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** In ''WesternAnimation/BacallToArms'', directed by Creator/BobClampett, the wolf steals a cigarette from Creator/LaurenBacall, and Creator/HumphreyBogart shoots him dead and smokes it-- and it explodes (naturally), turning Bogey into a blackface caricature who says in an Eddie Rochester voice, "My oh my! I can work for [[Series/TheJackBennyShow Mr. Benny]] now!"

* In the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' comics, ComicBook/TheJoker has been known to kill people with exploding cigars loaded with a lethal charge of explosives. One particular use of one single-handedly signaled the end of the HarmlessVillain status he had in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], [[NotSoHarmlessVillain back to the monstrous psychopath he was at the beginning and is still known as today]]. Franchise/{{Superman}}'s foe the Prankster sometimes uses them as well.

* ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'' The rat enemies in Paris provide a variation on this trope. They throw bombs disguised as cigars at you and use them as weapons.

A common variation of this joke (usually non-fatal, but not always) is for the victim to suspect the cigar is "loaded" and insist on swapping cigars with the instigator; unfortunately, the instigator is too clever for him and had the "loaded" one in the first place, meaning the victim still ends up falling for it.

* Weaponized in ''Film/BulletInTheHead''. Luke, the most badass of the heroes, have a packet of Havana cigars with him containing C4. During the nightclub shootout, in more than one scene he'll light his cigars, take a puff, and throw it at mooks with devastating effects.

* In the [[WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale Chip 'n' Dale]] short "The Lone Chipmunks", Chip and Dale replace outlaw WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}'s cigarette tobacco with gunpowder. This winds up backfiring when Pete tosses the resulting loaded cigarette away, where it explodes near the 'munks.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}'': George Geef is caught by one at the end of "No Smoking" (1951). He is so [[MustHaveNicotine desperate for a smoke]] that he doesn't even care about the AshFace, but just stands there blissfully inhaling the smoke.

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* In the [[WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale Chip 'n' Dale]] short "The Lone Chipmunks'', Chip and Dale replace outlaw WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}'s cigarette tobacco with gunpowder. This winds up backfiring when Pete tosses the resulting loaded cigarette away, where it explodes near the 'munks.

* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_lyQHm_TF4 "Circus Time"]] DriveInTheater intermission, the 5-minute spot has a clown fall victim to an exploding cigar (starting at 6:56 in the video).

* Sam Starfall used this particular prank in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''. It started when Helix accidentally alerted him to the fact that [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1600/fc01524.htm exploding cigars were a thing that existed]]. Shortly thereafter, he enlisted Florence's help in making some, with the intent of giving them to the Mayor. It took a while, but she [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1800/fc01783.htm eventually tried to smoke them.]]

* In * A ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' section that suggests things to do in case of living in the world of ''Film/TheDayAfter'' has one thing being giving one of these cigars to somebody who is pro-nuclear war.Creator/WilhelmBusch's ''Literature/MaxAndMoritz'' (1865), Max and Moritz maliciously stuff their teacher's meerschaum pipe with gunpowder.

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* In the first ComicBook/PostCrisis ''Batman''/''Superman'' CrossOver (in John Byrne's ''ComicBook/TheManOfSteel'' miniseries), female villain Magpie killed a henchman who had failed her by stabbing him with a poisoned needle that paralyzed him. Once he couldn't move, she stuck a dynamite stick into his mouth, lit the fuse and walked away. Her name for this? [[ShoutOut "Happy]] [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Birthday"]].

* In an AlternateContinuity ''Batman''[=/=]''Lobo'' crossover, Lobo kills Penguin this way.

* In Creator/WilhelmBusch's ''Literature/MaxAndMoritz'' (1865), Max and Moritz maliciously stuff their teacher's meerschaum pipe with gunpowder.

* A ''MAD Magazine'' section that suggests things to do in case of living in the world of ''Film/TheDayAfter'' has one thing being giving one of these cigars to somebody who is pro-nuclear war.

* Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'' episode "Mars and Beyond" part 2: "Mars in Pop Culture" has a segment where a SexySecretary is kidnapped by Martians. She eventually changes into a superheroine and defeats the Martians by giving them exploding cigars.

* In ''Film/RoadToMorocco'', Hope and Crosby escape from the Sheik by putting gunpowder into, not cigars, but cigarettes.
* An odd one is smoked in ''Film/AprilFoolsDay'', as it takes quite a while before exploding.
* ''Film/PoliceAcademy6CityUnderSiege'' sees the Wilson Heights gang offer a cigar to their silhouetted mastermind, and fall about laughing when it goes off, complete with his shadow hat lifting off his head briefly. Probably because, when it goes bang, [[SpecialEffectsFailure you can actually see the silhouette of the stick raising said hat!]]

* When ''GingerMeggs' was made into a live-action film, there was one scene where the local bruiser (he was noticeably older than the kids) was tricked into smoking one such cigar. All the kids watching him knew what was going to happen and could be seen drawing back. The result was the typical smoke-blackened face and the character keeling over in surprise but no other damage.

* Occurs to JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' when they discuss explosions.
* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Barney uses an exploding meatball sandwich as a means of getting back at Marshall. However, he spent months perfecting it since the early versions tended to blow the heads off the test dummies and Barney is not that evil.

