History PlayingWith / JackBauerInterrogationTechnique

* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob are staging an elaborate gambit to get Charlie to unintentionally give them the information they're after. Alice physically attacks Bob to make him say things that Charlie think are real, but are not.

** Bob isn't the only person with the info, and Alice is able to convince him that if she isn't able to get the information from him, she could get it from the others - honor among thieves and all that. This makes the perceived loss of his death seem less worrisome as far as Alice is concerned.

* '''Implied''': Alice mentions knowing that Bob has information. About a cut later, Bob is dead.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

** Alice knows Bob has [[AllCrimesAreEqual downloaded some music]] [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil illegally]]. When Bob refuses to talk, [[DisproportionateRetribution she]] [[OffWithHisHead beheads him]].

** Alice knows Bob has [[AllCrimesAreEqual downloaded some music illegally]]. When Bob refuses to talk, [[OffWithHisHead she beheads him]].

** Alice knows Bob has downloaded some music illegally. When Bob refuses to talk, [[OffWithHisHead she beheads him]].

* '''Zig Zagged''':

* '''Played For Laughs''': TortureForFunAndInformation.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice knows it's the only way she can get the information she needs but the very idea of it is against her moral framework. Will she compromise the mission, or her morals?
* '''Played For Horror''': When the interrogation involves such things as rape, and flaying, it's pretty obvious it's supposed to be horrifying to the audience instead of "fuck yeah!" moments (not a lot of bad guys that deserve that kind of treatment, especially the former).

** Alice knows that Bob knows where the nuke is, and when Bob refused to talk, she [[FamilyExtermination kills Bob and his whole family]].

* '''Straight''': Alice knows Bob has information on where the nuke is, and when he refuses to talk, she tortures him.

** Alice knows that Bob knows where the nuke is, and when Bob refused to talk, she [[ForcedToWatch kills Bob's nine year old sister]].
** Alice knows Bob has downloaded some music illegally. When Bob refuses to talk, she tortures him.

** Alice's torture methods rely on psychological warfare instead of physical harm; and they are as effective, if not more, than the later option.

* '''Defied''': Alice is about to start the torture, but a higher authority reminds her that she's being watched by the authorities/her employers.
** Bob has given all of his soldiers ambush site locations for interogation. If his men show up with any unaffiliated escorts they will suffer coordinated headshots from snipers. If they show up without one the place is wired to blow.

* '''Parodied''': Alice tortures Bob to get him to tell her where the peanut butter is.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

** Alice knows that Bob knows where the nuke is, and when Bob refuses to talk, she starts [[MultilationInterrogation dismembering him]].