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* In ''ComicBook/Batgirl2009'' #20, Batgirl defeats the speedster Slipstream by sticking several explosive [[TrickBomb electrogoop]] batarangs to his back.
* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': Tim manages to take out three members of the Jury by slipping a non-lethal electrical device on one of their ankles as they try to dogpile him, and then setting it off when all three are nearly stacked on top of each other trying to kill him.

* ''Film/ThePredator'': Casey Bracket is handcuffed to a chair and is about to be executed because SheKnowsTooMuch. A Predator dog appears to provide a distraction and obligingly coughs up a grenade [[GoFetch it swallowed earlier]]. Casey hits the guard with the chair and shoves the grenade down his assault vest, then dives over the railing to escape the blast... only for the [[OhCrap chair to get caught on the railing.]]
* ''Film/TheProfessional'': After being gunned down by Stansfield. Leon hands him a metal ring from "Matilda" with his dying breath. Stansfield then works it out it's from the clutch of grenades attached to Leon's chest.

* Shaw [[FacialHorror tosses a stun grenade inside a gas mask]] in ''Series/PersonOfInterest''

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'', this plays into [[GuileHero Joseph]]'s [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Establishing Character Fight]] against Straizo. After [[JustShootHim surprising the immortal vampire with a Tommy gun]] and distracting him with a mirror, he plants a grenade on Straizo's scarf. Straizo quickly removes it, but Joseph had also attached ten more grenades to his back, with their pins tied to the first grenade, which all get pulled at the same time.

* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': Tim manages to take out three members of the jury by slipping a non-lethal electrical device on one of their ankles as they try to dogpile him, and then setting it off when all three are nearly stacked on top of each other trying to kill him.

-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', [[ShowWithinAShow "The Adventures of Herbert 'Daring' Dashwood"]]

* The Third Hokage in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' does this when fighting Orochimaru to the resurrected First and Second Hokage. In this case, it's a ''literal'' grenade tag because ninja there use explosive {{Paper Talisman}}s.
** There are a lot of other examples from Naruto, namely due to the mentioned explosive Talismans.
* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'', this plays into [[GuileHero Joseph's]] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Establishing Character Fight]] against Straizo. After [[JustShootHim surprising the immortal vampire with a Tommy gun]] and distracting him with a mirror, he plants a grenade on Straizo's scarf. Straizo quickly removes it, but Joseph had also attached ten more grenades to his back, with their pins tied to the first grenade, which all get pulled at the same time.

* In ''[[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2009}} Batgirl]]'' #20 (the Stephanie Brown series), Batgirl defeats the speedster Slipstream by sticking several explosive [[TrickBomb electrogoop]] batarangs to his back.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' tried this in the ShowWithinAShow, but the {{Mook}} throws it up on the helichopper.

* ''Film/TheAccountant2016''. Wolff fights his way through Braxton's mercenaries, but [[ConservationOfNinjutsu the last one is giving him a lot of trouble]] until Wolff pulls the pin on a grenade attached to the back of the mercenary's vest. Though the mercenary's body absorbs most of the explosion, it still injures Braxton enough that he has to put on a tourniquet.

* Film/JamesBond did this in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', using [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the bomb that Le Chiffre's man meant to blow up the tanker truck with]].
* This is how Selene kills [[spoiler:the Uber-Lycan]] in ''Film/UnderworldAwakening.'' Bonus points for [[spoiler:using his HealingFactor against him by punching a hole into his stomach and leaving the grenade in there]].
* A variation is used in ''Film/RedDawn1984'' when [[spoiler:Toni]] is mortally wounded by [[DeathFromAbove a Mi-24 gunship,]] she requests for a primed grenade to be put under her body so that any Soviet soldier that inspects her dead body will be taken out.
* ''Film/ThePredator''. Casey Bracket is handcuffed to a chair and is about to be executed because SheKnowsTooMuch. A Predator dog appears to provide a distraction and obligingly coughs up a grenade [[GoFetch it swallowed earlier]]. Casey hits the guard with the chair and shoves the grenade down his assault vest, then dives over the railing to escape the blast... only for the [[OhCrap chair to get caught on the railing.]]
* The Abbot shoves a grenade inside a cop's crash helmet before slamming the visor shut and pushing him out of the car in ''Film/{{Dobermann}}''.

