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* ''WesternAnimation/GlennMartinDDS'': In "H*e*i*s*t", Glenn meets some old friends and wants to join their dental practice. He then finds out that they actually make money by robbing casinos. When he tries to quit, they make him wear a vest full of explosives.
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* ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRogue'': All slaves[note][[CrapsackWorld Yes, slavery is legal in the city]], [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil but sufficiently ''many'' people hate it]][[/note]] have bomb collars by default. If they die before you kill their master, the slave explodes with a 30 HP explosion about two seconds later[[note]]During late-game, some collars will explode ''because'' you killed their master[[/note]]. There's a special item that can disable the bomb collar, but you can also assassinate the master to automatically disable all collars, or you can just purchase the slave and free them yourself. The Slavemaster player class has the power to enslave anyone they taser into submission, turning them into walking bombs with fists, but some slaves will mutiny despite the suicidal risk to themselves.
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* ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRogue'': All slaves[note][[CrapsackWorld slaves[[note]][[CrapsackWorld Yes, slavery is legal in the city]], [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil but sufficiently ''many'' people hate it]][[/note]] have bomb collars by default. If they die before you kill their master, the slave explodes with a 30 HP explosion about two seconds later[[note]]During late-game, some collars will explode ''because'' you killed their master[[/note]]. There's a special item that can disable the bomb collar, but you can also assassinate the master to automatically disable all collars, or you can just purchase the slave and free them yourself. The Slavemaster player class has the power to enslave anyone they taser into submission, turning them into walking bombs with fists, but some slaves will mutiny despite the suicidal risk to themselves.
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* In the episode "Take-Out" of ''Series/TheAvengers'', the people in a house were held hostage by implanted bombs to prevent them from revealing their plans to kill people at a conference.
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* In the episode "Take-Out" of ''Series/TheAvengers'', ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'', the people in a house were held hostage by implanted bombs to prevent them from revealing their plans to kill people at a conference.
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* ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRogue'': All slaves[note][[CrapsackWorld Yes, slavery is legal in the city]], [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil but sufficiently ''many'' people hate it]][[/note]] have bomb collars by default. If they die before you kill their master, the slave explodes with a 30 HP explosion about two seconds later[[note]]During late-game, some collars will explode ''because'' you killed their master[[/note]]. There's a special item that can disable the bomb collar, but you can also assassinate the master to automatically disable all collars, or you can just purchase the slave and free them yourself. The Slavemaster player class has the power to enslave anyone they taser into submission, turning them into walking bombs with fists, but some slaves will mutiny despite the suicidal risk to themselves.
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** There also exist versions to be put on the person's hands; this isn't necessarily lethal either, but it is enough [[AnArmAndALeg to blow up the offender's hands to kingdom come]]. [[spoiler:Vinsmoke Judge had some put around his son Sanji's hands to force him into going through his ArrangedMarriage to Big Mom's daughter Pudding, since Sanji treasures his hands as being his tools for cooking. Worse, only Big Mom has the keys. Luckily, Sanji's sister Reiju was clever enough to put ''non-working'' cuffs on him.]]
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** There also exist versions to be put on the person's hands; this isn't necessarily lethal either, but it is enough [[AnArmAndALeg to blow up the offender's hands to kingdom come]]. [[spoiler:Vinsmoke Judge had some put around his son Sanji's hands to force him into going through his ArrangedMarriage to Big Mom's daughter Pudding, since Sanji treasures his hands as being his tools for cooking. Worse, only Big Mom has the keys. Luckily, Sanji's sister Reiju [[TokenGoodTeammate Reiju]] was clever enough to put ''non-working'' cuffs on him.]]
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* ''Literature/HiveMind2016'': Hive England uses tracking chips to control sociopaths and other people who are considered irredeemable. The chips can be remotely triggered to explode if necessary.
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* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': The mutants in Weapon X receive bug-sized neural implants, to kill anyone who tries to escape instead of proceeding with the tasked mission.
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* ''Literature/WarGirls'': During a hostage situation, the War Girls strap C-4 to the hostages and threaten to detonate them if the Nigerians attack.
