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* ''Fanfic/FateOfTheClans'': This how Cú Chulainn interrogates someone since he doesn't have the [[LivingLieDetector Discernment of the Poor]] skill or the sword Fragarach: Rip out the crossbow bolt he threw at the person hard enough for it to completely impale the person through the shoulder and tells them he'll heal the injury after the person's questioned but they have to hurry before they bleed out. Anna checks to see if the truth's being told. Then after Cú Chulainn closes the injury, he allows the Red Clan to beat the shit out of the person for attempting to kill Tatara.
* In the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', Mal and Zoe start interrogating one of Adelei Niska's men because [[spoiler:Niska has kidnapped River and Jayne and is torturing them ForTheEvulz.]] The morality of the situation is highly suspect; most of the crew find the apparent necessity horrific, and in the end it proves entirely fruitless, [[TheMobBossIsScarier as the thug is more afraid of Niska than he is of Mal]]. It isn't until [[spoiler:Book drugs the man and Wash talks him into revealing information]] that they get anything useful.
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey]] makes very effective use of this trope. It's actually subverted in that the interrogator really doesn't want to have to resort to it, vastly preferring less disturbing and more reliable methods.
* In the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', Mal and Zoe start interrogating one of Adelei Niska's men because [[spoiler:Niska has kidnapped River and Jayne and is torturing them ForTheEvulz.]] The morality of the situation is highly suspect; most of the crew find the apparent necessity horrific, and in the end it proves entirely fruitless, [[TheMobBossIsScarier as the thug is more afraid of Niska than he is of Mal]]. It isn't until [[spoiler:Book drugs the man and Wash talks him into revealing information]] that they get anything useful.
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey]] makes very effective use of this trope. It's actually subverted in that the interrogator really doesn't want to have to resort to it, vastly preferring less disturbing and more reliable methods.
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* In ''[[Fanfic/SlippingBetweenWorlds Slipping Between Worlds]]'', British Army officer Lieutenant Philip Holtack attempted to subvert his Escape And Evasion training by asking the rational question "But there's nothing a trained interrogator cannot get out of a prisoner given enough time and effort. So what if I were to say ''Look, I'll tell you everything I know right now to save time, so we can both clock off early and spare a lot of aggravation?''" This earned him a punishment from his tutors, who felt he wasn't taking things sufficiently seriously, and ultimately, a place on an SAS-level "resisting interrogation" course where things were ratcheted up to a level of nastiness he would not normally have experienced. This is TruthInTelevision: being "captured" and forced to undergo a mock interrogation under realistic conditions is part of training for many British service personnel.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[AntiHero Garrus Vakarian]] plays this trope straight. He's looking for information on a plot to build superlasers, but one of the criminals he has rounded up doesn't feel like talking. Eventually, said criminal [[TortureAlwaysWorks spits out enough information]] for Garrus to guess what was up.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[AntiHero Garrus Vakarian]] plays this trope straight. He's looking for information on a plot to build superlasers, but one of the criminals he has rounded up doesn't feel like talking. Eventually, said criminal [[TortureAlwaysWorks spits out enough information]] for Garrus to guess what was up.
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* In ''[[Fanfic/SlippingBetweenWorlds Slipping Between Worlds]]'', British Army officer Lieutenant Philip Holtack attempted to subvert his Escape And Evasion training by asking the rational question "But there's nothing a trained interrogator cannot get out of a prisoner given enough time and effort. So what if I were to say ''Look, I'll tell you everything I know right now to save time, so we can both clock off early and spare a lot of aggravation?''" This earned him a punishment from his tutors, who felt he wasn't taking things sufficiently seriously, and ultimately, a place on an SAS-level "resisting interrogation" course where things were ratcheted up to a level of nastiness he would not normally have experienced. This is TruthInTelevision: being "captured" and forced to undergo a mock interrogation under realistic conditions is part of training for many British service personnel.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[AntiHero Garrus Vakarian]] plays''Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries'': [[BewareTheNiceOnes Mortality Watson]] does this trope straight. He's looking for information on a plot when [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Holmes is captured and tortured within an inch of his life.]] Needless to build superlasers, but one of say, the criminals he has rounded up doesn't feel like talking. Eventually, said criminal [[TortureAlwaysWorks spits out enough information]] [[VillainsWantMercy begs for Garrus to guess what was up.mercy]], and let's just say that Watson [[BewareTheNiceOnes murders]] the criminal.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[AntiHero Garrus Vakarian]] plays
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* Averted in ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace''. Human rights laws mean the police can't use this on Mr. Black.
