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[[Science Fiction]] writers have devised many methods of demolishing a planet: you can [[Wave Motion Gun|blast it with a laser]], you can [[Colony Drop|hit it with a really big object]], you can feed it to self-replicating all-consuming [[Nanomachines]], or use [[Apocalypse How|other, even more imaginative ways]].
[[Science Fiction]] writers have devised many methods of demolishing a planet: you can [[Wave Motion Gun|blast it with a laser]], you can [[Colony Drop|hit it with a really big object]], you can feed it to self-replicating all-consuming [[Nanomachines]], or use [[Apocalypse How|other, even more imaginative ways]].


This is understandably worse than just conquering a world or wiping out the present civilization. Mankind can always rebuild after that. There's usually no [[After the End|"After"]] for ''this'' End. Destroying a planet is usually reserved for the most "[[HSQ|Holy crap]]" moments in a Sci-Fi or even Fantasy series. Blowing up an entire, inhabited planet is one of the fastest ways to really [[Kill Em All|ratchet up the body count]] and cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]].
This is understandably worse than just conquering a world or wiping out the present civilization. Mankind can always rebuild after that. There's usually no [[After the End|"After"]] for ''this'' End. Destroying a planet is usually reserved for the most "[[HSQ|Holy crap]]" moments in a Sci-Fi or even Fantasy series. Blowing up an entire, inhabited planet is one of the fastest ways to really [[Kill'Em All|ratchet up the body count]] and cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]].


Some series prefer to have this as the final goal of the [[Big Bad]], with the heroes racing to stop him. In other series, there's no way to stop the Earth Shattering Kaboom, and the subsequent storylines focus on the actions of the few survivors as they try to carry on, seek revenge or simply live with the fact that their home has been completely obliterated.
Some series prefer to have this as the final goal of the [[Big Bad]], with the heroes racing to stop him. In other series, there's no way to stop the Earth Shattering Kaboom, and the subsequent storylines focus on the actions of the few survivors as they try to carry on, seek revenge or simply live with the fact that their home has been completely obliterated.
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Think of it as a [[The Tokyo Fireball|Tokyo Fireball]] on a planetary scale. The full-on Earth Shattering Kaboom is a Class X on the [[Apocalypse How]] scale, often represented with an [[Earth Shattering Poster]]. Of course, some villains one up this by going [[Star Killing]].
Think of it as a [[The Tokyo Fireball|Tokyo Fireball]] on a planetary scale. The full-on Earth Shattering Kaboom is a Class X on the [[Apocalypse How]] scale, often represented with an [[Earth Shattering Poster]]. Of course, some villains one up this by going [[Star Killing]].


The villain archetype who wants to cause this is called the [[Omnicidal Maniac]]. Alternatively, if he does it by accident (or just doesn't know ''why'' he'd do it), he's the [[Mike Nelson Destroyer of Worlds]].
The villain archetype who wants to cause this is called the [[Omnicidal Maniac]]. Alternatively, if he does it by accident (or just doesn't know ''why'' he'd do it), he's the [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]].


Oh, and if somehow if some part of planet still remains, and someone settles on that, then it becomes [[Shattered World]]. See also [[Why You Should Destroy the Planet Earth]].
Oh, and if somehow if some part of planet still remains, and someone settles on that, then it becomes [[Shattered World]]. See also [[Why You Should Destroy the Planet Earth]].


Contrast [[Genesis Effect]], where planets are created instead of destroyed.
Contrast [[Genesis Effect]], where planets are created instead of destroyed.
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== Anime ==
== Anime ==
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** Also should be noted that {{spoiler|it was super-sized at the time, so those 'fists' were probably car-sized or bigger.}}
** Also should be noted that {{spoiler|it was super-sized at the time, so those 'fists' were probably car-sized or bigger.}}
* ''[[Space Runaway Ideon]]'' goes even further than that, as the titular [[Humongous Mecha]] has three main weapons that ''start'' at planet-killing, and go up from there.
* ''[[Space Runaway Ideon]]'' goes even further than that, as the titular [[Humongous Mecha]] has three main weapons that ''start'' at planet-killing, and go up from there.
* The ''[[Dirty Pair (Light Novel)|Dirty Pair]]'' count as planet-killing weapons all by themselves - they have blown up at least seven planets ''[[Mike Nelson Destroyer of Worlds|entirely by accident]]''.
