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[[File:Bobomb.png|link=Super Mario Bros.|frame|Warning: [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Explosive temper]].]]
|'''[[Chuggaaconroy]]'''}}
So, the [[Five-Man Band]] has been cornered by [[The Dragon]], and they seem locked in a fight which will kill them all. Unless they get a massive amount of fatal damage in soon, they're
▲{{quote|"Video games are encouraging people to be bombs."|'''[[Chuggaaconroy]]'''}}
An
▲So, the [[Five-Man Band]] has been cornered by [[The Dragon]], and they seem locked in a fight which will kill them all. Unless they get a massive amount of fatal damage in soon, they're screwed-- whoops, there goes Joe, blowing himself up right on the enemy and positively obliterating him. That crazy shmuck!
▲An [[Action Bomb]] is anybody or anything which tends to use [[Suicide Attack|"Blowing Myself Up"]] as a combat technique. Though it kills the user, this is actually a logical tactic for those willing to [[Heroic Sacrifice|expend their lives]]; the more accurate an explosive device is, the more likely it is to accomplish its goal, and how much closer do you get than right next to the target?
A common variation is the enemy that won't commit suicide (other than [[Suicidal Overconfidence|trying to attack you]] in the first place), but will detonate violently [[Dead-Man Switch|when/if killed]].
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If the user is [[Red Shirt|expendable enough]], he'll die. If the user is special or a hero, expect to see him either have it as a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]] that will one day get him [[Killed Off for Real]], or resurrected and re-deployed ''ad infinitum.''
See also [[Having a Blast]], [[Mad Bomber]], [[Taking You
{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* Chaozu in ''[[
** Most, if not all, of Dr. Gero's Androids incorporated very powerful self-destruct devices. 17 and 18's are removed by Shenron on a wish from Krillin, (which is used as a plot point in GT because 17 was not made aware of that fact,) while 16's is removed by Bulma. The problem is that she doesn't make him aware of that either, so 16 attempts to use his now nonfunctioning self-destruct mechanism against Cell. When it fails, Cell kills him.
** The Saibamen used by Nappa and Vegeta in the first saga.
* In ''[[Getter Robo]]'', [[They Killed Kenny|Musashi]] has been immortalized for this as part of his various [[Heroic Sacrifice
** Despite the fact that in the original series, it was actually a subversion. Musashi had been ''trying'' to bomb the enemy with every intention of escaping before the missile his ship had been carrying could go off. The firing mechanism jammed, and in his confusion, Musashi wound up crashing straight into the enemy, missile and all.
** Played completely straight in ''Shin [[Getter Robo]] VS. Neo [[Getter Robo]]'', in which Musashi, completely overpowered by his enemies, decided to [[Taking You
* Quatre Winner's Sandrock Gundam from ''[[
* The [[Night of the Living Mooks|Marriage]] in ''[[
* In ''[[Cyborg 009]]'', three teenagers get bombs implanted in them and are given the mission of killing someone they know and love: {{spoiler|the eponymous Cyborg, Joe/009}}.
** Also, in the older Tv series Albert/004 has a nuclear bomb stored in his stomach. {{spoiler|And in the 80's movies, he ''does'' use it to save his teammates. He manages to survive, though.}}
* In [[Ninja Scroll]], Zakuro is a sadistic explosives expert who specialises in setting explosive traps to kill her enemies... including using living creatures as disguises for her bombs. She turns a mutilated captive ninja into one of these in her first battle, then kills [[If I Can't Have You|Yurimaru]] with a setup involving a rigged warehouse and a small explosive sewn into a living rat.
** She actually seems to be made of gun powder herself seeing as the [[Cool Old Guy]] managed to distract her and use ''her'' [[Self-Demonstrating Article|to blow a hole]] [[Just for Pun|in the hull]] of the ship.
* ''[[Dance in
* In ''[[Happiness! (visual novel)|Happiness!]]'', Koyuki's Sphere Toms have the ability to blow themselves up, which they use several times over the course of the series.
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* Yasu "The Weasel" from ''[[Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-hen]]'' has a literal bomb in his stomach to be used only when the situation is otherwise hopeless.
