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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock

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41 feature instances
37 referencing feature instances

Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock	type	FeatureClass
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock	label	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock	page	CapsLockNumLockMissilesLock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock	comment	Everyone needs a good Doomsday Device or Self-Destruct Mechanism. You never know when you're gonna need them. But, where is this button going to be placed? It has to be somewhere that is easily accessible. So, it's placed just right on the side of the keyboard, where nothing could possibly go wrong. That is, until, it just gets accidentally pushed while someone's typing. Therein lies this trope. A button or switch of massive power is placed so carelessly that it almost begs to be accidentally hit. Often, this is done on a keyboard, but it can be done in other locations as needed for the storyline. This can be done, most likely for laughs, intentionally or unintentionally. Closely related is Forbidden Chekhov's Gun; sometimes the device itself has a function so dangerous that if you actually need to use it, you won't have time for a Two-Keyed Lock; when Godzilla shows up, having to wait for the other guy to get through traffic to help you activate the mega-death ray means the monster vaporizes the city. Still, it's probably a good idea to put a molly-guard over the Big Red Button. Might also overlap with Damn You, Muscle Memory! if the "bad" button is placed along with something familiar. Compare and contrast Big Red Button. Not to be confused with Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick, which is when the joke is the strangeness itself of one really weird thing being casually listed next to a bunch of normal things. A subtrope of Schmuck Bait. May overlap with Inventional Wisdom.
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock	fetched	2024-03-13T20:01:31Z
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock	parsed	2024-03-13T20:01:31Z
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock	processingComment	Dropped link to ZigZagged: Not an Item - FEATURE
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock	isPartOf	DBTropes
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_12192c96	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_12192c96	comment	In Space Tree, Space Tree is on death row, yet gets pardoned. The door of the cell he's in has two identical buttons labeled "Door Release" and "Fiery Execution!". The person sent to release him can't read. Do the math.
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Space Tree (Web Animation)	hasFeature	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_12192c96
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_12300cc3	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_12300cc3	comment	In Watchmen, Laurie notices a flame-marked button on the control panel of the owlship. Thinking it's a cigarette lighter, she presses it to light up a smoke, and nearly burns down Night Owl's hidden base by setting off the vehicle's flamethrower. Shortly afterwards, Nite Owl casually mentions that the owlship is also equipped with missiles. Laurie immediately breaks her cigarette in half. Nite Owl also commented that the Comedian had once made exactly the same mistake.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_12ffd3e9	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_12ffd3e9	comment	Megas XLR: The cockpit of Coop's Humongous Mecha (which also happens to be a car) is littered with absurdly labeled buttons powered by the Rule of Funny that trigger deadly weaponry right next to mundane functions like controlling the convertible top.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_14f9297e	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_14f9297e	comment	The Far Side: There's a cartoon where a man on a plane is about to flip a switch from "Wings Stay On" to "Wings Fall Off" : Another has a technician in front of a console marked "YELLOW ALERT" become annoyed that the technician next to him keeps leaning over and pressing his buttons - so he retaliates by leaning over and pressing the coworker's buttons. Unfortunately, the latter buttons are marked "RED ALERT."
