History PlayingWith / InterrogationByVandalism

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* '''Subverted''': Charlie [[ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity really isn't Charlie, but Charlie's ex]] and is [[VandalismBackfire happy to let the interrogator destroy Charlie's stuff.]]

* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh, well I wasn't going to tell you anything, but now I've seen you're the kind of heartless monster who could bring himself to [[PokeThePoodle break some plates]], I'm [[SarcasmMode shaking in my boots]]..."
** [[VideoGames/TheLegendOfZelda "You won't find any rupees here, Link!"]]

* '''Played For Laughs''': "[[BigNO NO!]] Not my fluffy jammies! Anything but my fluffy jammies!"
** "Dammit! I was going to destroy these dishes for Websiet/YouTube! [[SarcasmMode Thanks a lot]], now I have to go to another yard sale.

** "Dammit! I was going to destroy these dishes for YouTube! [[SarcasmMode Thanks a lot]], now I have to go to another yard sale.

'''Implied''': "Hey, that's a nice china collection. I bet these are worth a lot of money"
'''Plotted A Good Waste''': Bob smashed everything in Charlie's house while he was away. He comes back and assumes he got robbed, shooting Bob.
'''Played For Laughs''': "[[BigNO NO!]] Not my fluffy jammies! Anything but my fluffy jammies!"

'''Played For Drama''': Charlie, [[BewareTheNiceOnes a fairly docile person by nature]], was worn down from keeping the secret and would have been easy to get cooperate through normal interrogation techniques. Bob, not knowing this, decides to smash his cabinet full of dishes, hoping it'd intimidate him into complying. [[VandalismBackfire However, these were the dishes that Charlie's late mother passed onto him, which, needless to say, pushes Charlie's]] BerserkButton, resulting in him giving Bob a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. Now, Charlie's in a lot more trouble and Bob's in the hospital, in a situation that could have been avoided.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob kidnaps Charlie and locks him up in his own house until he talks. Charlie [[PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes retaliates by smashing up anything of Bob's he can get his hands on]].

* '''Parodied''': [[GentleGiant Bob]] is trying to be the [[GoodCopBadCop Good Cop]], but he DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength and keeps breaking things by accident. Eventually Charlie calls in the Bad Cop and promises to talk if he gets his bull-in-a-china-shop partner out of the house.

* '''Discussed''': "ShameIfSomethingHappened..."
* '''Conversed''': "Don't break his stuff! [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique Hit him!]]"

* '''Downplayed''': Bob shows a casual disregard for Charlie's property, to make the point that Charlie would be better off once he's got what he wants and left.

* '''Inverted''': Bob kidnaps Charlie and locks him up in his own house until he talks. Charlie retaliates by smashing up anything of Bob's he can get his hands on.
* '''Subverted''': Charlie really isn't Charlie, but is Charlie's ex and is [[VandalismBackfire happy to let the interrogator destroy Charlie's stuff.]]

* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Justified''':

** Bob is an ActualPacifist, driven to extreme measures.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is eventually fired from the police department and even arrested for damaging personal property.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob makes a point of telling Charlie how illegal his methods are. This quite effectively communicates that he's [[TheUnfettered willing to break the rules]], leading Bob to speculate how far he's willing to go, [[LeaveNoWitnesses especially if Bob is the only witness to his crimes]].

* '''Enforced''': Bob needs to interrogate someone, but a hero beating up an innocent wouldn't fly on the show's timeslot.

* '''Exploited''': Though initially appalled, the destruction helps Bob to decide that ItsAllJunk, and what really matters is the people he loves. This realisation makes him all the more determined to protect their secret.

Where's the link back to InterrogationByVandalism?! Not talking, huh? *smash*
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob snaps Charlie's pencils one by one until he talks.
* '''Justified''': Bob knows that Charlie would never let anything happen to his things, and uses that to his advantage.

** Bob is an ActualPacifist, driven to extreme measures.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': During an earlier interview, Charlie's ex Emily deliberately wound him up by painting Charlie as a {{Jerkass}} who cares about his material possessions far more than he ever did about her.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ShameIfSomethingHappened.

* '''Exaggerated''':
** And then smashes Charlie's table, TV, refrigerator, microwave, video games...
** ...Car, house, family's houses.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob snaps one of Charlie's pencils until he talks.

* '''Inverted''':
** Charlie's furniture becomes animate and attacks the investigating police.
** Ashley wants Charlie to keep a secret for her, so promises to repair any of Charlie's things for free as long as he does so.
* '''Subverted''': Charlie really isn't Charlie, but is Charlie's ex and is using the interrogator to destroy Charlie's stuff.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???

** [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique Charlie's bones would heal]], but a burned photo album destroy's a ''lifetime's'' worth of precious memories that can ''never'' be replaced.

Back to InterrogationByVandalism

* '''Subverted''': Charlie really isn't Charlie, but is Charlie's ex and is using the interrogator to destroy Charlie's stuff

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': And then smashes Charlie's table, TV, refrigerator, microwave, video games...

* '''Inverted''': Charlie's furniture becomes animate and attacks the investigating police.

* '''Subverted''': Charlie really isn't Charlie, but is Charlie's ex and is using the interrogator to destroy Charlie's stuff

* '''Exaggerated''': So is Charlie's table, TV, refrigerator, microwave, video game...