* In ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' this was Netero's trump card against the Chimera Ant King. By stopping his own heart after all of his other efforts barely scratched the King, he activated the extremely powerful bomb implanted in his body. It very nearly worked too.
* Shana and Alastor in ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'' do this to end the first season in a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]] version, although she thought it was a [[Suicide Attack|certain fatality]] when she did it.
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** [[Fridge Logic|How can she be sure it even works?]]
** For comparison, the Chicxulub impact was a "mere" 100 million megatons, and the Tunguska event is estimated at no more than 30 megatons. A blast of 150 million megatons is approaching biosphere killer.
* [[Marvel Universe|Marvel's]] Nitro - an exploding b-list villain best known (in-universe) for killing Captain Marvel (Not [[Shazam|that one]], the alien one). In a universe that wasn't run entirely on [[Writer
* Marvel also had z-lister Powderkeg, a mutant baddie who sweated nitro-glycerin.
* One of the [[
* Fred Perry's ''[[Gold Digger (Comic Book)|Gold Digger]]'' has the Peebos, which originated as artificially intelligent robot bombs before developing into a group [[Robot Buddy]] for the series.
* Naturally, this was the schtick of The Human Bomb.
* The [[Heroic Sacrifice
** One of the first villains Mark ever faced was a disgruntled teacher abducting students and turning them into walking bombs. Only one of his victims is still alive, and while he's no longer volatile his torso is still metal and wires.
* The premier superteam of the USSR in [[The DCU]], the People's Heroes, featured Molotov, a heavyset man who could make himself go kaboomski and reform sooner or later depending on the magnitude of the 'splosion.
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== Fan Works ==
* Paul in ''[[
** Though it feels really, ''really'' nice....
* In [[
== Film ==
* In the ''[[The Lord of the Rings]] The Two Towers'', the movie, during the battle at Helms Deep, The Uruk-Hai constructed a bomb in the drainage tunnel at Helm's Deep, with an Uruk with a torch blowing himself up to set it off.
* Russel Casse in ''[[Independence Day]]'': "Hello boys! I'm baaaaaaack!"
* {{spoiler|Robert Neville}} in the theatrical ending of ''[[I Am Legend]]''.
* Bomb #20 in ''Dark Star'':
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* [[Dr. Strangelove]], in the famous scene where Major T J Kong rides the nuke down to its destination below, {{spoiler|thereby causing the Soviets to detonate their doomsday device and end the world}}.
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. In "Singularity" SG-1 rescues a small girl who turns out to have had an inoperable Naqahdah bomb put in her by {{spoiler|Nirrti}} to destroy the SGC. {{spoiler|Ultimately the girl is given to the care of Dr. Janet Fraiser, the SGC medic, after they discover that the bomb will dissolve if she is kept away from the Stargate.}}
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. In "Basics" the crew of Voyager pick up a wounded Kazon who unfortunately turns out to have been [[Batman Gambit|chemically altered to become a suicide bomb]].
** Unfortunately for Voyager, it came off as a weak copy of [[Star Trek:
** ''Enterprise'' featured a group of [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]] on board, who...well...you can guess from the trope name.
* In ''[[Lexx]]'', the state of the art in both spaceships and bombs consists of semi-sentient, biomechanical insects.
* Played with in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', where anyone with the nuclear explosion ability will survive their own explosions. [[Captain Obvious|Not so much for everyone around them.]]
* Dave Lister's suggested method of dealing with a Polymorph (in the ''[[
== Music ==
* Joe in [[
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[GURPS]]: [[Transhuman Space]]'' considered a borderline case: more powerful missile weapons are called "Autonomous Kill Vehicle". After all, if it got all the elements of a ship except the habitable part, what's point to call it a "torpedo"? You can rate it a specialized auto-piloted vessel just as well.
* ''[[Dungeons
** In the 4E Eberron book, there are details about if a PC is infected with Filth Plague, and if it progresses to it's critical state, the infected loses all surges, cannot heal, and when reduced to 0 hit points, explodes and all creatures within a burst 3 contract the Filth Plague.
