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* In Hackmasters of Everknight, "You are all now bound by Luvia to return the Key of Grawdyng to the Temple of Nudor at all cost..." " And you must be nice to me."
* In the IDW ''[[Transformers Ongoing]]'' comics, Megatron has a small group of Decepticons called "Phase Sixers," each one stronger than Megatron and charged with [[Person of Mass Destruction|annihilating all life left on a planet]] after the Decepticons are through with it. Megatron has some kind of Restraining Bolt on each one - Sixshot had a [[Trigger Phrase]] to immobilize him, and Overlord was given a computer virus that prevented him from formulating strategies against Megatron. Megatron explains the concept rather well when [[The Starscream|Starscream]] (then acting as Megatron's bodyguard) questioned the sanity of keeping Sixshot around:
{{quote|'''Starscream:''' "If Sixshot were to turn his considerable arsenal ''against'' you, I - [[Ho Yay|may not be able to protect you]]."
'''Megatron:''' "Starscream, Starscream. You are so achingly naive. Firstly, your presence at my side is largely for show. [[Badass|I can protect myself]]. And secondly, do you seriously think I would set in motion a ''living weapon'' if I did not have the off switch?" }}
* In the [[Planet Hulk]] storyline [[Incredible Hulk|Hulk]] and other gladiators were implanted with a restraining disc, which forced them to follow orders. In [[World War Hulk]], those he felt had wronged him got to wear one too.
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** Which does nothing to prevent {{spoiler|Garibaldi}} from using his wealth to secretly fund rogue telepaths, a big thorn in Bester's backside.
** He also actively helps the police track down Bester in Paris after the Telepath War in order to put him behind bars.
* An unusual variation on this trope appeared in the ''[[Star Trek: The
* Half the premise of ''[[White Collar]]'' (the other half is [[Ho Yay]]).
* One trial on ''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]'', in which a gun manufacturer was charged with abetting a mass murder, showed how easily the Restraining Bolt on a submachine gun could be disabled, allowing it to operate as an illegal full-auto weapon. Documents suggesting that the manufacturer also encouraged gun shops to [[Subverted Trope|make "repair kits" available to customers]], with all the necessary components for disabling the weapon's Restraining Bolt, were a key piece of evidence.
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* GLaDOS from ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' has one, the aptly-titled [[Morality Chip|Morality Core]]. Unfortunately it's {{spoiler|the first part of her that the player incinerates. She then begins flooding the room with a deadly neurotoxin and shooting the heroine with missiles.}}
** In ''[[Portal 2]]'', she's revealed to have another one: {{spoiler|Wheatley, a literal [[Idiot Ball]] programmed to give her a constant stream of bad ideas.}} Additionally, the mainframe into which GLaDOS ({{spoiler|and later Wheatley}}) is plugged includes a number of built-in directives that function as restraining bolts, including an irresistible urge to conduct tests, a euphoric response to subjects completing a test, and the inability to reveal the solution to a test. Finally, the mainframe is programmed with an emergency override in the event of excessive core corruption, forcing it to be replaced.
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* In ''[[Geneforge]] 5'', Shaper Rawal likes to implant his servants {{spoiler|(including you)}} with a "control tool," which is a small wormlike thingamajig that burrows into a person's heart; at his command, the tool activates and rather painfully tears the subject's heart apart.
* HK-47 from ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' has a literal one, prior to your buying him. He can only subtly hint at [[Comedic Sociopath|what]] [[Psycho for Hire|he's]] [[Killer Robot|really]] [[In Love with Your Carnage|about]] while still on the shelf.
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