History Main / ExplosiveLeash

** Unless, of course, you can [[BeyondTheImpossible pull it off quick enough]] [[CrazyAwesome like one slave can do.]]

* ''ElfenLied'' does it with Mariko. She seems to have several, located in different parts of her body, so they can blow off her arm in her first appearance as a 'warning shot'.

* Slade uses the "deadly nanites" variant to recruit Robin as his [[BoxedCrook Boxed]] [[InvertedTrope Hero]] apprentice in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' 1st series finale. Since, like most superheroes, Robin would tell him where to stuff it if he was just threatening him, Slade [[IHaveYourWife slaps the leash on the rest of the Titans instead]].

* SCP-076 from ''SCPFoundation'' wears one of these. It's been activated several times, as its purpose is simply to incapacitate him long enough to get him back.

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* ''{{Torchwood}}'': In the second season finale, [[spoiler: Captain John Hart reveals that his actions -- at least in that episode -- were motivated by the bomb grafted to his wrist. How long the blackmail had been going on is not explained, so his bad behavior earlier may be excusable (or just an excuse).]]

* A flashback in ''KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' shows that [[TheLancer Joe]] was fitted with one when he decided to rebel against [[TheEmpire Zangyack]]. After [[TheHero Captain Marvelous]] rescues him from a hit squad, he removes the collar by sheer brute force and ballsiness, which makes them inseparable TrueCompanions.

* In an episode of AmericanDad, Stan fits Steve with a collar that is rigged to explode if he doesn't ask [[PerkyGoth Debbie]] out on a date within a specific time limit.

* ''HomestarRunner'': In episode 2 of ''[=~Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People~=]'', Strong Bad is outfitted with one of these for not paying the King of Town's email tax: it's set to go off if Strong Bad tries to leave his house. Fortunately, the blast produced is [[NonFatalExplosions only enough to blacken Strong Bad's face and knock him back into the house]] if the player tries leaving.

'''Ms. Bitters:''' If you leave school grounds, it will explode.

* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft II}}'' features this with [[spoiler:Tychus Findlay]].

* In {{Angel}}, human slaves in Pylea are kept in check by collars that will can explode if the slave attempts to remove it.
* Sabrina has to wear an explosive belt with a remote detonator in the second season CharliesAngels episode, "Hours of Desperation".

* ''{{Cyborg 009}}'' 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 in their bodies as a way to keep them under control in their mission. [[spoiler: Said mission was to kill their former {{Nakama}} Joe Shimamura aka 009; when they cannot bring themselves to do it, the bombs are activated, and the three kids die.]]

* A flashback in ''KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' shows that [[TheLancer Joe]] was fitted with one when he decided to rebel against [[TheEmpire Zangyack]]. After [[TheHero Captain Marvelous]] rescues him from a hit squad, he removes the collar by sheer brute force and ballsiness, which makes them inseparable {{Nakama}}.

* ''{{Starcraft II}}'' features this with [[spoiler:Tychus Findlay]].

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Boomtown," a prisoner is kept close to the Doctor with the help of explosive handcuffs. No one should be surprised that he got them from Jack Harkness.

* In season 2 of ''{{Alias}}'', Sydney's [[spoiler: former KGB mother]] wears one for an episode to ensure her cooperation and prevent her from escaping while on a mission in India.

* ''InvaderZim'' actually had one of these as a high school ''hall-pass'' locked around the student's neck, which explodes if it leaves the school.

* ''{{Flashpoint}}''

This is a common means of ensuring that people do things they normally would not do because of common sense. While there are occasions where [[WhyAmITicking the bomb is physically implanted]], it is usually in the form of a collar locked around the person's neck. The collar can have a detonator operated by the mission controller. It can be on a [[TimeBomb timer]] giving the operator a strict time limit within which to accomplish the mission. Or it can be triggered by proximity to a detonating device placed to prevent their escape.

See also WhyAmITicking, BoxedCrook, and YourHeadASplode. For non-exploding examples, consider a RestrainingBolt.

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[[caption-width-right:300:[-The most effective way of keeping slaves in line.-] ]]

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

The government needs a badass special operator for a suicide mission no sane person would undertake. So they [[BoxedCrook recruit a suitably trained prisoner for the job.]] How do you ensure the prisoner will cooperate and not head for the hills as soon as their cell door is opened?

It isn't always for a government mission that this method of control is used. Explosive collars can keep prisoners from wandering off. They can make friends kill each other. They can make law-abiding people commit crimes.

See also WhyAmITicking, BoxedCrook and YourHeadASplode. For non-exploding examples, consider a RestrainingBolt.