* ''Brave New World'' [[World War 2]] supplement ''Glory Days''. A "Bomber" is a delta who can make his body explode and then reassemble himself. The Japanese perform kamikaze attacks by dropping Bombers on Allied ships.
* Warhammer 40,000: The Tau Empire has an upgrade for battlesuits that allow them to detonate upon losing a melee fight.
** The [[Redshirt Army|Imperial Guard's]] [[Somebody Set Up Us the Bomb|Demolition Charge]] borders on this trope. It has a huge blast radius, usually doesn't land exactly where you want it to, and is [[Suicide Mission|thrown by HAND]]. It [[Taking You
* Frequently ''played for laughs'' on various ''[[Magic:
* ''[[
== Video Games ==
* Bungie software ''loves'' this trope. Almost every single one of their games has one of these:
** The ''[[Marathon
** The [[Game Mod]] ''Excalibur: Morgana's Revenge'' had the exploding Forraje clones, which were basically [[Palette Swap|palette swaps]] of the original Simulacrums.
** The ''[[
** [[Oni]] had those demolition guys
** Halo has the Flood Carrier Forms. And the [[Demonic Spiders|suicide grunts]]. Really, anything stuck by a plasma grenade instantly becomes this (including other spartans in multiplayer). The suicide grunts are just volunteering.
* The ''[[Pikmin]]'' series has the Volatile Dweevil, which is pretty much an exploding spider.
* ''[[
** And warlocks in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' have a hellfire attack that is a slow motion version of this. An AoE fire blast that damages the warlock in addition to nearby enemies. And a couple of quests give you control over a giant zombie that runs around, aggros things, then explodes to kill them.
* The ''[[
* ''[[
** Also, the marsh-hoppers.
* The black bird in ''[[Angry Birds]]''. Coupled with the fact that almost all of the birds attack using themselves as projectiles.
* ''[[Super Mario Bros.]].'' has an interesting take on this with the Bob-Ombs and Bullet Bills. According to [[Incredibly Lame Pun|first-wind-up-key]] accounts, Bob-Ombs enjoy blowing themselves up quite a bit, and think it akin to punching someone in the face (since they rarely really shatter, only flying offscreen). Ironically, their king seems to be the only one who can't do it through sheer force of will.
** Bombette and Bobbery from the ''[[Paper Mario (
* ''[[
** The spell Kamikazee, which has the added bonus of instant-killing all non-boss enemies with no damage to allies. [[Palette Swap|Either Imps or Minidemons]] always attempt to use it, but due to their woefully inadequate MP, they fail every time. The Rockbomb enemies also self-destruct as a very rare technique, [[Exactly What It Says
** Of course, the Kamikazee spell (or Sacrifice in the older games) kills the user. The better spells are Thwack (Defeat), which can kill an entire enemy party with about 50% probability, and Whack (Beat), which can kill a single enemy with about 80% probability. And for less MP too.
** There's even an item in some Dragon Quest games called a Kamikazee bracer that blows the user up when they die and kills all opposing enemies.
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* Some bosses in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' series can invoke living, explosive creatures. In ''[[
* The Scarfy in the ''[[Kirby]]'' series. Attempting to Inhale him often caused the Scarfy to mutate, chase after you and explode! There's also the enemy, Bomber, who is almost always perched dangerously close to the edge of a platform and then falls off promptly after Kirby comes on-screen blowing up on impact with the ground and (sometimes conveniently) taking all other enemies on screen with him. Having Kirby Inhale him will grant you one of the more powerful Copy Abilities...
** Crash. Crash basically [[Smart Bomb|nukes the screen]] when used, annihilating anything that isn't a Boss (even most sub-bosses will kick the bucket when this ability is invoked, but if the boss doesn't die it will be close to death anyway).
* ''[[
* [[Disgaea|Prinnies]] dood! [[Made of Explodium|They explode when thrown]], and can also do it of their own accord with their "Prinny Forever" attack in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'', though it just leaves them with critical health in that case. [[Robot Buddy|Thursday's]] "Arigato Roboto" functions in a similar fashion..