* In ''FanFic/{{Revelations}}'' chapter 11/12, Túrante tortures another vampire to get information about the plans of the BigBad. She had killed the rest, but left one alive for this purpose.
* In FanFic/IntoTheHedge, Lero is heavily implied to pull this on a pack of soulless clones of the Cutie Mark Crusaders; who are ''young school-age girls.''
* In ''FanFic/{{Revelations}}'' chapter 11/12, Túrante tortures another vampire to get information about the plans of the BigBad. She had killed the rest, but left one alive for this purpose.
* In FanFic/IntoTheHedge, Lero is heavily implied to pull this on a pack of soulless clones of the Cutie Mark Crusaders; who are ''young school-age girls.''
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* Averted in ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace''. Human rights laws mean ''Fanfic/FateOfTheClans'': This how Cú Chulainn interrogates someone since he doesn't have the police can't use this on Mr. Black.
* In ''FanFic/{{Revelations}}'' chapter 11/12, Túrante tortures another vampire to get information about the plans[[LivingLieDetector Discernment of the BigBad. She had killed Poor]] skill or the rest, sword Fragarach: Rip out the crossbow bolt he threw at the person hard enough for it to completely impale the person through the shoulder and tells them he'll heal the injury after the person's questioned but left one alive for this purpose.
* In FanFic/IntoTheHedge, Lero is heavily impliedthey have to pull this on a pack of soulless clones hurry before they bleed out. Anna checks to see if the truth's being told. Then after Cú Chulainn closes the injury, he allows the Red Clan to beat the shit out of the Cutie Mark Crusaders; who are ''young school-age girls.''person for attempting to kill Tatara.
* In the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', Mal and Zoe start interrogating one of Adelei Niska's men because [[spoiler:Niska has kidnapped River and Jayne and is torturing them ForTheEvulz.]] The morality of the situation is highly suspect; most of the crew find the apparent necessity horrific, and in the end it proves entirely fruitless, [[TheMobBossIsScarier as the thug is more afraid of Niska than he is of Mal]]. It isn't until [[spoiler:Book drugs the man and Wash talks him into revealing information]] that they get anything useful.
* Played with in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10523682/33/Harry-Potter-and-Grief-s-Wisdom Harry Potter and Grief's Wisdom]]''. An [=MI5=] agent acting as Harry's bodyguard, having captured Draco, ''implies'' that this is going to take place and lets a round of GoodCopBadCop do the rest of the job.
* In ''FanFic/{{Revelations}}'' chapter 11/12, Túrante tortures another vampire to get information about the plans
* In FanFic/IntoTheHedge, Lero is heavily implied
* In the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', Mal and Zoe start interrogating one of Adelei Niska's men because [[spoiler:Niska has kidnapped River and Jayne and is torturing them ForTheEvulz.]] The morality of the situation is highly suspect; most of the crew find the apparent necessity horrific, and in the end it proves entirely fruitless, [[TheMobBossIsScarier as the thug is more afraid of Niska than he is of Mal]]. It isn't until [[spoiler:Book drugs the man and Wash talks him into revealing information]] that they get anything useful.
* Played with in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10523682/33/Harry-Potter-and-Grief-s-Wisdom Harry Potter and Grief's Wisdom]]''. An [=MI5=] agent acting as Harry's bodyguard, having captured Draco, ''implies'' that this is going to take place and lets a round of GoodCopBadCop do the rest of the job.
