History PlayingWith / ReadingsBlewUpTheScale

* '''Enforced''': ???

** The meter's tempered glass housing wasn't tempered against the pressure the measuring liquid now put on it.

* '''Justified''': The meter uses a shard of crystal that resonates with the power of the individual. If it resonates powerfully enough, well, things will explode.

* '''Played For Laughs''': "Let's see how strong you ''really'' are!" '''KA-BOOM!''' "Uh... uh oh."

** The meter suffers an overflow error like on a calculator.

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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

** The scanner explodes into pieces. Then CrystalDragonJesus powers up again, and the scanner explodes again.

** The scanner explodes no matter what it's being pointed at. After putting it together several times, the engineer realizes that the package it came in is labelled "exploding Thing-O-Meter replica - for pranks, sabotages, and more!"

** Making a measurement of CrystalDragonJesus while it's actively trying to hide it’s divine power still makes the meter explode like a nuke.

* '''Invoked''': Dr. Drachenstein wires dynamite into his scanners so when they max out, they explode for dramatic effect.

** The ThingOMeter explodes with the power of a nuclear bomb. Everyone nearby is killed (except for the CrystalDragonJesus, of course) and the whole area is declared radioactive and unsafe.

* '''Exaggerated''': Making a measurement of CrystalDragonJesus while it's actively trying to hide it’s divine power still makes the meter explode like a nuke.

* '''Subverted''': The meter maxes out, and the scientists working on it flinch… but it doesn’t explode.

** The scanner explodes. A voice is heard in the distance: "ActyallyThatWasMyAssistant." The REAL Crystal Dragon Jesus shows up, and ''every'' machine used to measure something instantly explodes, even devices meant to measure unrelated things.
** The researchers are attempting to measure Crystal Dragon Jesus's height with a tape measure. Before they can reach the top, the tape measure runs out and explodes.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The readings for Crystal Dragon Jesus reaches the maximum on the gauge, but the machine is still okay. Crystal Dragon Jesus then powers up and causes the machine to emit smoke, but the machine continues to function good enough for the users. When the test is finished, the machine finally explodes--but the researchers got the data they needed, so no one minds...except their accountant, who complains that the scanner was expensive and they couldn't just casually destroy them like that.

* '''Lampshaded''': “We’re going to need to debug the ThingOMeter after we figure out [[SuddenlyShouting HOW THE HELL YOU GOT SO DAMN STRONG!]]"

* '''Parodied''': The scanner explodes into pieces. Then CrystalDragonJesus powers up again, and the scanner explodes again.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': “We’re going to need to debug the ThingOMeter after we figure out [[SuddenlyShouting HOW THE HELL YOU GOT SO DAMN STRONG!]]

* '''Downplayed''': The meter sparks and then burns itself out harmlessly.

* '''Deconstructed''': The model is deemed inefficient and as suffering from design flaw, meaning the only people who have that scanner are people who have not upgraded to the newer model that only suffers an overflow error.
* '''Reconstructed''': To show how deadly CrystalDragonJesus is compared to the average person the people using the ThingOMeter scan, using it on normally strong people doesn't cause it to explode. But somehow, it exploded when met with this guy, meaning he must be ''very'' strong. Our heroes are in for a tough battle!

%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Parodied''': The scanner explodes into pieces. Then CrystalDragonJesus powers up again, and the species explode again.

* '''Exploited''': A system of measurement is devised based on how long it takes a certain scanner to explode, allowing the immeasurable to be measured.
** An overloading scanner is used as an explosive.

* '''Downplayed''': The meter burns itself out harmlessly.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Defied''': ???

** “That’s a ridiculous idea. Excessive readings aside, there is now way the device would explode just by measuring something.”

%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Exploited''': a system of measurement id devised based on how long it takes a certain scanner to explode, allowing the immeasurable to be measured.
* '''Defied''': “That’s a ridiculous idea. Excessive readings aside, there is now way the device would explode just by measuring something.”
* '''Discussed''': “If I power up here, you’re going to need to repair a lot of equipment, so let’s just say I am “too damn strong and leave it at that.”

* '''Exaggerated''': Making a measurement of CrystalDragonJesus when hit was actively tyring to hide it’s divine power still makes the meter explode like a nuke.

* '''Double Subverted''': then CrystalDragonJesus powers up a tiny bit more, and THEN the meter detonates.

'''Readings Blew Up the Scale''': Readings from something so powerful that the scale used to do so explodes.

* '''Defied''': “That’s a ridiculous idea. [[ReadingsOffTheScale Excessive readings aside,]] there is now way the device would explode just by measuring something.”

ReadingsBlewUpTheScale