History Main / ExplosiveLeash

* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': In Chapter 70, some terrorists hijack two Eden Academy buses and take hostages. After some of the hostages try to leave a message behind, the terrorists put an explosive collar on [[spoiler:Anya Forger, the adoptive daughter of protagonists Yor and Loid]], and threaten to detonate it if anyone does anything suspicious, tries to escape, or attempts to remove the collar. In Chapter 71, [[spoiler:the bomb turns out to be a fake, and the hijackers were bluffing]].
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' does it with the Gurren Lagann itself -- Simon [[spoiler:was scheduled to be executed]], but he still ''had to'' kick some alien butt before it reached the city, so he asked [[spoiler:Rossiu]] to have his HumongousMecha packed with explosives. To insure he didn't make a HeroicSacrifice, they also had Kittan's sister Kinon ride along in the mech, herself carrying several explosive ''strapped to her chest'' (note that she volunteered to do this), because Simon definitely wouldn't sacrifice ''someone else's'' life.

* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' actually had one of these as a skool [sic] ''hall-pass'' locked around the student's neck, which explodes if it leaves the school. Somehow, Zim takes it off and [[OrganTheft switches some kid's organ with it]] off-screen. The episodes ends with Zim still having all the organs, [[FridgeHorror which implies]] the kid still has it inside his body without knowing [[BlackComedy and will be blown up from the inside as soon as he leaves.]]

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', it [[http://twitter.com/Othar/status/5538674658 appears]] that Castle Heterodyne inmates are "given" explosive collars, just in case the castle wasn't dangerous enough in and of itself.

* In ''Anime/SonicX'', GUN did this to Rouge.

* In the 2014 Korean film ''Big Match'', one of the tasks that the protagonist Ikho is forced to complete is finding his brother (who has been held hostage and brutalized as incentive to make Ikho play the “game”) in a crowded stadium during a soccer match. To make matters worse, he has a bomb strapped to his ankle that will detonate and kill Ikho and potentially hundreds of other people if he doesn’t find him in time.

** [[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.]]

* ''Manga/SoulEater'': When she's made to help Spartoi access the Book of Eibon, Eruka gets a bomb strapped to her neck. Harvar is unnervingly matter-of-fact when pointing out she will be killed if she tries anything. Wouldn't be her first experience with such a leash. Early on, Medusa put snakes inside her and Mizune and would kill her in a heartbeat if she disobeyed (having actually killed Mizune to demonstrate). Of interesting note is that for a time, she had both this leash and the one above simultaneously, only surviving because she was lucky enough to not be given contradictory orders.

* 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 [[KickTheSonOfABitch who then removes the necklace]].

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' cortex bombs are an occasional hazard of getting cyberware from an untrustworthy surgeon. They come in three yields, one that just destroys an implant they’re attached to, one that blows up your head, and one that’s basically an internal grenade.

* The ''modus operandi'' of the "Task Force X" a.k.a. the ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'', starting with ''ComicBook/{{Legends|DCComics}}''. In one issue, Captain Boomerang convinces Slipknot that they aren't real bombs, and encourages him to make a run for it... because he wanted to see for himself whether or not they were real. Seeing Slipknot's arm get blown off confirmed that they were.

* Used famously in ''Film/BattleRoyale'' to prevent the children from refusing to kill one another. Or as punishment speaking out of turn, as demonstrated on one boy.

* The film ''Film/{{Fortress|1992}}'' takes place in a huge futuristic prison. To keep the prisoners in line, each one is forced to swallow a device called an intestinizer. If they act up, the intestinizer activates and causes them tremendous pain. If they get really out of line, it explodes.

* In ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', the members of each class selected for the Program have exploding collars placed round their necks. These collars will be detonated under the following conditions: if a student attempts to remove or otherwise interfere with their collar, if a student gets caught in a forbidden zone, or if twenty-four hours pass without any deaths. In the latter case, the collars of all the students who are still alive will be detonated and there will be no winner.

* ''Series/MissSherlock'' has this as the opening mystery. A junkie has swallowed a remote-detonated explosive pellet in the guise of a drug, and is then blackmailed into killing someone the VillainOfTheWeek has a grudge against, or else Your Stomach Asplode.

* The Japanese remake of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' has this as the opening mystery. A junkie has swallowed a remote-detonated explosive pellet in the guise of a drug, and is then blackmailed into killing someone the VillainOfTheWeek has a grudge against, or else Your Stomach Asplode.

* In ''The Court of the Air'' the feybreed are forced to wear suicide torcs as part of joining the [[TheCorpsIsMother special guard]].

