History Main / ToThePain

-->'''Ren:''' Yooooooou! Both of yoooooou! Oh, what I'm gonna do to you... ''I'm so angry!'' First, I'm gonna tear your lips out. Yeah... that's what I'm gonna do. [[EyeScream And then... I'm gonna... GOUGE your eyes out.]] [[DeletedScene Yeah... that's what I'm gonna do...]] Yeah, you scared, huh? Next... I'm gonna... ''TEAR'' your arms out of the socket! And you wanna know what else? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking I'm gonna hit ya... and you're gonna faaaaallll]]... and I'm gonna look down and I'm gonna laugh... But first... FIRST!!!... [[MoodWhiplash I gotta take a whiz!]] Don't you go anywhere. You stay right here.

* For the {{Trope Namer|s}}, see ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' in Literature below.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Inverted by Creator/MelGibson, who goes off on long rants suggesting all the ways you ''could'' torture him and hinting strongly at how he'd like you to do it.
-->'''Stan:''' Look, dude, we came a ''long'' way. We're not leaving until you give until you give us our money.\\
'''Gibson:''' Oh, ''yeah?!'' Well, you're going to have to find it first. But I won't tell you where I keep my money! ''(takes off his shirt)'' You can torture me all you want, ''I still won't tell you!''\\
'''Stan:''' ''(taken aback)'' T-torture you?!\\
'''Gibson:''' ''(takes off his pants) Ha!'' So you ''do'' intent to torture me! Well, ''go ahead! (straps himself to a strecher)'' Do your ''worst!'' You still won't get your ticket money back! I can take whatever you can dish out!\\
'''Stan:''' ...We ''don't'' want to torture you.\\
'''Gibson:''' I get it, but you "don't have a choice", is that it? Well, go ahead! I just ''sure hope'' you don't use those whips over there ''(gestures with his head)'' on the wall!

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Spoofed in "The Zeppo" when a KnifeNut zombie spells out exactly what he'll do to Xander, only for Xander to indicate a nearby TimeBomb and ask if he's going to do all that in forty-nine seconds.

* ''Film/{{Red}}''. The BadassCrew are threatening an ArmsDealer.

[[PlayedForLaughs Even when the monster in question doesn't necessarily have the mentioned body part to inflict a killing blow on, such as with an Animated (Wooden, Bronze, Iron or Marble) Statue or a Gelatinous Glob.]]

* In the Mount Natagumo arc from Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba, Shinobu describes in detail how she plans to gouge out the Spider Demon Daughter's eyes, then cut open and disembowel her stomach.

->''"'To the pain' means that the first thing you lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists, next your nose... The next thing you lose will be your left eye, followed by your right. [...] Your ears you keep, and I'll tell you why: so that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish; every babe that weeps at your approach; every woman who cries out, 'Dear God! What is that thing?' will echo in your perfect ears. ''That'' is what 'to the pain' means; it means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery, forever."''

--->"I'm done being patient. Give me a name, or I'll [[GroinAttack cut your balls off]] [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment and sell them to a]] [[ProudWarriorRace krogan!]]"

* In the final episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'', [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]], after trapping Franchise/{{Superman}} in his Agony Matrix, explains the effects to him (while Superman is convulsing in pain)...

* In ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'', Cheshire is very proud of her homemade poisons and will brag about the horrible effects they have on you.

* ''Webcomic/TheBikiniBottomHorror'' has Patrick going mad and deciding to give Spongebob a lesson in sea star feeding habits. [[EstablishingSeriesMoment And that's the first page]].
-->'''Patrick:''' Do you know how sea stars feed, Spongebob? Let me... show you. Our stomachs extend out of our bodies... Penetrating our prey... and injecting them with enzymes. So that they be digested externally... I'm sorry, Spongebob.

-->'''Patrick:''' Do you know how sea stars feed, SpongeBob? Let me... show you. Our stomachs extend out of our bodies... Penetrating our prey... and injecting them with enzymes. So that they be digested externally... I'm sorry, SpongeBob.

0-->'''Carver:''' According to Eastern philosophy, the body has seven different chakra points. The Energy centers, like the heart, or genitals. The purpose of these implements is to probe those organs, inflicting the maximum amount of pain whilst keeping the victim alive for as long as possible."

