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This is [[Older Than Television]]; if you look at animated cartoons from the early to mid 20th Century, one of the more common mayhem-related props is a bomb--[[Cartoon Bomb|black, bowling-ball-sized, with burning fuse stuck in the top, and possibly the word BOMB on it in big happy white letters.]]
In short, there's no way you or anyone else could possibly confuse the device with anything other than a bomb. All of which are features that would be completely impractical on a real explosive device that you'd ideally want to keep hidden/disguised from the person or persons whose ship/base/car/[[Why Am I Ticking?|body]] you're about to blow up.
This trope may be justified, however, if the Incredibly Obvious Bomb was never meant to be a weapon in the first place. Civilian explosive charges used for excavation and demolition are brightly colored, festooned with techy bits, and clearly labeled as explosive for ''exactly'' the reasons military explosives are ''not''. This trope may also be justified if the Incredibly Obvious Bomb's ''primary'' purpose is to draw your attention away from the ''real'' bomb, or even to lure you into an ideal position for it or some other attack.
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An incredibly obvious bomb will also have incredibly obvious [[Wire Dilemma|wires to cut]]. See also [[Cartoon Bomb]].
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== Anime ==
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* Similar to the Moonites example listed at the top, the events in ''Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'' are set into motion when Kumar brings an Incredibly Obvious ''Bong'' onto the plane, which to anyone not expecting it would easily see it as a '''bomb'''.
* ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'' had the bowling-ball type, complete with "Bomb" written on the side.
** and a [[Shout
* ''Revenge of the Pink Panther'' (1978): Inspector Clouseau, being [[Sarcasm Mode|his usual genius self]], has a mook put what is '''''very''''' obviously a bomb ''right into his hands''. His reaction?
{{quote| '''Clouseau:''' "Special delivery... a bomb... were you expecting one?" (''[[Beat]]'') "'''''[[Oh Crap|A bomb]]'''''?! AUUUUUGGHHH!!!!"}}
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== Live Action Television ==
* In the ''[[
** To be fair, The Master loves these kind of clichés.
*** Especially since such booby traps are planted more to put pressure on the Doctor and endanger his friends than in a serious belief that they'll kill him.
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* Used deliberately in ''[[Burn Notice]]'' when Michael sends a fake bomb to his handler to get his attention.
* Subverted in ''[[Night Court]]''. When someone is apparently trying to kill Harry, he finds a device much like the one shown in the picture above, but as the bomb-squad member sent to take care of it informs him it was just an alarm clock attached by wires to some road flares.
* Played agonizingly, glaringly straight in ''[[Babylon 5]]'''s "The Fall of Night"; it's one of the few flaws in an otherwise spectacular [[Wham! Episode]]. Arguably it didn't need to be disguised because its planters couldn't have expected {{spoiler|Sheridan to survive even if he did jump from the core shuttle, least of all by means of an almost literal [[Deus Ex Machina]]}}, but this only partly mitigates the cheese factor.
** Subverted in a later episode when a bomber goes on a rampage through the station. We never see what the bombs look like (except the final one {{spoiler|attached to the station's fusion reactor}}), but the first one is found by a bunch of lurkers who find it interesting enough to get right next to it just before it goes off. Otherwise we just see explosions occur, taking everyone in the vicinity completely by surprise.
* The ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' and ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' teams like putting big blocks of C4 in the middle of the walls on hallways on enemy ships. It's only been a few times they've bothered to put it under things or tucked away in a corner.
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