History Main / PineappleSurprise

* In ''ComicBook/RobynHood: Vigilante'' #2, Robyn shoots an arrow that punctures one of the tear gass grenades on the SWAT cop who is tryying to arrest her; causing it to detonate.

* In one episode of ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', a disturbed teen with a live grenade has gate-crashed a party. They successfully wrest the grenade from him, but the pin has come out in the struggle and they have to wrestle it back in fast.

* In ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', one domain is ruled by the Regent a CorruptCorporateExecutive who uses dead superhumans to [[PowersAsPrograms empower himself]] in order to try and pull a coup on God Doom, and he's looking for Spider-Man, to get his invaluable Spider-Sense. When his Sinister Six try to track Spidey down, putting not only him at risk, but his wife and daughter, they find out a) as Kraven accurately points out, they're dealing with Spidey in PapaWolf mode, b) he's not playing nice, c) one of the nastier applications of his webbing. Specifically, webbing one of Hobgoblin's pumpkin bombs to his hand when he's about to throw it. [[LiteralDisarming Cue the inevitable.]] As he puts it? "Hobgoblin, everyone. Let's give him a hand. Not funny? Good. [[PreAsskickingOneLiner I'm done joking."]]

* ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'': A bomber tries to use a tiny keyring bomb attached to a fuel tanker to blow up a plane. After a long fight with Bond, the bomber triumphantly pushes the switch on his detonator...only to realize that Bond had attached the bomb to his belt loop. Cue OhCrap from the bomber and an amused grin from Bond.

* In the ''SixGuns'' mini-series, the Two-Gun Kid shots a flashbang off the vest of mercenary, causing it to detonate.

As for why it's called a Pineapple Surprise, British and American [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI World]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII War]] and Vietnam-era grenades were nicknamed "pineapples", due to their shape (note the trope image.) Incidentally, [=WW2=] German grenades were called potato mashers (they had a handle which increased their throwing range). Most modern grenades are spherical.

(''Sarah flips the bird while Shannon drags both of them into cover'')

'''Sarah:''' Well, 'cause... you just gave me a ring, mothafucka!\\

* At the climax of ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}'', [[spoiler:Cassandra is being held hostage by Black Mask with a gun to her head. She apologizes to Harley and tells her that she stole something of her ring: her ring. She then holds up her hand, showing a grenade pin dangling off her finger. Black Mask is confused, then realizes Cassandra has palmed one of her grenades into his pocket and pulled the pin. While he is searching for the grenade, Harley grabs Cassandra and knocks him off the pier. He explodes before he hits the water.]]

-> '''Shannon:''' Guess you two are engaged now, huh?\\

* At the climax of ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', [[spoiler:Cassandra is being held hostage by Black Mask with a gun to her head. She apologises to Harley and tells her that she stole something of her ring: her ring. She then holds up her hand, showing a grenade pin dangling off her finger. Black mask is confused, the realises Cassandra has palmed one her grenades into his pocket and pulled the pin. While he is searching for the grenade, Harley grabs Cassandra and knocks him off the pier. He explodes before he hits the water.]]

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'': During [[ThatOneLevel "S.O.G."]], an NVA soldier pounces on Alex Mason. After the player struggles for a bit, Mason pulls the pin on one of Charlie's grenades and pushes him away.

-> '''Shannon''': Guess you two are engaged now, huh?\\
'''Druglord''': What?\\
'''Sarah''': Well, 'cause... you just gave me a ring, mothafucka!\\
'''Druglord''': OH SHI-(boom)

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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'': After he escapes from his cell, the Joker confronts one of the patrolling guards. The guard has just enough time to realise that the Joker is twirling a grenade pin around his finger before the tear gas grenade on his belt goes off.

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* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', at one point [[VillainProtagonist Skitter]] gets trapped in a burning building surrounded by soldiers armed with rifles and grenades. As part of her attempt to escape, she uses [[PestController the insects nearby]] to pull the pins from the grenades.

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* The title card for WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''Film/{{Commando}}'' shows the critic holding four of Arnold's grenade pins, with him freaking out in the background.