-->'''Sanchez:''' When you're up to your ankles, you're going to beg to tell me everything. When you're up to your knees, you'll kiss my ass to kill you!

-->'''Carver:''' According to Eastern philosophy, the body has seven different chakra points. The Energy centers, like the heart, or genitals. The purpose of these implements is to probe those organs, inflicting the maximum amount of pain whilst keeping the victim alive for as long as possible."

* Kaneki does this to Ayato in ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' once their fight devolves into a CurbStompBattle in the former's favor. He goes through with his "kill by half" threat by breaking half of Ayato's bones, all the while describing exactly which ones he's breaking.
-->'''Kaneki:''' Does it hurt? Because I think... [[spoiler:Touka suffered worse than that...]]

* In the 2011's ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery'' [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] comic, [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] tells a scout from the Serpent that the scout should give Loki and Tyr the information they need because then they'll kill him quickly instead of torturing him. Loki goes into a few vague details mostly involving how "evil and cruel" his pre-reincarnation-as-a-child self was known to be, and the scout caves, gives them the info, and Tyr kills him. Tyr then angrily informs Loki that he would never have tortured the scout, since he "has no love of torture", leading to this little gem of subversion:

* In ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'', an old man threatens the [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife eponymous]] duo for the... eponymous pick. "I will cut out your eyes, and I will cut out your balls, and I will put your eyes in your ball sack, and I will put your balls in your eye holes!!" Too bad he can hardly move; when JB and KG realize that they could out-run him, they easily escape.

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo'', the villain Formaggio uses his Stand, Little Feet, to [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrink down Narancia]] and trap him in a glass bottle along with a venomous spider (who appears to be a GiantSpider from his perspective). Formaggio then proceeds to describe, in detail, what the experience of being eaten by a spider would be like: first, he'd be injected with a paralyzing venom, then with digestive enzymes that would slowly liquefy his insides while keeping him conscious, until the spider is able to slurp him up. Thankfully, Narancia manages to fight off the spider (using a glass shard as an improvised shiv) and escape before getting bitten.

* In ''Series/Babylon5'', Londo visits his old enemy after he is captured on Centari Prime. He tells G'kar the details of his coming torture-execution, basically vivisection for the entertainment of an audience. When G'kar basically accuses him of gloating, Londo admits, reluctantly at first, that even at their worse hatred, he would not have wished this on G'kar. Londo is rather fond of this one. See the "Poison" section below.
** This isn't the first time G'kar has faced something like that. In the first season, an old enemy of his arranged for G'kar to be assassinated upon his death. The instructions were that G'kar would "know pain and know fear and, at the appointed hour, would die." Fortunately, G'kar, with the help of his [[{{Sidekick}} aide]], was able to turn the tables in his favor.

* Londo Mollari from ''Series/BabylonFive'' delivers one of these to [[spoiler:Lord Refa]] after he has poisoned him. Notably, it's a two-component toxin, so Londo's speech is mainly used to coerce the victim into going along with his plan.

** Actually a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]: [[spoiler: [[TheAtoner Jaime]] was desperately hoping that his speech, coupled with his reputation as someone who might actually go through with such threats, would be enough to convince Edmure to back down as he was determined to uphold his oath (unknown to Edmure) [[ExactWords not to raise arms against House Tully]]]].

* ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. When Lynette's sons misbehave, she displays the implements she intends to use to spank them, unless they repent. The items are mostly belts and paddles, not things that would draw the ire of Child Services, but it does scare the boys straight. Which is good, because Lynette has never actually spanked them and never would.

* Michonne in ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead''. [[spoiler:After being captured, imprisoned, tortured, and brutally raped by the "Governor", Michonne escapes with her captured comrades. However, instead of immediately returning to their camp with the rest of the group, Michonne chooses to lag behind and exact revenge from the sociopath by, among other things, cutting his arm off and scooping his eye out with a spoon, complete with a "to the pain" speech.]]
-->'''Michonne:''' I'm -- I'm not crying for me. I'm crying for you. I think about all the things I'm going to do to you and it makes me cry. It scares me.

* Chuck Dixon (who also wrote the ''Punisher'' example below) had a scene in ''Black Terror'' from Creator/EclipseComics. The Black Terror injects an underling with Novocaine and tells him that this will dull the chainsaw torture. In fact, the Black Terror just rubs an electric toothbrush on his back while turning on a chainsaw.
* The [[TortureTechnician Crime Doctor]] loved doing this in the original [[ComicBook/SecretSix Villains United]] miniseries.