* ''Film/{{Elysium}}''. Kruger has [[HomingProjectile homing drones]] and explosive shuriken that attach to a person and detonate. He appears to enjoy the YouAreAlreadyDead nature of them, so it's LaserGuidedKarma when he goes out the same way. In the FinalBattle, Max attaches a grenade to him, but Kruger [[TakingYouWithMe hooks a carabineer onto Max's exoskeleton]]. Max then breaks off that part and [[RailingKill shoves Kruger over the railing]] whereupon he explodes.
* ''Film/TheFlash2023''. Batman does his usual trick of attaching bombs to someone while fighting them when he's up against Nam-Ek, but in a sign of how outmatched he is against the Kryptonians, the GiantMook in PoweredArmor just shrugs off the explosions. Then we see that another StickyBomb is ticking down on the back of Nam-Ek's helmet, [[HopeSpot but all it does is knock him out for a moment.]]
* ''Film/TheGrayMan2022''. Lloyd Hansen captures Sierra Six and demands to know where the MacGuffin is. Six holds up a grenade pin and asks if this is it. As the grenade hits the floor between them, Hansen says in a [[WorthyOpponent rather admiring fashion]], [[BallsGag "Balls!"]] and they both get out of the room as fast as possible.
* ''Film/LeonTheProfessional'': After being gunned down by Stansfield. Leon hands him a metal ring from "Matilda" with his dying breath. Stansfield then works it out it's from the clutch of grenades attached to Leon's chest.
-->'''Stansfield:''' [''Comprehension dawning on him.''] Shit.\\

* At one point in the Literature/XWingSeries, Wraith Squadron is pinned down dirtside by a Viper probe droid.[[note]]For reference, that's the type that showed up in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.[[/note]] Kell Tainer dives on top of it and bounces off. Then it explodes violently. Turns out he managed to plant a charge.
* In ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'', playing with fire, the spike bomb mentioned when Skullduggery retrieves his case from Finbar is used this way against the Grotesquery. Arguably a less-than-straight example, since Skullduggery is obviously holding the bomb beforehand, and the Grotesquery does not appear to react at all to the bomb. Until it goes off.
* ''[[Literature/TheExecutioner Able Team]]'' sets up an ambush for a Salvadorean death squad. One of them sees he's triggered a grenade BoobyTrap and runs for his life, not realising the grenade is bouncing after him because it's hooked on his clothing via a monofilament line and a fish hook.

* Archer does this to a Xindi he's fighting in the ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "Zero Hour".
* Shaw tosses a [[FacialHorror stun grenade inside a gas mask]] in ''Series/PersonOfInterest''
* ''Series/KamenRiderX'' villain Apollo Geist pulls off a version of this with a cybernetic twist - When the titular Rider accepts his offered handshake, Apollo Geist pulls away, leaving X holding the man's ''detached hand'' (and a bit of his arm) which of course immediately explodes.

* Throughout the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series, you can use the pickpocket skill to place a live explosive on someone. Doing this in ''Fallout 3'' nets you the "Psychotic Prankster" achievement and increments your "Pants Exploded" stat. The [[ShowWithinAShow Adventures of Herbert "Daring" Dashwood]] radio show also has the titular character's HypercompetentSidekick do this to some villains; Argyle calls it "the old Shady Sands Shuffle."

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' when Leon gets into CQC with Ada, she drops her sunglasses on the ground at Leon's feet. Then after a few seconds, the glasses explode.
* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' remake for the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, if you're grabbed by a zombie you can use a defensive weapon. These include stun grenades, which can be shoved into the zombie's mouth and shot for an instant decapitation.

* In ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'', [[spoiler:if Mike decides to [[TheStarscream kill Leland]] after agreeing to help him in the finale,]] he'll reveal that the evidence that he handed over to him was actually a mine. [[OhCrap The look on Leland's face says it all.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' ''4'', [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Spartan]] [[GuestFighter Nicole-458]] has a showy move where she [[NeckLift lifts up her opponent with one hand]], activates a [[StickyBomb Plasma Grenade]] in the other, slams it into her opponent's torso, then kicks them away before the grenade detonates.

