1 | '''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. |
2 | * '''Straight''': [[AdventurerArchaeologist Taylor]] gets captured by the villains, who stick a remotely detonated bomb on his back and order him to find [[ArtifactOfDoom the lost staff of Mount Schuler]] for them if he wants his freedom back. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Taylor gets a literal ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill suitcase nuke]]'' handcuffed to his wrist. |
5 | ** [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Taylor gets a bomb collar attached as a hall pass.]] |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': Taylor gets a ShockCollar put on his neck and coerced by threats of pain rather than death. |
7 | * '''Justified''': The bad guys couldn't find any way to coerce Taylor into working for them other than threatening his life in this way. |
8 | * '''Inverted''': |
9 | ** To deter attempts on his life, Taylor is carrying a bomb [[DeadMansSwitch that will explode if he dies]]. |
10 | ** Taylor is fitted with a collar that, once he finishes his task, will heal him of any injuries he had at the time. |
11 | * '''Subverted''': After thorough examination by his GadgeteerGenius friend, the bomb in the collar turns out to be fake. |
12 | * '''Double Subverted''': However, he finds another bomb that the villains [[WhyAmITicking implanted into Taylor's body]], and that one is real. |
13 | * '''Parodied''': |
14 | ** The "explosive leash" in question is an old-style ball and chain, only the ball is a CartoonBomb. |
15 | ** Taylor gets an explosive collar put on his neck... as a part of UsefulNotes/{{DRM}} [[TakeThat package for the new game he bought]]. |
16 | * '''Zig Zagged''': It's russian roulette but with necklaces: some deploy acid, some deploy explosives, some use fire, most deploy nothing, one deploys confetti. |
17 | * '''Averted''': The villains use something else to coerce Taylor, like [[HostageForMacGuffin kidnap and threaten his loved ones]]. |
18 | * '''Enforced''': The work that heavily influenced the lead writer was ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', and he decided to include a {{Homage}} to it. |
19 | * '''Lampshaded''': "You might have noticed that you have a collar around your neck. No points for guessing what it does." |
20 | * '''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.]] |
21 | * '''Exploited''': |
22 | ** 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]]. |
23 | ** [[Film/KingsmanTheSecretService Someone hacks into the controls for the collars, allowing them to destroy all their hostages with a click of a button.]] |
24 | ** Taylor hugs his neck to his would-be captor, [[TakingYouWithMe ensuring that if his collar explodes, the captor dies with him.]] |
25 | ** 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.]] |
26 | * '''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. |
27 | * '''Discussed''': "What wretched company would produce such a twisted device?" |
28 | * '''Conversed''': "The villains give out so many explosive collars it's a surprise their minions don't get one for their yearly bonus." |
29 | * '''Deconstructed''': Taylor's collar goes off by accident, leaving him dead and the villains without their MacGuffin. |
30 | * '''Reconstructed''': The bad guys use this measure of coercion only when their victims are considered expendable. |
31 | * '''Implied''': Taylor has a distinctive choker which he tugs at when nervous, and it keeps beeping... |
32 | * '''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]]. |
33 | * '''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. |
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35 | Now, you either go back to ExplosiveLeash, or your head goes boom. Understand? |
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37 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
38 | %% |
39 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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