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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!"''|'''[[Batman]]''', ''[[Batman:
Running into bombs, mines, and other explosives are a pain to deal with, especially if they're blocking your way, hidden, or need to be immediately removed. In fiction, either you can set them off, disarm them before continuing on, throwing them far far away, [[Eat the Bomb|eating them]], etc.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]'' has a few chapters here and there devoted to Minnie May or her boyfriend Ken Taki defusing bombs.
* Episode 2 of ''[[Rail Wars!]]'' shows two of the characters needing to defuse a [[Time Bomb]] Hollywood-style, complete with a [[Magic Countdown]] and a [[Wire Dilemma]].
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[The Hurt Locker]]'' is so far the most critically acclaimed movie on the subject.
* ''[[The Mask (
* ''[[
* ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' had a nice bombproof bath.
* ''[[Superman]] 2'': Superman disposes of a hydrogen-bomb set to go off in the [[Monumental Damage|Eiffel Tower]], by throwing it into outer space... where it just happens to blow the lid of a [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Hilarity Ensues]] in ''[[Batman:
* The obscure action film ''[[Ticker]]'' is mostly about bomb disposal.
* The obscure thriller ''Ten Seconds To Hell'' is about former German soldiers disarming unexploded bombs in Post World War 2 Germany and actually uses very realistic bomb disposal equipment and tactics.
* ''Heimat'' features Otto and Pieritz, two engineers, and later, EOD Technicians. {{spoiler|Otto dies.}}
* In ''[[
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Starship Titanic]]'' has a bomb that really doesn't want to go off.
* In Douglas Reeman's [[World War Two]] novel ''The Volunteers'', one of the main characters used to be in a bomb disposal unit. He was one of the best at the job, and then one day the latest bomb's [[Booby Trap]] activated. He shouted a warning to his assistant and ducked for cover. He survived, but for some reason his assistant ''didn't'' go for cover fast enough, and was killed. And the shock of the bomb going off so close produced a bit of short-term memory loss: the survivor doesn't ''remember'' whether or not he gave the warning. He's rather bothered by this, naturally....
** Another of Reeman's books is titled ''Twelve Seconds to Live'', this apparently being how long you have if you're trying to defuse a German bomb and the fuse activates instead.
* ''The Frogmen'' by Robb White is about a frogman in the US Navy. It contains a surprising amount of technical knowledge for a juvenile novel.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[
* There's an episode of ''[[
* In the ''[[
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In ''[[Warhammer 40
** Not that Orks mind if other Orks get blown up, mind, but it's [[Amusing Injuries|funnier with gretchin]].
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* The ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' games had this as a skill. If your skill level wasn't high enough, the mine would go off.
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2'', bombs can be disarmed with a coolant spray that freezes them.
* In ''[[Half
** And in Episode 2, you get to destroy one of the minespam choppers by throwing its mines at it.
* "[[Intellivision|Mattel Electronics presents...]] ''Bomb Squad''".
* ''[[
** Or the [[
* One driving mission in '[[
* ''[[
* The ''[[League of Legends]]'' champion Ziggs (an explosive themed champ) has a joke the goes "You wanna see how to disarm a bomb?" he then swallows one of his bombs which explodes in his stomach.
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* In the '90s ''[[Spider-Man]]'' cartoon, the title character disposes of a time bomb by throwing it straight up right when it's about to explode.
* ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' TOS episode "Terror Island". Race Bannon gets rid of a bomb by throwing it out a window, in the middle of downtown Hong Kong.
** In "Arctic Splashdown," Race threw away another bomb. This one fell practically into the lap of the enemy SCUBA diver who'd planted it.
* ''[[Futurama]]'', "A Big Ball Of Garbage": When the bomb meant to blow up the ball of garbage is set to blow up too soon, they try throwing it up in the air. The first time they try it, it ricochets off a passing asteroid and back in Bender's hands.
* ''[[Wallace and Gromit]] in A Matter of Loaf and Death'': a direct spoof of the Batman scene occurs as Gromit tries to get rid of a bomb, eventually settling for throwing it across [[Take That|the Yorkshire border.]] He fails, and {{spoiler|the bomb ends up in Wallace's pants; they have to fill the pants with dough to soften the impact.}}
* ''[[Teen Titans (
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'': to dispose a bomb capable of destroying half of Detroit, the Autobots use a multi-part [[Fastball Special]]. Prowl held Bumblebee standing on Bulkheads wrecking ball launcher. Prowl had limited flight capabilities and Bumblebee had rocket jets for that episode, so Bulkhead made the initial launch, Prowl lifted him higher and Bumblebee got even further, throwing the bomb into the lower stratosphere.
* [[Duck Dodgers]] parodies this with a space mine and running into rooms with priceless works of art, French orphans and simple Amish folk. "Some days you just can't get rid of a Martian space mine."
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Subversion: Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was attacked by a group of [[Bomb
*Draper Kauffman, later commander of the Underwater Demolition Teams, was a bomb tech in London during the blitz. Aside from unexploded ordinance, the Luftwaffe would often drop delayed action bombs with their load to mess with people's heads. While ordinary duds would usually be simple(if dangerous enough) bombs, the later would likely enough have anti-handling devices added to the mix just to make things fun.
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