* ComicBook/SecretSix villains in general have a tendency to do this. Such as Junior's infamous hammock. Would probably be CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon if not for the fact that she [[BodyHorror tears someone's head off and puts it back on upside down]] while saying it. (Hey, she was interrupting Junior's phone call.)

--> '''Loki''': And I have no knowledge of it! If he had called my bluff, I would have just hoped he was ticklish!

* In ''ComicBook/{{Concrete}}: Killer Smile'', our hero's assistant and friend is kidnapped and held at gunpoint by a spree killer. In the final showdown in a junkyard, Concrete reveals himself and lets the jerk know what he's up against:
--> '''Concrete''': Now listen to me carefully. This is an important moment in your life. I'm not a cop. I don't care about rules. Larry there is my best friend in the world. If you harm him, what I do to you will be far worse than dying. First I will twist off your lower legs. Just like you'd twist off a turkey drumstick. Then I'll apply tourniquets so you won't die. Then I'll remove your forearms. Two more tourniquets. Then I will scoop out your eyes with a finger. Then your tongue, and your teeth. They'll have to feed you like a baby. They'll wipe your other end if they notice your diaper is full, or you'll just sit in it. YOU WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO KILL YOURSELF. ...I'd be out in a few years. YOU, though...you'll be a blind, fat doormat for another forty, fifty. Be smart. Put it down.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'', Emiko does this [[spoiler:to her rapist, threatening to castrate him with a sword and then feed him his own penis]]. She later reveals that she had no intention of actually doing this, [[spoiler:instead leaving him to be raped to death by the Crossed]].

* Ironically, a mild-mannered doctor of all people doing this in the fic [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries "Mortality"]] to a criminal while [[DeadlyDoctor torturing him]] for information on his friend's whereabouts this [[BadassBoast boast]] could possibly qualify. It's also [[TranquilFury cold]], [[BewareTheNiceOnes passionate]], and [[DeadlyDoctor scary]]. Basically, if you ''really'' piss him off by messing with his friend, this gentle soul will be down-right pissed-''and cold.'' [[GoodIsNotSoft Probably to the point of KILLING you.]]
-->''If your masters actions destroy him whom I regard as the best and wisest man I have ever known, make no mistake that I shall hunt down, to a man, everyone who played a part in his destruction.''
* ''Fanfic/TheImmortalGame'': It's a subtle example, but [[spoiler:Discord]]'s threat to [[spoiler:Titan]] during their confrontation qualifies:
-->"I'm going to make you ''feel'', old friend. I'm going to make you feel ''everything''."
* ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'': The Nine-tails describes what she would like to do to Naruto.
--> "If I could, I would burn your limbs off, centimeter by centimeter. And then I would eat your organs one at a time, until you were begging for death. And once you did, I would let your body regenerate, and start the process over from scratch."

* ''Fanfic/{{Mistakes}}'':
-->"And I want you to know, if I ever find out you were lying to me just now, I will kill you. I won't ask if you understand me, because I know you do. I mean this. I will bring your final death, I will dye the straits between us with your blood, and I will ensure nothing ever grows or breathes upon your land again."
* In Shining Armor's side story of the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', [[GeneralRipper Makarov]] goes on a long spiel about what he's [[FateWorseThanDeath going to do]] to Shining if he catches him alive. He ends up actually giving a ''summation'' of what he said, it's that long.

* DC in the ''Fanfic/TamersForeverSeries'' manages to invert this trope. When [[spoiler: Daemon]] threatens to kill him, DC casually calls the monster's bluff, saying that he knows that [[spoiler:Daemon]] won't kill him until he's extracted every last scream of agony, because he knows that deep down, [[spoiler:Daemon]] is a slave to his own hatred. Managing to turn this trope into a HannibalLecture.

* In ''The Meaning of Fear'', Literature/HarryPotter starts his interrogation of a Death Eater (Snape) by showing wordlessly showing off a bunch of used tools and butcher knives. He goes on to state that while there more bones in the feet than the hands, he finds that for someone like Snape, the hands are a greater threat and it's easier to target a single bone at a time.

* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fic ''Still Alive'' [[TheProtagonist Jen]] is asked to take on her (somewhat legendary) old alias, Melinda Joyce's persona to exact information from Werner Reinhardt/Daniel Whitehall. Her performance is ''flawless'' and it's left ambiguous whether she would be capable of the things she described to him. Going by her [[AntiHero behavior]] towards HYDRA agents, she probably would.
* In ''Fanfic/NarutoTheSecretSongsOfTheNinja'' the mad torturer Wabisuke gives [[spoiler:Kakashi]] a brief sample of his [[AgonyBeam Inner Suicide Jutsu]] before stopping to explain how it works (it's an inverted healing technique which causes the muscles to strain against each other until they rip themselves apart). As part of his FauxAffablyEvil schtick he partly seems to think [[spoiler:Kakashi]] will genuinely be interested in how it works, but is more concerned with making sure [[spoiler:Kakashi]] understands what [[spoiler:Naruto]] [[RevengeByProxy will be going through in his place]] as Wabisuke uses it on ''him'' instead.
-->'''Wabisuke:''' Let me explain it in a bit of detail; you may find this interesting.

* For the {{Trope Namer|s}}, see ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' in Literature below.
* In ''Film/PulpFiction'', Marsellus Wallace intends to do this to Zed for raping him at the pawnshop. That [[GroinAttack shotgun blast to his nuts]] is just the beginning.
-->'''Marsellus Wallace:''' I'm gonna call a couple of hard, pipe-hitting niggas [[ColdBloodedTorture to go to work on the homes here]] [[IdentificationByDentalRecords with a pair of pliers]] [[KillItWithFire and a blow torch]]. You hear me talking, hillbilly boy? [[ItHasOnlyJustBegun I ain't through with you by a damn sight]]. [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon I'ma get medieval on your ass]].
* Subverted in''Film/ThePunisher2004''. Frank Castle interrogates low-level mob gofer Mickey Duka by making a show of turning on an oxy-acetylene torch and going behind the mook to burn his back, explaining to him that "You won't feel the pain at first, you'll just feel... Cold." He pretends to start burning off his skin as he asks questions, all the while he's just pointing the torch at a raw steak and touching his victim's skin with a popsicle to simulate being burned. ''Mickey talks''. This scene was taken verbatim from ''The Punisher War Zone'' comic storyline where Castle infiltrates the Carbone crime family. Using this MindScrew is described in the SM-How-to book "Screw the Roses, Send me the Thorns" as a safe way to simulate a branding scene.
* Captain Vidal's speech from ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' oddly combines this trope with TakeOurWordForIt, as he only shows the torture implements, and gives us almost no clue what he's going [[CowTools to do with them]]. In accordance with the UnspokenPlanGuarantee, the victim does not escape. [[spoiler:At least, the first victim doesn't.]]

* ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. Khan traps our heroes in a [[strike:space station]] cave inside a dead asteroid and disables their ability to beam out. He then gloats about how he's done far worse than kill him. "I've hurt you, and I intend to go on hurting you." It culminates in [[http://www.khaaan.com infamy.]]
** Khan's describing what the Ceti Eel does to Terrel and Chekov.
* ''Film/{{Troy}}''. Achilles interrupts Hector's attempt to make an honorable pact and assure that the loser of their duel will have their body treated respectfully and all the funeral rituals performed with this:
-->'''Achilles:''' You won't have eyes tonight. You won't have ears or a tongue. You will wander the underworld blind, deaf and dumb, and all the dead will know; this is Hector. The fool who thought he killed Achilles.
* ''Film/HardCandy''. Hayley spends a ton of time leading up to the castration [[spoiler: but she really only fakes it as a MindScrew [[DrivenToSuicide to make him off himself]]]].
* Jabba's description (via [=C3PO=]) of being digested by the Sarlacc in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi.''
--> '''Jabba''': In its belly, you will find a new definition of pain and suffering as you are slowly digested over a thousand years.
* The punishment the principal describes in ''Film/MaxKeeblesBigMove''.
* [[FauxAffablyEvil Mr. Blonde]] of ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' fame goes to great lengths to explain how he is going to torture the gang's hostage, who is a cop. ''He starts with the [[ScarsAreForever ear]]''. The reason?
-->'''Mr. Blonde''': It's amusing to me, to torture a cop.
* In ''Film/{{Taken}}'', Creator/LiamNeeson's character [[spoiler:stabs a baddie in the legs with a pair of heavy-duty nails and hooks him up to the frayed wires of a light switch. He then explains how in other countries, this method he's about to employ isn't always successful because of the lack of reliable current, but here that's not a problem and he could theoretically leave it on until the electricity is cut by the power station for lack of payment]]. Should have given the daughter back...

* ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' has a very interesting variation of this trope when Andy threatens to quit working for Warden Norton after [[spoiler:Tommy is killed]].
--> '''Warden Norton''': Nothing stops. Nothing... or you will do the hardest time there is. No more protection from the guards. I'll pull you out of that one-bunk Hilton and cast you down with the Sodomites. You'll think you've been fucked by a train! And the library? Gone... sealed off, brick-by-brick. We'll have us [[BookBurning a little book barbecue in the yard]]. They'll see the flames for miles. We'll dance around it like wild Injuns! You understand me? Catching my drift?...[[MoralEventHorizon .. Or am I being obtuse?]]
* Played for laughs in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', with the minstrels describing all the things that Sir Robin does ''not'' fear. Later in the film, it's given a hilarious inversion when Sir Galahad is told that a sister at a local abbey has wronged him. In order to make her pay, he must spank her. Then spank her sister. Then spank every nun in the entire abbey. Then the oral sex...

--> *extending a hardware store razor knife* "This is for [[GroinAttack your penis]], [[BlackComedy but we'll get to that later.]] The scalpel. For your [[EyeScream eyelids]], if you insist on fucking shutting them...OH! And I made this [[ForcedToWatch specially for you...]] *lowers a mirrored ceiling*

* In ''Film/TwoFastTwoFurious'', Carter Verone (the drug lord and film's BigBad) lures Whitworth (a corrupt Miami PD detective) away from his party and tortures him using a rat, a metal pail and a blowtorch[[note]]He puts the rat on the man's stomach, covers it with the pail, and then uses the blowtorch to heat up the pail. The rat starts to chew the man's stomach in an attempt to escape the heat[[/note]] until he agrees to give Brian O'Conner and Roman Pierce a window to deliver Verone's package for him; he then warns Whitworth that if he fails, his rat will [[ShameIfSomethingHappened visit his entire family as well]].
* The meta version occurs in ''Film/TheMatrix''. At the start of Morpheus' interrogation, we're given a brief pan across gleaming stainless steel surgical instruments and vials of drugs. Likewise in ''Film/TrueLies'', but this serves as a ChekhovsGun, notably the Patterson trocar Arnie uses to kill the guard while using the torturer as a HumanShield.
* ''Franchise/JamesBond'':
** ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'': When SPECTRE Number 11 has James Bond tied to a chair in her cabin, she pulls open a drawer to display a set of cutting utensils, including a dermatologist's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatome_%28instrument%29 dermatome]]. She takes out the dermatome and threatens to use it on Bond unless he talks.
** ''Film/LicenceToKill'': When Franz Sanchez realizes that Bond has been manipulating him, he puts him on a conveyor belt leading to a cocaine grinder.
-->'''Sanchez:''' When you're up to your ankles, you're going to beg to tell me everything. When you're up to your knees, you'll kiss my ass to kill you!
** [[BigBad Elliot Carver]] in ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' shows off his antique chakra torture tools to Bond and Lin, with the intent of having them used on them.
-->'''Carver:''' According to Eastern philosophy, the body has seven different chakra points. The Energy centers, like the heart, or genitals. The purpose of these implements is to probe those organs, inflicting the maximum amount of pain whilst keeping the victim alive for as long as possible."
** ''Film/{{Spectre}}'': Franz Oberhauser [[spoiler:aka Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] tortures Bond by drilling holes into various parts of his brain while explaining what effect this is having on him throughout. It doesn't actually faze Bond himself that much, because he's, well, James Bond, but it greatly disturbs Madeleine Swann, especially when he threatens to take away Bond's ability to recognize faces.
* ''Film/ArsenicAndOldLace'': Before the insane SerialKiller Jonathan Brewster starts doing the 'Melbourne Method' to his sane brother Mortimer, there is a long lingering shot of him opening a doctor's case full of sharp instruments and pulling one out while describing how much he's going to like doing this.
* In ''Film/UnderSiege2DarkTerritory'', the villain extracts information from two officers by threatening each with a superheated needle to the eye, casually describing what will happen when he does. His description alone (along with the fact that two [[IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure are lovers]]) convinces them to tell him what he wants to know. [[spoiler:This doesn't stop the villain from killing them anyway...]]
* ''Film/TheEvilThatMenDo'' opens with Dr. Clement Molloch lecturing a group of army officers on the science of torture.
* The meta version is shown in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. Young Erik Lehnsherr meets Dr. Klaus Schmidt in his [[WickedCultured wood-paneled office filled with books and antiques]], then a reverse shot reveals the opposite wall is made of glass, leading into a white-painted surgery lined with sinister instruments. Unfortunately, Erik's powers aren't controlled enough to use these as actual weapons; they all get thrown harmlessly against the glass.
* ''Film/DjangoUnchained''. [[spoiler: After being forced to give himself up at the end of the first shootout in Candyland, Django is told in great detail by Stephen about how he'll be sent off to the [=LeQuint=] Dickey Mining Company, worked to death "turning big rocks into little rocks", and eventually killed and "thrown down the nigger hole" once his back gives out. Throughout all of this, Stephen is blood-freezingly calm about how, for Candie's death, Django will suffer to his last breath.]]
* ''Film/{{Red}}''. The BadassCrew are threatening an ArmsDealer.
-->'''Frank:''' ''[admiring blowtorch]'' Oh yeah. Where did you get this?\\
'''Martin:''' Home Depot, ten bucks. ''[sorting through briefcase]'' You want nuts? ''[pliers]'' ...nipples? ''[tinsnips]'' ...[[AssShove potty trainer]]?
* ''Film/JumpinJackFlash''. Terry is being held prisoner in a basement full of storefront dummies, on which the villains demonstrate various woodworking tools, with the implication that they'll be used on her next.
* ''Film/TheAvengers2012'': As a corrupt Russian general is interrogating Natasha Romanov [[spoiler:or so he thinks]], he tells her she will have to tell her Mafia contact he won't be needed. Then, he picks up a pair of pliers and says, "You might have to write it down."
* In ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'', an old man threatens the [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife eponymous]] duo for the... eponymous pick. "I will cut out your eyes, and I will cut out your balls, and I will put your eyes in your ball sack, and I will put your balls in your eye holes!!" Too bad he can hardly move; when JB and KG realize that they could out-run him, they easily escape.