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_261c8d3f	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_261c8d3f	comment	One episode of The Simpsons shows that Homer's workstation at the nuclear plant includes a Big Red Button labelled "Plant Destruct Please Do Not Push". He accidentally presses it while napping on the job, though disaster is averted thanks to a dog napping beside him, who wakes up and pulls a lever on the console.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_2a931966	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_2a931966	comment	Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! features the location of the R. U. Sirius's self destruct button... on an elevator panel, right between the up and down buttons. Immediately after pressing it, Brewster points out that that may not have been the best place for it.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_37efe01e	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_37efe01e	comment	Twitch Plays PokÃ©mon: The PC is controlled by thousands of players at once via chat commands. Due to these uncoordinated controls, many near game-ruining things can be done on accident, like releasing PokÃ©mon, or digging out of a dungeon, and having to go back through it from the start.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_38af3bd0	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_38af3bd0	comment	The Tuxedo: Slightly downplayed but when Jimmy Tong first tries on the titular Tuxedo, he looks over the options on the watch and initially goes to select "Demonstration", but accidentally goes down one on the list to "Demolition". The Tuxedo proceeds to treat every object in the room as an enemy with Jimmy unable to do anything to stop it.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_49ad83ee	comment	In World of Warcraft, in the Ulduar raid, the Mad Scientist boss Mimiron (who "tests" his inventions by attacking you with them) has a Big Red Button outside his lab that activates an optional time limit for Hard Mode Perks.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_49c301ae	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_49c301ae	comment	The premise of Far Out Space Nuts was based on this trope. Two NASA employees were responsible for loading meals onto spacecraft. There was a Breakfast button, a Lunch button, and a Dinner button on the console. But one of these employees was not the sharpest tool in the shed, and when he was instructed to press "Lunch", he hit the adjacent Launch button by mistake, sending the duo into outer space.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_4c095a1f	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_4c095a1f	comment	The Transformers: In the notorious episode "B.O.T.", the Decepticons built a cannon designed to knock the moon out of orbit... yet it features an "OVER LOAD" button on a human-height control panel.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_4efd20ba	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_4efd20ba	comment	An episode of Freakazoid! had ex-Corrupt Corporate Executive Gutierrez sitting at a desk. On this desk were only two buttons, "Summon Jocko" and "Vaporize World".
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_524499fe	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_524499fe	comment	Spitting Image was fond of showing Reagan in bed, with two buttons, one labelled "Nurse" and the other "Nuke", on a bedside control panel, and being obliviously careless about which one he pressed.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_53dc3731	comment	Atomic Robo: Zig-Zagged: when he and Charles Fort go hunting an Eldritch Abomination, Robo brings appropriate hardware. The zag is that sometimes you want a big damned explosion, and rarely will you have much time to prep it. Case in point, Robo turns the dials on both guns up to nine when decided:
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_69daf29	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_69daf29	comment	Grrl Power: Deus, trying to open the hidden weapons cache in his office, accidentally presses the button to drop the meeting table into a pit. Musing that he should probably label his buttons, he ends up activating an erotic art display and a collection of BDSM toys before finding the button he's looking for. The News Post implies that the art, at least, may not have been as accidental as Deus is acting.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_6c1234ed	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_6c1234ed	comment	Dwarf Fortress: It's quite easy to create one of these, and there is a real risk of it being triggered accidentally, because insane dwarves and some species of mischievous wild animals may pull levers at random. The Bay 12 forums once ran a "Big Red Lever of Doom" contest based on this. In the case of succession fortresses, one player takes control for an in-game year and then hands the fort to another player to run. Notes or labels on what things are is a luxury that you are not always given, and any given activation mechanism might water a farm or flood half the fort with lava, for reasons that made perfect sense at the time for the previous player. When the game released to Steam in 2022 with an entirely redone interface and proper graphics, it turned out that the button to cancel a military squad's current order and make them return to their regular schedule, was just right to, and looked extremely similar to, the button to outright disband a military squad entirely.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_7c038c18	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_7c038c18	comment	Dr. Doofenshmritz on Phineas and Ferb frequently invokes this due to his Running Gag obsession with placing a self destruct button on everything he creates. The ultimate example would have to be when he built an army of giant robots and placed the buttons on the bottom of their feet. The army took one step and was instantly wiped out.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_8434a7aa	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_8434a7aa	comment	Subverted with the capital Pi icon in The Net, in that simply clicking on the icon redirects to the software's home page. However, Ctrl+Shift+click on the icon gives the user absolute unfettered access to every computer that runs the Corrupt Corporate Executive's operating system.
