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{{Restraining Bolt}}s in ComicBooks.
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* ''ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative'': Ragnarok, the cyborg clone of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], was designed with a shut-down code in case he went nuts and tried to kill everyone. [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion The Skrull replacing Hank Pym]], who co-created the clone, designed a failsafe so that if he died, Ragnarok would automatically reactivate, with the shut-down code disabled.
* In ''ComicBook/Eternals2006'', said Eternals are hardwired by their creators the Celestials so that they can't bring themselves to physically harm a Celestial or else they completely psychologically shut down. This works even if they're not aware that the thing which they're about to attack ''is'' a Celestial.
* In ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', Mr. Fantastic has to put mental blocks on his son Franklin at one point to stop his mutant powers from going out of control. However, the first time he does it, he accidentally puts his son into a coma.
* ''ComicBook/GhostRider'': Each Ghost Rider has a restraint bolt -- ''themselves''. The human part of the Riders limits the amount of power that the Spirits can exert, which has been said to be essentially god-like and limitless. However, while the Riders can choose to fight whoever they want, the Spirits only ever fight against the guilty, as seen in ''Ghost Rider'''s crossover with ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk''.
* In ''Hackmasters of Everknight'', "You are all now bound by Luvia to return the Key of Grawdyng to the Temple of Nudor at all cost... and you must be nice to me."
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': In the ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk'' storyline, Hulk and other gladiators are implanted with restraining discs which force them to follow orders. In ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'', those he feels have wronged him get to wear one as well.
* In ''ComicBook/{{PS238}}'', Zodon is a BigBadWannabe who curses like a sailor. As a result, the school staff installed a "Barry Ween chip" which causes him to replace any intended cuss word with something random. A particularly long string of attempted profanity will make him break out in show tunes (or, later, Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}} songs).
-->'''Zodon:''' What the '''FLUORIDE''' did I just say? What the '''GUMBALL''' did you do to me, you '''WINDSHIELD?!'''
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'':
** It's been hinted that Molly's evil parents used their PsychicPowers to control her behavior and that her notoriously low stamina is a side effect of that conditioning.
** Victor Mancha's programming includes a series of LogicBomb questions designed to cause his brain to do a literal HeroicBSOD in the event that he deviates from his original mission (killing every other superhero on Earth). Chase uses one of these questions ("[[ReligiousRobot Could God create a sandwich so big that even He couldn't eat it?]]") to shut Victor down during his FaceHeelTurn.
** At the end of the second series, Nico Minoru places a spell on [[spoiler:Dale and Stacey Yorkes]] which makes them fully aware of everything that will happen to them in the future, but unable to change their fates, in order to prevent them from doing further damage to history after they inadvertently learn that they're going to die.
** In the very last arc, it's left up to debate whether the "Settle Down" spell that Nico casts on Klara to restrain her qualifies as a restraining bolt. While Nico herself insists that it was only intended to stop Klara from hurting herself or others with her powers, Molly explicitly compares it to the kind of MindRape which her parents used to do to her.
* A logic-based version occurs in the ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' limited series. [[spoiler:The members of the Institute of Evil are brainwashed to be loyal and obedient to the Squadron. Subsequently, several occasions arise wherein Institute members are unable to alert the Squadron about suspicious events because it would conflict with their orders.]]
* In ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'', new or unruly operatives get explosive bracers which blow up if the bearer runs away from the team leader too far during a mission (Captain Boomerang manipulates Slipknot into testing them, with [[AnArmAndALeg rather messy consequences]] for Slipknot). Later iterations do away with the bracers in favor of explosive implants or nanobombs carried in the bloodstream.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** In ''ComicBook/SupermanUpUpAndAway'', Lex Luthor devises a way to deactivate Metallo's cyborg parts, effectively turning him into a statue.
** In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', the titular villain wears a special costume that gives her super-powers thanks to a combination of magic and technology. A series of metallic flat discs keep the magical energies which the suit is infused with in check. If the discs are removed or ripped off, the unleashed power will tear Superwoman's body apart.
* Creator/WarrenEllis' run of ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' is a BoxedCrook scenario -- faced with the task of keeping people like Bullseye and ComicBook/{{Venom}} in line, team leader Norman Osborn has the team injected with {{nanomachines}} which will fry their nervous systems if they disobey orders. Brought back for Jeff Parker's run, with modifications: this time, the nanites can incapacitate painlessly or painfully. Most of the time, the 'painless' option is used, but one rogue member gets hold of a nanite controller and activates the painful version. [[LaserGuidedKarma It eventually gets turned on him]].
