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Author: Arivne

May 24th 2013 at 1:32:37 AM

This trope often involves the activation of a SelfDestructMechanism with a time delay.

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* ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''. Kirk pretends to surrender the Enterprise to the Klingons and he and the others beam down to the planet's surface. When the Klingons beam over to the Enterprise, they hear the ship's computer saying "Nine, eight, seven, six, five..." - the last few seconds of the [[SelfDestructMechanism self-destruct sequence countdown]].
* ''Film/TheEnemyBelow''. After the destroyer escort rams the sub, the sub's crew activates its self-destruct charges and evacuates. If the DE's crew had tried to enter the sub (e.g. to grab its code books) they would have been killed.
* ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''. JamesBond and the {{Ninja}} army have captured the SPECTRE base. Before he escapes, Blofeld sets the base's SelfDestructMechanism so they won't be able to keep it and may even be killed.
* ''Film/{{Alien}}''. Realizing that they can't defeat the alien, the remaining crew prepares to escape the Nostromo. Ripley sets the ship's SelfDestructMechanism so that the alien will be killed after they leave.