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* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes Watson]] does this when [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Holmes is captured and tortured within an inch of his life.]] Needless to say, the criminal [[VillainsWantMercy begs for mercy]], and let's just say that Watson [[BewareTheNiceOnes murders]] the criminal.
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* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes Watson]] does In ''FanFic/IntoTheHedge'', Lero is heavily implied to pull this when [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Holmes is captured and tortured within an inch on a pack of his life.]] Needless to say, soulless clones of the criminal [[VillainsWantMercy begs for mercy]], and let's just say that Watson [[BewareTheNiceOnes murders]] the criminal.Cutie Mark Crusaders; who are ''young school-age girls.''
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* Played with in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10523682/33/Harry-Potter-and-Grief-s-Wisdom Harry Potter and Grief's Wisdom]]''. An [=MI5=] agent acting as Harry's bodyguard, having captured Draco, ''implies'' that this is going to take place and lets a round of GoodCopBadCop do the rest of the job.
* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1061844/chapters/2187108 Second Chances]]'' Loki tortures Balder until he mentions who made the magic dagger Balder stabbed Loki with.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6633092/27/Susan-Bones-and-the-Prisoner-of-Azkaban Susan Bones and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' Alastor Moody tortures Walden [=Macnair=] using only variations on the levitation charm, ranging from letting a levitated rock drop on [=Macnair=]'s ankle to letting ''him'' drop from a height of seven or eight feet.
* In ''Fanfic/ProjectDelta'', when Jane realizes a pirate ship they have captured is working for the Red Wake, she ''burns the flesh off the captain's hand'' to make her talk.
* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1061844/chapters/2187108 Second Chances]]'' Loki tortures Balder until he mentions who made the magic dagger Balder stabbed Loki with.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6633092/27/Susan-Bones-and-the-Prisoner-of-Azkaban Susan Bones and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' Alastor Moody tortures Walden [=Macnair=] using only variations on the levitation charm, ranging from letting a levitated rock drop on [=Macnair=]'s ankle to letting ''him'' drop from a height of seven or eight feet.
* In ''Fanfic/ProjectDelta'', when Jane realizes a pirate ship they have captured is working for the Red Wake, she ''burns the flesh off the captain's hand'' to make her talk.
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* Played with Fairy Leviathan in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10523682/33/Harry-Potter-and-Grief-s-Wisdom Harry Potter and Grief's Wisdom]]''. An [=MI5=] agent acting as Harry's bodyguard, having captured Draco, ''implies'' ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'' delves into this when threatening the Midnight Castle gang's pegasi, threatening to remove their wings if they won't give her the information she needs. While her threat succeeds in its intent, the [[HeelRealization realization]] that she was trying this is going to take place on flesh-and-blood beings (who ''can't'' be rebuilt) instead of mechanical ones (which ''can'') rattles her enough that she kneels and lets a round of GoodCopBadCop do apologizes to the rest thieves in full view of the job.
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* Averted in ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace''. Human rights laws mean the police can't use this on Mr. Black.
* In''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1061844/chapters/2187108 Second Chances]]'' Loki tortures Balder until he mentions who made ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[AntiHero Garrus Vakarian]] plays this trope straight. He's looking for information on a plot to build superlasers, but one of the magic dagger Balder stabbed Loki with.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6633092/27/Susan-Bones-and-the-Prisoner-of-Azkaban Susan Bones and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' Alastor Moody tortures Walden [=Macnair=] using only variations on the levitation charm, ranging from letting a levitated rock drop on [=Macnair=]'s ankle to letting ''him'' drop from a height of seven or eight feet.
* In ''Fanfic/ProjectDelta'', when Jane realizes a pirate ship they have captured is workingcriminals he has rounded up doesn't feel like talking. Eventually, said criminal [[TortureAlwaysWorks spits out enough information]] for the Red Wake, she ''burns the flesh off the captain's hand'' Garrus to make her talk.guess what was up.
