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'''Joker:''' And here...we...go.|''[[The Dark Knight Saga|TheDarkKnight]]''}}
 
{{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|''"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"''|From ''[[The Italian Job]]''}}
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{{quote|''"[[The Incredibles]] - no sequence unexploded."''|2='''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbdqjkJ7ooo John Walker]'''}}
 
{{quote|''“I do not understand why everything in this script must inevitably explode”explode.”''|'''Teal'c''', ''[[Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG 1]]'' }}
 
{{quote|"The all time classic, [[Super Mario 64]]! [[Up to Eleven|NOW WITH FIVE THOUSAND PERCENT MORE EXPLOSIONS]]!|2=[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}DNsXJBFYEt0 Super Explosive Mario 64]}}
 
{{quote|''When a chemical plant goes sour, you get The Fireball: large pieces of white-hot metal go flying everywhere at high speeds, and you can lose a hundred-million-dollar investment in four seconds. That's if you're lucky. If you're unlucky, you get Bhopal. Chemical companies compensate ... by carefully watching the pot, using a technology that could be described as A Lot of Old People Who Know How to Make Teflon Without Wiping Out Wilmington. This is expensive, and wasteful, and often leaky.''|Michael Gruber, in ''Wired'' 2.10}}
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{{quote|''There are no problems which cannot be solved by judicious use of high explosives.''|British Commando saying, World War 2}}
 
{{quote|''Explosions fix everything!''|[[Shinichi Watanabe|Nabeshin]], ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]''}}
 
{{quote|''I got to draw superfluous explosions, though! Those are my favorite kind!''|''[[Awkward Zombie]],'' from [[The Rant]]}}
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''Michael-bla-bla-sploom!!!''
''Ma-Ba-sploom!!!''
''Michal * boom* Baysplosions!!!''|2=''[[Robot Chicken]],'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}v7ssUivM-eM this clip].}}
 
{{quote|'''TAG''': Except for the stern. That chunk is still mostly in-
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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''', ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''}}
 
{{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."''|''[[HitchThe HikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy/The Restaurant At The End of The Universe|The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe]]''}}
 
{{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 first bomb is always the hardest."''|'''Parker''', ''[[Leverage]]''}}
 
{{quote|''JOKER unleashes [[Macross Missile Massacre|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 [[Tank Goodness|tanks]] flying out of it.''|[[Michael Bay]]'s rejected [http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id{{=}}947994%3ABlogPost%3A355506 "The Dark Knight" Script.]}}
 
{{quote|"If they don't blow up at least ten [[Monumental Damage|national monuments]], I'm leaving!"|''[[Chez Geek]]'' flavor text for the card "[[Summer Blockbuster]]"}}
 
{{quote|''"If it's bombs they want... I'm happy to oblige."''|'''[[Gadgeteer Genius|Skuld's]]''' [[Badass Boast|response]] to being badly outnumbered by a brainwashed science class armed with grenades, ''[[Ah! My Goddess|Oh My Goddess!]]'', Ch. 82}}
 
{{quote|''"Explosions, people! In case you missed it!"''|'''[[That Guy With The Glasses|Doug Walker]]'''}}
 
{{quote|''"[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|TTGL]] gattais with Great [[Zeorymer]] and [[Ideon]]. What happens?"<br />
''"Shit fucking blows up everywhere forever."|'''[[Image Boards|Anon and Might Gaine, /m/]]'''}}
 
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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.|'''[[Doctor Who]]''', "The Doctor Dances"}}
 
{{quote|"Dynamite solves everything!"|'''Peri''', ''[[Spliced]]''}}
 
{{quote|"My years with Mr. Tesla have taught me that there's one underlying scientific principle common to all existence. ''Everything'' explodes." |'''[[Atomic Robo]]'''}}
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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|"''[[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]}}
 
{{quote|"Why isn't everything exploding?!"|'''[[Michael Bay|Japanese Michael Bay]]''', ''[[Naruto: The Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show]]''}}
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{{quote|It blowed up ''real'' good!|''[[SCTV]]'', "Farm Film Report"}}
 
{{quote|And now the penguin on top of your computer will explode...|''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''}}
 
{{quote|"Sometimes, people just explode."|''[[Repo Man]]''}}
 
{{quote|It is true that even a few nuclear or hydrogen explosions can do terrible damage.|[[w:Edward Teller|Dr. Edward Teller]]}}
 
{{quote|Nuclear explosions under the Nevada desert? What the fuck are we testing for? We already know the shit blows up.|[[Frank Zappa]]}}
 
{{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]''}}
 
{{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]]''}}
 
{{quote|One day, baby, milkshake! Boom!|[[The Tick (animation)|The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight]]}}
 
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