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* '''Subverted''': Bob accidentally destroys a control panel. The machine shuts down. Then a recorded voice says, "secondary control on-line".

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Bob accidentally destroys a control panel. The machine shuts down. Then a recorded voice says, "secondary control on-line".on-line".
** The Dead Man Pedal[[labelnote:*]]"[[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture Emergency Alert, Negative Control At Helm!]]"[[/labelnote]] [[FalseCause timed out just as Bob destroyed the control panel]].
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** The damage caused a short that traveled back to the generator and junked it. [[note]]without the generator epically blowing up this time, I hope[[/note]]

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** The damage caused a short that traveled back to the generator and junked it. [[note]]without [[StuffBlowingUp the generator epically blowing up up]] this time, I hope[[/note]]
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* '''Exploited''': Bob is an electrical engineer and knows that the fail-safe state of the device is to shut down when it has no controller

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* '''Exploited''': Bob is an electrical engineer and knows that the fail-safe state of the device is to shut down when it has no controller controller.

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* '''Justified''': There's a safety feature that automatically shuts down whatever the console is connected to if anything happens to the console.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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There's a safety feature that automatically shuts down whatever the console is connected to if anything happens to the console.


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** The damage caused a short that traveled back to the generator and junked it. [[note]]without the generator epically blowing up this time, I hope[[/note]]

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** It explicitly takes the destruction of all back up controls including disconnecting it from the network for the device to shut down.



** The control panel contains the chip which regulates the DoomsdayDevice.



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Bob is an electrical engineer and knows that the fail-safe state of the device is to shut down when it has no controller
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Leaving the control panel completely useless from damage doesn't shut it down but utterly ripping it out of the wall does. It is explicitly mentioned to be from breaking the power circuit.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob destroys the device; the control panel is intact, but shuts down.

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Bob destroys the device; the control panel is intact, but shuts down.



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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** Bob destroys the control panel, and the device turns on.
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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???Bob destroys the device; the control panel is intact, but shuts down.

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* '''Justified''': There's a safety feature that automatically shuts down whatever the console is connected to if anything happens to the console.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': There's a safety feature that automatically shuts down whatever the console is connected to if anything happens to the console. console.
* '''Inverted''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': This trope is a result of poor planning and subpar construction on the part of whoever owns the machine. Whenever the console is destroyed, it's expensive and time-consuming. There's always time to fix it, but never time to do it right.
* '''Reconstructed''': In light of this, future versions of the machine have cheaper, more easily repaired control panels.



* '''Exploited''': ???



* '''Discussed''': "No matter what you've seen in the movies, remember to unplug the damn thing and not just shoot off the ON switch."

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* '''Discussed''': "No matter what you've seen in the movies, remember to unplug the damn thing and not just shoot off the ON switch."switch".



* '''Deconstructed''': This trope is a result of poor planning and subpar construction on the part of whoever owns the machine. Whenever the console is destroyed, it's expensive and time-consuming. There's always time to fix it, but never time to do it right.
* '''Reconstructed''': In light of this, future versions of the machine have cheaper, more easily repaired control panels.



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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Justified''': There's a safety feature that automatically shuts down whatever the console is connected to if anything happens to the console.
* '''Inverted''': Destroying the console is the only way to make the thing it's connected to work.
** Or destroying the control panel to the DoomsdayDevice makes the machine ''work faster''.

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* '''Justified''': There's a safety feature that automatically shuts down whatever the console is connected to if anything happens to the console.
* '''Inverted''': Destroying the console is the only way to make the thing it's connected to work.
** Or destroying the control panel to the DoomsdayDevice makes the machine ''work faster''.
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** Or destroying the control panel to the DoomsdayDevice makes the machine ''work faster''.
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* '''Discussed''': "Shoot the control panel. Always works."

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* '''Discussed''': "Shoot "No matter what you've seen in the control panel. Always works.movies, remember to unplug the damn thing and not just shoot off the ON switch."
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Shooting the control panel causes the device to malfunction at random, turning on and off at inopportune times as often as it is convenient. Eventually it must be deactivated by destroying the innards of the machine but the lights on the control panel still work and it makes noise when you press the buttons.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The writers have written the character into a corner and the only way to keep him from dying is to destroy a control panel to open a door.



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"Shoot the control panel. Always works."

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