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[[File:schlock20080106c 7360.jpg|link=Schlock Mercenary|frame|Corporal Piebald doing what he does best.]]
{{quote|''"So he says to me: 'you gotta do something smart, baby! Something big!' He says 'You wanna be a supervillain, right?' And I go: 'Yeah, baby! Yeah yeah! What do I gotta do?' He says, 'You got bombs, blow up the Comet Club! It's packed with superheroes, you'll go down in supervillain history!' And I go 'Yeah, baby! ''''CAUSE I'M THE EVIL MIDNIGHT BOMBER, WHAT BOMBS AT MIDNIGHT! [[Evil Laugh|AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA]]!!!'''"''
|'''[[Shaped Like Itself|The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight]]''', ''[[The Tick (animation)|The Tick]]'' }}
▲{{quote|''"So he says to me: 'you gotta do something smart, baby! Something big!' He says 'You wanna be a supervillain, right?' And I go: 'Yeah, baby! Yeah yeah! What do I gotta do?' He says, 'You got bombs, blow up the Comet Club! It's packed with superheroes, you'll go down in supervillain history!' And I go 'Yeah, baby! ''''CAUSE I'M THE EVIL MIDNIGHT BOMBER, WHAT BOMBS AT MIDNIGHT! [[Evil Laugh|AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA]]!!!'''"'' |'''[[Shaped Like Itself|The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight]]''', ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' }}
Sometimes you'll encounter someone who just seems to have the perfect personality to go along with their job, like a real life work related version of [[Personality Powers]]. For example, maybe an old time watchmaker would have a very careful, analytical mind that paid very close attention to detail. What could be better for someone who has to very carefully use, assemble and repair something made of hundreds of tiny springs and gears?
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See also [[Bomb-Throwing Anarchists]], [[Having a Blast]] and [[Why Am I Ticking?]]
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The Greed Island arc of ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' features Gensuru, the "Bomb Devil" or "Demon Bomber", whose Nen abilities are based on explosions.
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* In ''[[Tinus Trotyl]]'', an ancient Dutch comic, the titular [[Anti-Hero]] protagonist is one of these. Whether it was a clogged drain or being kidnapped by terrorists, he solved the problem by [[Stuff Blowing Up|blowing stuff up]].
* 'Twitch', one of the [[Carnival of Killers]], who pursues [[Batman]] in the ''Batman vs [[Predator]] II'' mini-series.
* ''Dynamite Joe''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120520085922/http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=925:dynamite-joe-the-us-pulls-out-joe-remains-with-his-bow-and-arrow Observe]. The answer, obviously, is "because he can't duct tape a dynamite stick to a bullet and mortars are no fun".
== [[Film]] ==
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* Grenade Man from ''[[Mega Man 8]]'' loved explosions so much he secretly wanted to get blown up himself because he's masochistic. He cries, "That felt good!" when he explodes and dies.
** Similarly, Bombman from the original ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' and ''[[Mega Man Powered Up]]'', to the point that he accompanies every entrance by screaming "BOMBS!!". The best Dialogue in the game is between [[Ham-to-Ham Combat|the Pyromaniac Fire Man and Bomb Man.]]
** While he's only evil due to Wily's brainwashing, Blast Man from ''[[Mega Man 11]]'' is completely unhinged and is practically ''salivating'' at the thought of blowing Mega Man to bits. Chris Hackney's voice acting ''really'' sells it.
* Speedy Dave from ''[[MegaMan Battle Network 2]]'' is a member of Gospel, and a psychopathic eco-terrorist who tries to blow up a dam so he can kill countless people as well as destroy Den City, which is downstream of the dam. During his scenario, you have to defuse several bombs hidden in the surrounding campground, culminating in a showdown against him and his Navi QuickMan. When QuickMan dies, it's revealed that he himself is a living detonator, and Dave laughs like a maniac when he fully expects the bomb to go off... only to be gobsmacked when [[The Rival|Chaud and ProtoMan's]] timely intervention saves the day.
* Bob-Ombs of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' and onward, of course. There's also that damn chicken in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' that drops egg bombs on you...
** Another Mario example: Punchinello from [[Super Mario RPG]]. A crazed purple lunatic who takes residence in the Moleville mines, Punchinello is capable of [[Flunky Boss|summoning waves after waves of Bob-Ombs]] during the battle against Mario and Co. He also brings the quite literal example of [[Hoist by His Own Petard]] as Punchinello's attempt of summoning the King Bomb ends up with the oversized explosive falling on top of him.
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* ''[[Minecraft]]'':
** Creepers. Pretty much all they do is silently sneak up on you, hiss for a second and a half, and explode. If the explosion doesn't kill you, it'll do devastating damage to your health.
** Ghasts (found only in the Nether), which
** If you have Mad Bomber tendencies yourself, you can blow stuff up with TNT or Fire Charges. Incidentally, to make these explosives, you need to get gunpowder by killing Ghasts or Creepers, the other two Mad Bombers in the game.
* The very first bad guy you fight in the ''[[Spider-Man 3]]'' movie tie-in game is Luke Carlyle, who's an industrialist-turned-bomb planting terrorist as opposed to a Doc Ock wannabe like in the comics. His supervillain nickname also happens to be the name of this very trope!
* Speaking of bombers in Spider-Man games, several missions in ''[[Spider-Man (2018 video game)|Spider-Man PS4]]'' involve destroying bombs that various villains have planted, such as the Inner Demons, Taskmaster, Hammerhead's thugs, and Screwball. But Screwball embodies this trope in full thanks to how unhinged, destructive, and obnoxious she is, all in pursuit of views for her livestreams.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* [[Genre Savvy|Slappy the Squirrel]] of ''[[Animaniacs]]'' has a tendency to solve problems with explosives.
* As with everything else, ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' played this one for humor, and had a [[Split Personality]] completely [[Ax Crazy]] [[Talkative Loon]] bomber known as The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight (Yeah, baby!).
** The [https://web.archive.org/web/20111221065049/http://www.warlordccg.de/blog/ Warlord CCG] created the card [https://web.archive.org/web/20120519030635/http://www.temple-of-lore.com/spoiler/images/4E/Temb%27w%27bam.jpg Temb'w'bam] as an homage to that character.
* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' had one episode where an obsessed fan of fictional superhero the Gray Ghost blackmailed the city with bomb threats. He acted under the nickname of a Gray Ghost villain, known, you guessed it, as "The Mad Bomber". Although when confronted (in Batman. The [[Show Within a Show|Gray Ghost]] example wasn't shown to the point of the villain being revealed), the villain seemed far more enthusiastic about using his beloved {{spoiler|toys}} in his effort to get the money to keep his {{spoiler|toy}}-collecting hobby going than about actually blowing things up.
* ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' had Mad Stan ("Mad" as in "Angry", not "Crazy"), voiced by [[Black Flag|Henry Rollins]], an anarchist bomber who mostly served as a recurring punching bag for Terry in the [[Batman Cold Open]]. In Mad Stan's defense, he had a cause (Anti-Establishment-Rebellion) and followed it logically, at one point trying to blow up an empty (Save Terry) library. The 2010 miniseries comic would have us believe that Stan controls the explosives trade in Gotham.
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