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The Net (1995)	hasFeature	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_8434a7aa
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_87c6ac8e	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_87c6ac8e	comment	In Monsters vs. Aliens, there are two Big Red Buttons: One to launch the nuclear warheads and one to make latte. They're placed right next to each other and are otherwise unlabeled. In the movie's Stinger, the President accidentally presses the wrong button when he wants to make some coffee.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_9068877a	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_9068877a	comment	Red vs. Blue: In season 14 episode "The "Mission"", it's said that Terrill once accidentally blew up a base trying to use a microwave because it was placed right next to the button for firing all the missiles.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_99f8c7fb	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_99f8c7fb	comment	Have I Got News for You has an animated opening which is updated to reflect current events. One of the parts of it that remains the same in most versions is showing the President of the United States at his desk in the oval office. There have been several openings (particularly in the George W. Bush era) that involved them accidentally pressing a large red button.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_a29544ab	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_a29544ab	comment	In Apollo 13, Swigert places a note reading "NO" over the lunar module jettison switch, which looks exactly like the hundreds of other switches found throughout the command module, specifically so this doesn't happen. Lovell's autobiography Lost Moon clarifies this: the LM JETT switch was directly to the left of the service module jettison switch, and in this case the latter maneuver was supposed to happen first. In most cases, it wouldn't be a problem because the LM would be jettisoned in lunar orbit, but Apollo 13 was a special case... and Swigert (as well as the rest of the crew) were short on sleep. The more critical switches (including, presumably, these) had guards over them to prevent accidental activation, but in this case the extra insurance (in the form of the NOte) was a wise precaution. If nothing else, it gave Swigert some much-needed peace of mind.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_a40b1126	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_a40b1126	comment	A brief case played for laughs in Independence Day, when Russell Casse hops in an F-18 fighter jet. He flew military jets in Vietnam, and has been flying a crop duster ever since, and has been given a crash-course in modern military jets, but the first button he presses activates the "Missile Launch". Fortunately, he manages to find the off switch before any missiles actually launch.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_a535581a	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_a535581a	comment	In The Emperor's New Groove, Yzma's lair has two identical levers, one which triggers a trap and another which activates a mechanism for getting around the lair. This later became a running gag in The Emperor's New School.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_a57cf54d	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_a57cf54d	comment	Darths & Droids: The Imperial Walkers have the Chamomile Tea button right next to the "Trample Puny Humans" button. A few comics later we discover more buttons: "emit trumpeting bellow", "acidic phlegm" and "rise triumphant". The latter opens the sunroof.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_ab42c63a	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_ab42c63a	comment	Get Smart inverts this on more than one occasion. Smart will be shown a car, with buttons for grenade launchers, missiles, machine guns... He'll ask, "What's this button do, Chief?" to be answered with, "That's the window washer, Max."
