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This kind of surprise encounter with explosives can be used in all sorts of ways. The only constant is that Character A sends Character B something [[Stuff Blowing Up|with a big boom]] (sometimes a [[Nuke'Em|nuke]]) when Character B isn't expecting it, leaving Character B with [[Zero Wing|no chance to survive]].
See [[Incredibly Obvious Bomb]] and [[Time Bomb]]. Often part of [[You Got Murder]] or [[Why Am I Ticking?]].
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* The ending of the three part "Hot to Katrazi" arc on ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'' had John dropping a mini-nuke into the Scarran's gardens.
* A [[Xanatos Gambit]] variant in the ''[[
* Both the season one opener and closer of ''[[Leverage]]'' featured a bomb going off like this. The first was deployed by the villain, the second by the protagonists(though it wasn't meant to kill, only to destroy the evidence in their office)
* Favorite tactic early on in ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'', since it ensured that the nuke took out a Basestar.
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* This is actually a cheat code in ''[[Starcraft]]'' that makes you instantly lose.
** In the middle of the Zerg campaign, Kerrigan boards a science vessel to get the data she requires to break her psychic [[Restraining Bolt]]. A Terran demolition team boards the ship as well to destroy it and get ambushed. Seeing no way out, they detonate the nuke they brought with them to vaporize all the Zerg on the station... but Kerrigan's no longer onboard.
** The Terran campaign of ''Brood War'' has {{spoiler|Duran}} setting up the bomb to the UED [[Non
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the very first quest a new goblin player gets is to deliver a "present" from your executive assistant to a mining foreman who hasn't met quotas. You can guess what the present is.
* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]: [[Dawn of War]]: Dark Crusade'' has the player do this to the Necron stronghold. Especially with the Necron Pariah's reaction.
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