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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.
This is one way to depict exploding planets, usually by having lines of light crawl across the surface before the [[Earthshattering Kaboom]].
May also cause a [[Pillar of Light]]. May result from a [[Chain
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Virtually anything touched by or in general proximity of Kei or Yuri in ''[[
* When Mr. Fujisawa is dogpiled by Bugrom in the first episode of ''[[El
* ''[[
* Destroyed Strains in ''[[Soukou no Strain]]''.
* It's been said no ''[[The Slayers|Slayers]]'' series or movie can truly begin before Lina's nearly disintegrated a building of some kind with her trademark Fireball spell (actually, every series begins with her blowing something up with her trademark nuke-level ''Dragon Slave'' spell). And that's not including the countless times it'll happen after that.
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* The second Death Star in ''[[Star Wars|Return of the Jedi]]'' flashes lights, minor explosions and gouts of flame all over before it blows up.
** The Seismic Charge in Episode II may count, though it's more of a "Pre-shockwave glow."
* The hangar-sized bomb in ''[[Sunshine (
* The death of Tom Riddle's memory in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (
* The witches from ''[[Hocus Pocus (
* [[The Dragon]] of ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'', Gantu, loses his first ship this way.
* If memory serves, the high tech grenades in ''[[Underworld Evolution]]'' put out white light and gas/steam before they explode. Alexander Corvinus activates one and sets it on a case of others to kill himself and destroy his ship.
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== Literature ==
* In ''The Fourth Bear'' by [[Thursday Next|Jasper Fforde]], this happens with {{spoiler|''radioactive cucumbers''.}} The author says he was inspired by the description of a scientist attempting to {{spoiler|extract sunlight from cucumbers}} in ''[[
* Ctuchik of [[David Eddings]]' ''[[Belgariad]]'' series bites the dust this way when he tries and fails to will an object out of existence.
* In Bill Baldwin's ''Mercenaries'', an enemy space fort goes up in this manner.
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== Live Action TV ==
* [[Babylon
* 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
** Nine does the same glowy explosion, the only difference is that he doesn't blow up half the TARDIS.
* Spike in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' series finale before he {{spoiler|blows up Sunnydale with his soul}}.
* Happens with some monsters in ''[[Power Rangers]]'' on occasion. Examples from the ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin]]'' era include Cyclopsis when it's destroyed the second time and Rito Revolto after getting his bony butt kicked by the Ninja Megafalconzord. He lived.
== Music ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49tpIMDy9BE The video] for [[Lindsey Stirling]]'s ''Shatter Me'' (featuring Lzzy Hale of [[Halestorm]]) shows Lindsey's skin cracking and emitting light before she explodes into pieces.
== 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 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 (
* 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.}}
* Dark Samus in ''[[Metroid]] Prime 2: Echoes''.
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** Also happens after each of ''Corruption'''s major boss battles. Cue [[Unflinching Walk]].
** Also [[Department of Redundancy Department|also]] happens with Samus' Bombs and Power Bombs in the Prime series.
* Hitting certain enemy ships in ''[[R
* In the Adventure Mode of [[Super Smash Bros Melee]], [[Metroid|Planet Zebes]] does this.
** Happens a lot with exploding planets in video games. Zebes, Phaaze, [[Gradius|Bacterion]]... I guess video games really like having an extra glow before the [[Earthshattering Kaboom]].
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* The move animations for [[Action Bomb|Selfdestruct and Explosion]] (especially Explosion) in [[Pokémon]] games begin suggesting this since the 4th generation.
* A couple of bosses in ''[[Seiken Densetsu 3]]'' die this way, including the first boss, Full Metal Hugger.
* Crono's [[Holy Hand Grenade|Luminaire]] attack from ''[[
* Every boss in ''[[Hexen]] II''.
* Happens in ''[[Billy Hatcher]]'' when you lose or break a golden egg.
* Some enemies die in this fashion in ''[[Aquaria (
* Happens whenever a boss dies/gets defeated in the [[Mario
* The explosive abilities Blow Up and Meltdown in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''.
* Some bosses in the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' games die this way.
* Played for laughs in [[The Legend of Zelda:
== 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 (
== Western Animation ==
* The Beast in Disney's ''[[Beauty and
* In the '90s ''[[X-Men (
** Gambit's cards, by the nature of his power, had the same deal- glow for a few seconds ''then'' blow up.
* Justified in an episode of ''[[Batman:
* In an episode of ''[[
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