* The ''[[Dirty Pair (Light Novel)|Dirty Pair]]'' count as planet-killing weapons all by themselves - they have blown up at least seven planets ''[[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|entirely by accident]]''.
* The ''[[Dragonball]]'' saga is full of characters who can destroy the world. All the major villains starting with Vegeta are capable of it (we see Vegeta destroy other planets, although it should be remembered that the times we do see him destroying planets are in [[Filler|Fillers]]); the usual reason they don't just do it is that they want to fight Goku first. Earth is ''successfully'' destroyed once in [[Canon]], though, by Kid Buu.
* The ''[[Dragonball]]'' saga is full of characters who can destroy the world. All the major villains starting with Vegeta are capable of it (we see Vegeta destroy other planets, although it should be remembered that the times we do see him destroying planets are in [[Filler|Fillers]]); the usual reason they don't just do it is that they want to fight Goku first. Earth is ''successfully'' destroyed once in [[Canon]], though, by Kid Buu.
** They added a nice touch when it was destroyed by the worst villain of the series, Pilaf, in GT.
** They added a nice touch when it was destroyed by the worst villain of the series, Pilaf, in GT.
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* In ''[[Red Planet (Film)|Red Planet]]'', [[Mad Bomber|Burchenal]] triggers a [[World Wrecking Wave|Surface Kaboom]] by [[Playing With Fire|dropping a torch]] on ''[[Chemistry Can Do Anything|oxygened-algae]]'' and ''[[Kill It With Fire|oxygened-bugs]]''.
* In ''[[Red Planet (Film)|Red Planet]]'', [[Mad Bomber|Burchenal]] triggers a [[World Wrecking Wave|Surface Kaboom]] by [[Playing With Fire|dropping a torch]] on ''[[Chemistry Can Do Anything|oxygened-algae]]'' and ''[[Kill It With Fire|oxygened-bugs]]''.
* In ''Beneath the [[Planet of the Apes]]'' (the first sequel), a group of mutants (who captured Taylor, his girl and the guy who came to rescue him) [[Cargo Cult|worships a powerful nuke]], that when detonated would destroy Earth. Then the apes attack, and while Taylor is falling dead, he triggers the bomb... one hell of a [[Downer Ending]], specially due to the [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet]] speech that follows.
* In ''Beneath the [[Planet of the Apes]]'' (the first sequel), a group of mutants (who captured Taylor, his girl and the guy who came to rescue him) [[Cargo Cult|worships a powerful nuke]], that when detonated would destroy Earth. Then the apes attack, and while Taylor is falling dead, he triggers the bomb... one hell of a [[Downer Ending]], specially due to the [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet]] speech that follows.
** Parodied in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' in Season 8. The Satellite of Love was orbiting a Planet of the Apes-like Earth...when Mike Nelson gives advice that starts the bomb that a cult worships. Predictable results...and Mike was [[Mike Nelson Destroyer of Worlds|only beginning]].
** Parodied in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' in Season 8. The Satellite of Love was orbiting a Planet of the Apes-like Earth...when Mike Nelson gives advice that starts the bomb that a cult worships. Predictable results...and Mike was [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|only beginning]].
** It is slightly hinted that ''[[Spaceballs (Film)|Spaceballs]]'' parodies this as well. {{spoiler|When [[Big Bad|President Skroob]], Dark Helmet, and Colonel Sandurz crashland on the Planet of the Apes, an ape says "''Oh shit, there goes the planet.''" The scene changes after that, and never switches back to the planet, making it seem more of a [[What Happened to The Mouse]], but if you've seen ''Beneath the Planet of the Apes'', [[Genre Savvy|we can assume what happens next]].}}
** It is slightly hinted that ''[[Spaceballs (Film)|Spaceballs]]'' parodies this as well. {{spoiler|When [[Big Bad|President Skroob]], Dark Helmet, and Colonel Sandurz crashland on the Planet of the Apes, an ape says "''Oh shit, there goes the planet.''" The scene changes after that, and never switches back to the planet, making it seem more of a [[What Happened to The Mouse?]], but if you've seen ''Beneath the Planet of the Apes'', [[Genre Savvy|we can assume what happens next]].}}
* In ''[[Battle Beyond the Stars]]'', the [[Big Bad]] has a weapon called a Stellar Converter that, well, [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|converts planets into stars]].
