Shock Collar: Difference between revisions

 

How it actually works is nearly always undefined. It's a metal ring, it hurts, end of. Sometimes it is electricity for some [[Electric Torture]], sometimes it's a generic [[Agony Beam]] generated by some alien [[Techno Babble]]. It makes a good [[Restraining Bolt]] for the plot, you can even spin some plot lines out of how to get it off, and sometimes it'll have the added feature of being able to be pumped up to deadly levels so that it can also be, effectively, an [[Explosive Leash]]. On other occasions expect some fun with Pavlovian conditioning.

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* This happened in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' to the girls under slavery in the magical world.

* In ''[[Slayers]]'' captured Lina Inverse was restrained by a circlet that zapped her when she tried to use magic. They really haven't a slightest idea what [[Aloof Big Brother|her big sister]] used to [[Good Is Not Nice|put her through]], however...

* [[Inuyasha]] has a collar of enchanted prayer beads (or rosary) designed to make him hit the ground whenever Kagome says "Osuwari" or "Sit" / "Sit, boy". Kagome is an easily pissed off [[Tsundere]] Type B. Bad day for [[Inuyasha]].

* [[Boys Love Genre]] ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]'''s plot revolves around how [[Badass Biker]] Riki was made into a [[Sex Slave]] by [[Bastard Boyfriend|Iason Mink]]. Each "Pet" gets an identity ring in the standard form of jewelry like earrings, necklaces and such. Iason uniquely makes Riki's a cock ring which doubles as a [[Restraining Bolt]] Shock Collar whenever Riki rebels. Which is often.

 

== Comic Books ==

* In the 1996 version of ''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]'', all of the beast-folk have an implant that causes them excruciating pain when a remote control is triggered. This system of keeping them in check backfires when the Hyena-Swine figures this out and removes his own implant, then steals the control device to use it to dominate the others.

* In ''[[Crank|Crank 2: High Voltage]]'', Chev Chelios encounters two assholes that are torturing a dog with a shock collar even though it was obeying their commands. Chev tells them off, takes the collar, and puts it on. They try to shock him, but the electricity just powers up his artificial heart.

 

== Literature ==

* In the third book of the ''Soul Rider'' series by [[Jack Chalker]], a captive Cassie receives a shock collar to assist in her [[Brainwashing|re-education]] by New Eden

 

* ''[[Babylon 5]]''

** When the captain of Babylon Five, John Sheridan, found himself captured by the Earth government, who had recently given themselves a little ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'' [[Shout-Out]] by setting up the Ministry of Peace, he had a Shock Collar put in place as a [[Restraining Bolt]] to explain [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|why he didn't just attack]] the torturer who was trying to make him <s> [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|see four lights]]</s> sign a confession.

** A torturer/assassin makes G'Kar wear one. One of his political enemies on the Kah'Ree had just died, and wished to exact revenge.

* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' had two episodes with collars that inflicted pain:

* Both ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' and ''[[Cheers]]'' used the gag in which the wearer of the collar gets hold of its control box and uses it in the mistaken belief that it will shock the other person instead of himself.

* Chiana is wearing one of these when she first appears on ''[[Farscape]]'', activated by a button on her handler's forehead. In another episode, the entire crew is fitted with collars- even Pilot.

* The aliens in ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' episode "Rite Of Passage" put shock wristbands on the humans they were raising to prevent them from trying to leave their enclosure. It wasn't due to malice; the woods were full of dangerous creatures.

* Human slaves in Pylea wear these on ''[[Angel]]''.

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* In one ''[[Zits]]'' comic, Jeremy's mother forces him to wear a shock collar to stay at home after he breaks curfew one time too many.

* There was a series of ''[[Dilbert]]'' strips where the employees all had to wear headbands that the boss could use to shock them at will. Dilbert reprogrammed his to redirect its signal to Wally.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* ''Caverns of the Snow Witch'', one of the ''[[Fighting Fantasy]]'' [[gamebook]]s, has the [[Big Bad|Snow Witch]] fit collars onto her slaves, so that when they disobey her orders, they get choked.

* ''[[Rogue Trader]]'' has shock collar that helps with using Wrangling skill - but if such a test is failed too badly, the creature is enraged and attacks.

 

== Video Games ==

* In ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'', slave girl Vette has one that the Sith Warrior can choose to abuse. However, you can also remove it for [[Video Game Caring Potential]].

 

* ''[[Freefall]]'' has the last surviving [[Uplifted Animal|uplifted chimp]] wearing one, to facilitate relatively safe communication, since he's prone to rages. He keeps spare transponders for it to give the visitors not already wearing one (it's activated by approaching too close) and can switch it on and off himself - when going berserk, he becomes too stupid to just turn it off.

 

== Western Animation ==

* In one episode of ''[[The Angry Beavers]]'', the beavers are [[I Am Not Weasel|mistaken for dogs]] by a suburban family that gives them shock collars to housebreak them. "Bad puppies! We love you!"

* Worn by Shego's subjects in her future dystopia in ''[[Kim Possible|Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time]]''.

 

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