Explosive Stupidity: Difference between revisions

 

This ''is'' a [[Death Trope]], so spoilers ARE to be expected.

 

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** A Middle Eastern terrorist built a bomb with a timer while in his home, planning to make it go off in the neighboring country. However, Daylight Savings Time was not being observed by all countries (for some reason), meaning his bomb went off while it- and he - were still in the car. He won himself a [[Darwin Award]] right there.

** There are stories of suicide bombers getting themselves killed when they gave their last goodbyes with a heartfelt hug to their comrades.

** A pair of terrorists once tried to blow up the Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center in Manila in 1991. They tried to set the bomb in the middle of the night, using a device rigged with a digital reader to count down the time. They armed it, but forgot what they set the time to. They check the time on the highly volatile explosives with a zippo lighter...but this is not what makes them fall under this trope. What makes them fall into this trope is that they set the bomb down upside down, and suddenly realized that when they set the bomb for five minutes they actually set it for ''[[Oh Crap|five seconds]]''. Surprisingly, one of the bombers actually survived and was caught in a local hospital.

* 4th of July [[Alcohol Induced Idiocy|plus Alcohol plus Fireworks]], often results in this trope.

 

== Video Games ==

** Or, if the game isn't [[Friendly Fireproof]], you can easily blow up yourself and/or your teammates with explosives if you're not careful.

** Or as a result of [[Damn You Muscle Memory]]. For example, ''[[Modern Warfare]]''s "throw grenade" is ''[[Halo]] 3''s "reload" button, and ''[[Halo]] 3''s "throw grenade" button is ''[[Modern Warfare]]''s "aim" button. Don't stand in front of anyone who's just switched from one game to the other.

* ''[[Star Warsthe Old Republic]]'': One type of [[Pv P]] is a [[Blood Sport]] called Huttball. After [http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=8648702#edit8648702 play-testing revealed] that people tended to hog the ball and turtle around it, a new game mechanic was added: The ball is now made of uranium, and if a [[Too Dumb to Live|player hogs the ball too long]], the [[Blood Sport|Hutts will get bored]], and detonate it.

* Mishandled bomb rocks in the original ''[[Pikmin]]'' can inadvertently wipe out a good chunk of your troops if you're unlucky.

** It's also extremely common in single player when trying to set up chain reactions or blocking your only way out of a dead-end with a bomb.

* Also common in ''[[Worms (Video Game)|Worms]]'' if one is careless. The lower AI levels sometimes even deliberately aim to hit themselves, frequently doing no damage to anyone else.