"We put an explosive charge in your head. Does that sound familiar?"
— Owen Davian, Mission: Impossible III
Brian: Could I at least tell my wife?
Bomb: [BEEP BEEP BEEP]
Boss: The Bomb says no, Brian.
Bomb: [BEEP BEEP BEEP]
Boss: The Bomb says no, Brian.
— Penny Arcade
on how the development of Starcraft II stayed a secret
on how the development of Starcraft II stayed a secretCoyote: I see you don't have the tooth I gave you.
Annie: No, I left it in my room.
Coyote: Hmm, good, good. Show me your right hand. [puts a bind on her wrist] If you tell anyone on the forest about the tooth, even Ysengrin, this bind will snip off your hand. Do you understand?
Annie: Wh-I, but...
Coyote: Good.
Annie: No, I left it in my room.
Coyote: Hmm, good, good. Show me your right hand. [puts a bind on her wrist] If you tell anyone on the forest about the tooth, even Ysengrin, this bind will snip off your hand. Do you understand?
Annie: Wh-I, but...
Coyote: Good.
— Gunnerkrigg Court, chapter 31, "Fire Spike"
"Are you listening? Good. From now on, when I talk, listen! And follow my instructions. Play stupid, play clever, make the mistake of saying "no"? That collar on your neck'll go off and take your head with it."
— Father Elijah, Fallout: New Vegas
Lincoln: You want me to wear a suicide vest?
Coulson: It's only if Hive infects you. And, technically, a suicide vest is something you control.
Lincoln: So it's a murder vest.
Coulson: It's only if Hive infects you. And, technically, a suicide vest is something you control.
Lincoln: So it's a murder vest.
"Do you know what Primacord is, Jimmy? (wraps a piece of wire around Jimmy's son, Ricky) This is Primacord, and this (shows a remote) is a Dead Man's Switch."
— Gibbs to Jimmy Napolitano, NCIS, The Bone Yard
We were under no circumstances to allow ourselves to be taken alive, and the decision wasn't up to us. One special pulse from the battle computer, and that speck of plutonium in your powerplant would fizz with all of 0.01 percent efficiency and you'd be nothing but a rapidly expanding, very hot plasma.
Vila: [Fiddles with Blake's neckband] I can't do it, Blake.
Blake: Keep trying.
Vila: Look, there are two ways to set this thing off. One is that control box they all carry—
Avon: Microwave transmitter. Just point it in the direction of the neckband and press the button.
Vila: The other way is to force the lock —
Blake: You're not going to force it, are you?!
Vila: And if I get it wrong: bang, no head!
Blake: I trust you.
Vila: And if it blows up and I'm right behind you...
Blake: That's why I trust you.
Blake: Keep trying.
Vila: Look, there are two ways to set this thing off. One is that control box they all carry—
Avon: Microwave transmitter. Just point it in the direction of the neckband and press the button.
Vila: The other way is to force the lock —
Blake: You're not going to force it, are you?!
Vila: And if I get it wrong: bang, no head!
Blake: I trust you.
Vila: And if it blows up and I'm right behind you...
Blake: That's why I trust you.
— Blake's 7, "Bounty"
You ran out of time—test failed.
You let an 8-ball fall—test failed.
You took damage—test failed.
The orb broke—test failed.
You ran out of ink—test failed.
You let an 8-ball fall—test failed.
You took damage—test failed.
The orb broke—test failed.
You ran out of ink—test failed.
—C.Q. Cumber before detonating the ink bomb strapped to Agent 8, Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion
"And just in case anyone's thinking on making a break for it, I'd like to remind you that everyone here has been fitted with bug-sized neural implants. Under normal circumstances, an escape attempt may cost you your life, but since you fine fine people have all been tutored in the noble art of superheroics... well, let's just say any teammate you like best is gonna pay the price if you give me any garbage. Any questions?"
Snake Plissken: What did you do to me, asshole?
Bob Hauk: My idea, Plissken. Something we've been fooling around with. Two microscopic capsules lodged in your arteries. They're already starting to dissolve. In 22 hours, the cores will completely dissolve. Inside the cores are a heat-sensing charge. Not a large explosion, about the size of a pinhead, just big enough to open up both of your arteries. I'd say you'd be dead in 10-15 seconds...
Snake: Take them out, now!
Cronenberg: They're protected by the cores. Fifteen minutes before the last hour is up, we can neutralize the charge with X-rays.
Hauk: We'll burn out the charges IF you have the President.
Bob Hauk: My idea, Plissken. Something we've been fooling around with. Two microscopic capsules lodged in your arteries. They're already starting to dissolve. In 22 hours, the cores will completely dissolve. Inside the cores are a heat-sensing charge. Not a large explosion, about the size of a pinhead, just big enough to open up both of your arteries. I'd say you'd be dead in 10-15 seconds...
Snake: Take them out, now!
Cronenberg: They're protected by the cores. Fifteen minutes before the last hour is up, we can neutralize the charge with X-rays.
Hauk: We'll burn out the charges IF you have the President.
"There are carrots and sticks. Very persuasive sticks. Our operatives know they're extremely expendable."
—Amanda Waller on how the operatives of Task Force X are kept in line, Young Justice (2010), "Leverage"
