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Thal Saboteur: The explosives are primed and ready, Colonel Murash.
Colonel Murash: (on comm) Good. Depress the following four keys in this sequence, Corporal. Red, amber, blue, and red again.
Thal Saboteur: Red...amber...blue...and red! Armed. Preparing to withdraw...
Col. Murash: My sincerest apologies Corporal. Your wife and child will, of course, be suitably recompensed.
Thal Saboteur: What?! (bomb starts beeping at an increasingly high pitch)
Col. Murash: The Thal government appreciates your sacrifice.
Thal Saboteur: No! No just let me get the he—(bomb detonates)
Big Finish Doctor Who, "I, Davros: Guilt"

Films — Live-Action

"He put her on an airplane with a bomb in her suitcase. If the security hadn't found it she would have gone up with everything else. The song says there must be 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover — make that 51."
Jack Shaw, The Assignment (1997)

Live-Action TV

"Did I mention I'm attached to an explosive device?"
Gilroy, Burn Notice

Otis: [on the phone] Don't worry, Mr. L. I got it all under control.
[pause]
Otis: Yes, I am in your cell. And it looks... great. Stand in the middle? Yeah, sure.
[pause]
Otis: And by "This is what you get," you mean... what? [Otis' cybernetics start beeping]

Video Games

"I put a bomb inside every bad guy..."
Nisha's ability description for "The Unforgiven", Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!

"Sam, either termites are burrowing through my skull, or one of us is ticking."

[The Gravity Curtain Island soldier mechas self-destruct on one of the Unknown Cross's battleships. They couldn't control their mecha for some reason.]
Hazard Pasha: Do you like my little gift, UX?
Joe Maya: Hazard! You piece of crap!
Hazard: These are all Alcatraz prisoners who tagged along during my escape, see.
Hazard: Unfortunately, they're just a complete waste of space. The absolute dregs of society, who'd never amount to anything beneficial to anyone. They do serve for this, though.
Aoi: You're sick! What you're doing is—
Hazard: Please, please, let's not stand on formality. Consider this to be a small blessing from us, as we start our trek towards the new world.

Western Animation

Mace Windu: Bomb!
Todo 360: Bomb? What bomb? Is there something going to blow up?
[Windu Force pushes Todo into a vent and closes it after him.]
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Bomb!
Todo 360: No! No no no no noooooo...

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