Nithael
Since: Jan, 2001
Oct 5th 2016 at 8:36:13 AM
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The torture is only for information gathering, the torturer is a good character or at least someone who's supposed to be on the side of good, and the audience is supposed to agree with the torturer.
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Kersey475
My Namesakes
Since: Nov, 2009
My Namesakes
Apr 8th 2010 at 4:56:15 PM
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Does this trope only apply when a protagonist or another "good" character tortures for information?
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Madrugada
MOD
Since: Jan, 2001
May 18th 2010 at 9:33:36 AM
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Sort of. It's usually the protagonist, but it should always be someone who is nominally on the side of "law", or would be expected to be.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Kersey475
Since: Nov, 2009
Jun 11th 2010 at 5:32:40 AM
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Oh, and does dangling a perp from a high altitude (a la Batman) count as a Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique (physical) or as a Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (psychological)?
Edited by Kersey475 "Think like a man of action, act like a man of thinking, and don't be a dumbass."
How is it different from all the other torture tropes, if at all?
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