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'''Reno:''' Oh, so you made this? |
'''Reno:''' Oh, so you made this? |
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'''Rude:''' If nothing else, it's ''flashy!'' |
'''Rude:''' If nothing else, it's ''flashy!'' |
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'''Reno:''' Oh, goooood. |
'''Reno:''' Oh, goooood. |
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|''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children|Final Fantasy VII Advent Children]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"Shit be blowin' up!"''|'''Lita''', ''[[Sailor Moon Abridged]]''}} |
{{quote|''"Shit be blowin' up!"''|'''Lita''', ''[[Sailor Moon Abridged]]''}} |
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'''Derek''': Well, whoever said that didn't have as much plastique as we do. |
'''Derek''': Well, whoever said that didn't have as much plastique as we do. |
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'''Sarah''': We can't blow up City Hall. |
'''Sarah''': We can't blow up City Hall. |
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'''Derek''': [[Murder Is the Best Solution|You know it's really not that hard.]] |
'''Derek''': [[Murder Is the Best Solution|You know it's really not that hard.]] |
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|''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' }} |
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{{quote|''"Yar. Must be Exploding Tuesday."''|'''[[Pirate|Bikke]]''', ''[[8-Bit Theater]]''}} |
{{quote|''"Yar. Must be Exploding Tuesday."''|'''[[Pirate|Bikke]]''', ''[[8-Bit Theater]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''Stephen Colbert:''' Jon, um...Did you set fire to Dick Gephardt? |
{{quote|'''Stephen Colbert:''' Jon, um...Did you set fire to Dick Gephardt? |
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'''Jon Stewart:''' That's right, Stephen. We lit former Majority Leader of the House, Dick Gephardt, on fire. And then we blew him up. |
'''Jon Stewart:''' That's right, Stephen. We lit former Majority Leader of the House, Dick Gephardt, on fire. And then we blew him up. |
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|''[[The Daily Show]]'', Indecision 08: America's Choice}} |
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{{quote|''"Jamie want big boom."''|'''Jamie Hyneman''', ''[[MythBusters]]''}} |
{{quote|''"Jamie want big boom."''|'''Jamie Hyneman''', ''[[MythBusters]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''Joker:''' If we don't stop fighting, you're going to miss the fireworks. |
{{quote|'''Joker:''' If we don't stop fighting, you're going to miss the fireworks. |
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'''Batman:''' There won't BE any fireworks! |
'''Batman:''' There won't BE any fireworks! |
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'''Joker:''' And here...we...go. |
'''Joker:''' And here... we... go. |
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|''[[The Dark Knight Saga|The Dark Knight]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"[[wikipedia:Trinitrotoluene|Ch3C6H2(NO2)3]] + [[wikipedia:Mercury fulminate|Hg(CNO)2]] {{=}} well, what? An enormous hole in the ground, a pile of masonry, some bits of flesh and mucus, a foot, with the boot still on it, flying through the air and landing, flop, in the middle of the geraniums–the scarlet ones; such a splendid show that summer!"''|From ''[[Brave New World (novel)|Brave New World]]'', by Aldous Huxley}} |
{{quote|''"[[wikipedia:Trinitrotoluene|Ch3C6H2(NO2)3]] + [[wikipedia:Mercury fulminate|Hg(CNO)2]] {{=}} well, what? An enormous hole in the ground, a pile of masonry, some bits of flesh and mucus, a foot, with the boot still on it, flying through the air and landing, flop, in the middle of the geraniums–the scarlet ones; such a splendid show that summer!"''|From ''[[Brave New World (novel)|Brave New World]]'', by Aldous Huxley}} |
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{{quote|''"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"''| |
{{quote|''"You were only supposed to blow the bloody '''doors''' off!"''|Charlie Croker|''[[The Italian Job]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"DAY 12: ‘Pearl Harbor’ script hits by desktop and my imagination starts rolling. Things blew up at Pearl Harbor. Things blew up real good. I got it in my head to do a 2 ½ hour movie about things blowing up at Pearl Harbor."''|Micheal Bay's "Diary", from a review of ''Pearl Harbor'' by Greg Muskewitz.}} |
{{quote|''"DAY 12: ‘Pearl Harbor’ script hits by desktop and my imagination starts rolling. Things blew up at Pearl Harbor. Things blew up real good. I got it in my head to do a 2 ½ hour movie about things blowing up at Pearl Harbor."''|Micheal Bay's "Diary", from a review of ''Pearl Harbor'' by Greg Muskewitz.}} |
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''Michael-bla-bla-sploom!!!'' |
''Michael-bla-bla-sploom!!!'' |
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''Ma-Ba-sploom!!!'' |
''Ma-Ba-sploom!!!'' |
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''Michal * boom* Baysplosions!!!'' |
''Michal * boom* Baysplosions!!!'' |
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|''[[Robot Chicken]],'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}v7ssUivM-eM this clip].}} |
