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* ''[[The BFG]].'' by Roald Dahl has a drink with bubbles that sink. And make you "fly".

* Errol the Dragon from ''[[Discworld]]'' is a rocket-flight version—justified in that he specifically eats things in order to manufacture rocket fuel in his chemical-distillery insides.

** Lunar Dragons, as seen in ''The Last Hero'', flame from... that end. This is largely because they live on a low-gravity environment, and a weapon that stops you in midflight is worthless. *** Errol has rearranged his innards to flame like a Lunar Dragon's. [[Word of God]] says that Errol is a throwback to the lunar dragons.

** Lunar Dragons, as seen in ''The Last Hero'', flame from... that end. This is largely because they live on a low-gravity environment, and a weapon that stops you in midflight is worthless.

*** Errol has rearranged his innards to flame like a Lunar Dragon's. [[Word of God]] says that Errol is a throwback to the lunar dragons.

* ''[[Hidden Talents]]'' by David Lubar has a kid nicknamed Hindenburg for his tendency to, well... He even manages to blow open a closet door.

* The (aptly-named) Gasman, a.k.a. Gazzy from ''[[Maximum Ride]]''. Not only can they incapacitate foes with their smell, they're toxic green.

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* There is a traditional Japanese children's fable whose title, when translated to English, is ''[http://anenglishmaninosaka.blogspot.com/2007/10/flatulent-folktales.html The Farting Wife.]'' In it, a man marries a beautiful woman who is his dream girl, but her farts are so enormous they're capable blowing people and things away.

* In the [[Harry Potter]] book [[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]], this is what a Fire Crab does, despite its name its actually a turtle. The video game latter shows how it does it.

* Not actually a weapon, because it was most dangerous to those producing it: Philip Wylie's ''[[The End of the World as We Know It|The End of the Dream]]'' has a sequence when negligence about the chemistry of a new precooked food made it give those who ate it high-explosive flatulence. This was discovered when one gentleman, after a hearty meal, broke wind while his back was to the fireplace, and became [[Ludicrous Gibs|splattered]] all over the room's walls. He was just the first such victim....