![]() If you happen to be playing a video game, and you're directly responsible for launching it, it's a You Nuke 'Em situation. For the biological weapon equivalent, see Biological Weapons Solve Everything. Related to Deus ex Nukina if the nuking is being used in a situation where it should be obvious that it realistically wouldn't have any effect, fallout and massive collateral damage aside. Related to the Idiot Ball, depending on the size of the strike. A popular way of ruining someone's day with Death from Above. Very common in Science Is Bad stories and usually involves a General Ripper (in fact, the Trope Namer for General Ripper made this his signature). Sometimes exactly which trope the planned nuking falls under may be debated In-Universe. ![]() If it's a well-considered and reasonable choice given the situation, then it's the Nuclear Option. Of course, if the Army wins the race, it's likely that the nukes will either do nothing, or make things much, much worse, making the heroes the last hope.Īs such, note that Nuke Em is only when using nukes is a bad idea, either because it's clearly overkill or it's likely to backfire. The heroes will probably object to this, only to be told that there's no time to "study the monster", it has to be taken out now ( along with every other living thing inside a radius of five kilometers) before it gets bigger and destroys more things!įrom there, it becomes a race to see if the good-guy scientists can find the monster's Achilles' Heel or get the Forgotten Superweapon back online before the Army gets its approval to start lobbing warheads. ![]() If hand-held guns didn't do the trick, forget artillery, tanks, bunker-busters, fuel-air explosives, chemical or biological agents, just get the nukes. They never stop to consider using something else in their arsenal that's a bit more powerful than a rifle, but won't cause as much collateral damage as a tactical-yield nuclear bomb. When faced with a Monster of the Week, military commanders show an unhealthy urge to move right up to the (current) Final Option ( or the local equivalent) when the monster can't be killed with bullets.
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