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{{quote|'''TAG''': Except for the stern. That chunk is still mostly in- |
{{quote|'''TAG''': Except for the stern. That chunk is still mostly in- |
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'''TAG''': -tact? |
'''TAG''': -tact? |
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'''Captain Tagon''': Tact has nothing to do with it. This is ''[[Gunboat Diplomacy|diplomacy]]''. |
'''Captain Tagon''': Tact has nothing to do with it. This is ''[[Gunboat Diplomacy|diplomacy]]''. |
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|''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"I don't ''have'' to blow up everything I see. I just like to."''|'''Kell Tainer''' |
{{quote|''"I don't ''have'' to blow up everything I see. I just like to."''|'''Kell Tainer'''|''[[X Wing Series|Wraith Squadron]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''Donos''': ''Pretty. What do we blow up first?'' |
{{quote|'''Donos''': ''Pretty. What do we blow up first?'' |
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{{quote|'''Mega Man''': Let me guess. You're going to flood the cave with water. |
{{quote|'''Mega Man''': Let me guess. You're going to flood the cave with water. |
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'''Doctor Wily''': No, no, no. Nothing so boring. I'm going to flood it with ''bombs''. |
'''Doctor Wily''': No, no, no. Nothing so boring. I'm going to flood it with ''bombs''. |
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''[[Mega Man (animation)|Mega Man]]'' (Ruby-Spears) }} |
|''[[Mega Man (animation)|Mega Man]]'' (Ruby-Spears) }} |
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{{quote|''"In the Game Boy game where Mega Man uses it, I think Mirror Buster is just a shield that can bounce shots, but instead I made it this thing that absorbs attacks and fires them back as some kind of converted blast. Why? Because explosions."''|[[MS Paint Masterpieces|Disgruntled Ferret]], regarding [http://www.ferretcomic.com/archives/Comic958.png this comic].}} |
{{quote|''"In the Game Boy game where Mega Man uses it, I think Mirror Buster is just a shield that can bounce shots, but instead I made it this thing that absorbs attacks and fires them back as some kind of converted blast. Why? Because explosions."''|[[MS Paint Masterpieces|Disgruntled Ferret]], regarding [http://www.ferretcomic.com/archives/Comic958.png this comic].}} |
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{{quote|'''Caboose''': ''Andy, calm down. Think of a happy place. Now, what makes you happy?'' |
{{quote|'''Caboose''': ''Andy, calm down. Think of a happy place. Now, what makes you happy?'' |
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'''Andy''': (sentient bomb) ''Being in the middle of a huge explosion!'' |
'''Andy''': (sentient bomb) ''Being in the middle of a huge explosion!'' |
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'''Church''': ''Less happy place, Caboose!'' |
'''Church''': ''Less happy place, Caboose!'' |
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|''[[Red vs. Blue]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''Ben Vereen''': ''I get a big charge out of being here''. |
{{quote|'''Ben Vereen''': ''I get a big charge out of being here''. |
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'''Crazy Harry''': (produces a dynamite plunger) ''Did you say a big charge''? |
'''Crazy Harry''': (produces a dynamite plunger) ''Did you say a big charge''? |
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'''Vereen''' and '''Kermit the Frog''': ''No''! |
'''Vereen''' and '''Kermit the Frog''': ''No''! |
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(KABOOM) |
(KABOOM) |
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|''[[The Muppet Show]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"And then... EVERYTHING EXPLODES"!''|'''[[Cloudcuckoolander|The Trickster]]''' |
{{quote|''"And then... EVERYTHING EXPLODES"!''|'''[[Cloudcuckoolander|The Trickster]]'''|''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''}} |
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{{quote|Oh, go on, Archchancellor. What's the good of having mastery over cosmic balance and |
{{quote|Oh, go on, Archchancellor. What's the good of having mastery over cosmic balance and knowing the secrets of fate if you can't blow something up?|'''The Dean'''|''[[Reaper Man]]''}} |
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knowing the secrets of fate if you can't blow something up?|'''The Dean''', ''[[Discworld/Reaper Man|Reaper Man]]''}} |
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{{quote|''<Insert Zeeky Boogy Doog here>''|''[[The Demented Cartoon Movie]]''}} |
{{quote|''<Insert Zeeky Boogy Doog here>''|''[[The Demented Cartoon Movie]]''}} |
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{{quote|[[Chaotic Good|Darklight]]: And most importantly... we must BLOW STUFF UP! |
{{quote|[[Chaotic Good|Darklight]]: And most importantly... we must BLOW STUFF UP! |
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Wolf, Thatch and Kiki: ... |
Wolf, Thatch and Kiki: ... |
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Darklight: Um... blow... evil... stuff... up... |