* Tracer, in both her ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' and ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' incarnations, is built around this trope. She does moderate damage with a gun, but her special abilities focus on rapid transportation, either flashing forward in a direction or using recall to jump backwards to wherever she had been a few seconds earlier. Her ultimate meanwhile is a sticky grenade. She is basically built around flashing right up to an opponent, planting a sticky grenade on them, then recalling back to a safe distance before her opponent explodes.

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%%* ''Webcomic/{{TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella}}''.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' sports a nonlethal example, wherein swordstress Zeetha falls for one. Admittedly, the payload was NOT the one that her opponent thought he was planting, but it ends off [[{{Fanservice}} working out anyway.]]
* ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'': Has a few characters ''literally'' playing tag with grenades in [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/tag this strip]].

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* ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}''. Samus and MC are grappling. Samus breaks off, turns into a ball, and flies away. As she does so she drops several mines at MC's feet, which explode and blast MC into the air.
* ''WebVideo/TFSAtTheTable'', Wake slaps an explosive rune onto Gulfur's neck by pretending to give him a pat on the back, because Wake doesn't trust him not to ditch them at the first opportunity and leave them stranded.

* Franchise/{{Batman}} in most animated versions does this about every episode.
* Robin in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''.
** Slade covertly palced an explosive device on the wall next to a minion of Trigon during their fight in "The End Part 3."

* Robin again in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''. Honestly, this trope could practically be called The Other Batman Gambit.
* ComicBook/NickFury manages this ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' against the [[SinisterScythe Grim Reaper]]. Bonus points for getting himself tossed off the FlyingCar they were fighting on before detonation.

** Slade covertly attached an explosive device onto a minion of Trigon during their fight in "The End Part 3."

* Bomb Voyage planting the bomb on "Incredi-Boy" in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''.

* ''Film/TheAccountant''. Wolff fights his way through Braxton's mercenaries, but [[ConservationOfNinjutsu the last one is giving him a lot of trouble]] until Wolff pulls the pin on a grenade attached to the back of the mercenary's vest. Though the mercenary's body absorbs most of the explosion, it still injures Braxton enough that he has to put on a tourniquet.

Alternatively, if the GuileHero really is completely outclassed in hand to hand, they may exploit the opportunity to plant the bombs and then break away or goad the baddie into throwing them to safety. Compare PineappleSurprise.

* The Third Hokage in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' does this when fighting Orochimaru to the resurrected First and Second Hokage. In this case it's a ''literal'' grenade tag, because ninja there use explosive {{Paper Talisman}}s.

* A variation is used in ''Film/RedDawn1984'', when [[spoiler:Toni]] is mortally wounded by [[DeathFromAbove an Mi-24 gunship,]] she requests for a primed grenade to be put under her body so that any Soviet soldier that inspects her dead body will be taken out.
* ''Film/ThePredator''. Casey Bracket is handcuffed to a chair and is about to be executed because SheKnowsTooMuch. A Predator dog appears to provide a distraction and obligingly cough up a grenade [[GoFetch it swallowed earlier]]. Casey hits the guard with the chair and shoves the grenade down his assault vest, then dives over the railing to escape the blast... only for the [[OhCrap chair to get caught on the railing.]]

* ''Film/LeonTheProfessional'': After being gunned down by Stansfield. Leon hands him a metal ring from "Matilda" with his dying breath. Stansfield then works it out is from the clutch of grenades attached to Leon's chest.

* In ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'', playing with fire, the spike bomb mentioned when Skullduggery retrieves his case from Finbar is used this way against the Grotesquery. Arguably a less than straight example, since Skullduggery is obviously holding the bomb beforehand, and the Grotesquery does not appear to react at all to the bomb. Until it goes off.