* In ''[[Battle Beyond the Stars]]'', the [[Big Bad]] has a weapon called a Stellar Converter that, well, [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|converts planets into stars]].
* In [[Arthur C Clarke]]'s ''[[Two Thousand Ten the Year We Make Contact]]'' (both film and book) the [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] who made [[The Monolith]] invoke its abilities to cause Jupiter to collapse and ignite as a star. It's notable that this is ''not'' for nefarious purposes; instead they want to provide an energy source to the evolving life forms on Europa, who would otherwise have died out as the geothermal vents keeping them warm went cold.
* In [[Arthur C. Clarke (Creator)]]'s ''[[Two Thousand Ten the Year We Make Contact]]'' (both film and book) the [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] who made [[The Monolith]] invoke its abilities to cause Jupiter to collapse and ignite as a star. It's notable that this is ''not'' for nefarious purposes; instead they want to provide an energy source to the evolving life forms on Europa, who would otherwise have died out as the geothermal vents keeping them warm went cold.
* In ''[[Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD]]'', the Daleks planned to detonate a bomb which would remove the Earth's core.
* In ''[[Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD]]'', the Daleks planned to detonate a bomb which would remove the Earth's core.
* A Q-Bomb is used to crack Planet OM-1 in ''[[Starship Troopers (Film)|Starship Troopers 3: Marauder]]'', though the sight wasn't enough to distract General Dix Hauzer from snogging Captain Lola Beck (seeing as we're talking about [[Ms. Fanservice|Jolene Blalock's]] luscious lips I can't blame him).
* A Q-Bomb is used to crack Planet OM-1 in ''[[Starship Troopers (Film)|Starship Troopers 3: Marauder]]'', though the sight wasn't enough to distract General Dix Hauzer from snogging Captain Lola Beck (seeing as we're talking about [[Ms. Fanservice|Jolene Blalock's]] luscious lips I can't blame him).
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* The [[John Carpenter]]'s ultra low budget film ''[[Dark Star]]'' featured a starship crew whose job was to traverse the Galaxy, using "Exponential Thermostellar Bombs" to destroy planets that might someday threaten human colonies. For twenty years. On the ragged edge of terminal boredom.
* The [[John Carpenter]]'s ultra low budget film ''[[Dark Star]]'' featured a starship crew whose job was to traverse the Galaxy, using "Exponential Thermostellar Bombs" to destroy planets that might someday threaten human colonies. For twenty years. On the ragged edge of terminal boredom.
* In ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'', it's revealed that Godzilla's heart is basically a nuclear reactor. When Birth Island erupts and exposes Godzilla to a bed of radioactive materials, he absorbs too much and begins to undergo meltdown. Unfortunately, his self-destruction will also take most of the planet with him, sending scientists and the military scrambling for a way to prevent it. Things get more complicated when Destoroyah arrives on the scene, making Godzilla's meltdown occur faster and become more powerful due to his rage at Destoroyah's actions.
* In ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'', it's revealed that Godzilla's heart is basically a nuclear reactor. When Birth Island erupts and exposes Godzilla to a bed of radioactive materials, he absorbs too much and begins to undergo meltdown. Unfortunately, his self-destruction will also take most of the planet with him, sending scientists and the military scrambling for a way to prevent it. Things get more complicated when Destoroyah arrives on the scene, making Godzilla's meltdown occur faster and become more powerful due to his rage at Destoroyah's actions.
* The [[Warhammer 40000]] fanfilm ''[[Damnatus]]'' {{spoiler|ends with Inquisitor Lessus ordering an Exterminatus on the planet of Sancta Heroica in a [[Downer Ending]] after the heroes [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero|fuck up their mission]] and [[Kill Em All|die trying to escape]]. Given this is the [[Crapsack World|Crapsack Verse]] of 40K, this is pretty much par for the course}}.
* The [[Warhammer 40000]] fanfilm ''[[Damnatus]]'' {{spoiler|ends with Inquisitor Lessus ordering an Exterminatus on the planet of Sancta Heroica in a [[Downer Ending]] after the heroes [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|fuck up their mission]] and [[Kill'Em All|die trying to escape]]. Given this is the [[Crapsack World|Crapsack Verse]] of 40K, this is pretty much par for the course}}.
* The beginning of ''[[Men in Black (Film)|Men in Black]] II'' shows Sarleena destroying planets she passed by.