Darklight: Um... blow... evil... stuff... up... |
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|''[[The Heroes of Middlecenter]]''}} |
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{{quote|"[[Verbal Tic|Say]]... [[Oh Crap|Vince put his chemicals in that pie...]]"|Jefery, [[Saving Private Edwards|a more obscure example]] }} |
{{quote|"[[Verbal Tic|Say]]... [[Oh Crap|Vince put his chemicals in that pie...]]"|Jefery, [[Saving Private Edwards|a more obscure example]] }} |
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{{quote|'''Riff''': Wood, mortar, plaster... various materials mundane materials that share one important quality. They all can be blown up. |
{{quote|'''Riff''': Wood, mortar, plaster... various materials mundane materials that share one important quality. They all can be blown up. |
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'''Torg''': Riff, that's ''always'' your plan. |
'''Torg''': Riff, that's ''always'' your plan. |
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'''Riff''': It's more of a philosophy. |
'''Riff''': It's more of a philosophy. |
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|''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''Torg''': Don't you have more gadgets than just the bazooka? |
{{quote|'''Torg''': Don't you have more gadgets than just the bazooka? |
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'''Riff''': I stopped bothering to pack them months ago. |
'''Riff''': I stopped bothering to pack them months ago. |
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|''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero."''|'''Vaarsuvius''' |
{{quote|''"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero."''|'''Vaarsuvius'''|''[[The Order of the Stick]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"Their songs followed the simple premise of boy being meets girl being under the silvery moon, which then explodes for no adequately explored reason."''|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/The Restaurant At The End of The Universe|The Restaurant |
{{quote|''"Their songs followed the simple premise of boy being meets girl being under the silvery moon, which then explodes for no adequately explored reason."''|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/The Restaurant At The End of The Universe|The Restaurant at the End of the Universe]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"The goal is to create a piece of advertising that's original and exciting, if intelligent and provocative - in other words, lots of things blowing up!"''|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}MbGNcoB2Y4I Trailer for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie] on movie trailers''}} |
{{quote|''"The goal is to create a piece of advertising that's original and exciting, if intelligent and provocative - in other words, lots of things blowing up!"''|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}MbGNcoB2Y4I Trailer for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie] on movie trailers''}} |
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{{quote|''"Explosions, people! In case you missed it!"''|'''[[That Guy With The Glasses|Doug Walker]]'''}} |
{{quote|''"Explosions, people! In case you missed it!"''|'''[[That Guy With The Glasses|Doug Walker]]'''}} |
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{{quote|''"[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|TTGL]] gattais with Great [[Zeorymer]] and [[Ideon]]. What happens?" |
{{quote|''"[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|TTGL]] gattais with Great [[Zeorymer]] and [[Ideon]]. What happens?"'' |
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''"Shit fucking blows up everywhere forever." |
''"Shit fucking blows up everywhere forever."'' |
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|'''[[Image Boards|Anon and Might Gaine, /m/]]'''}} |
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{{quote|And the army is like: BLOW STUFF UP! BLOW STUFF UP!!!|[[That Guy With The Glasses|Chester A. Bum]], ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]''}} |
{{quote|And the army is like: BLOW STUFF UP! BLOW STUFF UP!!!|[[That Guy With The Glasses|Chester A. Bum]], ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''Captain Jack''': I was gonna send for another [sonic blaster] but ''somebody'' blew up the factory! |
{{quote|'''Captain Jack''': I was gonna send for another [sonic blaster] but ''somebody'' blew up the factory! |
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'''Rose Tyler''': Oh, I know. First day I met 'im, he blew my job up, it's practically how he communicates. |
'''Rose Tyler''': Oh, I know. First day I met 'im, he blew my job up, it's practically how he communicates. |
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|'''[[Doctor Who]]''', "The Doctor Dances"}} |
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{{quote|"Dynamite solves everything!"|'''Peri''', ''[[Spliced]]''}} |
{{quote|"Dynamite solves everything!"|'''Peri''', ''[[Spliced]]''}} |
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{{quote|"Sometimes, when I morph, I can't help but notice this gigantic explosion right behind me for no apparent reason." |
