Line #30 PlayingWith/ExplosiveLeash


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:
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39	%%* '''Implied''': ???

Context PlayingWith / ExplosiveLeash