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eppur_se_muova

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Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:22 PM Yesterday

Totally random thought ... you know that movie cliche where the hero walks away from an explosion and doesn't even ...

... bother to turn around to see it ? Has anyone like The Simpsons, Family Guy, etc. ever had a scene like that where the guy who won't turn around gets (a) smacked in the head by flying debris; (b) skewered by a flying pole; (c) crushed under a massive block of concrete, steel, etc.; (d) decapitated by flying plate glass; or (e) split down the middle, etc. ?

It's something so overdue for parody, but I've never seen it parodied in that way.

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Totally random thought ... you know that movie cliche where the hero walks away from an explosion and doesn't even ... (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Yesterday OP
Random thought, but an interesting one. hope someone comes up with one. FadedMullet Yesterday #1
There was a Futurama where Rizen Yesterday #2
Ha ! Good Ol' Bender ! It does make fun of how silly the cliche is. No experienced soldier would ever make the mistake eppur_se_muova Yesterday #3
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Rizen

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2. There was a Futurama where
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:41 PM
Yesterday

Hermes is walking away from an exploding building and Bender comments how Hermes "isn't even turning around to look at that cool explosion."

eppur_se_muova

(41,969 posts)
3. Ha ! Good Ol' Bender ! It does make fun of how silly the cliche is. No experienced soldier would ever make the mistake
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:46 PM
Yesterday

of not watching for debris, after a quick heads-down.

The more you're around explosives, the less you take them for granted.

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