** [[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
* In the "Kingdom Come" mission in ''[[Grand Theft Auto]] 3'', the player is ambushed by "Spanked Up Madmen" spawning from [[Mook Maker|mook-making]] vans, who behave much like the Simulacrums in ''[[Marathon
* In [[.hack GU|.hack//G.U.]] series there's a type of monster with shell hats. Nearly all the monsters in this group have an attack where they go cover themselves with their shell and then explode.
* Almost every single one of the Heaven Smiles in ''[[
* ''[[
* The ''[[Command
** In Red Alert: The Aftermath there are Demolition Trucks that detonate in nuclear explosions. They are stated by be driven by computers in the manuals but have normal human move sounds (arguable the manuals had that thrown in for censorship). The Soviets have the MAD Tanks that self-destructs in a large shock waves damaging vehicles and structures in a large area.
** Tiberian Sun have Hunter-Seeker robots that latch onto opponents and explode. They're also as dumb as a box of rocks, picking their targets [[AI Roulette|entirely at random]]. Sometimes they'll [[One-Hit Kill]] something really expensive or important... other times they'll go after a random soldier off in the corner of the map.
** Red Alert 2 sees the return of the Demolition Truck for the Soviets (for Libya at least), now driven by a human, and the Terrorist for Cuba who is a suicide bomber. Crazy Ivans can plant bombs on friendly units to make the suicide bombers. It is a popular tactic online to use these on Attack Dogs.
** In Generals the GLA also have a Terrorist and the Bomb Truck. The GLA also build Demo Traps that self-destruct when enemies go near, or can be set to detonate when ordered.
** In Generals: Zero Hour the GLA Fake Buildings can explode to damage nearby enemies. The demolition GLA subfaction can also purchase the "Demolition Upgrade" allowing all units and base defenses to self-destruct. This same subfaction also replaced the Demo Trap with the more lethal Advanced Demo Trap and has even more powerful Terrorist, and their Combat Cycles come mounted with suicide bombers.
** In Tiberium Wars Nod has the Fanatics, who are groups of suicide bombers.
** In Red Alert 3 the Empire of the Rising Sun has the Yari Minisub can kamikaze into other ships and Burst Drones that attach to enemy vehicles and explode. The Empire has the Honorable Discharge Top Secret Protocol which makes units explode when destroyed. The Empire also has the Final Squadron (X\Omega) Protocols that call in planes to kamikaze targets. The Soviets have the Corrosion Protocol that sacrifices a unit to spread toxins and the Terror Drone Surprise Upgrade Protocol that causes Terror Drones to emerge from destroyed vehicles.
** In Tiberium Twilight Viseroids self-destruct for their attack. Viseroids can only be obtained by capturing a tech building.
** Various units tend to explode when killed, as well: grenadiers, flamethrower infantry, anything with raw Tiberium, shot-down bombers and airships...
* Self-Destruct is a common attack in ''[[
** Bombs of all games where they appear have this as their signature ability.
** Blue Mages will also learn this sort of ability directly from bombs in:
*** [[
*** [[
*** [[
*** [[
*** Kimahri in [[
** [[
*** Which is one of three attacks that can break the game's 9999 damage cap, the others being the GF Eden and Quistis' [[Limit Break|Shockwave Pulsar]]. However, unlike Self-Destruct, Kamikaze removes the using character from the battle entirely and you can't just use a Phoenix Down to get him/her back.
** Also, Cid from ''[[
** The [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower|two-hour ability]] of the Ninja job in [[
* ''[[Shining Force]] 2'' has a battle where there are concealed rock bombs, that act like enemies, and when they are killed they destruct.
* ''[[Lemmings]]'' - the Bomber skill.
* ''[[
* Chrome Dome in ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters]]'' has a super move where he self-destructs in a huge explosion. Fortunately, his pieces immediately come back together; his opponent isn't so lucky.
* ''[[Nexus War]]''- Pariahs have the Explosive Murder ability. The fact that they know they'll just wake up twelve hours later fully healed with their equipment banged up makes it a bit less of a sacrifice, though, so they really just tend to do it for laughs.