{{quote|"Sometimes, when I morph, I can't help but notice this gigantic explosion right behind me for no apparent reason." |
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"I assume you're referring to the residual energy runoff that is sometimes necessary to clear the suit's bio-field channels during the morph." |
"I assume you're referring to the residual energy runoff that is sometimes necessary to clear the suit's bio-field channels during the morph." |
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"I'm referring to the six-story-tall fireballs like that one, right there! Now, could that happen to me in the kitchen or something?" |
"I'm referring to the six-story-tall fireballs like that one, right there! Now, could that happen to me in the kitchen or something?" |
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|'''[[Meta Guy|Ziggy Grover]]''' and '''[[Insufferable Genius|Dr. K]]''''|''[[Power Rangers RPM]]''}} |
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{{quote|"[[Lampshade Hanging|Why does everything explode so]] ''[[Lampshade Hanging|easily]]''?|Dr. Doofenshmirtz, ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', "Ask a Foolish Question"}} |
{{quote|"[[Lampshade Hanging|Why does everything explode so]] ''[[Lampshade Hanging|easily]]''?|Dr. Doofenshmirtz, ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', "Ask a Foolish Question"}} |
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{{quote|"[[Heroes|Good guys]], [[Villains|bad guys]], and explosions; as far as the eye can see..."|''[[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (song)|Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]''}} |
{{quote|"[[Heroes|Good guys]], [[Villains|bad guys]], and explosions; as far as the eye can see..."|''[[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (song)|Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]''}} |
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{{quote|"''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Awesome barbecue!]]''" [Boom!] "''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Awesome pool!]]''" [Boom!]|'''[[Michael Bay]]''' |
{{quote|"''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Awesome barbecue!]]''" [Boom!] "''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Awesome pool!]]''" [Boom!]|'''[[Michael Bay]]'''|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}lXRCf9LbLM0 TV commercial for Verizon Fios]}} |
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{{quote|"Why isn't everything exploding?!"|'''[[Michael Bay|Japanese Michael Bay]]''' |
{{quote|"Why isn't everything exploding?!"|'''[[Michael Bay|Japanese Michael Bay]]'''|''[[Naruto: The Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show]]''}} |
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{{quote|"Kincaid! ''[[Mad Bomber|Bolshevik]] [[Muppet]] [[Murder Is the Best Solution|solution]]''!"|'''Harry Dresden''''s plan goes awry, ''[[Dresden Files|Blood Rites]]''}} |
{{quote|"Kincaid! ''[[Mad Bomber|Bolshevik]] [[Muppet]] [[Murder Is the Best Solution|solution]]''!"|'''Harry Dresden''''s plan goes awry, ''[[Dresden Files|Blood Rites]]''}} |
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{{quote|"Nothing gets a party goin' like a few pounds of chemical charges... hey, they've got [[Land Mine Goes Click|mines]] too! ''Verry'' nice, [[Crazy Prepared|we'll take 'em along as well]]."|'''Michael Falkner''' |
{{quote|"Nothing gets a party goin' like a few pounds of chemical charges... hey, they've got [[Land Mine Goes Click|mines]] too! ''Verry'' nice, [[Crazy Prepared|we'll take 'em along as well]]."|'''Michael Falkner'''|''[[Earth 2150|Earth 2160]]''}} |
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{{quote|''At last, all my powers restored! Speed! Invisibility! Astral projection! And my personal favorite...COMBUSTION!''|'''Shendu''' |
{{quote|''At last, all my powers restored! Speed! Invisibility! Astral projection! And my personal favorite...COMBUSTION!''|'''Shendu'''|''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]''}} |
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{{quote|It blowed up ''real'' good!|''[[SCTV]]'', "Farm Film Report"}} |
{{quote|It blowed up ''real'' good!|''[[SCTV]]'', "Farm Film Report"}} |
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{{quote|Nuclear explosions under the Nevada desert? What the fuck are we testing for? We already know the shit blows up.|[[Frank Zappa]]}} |
{{quote|Nuclear explosions under the Nevada desert? What the fuck are we testing for? We already know the shit blows up.|[[Frank Zappa]]}} |
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{{quote|There's a recent report of a method to make a more stable form of it [CL-20], by mixing it with TNT. Yes, this is an example of something that becomes ''less explosive'' as a one-to-one cocrystal with TNT. Although, as the authors point out, if you heat those crystals up the two components separate out, and you're left with crystals of pure CL-20 soaking in liquid TNT, a situation that will heighten your awareness of the fleeting nature of life.|Derek Lowe, Blogger and Chemist |
