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** Charlie the BombDisposal expert is able to disarm the bomb on Evulz's gang of coerced minions. [[TheDogBitesBack They proceed to take their revenge on Evulz.]]
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* '''Straight''': [[AdventurerArchaeologist Taylor]] gets captured by the villains, who put an explosive collar on him and order him to find [[ArtifactOfDoom the lost staff of Mount Schuler]] for them if he wants his freedom back.

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* '''Straight''': [[AdventurerArchaeologist Taylor]] gets captured by the villains, who put an explosive collar stick a remotely detonated bomb on him his back and order him to find [[ArtifactOfDoom the lost staff of Mount Schuler]] for them if he wants his freedom back.



** Taylor gets a literal [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill suitcase nuke]] handcuffed to his wrist.
** Taylor gets a bomb collar attached as a hall pass

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** Taylor gets a literal [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill suitcase nuke]] nuke]]'' handcuffed to his wrist.
** [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Taylor gets a bomb collar attached as a hall passpass.]]
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** [[Film/KingsmanTheSecretService Someone hacks into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their supporters with a click of a button.]]

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** [[Film/KingsmanTheSecretService Someone hacks into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their supporters hostages with a click of a button.]]
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** Taylor gets a literal [[AtomicHate suitcase nuke]] handcuffed to his wrist.

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** Taylor gets a literal [[AtomicHate [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill suitcase nuke]] handcuffed to his wrist.
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** To deter attempts on his life, Taylor is carrying a bomb [[DeadManSwitch that will explode if he dies]].

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** To deter attempts on his life, Taylor is carrying a bomb [[DeadManSwitch [[DeadMansSwitch that will explode if he dies]].
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** [[Film/KingsmanTheSecretService Someone hacks into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their personnel with a click of a button.]]

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** [[Film/KingsmanTheSecretService Someone hacks into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their personnel supporters with a click of a button.]]
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** Taylor gets an explosive collar put on his neck... as a part of {{DRM}} [[TakeThat package for the new game he bought]].

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** Taylor gets an explosive collar put on his neck... as a part of {{DRM}} UsefulNotes/{{DRM}} [[TakeThat package for the new game he bought]].

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* '''Inverted''': To deter attempts on his life, Taylor is carrying a bomb [[DeadManSwitch that will explode if he dies]].

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To deter attempts on his life, Taylor is carrying a bomb [[DeadManSwitch that will explode if he dies]].dies]].
** Taylor is fitted with a collar that, once he finishes his task, will heal him of any injuries he had at the time.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Taylor gets a literal [[AtomicHate suitcase nuke]] handcuffed to his wrist.

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Taylor gets a literal [[AtomicHate suitcase nuke]] handcuffed to his wrist.
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**Taylor gets a bomb collar attached as a hall pass
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** Taylor hugs his neck to his would-be captor, [[TakingYouWithMe ensuring that if his collar explodes, the captor dies with him.]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': It's russian roulette buck with necklaces: some deploy acid, some deploy explosives, some use fire, most deploy nothing, one deploys confetti.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': It's russian roulette buck but with necklaces: some deploy acid, some deploy explosives, some use fire, most deploy nothing, one deploys confetti.

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* '''Exploited''': Taylor goads the bad guys into putting an Explosive Leash on him, because he wants to [[CrazyEnoughToWork defuse it and turn it into a bomb to escape with]].

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Taylor goads the bad guys into putting an Explosive Leash on him, because he wants to [[CrazyEnoughToWork defuse it and turn it into a bomb to escape with]].with]].
** [[Film/KingsmanTheSecretService Someone hacks into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their personnel with a click of a button.]]



** [[KingsmanTheSecretService Someone hacks into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their personnel with a click of a button.]]
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* '''Implied''': Taylor has a distinctive choker which he tugs at when nervous, and it keeps beeping...
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** [[KingsmanTheSecretService Someone hack into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their personnel with a click of a button.]]

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** [[KingsmanTheSecretService Someone hack hacks into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their personnel with a click of a button.]]
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** {{Kingsmen Someone hack into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their personnel with a click of a button.}}

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** {{Kingsmen [[KingsmanTheSecretService Someone hack into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their personnel with a click of a button.}}]]
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** [[Kingsmen Someone hack into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their personnel with a click of a button.]]

