Possible Clues:

• Burst
• Exploded
• Burst open, as corn
• Opened, as a champagne bottle
• Stood out
• Was visually exciting
• Exploded, as a bubble
• Two peas reportedly -- note where you'd see them burst out
• Asked, burst open, extracted, or broke, as the ends of this puzzle's four longest answers
• Visited unannounced, with "in"