I think, technicaly, "To the Pain" actually means Exactly What It Says On The Tin- you are supposed to fight to wound, not kill, until the opponent gives up from the agony (basically an I Quit match with swords). Thats really what Wesley was threatening to do; it only became the way the trope is described, the "scare the hell out of the other guy" version, because he was dealing with a Dirty Coward of inferior skill and tricked him into thinking that he, Wesley, was in fit shape to fight, and the Evil Prince was so outmatched that a fight "to the pain" might as well be a torture session.
So...maybe make a Type 1 and Type 2?
Haven
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09:39:51 PM May 8th 2011
These seem to be descriptions of Cold Blooded Torture rather than this trope; if someone is more familiar with them, please rewrite them to illustrate how they demonstrate To The Pain better.
Naruto Itachi makes the victims of his Tsukiyomi suffer intense physical and mental pain for days on end, effectively breaking their souls and sending them into long comas.
Ibiki Morino anyone?
In Fruits Basket it's revealed that when Akito and Yuki were both children, Akito locked Yuki in a dark room for days on end and beat him with a whip. During this time, Akito also subjected him to Mind Rape
BigT
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10:47:16 AM May 23rd 2010
Probably could use a mention of why this is often done: sometimes it's hard to see exactly what is happening, particularly with the poison variation. The description makes what is happening a lot more vivid to the audience.