* Averted in ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace''. Human rights laws mean the police can't use this on Mr. Black.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6633092/27/Susan-Bones-and-the-Prisoner-of-Azkaban Susan Bones and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' Alastor Moody tortures Walden [=Macnair=] using only variations on the levitation charm, ranging from letting a levitated rock drop on [=Macnair=]'s ankle to letting ''him'' drop from a height of seven or eight feet.
* In ''Fanfic/ProjectDelta'', when Jane realizes a pirate ship they have captured is working
* In ''Fanfic/ProjectDelta'', when Jane realizes a pirate ship they have captured is working for the Red Wake, she ''burns the flesh off the captain's hand'' to make her talk.
* In ''FanFic/{{Revelations}}'' chapter 11/12, Túrante tortures another vampire to get information about the plans of the BigBad. She had killed the rest, but left one alive for this purpose.
* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1061844/chapters/2187108 Second Chances]]'' Loki tortures Balder until he mentions who made the magic dagger Balder stabbed Loki with.
* In ''[[Fanfic/SlippingBetweenWorlds Slipping Between Worlds]]'', British Army officer Lieutenant Philip Holtack attempted to subvert his Escape And Evasion training by asking the rational question "But there's nothing a trained interrogator cannot get out of a prisoner given enough time and effort. So what if I were to say ''Look, I'll tell you everything I know right now to save time, so we can both clock off early and spare a lot of aggravation?''" This earned him a punishment from his tutors, who felt he wasn't taking things sufficiently seriously, and ultimately, a place on an SAS-level "resisting interrogation" course where things were ratcheted up to a level of nastiness he would not normally have experienced. This is TruthInTelevision: being "captured" and forced to undergo a mock interrogation under realistic conditions is part of training for many British service personnel.
* In ''FanFic/{{Revelations}}'' chapter 11/12, Túrante tortures another vampire to get information about the plans of the BigBad. She had killed the rest, but left one alive for this purpose.
* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1061844/chapters/2187108 Second Chances]]'' Loki tortures Balder until he mentions who made the magic dagger Balder stabbed Loki with.
* In ''[[Fanfic/SlippingBetweenWorlds Slipping Between Worlds]]'', British Army officer Lieutenant Philip Holtack attempted to subvert his Escape And Evasion training by asking the rational question "But there's nothing a trained interrogator cannot get out of a prisoner given enough time and effort. So what if I were to say ''Look, I'll tell you everything I know right now to save time, so we can both clock off early and spare a lot of aggravation?''" This earned him a punishment from his tutors, who felt he wasn't taking things sufficiently seriously, and ultimately, a place on an SAS-level "resisting interrogation" course where things were ratcheted up to a level of nastiness he would not normally have experienced. This is TruthInTelevision: being "captured" and forced to undergo a mock interrogation under realistic conditions is part of training for many British service personnel.
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* Fairy Leviathan in ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'' delves into this when threatening the Midnight Castle gang's pegasi, threatening to remove their wings if they won't give her the information she needs. While her threat succeeds in its intent, the [[HeelRealization realization]] that she was trying this on flesh-and-blood beings (who ''can't'' be rebuilt) instead of mechanical ones (which ''can'') rattles her enough that she kneels and apologizes to the thieves in full view of the Royal Police.
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* Fairy Leviathan in ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'' delves into In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6633092/27/Susan-Bones-and-the-Prisoner-of-Azkaban Susan Bones and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' Alastor Moody tortures Walden [=Macnair=] using only variations on the levitation charm, ranging from letting a levitated rock drop on [=Macnair=]'s ankle to letting ''him'' drop from a height of seven or eight feet.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey]]'' makes very effective use of thiswhen threatening the Midnight Castle gang's pegasi, threatening to remove their wings if they won't give her the information she needs. While her threat succeeds trope. It's actually subverted in its intent, the [[HeelRealization realization]] that she was trying this on flesh-and-blood beings (who ''can't'' be rebuilt) instead of mechanical ones (which ''can'') rattles her enough that she kneels the interrogator really doesn't want to have to resort to it, vastly preferring less disturbing and apologizes to the thieves in full view of the Royal Police.more reliable methods.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey]]'' makes very effective use of this
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* ''Fanfic/FateOfTheClans'': This how Cú Chulainn interrogates someone since he doesn't have the [[LivingLieDetector Discernment of the Poor]] skill or the sword Fragarach: Rip out the crossbow bolt he threw at the person hard enough for it to completely impale the person through the shoulder and tells them he'll heal the injury after the person's questioned but they have to hurry before they bleed out. Anna checks to see if the truth's being told. Then after Cú Chulainn closes the injury, he allows the Red Clan to beat the shit out of the person for attempting to kill Tatara.