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
** In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'', Megatron has a small group of Decepticons called "Phase Sixers", each one stronger than Megatron and charged with [[PersonOfMassDestruction annihilating all life left on a planet]] after the Decepticons are through with it. Megatron has some kind of Restraining Bolt on each one--Sixshot had a TriggerPhrase to immobilize him, and Overlord was given a computer virus that prevented him from formulating strategies against Megatron. Megatron explains the concept rather well when Starscream (then acting as Megatron's bodyguard) questioned the sanity of keeping Sixshot around:
--->'''Starscream:''' If Sixshot were to turn his considerable arsenal ''against'' you, I--may not be able to protect you.\\
'''Megatron:''' Starscream, Starscream. You are so achingly naïve. Firstly, your presence at my side is largely for show. I can protect myself. And secondly, do you seriously think I would set in motion a ''living weapon'' if I did not have the off switch?
** In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'', a device called a mode lock prevents a Transformer from transforming out of vehicle mode or moving on his own. It was first used to restrain Blaster when he went AWOL from [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Grimlock's rather unheroic leadership style]] but later to allow the Autobots to temporarily use Blast Off for transport.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'':
*** In UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}}, the Amazons's bracelets aren't just for deflecting bullets. It isn't just that if they're bound together, they lose their powers -- if they takw them off, they go ''crazy.''
*** During UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}}, Hephaestus creates a bunch of golden androids -- when they don't want to aid him in burning humanity for Ares, he fits them with devices which make them subservient. When Wondy removes the device from one of them, she becomes the Amazon's steadfast ally.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': After Zeus restores the powers which he sealed from [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie]] before her birth, he also gives her mother the means to block Cassie's powers from working in any situation when she doesn't want Cassie using them. She is definitely not the impulsive hothead her daughter is, which ensures that Cassie often cannot act as her own feelings dictate.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': When Jean Grey was a young girl, Professor Xavier placed mental blocks in Jean's mind to keep her telepathy from growing out of control. Xavier would later remove these so her telepathy could grow naturally. However, in certain continuities, these mental blocks cause Jean to develop a dark alter ego in ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', rather than the Phoenix Force being a cosmic entity.
* ''ComicBook/{{Zombo}}'':
** Zombo wears a pair of Speedos through which, should he prove troublesome, Miss Handler can deliver an electric shock to his testicles.
** Obmoz instead has nanobots in his blood which force him to obey all orders, though it hurts him to do so. They're damaged later on, so Obmoz immediately kills his controllers.
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{{Restraining Bolt}}s in ComicBooks.
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* ''ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative'': Ragnarok, the cyborg clone of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], was designed with a shut-down code in case he went nuts and tried to kill everyone. [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion The Skrull replacing Hank Pym]], who co-created the clone, designed a failsafe so that if he died, Ragnarok would automatically reactivate, with the shut-down code disabled.
* In ''ComicBook/Eternals2006'', said Eternals are hardwired by their creators the Celestials so that they can't bring themselves to physically harm a Celestial or else they completely psychologically shut down. This works even if they're not aware that the thing which they're about to attack ''is'' a Celestial.
* In ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', Mr. Fantastic has to put mental blocks on his son Franklin at one point to stop his mutant powers from going out of control. However, the first time he does it, he accidentally puts his son into a coma.
* ''ComicBook/GhostRider'': Each Ghost Rider has a restraint bolt -- ''themselves''. The human part of the Riders limits the amount of power that the Spirits can exert, which has been said to be essentially god-like and limitless. However, while the Riders can choose to fight whoever they want, the Spirits only ever fight against the guilty, as seen in ''Ghost Rider'''s crossover with ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk''.
* In ''Hackmasters of Everknight'', "You are all now bound by Luvia to return the Key of Grawdyng to the Temple of Nudor at all cost... and you must be nice to me."
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': In the ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk'' storyline, Hulk and other gladiators are implanted with restraining discs which force them to follow orders. In ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'', those he feels have wronged him get to wear one as well.
* In ''ComicBook/{{PS238}}'', Zodon is a BigBadWannabe who curses like a sailor. As a result, the school staff installed a "Barry Ween chip" which causes him to replace any intended cuss word with something random. A particularly long string of attempted profanity will make him break out in show tunes (or, later, Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}} songs).
-->'''Zodon:''' What the '''FLUORIDE''' did I just say? What the '''GUMBALL''' did you do to me, you '''WINDSHIELD?!'''
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'':
** It's been hinted that Molly's evil parents used their PsychicPowers to control her behavior and that her notoriously low stamina is a side effect of that conditioning.
** Victor Mancha's programming includes a series of LogicBomb questions designed to cause his brain to do a literal HeroicBSOD in the event that he deviates from his original mission (killing every other superhero on Earth). Chase uses one of these questions ("[[ReligiousRobot Could God create a sandwich so big that even He couldn't eat it?]]") to shut Victor down during his FaceHeelTurn.