{{quote|There's a recent report of a method to make a more stable form of it [CL-20], by mixing it with TNT. Yes, this is an example of something that becomes ''less explosive'' as a one-to-one cocrystal with TNT. Although, as the authors point out, if you heat those crystals up the two components separate out, and you're left with crystals of pure CL-20 soaking in liquid TNT, a situation that will heighten your awareness of the fleeting nature of life.|Derek Lowe, Blogger and Chemist|''[http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/things_i_wont_work_with/ Things I Won't Work With: Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane]''}} |
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{{quote|No boom ''today''. Boom tomorrow. There is always a boom tomorrow. (as others leave) What? Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here. Sooner or later, ''boom!''|Ivanova |
{{quote|No boom ''today''. Boom tomorrow. There is always a boom tomorrow. (as others leave) What? Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here. Sooner or later, ''boom!''|Ivanova|''[[Babylon 5]]''}} |
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{{quote|One day, baby, milkshake! Boom!|[[The Tick (animation)|The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight]]}} |
{{quote|One day, baby, milkshake! Boom!|[[The Tick (animation)|The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight]]}} |
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"Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?"
—Sundance, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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Explosions! MORE explosions! I got to have more explosions!
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"Shit be blowin' up!"
—Lita, Sailor Moon Abridged
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John: I guess when they say you can't fight City Hall, they really mean it. |
"Yar. Must be Exploding Tuesday."
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"A nice explosion now and then keeps the mind sharp."
—Urdnot Wrex, Mass Effect
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"Let's see: sixty seconds on the clock plus one 300kg bomb equals lots of little pieces of submarine. So now... the question is, what will you do, Kashim?"
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Stephen Colbert: Jon, um...Did you set fire to Dick Gephardt? —The Daily Show, Indecision 08: America's Choice
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"Jamie want big boom."
—Jamie Hyneman, MythBusters
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"When in doubt... C4."
—Jamie Hyneman, MythBusters
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"They explode! My life has taken on new meaning!"
—Elsa Bloodstone, Nextwave
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"Dude, you have a bazooka. Stop thinking Prague Police and start thinking Playstation. Blow shit up!"
—Xander, XXX
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"See, I'm a man of simple tastes. I like dynamite... and gunpowder... and gasoline!"
—The Joker, The Dark Knight
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Joker: If we don't stop fighting, you're going to miss the fireworks. |
"Ch3C6H2(NO2)3 + Hg(CNO)2 = well, what? An enormous hole in the ground, a pile of masonry, some bits of flesh and mucus, a foot, with the boot still on it, flying through the air and landing, flop, in the middle of the geraniums–the scarlet ones; such a splendid show that summer!"
—From Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
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"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"
—Charlie Croker, The Italian Job
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"BLOW THINGS UP! BLOW THINGS UP!"
—cry of the Jammers from Feng Shui
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"The Incredibles - no sequence unexploded."
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“I do not understand why everything in this script must inevitably explode.”
—Teal'c, Stargate SG 1
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"The all time classic, Super Mario 64! NOW WITH FIVE THOUSAND PERCENT MORE EXPLOSIONS!
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There are no problems which cannot be solved by judicious use of high explosives.
—British Commando saying, World War 2
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Explosions fix everything!
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I got to draw superfluous explosions, though! Those are my favorite kind!
—Awkward Zombie, from The Rant
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Michael Bay presents: Explosions! |
TAG: Except for the stern. That chunk is still mostly in- |
"I don't have to blow up everything I see. I just like to."
—Kell Tainer, Wraith Squadron
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Donos: Pretty. What do we blow up first? —Solo Command
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Mega Man: Let me guess. You're going to flood the cave with water. —Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)
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"In the Game Boy game where Mega Man uses it, I think Mirror Buster is just a shield that can bounce shots, but instead I made it this thing that absorbs attacks and fires them back as some kind of converted blast. Why? Because explosions."