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* ''[[Fanfic/TwentyFourTheMusical 24: The Musical]]'', a fan-made musical version of the show's second season, parodies and lampshades this by having Jack sing "Torture and killing / They're par for the course / Sometimes there's no other way / You want results / You gotta use force / This is the longest day of my life!"
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* ''[[Fanfic/TwentyFourTheMusical ''[[Music/TwentyFourTheMusical 24: The Musical]]'', a fan-made musical version of the show's second season, parodies and lampshades this by having Jack sing "Torture and killing / They're par for the course / Sometimes there's no other way / You want results / You gotta use force / This is the longest day of my life!"
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* Fairy Leviathan in ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'' delves into this when threatening the Midnight Castle gang's pegasi, threatening to remove their wings if they won't give her the information she needs. While her threat succeeds in its intent, the [[HeelRealization realization]] that she was trying this on flesh-and-blood beings (who ''can't'' be rebuilt) instead of mechanical ones (which ''can'') rattles her enough that she kneels and apologizes to the thieves in full view of the Royal Police.
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* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'': During the Fourth Ninja War arc, Kakashi starts piecing together what happened behind Rin's death and Obito's FaceHeelTurn, and traps Zetsu in the Kamui dimension to force him to spill the beans about it.
-->'''Kakashi''': Alright. ''(focuses the Sharingan on Zetsu's eyes)'' I have a few questions regarding Obito that you're going to answer. And no, that wasn't a request.
-->'''Kakashi''': Alright. ''(focuses the Sharingan on Zetsu's eyes)'' I have a few questions regarding Obito that you're going to answer. And no, that wasn't a request.
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* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[AntiHero Garrus Vakarian]] plays this trope straight. He's looking for information on a plot to build superlasers, but one of the criminals he has rounded up doesn't feel like talking. Eventually, said criminal [[TortureAlwaysWorks spits out enough information]] for Garrus to guess what was up.
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* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[AntiHero Garrus Vakarian]] plays this trope straight. He's looking for information on a plot to build superlasers, but one of the criminals he has rounded up doesn't feel like talking. Eventually, said criminal [[TortureAlwaysWorks spits out enough information]] for Garrus to guess what was up.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10700343/4/Luna-s-Cupboard Luna's Cupboard]]'' Andromeda Tonks uses torture to extract a written confession of his crimes from Snape.
* Played with in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10523682/33/Harry-Potter-and-Grief-s-Wisdom Harry Potter and Grief's Wisdom]]''. An [=MI5=] agent acting as Harry's bodyguard, having captured Draco Malfoy, ''implies'' that this is going to take place and lets a round of GoodCopBadCop do the rest of the job.
* Played with in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10523682/33/Harry-Potter-and-Grief-s-Wisdom Harry Potter and Grief's Wisdom]]''. An [=MI5=] agent acting as Harry's bodyguard, having captured Draco Malfoy, ''implies'' that this is going to take place and lets a round of GoodCopBadCop do the rest of the job.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10700343/4/Luna-s-Cupboard Luna's Cupboard]]'' Andromeda Tonks uses torture to extract a written confession of his crimes from Snape.
* Played with in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10523682/33/Harry-Potter-and-Grief-s-Wisdom Harry Potter and Grief's Wisdom]]''. An [=MI5=] agent acting as Harry's bodyguard, having capturedDraco Malfoy, Draco, ''implies'' that this is going to take place and lets a round of GoodCopBadCop do the rest of the job.