** At the end of the second series, Nico Minoru places a spell on [[spoiler:Dale and Stacey Yorkes]] which makes them fully aware of everything that will happen to them in the future, but unable to change their fates, in order to prevent them from doing further damage to history after they inadvertently learn that they're going to die.
** In the very last arc, it's left up to debate whether the "Settle Down" spell that Nico casts on Klara to restrain her qualifies as a restraining bolt. While Nico herself insists that it was only intended to stop Klara from hurting herself or others with her powers, Molly explicitly compares it to the kind of MindRape which her parents used to do to her.
* A logic-based version occurs in the ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' limited series. [[spoiler:The members of the Institute of Evil are brainwashed to be loyal and obedient to the Squadron. Subsequently, several occasions arise wherein Institute members are unable to alert the Squadron about suspicious events because it would conflict with their orders.]]
* In ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'', new or unruly operatives get explosive bracers which blow up if the bearer runs away from the team leader too far during a mission (Captain Boomerang manipulates Slipknot into testing them, with [[AnArmAndALeg rather messy consequences]] for Slipknot). Later iterations do away with the bracers in favor of explosive implants or nanobombs carried in the bloodstream.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** In ''ComicBook/SupermanUpUpAndAway'', Lex Luthor devises a way to deactivate Metallo's cyborg parts, effectively turning him into a statue.
** In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', the titular villain wears a special costume that gives her super-powers thanks to a combination of magic and technology. A series of metallic flat discs keep the magical energies which the suit is infused with in check. If the discs are removed or ripped off, the unleashed power will tear Superwoman's body apart.
* Creator/WarrenEllis' run of ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' is a BoxedCrook scenario -- faced with the task of keeping people like Bullseye and ComicBook/{{Venom}} in line, team leader Norman Osborn has the team injected with {{nanomachines}} which will fry their nervous systems if they disobey orders. Brought back for Jeff Parker's run, with modifications: this time, the nanites can incapacitate painlessly or painfully. Most of the time, the 'painless' option is used, but one rogue member gets hold of a nanite controller and activates the painful version. [[LaserGuidedKarma It eventually gets turned on him]].
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
** In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'', Megatron has a small group of Decepticons called "Phase Sixers", each one stronger than Megatron and charged with [[PersonOfMassDestruction annihilating all life left on a planet]] after the Decepticons are through with it. Megatron has some kind of Restraining Bolt on each one--Sixshot had a TriggerPhrase to immobilize him, and Overlord was given a computer virus that prevented him from formulating strategies against Megatron. Megatron explains the concept rather well when Starscream (then acting as Megatron's bodyguard) questioned the sanity of keeping Sixshot around:
--->'''Starscream:''' If Sixshot were to turn his considerable arsenal ''against'' you, I--may not be able to protect you.\\
'''Megatron:''' Starscream, Starscream. You are so achingly naïve. Firstly, your presence at my side is largely for show. I can protect myself. And secondly, do you seriously think I would set in motion a ''living weapon'' if I did not have the off switch?
** In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'', a device called a mode lock prevents a Transformer from transforming out of vehicle mode or moving on his own. It was first used to restrain Blaster when he went AWOL from [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Grimlock's rather unheroic leadership style]] but later to allow the Autobots to temporarily use Blast Off for transport.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'':
*** In UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}}, the Amazons's bracelets aren't just for deflecting bullets. It isn't just that if they're bound together, they lose their powers -- if they takw them off, they go ''crazy.''
*** During UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}}, Hephaestus creates a bunch of golden androids -- when they don't want to aid him in burning humanity for Ares, he fits them with devices which make them subservient. When Wondy removes the device from one of them, she becomes the Amazon's steadfast ally.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': After Zeus restores the powers which he sealed from [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie]] before her birth, he also gives her mother the means to block Cassie's powers from working in any situation when she doesn't want Cassie using them. She is definitely not the impulsive hothead her daughter is, which ensures that Cassie often cannot act as her own feelings dictate.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': When Jean Grey was a young girl, Professor Xavier placed mental blocks in Jean's mind to keep her telepathy from growing out of control. Xavier would later remove these so her telepathy could grow naturally. However, in certain continuities, these mental blocks cause Jean to develop a dark alter ego in ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', rather than the Phoenix Force being a cosmic entity.
* ''ComicBook/{{Zombo}}'':
** Zombo wears a pair of Speedos through which, should he prove troublesome, Miss Handler can deliver an electric shock to his testicles.
** Obmoz instead has nanobots in his blood which force him to obey all orders, though it hurts him to do so. They're damaged later on, so Obmoz immediately kills his controllers.
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