* ''[[
** Also, some of the Circle of Thorns Mages will try to blow themselves up when critically low on [[Hit Points]].
** In ''[[City of Villains]]'', one power the Mastermind player characters can pick up in the Traps powerset lets them do this to their own minions.
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* ''[[Nethack]]'' has the [[Goddamned Bats|quite annoying]] gas spores, which can only be dealt with in melee if you're at least level 3 or so, and even then it's very dangerous. Other enemies, such as Yellow Lights, blow up and give you [[Standard Status Effects|status effects]].
* The ''[[Tek War]]'' FPS (and corresponding novels) have android enemies that look just like normal civilians, except they explode when they touch you. Luckily you have a weapon that kills androids really quickly... at point-blank range.
* Shofixti ships in ''[[Star Control]]'' have a very weak main projectile
* In ''[[Age of Wonders]]'' the main weapon of Goblin [http://aow.heavengames.com/units/unitstats_goblin_ts.shtml#Goblin-Bomber Bomber] unit is a large [[Cartoon Bomb]] ''carried as a backpack''. In the second game it [http://aow2.heavengames.com/gameinfo/units/goblins.shtml#bomber has no other attacks and cannot even answer melee strike]
* The Boomer zombies in ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' (There's a clue in the name). Interestingly, the blast doesn't hurt anything, but it causes knockback and covers anyone nearby in bile that immediately attracts a horde of regular zombies. And blurs vision. Originally, Boomers were literal walking bombs where its exposion could cause major damage to the survivors. Seeing how play testers kept accidentally shooting the Boomer in close quarters and lost a chunk of their health, Valve decided to make the Boomer's death explosion cover survivors in "non harmful" bile instead. The purpose of the Boomer is not to ''be'' an
* ''[[
* ''[[Star Wars]]: Galactic Battlegrounds'' features building-shredding Explosive Droids in one of the Rebel campaign missions.
* In the [[PS 1]] game ''[[Wild 9]]'', one of your allies has the special ability to explode on contact with anything, repeatedly, with no ill effects. Naturally, you have to toss him into things to solve puzzles.
* The Atomic Powered Robot from ''[[
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'':
** In ''[[Mortal Kombat]] 3'', one of Cyrax's fatalities was blowing himself up to take out his opponent. Then through some twist of logic, he is back to fight his next opponent. Even more baffling is Smoke, who [[Earthshattering Kaboom|blows up the whole planet]]. Cyrax has a similar [[Earthshattering Kaboom]] fatality in ''Mortal Kombat Gold'' on the Dreamcast.
** Cyber Sub-Zero in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]''.
* The laser-proof Balloon Fish in ''[[UFO: After Blank|UFO Aftermath]]'', best known wherever hardened ''UFO Aftermath'' players gather to cry into their beer about the entire squad being [[Total Party Kill|wiped out]] by a [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]] who happened to be behind a door and they neglected to send off one "volunteer" to open said door.
* ''[[Smash TV]]'' featured Mr Shrapnel. He'd wander around, grunt if he was hit by a stray (or not so stray) bullet, stand still for a while, and detonate himself into a few examples of his namesake. One of the better examples on the page, since while he's wandering he's very low down on the player's threat level: [[Bullet Hell|You]] [[Everything Trying to Kill You|have]] [[Mooks|other]] [[The War Sequence|things]] [[Nintendo Hard|to]] [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|worry]] [[Turns Red|about]]. And then it stops, and suddenly you realise that you've been ignoring several of the most dangerous enemies in the game and they take a ''helluvalot'' of damage to kill safely before they explode all up your face.
* ''[[Gauntlet (1985 video game)]] Legends'' had some enemies with an ominous red barrel and a fuse strapped to their back. The general warning was a suicidal scream before they charged you.
* The Poppers from ''[[X-COM (Video Game)|X-COM]]: Apocalypse'', small, blue, two-legged aliens whose one attack is to run up to your agents and explode with a huge blast radius. Very deadly in the early game. Oh, and they also explode if you kill them with explosive/incendiary weapons. Their explosion is slightly more powerful than the dedicated Heavy Explosive produced by Marsec. Said Heavy Explosive is essentially a [[Time Bomb]] used for demolition work, meaning it is also an [[Incredibly Obvious Bomb]]. Yep.
