History Main / WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk

This is a StockPhrase often used by the leader of a faction to assure a defiant captive that they can get the information they want by less than normal means. Usually, pronounced "[[ThoseWackyNazis Vee haff VAYS of making hyu tokk!]]"

** Though it was not mentioned, Barbie in ''WesternAnimaton/ToyStory 3'' had ways of making Ken talk. [[spoiler: [[InterrogationByVandalism By ripping up his collector clothes.]]]]

-->'''Marian''': I'll tell you everything!\\

** Though it was not mentioned, Barbie in Toy Story 3 had ways of making Ken talk. [[spoiler: [[InterrogationByVandalism By ripping up his collector clothes.]]]]

'''Toht''': Yes, '''I know you will.'''

-->'''Guybrush:''' Tell me where I can find [[spoiler:the Tongue of the Manatee]] or it's time for Tibetan Tickle Torture.

* * ''Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' (1935): The line originated in this movie.

* ''RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (even in the right accent):

* In ''{{Drowtales}}'', Sillice does this [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=593 here]]. Particularly disturbing when you recall that technically Chrys is Sillice's niece.

** Though it was not mentioned, Barbie in Toy Story 3 had ways of making Ken Talk. [[spoiler: [[InterrogationVandalism By ripping up his collector clothes.]]]]

* The Hairmeister from ''{{Kingdom o Magic}}'' will sometimes say, if Thidney bothers him too much, "Ve haff vays to make you talk... I just vish ve haff vays to make you SHUT UP!"

* There is a legend of two policemen who interrogated a gullible suspect by putting a colander on his head, wiring it to a copy machine, and copying the message HE'S LYING when they thought he was. The man thought it was a real [[LieDetector polygraph]] and confessed.
** This originated from David Simon's book ''Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets'' which depicted a year's work in the Baltimore City PD homicide division, later adapted into the TV series ''HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''.

* In ''ToyStory'', Sid uses this line verbatim while pretending to interrogate Woody, as a pretext for burning Woody's forehead with a magnifying glass.

** Though it was not mentioned, Barbie in Toy Story 3 had ways of making Ken Talk. [[spoiler: By ripping up his collector clothes.]]

"I chust looked at it and I sait, 'Ve haf vays of making you tock.'"

* '''Psychological warfare:''' TickleTorture, WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes, InterrogationByVandalism, a potent DeathGlare, ForcedToWatch and [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex really good]] [[HighHeelFaceTurn sex]].

* Who can forget Marian in ''RaidersOfTheLostArk'' telling Toht, ''"I'll tell you everything!"'' only to be assured, ''"Yes, I '''know you will.'''"?''

* Paraphrased by at least one Number Two on ''ThePrisoner''. Psychological warfare on Number Six, in order to get information, is pretty much par for the course. [[spoiler: He never talks.]]

This is a StockPhrase often used by the leader of a faction to assure a defiant captive that they can get the information they want by less than normal means. Usually, pronounced "[[FunetikAksent Vee haff VAYS]] of [[GratuitousGerman making hyu tokk!]]"

* In ''ToyStory'', Sid uses this line verbatim while pretending to interrogate Woody, as a pretext for burning burning Woody's forehead with a magnifying glass.

* In ''{{Drowtales}}'', Sillice does this [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=593 here]]. Particularly desurbing when you recall that technically Chrys is Sillice's neice.

** Sometimes, this is subverted with the incredibly weird and ineffectual torture. For the torturer, it's [[YourWorstNightmare their worst fear]] and they assume it can scare anyone, but for the "tortured" it's either not at all uncomfortable or actually pleasant.

* In the 1937 Laurence Olivier film ''FireOverEngland'', a Spanish count assures captured English spy Michael Ingoldby: "You English fool, you'll tell everything you know. We ''understand'' persuasion."

* In ''CodeGeass R2'', Suzaku interrogates Kallen with [[AnythingButThat her biggest object of loathing bar the Britannian Empire]], [[FantasticDrug Refrain]].

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* ''The Consul'':
-->'''Secret Police Agent''': We have strange ways to make people talk. Oh, not at all the way you may think. All we have to do is to quicken the beat of your heart.