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[[File:Explosive collar 2808.jpg|link=One Piece|frame|The most effective way of keeping slaves in line.]]
{{quote|'''Ms. Bitters:''' No leaving class without a hall pass, Zim.
'''Zim:''' Of course.
[Ms. Bitters places a collar around Zim's neck.]
'''Ms. Bitters:''' If you leave school grounds, it will ''[[Disproportionate Retribution|explode]]''.
|''[[Invader Zim]]''}}
The government needs a badass special operator for a suicide mission no sane person would undertake. So they [[Boxed Crook|recruit a suitably trained prisoner for the job.]] How do you ensure that the prisoner will cooperate and not head for the hills as soon as their cell door is opened?
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See also [[Why Am I Ticking?]], [[Boxed Crook]], and [[Your Head Asplode]]. For non-exploding examples, consider a [[Restraining Bolt]] or [[Slave Collar]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''B-Shock'': The premise behind the manga. The two main characters have explosive devices attached to their wrists by a [[Mad Scientist]], set to go off if they move too far apart.
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== Fan
* Used in the ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' / ''[[Battle Royale]]'' [[Crossover]] fanfiction, [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1943589/1/Azumanga_Royale
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* ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' made a particularly nasty variant of this by lacing a death row prisoner's last meal with nanites before recruiting him into <s>the Suicide Squad</s> Task Force X in the episode of the same name. The nanites can be programmed to detonate his internal organs if he disobeys. His handler directly tells him "Try to escape, and, well, you're going to look awfully funny trying to run without a head."
* Slade uses the "deadly nanites" variant to recruit Robin as his [[Boxed Crook|Boxed]] [[Inverted Trope|Hero]] apprentice in the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' 1st series finale. Since, like most superheroes, Robin would tell him where to stuff it if he was just threatening him, Slade [[I Have Your Wife|secretly slaps the leash on the rest of the Titans instead]].
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* ''[[Frisky Dingo]]'': The Xtacles' helmets.
* In an episode of ''[[American Dad]]'', Stan fits Steve with a collar that is rigged to explode if he doesn't ask [[Perky Goth|Debbie]] out on a date within a specific time limit.
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