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[[Stuff Blowing Up]] on TV and movies are usually large, visually impressive fireballs, that appear to be fueled by gasoline, propane or another similar such fuel, even when the object in question [[Made of Explodium|has no right to explode]] ''[[Rule of Cool|at all]]'', much less spectacularly. Sometimes they are (or include) a shower of sparks.
In reality, a fireball is often a minor part of an explosion (though not always, as is the case with incendiaries, like phosphorus, uranium, gelled fuels like napalm, etc). The real devastation from an explosion often comes from the force (overpressure) of the blast and the flying debris and shrapnel. Very rarely will explosions look like what they do in real life, an expanding cloud of dust and debris with very little
The explosions also burn at a ridiculously slow rate, which conveniently enables one to [[Outrun the Fireball]].
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* ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star Fox]] 64'' was great at this. Best examples include: Either ending of Katina (Bill comments on the fireworks if you destroy the Saucerer, but seeing it vaporize the Katina base is probably even cooler looking), Macbeth (where you get to blow up an enemy weapons facility by smashing a supply train into it), Bolse (the entire Bolse ''satellite'' blows up, and since it's described in the Guide as being planet-sized, this may also qualify for [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]), Area 6 (everything explodes in Area 6. Especially at the very end) and of course, Venom, where {{spoiler|Andross makes his entire base explode when he's defeated in an attempt to kill you off and you have to follow [[Dead Person Conversation|your dead father]] out of the exploding ruins.}}
** Also, the underwater level, in which it is proven that giant clams are made of nitroglycerine.
* ''[[Crysis (series)|Crysis]]'' is actually the ultimate king of
* Surprisingly, the video game ''[[Borderlands]]'' subverts this trope, as the grenades and rockets the player acquires behave like normal, boring, Real-Life explosions.
** Er, that is, until you pick up 'Grenade M.O.D.s', which add features like [[Incendiary Exponent|Incendiary]], [[Shock and Awe|Shock]], and [[Hollywood Acid|Corrosive]] damage to your otherwise normal frag grenades. Which causes them to explode in Spectacular Fireballs, Static Discharges, and Chemical Plumes, respectively.
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