* In Creator/MichaelMoorcock's ''Hawkmoon'' series, Howkmoon, captured by the all-conquering power of [=GranBretan=] during the conquest of his native province of Köln, has the deadly Black Jewel implanted into his forehead to ensure his compliance. He is then sent to the hold-out state of Camargue to act as [=GranBretan=]'s puppet, posing as a refugee. He is controlled via the Jewel, enabling remote controllers to see through his eyes and monitor his every move. Any sign of rebellion means he can be punished with agonising pain.
* ''Heavy Weather'' by Creator/BruceSterling. A group of {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s have these to enforce discipline within their own ranks. However some of them grow weary of their conspiracy and use the opportunity of a super-tornado that's managed to knock out all communications in the area to take the risk of removing them.

** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': Joseph manages to keep the Pillar Men from killing him with a ScheherezadeGambit, saying that if they give him one month to train he'll become more than a match for them. [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Wamuu]] accepts, but to ensure that Joseph can't welsh on the deal he implants a "deadly wedding ring" around Joseph's aorta that will constrict and kill him within 30 days, with the antidote being contained in one of Wamuu's piercings. Wamuu's ally Eisidisi decides that this sounds fun and declares that he wants in on the deal, putting his own ring inside Joseph. He does manage to defeat both opponents and rids himself of the rings.

* In 2003 near Erie, Pennsylvania, pizza deliveryman [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Brian_Douglas_Wells Brian Wells]] had a bomb locked around his neck and was ordered to rob a bank. Wells was detained but before the bomb squad could arrive, the device exploded and killed him. However it is believed that he was in on the plan but [[DoubleSubverted wasn’t aware that the bomb was real until it was too late]].

* When she's made to help Spartoi access the Book of Eibon, Eruka gets one of these in ''Manga/SoulEater''. Harvar is unnervingly matter-of-fact when pointing out she will be killed if she tries anything. Wouldn't be her first experience with such a leash. Early on, Medusa put snakes inside her and Mizune and would kill her in a heartbeat if she disobeyed (having actually killed Mizune to demonstrate). Of interesting note is that for a time, she had both this leash and the one above at the same time.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'':

''[Ms. Bitters places a collar around Zim's neck]''\\

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''

* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': In Chapter 70, some terrorists hijack two Eden Academy buses and take hostages. After some of the hostages try to leave a message behind, the terrorists put an explosive collar on [[spoiler:Anya Forger, the adoptive daughter of protagonists Yor and Loid]], and threaten to detonate it if anyone does anything suspicious, tries to escape, or attempts to remove the collar.

* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': In Chapter 72, some terrorists hijack the Eden Academy bus and take hostages. After some of the hostages try to leave a message behind, the terrorists put an explosive collar on [[spoiler:Anya Forger, the adoptive daughter of protagonists Yor and Loid]], and threaten to detonate it if anyone does anything suspicious, tries to escape, or attempts to remove the collar.

* In an early arc of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'', prisoners (including the heroes) volunteering for a job to find a guard gone missing in the swamp are outfitted with exploding armbands called "Music/LikeAVirgin" that detonate if they go too far from the guard looking after them.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'' has a mystical variation on this. Joseph manages to keep the Pillar Men from killing him with a ScheherezadeGambit, saying that if they give him one month to train he'll become more than a match for them. [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Wamuu]] accepts, but to ensure that Joseph can't welsh on the deal he implants a "deadly wedding ring" around Joseph's aorta that will constrict and kill him within 30 days, with the antidote being contained in one of Wamuu's piercings. Wamuu's ally Eisidisi decides that this sounds fun and declares that he wants in on the deal, putting his own ring inside Joseph. He does manage to defeat both opponents and rids himself of the rings.

* In ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', the space pirate Argo Gulskii was persuaded to become Neo Russia's Gundam Fighter after his crew were captured, so to gain their freedom if he wins the Gundam Fight. He however is a prisoner for life, which means he must wear handcuffs all the time (which have an on-off switch), and has a bomb strapped to his chest. However [[spoiler: Just before the final battle against the Devil Gundam, his 'prison warden' Nastasha Zabicov removes the handcuffs and the bomb against orders so he can fight freely. She also frees his friends while she's at it.]]
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'''s sidestory manga use explosive collars on criminals "drafted" into Celestial Being's sister organization, Fereshte. While the collared individuals are given more freedom than most examples of this trope, the collar is never intended to be removed, though rare exceptions are made, such as when one got married to a member of the groups [[spoiler: Said ex-collared member was a woman named Marlene Vlady, the mother of BridgeBunny Feldt Grace.]]).
** Also, anyone who doesn't believe in Celestial Being's Ideology has a leash put on.
** Fon Spaak, the protagonist of ''00F'', has his bomb activated during a fight with the Trinities. He survives mostly through sheer [[{{Determinator}} determination]].