* Played with in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10523682/33/Harry-Potter-and-Grief-s-Wisdom Harry Potter and Grief's Wisdom]]''. An [=MI5=] agent acting as Harry's bodyguard, having captured
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-->'''Harry:''' You said that Umbridge was questioned a lot. Did you torture her? I know Voldemort is known to torture.\\
'''Grishnak:''' We do not torture to gain information. We have found it is quite useless to do so, because under torture the subject will tell you anything to make it stop. The quality of the information gained in that manner is negligible. However, for discipline, or just for fun...
-->'''Harry:''' You said that Umbridge was questioned a lot. Did you torture her? I know Voldemort is known to torture.\\
'''Grishnak:''' We do not torture to gain information. We have found it is quite useless to do so, because under torture the subject will tell you anything to make it stop. The quality of the information gained in that manner is negligible. However, for discipline, or just for fun...
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* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', it's pretty much stated that Loki, who is ReformedButNotTamed, indulges in this when he really needs to get information out of someone fast. It's more effective than most examples of this trope because he can tell when people are lying.
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* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', it's pretty much stated that Loki, who is ReformedButNotTamed, indulges in this when he really needs to get information out of someone fast. It's Practically speaking, it's far more effective than most examples of this trope because he can tell when people are lying.lying. Morally speaking, it walks a certain line, and most of the other characters find it disconcerting. One indicative example is in the sequel, when urgently requiring information, Loki threatens Sabretooth with removing his nervous system while he's still alive, stringing a harp with it, and playing a tune accompanied by his screams. This leads a rather disturbed Jack O'Neill to ask if they're ''sure'' he's not still evil - Jack's mother, former Deputy Director of SHIELD, simply remarks words to the effect that he isn't, but he remembers how to play the part. Subverting the trope, however, Sabretooth isn't remotely fazed by this prospect, until Loki whispers something in his ear and conjures 'an illusion or two', whereupon to general astonishment, he's ''very'' free with information.
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* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''MassEffect''[=/=]''StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[AntiHero Garrus Vakarian]] plays this trope straight. He's looking for information on a plot to build superlasers, but one of the criminals he has rounded up doesn't feel like talking. Eventually, said criminal [[TortureAlwaysWorks spits out enough information]] for Garrus to guess what was up.
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* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''MassEffect''[=/=]''StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[AntiHero Garrus Vakarian]] plays this trope straight. He's looking for information on a plot to build superlasers, but one of the criminals he has rounded up doesn't feel like talking. Eventually, said criminal [[TortureAlwaysWorks spits out enough information]] for Garrus to guess what was up.
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* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', it's pretty much stated that Loki, who is ReformedButNotTamed, indulges in this when he really needs to get information out of someone fast. It's more effective than most examples of this trope because he can tell when people are lying.
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* In ''Fanfic/ProjectDelta'', when Jane realizes a pirate ship they have captured is working for the Red Wake, she ''burns the flesh off the captain's hand'' to make her talk.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6633092/27/Susan-Bones-and-the-Prisoner-of-Azkaban Susan Bones and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' Alastor Moody tortures Walden [=Macnair=] using only variations on the levitation charm, ranging from letting a levitated rock drop on [=Macnair=]'s ankle to letting ''him'' drop from a height of seven or eight feet.
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* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1061844/chapters/2187108 Second Chances]]'' Loki tortures Balder until he mentions who made the magic dagger Balder stabbed Loki with.
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* In the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', Mal and Zoe start interrogating one of Adelei Niska's men because [[spoiler:Niska has kidnapped River and Jayne and is torturing them ForTheEvulz.]] The morality of the situation is highly suspect; most of the crew find the apparent necessity horrific, and in the end it proves entirely fruitless, [[TheMobBossIsScarier as the thug is more afraid of Niska than he is of Mal]]. It isn't until [[spoiler:Book drugs the man and Wash talks him into revealing information]] that they get anything useful.
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey]] makes very effective use of this trope. It's actually subverted in that the interrogator really doesn't want to have to resort to it, vastly preferring less disturbing and more reliable methods.