* ''[[
* The [[Goddamned Bats|Goddamned Rats]] in ''[[
* ''[[
* Flying Bombs were an enemy in ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Survival Crisis Z]]'' has [[Dead Weight]] fat zombies, who explode like a grenade when killed. Best to keep your distance.
* One of the Ninjitsu in older ''[[Shinobi]]'' titles was the "Jitsu of Mijin", a self destruction attack that destroyed all onscreen enemies in exchange for a life from your stock. Musashi would reform himself right where he had been standing, unless the player was stupid enough to use it when no lives were left, in which case it would be Game Over.
* The aptly-named ''[[Splosion Man]]''.
* ''[[League of Legends]]'' has Kog'Maw, whose unique passive ability is to not die when his health reaches zero, but instead get a few additional seconds and a different running animation. The fact that he is one of the characters with the highest range in the game, kind of justifies the high damage of the explosion. Also makes him one of the best teammates to save up that speedbuff for.
* Shambles of the shivering isles add on for ''[[Elder Scrolls]] Oblivion'' trigger a area of effect frost spell upon dying. Yes, a frostplosion.
* Some of the hobbes in ''[[
* The Nuclear Anomaly perk from the Broken Steel [[Expansion Pack]] for ''[[
* Rachni workers in ''[[Mass Effect]]'' attack by bursting and spraying toxic fluid everywhere. [[Justified Trope|Justified]], as they're eusocial pseudo-insects, and eusocial organisms generally don't place a high value on the life of an
** Abominations in the sequel.
* ''[[Outpost 2]]'' gives both factions Starflares and Plymouth [[Slap-On-The-Wrist Nuke|Supernovas]]. They both sound far more impressive then they actually are.
* The [[
** The original ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (
** ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles
* The Amiga/C64 version of ''Impossamole'' has suicide bombers with dynamite strapped to their backs.
* ''[[ADOM]]'' has the elemental vortex. Its sole attack is to stand next to you and explode into a fire/ice/lightning/acid ball. Engage at range or not at all! {{spoiler|They can't explode in the dark.}}
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** The Commander can also be used this way as a measure of last resort, provided the server settings allow you to continue playing after your Commander dies.
** The spin-off ''[[Total Annihilation Kingdoms]]'' lacked the standardised self-destruct as the units were organic (it being a fantasy setting) but later added the Giant Rat unit for Taros, [[Captain Obvious|a giant rat]] with a barrel of magical explosive strapped to its back and the ability to turn invisible.
** [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[
*** The Czar doesn't just
* [[Painkiller]] had a zombie in the theatre level that carries a big barrel of gunpowder and runs toward you. Shooting the barrel makes im blow up his buddies. ''Not'' shooting the barrel... well, you just don't want to do that.
* [http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Walking_Bomb This enemy] from ''[[
* Both [[System Shock]] games had them: The small robot bombs in the original and the [[Robot Buddy|Robot Buddies]]-like protocol droids in the sequel.
* The rover-like Scouts in ''[[Metal Arms]]'', although they're smarter than usual by setting off an alarm and summoning reinforcements ''before'' suiciding.
* The later levels of the first ''[[
* ''[[Metroid Prime]] 3: Corruption'' features two
* ''[[Breath of Fire III]]'' has "Tankbots" that use sacrifice which hits all allies with a chance of [[HP to One|inflicting all but one HP of damage.]]
* ''You're'' the
* ''[[Dead Space (
** But if you cut it off in time, you can throw the bomb into a group of enemies.
* In ''[[Turok (
* Phantom soldiers in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]] 6: Empires'' have a nasty habit of exploding when you attack them. In previous ''Empires'' games, your weapons would [[Intangible Man|pass right through them]].
* In [[Ace Online]], the Bomber B-Gears can become this when they access their Elite Skills (formerly Finish Move Skills). Their move, aptly named Big Boom, is [[Exactly What It Says
* [[
** While it does take a chunk of [[Call a Hit Point
* ''[[Minecraft]]'' gives us the creeper, who's a standard version except for one annoying feature: being utterly silent until the [[Hell Is That
** If a thunderbolt manages to strike a Creeper, it ''[[It Got Worse|super charges them]]'', making their explosion attack even more deadly and the craters they leave behind are a lot bigger than a normal Creeper's explosion.
