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* The book ''Emergence'' had a case of this where the heroine could go up to a satellite and save everyone, but had no way back. The third option is that some people came to stop her, and they had a spaceship which she could use to get back. I no longer remember enough details to describe this accurately....
** More accurately, the only way to reach the planetkiller bomb in high orbit is use a [[Space Shuttle]] stripped of ''everything'' nonessential, including its wings and protective tiles. She gets out of it by {{spoiler|disarming the bomb and piloting its reentry vehicle back to Earth.}}
* Played with in ''[[Harry Potter
* In the book ''[[Angels & Demons]]'', when the camerlengo boards the helicopter with the antimatter bomb, Langdon follows him aboard, expecting him to drop the bomb where it can explode safely (such as in a quarry, or far out to sea). Unfortunately, it turns out that the camerlengo is going nowhere except straight up—and there's only one parachute...
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* On ''[[Stargate SG-1]].'', our heroes have just tossed a grenade down to the engine core of a Goa'uld ship to destroy it. O'Neill asks what they do now. Bra'tac says "Now we die." O'Neill immediately counters with "Well, that's a ''bad'' plan!"
* This happens on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' all the time. An example from the new series would be: In The Doctor Dances, Jack leaves earth with the bomb expecting it to go off in his spaceship, he can't escape before it detonates. Then The Doctor and Rose rescue him with the TARDIS.
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