* The Mass Effect Fanfiction ''Uplifted'' features the quarian Captain Hanala'Jarva fumbling throwing a grenade. Joachim Hoch grabs it to throw it further. [[spoiler:He loses his arm doing so.]]
* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal. student Assassin [[{{Tykebomb}} Famke Smith-Rhodes-Stibbons]] is shown how to deliver a [[UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}} crockett ball]]. Her older sister's boyfriend, a keen crocketter, is deliberately teaching her something enjoyable involving accurately aiming a very hard ball at a very fast speed, so as to get her on side. Famke enthuses that this could be usefully applied to the sort of explosive Devices her mother [[EducationThroughPyrotechnics teaches Guild students to use]]. Her sister reflects that this is just what the Disc needs: Famke plus hand grenades. Famke is the sort of keen student who is tipped to go far in the Guild of Assassins.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'': After he escapes from his cell, the Joker confronts one of the patrolling guards. The guard has just enough time to realise that the Joker is twirling a grenade pin around his finger before the tear gas grenade on his belt goes off.

* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Stewie does this to Lois in the climactic fight scene of ''Lois Kills Stewie''. She manages to pull the belt off and throw it away in time.

* U.S. Senator Max Cleland ended up being a real life case of this when a grenade whose pin had fallen out shredded both his legs and one of his arms during the Vietnam War. It turned out that the grenade came from a squad mate who had straightened all of the pins on his grenades (a dangerous but common enough practice during the war, in order to facilitate [[PinPullingTeeth pulling the pins out with one's teeth]] without [[TheToothHurts needing to visit a dentist afterwards]]), but had failed to secure them with duct tape. Cleland and the hapless squaddie were disembarking from a helicopter, and the jolt of him jumping onto the ground was enough to jar the grenade loose.
* Charles Murray, a Scottish career soldier who signed on in the French Foreign Legion for the experience, related a story of the aftermath of a gruelling training march in full kit with weapons load. After thirty kilometres' march, the Legion recruits established camp and one man got into a tent shared with seven other recruits, gratefully and heedlessly throwing off his pack and webbing. Unfortunately, the action of shucking his pack also tugged the pin out of a grenade insecurely attached to one of the straps... All eight were killed and shrapnel injured men in neighbouring tents.

* A variation is used by the title character in the climax of ''Film/{{Hellboy}}''. When Hellboy sees that he is about to be eaten by the monster he grabs a grenade belt and yanks off all the pins. Possibly something of a subversion since Hellboy knew he would most likely survive the blast but he was going to be very sore tomorrow.

* In the "ComicBook/HuntersHellcats" story in ''Our Fighting Forces'' # 107, pickpocket Light Fingers does: hiding and pulling the pin from from a grenade on one of the Japanese patrol which is pursuing them.

* U.S. Senator Max Cleland ended up being a real life case of this when a grenade whose pin had fallen out shredded both his legs and one of his arms during the Vietnam War. It turned out that the grenade came from a squad mate who had straightened all of the pins on his grenades (a dangerous but common enough practice during the war, in order to facilitate [[PinPullingTeeth pulling the pins out with one's teeth]] without needing to visit a dentist afterwards), but had failed to secure them with duct tape. Cleland and the hapless squaddie were disembarking from a helicopter, and the jolt of him jumping onto the ground was enough to jar the grenade loose.

* U.S. Senator Max Cleland ended up being a real life case of this when a grenade whose pin had fallen out shredded both his legs and one of his arms during the Vietnam War. It turned out that the grenade came from a squad mate who had straightened all of the pins on his grenades (a dangerous but common enough practice during the war), but had failed to secure them with duct tape. Cleland and the hapless squaddie were disembarking from a helicopter, and the jolt of him jumping onto the ground was enough to jar the grenade loose.

# The wearer realizes their danger, yanks the belt off, and tosses it somewhere else, possibly at the person who pulled the pin.

* ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'': In the episode "The Girl Who Was Death", Number 6 rigs a couple of German grenades, moving the explosives into the handles. When the villains hurl them, the heads end up in our heroes escape boat, while the villains are left listening to the omnious hiss from the handles before exploding.