Broken
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Next, when he was trying a test run of a Transforming Mecha, it malfunctioned, exploded with him inside, and the mech sank to the water... yet he came out with just a few broken ribs.
Source: No-One Could Survive That - The friction between two (or more) rival crime factions has broken out and exploded into all out warfare.
Source: Mob War -
It also explains the Running Gag of the broken elevator- Sheldon placed Leonard's improperly mixed rocket fuel in the elevator just as it exploded.
Source: Call Back
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