* ''Series/KamenRiderX'' villain Apollo Geist pulls off a version of this with a cybernetic twist - When the titular Rider accepts his offered hand shake, Apollo Geist pulls away, leaving X holding the man's ''detached hand'' (and a bit of his arm) which of course immediately explodes.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' when Leon gets into CQC with Ada, she drops her sunglasses on the ground at Leon's feet. Then after a few seconds the glasses explode.
* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' remake for the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube , if you're grabbed by a zombie you can use a defensive weapon. These include stun grenades, which can be shoved into the zombie's mouth and shot for an instant decapitation.

* Tracer, in both her ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' and ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' incarnations, is built around this trope. She does moderate damage with a gun, but her special abilities focus on rapid transportation, either flashing forward in a direction or using recall to jump backwards to wherever she had been a few seconds earlier. Her ultimate meanwhile is a sticky grenade. She is basically built around flashing right up to an opponent, planting a sticky grenade on them, then recalling back to a safe distance before her opponents explodes.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' sports a nonlethal example, wherein swordstress Zeetha falls for one. Admittably, the payload was NOT the one that her opponent thought he was planting, but it ends off [[{{Fanservice}} working out anyway.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}''. Samus and MC are grappling. Samus breaks off, turns into a ball and flies away. As she does so she drops several mines at MC's feet, which explode and blast MC into the air.

-->'''Stansfield:''' Shit.\\

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* A variation is used in ''Film/RedDawn1984'', when [[spoiler: Toni]] is mortally wounded by [[DeathFromAbove an Mi-24 gunship,]] she requests for a primed grenade to be put under her body so that any Soviet soldier that inspects her dead body will be taken out.

* A common tactic in the ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' series, though not quite as subtle as in most games - when you melee attack someone with a grenade, it sticks to them with a wet ''thnk'', and detonates after a couple seconds. Starting in the second game, grenades can also be tagged onto the walls or floor to function as proximity mines.

** In ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]'', [[VideoGame/MetalGear Snake]] can plant a pack of C4 directly on an opponent for his Down Special if he's standing close enough to them (Rather then dropping it on the ground), then blow it up at will. Amusingly, the C4 pack can also transfer itself to other players if the victim touches them (Snake himself included).
** Mega Man/Rock from the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' series can do this with his Side Special, the Crash Bomber, in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros4''.
** The [[StickyBomb gooey bomb]] (also introduced in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]'') is a third example of this, again including the transfer aspect, although the initial tagging is a throwing action.

** The [[https://www.ssbwiki.com/Gooey_Bomb gooey bomb]] (also introduced in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]'') is a third example of this, again including the transfer aspect, although the initial tagging is a throwing action.

* ''{{VideoGame/Uncharted}}'' uses a [[PlayedWith variation]]; Nate/Chloe will sometimes pull the pin on the ''enemies'' grenade as a melee finisher, if they haven't used them yet. Said enemies will [[OhCrap have a moment of fumbling around for the grenade on their belt]] before exploding.

* A variation is used in ''Film/RedDawn'', when [[spoiler: Toni]] is mortally wounded by [[DeathFromAbove an Mi-24 gunship,]] she requests for a primed grenade to be put under her body so that any Soviet soldier that inspects her dead body will be taken out.

* ''Film/TheGrayMan2022''. Lloyd Hansen captures Sierra Six and demands to know where the MacGuffin is. Six holds up a grenade pin and asks if this is it. As the grenade hits the floor between them, Hansen says in a [[WorthyOpponent rather admiring fashion]], "Balls!" and they both get out of the room as fast as possible.

* As a general rule of thumb, virtually any game that has {{Sticky Bomb}}s as usable weapons will involve this at some point.

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'', this plays into [[GuileHero Joseph's]] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Establishing Character Fight]] against Straizo. After [[JustShootHim surprising the immortal vampire with a Tommy gun]] and distracting him with a mirror, he plants a grenade on Straizo's scarf. Straizo quickly removes it, [[spoiler:thus pulling the pins from the other ten grenades tied to his back]].

** Mega Man/Rock from the ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series can do this with his Side Special, the Crash Bomber, in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros4''.

* In ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', [[VideoGame/MetalGear Snake]] can plant a pack of C4 directly on an opponent if he's standing close enough to them (Rather then dropping it on the ground), then blow it up at will. Amusingly, the C4 pack can also transfer itself to other players if the victim touches them (Snake himself included).