*** As of the final version, creepers are by far the deadliest mob in the game, capable of inflicting a [[One-Hit Kill]] on players without armor on hard difficulty from a long distance, and even capable of one hitting players on easy difficulty at point blank range.
* ''[[Gears of War]]'' has several! The first game has Lambent Wretches who don't actively explode, but go ka-boom after they're killed, as well Nemacyst, who are more of Action Missile. The second game introduces Tickers, animals (roughly dog-sized) with bombs strapped to their backs who [[Made of Explodium|do exactly what's expected]]. ''Gears 3'' takes it up a notch with Lambent versions of almost every preexisting enemy, as well as completely new, lambent-only foes, including the morphing Drudges and the mighty Lambent Berserker.
* The controversial Flash game ''Kaboom: The Suicide Bombing Game''.
* ''[[Spore]] Galactic Adventures'' can have creatures do this. This is actually the only way for creatures to attack a captain that is using stealth.
* In the [[Game Mod]] ''[[Batman Doom]]'', the Penguin's robotic Penguin Bombs are this. In the last boss fight with the Penguin, they keep spawning and coming at you from all sides while you're trying to deal with the boss.
* ''[[
** A Soldier holding an Equalizer can use a Taunt Attack that makes him rip a grenade from his bandolier and [[Taking You
* The ''[[
* The literal [[Demonic Spiders]] of ''[[Doom]] 3'' have an explosive variant.
* The penultimate dungeon in ''[[
* The Martian Drones of ''[[Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds
* [[Gaia Online]] MMORPG ''zOMG!'' spends the first two areas setting up the Fluff-type enemies as mildly annoying at worst and no real threat. Then you enter Zen Gardens and are greeted by Cherry Blossom Fluffs, which explode when aggravated [[For Massive Damage|for improbable amounts of damage]]. [[Oh Crap|And they mob.]] Newcomers learn quickly not to harass the fluffs.
* The Typhoon augment in ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution
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* In the second mission of ''[[Contra]]: Shattered Soldier'', you encounter [[Riding the Bomb|rocket-riding]] mooks.
* The ''Savage'' in ''[[Hard Reset]]''. It's an explosive, beachball-sized robot with two stubby legs that either runs up to you and explodes, or rolls itself towards you like a super-fast bowling ball... and explodes if it hits you. They explode if you kill them too, which can potentially start chain reactions.
* ''[[Heavy Weapon]]'' has the ICBM, Cruise Missile and Blimp enemies. ICBMs will rise up from the background and drop on certain parts of the screen, while the cruise missile will come in horizontally and turn downwards as soon as it goes over your tank. Thankfully, both of them do not explode with a huge blast radius. Blimps will detonate into multiple indestructible shots that rain on you when you defeat them.
* Sparky in ''Kickle Cubicle''.
* Outlaw Bombers from ''[[Oddworld:
* ''[[
* In ''[[Evolva]]'', Flame Parasites catch fire, and explode after a few seconds, when they're killed.
* With ''[[Terraria]]'', an enemy called the Clown may appear ''rarely'' on a ''blood moon'' ON ''HARDMODE''. This clown throws bombs, effectively destroying your house if it's near it. And, true to this trope, it explodes with the force of a bomb upon death. Ranged attack is advised.
* Nightmares in ''[[Pathways
* Omega Defense Spawn in ''[[Descent]] 2''. A few other enemies, as well as bosses, also deal explosive damage when killed.
* In addition to the Bob-ombs, the pink Bullet Birds, the red [[Super Mario Galaxy|Bomb Boos]] and the dull red Yoshi Koopas also explode in ''[[Something|Something Else]]''.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[
* Agatha's Dingbots in ''[[
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' Bun-Bun uses this tactic during his last fight with Blacksoul:[https://web.archive.org/web/20110326033356/http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=060119 You're not taking me with you. I'm taking you with me."]
