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This actually has a basis in history: Before the mid-19th century, contact or proximity fuses for detonating explosive payloads had yet to be developed. The only means by which an explosive shell or bomb could be feasibly detonated from a distance was by a slow-burning match cord. In Western militaries, these weapons often took the shape of an iron sphere with a match cord sticking out of one end. The resemblance to cannonballs is not coincidence; they were often designed to be fired out of cannons. (The "bombs bursting in air" from "[[National Anthem|The Star-Spangled Banner]]" were of this variety.)
Early hand grenades also took this shape, as did mortar bombs. In fact, the "pineapple" grenades used by American and British soldiers during [[World War II]] were variations on this type of bomb. There were only three major differences. They included a built-in fuse lighter for convenience. (That's the handle-and-pin assembly made famous by the [[Pin
This is a subtrope of [[Incredibly Obvious Bomb]], but that also includes more realistic but still blatantly obvious bombs like the classic digital timer (often ticking to make it even more incredibly obvious) attached to a bundle of explosives (which is fairly common in cartoons). Compare [[Plunger Detonator]], which is the standard cartoon way of setting off explosives from a distance.
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* The eponymous hero of ''[[Bomberman]]'' uses these.
* Bob-Ombs from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' games are a [[Waddling Head|slightly]] [[Action Bomb|anthropomorphised]] version.
** ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' also has a different kind of bomb, which players can pull out of the ground and is thrown by Mouser, the boss of World 1.
** The Bob-Ombs in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' looked like a diagonally bisected Bob-Omb with an LED counter in the centre. Players could use the Bob-Ombs by freezing them and then throwing.
* The bombs in ''[[Jump Ultimate Stars]]'' look like this, but purple.
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