History Main / ExplosiveLeash

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'', members of the ComicBook/SuicideSquad have explosive implants put in their heads to keep them from rebelling. Amanda Waller dares them to call her bluff; [=KGBeast=] tries and, [[YourHeadAsplode well...]] In fact, the Squad is sent into Arkham to get their hands on ComicBook/TheRiddler, who knows how to fry said chips, which is why Waller wants him dead. Riddler offers to rescue them from Waller if they'll spare his life; [[spoiler:Waller catches on partway through and trips the bombs; King Shark dies because his tough skin kept him from receiving the full electric shock required to short out the chip. Black Spider is unaffected despite the fact that he hadn't undergone the procedure yet; that tips the villains off to the fact that he's actually [[IdentityImpersonator Batman, having stolen Spider's costume]]. Spider (in Batman's costume) blows up in front of a stunned Joker.]]

* In ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', [[spoiler: Shinji gets one of these after his attempt to save Rei brings TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Kaworu puts it on himself later and makes a HeroicSacrifice.]]

* ''Film/TheCrimsonGhost'', a 1946 FilmSerial supervillain, controls his mooks using explosive collars, a fact that the hero only finds out when he removes one from an unconscious mook.

* ''Film/MysteriousDoctorSatan''. Dr. Satan has his agents wear a remote control device under their clothes that he uses to monitor their actions and electrocute them if he decides YouHaveFailedMe. In one chapter he attached such a device along with a bomb to a KidnappedScientist and sends him to a colleague, threatening to detonate the bomb and kill them both if they don't comply with his demands. The hero arranges a BigBlackout of the entire city for thirty seconds so Dr. Satan's control panel will stop working long enough for him to remove the bomb.

* ''Manga/Cyborg009'' uses this with a spin. [[spoiler: Shinichi Ibaraki, Mary Onodera and Masaru Oyamada]] were not only forcibly turned into Cyborgs, but they got bombs implanted ''within their bodies'' as a way to keep them under control in their mission. [[spoiler: Said mission was to kill their former [[TrueCompanions True Companion]] Joe Shimamura aka 009; when they cannot bring themselves to do it, the bombs are activated, and the three kids die.]]

* ''Manga/SoulEater'': Early on, Medusa put snakes inside Eruka and would kill her in a heartbeat if she disobeyed (having actually killed Mizune, who she similarly infected, to demonstrate). Much later, when Eruka's made to help Spartoi access the Book of Eibon, she gets a bomb strapped to her neck. Harvar is unnervingly matter-of-fact when pointing out she will be killed if she tries anything. She was actually threat from ''both'' simultaneously, only surviving because she was lucky enough to not be given contradictory orders.

* An unusual self-inflicted example appears in the ''Literature/{{Sten}}'' series. Long ago, the Eternal Emperor implanted himself with a Judgement Device that would constantly monitor his thoughts and explode if he was ever brainwashed or went insane. Of course, being [[{{Immortality}} Immortal]], he did so with the expectation that he'd get better afterwards.

* ''Literature/WeAreLegionWeAreBob'': [[{{TheTheocracy}} FAITH]] puts a killswitch in Bob's code, in addition to a physical bomb. Bob chucks the bomb first chance he gets, then spends a few years getting rid of all the killswitches and loyalty triggers hidden in his code.

* ''Series/BlakesSeven''.

* On ''{{Series/Warehouse 13}}'', [=MacPherson=] has been injected with a substance that will cause him to disintegrate from the inside out if he gets too close to the Warehouse. When Mrs. Frederic wants to have him imprisoned in the Warehouse, she puts a necklace on him that prevents him from disintegrating. While inside the Warehouse, [=MacPherson=] betrays his accomplice [[PayEvilUntoEvil who then removes the necklace]].

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* In ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'', the [[DeadlyGame Nonary Game]] has the participants kept in line by [[BigBad Zero]] where breaking the rules of the game will trigger a bomb placed in their digestive tracts, as horrifyingly demonstrated by [[DirtyCoward the 9th Man]] in the beginning after he tries to leave through a numbered door by himself, only to be reduced to a chunky paste since none of the people he threatened into opening the door entered with him to cancel the detonation countdown. [[spoiler:Downplayed at the end when it's revealed that only Zero's targets had bombs in them as part of their revenge plan, with the majority of the cast under virtually no risk from the start.]]
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* In ''Videogame/DeusExMankindDivided'' [[spoiler:Viktor Marchenko]] also has a killswitch, though rather than being word-activated the trigger is an actual object that can be found and used in the confrontation with him.

* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' Mephistopheles likes to use his Noble Phantasm to insert bombs into someone, then uses that as leverage to make his victims dance to his vicious whims.
** [[spoiler:In the Traum Singularity, Sion]] has [[spoiler:Kadoc Zemlupus]] wear a collar that [[spoiler:will fry his Magic Circuits if he tries any funny business with unauthorized magecraft. Unbeknown to him, Da Vinci deactivated it partway through the storyline after she deemed him trustworthy (in his case, she simply forgot to tell him).]]

* ''VideoGame/MacSpudd'': In the old [[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh Macintosh]] game (based on the VideoGame/WorldBuilder engine), the protagonist has an intracranial detonator in his head. If you drive off the road, YourHeadASplode.

** In ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'', the nine participants in the Nonary Game have swallowed bombs that will activate when they pass through a numbered door. They then have 81 seconds to find the device that will deactivate the bombs and use it, but it will only work for the group of 3-5 people that used the device that ''opened'' the door. You try to sneak into a door you didn't help open and there's no way to stop you from going boom. [[spoiler:As it turns out, only the 9th Man actually had a bomb inside him, alongside non-participant "Guy X" aka Nijisaki.]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', Genoshan slavers outfitted a few of the X-Men and other mutant prisoners with [[RestrainingBolt power-suppressing]] [[SlaveCollar Slave Collars]] and forced them to use their powers to build a dam. The collars just [[PowerNullifier turned off their powers]] if they tried to escape but would explode if a prisoner tried to remove them.

* In ''Film/Transporter3'', the CorruptCorporateExecutive of the film fits several characters (including the lead) with explosive bracelets that prevent them from getting more than 50 feet from their car.

* In ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'', the [[DeadlyGame Nonary Game]] has the participants kept in line by [[BigBad Zero]] where breaking the rules of the game will trigger a bomb placed in their digestive tracts, as horrifyingly demonstrated by [[DirtyCoward the 9th Man]] in the beginning after he threatens everyone with a knife in order to leave through a numbered door by himself, only to be reduced to a chunky paste since none of the people he threatened into opening the door entered with him to cancel the detonation countdown. [[spoiler:Downplayed at the end when it's revealed that only Zero's targets had bombs in them as part of their revenge plan, with the majority of the cast under no risk from the start.]]

* In ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'', it's revealed early on in the right side of the flowchart that Aiba can self-destruct, [[YourHeadAsplode even if she's in Date's head]] in the event he goes rogue. Obviously both being TrueCompanions are unnerved by this, so they set up a two-layered password [[ChekhovsGun in case they need to do this]] where Date mentions a certain number, then tells a lie within a minute of the first event to give Aiba the all-clear. [[spoiler:In the "[[GoldenEnding Resolution]]" ending, [[BigBad Saito]] steals back his original body from Date and puts Aiba in his empty eyesocket thinking she's just a normal prosthetic, which bites him ''hard'' when he's got Hitomi at gunpoint and Date tearfully triggers the self-destruct, which reduces Saito's head to chunky paste but at the cost of Aiba's life ([[DisneyDeath for now]]) since Aiba's online backups were being wiped which prevented her from just being rebuilt the next day with her personality and memories being restored.]]

* In ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'', it's revealed early on in the right side of the flowchart that Aiba can self-destruct, [[YourHeadAsplode even if she's in Date's head]]. Obviously both being TrueCompanions are unnerved by this, so they set up a two-layered password [[ChekhovsGun in case they need to do this]] where Date mentions a certain number, then tells a lie within a minute of the first event to give Aiba the all-clear. [[spoiler:In the "[[GoldenEnding Resolution]]" ending, [[BigBad Saito]] steals back his original body from Date and puts Aiba in his empty eyesocket thinking she's just a normal prosthetic, which bites him ''hard'' when he's got Hitomi at gunpoint and Date tearfully triggers the self-destruct, which reduces Saito's head to chunky paste but at the cost of Aiba's life ([[DisneyDeath for now]]) since Aiba's online backups were being wiped which prevented her from just being rebuilt the next day with her personality and memories being restored.]]