History Main / ColdBloodedTorture

* The Crime Doctor in Franchise/TheDCU ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' miniseries ''ComicBook/VillainsUnited''.

* In ''Fanfic/TheGreatRedPandaRescue'', Mei is kidnapped, and her captors engage in this.

* ''Fanfic/ForwardPeptuck'' has this happening twice in the first "episode" -- to [[spoiler:River and Jayne when they are captured by Niska]], and [[spoiler:by Mal and Zoe to one of Niska's {{Mooks}}, in order to find where Niska took River and Jayne.]]

* Heavily implied in the third part of ''Fanfic/{{Uplifted}}'' though not shown. Joachim Hoch leaves his detainment in Kiel starved and beaten mercilessly, all for sins of others... Given that he is an SS officer who just found out about the Holocaust, he feels like he almost deserves it.

** In ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', the BigBad uses a knotted rope, a bottomless chair, and some very [[GroinAttack strategic blows]] to persuade James Bond to reveal some very vital information -- specifically, [[spoiler that he has an itchy scrotum]].

* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'': Poor, poor Czeslaw Meyer. No wonder the kid's [[CrazySurvivalist a little paranoid]]; he's gone through probably the single worst example of WhoWantsToLiveForever this side of ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''.
* ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'''s villains, being in a [[TheDungAges Dung Ages]] medievalesque CrapsackWorld, do this a lot, and it gets nasty. Griffith in particular suffers a nasty year-long torture as punishment for [[spoiler:having sex with the King's daughter]], and Bishop Mozgus crosses the MoralEventHorizon when he has some refugees put through this. Let's not even get into what Emperor Ganishka gets up to.
** Or what [[spoiler:Griffith himself]] does to the Band of the Hawk.
*** Especially what he does to [[spoiler:Casca. Not only does he rape her right in front of the man she loves (which is traumatic enough already), but because she has the Brand of Sacrifice and is as close as anyone can possibly get to a ''member of the Godhand'' (which is closer than Guts himself was able to get to him in the Guardians of Desire arc because of the pain his own Brand was causing him), she is in ''utterly excruciating agony'' all the while he's doing this to her]]. And it's made all the worse [[MindRape by the effect of this horrible act]] on [[spoiler:Guts himself, who is pinned down and completely at his mercy, a situation that is all too familiar to his first traumatic experience, which he's only told Casca about -- and the possibility that Griffith may have gleaned this from either or both of them with his newfound powers as a Godhand and is deliberately using this to torture them both]].
*** That's not even mentioning [[spoiler:the sort of things that Griffith is doing to Casca as he is raping her... It can only be described as pure ''sexual sadism'', no more, no less]].

* ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'' has Hyakurin's torture which included being beaten, stabbed, poked with red-hot spikes, having her fingernails ripped off and her arm broken and being raped almost continuously for up to several days. She later learns that she is pregnant and she doesn't even know which of her attackers was the father.

* Most of what Greg does to Jeremy in ''Manga/ACruelGodReigns'' mixed in with a lot of MindRape.

* One of the fetishes of [[BigBad Isaac Westcott]] from ''Literature/DateALive''. He also goes on [[ToThePain a long and detailed list]] on what he would do Tohka in order to [[DespairEventHorizon push her to the brink]], like [[ElectricTorture electrocution]], [[AlmostOutOfOxygen oxygen deprivation]], [[{{Fingore}} peeling her nails]], [[TheToothHurts ripping out her teeth]], and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil trample her dignity as woman]]. We get to see the results of his torture in full in volume 13, [[spoiler:Nia re-experiences them with the Realizer implanted in her head.]]

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Near the end of the series, [[PlayingWithFire Roy Mustang]] subjects Envy to this once Envy reveals that he was the one who killed Maes Hughes, Mustang's best friend. Upon learning this, Mustang flies into an UnstoppableRage and burns Envy alive again and again, going so far as to [[EyeScream boil the fluid in his eyes]] and [[TongueTrauma burn out his tongue]]. He even lets Envy [[HealingFactor regenerate himself]] each time before torching him again, outright stating that by the time he's done, Envy will have died a ''thousand'' deaths. Yikes.
* In ''Manga/FutureDiary'' Minene gets tortured by Twelth for information who [[EyeScream pulls her bad eye out of her head]].

