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* Demonstrated in an episode of ''[[MythBusters]]'', where they specifically compared blowing up a car with a Hollywood style explosion, and blowing it up properly. The Hollywood one caused an impressive fireball, and scorched the car while leaving it mostly intact. The proper one blew the car into pieces scattered over a wide radius.
** Of course the proper one ''did'' have a very impressive fireball of its own. You just needed to watch in [[Slow Motion]] to really appreciate it.
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* [[Professional Wrestling]] must have an infinite budget supply for this...
* The ''[[Scrubs]]'' episode "My Unicorn" parodies this when an explosion occurs after ''a toy airplane crash''.
* Any kind of [[People in Rubber Suits|monster]] in
* ''[[Der Clown]] -- Payday'': {{spoiler|The explosion of the aircraft at the end suggests that the plane was filled with fuel from wingtip to wingtip, including the entire fuselage behind the rear cockpit wall}}, so huge is the fireball.
** Didn't from quarter to half of the series in any given season contain [[Every Car Is a Pinto|some]] or [[Misguided Missile|other]] fireworks?
* Much beloved of Jeremy Clarkson on ''[[Top Gear]]'', which earned him the ire of co-presenter James May when he set off fireballs while May was trying to film an ad for a tame diesel Volkswagen Scirocco.
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' featured plenty of explosions, but happily mocked the need for bigger explosions with each season in one episode. No matter how large the special effects team made their fireballs, the director constantly demanded larger, requiring increasingly elaborate setups to get the desired effect.
== Video Games ==
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