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* ''Fanfic/WrongRoadToTheRightPlace'' The Dodger, as per canon, ''tries'' to use this on Laurel, but it [[MuggingTheMonster doesn't go so well]].
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* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak'', the Tyrant R from File #2 is a modified T-103 model Tyrant (introduced in the earlier ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'') outfitted with an implanted explosive device to force obedience from the creature. Unfortunately, it's smart enough to not only understand this kind of RestrainingBolt, but also to [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters successfully figure out a way to neutralize it and kill its would-be masters]].
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* A favored tactic by various villians across ''Anime/LupinIII''.
** In ''[[Anime/LupinIIIStolenLupin Stolen Lupin]]'', one is put on a kidnapped Fujiko to force Lupin to do the whims of her captor. A similar one is later used on GirlOfTheWeek Becky to force her to shoot Lupin or else she dies. [[spoiler: Subverted in the former in that Fujiko was actually allied with the villain, so her necklace was a fake.]]
** In ''[[Anime/LupinIIIGoodbyePartner Goodbye Partner]]'', the villian fits one to Alisa, a teenage piano prodigy, partially to keep her from escaping, but mostly so no one will dare kill him. If his pulse stops, the choker triggers and blows her head off.
** In ''[[Anime/LupinIIIStolenLupin Stolen Lupin]]'', one is put on a kidnapped Fujiko to force Lupin to do the whims of her captor. A similar one is later used on GirlOfTheWeek Becky to force her to shoot Lupin or else she dies. [[spoiler: Subverted in the former in that Fujiko was actually allied with the villain, so her necklace was a fake.]]
** In ''[[Anime/LupinIIIGoodbyePartner Goodbye Partner]]'', the villian fits one to Alisa, a teenage piano prodigy, partially to keep her from escaping, but mostly so no one will dare kill him. If his pulse stops, the choker triggers and blows her head off.
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* In the episode Take-Out of ''Series/TheAvengers'', the people in a house were held hostage by implanted bombs to prevent them from revealing their plans to kill people at a conference.
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* ''Literature/IgniteTheStars'': To keep [[TradingBarsForStripes Ia]] under control, the Commonwealth implant a device in her heart. It can kill her, and also cause extreme pain.
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* In ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'', [[spoiler: Gentoku Himuro/Kamen Rider Rogue]] was implanted with a chip on his heart when he was empowered [[spoiler: into a Kamen Rider]] by the villains that can shock him to submission/death if he ever acts out of line [[spoiler: preventing him from making a HeelFaceTurn even though he's now experiencing the full guilt of everything he did when ''he'' was a full villain, as well as everything he's now forced to do in service of his employers]]. Eventually, he gets a copy of the chip's remote, which allows [[TheHero Sento]] to scramble the chip's signal, effectively disarming it.
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* Utilized in ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' in the form of the bracelets worn by the Captives. During the course of the game we see one explode and one legitimately-removed.
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* Utilized in ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}: VideoGame/AbsoluteDespairGirls'' in the form of the bracelets worn by the Captives. During the course of the game we see one explode and one legitimately-removed.
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* Utilized in ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}: VideoGame/AbsoluteDespairGirls'' ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' in the form of the bracelets worn by the Captives. During the course of the game we see one explode and one legitimately-removed.
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** Queen of the Beasts Pirates developed a variant of the collar that uses blades instead of explosives. He uses them for a sumo wrestling DeadlyGame used to execute defiant prisoners in their labor camp, with the collars being set to activate and decapitate their wearers should they get knocked out of the ring. As a demonstration of their lethality, he puts a collar around a stone pillar which gets broken in half by the blades springing forth.
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* In ''Literature/TheLongEarth'' series, humanity learns how to "step" from EarthPrime to neighbouring parellel Earths. this poses problems of social control for more authoritarian governments. UsefulNotes/NorthKorea hits on the idea of forcing its citizens to wear control boxes, primed to fire a modified crossbow bolt into their hearts the moment they Step out of their state's control.
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* In ''Literature/TheLongEarth'' series, humanity learns how to "step" from EarthPrime [[TheEarthPrimeTheory Datum Earth]] to neighbouring parellel Earths. this poses problems of social control for more authoritarian governments. UsefulNotes/NorthKorea hits on the idea of forcing its citizens to wear control boxes, primed to fire a modified crossbow bolt into their hearts the moment they Step out of their state's control.
