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* In ''[[The Transporter]] 3'', the [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] of the film fits several characters (including the lead) with explosive bracelets that prevent them from getting more than 50 feet from their car.

* ''[[Battlefield Earth]]'' has explosive collars fitted to the slaves.

* In the third ''[[Mission Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]'' movie, two characters have this done to them. One dies in the first five minutes of the movie, <s>Tom Cruise</s> Ethan survives by shocking himself, which somehow doesn't set it off.

* In the third ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)||Mission: Impossible]]'' movie, two characters have this done to them. One dies in the first five minutes of the movie, <s>Tom Cruise</s> Ethan survives by shocking himself, which somehow doesn't set it off.

* In ''[[Blade II]]'', Blade attaches an explosive device to the back of one of the vampire's heads in order to prevent the vampire from attacking or betraying him.

* The cyborg slavers in ''[[Future War]]'' use dinosaur bloodhounds fixed with explosive collars, which activate upon death. "[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|No wonder fossils are so rare]]."

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== Tabletop RPG ==

* In the ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~]]'' RPG ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' any character can be outfitted with an explosive collar, and Guardsmen can take one as part of their starting equipment to imply ex-membership in a Penal Legion.

* In the ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' RPG ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' any character can be outfitted with an explosive collar, and Guardsmen can take one as part of their starting equipment to imply ex-membership in a Penal Legion.

* Common in both ''[[Shadowrun]]'' and ''[[Deadlands|Deadlands: Hell on Earth]]''. In the latter the majority of Combine troops are fitted with explosive implants.

* ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]'' supplement ''The Fungi from Yuggoth'', adventure "By the Bay". Dr. Dieter has implanted explosive devices in the heads of the Sons of Terror (and Phillip Jurgens) which can make their heads explode on command.

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* ''Blast Chamber'': The four prisoners each have a bomb strapped to their chest, and are forced to play a [[Deadly Game]]—The last man's bomb to explode wins.

* The Deadlock collars of ''[[Ratchet: Deadlocked]]''.

* Brad has one in ''[[Wild ~~Arms~~ 2]]'' to force his joining the team. Ironically, an enemy that creates an exact duplicate of Brad is killed when the bomb is duplicated as well and explodes.

* Brad has one in ''[[Wild ARMs 2]]'' to force his joining the team. Ironically, an enemy that creates an exact duplicate of Brad is killed when the bomb is duplicated as well and explodes.

* ''[[Xenogears]]'': Everyone who in the Prisoner's D Block. Interestingly, it is possible by random chance to remove the bomb; but the [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|plot forces you to go through the required fighting anyways.]]

* In episode 2 of ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|Strong Bads Cool Game for Attractive People]]'', Strong Bad is outfitted with one of these for not paying the King of Town's email tax: it's set to go off if Strong Bad tries to leave his house. Fortunately, the blast produced is [[Non-Fatal Explosions|only enough to blacken Strong Bad's face and knock him back into the house]] if the player tries leaving.

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* This is mocked in ''[[Escape from Monkey Island]]'' with the "Voodoo Anklet of Extreme Discomfort" which prevents the player character from leaving Lucre Island.

* Shadowrun for the SNES has the player's character discover {{spoiler|that a cortex bomb (small, remote-controlled explosive inside one's head) has been planted in his head. Queue a frantic dash to the nearest surgeon across the city while the bomb is ticking...}}

* ''[[~~Starcraft~~ II]]'' features this with {{spoiler|Tychus Findlay}}, he's a paroled convict who's been welded inside his suit of [[Powered Armor]], and any attempt to remove it will kill him.

* ''[[StarCraft II]]'' features this with {{spoiler|Tychus Findlay}}, he's a paroled convict who's been welded inside his suit of [[Powered Armor]], and any attempt to remove it will kill him.

* In ''[[Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors]]'' each of the nine had swallowed bombs that would activate when they broke the rule of having less than three people in a room. {{spoiler|This was a lie; only Ace, "Snake" and the Ninth Man, had bombs inside their intestines.}}

* Although not explosive, a still very deadly kind using choking can be found in ''[[Dungeon Siege 2]]''. It appears at the beginning of the game after the tutorial portion.

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* In ''[[Two Evil Scientists]]'', Eggman installs a bomb in the head of Metal Sonic to keep the robot from rebelling against him. When Metal inevitably decides to rebel, {{spoiler|Eggman sets it off, only to find out that it was a pointless effort, since Metal's nanites can just rebuild his head.}}

* {{spoiler|Antimony}} in ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' got to wear a lite version. After being [[Loose Lips|too talkative on a dangerous topic in the wrong time]] she had her wrist wrapped in the bracelet supposed to snip her hand off if she divulged {{spoiler|Coyote's}} secret to anyone during the vacation on his territory. It's obviously a part of object lesson, though he may or may not truly care about a disclosure as well. But at least it looks stylish. [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=829 It turned out] that she's not the first to wear such an accessory. Once conditions of the limitation are not appliable (out of forest), she was able to remove the binding herself - [[Made of Magic|it simply vanished in thin air]]. Also, going by her memories, for ether sight it looked [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1035 like a pinwheel of teeth].

* According to [[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]], [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/05/23 this is how] Blizzard kept [[~~Starcraft~~ II|Starcraft 2]] a secret.

* According to [[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]], [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/05/23 this is how] Blizzard kept [[StarCraft II|Starcraft 2]] a secret.

{{quote|"Could I at least tell my wife?"

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