* The beginning of ''[[Men in Black (Film)|Men in Black]] II'' shows Sarleena destroying planets she passed by.
* In the end of ''[[Transformers Dark of the Moon]]'', {{spoiler|Cybertron collapses in on itself when the Autobots destroy Sentinel's Space Bridge.}}
* In the end of ''[[Transformers Dark of the Moon]]'', {{spoiler|Cybertron collapses in on itself when the Autobots destroy Sentinel's Space Bridge.}}
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* On the cover of the album ''Fragile'' by [[Yes]].
* On the cover of the album ''Fragile'' by [[Yes]].
* Occurs in the end of "Third Stone From The Sun" by The [[Jimi Hendrix]] Experience.
* Occurs in the end of "Third Stone From The Sun" by The [[Jimi Hendrix]] Experience.
* On the cover of the [[Self Titled Album]] ''Boston'', by [[Boston (Music)|Boston]].
* On the cover of the [[Self-Titled Album]] ''Boston'', by [[Boston (Music)|Boston]].




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* The Covenant in ''[[Halo]]'' "glass" planets - they blast them from orbit until the surface has melted into a glasslike substance.
* The Covenant in ''[[Halo]]'' "glass" planets - they blast them from orbit until the surface has melted into a glasslike substance.
** The UNSC NOVA bomb. To elaborate, it is a cluster of nine nukes, each surrounded by a shell that, when the bomb goes off, [[Techno Babble|briefly compresses each of the nine explosions to neutron-star density]], giving each blast a 100x boost. One is {{spoiler|accidentally set off on an Elite loyalist vessel in orbit around a loyalist world: the planet is wiped clean of life, its moon ''is shattered'', and nearly the entire fleet massed nearby is annihilated.}}
** The UNSC NOVA bomb. To elaborate, it is a cluster of nine nukes, each surrounded by a shell that, when the bomb goes off, [[Techno Babble|briefly compresses each of the nine explosions to neutron-star density]], giving each blast a 100x boost. One is {{spoiler|accidentally set off on an Elite loyalist vessel in orbit around a loyalist world: the planet is wiped clean of life, its moon ''is shattered'', and nearly the entire fleet massed nearby is annihilated.}}
* The ''[[Wing Commander (Video Game)|Wing Commander]]'' series of games had ''two'' of these in ''Wing Commander III'' - a Cool Ship (the ''Behemoth'') basically a slimmed down Death Star (read as: one honkin' big cannon with a ship wrapped around it) is used to destroy a world, and is later destroyed itself since the ship conveniently wasn't finished before being rushed off to destroy the [[Big Bad]]'s homeworld. The job is later finished by a "Temblor Bomb" dropped into a faultline by a solo space fighter ([[Its Up to You|the player, of course]]), resulting in the [[Big Bad]]'s home being utterly blown apart through the resulting earthquakes, magically stopping the war.
* The ''[[Wing Commander (Video Game)|Wing Commander]]'' series of games had ''two'' of these in ''Wing Commander III'' - a Cool Ship (the ''Behemoth'') basically a slimmed down Death Star (read as: one honkin' big cannon with a ship wrapped around it) is used to destroy a world, and is later destroyed itself since the ship conveniently wasn't finished before being rushed off to destroy the [[Big Bad]]'s homeworld. The job is later finished by a "Temblor Bomb" dropped into a faultline by a solo space fighter ([[It's Up to You|the player, of course]]), resulting in the [[Big Bad]]'s home being utterly blown apart through the resulting earthquakes, magically stopping the war.
** In the first game of the series, fighter missiles are armed with an explosive mineral referred to in the (necessary for the copy protect scheme) manual as Illudium Q36. Missile explosive power was measured by their "ESK" rating. Three guesses what "ESK" stood for.
** In the first game of the series, fighter missiles are armed with an explosive mineral referred to in the (necessary for the copy protect scheme) manual as Illudium Q36. Missile explosive power was measured by their "ESK" rating. Three guesses what "ESK" stood for.
* The Destroyer from ''[[Romancing Sa ga 3]]'' blows up more than just the earth, it wipes out the entire universe!
* The Destroyer from ''[[Romancing Sa ga 3]]'' blows up more than just the earth, it wipes out the entire universe!