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* The movie adaption of ''Film/TheRunningMan'' has explosive collars fitted to the prisoners at the labor camp where Schwarzenegger's character is detained. Of course, one guy makes a run for it before the system is fully disabled, and LudicrousGibs ensue.
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See also WhyAmITicking, StrappedToABomb, BoxedCrook, and YourHeadASplode. For non-exploding examples, consider a RestrainingBolt or SlaveCollar.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague nlimited'' made a particularly nasty variant of this by lacing a death row prisoner's last meal with explosive nanites before recruiting him into the Suicide Sq.--, er, Task Force X in the episode of the same name. His handler directly tells him: "Try to escape, and, well, you're going to look awfully funny trying to run without a head."
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague nlimited'' Unlimited'' made a particularly nasty variant of this by lacing a death row prisoner's last meal with explosive nanites before recruiting him into the Suicide Sq.--, er, Task Force X in the episode of the same name. His handler directly tells him: "Try to escape, and, well, you're going to look awfully funny trying to run without a head."
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* [[AcademyOfEvil Radham Academy]] from ''Literature/{{Twig}}'' uses something that Academy scientists call the "chemical leash:" all of its experimental creatures are dependent on a chemical that the Academy has placed in Radham's water. Experiments that try to leave the town will rapidly sicken and die.
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* One episode of ''Series/TheMentalist'' begins with a guy being blown up by a bomb vest he was forced into. The bomber later puts a similar vest on Lisbon, but Jane manages to figure out who's responsible and they get it disarmed without incident.
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** A more twisted version is used in the earlier episode "Planets Aligned", where a man who has kidnapped two girls puts an shock collar (the kind meant for training dogs) on their leg, telling them that if she get too close to a door or window it will buzz, and if they leave the house an underground wire will administer a lethal shock. It's not made clear if he's telling the truth about the "lethal" part, but the SRU do find the wire.
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** A more twisted version is used in the earlier episode "Planets Aligned", where a man who has kidnapped two girls puts an a shock collar (the kind meant for training dogs) on their leg, legs, telling them that if she get too close to a door or window it will buzz, and if they leave the house house, an underground wire will administer a lethal shock. shock (it also gives a warning buzz if they get too close, reinforcing this idea). It's not made clear if he's telling the truth about the "lethal" part, but the SRU do find eliminate the wire.wire before [[spoiler:rescuing the girls]].
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* In the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' Fabius Bile novels, one of Fabius's underlings, Saqqara Thresh, was the SoleSurvivor of a Word Bearers kill-team sent to assassinate Bile. Since Saqqara's knowledge of and skill at binding daemons is [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou too valuable an asset to lose]] in the Eye of Terror, Fabius implanted Saqqara with a bio-bomb in his chest. When his services aren't required by Fabius, Saqqara divides his time between trying to start a revolution amongst Bile's servants and trying to remove the bomb from his chest before it inevitably detonates.
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* ''Literature/TailsOfTheSpaceGladiators'' has explosive collars that all the prisoners within the Gladiator Detention Facility wear. Should anyone disobey too many rules, wander into restricted areas, or attempt to harm anyone outside of the gladiator tournaments, the collars will explode.
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* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''MassEffect''[=/=]''StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, Jakobs fits its [[ExpendableClone clone]] [[CloneArmy army]] with [[MindControlDevice mind-control devices]] that also are capable of fulfilling this trope should the operator wish it to.
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* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''MassEffect''[=/=]''StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, Jakobs fits its [[ExpendableClone clone]] [[CloneArmy army]] with [[MindControlDevice mind-control devices]] that also are capable of fulfilling this trope should the operator wish it to.
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* In 2011, Madeleine Pulver of Sydney, Australia became a stay at home hostage, as a result of a fake collar bomb plot.
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* In 2011, Madeleine Pulver of Sydney, Australia became a stay at home hostage, as a result of a fake collar bomb plot. The instruction note attached to the note even referred to the Brian Wells case mentioned above.
