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== [[Film]] -- Live Action ==
* One of the non-lethal weapons in ''[[Mystery Men]]'' was a [[Blow You Away|tornado]] in a can.
* The ''[[Get Smart]]'' movie ''[[The Nudifier|The Nude Bomb]]'' involves a bomb that [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|dissolves people's clothing]].
* ''[[James Bond]]''
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'': Scent bombs are used as a routine countermeasure now that it is generally known that the Ankh-Morpork city watch has a werewolf on staff.
* ''[[Matthew Reilly]]'': flashers and tear gas grenades are fairly reasonable, but he also uses liquid nitrogen grenades and anti-firearm grenades. That's right, a bomb that takes out firearms by filling the air with sticky confetti that gets into the parts of a gun and stops it firing a second time.
* The hero of ''Hornet Flight'' gives the British the schematics of a new German radar system, allowing them to use trick chaff bombs to mess with the Germans, making them believe there is a tremendous wave of enemy airplanes coming to attack them.
* In ''[[Starship Troopers]]'', Johnny Rico uses a device that shouts ''"I'm a thirty second bomb! I'm a thirty second bomb! Twenty-nine! Twenty-eight! ..."'' in the Skinny language to clear out one of their command bunkers.
** The vocal countdown is designed to create mayhem, but this also counts as a subversion, because the bomb is an actual explosive, blowing up when it reaches the end of the countdown.
* The [[Star Wars]] [[Expanded Universe]] mentions grenades such as CryoBan ([[Kill It with Ice|freezes stuff]]), "goop" ([[Sticky Situation|fast-setting glue, used to entangle rioters]]) Bothan stun spores (causes disorientation and nausea) and thermal detonators (create [[Sphere of Destruction|Spheres Of Destruction]]).
* ''[[The Stainless Steel Rat]]'' loves nonlethal gas bombs, including blackout-gas ([[Interface Screw|temporary blindness]]), [[Instant Sedation|knockout gas]], lachrymose and regurgitant<ref>He once said of the latter "The [[Intimidating Revenue Service|IIER]] had made me throw up often enough and I wanted to return the favor"</ref>.
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* ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' has [[Healing Shiv|grenades that heal]].
* Flashbangs are normally used to disorient people but when ''[[Alan Wake]]'' uses them, they either [[One-Hit Kill]] the normal Taken and possessed objects, or [[Weakened by the Light|deplete the stronger Taken's shadows]] to take 'em down.
* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' has [[Sticky Bomb|Sticky Bombs]], [[Smoke Out|smoke bombs]], and "smart bombs" (bombs that inexplicably explode slowly).
* In ''[[Dragon Age]] Origins'' the grenades simply did area damage, but a spell called the Spirit Bomb turns NPC's into potential explosives that can also infect others.
* ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' presents a wider variety, with bombs that slow, stun and damage, or even revive fallen party members. A few rogue-specific skills are named and defined as bombs, a few more a labeled with a bomb icon and exhibit the same grenade range and visual effects.
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* ''[[Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City|Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City]]'': Pheromone Bombs [[Encounter Bait|attract zombies and B.O.W.S.]] to it.
* In ''[[Mass Effect 1]]'', the grenades can be modded to be incendiary grenades, concussion grenades, chemical grenades, flashbangs, and radioactive grenades. In [[Mass Effect 2]], grenades were a much smaller part of gameplay, only available as DLC powers in the form of flashbang grenades and incendiary grenades.
** ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' adds more [[Trick Bomb]] varieties; in addition to standard frag grenades, there are inferno grenades, biotic lift grenades, cluster grenades and [[Sticky Bomb|stick grenades,]]. Also, unlike the last game, the only grenade launcher in the game (the M-37 Falcon) is classified as an assault rifle rather than a heavy weapon. Meaning it can be armed with Incendiary Ammo, Warp Ammo, Disruptor Ammo, Cryo Ammo, and [[Armor-Piercing Attack|Armor Piercing Ammo]]. So in addition to it being able to launch an infinite supply of incendiary grenades and biotic grenades due to using thermal clips, it can also launch grenades that electrocute people (disruptor) and grenades that snap-freeze targets (cryo).
* ''[[The Witcher]]'' contains five different types of bombs, manufactured using alchemy just like potions and blade coatings. The only one that acts even remotely like a traditional explosive is Dragon's Dream (releases a cloud of flammable gas that Geralt can detonate with the Igni sign). The other four bombs produce poison, evoke fear, stun, and blind, respectively.
** ''[[The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings]]'' adds a fragmentation bomb, an incendiary bomb, one that releases noxious gas, a light bomb (illuminates the area), and a psychoactive gas bomb.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Static Shock]]'': Richie made a [[Shock and Awe|shock]] bomb that Static could use if he ran out of juice, and a net bomb that shot a net out when it hit something. When he came into his own intelligence superpowers and became Gear, he came up with others, such as ''quick-cement'' bombs.
* ''[[Stunt Dawgs]]'': The [[Weapon of Choice]].
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' had smoke, slime, and stink bombs in addition to the usual exploding type. And some that explode ''and'' stink.
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