* Ran in ''[[Bob and George]]'' is built of shoddy Soviet materials, and breaks so often (and is made so cheaply) that his creator simply set a machine to automatically download his memory and personality into a new body and teleport it back to the location of the previous one when he dies. Result, when the heroes are facing an army of Robot Masters? [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040910 Ran Bombs!]
* Nuclear Dan's entire strategy in ''[[Another Gaming Comic]]'' is to do this. Subverted in that he's normally immune to fire, but justified that any time he isn't, he still does it. It is surprisingly effective.
* In ''[[Vexxarr]]'' AI munitions are used by the [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=110216 Bleen], scavenger-bots ([http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=123013 more traditional variety]) and Tac-To-Trons ([http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=070616 all-confectionery AI] programmed to tempt the enemy into eating them). The latter was created as a weapon against the species which happens to be [[Extreme Omnivore|ravenous enough to eat plastic]], but has problems with both resisting and surviving large quantities of very energetic food.
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== Web Original ==
* Andy the bomb from ''[[
* ''[[
* In [[Girlchan in Paradise]] one character detonates himself using his most powerful (and only) technique. He then proceeds to be poorly edited in so that he isn't dead.
* {{spoiler|Kalani}} from ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' had the Goliath Serum, which turns any living thing into an explosive. Hank had a brief bout with it in "Ice Station Impossible!"
* ''[[Making Fiends]]'' has the exploding pigeon fiends in "Mama Vendetta". [[Rule of Funny|Naturally]], they proceeded to follow Vendetta everywhere they went after they hatched, thinking that she's their mommy.
* ''[[Sym
== Real Life ==
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** The Russians trained dogs to dash to the nearest tank and crawl under it. Then they wired the poor mutts with pressure-triggered explosives. Although it must be noted that their first batch of dogs was trained [[Didn't Think This Through|using Russian Tanks.]] Guess what happened on the first battlefield trial. They did better in the Crimean War, training pigeons to fly to men wearing red jackets, and attaching black-powder grenades to them.
** There were also variants of Kamikaze: aside from damaged planes or pilots with the initiative to do this on their own, the "cherry blossom" (''ohka'') rocket-propelled plane and the ''kaiten'' manned torpedoes were designed ''explicitly'' for this purpose, with no additional armaments or autonomous capacity, and once the pilot was seated in the cockpit, it was impossible for him to get out.
* Late in World War II, American military researchers hatched an ambitious plan to release massive numbers of [[Goddamned Bats|bats]] over the industrial cities of Japan; the bats would descend upon countless buildings and roost in hard-to-reach places. As each bat was to be equipped with a small incendiary device, it was predicted that the result would be widespread, uncontrollable firestorms and a devastating final blow to the Japanese war machine. The program was taken very seriously and preliminary testing showed promising results, but plans to outfit millions of bats with bombs were scrapped when [[The Deadliest Mushroom|a more definitive solution]] became available. Yet it
** It's a remake of a trick from the Russian epic: the newly widowed princess Olga is persuaded to stop her [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] if her foes will give her some nominal tribute... say, three pigeons and three sparrows per household? They wonder how forgiving she is... until the next night, when the birds returned to their dry straw
** [[Those Wacky Nazis]] had their own, "Goliath" a rolling bomb on treads. It was remote controlled to move through any terrain, then rigged to explode when it reached its target. They also planned, much like the Japanese, to build an intelligent version of their V2 missiles, by using prisoners to guide them instead of soldiers. In other words, the first Cruise Missile system ever. They didn't seem to consider the fact that said prisoners [[Didn't Think This Through|probably wouldn't be too willing to aim these AWAY from the people that imprisoned them...]]
* By definition, any suicide bomber is one of these.
* Some real-life ants and termites actually do this. It's called [[wikipedia:Autothysis|Autothysis]].
* There is an idea to load a ship with missiles and plow it into a carrier group to overload the defenses of the group, resurrecting the idea of the "[[wikipedia:Fire ship|fire ships]]" from the [[wikipedia:Age of Sail|Age of Sail]]. The ship won't survive and it would not be a cheap endeavor but
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