* ''[[Fanfic/TwentyFourTheMusical 24: The Musical]]'', a fan-made musical version of the show's second season, parodies and lampshades this by having Jack sing "Torture and killing / They're par for the course / Sometimes there's no other way / You want results / You gotta use force / This is the longest day of my life!"
* In ''[[Fanfic/SlippingBetweenWorlds Slipping Between Worlds]]'', British Army officer Lieutenant Philip Holtack attempted to subvert his Escape And Evasion training by asking the rational question "But there's nothing a trained interrogator cannot get out of a prisoner given enough time and effort. So what if I were to say ''Look, I'll tell you everything I know right now to save time, so we can both clock off early and spare a lot of aggravation?''" This earned him a punishment from his tutors, who felt he wasn't taking things sufficiently seriously, and ultimately, a place on an SAS-level "resisting interrogation" course where things were ratcheted up to a level of nastiness he would not normally have experienced. This is TruthInTelevision: being "captured" and forced to undergo a mock interrogation under realistic conditions is part of training for many British service personnel.
* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''MassEffect''[=/=]''StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[AntiHero Garrus Vakarian]] plays this trope straight. He's looking for information on a plot to build superlasers, but one of the criminals he has rounded up doesn't feel like talking. Eventually, said criminal [[TortureAlwaysWorks spits out enough information]] for Garrus to guess what was up.
* Navarone sometimes has to resort to this in ''FanFic/DiariesOfAMadman''. This is nothing compared to Kat, however, who possesses skills that would make Jack proud.
* Averted in ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace''. Human rights laws mean the police can't use this on Mr. Black.
* In ''FanFic/{{Revelations}}'' chapter 11/12, Túrante tortures another vampire to get information about the plans of the BigBad. She had killed the rest, but left one alive for this purpose.
* In FanFic/IntoTheHedge, Lero is heavily implied to pull this on a pack of soulless clones of the Cutie Mark Crusaders; who are ''young school-age girls.''
* [[Franchise/StarWars HK-47]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8501689/12/The-Havoc-side-of-the-Force The Havoc Side of the Force]]'' asks a crew member of the ship that attacked them a question. When she refuses to answer, he holds her outside the force field keeping the ship's atmosphere in until she almost passes out then asks again. [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry's]] mildly disturbed by this but doesn't let it show.
* Subverted in ''Fanfic/TheHeadhunt''. Lieutenant Dul'krah, Clan Korekh, security chief of the USS ''Bajor'', draws a knife while interrogating a [[TheMafia Mafia]] capo ... and then just sits there picking his fingernails with it, all the while just ''staring'' at her for over half an hour. Helps that A) he's nearly seven feet tall and "built like a Cardassian main battle tank" in his captain's words, and B) his species has nictitating membranes (i.e. he can make his eyes look lidless) and vertical slit pupils, so all he really needs to do is sit there with the knife and look scary. The fact that the capo can't escape, being shackled to the table, does the rest.
* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes Watson]] does this when [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Holmes is captured and tortured within an inch of his life.]] Needless to say, the criminal [[VillainsWantMercy begs for mercy]], and let's just say that Watson [[BewareTheNiceOnes murders]] the criminal.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10700343/4/Luna-s-Cupboard Luna's Cupboard]]'' Andromeda Tonks uses torture to extract a written confession of his crimes from Snape.
* Played with in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10523682/33/Harry-Potter-and-Grief-s-Wisdom Harry Potter and Grief's Wisdom]]''. An [=MI5=] agent acting as Harry's bodyguard, having captured Draco Malfoy, ''implies'' that this is going to take place and lets a round of GoodCopBadCop do the rest of the job.
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* In the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', Mal and Zoe start interrogating one of Adelei Niska's men because [[spoiler:Niska has kidnapped River and Jayne and is torturing them ForTheEvulz.]] The morality of the situation is highly suspect; most of the crew find the apparent necessity horrific, and in the end it proves entirely fruitless, [[TheMobBossIsScarier as the thug is more afraid of Niska than he is of Mal]]. It isn't until [[spoiler:Book drugs the man and Wash talks him into revealing information]] that they get anything useful.
