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This detonator is usually a plain square box with a plunger on top and wires attached. Although a [[Dead Horse Trope]] in [[Real Life]], it is ubiquitous in classic [[Western Animation]] and frequently encountered in [[Video Games]] and action stories set between the late 19th and mid-20th centuries. In the real world these are actually called "blasting machines" because the plunger spins a little magneto similar to an old-fashioned hand-crank phone to generate the electricity used to detonate the explosives.
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== Comic Books ==
* In the ''[[Achille Talon]]'' album "La Traversée du Disert", a demolition worker uses one to set off charges in a stone
* The bass tuba in ''The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra'' has a plunger detonator attached and a "go" light standing near.
* In ''[[Tintin|Destination Moon]]'', a plunger detonator is used to remotely destroy the rocket X-FLR6 when its radio control is captured by spies.
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