* On an episode of ''Series/DeadliestCatch'', Edgar Hansen loads a cigarette that is given to his brother (and captain) Sig. Thankfully the charge is small, so it doesn't do anything more than give Sig a bit of a scare.

* ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} tries these at one early point. Dogbert tries to tell him that they're meant to be given to other people, but Dilbert responds "It's too late, I'm hooked."

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': In the ChristmasEpisode, while Eddy is searching the closet in the beginning, there is a box labelled "exploding cigars".
* Played with in the 1969 ''WesternAnimation/TheInspector'' cartoon "French Freud," where the Inspector is aware someone is out to get him at the start, due to the numerous mishaps occurring to him. At a restaurant, he catches on and is afraid to smoke his after-dinner cigar, as it may be an exploding one. He tosses it out the window, and sure enough, it blows up. So he sticks with his "trusty old pipe," which [[DoubleSubversion also ends up exploding]] when lit.
* The 1951 Disney short ''No Smoking'', featuring WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} as an extreme nicotine addict who falls victim to the exploding cigar gag at the end.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoo'' cartoon "Magoo's Express", two Eastern European spies board the same train as Magoo, smuggling a new explosive inside a cigar. Magoo ends up in possession of said cigar, and has just lit it when the porter tells him that he's not allowed to smoke in the car, so Magoo tosses it out the window. A hobo picks it up and tries it, but doesn't like the taste and throws it back on the train, where it explodes right where the spies are sitting.
* [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren and Stimpy]] are given these in "Circus Midgets".
* In the [[WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale Chip 'n' Dale]] short "The Lone Chipmunks'', Chip and Dale replace outlaw WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}'s cigarette tobacco with gunpowder. This winds up backfiring when Pete tosses the resulting loaded cigarette away, where it explodes near the 'munks.
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'': In "The Invasion of Colonel K", [[ThePrankster Funny Bone]] forces cigars on DM and Penfold, despite their protestations that they don't smoke. The cigars immediately explode in their faces.
* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_lyQHm_TF4 "Circus Time"]] DriveInTheater intermission, the 5-minute spot has a clown fall victim to an exploding cigar (starting at 6:56 in the video).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}'': George Geef is caught by one at the end of "No Smoking". He is so [[MustHaveNicotine desperate for a smoke]] that he doesn't even care about the AshFace, but just stands there blissfully inhaling the smoke.

--->'''Producer (who has no idea what's about to happen):''' So the show's been quite successful so far, have things blown up for you yet?
--->'''Drew:''' No, not yet.
--->'''Producer (lighting cigar):''' Don't worry, they will!
--->'''Cigar: BOOM!!!'''

A form of NonFatalExplosions. Also see AshFace. Compare EatTheBomb. Contrast CigarFuseLighting.

* ''{{Website/Snopes}}'' mentions [[http://www.snopes.com/history/american/grantcigar.asp a legend]] of Ulysses S. Grant involving one.

---> '''Cigar: BOOM!!!'''

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': in the ChristmasEpisode, while Eddy is searching the closet in the beginning, there is a box labelled "exploding cigars".
* Played with in the 1969 ''WesternAnimation/TheInspector'' cartoon "French Freud," where the Inspector is aware someone is out to get him at the start, due to the numerous mishaps occurring to him. At a restaurant, he catches on and is afraid to smoke his after-dinner cigar [as it may be an exploding one. He tosses it out the window, and sure enough, it blows up. So he sticks with his "trusty old pipe," which [[DoubleSubversion also ends up exploding]] when lit.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoo'' cartoon "Magoo's Express", two Eastern European spies board the same train as Magoo, smuggling a new explosive inside a cigar. Magoo ends up in possession of said cigar, and has just lit it when the porter tells him that he's not allowed to smoke in the car, so he tosses it out the window. A hobo picks it up and tries it, but doesn't like the taste and throws it back on the train, where it explodes right where the spies are sitting.

* In the [[WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale Chip 'n' Dale]] short "The Lone Chipmunks'', Chip and Dale replace outlaw [[WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} Pete's]] cigarette tobacco with gunpowder. This winds up backfiring when Pete tosses the resulting loaded cigarette away, where it explodes near the 'munks.

* In an appearance on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', Harry Anderson did a trick where lit a piece of paper on fire and turned it into a cigarette. He said, "This stuff's dynamite", as he lit the cigarette. After a couple of puffs, the cigarette exploded and Harry remarked, "This stuff ''really is'' dynamite" and tossed it away.

** ComicBook/TheJoker has done this too. In both cases, one of the other mooks screamed [[ShoutOut "No! Not Happy Birthday!"]]

* ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'': a big, pugilistic monster is thwarted when the sub fires a cigar into his mouth, then, converting to a lighter, obligingly lights it. A few peaceful bars of Bach, then, Ka-BOOM!

* An exploding cigar packed with a lethal charge of black powder was used as a murder weapon in the ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' episode "Child's Play". It showed the guy's jaw blown off. [[spoiler:And the victim ''wasn't even the intended target.'' The real target was a joke shop owner by the name of "Laughing Larry", who's infamous in-universe for his shoddy merchandise. A few decades before, when the perp was a child, he and his best friend pooled their allowances to order a cardboard submarine from Larry. The perp was somewhat diappointed, but still set the assembled boat out on a small lake, but it sank soon after, with the perp's best friend (who couldn't swim and drowned) inside.]]