Lana Lang on Smallville.
Exploding vehicles are, put simply, vehicles that explode. You know... KABOOM! KABLOOEY! KABLAMMO! And other nifty onomatopoeia. The reasons for a vehicle to explode varies. It could be something simple like a fire in the electrical system that hits the gas tank then BLAMMO! In most cases however, a vehicle explodes because some nefarious ne'er do'well plants a bomb inside of it. These mad bomber tropes crop up in a lot of different television programs, mostly crime dramas. In nearly all cases, an exploding vehicle proves fatal to the driver and passengers, but on rare occasion, some have been known to survive. In other circumstances, an individual may deliberately case their vehicle to explode in order to fake their own death.
Appearances[]
Television[]
- Amazing Stories: The Mission - A B-17 bomber explodes in combat during World War II.
- Avengers: Avengers Assemble (Part 1) - Hawkeye 'splodes some of Ultron's robot vehicles.
- New Adventures of Superman: The Force Phantom - Superman punches a Deimosian flying saucer, blowing it to bits and killing its two occupants.
- The Gifted: got your siX - Thunderbird deflects a pipe bomb at an abandoned car that explodes.
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Weapons Factory - Exploding CIS super tank.
Films[]
- Argoman: The Fantastic Superman - Jenabell's plane explodes when sunlight interacts with her gemstone.
- Incredibles, The - Numerous hover-craft explosions on Nomanisan Island.
- Invaders from Mars (1986) - Martian-controlled agents drive a liquid nitrogen truck into the space shuttle.
- Spider-Man: Far from Home - Numerous vehicles being destroyed in Paris, Venice, and Prague.
- Starship Invasions - Exploding space ships.
Comics[]
- 1st Issue Special 12 - Starman's ship explodes after it crashes in the Harlem River, killing Dave Clarson.
- Amazing Spider-Man 131 - Hammerhead crashes his helicopter into a nuclear plant.
- Blackgas 3 - Tyler and Soo Park turn vehicle into flaming car bomb to kill scores of infected.
- Captain Britain 1 - Brian Braddock's motorcycle crashes off a cliff.
- Civil War 1 - Bus explodes when Nitro detonates.
- Daredevil 22 - The Owl blows up his own owl-ship in an effort to kill Daredevil.
- Marvel Team-Up 65 - Brian Braddock crashes his motorcycle in flashback and it explodes.
- My Greatest Adventure 80 - Space ship explodes seemingly killing General Immortus.
- Ultimate X-Men 4 - Cars blow up during battle between the X-Men and the Brotherhood in Croatia.
- Uncanny X-Men 97 - Havok accidentally destroys a TWA airplane at J.F.K. International Airport.
- Walking Dead 47 - Billy Greene blows up a car with a grenade, killing several members of the Woodbury army.
- X-Factor 206
Novels[]
- Dead Zone, The - Greg Stillson kills an FBI agent wit ha car bomb.