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* In ''[[Eve Online]]'' the storyline that heralded the Apocrypha expansion and the formation of wormholes, sympathetic reactions from the explosion of a [[Lost Technology]] device caused several distant stars in the galaxy to flare and space-time to rupture; the kaboom from one of the star flares burnt the inhabited mining world of Seylin I to a cinder.
* In ''[[Eve Online]]'' the storyline that heralded the Apocrypha expansion and the formation of wormholes, sympathetic reactions from the explosion of a [[Lost Technology]] device caused several distant stars in the galaxy to flare and space-time to rupture; the kaboom from one of the star flares burnt the inhabited mining world of Seylin I to a cinder.
* In ''[[Darius]] Gaiden'''s Zone Z ending, {{spoiler|Darius}} explodes.
* In ''[[Darius]] Gaiden'''s Zone Z ending, {{spoiler|Darius}} explodes.
* In ''[[Might and Magic]] VI'' if you don't {{spoiler|[[Nice Job Breaking It Hero|release a previous villain, Archibald]] so he can give you a seriously powerful scroll that encloses an area in its own pocket dimension. Without it when you blow up the reactor in the Kreegan Hive ship, or if you die afterwards thus preventing you from using it}} not only does the world explode but the moon inexplicably blows up afterwards.
* In ''[[Might and Magic]] VI'' if you don't {{spoiler|[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|release a previous villain, Archibald]] so he can give you a seriously powerful scroll that encloses an area in its own pocket dimension. Without it when you blow up the reactor in the Kreegan Hive ship, or if you die afterwards thus preventing you from using it}} not only does the world explode but the moon inexplicably blows up afterwards.
* ''[[Ray Force]]'' ends with the explosion of the Con-Human-transformed Earth.
* ''[[Ray Force]]'' ends with the explosion of the Con-Human-transformed Earth.
* ''[[Star Ocean (Franchise)|Star Ocean]]''
* ''[[Star Ocean (Franchise)|Star Ocean]]''
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** Worse: {{spoiler|They did it for the sole reason that you broke a treaty that was so old, nobody from ''your'' civilization even remembered it.}} It's also implied that the hostile fleet was merely a ''patrol''.
** Worse: {{spoiler|They did it for the sole reason that you broke a treaty that was so old, nobody from ''your'' civilization even remembered it.}} It's also implied that the hostile fleet was merely a ''patrol''.
** Made [[Tear Jerker|even more tragic]] by the [[Orchestral Bombing|music]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOJaXybK4_A playing].
** Made [[Tear Jerker|even more tragic]] by the [[Orchestral Bombing|music]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOJaXybK4_A playing].
* ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''. The final boss is the very first entry in [[Comic Books]], Galactus. As you fight, he's already siphoning off energy from the Earth, turning it more and more of a hideous red shade the longer you battle. If you lose, he then proceeds to crush what remains of the planet between his hands, sending shattered chunks hurtling toward your screen as it fades to white. [[Its a Wonderful Failure|You can see the aftermath of his attack]] [[Nonstandard Game Over|if you refuse to give it another go]].
* ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''. The final boss is the very first entry in [[Comic Books]], Galactus. As you fight, he's already siphoning off energy from the Earth, turning it more and more of a hideous red shade the longer you battle. If you lose, he then proceeds to crush what remains of the planet between his hands, sending shattered chunks hurtling toward your screen as it fades to white. [[It's a Wonderful Failure|You can see the aftermath of his attack]] [[Nonstandard Game Over|if you refuse to give it another go]].
* The Twilight of the Arnor expansion for ''[[Galactic Civilizations]] 2'' adds the Terror Star. While wildly impractical in some respects due to its horrendously slow travel rate, the Terror Star can vaporize any star, completely obliterating any planets in that solar system. One famous [[After Action Report]] depicts a player attempting to beat the game through peaceful means and cultural influence, then saying "to hell with it" when one too many races get belligerent with him and going on a massive solar killing spree.
* The Twilight of the Arnor expansion for ''[[Galactic Civilizations]] 2'' adds the Terror Star. While wildly impractical in some respects due to its horrendously slow travel rate, the Terror Star can vaporize any star, completely obliterating any planets in that solar system. One famous [[After Action Report]] depicts a player attempting to beat the game through peaceful means and cultural influence, then saying "to hell with it" when one too many races get belligerent with him and going on a massive solar killing spree.