* A variation occurs in ''Film/Dune1984''. Reverend Mother Mohiam has the Gom Jabarr at Paul's neck and his hand inside a box that causes excruciating pain. If he pulls his hand out of the box, the Gom Jabarr will kill him. Reverend Mother Mohiam recites the effects of the box on Paul's hand--for {{Exposition}}, surely, but also to make the torture a little worse (as Paul has a difficult time maintaining his internal "anti-fear" mantra, and Mohiam knows it):
--> "You will feel....an itching. There. Now, the itching becomes....burning. Heat....upon heat....upon ''heat''....You feel flesh....crisping. Flesh....dropping off...."
* Near the end of ''Film/CloakAndDagger1984'', Rice calmly tells Davey ([[WouldHurtAChild an eleven-year-old boy, mind you]]), that he plans to use the Uzi submachine gun he's carrying to blow Davey's kneecaps off, then shoot Davey in the stomach, then watch Davey bleed out slowly. And it's pretty obvious that Rice ''means every word of it.'' [[spoiler: Luckily, Davey finally hits his RageBreakingPoint and puts a bullet through Rice's heart.]]

* ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'': Not content to simply drain the life essence from the Podlings, skekTek the Scientist is fond of explaining the process.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': [[spoiler:Mustang vs. Envy. Mustang starts by incinerating Envy's ''tongue'', and then his ''[[EyeScream eyes.]]'']]

