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[[File:Mythbusters-exploding-aquarium.jpg|thumb|400px|link=MythBusters]]
In action movies, it has become almost mandatory that if an aquarium is shown at any point, the aquarium will inevitably be destroyed, spilling the water and all the poor fish it contains out onto the floor. Sometimes this is the result of collateral damage, the fish tank was merely in the way, and sometimes the destruction of the tank is intentional, with the fish - always some deadly and often poisonous species - being used as weapons themselves.
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** Done in ''[[Licence to Kill]]'' in a scene appropriated from [[James Bond (novel)|the novel]] ''[[Live and Let Die (novel)|Live and Let Die]]'' which was too cool to not be filmed.
* In ''[[Push (2009 film)|Push]]'' the screamers first makes the fish ''inside'' the tanks burst, and then the tanks themselves explode.
* Happens in ''[[Rush Hour|Rush Hour 2]]''.{{context}}
* In the 2008 ''[[Speed Racer (film)|Speed Racer]]'' movie, the mob boss's piranha tank gets a single bullet hole, forcing one of the mobster underlings to sacrifice a finger to plug the hole.
* Several shots are enough to crack an aquarium at a zoo in ''[[Eraser]]'', which then explodes, covering the bad guys with water… And alligators.
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* It was a very bad idea to even think of damaging Sipowitz's fish tank in the squad room of NYPD Blue. So you can imagine his reaction when it was summarily taken out by a stray bullet from a rampaging perp.
* ''[[CSI: NY]]'' had a guy who died when he fell into his aquarium, shattering it. No one knew until later that he was HIV positive, which created drama for Stella, who cut her hand while processing the scene.
* ''[[MythBusters]]'' season 11 supplies the page image. Trope: confirmed.
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