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Since [[Power Glows]], everything emits light before it blows up, often in brilliant beams that work their way out of cracks in the surface of the doomed object. Often the object bulges like a balloon being squeezed before finally blowing to pieces.
In one distinctive variant it [[X Meets Y|meets]] the [[Pillar of Light]] in a "lighthouse meltdown" effect. Series of beams or lines of light spring out from the object, either from obvious locations, such as the eyes/mouth/other orifices for a creature, or they can simply shine randomly through the surface before it all gives up, often appear one at a time in rapid succession. The actual explosion may take the form of a giant burst of light.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Virtually anything touched by or in general proximity of Kei or Yuri in ''[[Dirty Pair]]''.
* When Mr. Fujisawa is dogpiled by Bugrom in the first episode of ''[[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World]]'', the pile emits a
* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': When the titular [[Humongous Mecha]] hits an enemy with its [[Eye Beams]], the [[Robeast]] uses to glow before exploding (although sometimes it disintegrates).
* Destroyed Strains in ''[[Soukou no Strain]]''.
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** The Seismic Charge in Episode II may count, though it's more of a "Pre-shockwave glow."
* The hangar-sized bomb in ''[[Sunshine (film)|Sunshine]]''.
* The death of Tom Riddle's memory in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', though it's less "light escaping from cracks" and more "big glowy wounds before disappearing in a flash of light".
* The witches from ''[[Hocus Pocus (film)|Hocus Pocus]]'' after being touched by sunlight.
* [[The Dragon]] of ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'', Gantu, loses his first ship this way.
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== Live Action TV ==
* [[Babylon 5]]: The destruction of Earth Force One
* Ted Sprague, the radioactive man from ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' as well as {{spoiler|Peter (illustrated atop the page) and Sylar after they both gain Ted's power.}}
* Nearly all of [[Doctor Who|the Doctor's]] regenerations involve him glowing, but the Tenth Doctor's is the one that truly qualifies for this. His entire body begins to glow until he finally explodes with enough force to destroy the entire room around him.
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== Video Games ==
* With the sheer amount of [[Stuff Blowing Up]] in the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series, it's only natural that some of the explosions include this. Examples include Kurtis' Solidus Arm in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'', and the God Scraper axe skill in ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]''.
* A number of targets destroyed by the heroines of ''[[Sakura Taisen]]''.
* Destroyed capital ships in the original ''[[Colony Wars]]'' game exhibited this, with pure white light spilling out of giant cracks in the hull right before the explosion blanks out the entire screen with white. Later games in the series toned this down a bit.
* At least one boss in ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star
* Most bosses in ''[[Mega Man X]] 4'' onwards, as well every boss in the ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'' and ''[[Mega Man ZX|ZX]]'' series. ''ZX'' ups the bar by having the screen go dark except for the exploding robots.
* The Armos in the 3D ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' titles. After being exploded/receiving an arrow in the back or being fed with bombs/hit enough in the back, they start hopping around madly and eventually explode, glowing in-between.
* Bowser's Galaxy Reactor goes out this way at the end of ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Galaxy]].''
* ''[[Chzo Mythos]]'', in 6 days a sacrifice {{spoiler|when the bomb is going off in the underground complex, you first see rays of light breaking through the ground before the explosion erupts.}}
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== Webcomics ==
* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20110104003543/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=040703 this] ''[[Dragon Tails]]'' strip, they parody the trope (like everything else really).
* Played straight in [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=90 this] ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' strip where Art's computer can't handle a video game.
== Western Animation ==
* The Beast in Disney's ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' gets all kinds of
* In the '90s ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]'' cartoon, whatever object Cable shot would glow like this before it exploded. Probably to [[Media Watchdogs|give anyone enough time to escape before it exploded.]]
** Gambit's cards, by the nature of his power, had the same deal- glow for a few seconds ''then'' blow up.
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