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey]] makes very effective use of this trope. It's actually subverted in that the interrogator really doesn't want to have to resort to it, vastly preferring less disturbing and more reliable methods.
* ''[[Fanfic/TwentyFourTheMusical 24: The Musical]]'', a fan-made musical version of the show's second season, parodies and lampshades this by having Jack sing "Torture and killing / They're par for the course / Sometimes there's no other way / You want results / You gotta use force / This is the longest day of my life!"
* In ''[[Fanfic/SlippingBetweenWorlds Slipping Between Worlds]]'', British Army officer Lieutenant Philip Holtack attempted to subvert his Escape And Evasion training by asking the rational question "But there's nothing a trained interrogator cannot get out of a prisoner given enough time and effort. So what if I were to say ''Look, I'll tell you everything I know right now to save time, so we can both clock off early and spare a lot of aggravation?''" This earned him a punishment from his tutors, who felt he wasn't taking things sufficiently seriously, and ultimately, a place on an SAS-level "resisting interrogation" course where things were ratcheted up to a level of nastiness he would not normally have experienced. This is TruthInTelevision: being "captured" and forced to undergo a mock interrogation under realistic conditions is part of training for many British service personnel.
* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''MassEffect''[=/=]''StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[AntiHero Garrus Vakarian]] plays this trope straight. He's looking for information on a plot to build superlasers, but one of the criminals he has rounded up doesn't feel like talking. Eventually, said criminal [[TortureAlwaysWorks spits out enough information]] for Garrus to guess what was up.
* Navarone sometimes has to resort to this in ''FanFic/DiariesOfAMadman''. This is nothing compared to Kat, however, who possesses skills that would make Jack proud.
* Averted in ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace''. Human rights laws mean the police can't use this on Mr. Black.
* In ''FanFic/{{Revelations}}'' chapter 11/12, Túrante tortures another vampire to get information about the plans of the BigBad. She had killed the rest, but left one alive for this purpose.
* In FanFic/IntoTheHedge, Lero is heavily implied to pull this on a pack of soulless clones of the Cutie Mark Crusaders; who are ''young school-age girls.''
* [[Franchise/StarWars HK-47]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8501689/12/The-Havoc-side-of-the-Force The Havoc Side of the Force]]'' asks a crew member of the ship that attacked them a question. When she refuses to answer, he holds her outside the force field keeping the ship's atmosphere in until she almost passes out then asks again. [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry's]] mildly disturbed by this but doesn't let it show.
* Subverted in ''Fanfic/TheHeadhunt''. Lieutenant Dul'krah, Clan Korekh, security chief of the USS ''Bajor'', draws a knife while interrogating a [[TheMafia Mafia]] capo ... and then just sits there picking his fingernails with it, all the while just ''staring'' at her for over half an hour. Helps that A) he's nearly seven feet tall and "built like a Cardassian main battle tank" in his captain's words, and B) his species has nictitating membranes (i.e. he can make his eyes look lidless) and vertical slit pupils, so all he really needs to do is sit there with the knife and look scary. The fact that the capo can't escape, being shackled to the table, does the rest.
* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes Watson]] does this when [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Holmes is captured and tortured within an inch of his life.]] Needless to say, the criminal [[VillainsWantMercy begs for mercy]], and let's just say that Watson [[BewareTheNiceOnes murders]] the criminal.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10700343/4/Luna-s-Cupboard Luna's Cupboard]]'' Andromeda Tonks uses torture to extract a written confession of his crimes from Snape.
* Played with in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10523682/33/Harry-Potter-and-Grief-s-Wisdom Harry Potter and Grief's Wisdom]]''. An [=MI5=] agent acting as Harry's bodyguard, having captured Draco Malfoy, ''implies'' that this is going to take place and lets a round of GoodCopBadCop do the rest of the job.
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