History Main / InterrogationByVandalism

* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', Gopher tortures Kid by vandalizing his ''body''. He plays on Kid's SuperOCD by doing things like drawing an asymmetrical pattern on his stomach in permanent marker and scratching one of Kid's body parts and not the other. He only tried this because he noticed Kid's OCD and that the usual "beat him til he talks" technique wasn't working.

* ''Film/FortyEightHours'': Reggie starts to trash the redneck bar until he gets the information he wants.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "Collect Her", Lenny Baxter is a collector of Powerpuff Girls merchandise who eventually captures the girls themselves. To get him to tell where he has them stored, the Professor and some kids start tearing open all the collectibles he has, ruining the collectors' value.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Collect Her", Lenny Baxter is a collector of Powerpuff Girls merchandise who eventually captures the girls themselves. To get him to tell where he has them stored, the Professor and some kids start tearing open all the collectibles he has, ruining the collectors' value.

* Taken UpToEleven in a hilarious moment in ''The Lost Conspiracy''. They get in a massive hostage stand off...

Often PlayedForLaughs (see TortureForFunAndInformation), with a common punchline being the victim's retort that [[VandalismBackfire "that wasn't even mine"]]. However, this is very rarely done in real life, because destroying someone else's property is, y'know, illegal.

-->'''Barbie:''' Ooh, Hawaiian surf trunks! ''(RIP!)''\\

'''Ken:''' Oh, Barbie, those were vintage! [[BlatantLies Alright, you know what, fine. Rip ‘em. They’re a dime-a-dozen anyway.]]\\
'''Barbie:''' A glitter tuxedo! ''(RIP!)''\\
'''Ken:''' OH! ''(Through grit teeth)'' Who cares? ''Who cares?'' Those things are tacky anyway.

'''Barbie:''' ''(In faux-curiosity)'' This is from, what, ''1965?''\\
'''Ken:''' ''(Panicking)'' [[SeriousBusiness The Super-Groovy Formal collection, YES!]]\\

-->'''Barbie:''' Ooh, Bermuda surf trunks! ''(RIP!)''\\

'''Ken:''' OH! (Through grit teeth) Who cares? ''Who cares?'' Those things are tacky anyway.

'''Barbie:''' (In faux-curiosity) This is from, what, ''1965?''\\
'''Ken:''' (Panicking) [[SeriousBusiness The Super-Groovy Formal collection, YES!]]\\

->'''Barbie:''' Ooh, Bermuda surf trunks! ''(RIP!)''\\

-->'''Ken:''' ''(Gasps)'' [[AnythingButThat Barbie, not the Nehru!]]\\

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': After Ken refuses to tell her how to turn Buzz Lightyear back to normal, Barbie goes to town on his accessories and wardrobe. He manages to hold out until Barbie threatens his precious Nehru jacket.

* ''Series/BostonLegal'': A man confessed to a priest after kidnapping a small child. Brad Chase tries to get the priest to betray confidentiality by threatening to damage a priceless wood door with an axe. Then the priest tries to stop him by [[WhatAnIdiot holding his hand in the way of the swing...]]

* ''VideoGame/TheWolfAmongUs'': In episode 2 Bigby threatens to destroy several items in Georgies club with a cricket bat. Whether or not he does is up to the player.

* In ''Revenge of the Bridesmaids'', the bridesmaids trying to break up the wedding get the maid of honor to admit the bride is faking TheBabyTrap by threatening to stain her expensive sweaters.

** In TheNineties remake episode "Miss Hit", our heroes get an uncooperative detective to talk by tossing about his 78 vinyl records ("Who's 'Music/GlennMiller'?"). As they leave they throw the last record to the detective, which he drops [[VinylShatters causing it to shatter]].

** In TheNineties remake episode "Miss Hit", they get a member of the drugs squad to talk by tossing about his [[VinylShatters 78 vinyl records]]. "Who's 'Music/GlennMiller'?"

* ''Series/TheProfessionals'': In "Killer With A Long Arm", [[CowboyCop Doyle]] is interrogating a Greek restaurant owner, and decides to carry out the [[NationalStereotypes Greek tradition of plate-smashing]]. He cracks when they get to the Limoges china.
** In TheNineties remake episode "Miss Hit", they get a member of the drugs squad to talk by tossing about his 78 vinyl records. "Who's Music/GlennMiller?"

** In TheRemake episode "Miss Hit", they get a member of the drugs squad to talk by tossing about his 78 vinyl records. "Who's Music/GlennMiller?"

* ''Series/TheProfessionals'': In "Killer With A Long Arm", [[CowboyCop Doyle]] is interrogating a Greek restaurant owner, and decides to carry out the [[NationalStereotypes Greek tradition of plate-smashing]].

* A more serious version in ''Series/AlteredCarbon''. Kovacs finds that the body he's been downloaded into belonged to a cop called Ryker. He starts to slice his body up with a knife until Detective Ortega breaks down and admits that Ryker used to be her lover.

-->'''Spike:''' Now, are you going to help, or does, uh..." (reads the pedestal the figure is standing on) "... Mister Fett here meet an untimely end?"

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