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_ac7adc37	comment	Forbidden Planet has an example that makes sense upon further thought. The Krell lab that Dr. Morbius repurposed comes with a means to destroy the Krell machine, and with it, the entire planet Altair IV. The only security measure is the fact the self-destruct is a two-step sequence (a button on one console, then a lever several feet away) to prevent it from being triggered accidentally. But it's also established that the Krell were intellectually and morally advanced — thus implying that they had no reason to fear someone trying to activate the self-destruct without a darn good reason.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_acb92fd0	comment	In one episode of Father Ted, Tom gets a job driving a sewage transport lorry. The lorry's controls include two buttons that are next to each other, one which opens the door to the cab and one which releases the lorry's contents. This is of course heavily lampshaded. When he drives past Ted and Dougal walking along a road, he offers them a lift and goes to press the "open the cab door" button... cut to Ted and Dougal covered in sewage and Tom apologizing meekly.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_afbed901	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_afbed901	comment	A running gag in 50 Ways to Die in Minecraft. Brandon, while trying to use his computer, or his smartphone, will inadvertently end up somehow launching a missile at his own house.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_b5e2a911	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_b5e2a911	comment	In Two Guys and Guy, Frank's car has the self-destruct right next to the A-C options. In contrast, the Big Red Button with the molly-guard just factory-resets the traction control.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_b611aafc	comment	AC/DC: In the music video for "Heatseeker", Angus throws his hat at a bank of switches after getting on the stage. The left and right switches are marked as stage lights. The one in the middle (which his hat lands on) is marked "Never touch this switch!" and causes a nuclear missile to launch.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_bdbfba8e	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_bdbfba8e	comment	Dr. Who and the Daleks: The movie's Tardis is activated by a big red lever that Ian and Barbara stumble into while making out. Dr Who puts the blame solely on Ian, presumably because Barbara is his granddaughter and Ian isn't.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_c43df4d8	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_c43df4d8	comment	In the Doctor Who episode "Genesis of the Daleks", there are two instances of this trope: Davros' chair is equipped with a button that will turn off his life support and kill him in 30 seconds. This button is placed right next to all of his other controls, which can easily be accidentally hit, considering he barely has any control over his only functioning hand. Turning off the life support instantly sends Davros into uncontrollable spasms, so he can't even turn it back on himself. Also, the rocket which the Thals plan to use to destroy the Kaleds has two buttons right next to one another on its main control. Fire and Destruct.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_d2c882d8	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_d2c882d8	comment	Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre: After firing a missile in completely the wrong direction, Orson works out the 'R' on the helicopter's missile launcher controls stands for 'REAR', and not 'RIGHT' as he originally assumed.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_d69208d2	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_d69208d2	comment	In one episode of Codename: Kids Next Door, a KND prison ship has a Big Red Button that destroys the engines, made out of a muffin. One character stumbles and falls on this button, lampshading this.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_d99024a2	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_d99024a2	comment	In the video for Genesis's "Land of Confusion", President Reagan has a panel at his bedside with two buttons: "Nurse" and "Nuke". He accidentally starts World War III trying to get a glass of water. This was taken from Spitting Image, see the example in Puppet Shows.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_da6e2461	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_da6e2461	comment	In Oolite (just as in the original Elite) it is eminently possible to fly your spaceship by keyboard, and it is then equally possible to hit the Fire Laser button (A) when you meant to Reduce Speed (S). If you were docking with a space station at the time then you will not harm the station, but you will have to deal with hordes of police ships, who are uninterested in excuses, explanations or apologies.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_e25322af	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_e25322af	comment	A Homestar Runner cartoon called "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show!!" has the King of Town's knight throw a spear at a "Multi-Function Dragon", who has various squares drawn on his chest, presumably for various tasks the dragon can apparently perform. He misses the one he's aiming for and hits "instant death", causing the dragon to collapse, dead, on top of the knight and the Poopsmith.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_e3a1067	comment	In the episode "If Angels Wore Swimsuits" in Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Scanty furiously slams her fist down on a button in the middle of their humvee. Kneesocks shouts out that she just pressed the self destruct button, and the car blows up. An Ash Faced Kneesocks lampshaded it afterward.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_e885c808	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_e885c808	comment	Hilariously inverted in Spaceballs. The Spaceball One's self destruct is a Big Red Button — one situated by itself, behind a glass panel, in an out of the way part of the ship, protected by both guards and a laser security gate... (and with a reassuring label◊) and it's still triggered accidentally when Dark Helmet staggers backwards and slams his head into it.
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Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock / int_ebf385d8	comment	In Twice Upon a Time, the villain has a Big Red Button to detonate his nightmare bombs. In the climax, the hero, Ralph the All-Purpose Animal, shapeshifts into a fly and baits the villain into trying to swat him, resulting in the flyswatter hitting the button and detonating the bombs prematurely.
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Microsoft Sam And The War In The Republic Of My (Web Animation) / int_960a9ef8	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
Red vs. Blue: Season 14 (Web Animation) / int_960a9ef8	type	Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
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