Shoot the Fuel Tank: Difference between revisions

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*** To be fair, the building was already on fire.

* ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' did it with a compressed air tank.

** Also busted by the ''[[~~Myth Busters~~]]''.

** Also busted by the ''[[MythBusters]]''.

* Played straight (and in slow motion) by Morpheus during the freeway chase of ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''.

** Strange, when you consider this is averted in the first movie, though that was with a helicopter and not a car. The only effect shooting the fuel tank had was an empty tank a few moments later.

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* ''[[Silent Night, Deadly Night|Silent Night Deadly Night]] 2'''s "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRBlzttL6Jo Bingo!]" scene (which immediately follows the infamous "[[Memetic Mutation|GARBAGE DAY!]]").

* ''[[The Bourne Series (film)|The Bourne Identity]]'': Bourne shoots a propane tank with a shotgun to distract the enemy/provide some smoke cover.

* Done in ''[[Mission Impossible (film)|Mission Impossible]]''. To a moving vehicle, ''from'' a moving motorcycle.

* Done in ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)||Mission Impossible]]''. To a moving vehicle, ''from'' a moving motorcycle.

* Subverted in ''[[Last Action Hero]]''. {{spoiler|When Jack Slater enters the real world, he chases Benedict until Benedict hops into a taxi. When Slater shoots at the cab, he is surprised to find that it does not explode.}}

* Averted in ''[[Speed]]'', when the cop trying to defuse the bomb by suspending himself near the undercarriage of the speeding bus accidently stabs the fuel tank with a screwdriver...which only causes the bus to leak fuel.

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* Happens in almost every episode of ''[[Alarm Fuer Cobra 11]]''.

* ''[[~~Myth Busters~~]]'' busted it - this was only possible when they used a ''[[More Dakka|minigun]]'' armed with [[Incendiary Exponent|incendiary rounds]] which, suffice to say, is generally illegal. Besides, if you have a minigun then you're not likely going to need to shoot the fuel tank anyway.

* ''[[MythBusters]]'' busted it - this was only possible when they used a ''[[More Dakka|minigun]]'' armed with [[Incendiary Exponent|incendiary rounds]] which, suffice to say, is generally illegal. Besides, if you have a minigun then you're not likely going to need to shoot the fuel tank anyway.

** They still didn't get an explosion, just a fire.

** They also tested the 'explode a gas cylinder with a bullet' variant, and failed completely. They had to detonate explosives under the cylinder to make the gas catch fire.

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* Done toward the start of ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' but with a sword.

* The first ''[[Gears of War]]'' game has the player shoot propane tanks to light paths to get around the Kryll. The second one has the first battle against Locust take place near a pile of these, shooting these will usually clear the area of any enemy (and you are far enough away from them when this battle happens, anyway...)

* ''[[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas]]'' allows you to instantly detonate a car if you aim for the gas ''cap''. Even if you can clearly see the rest of the tank, as on lorries, only the cap will set it off.

* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' allows you to instantly detonate a car if you aim for the gas ''cap''. Even if you can clearly see the rest of the tank, as on lorries, only the cap will set it off.

** Maybe they're [[Incredibly Lame Pun|blasting caps]].

* In ''[[Halo]] 2'', shooting a Ghost's gas tank will cause it to explode.

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