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** [[Kingsmen {{Kingsmen Someone hack into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their personnel with a click of a button.]]}}
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** [[Kingsmen Someone hack into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their personnel with a click of a button.]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Zagged''': It's russian roulette buck with necklaces: some deploy acid, some deploy explosives, some use fire, most deploy nothing, one deploys confetti.



* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???
"What wretched company would produce such a twisted device?"
* '''Conversed''': ???'''Conversed''': "The villains give out so many explosive collars it's a surprise their minions don't get one for their yearly bonus."
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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Evulz works hard to invent an explosive collar, as decapitation [[DecapitationRequired is the only way his minions can die and hence the only way to keep them in line.]]

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* '''Played For Drama''': The emotional consequences of having an explosive collar around your neck are explored in detail.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': The collar blows Taylor's head off... [[LosingYourHead which survives intact]] and starts swearing in illegible {{Angrish}} as the body [[CraniumChase searches around for it to try and put it back]].
* '''Played For Drama''': The emotional consequences of having an explosive collar around your neck and the sheer terror Taylor experiences from it are explored in detail.



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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* '''Parodied''': The "explosive leash" in question is an old-style ball and chain, only the ball is a CartoonBomb.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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The "explosive leash" in question is an old-style ball and chain, only the ball is a CartoonBomb.CartoonBomb.
** Taylor gets an explosive collar put on his neck... as a part of {{DRM}} [[TakeThat package for the new game he bought]].
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Taylor goads the bad guys into putting an Explosive Leash on him, because he wants to [[CrazyEnoughToWork defuse it and turn it into a bomb to escape with]].
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* '''Downplayed''': Taylor gets an explosive bracelet put on his wrist: Not as dramatic, but still deadly.

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* '''Downplayed''': Taylor gets an explosive bracelet a ShockCollar put on his wrist: Not as dramatic, but still deadly.neck and coerced by threats of pain rather than death.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???The "explosive leash" in question is an old-style ball and chain, only the ball is a CartoonBomb.

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* '''Downplayed''': Taylor gets an explosive bracelet put on his wrist: not as dramatic, but still deadly.

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* '''Downplayed''': Taylor gets an explosive bracelet put on his wrist: not Not as dramatic, but still deadly.



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* '''Played For Drama''': [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel The emotional consequences]] of having an explosive collar around your neck are explored in detail.

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* '''Played For Drama''': [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel The emotional consequences]] consequences of having an explosive collar around your neck are explored in detail.
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* '''Enforced''': The work that heavily influenced the lead writer was ''BattleRoyale'', and he decided to include a {{Homage}} to it.

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* '''Enforced''': The work that heavily influenced the lead writer was ''BattleRoyale'', ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', and he decided to include a {{Homage}} to it.
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'''Basic Trope''': The villains attaching a bomb of some form (a [[SlaveCollar collar]] more often than not) to a person to coerce them into doing things for the villains.
* '''Straight''': [[AdventurerArchaeologist Taylor]] gets captured by the villains, who put an explosive collar on him and order him to find [[ArtifactOfDoom the lost staff of Mount Schuler]] for them if he wants his freedom back.
* '''Exaggerated''': Taylor gets a literal [[AtomicHate suitcase nuke]] handcuffed to his wrist.
* '''Downplayed''': Taylor gets an explosive bracelet put on his wrist: not as dramatic, but still deadly.
* '''Justified''': The bad guys couldn't find any way to coerce Taylor into working for them other than threatening his life in this way.
* '''Inverted''': To deter attempts on his life, Taylor is carrying a bomb [[DeadManSwitch that will explode if he dies]].
* '''Subverted''': After thorough examination by his GadgeteerGenius friend, the bomb in the collar turns out to be fake.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, he finds another bomb that the villains [[WhyAmITicking implanted into Taylor's body]], and that one is real.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': The villains use something else to coerce Taylor, like [[HostageForMacGuffin kidnap and threaten his loved ones]].
* '''Enforced''': The work that heavily influenced the lead writer was ''BattleRoyale'', and he decided to include a {{Homage}} to it.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You might have noticed that you have a collar around your neck. No points for guessing what it does."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': The main character knows the bad guys use {{Explosive Leash}}es, and keeps the phone number of the world's foremost BombDisposal expert in case he gets captured.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Taylor's collar goes off by accident, leaving him dead and the villains without their MacGuffin.
* '''Reconstructed''': The bad guys use this measure of coercion only when their victims are considered expendable.
* '''Played For Drama''': [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel The emotional consequences]] of having an explosive collar around your neck are explored in detail.
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