* In ''[[Sword of the Stars]]'' the System Killer [[Random Encounters|Unknown Menace]] is [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]. The Von Neumann Construct, labelled in data files as "final solution", is a copy of the System Killer and can be on the field at the same time as the original.
* In ''[[Sword of the Stars]]'' the System Killer [[Random Encounters|Unknown Menace]] is [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]. The Von Neumann Construct, labelled in data files as "final solution", is a copy of the System Killer and can be on the field at the same time as the original.
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* In ''[[Quentyn Quinn Space Ranger]]'', the Racconan Empire of the Seven Systems owns a small fleet of Stellar Lances. One of which was used to destroy a Kvrk-Chk solar system. [[Word of God]] is that the Lance operates by firing a planet-sized beam of "antigravitons" through the heart of the system's star, causing it to hemorrhage from either side, spraying the surrounding planets with white-hot stellar matter (picture a water balloon with a pinhole on either side spinning on a string).... the lawn sprinkler from Hell. If conditions are just right, it goes downhill from there, into a stellar collapse and supernova...
* In ''[[Quentyn Quinn Space Ranger]]'', the Racconan Empire of the Seven Systems owns a small fleet of Stellar Lances. One of which was used to destroy a Kvrk-Chk solar system. [[Word of God]] is that the Lance operates by firing a planet-sized beam of "antigravitons" through the heart of the system's star, causing it to hemorrhage from either side, spraying the surrounding planets with white-hot stellar matter (picture a water balloon with a pinhole on either side spinning on a string).... the lawn sprinkler from Hell. If conditions are just right, it goes downhill from there, into a stellar collapse and supernova...
* [http://www.salon.com/entertainment/comics/this_modern_world/2010/05/25/this_modern_world This] ''[[This Modern World]]'' strip.
* [http://www.salon.com/entertainment/comics/this_modern_world/2010/05/25/this_modern_world This] ''[[This Modern World]]'' strip.
* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' space villain Fructose Riboflavin likes to extort cooperation from people by threatening to do this. "Remember, Galatea... threatening to blow up a planet ''always'' works." Bob is the only person who has ever [[Too Dumb to Fool|called him on it,]] realizing the fact that Riboflavin ''[[Mike Nelson Destroyer of Worlds|needed]]'' [[Mike Nelson Destroyer of Worlds|Earth for his plan and so]] ''[[Mike Nelson Destroyer of Worlds|couldn't]]'' [[Mike Nelson Destroyer of Worlds|blow it up,]] so the threat was an obvious bluff.
* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' space villain Fructose Riboflavin likes to extort cooperation from people by threatening to do this. "Remember, Galatea... threatening to blow up a planet ''always'' works." Bob is the only person who has ever [[Too Dumb to Fool|called him on it,]] realizing the fact that Riboflavin ''[[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|needed]]'' [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|Earth for his plan and so]] ''[[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|couldn't]]'' [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|blow it up,]] so the threat was an obvious bluff.
* [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4790117/ God shows how it's done] in ''[[The KA Mics]]''
* [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4790117/ God shows how it's done] in ''[[The KA Mics]]''
* Used [http://www.viruscomix.com/amtaham.html here] in [[Subnormality]].
* Used [http://www.viruscomix.com/amtaham.html here] in [[Subnormality]].
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'''Freddie''': ...and then you blew up the Earth!<br />
'''Freddie''': ...and then you blew up the Earth!<br />
'''Bob''': Yeah, yeah, yeah... are you ''ever'' gonna let that go? }}
'''Bob''': Yeah, yeah, yeah... are you ''ever'' gonna let that go? }}
* Fractal bombs in ''[[Buck Godot Zap Gun for Hire (Comic Book)|Buck Godot Zap Gun for Hire]]''.
* Fractal bombs in ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire (Comic Book)|Buck Godot Zap Gun for Hire]]''.
* [[Eldritch Abomination|The Snarl]] did this to the first world the gods made in ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]''.
* [[Eldritch Abomination|The Snarl]] did this to the first world the gods made in ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]''.
* The [http://www.drivecomic.com/archive/110623.html Spark of Thought] in ''[[Drive (Webcomic)|Drive]]''.
* The [http://www.drivecomic.com/archive/110623.html Spark of Thought] in ''[[Drive (Webcomic)|Drive]]''.