* When she's made to help Spartoi access the Book of Eibon, Eruka gets one of these in ''Manga/SoulEater''. Harvar is unnervingly matter-of-fact when pointing out she will be killed if she tries anything.
** Wouldn't be her first experience with such a leash. Early on, Medusa put snakes inside her and Mizune and would kill her in a heartbeat if she disobeyed (having actually killed Mizune to demonstrate). Of interesting note is that for a time, she had both this leash and the one above at the same time.

* ''Manga/ZeroSevenGhost'' has Teito with an collar that will explode if he doesn't hear Frau's voice for 24 hours.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'': The Riddler fashions a bunch of these in his final, most diabolical challenge. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Batman makes sure to repay him in kind.]] The bombs are of course disabled...but no one tells the Riddler that.
* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', Riddler has placed an explosive necklace on Catwoman, using the threat of it to force Batman to complete various challenges; and each challenge completed allows you to disarm one of the bombs. Various mooks comment that pissing her off is a terrible idea, [[spoiler:and they're proven right when she returns to help Batman defeat him. Then in the DLC "Catwoman's Revenge", she robs him blind and destroys his resources, leaving him with nothing.]]
** In an interesting variation, one Arkham Militia soldier will wear a suicide vest, designed to detonate if he's knocked unconscious. Given Batman's [[ThouShaltNotKill rule]], he boasts this will leave Batman [[TemptingFate unable to touch him]]. Batman promptly breaks through a wall, disarms the bomb, and knocks him out. Oh well.

* ''VideoGame/Fallout3'':
** ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' features exploding slave collars that can be activated by radio or a device the player is given if they work for the slavers.
** In the Red Racer Factory, the Ghouls and Super Mutants have explosive chips implanted in their heads. Using a certain terminal to "Disable Chips" makes all their heads asplode.
* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'':
** Caesar's Legion fits their captures and slaves with explosive collars. The collars eventually come off when the slaves have been broken from the notion of trying to rebel or run away. One sidequest has you liberating a family of Legion captives wearing these collars.
** If you attempt to enter their base without Veronica, the Brotherhood of Steel test your loyalty by fitting you with a bomb collar and dealing with an NCR Ranger that's set up camp nearby.
** There's a concentration camp in ''Old World Blues'' where the now-ghoulified original inmates are wearing bomb collars that will go off if they try to chase you out of the camp. One of the guards entries at that same internment camp commented that the collars being used there were a new model the scientist had developed to aid corporations with "Employee compliance issues." Father Elijah tested and modified the collars he used in ''Dead Money'' in a shack near the camp.
** Father Elijah fits the player and three other characters with explosive collars in ''Dead Money'' to ensure that they will cooperate with him for his heist of the Sierra Madre. He also makes it a point to link the leashes to ensure that you won't get greedy and backstab each other. Unfortunately, the inferior quality of the collars means their detonators are sensitive to the deteriorated speakers and radios playing all over the DLC, so most of the DLC is spent either creeping slowly trying to find speakers (which set off the collar after about 20 seconds) or running to hopefully run out of range.

* 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.]]
** In the sequel, ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'', the nine participants of ''this'' Nonary Game have bracelets loaded with two drugs that get injected if they break a rule or if their point total falls to 0 or less: a powerful anesthetic that will put them to sleep, and a powerful muscle relaxant that will make them unable to breathe. The second one gets injected nine minutes after the first, and the first is only there at all as an act of mercy, so that the injected person doesn't suffer as they suffocate to death.

* ''VideoGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' for the SNES has the player's character discover [[spoiler:that a cortex bomb (small, remote-controlled explosive inside one's head) has been planted in his head. Queue a frantic dash to the nearest surgeon across the city while the bomb is ticking...]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' video game, ''Republic Heroes'', Cad Bane puts explosive handcuffs to force Captain Rex and ARF Trooper Sgt. Boomer to work for him to get a crate weapon onto his ship. When the CIS battle droids come, Cad Bane releases the link on the cuffs, but threatens them if they try anything funny (such as trying to shoot him), or if the droids get near his crate, he'll blow them to pieces.

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* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': In Chapter 72, some terrorists hijack the Eden Academy bus and take hostages. After some of the hostages try to leave a message behind, the terrorists put an explosive collar on [[spoiler:Anya Forger, the adoptive daughter of protagonists Yor and Loid]], and threaten to detonate it if anyone does anything suspicious, tries to escape or attempts to remove the collar.