Cartoon Bomb: Difference between revisions

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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 Pulling Teeth]] trope.) They were oblong, and they had grooved skin so that they would fragment more easily and disperse shrapnel. (That's why they're called "frag" grenades.)

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-Pulling Teeth]] trope.) They were oblong, and they had grooved skin so that they would fragment more easily and disperse shrapnel. (That's why they're called "frag" grenades.)

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.

** ''[[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.