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== Web Original ==
== Web Original ==


* On [[Deviant ART]], there are "Power emoticons" that [[What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome|take regular emoticons to the EXTREME]]. Many include a view of the Earth (or a part of it) being destroyed.
* On [[Deviant ART]], there are "Power emoticons" that [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|take regular emoticons to the EXTREME]]. Many include a view of the Earth (or a part of it) being destroyed.
* Three words: [[The Demented Cartoon Movie|"Gleeg Snag Zip"]].
* Three words: [[The Demented Cartoon Movie|"Gleeg Snag Zip"]].
** Don't forget "Zeeky Boogy Doog".
** Don't forget "Zeeky Boogy Doog".
*** Technically, one of the latter by itself wouldn't do the trick. A whole *bunch* of "Zeeky Boogy Doog"s (or one broadcast all over the world), however, would and did.
*** Technically, one of the latter by itself wouldn't do the trick. A whole *bunch* of "Zeeky Boogy Doog"s (or one broadcast all over the world), however, would and did.
* ''[[Tech Infantry]]'' has an dinosaur-killer-sized asteroid dropped on earth in the backstory. After the Earth partially recovers and is just starting to be recolonized by rebels against the main human government, said government sends in a fleet that blows up the moon, first by firing several small black holes through it to weaken its structure, then ramming it with a miles-long starship moving at 90 percent of the speed of light. The shattered fragments of the moon rain down on the surface of the earth, melting the top few miles of crust into a continuous layer of molten lava, boiling off the oceans, and blasting the atmosphere away. A few decades later, some nasty aliens invade, and the invasion is only stopped by using Dooms Day Devices to send the suns of the main alien homeworlds into supernova.
* ''[[Tech Infantry]]'' has an dinosaur-killer-sized asteroid dropped on earth in the backstory. After the Earth partially recovers and is just starting to be recolonized by rebels against the main human government, said government sends in a fleet that blows up the moon, first by firing several small black holes through it to weaken its structure, then ramming it with a miles-long starship moving at 90 percent of the speed of light. The shattered fragments of the moon rain down on the surface of the earth, melting the top few miles of crust into a continuous layer of molten lava, boiling off the oceans, and blasting the atmosphere away. A few decades later, some nasty aliens invade, and the invasion is only stopped by using Dooms Day Devices to send the suns of the main alien homeworlds into supernova.
* Parodied in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged]] [[The Movie|Movie]]'': when Anubis announced his intention to destroy the world, Yami asks him what he could possibly gain from that. As revealed on his LiveJournal, the creator included this because he considered Anubis to be a terrible movie villain with, in his own words, '[[Card Carrying Villain|generic motives]]'.
* Parodied in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged]] [[The Movie|Movie]]'': when Anubis announced his intention to destroy the world, Yami asks him what he could possibly gain from that. As revealed on his LiveJournal, the creator included this because he considered Anubis to be a terrible movie villain with, in his own words, '[[Card-Carrying Villain|generic motives]]'.
** Also in the Abridged Series, a running series called "Zorc and Pals" features [[Big Bad]] Zorc Necrophades and Yami Bakura discussing Zorc's plans to destroy the world. The clip from "Zorc and Pals: The Movie" in the Abridged Movie details what Zorc is going to do after he destroys the world... [[I'm Going to Disney World|He's going to Disney World.]] And then he's going to destroy it. However, he found it much too fun, so he destroyed Euro Disney instead.
** Also in the Abridged Series, a running series called "Zorc and Pals" features [[Big Bad]] Zorc Necrophades and Yami Bakura discussing Zorc's plans to destroy the world. The clip from "Zorc and Pals: The Movie" in the Abridged Movie details what Zorc is going to do after he destroys the world... [[I'm Going to Disney World|He's going to Disney World.]] And then he's going to destroy it. However, he found it much too fun, so he destroyed Euro Disney instead.
* In ''[[Fine Structure (Literature)|Fine Structure]]'', {{spoiler|this is the ultimate fate of Earth during the [[Final Battle]]. Luckily humanity from the [[Alternate Universe|next universe over]] jumps in to pick up survivors.}}
* In ''[[Fine Structure (Literature)|Fine Structure]]'', {{spoiler|this is the ultimate fate of Earth during the [[Final Battle]]. Luckily humanity from the [[Alternate Universe|next universe over]] jumps in to pick up survivors.}}
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