* In the 2011's ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery'' [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] comic, Loki tells a scout from the Serpent that the scout should give Loki and Tyr the information they need because then they'll kill him quickly instead of torturing him. Loki goes into a few vague details mostly involving how "evil and cruel" his pre-reincarnation-as-a-child self was known to be, and the scout caves, gives them the info, and Tyr kills him. Tyr then angrily informs Loki that he would never have tortured the scout, since he "has no love of torture", leading to this little gem of subversion:

* In ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', Abis Mal, a low-level jobber against Aladdin, finds Genie Jafar. Jafar decides to use this chance to attempt to get his revenge on Aladdin and the rest of Agrabah. Abis Mal points out that he is the owner of the lamp, which makes him the master and in charge. This starts an argument, which ends in Jafar threatening Abis Mal, and Abis Mal correctly pointing out one of the main rules binding a genie: genies can't kill anyone, wish or not. Jafar then demonstrates that while he can't kill anyone, he can be [[JackassGenie as creative as he wants in fulfilling the terms of a person's wish]], and the things that a person can technically ''live'' through are horrifying indeed. After enduring this (literal) song and dance, Abis Mal decides to let Jafar run the show for the rest of the movie.

* For the TropeNamer, see ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' in Literature below.

* ''Film/HardCandy''. Hayley spends a ton of time leading up to the castration [[spoiler: but she really only fakes it as a MindScrew [[DrivenToSuicide to make him off himself.]]]]

* In ''Film/{{Taken}}'', Creator/LiamNeeson's character [[spoiler:stabs a baddie in the legs with a pair of heavy-duty nails and hooks him up to the frayed wires of a light switch. He then explains how in other countries, this method he's about to employ isn't always successful because of the lack of reliable current, but here that's not a problem and he could theoretically leave it on until the electricity is cut by the power station for lack of payment.]] Should have given the daughter back...

* In ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight'', Timothy threatens to blind Charly Baltimore's daughter and shoot out her knees if she doesn't co-operate with his demands. It's made HarsherInHindsight by the fact that [[spoiler:he's her father, which is revealed later to the audience and Timothy at the same time. Not that he cares.]]

* Near the end of ''Film/CloakAndDagger'', Rice calmly tells Davey ([[WouldHurtAChild an eleven-year-old boy, mind you]]), that he plans to use the Uzi submachine gun he's carrying to blow Davey's kneecaps off, then shoot Davey in the stomach, then watch Davey bleed out slowly. And it's pretty obvious that Rice ''means every word of it.'' [[spoiler: Luckily, Davey finally hits his RageBreakingPoint and puts a bullet through Rice's heart.]]

* In ''Literature/DeliverUsFromEvil'' (the name being a reference to [[Literature/TheBible Psalm 23]] and not [[DeliverUsFromEvil this trope]]}, WickedCultured FauxAffablyEvil BigBad [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Evan Waller]], [[spoiler:a.k.a. ex-KGB Ukrainian expatriate Fedir Kuchin]], is very fond of telling people the details of the many ways he has of torturing his opponents [[spoiler:or even his own subordinates, should he find they were attempting to betray or even skim him out of his profits]].

* {{Discussed}} in the second novel of ''Literature/SeekersOfTheSky'' duology. Ilmar admits that he spilled the beans before [[spoiler:the monks]] even started torturing him for information, while they were still showing him their tools.

** While interrogating some prisoners, the thief-catcher Juilin ghoulishly gloats that WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk, then calls for [[NoodleImplements rope, gags, cooking oil, and salt]] with sinister enthusiasm. Subverted when he doesn't tell the prisoners or his squeamish companions what he plans to do with them, because [[spoiler:he doesn't know a thing about torture, and his plan is to bluff the prisoners into talking.]]

-->'''Sue:''' "Schuester! I'll need to see that set list for Sectionals after all. I want it on my desk warm from the laminator at 5:00 P.M., and if it is one minute late, I will go to the animal shelter and get you a kitty cat. I will let you fall in love with that kitty cat. And then, on some dark, cold night I will steal away into your home and [[{{Subversion}} punch you in the face]]."

--->"I'm done being patient. Give me a name, or I'll [[GroinAttack cut your balls off]] [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment and sell them to a]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy krogan!]]"

--->'''Corin''': If you were here right now, I would kill you with my bare hands, I would tear you piece by piece, I would dance on your entrails. I would [[EyeScream poke out your eyes]]...AHHH! [[VillainousCrush I WANT TO MAKE A HATE BABY WITH YOU!]]

* In the final episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'', ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}, after trapping Franchise/{{Superman}} in his Agony Matrix, explains the effects to him (while Superman is convulsing in pain)...

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' saw Ren's cousin coming to visit, and he ends up being exactly like Stimpy. Unable to deal with the antics of both, Ren snaps, and with [[TranquilFury barely restrained fury]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpi-dqDaUMw&t=1m16s gleefully describes what he's going to do to them.]]