—Disgruntled Ferret, regarding this comic.
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Caboose: Andy, calm down. Think of a happy place. Now, what makes you happy? |
Ben Vereen: I get a big charge out of being here. |
"And then... EVERYTHING EXPLODES"!
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Oh, go on, Archchancellor. What's the good of having mastery over cosmic balance and knowing the secrets of fate if you can't blow something up?
—The Dean, Reaper Man
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<Insert Zeeky Boogy Doog here>
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"Art is a bang, un!"
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"He did 'Boom!'. No matter how many times you hear, it's always a good sound."
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Darklight: And most importantly... we must BLOW STUFF UP! |
"If in doubt, just start blowing shit up."
—James Grayson in Resistance Retribution, after blowing up a Chimera power core in the Construction Zone.
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"What's cooler than saying 'fuck'? Blowing something up!"
—Claire Hooper, The Sideshow With Paul McDermott
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Riff: Wood, mortar, plaster... various materials mundane materials that share one important quality. They all can be blown up. |
Torg: Don't you have more gadgets than just the bazooka? |
"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero."
—Vaarsuvius, The Order of the Stick
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"Their songs followed the simple premise of boy being meets girl being under the silvery moon, which then explodes for no adequately explored reason."
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"The goal is to create a piece of advertising that's original and exciting, if intelligent and provocative - in other words, lots of things blowing up!"
—Trailer for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie on movie trailers
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"The first bomb is always the hardest."
—Parker, Leverage
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JOKER unleashes an all-out barrage of missiles, like the biggest fucking missiles you will ever see. BATMAN shoots his own back, and they all collide together in the middle of a violent explosion, and then, an explosion within that explosion. Afterward: one last explosion, this time in slow motion, with tanks flying out of it.
—Michael Bay's rejected "The Dark Knight" Script.
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"If they don't blow up at least ten national monuments, I'm leaving!"
—Chez Geek flavor text for the card "Summer Blockbuster"
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"If it's bombs they want... I'm happy to oblige."
—Skuld's response to being badly outnumbered by a brainwashed science class armed with grenades, Ah! My Goddess, Ch. 82
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"Explosions, people! In case you missed it!"
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And the army is like: BLOW STUFF UP! BLOW STUFF UP!!!
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"*sniffs* Michael Bay would be proud."
—The Nostalgia Chick, on the train explosion scene in Anastasia
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Captain Jack: I was gonna send for another [sonic blaster] but somebody blew up the factory! —Doctor Who, "The Doctor Dances"
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"Dynamite solves everything!"
—Peri, Spliced
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"My years with Mr. Tesla have taught me that there's one underlying scientific principle common to all existence. Everything explodes."
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"It's gonna go boom, it's Atari! It's gonna go boom! *Death Star in the video game he was playing explodes* BOOM!!!!"
—The Angry Video Game Nerd in the "Star Wars Games" episode.
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"Eenie, meenie, minie, moe ... oh, why not all of them?"
—Jaya Ballard about the Meteor Shower spell, Magic: The Gathering
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"Why does everything explode so easily?
—Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Phineas and Ferb, "Ask a Foolish Question"
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"Why isn't everything exploding?!"
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"Nothing gets a party goin' like a few pounds of chemical charges... hey, they've got mines too! Verry nice, we'll take 'em along as well."
—Michael Falkner, Earth 2160
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At last, all my powers restored! Speed! Invisibility! Astral projection! And my personal favorite...COMBUSTION!
—Shendu, Jackie Chan Adventures
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It blowed up real good!
—SCTV, "Farm Film Report"
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And now the penguin on top of your computer will explode...
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"Sometimes, people just explode."
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It is true that even a few nuclear or hydrogen explosions can do terrible damage.
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Nuclear explosions under the Nevada desert? What the fuck are we testing for? We already know the shit blows up.
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There's a recent report of a method to make a more stable form of it [CL-20], by mixing it with TNT. Yes, this is an example of something that becomes less explosive as a one-to-one cocrystal with TNT. Although, as the authors point out, if you heat those crystals up the two components separate out, and you're left with crystals of pure CL-20 soaking in liquid TNT, a situation that will heighten your awareness of the fleeting nature of life.
—Derek Lowe, Blogger and Chemist, Things I Won't Work With: Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane
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No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There is always a boom tomorrow. (as others leave) What? Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here. Sooner or later, boom!
—Ivanova, Babylon 5
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One day, baby, milkshake! Boom!
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