approach each other, Stardust Crusaders
"An injured James presses the self-destruct on his briefcase before cooling limping away, because cool guys don't look at explosions."
— Film Brain talking about The Contractor
''If anyone has ever been around a real explosion, you know how powerful it is, as well as how deafening it is. Nobody can just stand around while an explosion goes on; you'd either fly up in the air, or your ears would explode from the sound of it. Yet, we constantly see people run, walk, and even just stand perfectly still while they happen. My favorite are the ones where they don't even turn around, as if to say, "Yeah, I know it's there, but I'm just too badass to turn around and look at it. What, you think I don't see explosions? I do. All the time. They bore me now."
—Nostalgia Critic, Top 11 Coolest Cliches.''
"That Slab just blew up my buzzard without even looking at the explosion! But, I- I ain't scared!"
— Mortar, Borderlands 2
Neptune: Um, why are we walking away slowly?
(Sun pulls out shades and puts them on as a building explodes behind them.)
Sun: That's why.
(Sun pulls out shades and puts them on as a building explodes behind them.)
Sun: That's why.
— RWBY Chibi, "Movie Night"