* In the [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney film]] ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'', Merlin wins a wizard's duel by turning into a bacterium and inflicting a debilitating (but, since he's the good guy, not actually fatal) disease on his opponent, and his description of the disease's various colorful symptoms coincides with their appearance. ''Not'' present in [[Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing the book]]. There, Merlin turns himself into a whole bunch of deadly diseases, doesn't get to talk while doing it, and [[spoiler:Madame Mim ''dies''.]]

* Partially subverted in ''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents]]'': After Malicia "poisons" two rat catchers by switching their sugar for something else, Keith goes through the standard list of gruesome effects. After the rat catchers have run off for the "antidote", [[spoiler: Malicia reveals that what they switched the sugar with was ''laxative'' and the antidote was ''more laxative''.]] The effects Keith lists, however, are apparently what would have actually happened to them had they instead opted to swap the sugar with any of the innumerable poisons around the room.

* ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'': Section One did this to just about everyone put in the White Room.

* In ''WebVideo/YuGiOhArcVTheAbridgedSeries'' Shun does this to Sora in episode 11, though Sora is unimpressed.

-->'''Jaime:''' You've seen our numbers, [[spoiler:Edmure]]. You've seen the ladders, the towers, the trebuchets, the rams. If I give the command, my cousin will bridge your moat and break your gate. Hundreds will die, most of them your own. Your former bannermen will make up the first wave of attackers, so you'll start your day by killing the fathers and brothers of the men who died for you at the Twins. The second wave will be [[spoiler:Freys]], I have no lack of those. My westermen will follow when your archers are short of arrows and your knights so weary they can hardly lift their blades. When the castle falls, all those inside will be put to the sword. Your herds will be butchered, your godswood will be felled, your keeps and towers will burn. I'll pull the walls down, and divert the river over the ruins. By the time I'm done no man will ever know that a castle once stood here. Your wife may whelp before that. [[UpToEleven You'll want your child, I expect. I'll send him to you when he's born. With a trebuchet.]]
** He then compounds it by having his camp musician play "The Rains of Castamere" to his intimidation victim -- a jaunty folk song about what his father did to one of his former bannermen who betrayed him. Let's not forget that (although Jaime doesn't know this) the musician he leaves behind to play "The Rains of Castamere" is the same guy who seduced the victim's first wife when the victim was too drunk to consummate the marriage on their wedding night. [[UpToEleven And made a song about it]].
** Actually a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]: [[spoiler: [[TheAtoner Jaime]] was desperately hoping that his speech, coupled with his reputation as someone who might actually go through with such threats, would be enough to convince Edmure to back down as he was determined to uphold his oath (unknown to Edmure) [[ExactWords not to raise arms against House Tully]].]]

* In ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', Mr. Nutt [[BewareTheNiceOnes decides he's had enough]] of Andy Shank tormenting him and Trev Likely and [[spoiler: ''puts him in a headlock'', while casually discussing just how much force it would take to [[NeckSnap break Andy's neck]] and [[OffWithHisHead rip his head off]], concluding that an orc like Nutt would indeed be strong enough to do so. Nutt doesn't go through with it, but the ordeal does scare Andy off getting revenge for a while.]]

* In ''Series/TheBorgias'', a doctor has to explain the treatment of [[spoiler:Juan Borgia]]'s horrifically averted STDImmunity before he [[GroinAttack proceeds]].
** The worst part? [[MedievalMorons The "treatment" won't do a damn thing for him.]]

* Used by Wrestling/TheMiz on Wrestling/JohnCena during their "I Quit" Match for the WWE Championship in 2011, with Miz first subduing Cena and then describing to him all the terrible things he's going to do ''right before he does them'', in order to frighten Cena into quitting. [[spoiler: It didn't work.]]

* [[MemeticMutation HE COMES!]] (In the form of [[http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Zalgo Zalgo]]. Though the actual source of this phenomenon is unknown...) [[spoiler:hewaitsbehindthewalls]]
* ''Webcomic/GoblinHollow'' has one when Ben [[http://www.rhjunior.com/goblin-hollow-0243/ turn the tables]] on the {{Upper Class Twit}}s trying to chase him from the neighborhood with nusiance suits (with Ben's expression getting more deranged--and the twits' leader's more terrified--with every panel)