* In ''Literature/HeavyObject'', Frolaytai needs information from an enemy officer and has no time to play games with him. When he refuses to answer, she shoots him dead and then has her staff revive him. Every time he fails to answer her question, she repeats this, each time requiring more equipment to keep him alive.
* Used in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. It wasn't pretty. Ironically, the arc that actually showed the torture made the character performing it far more sympathetic with a well-done StartOfDarkness showing how [[CrapsackWorld the universe]] [[TheWoobie hates her]]. [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] has ''nothing'' on [[spoiler:Shion Sonozaki.]]
** Talking about [[spoiler:Miyo]], what about the people at the orphanage? The anime censored it, the manga on the other [[BrainBleach hand]].
* There's another example in ''Anime/LupinIII''. In the episode “Goemon's Close Call”, Goemon is abducted by a pair of assassins, who want to gain fame by killing Lupin. In order to learn about Lupin's weakness, they torture Goemon horribly.
* ''Manga/MagicalGirlSpecOpsAsuka''

* Rin Daughters Of ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}'' has this happening to the titular immortal detective, Rin, on a regular basis.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''

* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' Okina tortures a low level mook for information by nailing hot candles to his hands. Later, Enishi mentally tortures Kenshin by [[spoiler:pretending to kill Kaoru]] as punishment for "killing" his sister, Tomoe.
* In ''Manga/SakuraGari'' [[DepravedBisexual Katsuragi]] tortures Masataka because he's {{Yandere}} for Souma who is in love with Masataka. He does so by drugging Masataka after inviting him to his house for tea, tying him up, and then raping him. He follows that by [[spoiler:whipping him, beating him up, and sticking a household object up Masataka's anus right after raping him]]. He then orders Masataka to give up on Souma and [[spoiler:submerges his hand in boiling hot tea and Masataka retaliates by throwing the tea in Katsuragi's eyes, which allows him to escape.]]
** Also, almost every lover of either sex [[spoiler:Souma]] takes [[spoiler:in the Saiki household]] has been through this at the hands of [[spoiler:Sakurako, his {{Yandere}} sister]]. Who not only tortures them, but also ''takes pictures of it'' for her amusement. The most notorious victims are Masataka (whom she [[spoiler:ties up and feeds forcefully, while telling him to go away]]), [[spoiler:Terashima (whose drawing hand she crushes, right before tossing him down a flight of stairs)]], and a young and pretty maid whom she [[spoiler:got BoundAndGagged and savagely beat up, causing her to lose Souma's baby that she was pregnant with.)]]
* In the first episode of ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'', Mugen and Jin are captured by a corrupt magistrate who has them tortured with various methods over a period of several hours for their (at best very indirect) responsibility for his equally nasty son's death.

* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' pulls this off twice during the climax of the Fairy Dance arc:
** Sugou experiments on the minds of the 300 SAO survivors, testing their fear and pain responses. Then there's what he does to Kirito during the climax, running him through with his own sword, changing the Pain Absorber to make Kirito actually feel it, and making him watch as he molests Asuna.
** After acquiring the late Kayaba's [[GameMaster admin status]] and pulling off a HeroicSecondWind, Kirito [[PayEvilUntoEvil subjects Sugou to torture right back]]. Instead of quickly finishing him off, Kirito first strips Oberon of his admin status, sets his in-game level to 1, and sets the Pain Absorber to Level 0, ensuring that every wound he inflicted on Oberon would [[YourMindMakesItReal carry over to Sugou's real body]]. Then, he summons [[InfinityPlusOneSword Excalibur]] and gives it to Sugou, knowing that [[TheManMakesTheWeapon it won't make a difference]]. Finally, he gives Sugou a small cut on the cheek before [[AnArmAndALeg chopping off his right arm]], [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe slicing him in two at the waist]], and then throwing him up into the air before [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling him]] [[EyeScream through the eye]], killing Sugou in-game and [[WoundThatWillNotHeal permanently injuring him in real life]].
* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' features several graphic scenes of torture throughout the series. TortureTechnician Yamori and PsychopathicManchild Juuzou both became warped individuals as a result of extensive torture in their pasts, and are prime examples of how BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil. But torture becomes a key plot point when Yamori manages to catch gentle and idealistic protagonist Kaneki Ken, who happens to possess a very powerful HealingFactor. Several [[{{Fingore}} chapters]] of [[EyeScream graphic]] [[SadisticChoice torture]] [[CreepyCentipedes later]], Kaneki is forced to abandon his kindness and [[TheDogBitesBack turn on Yamori]] to save his own life. He emerges from over a week of torture a [[AntiHero changed]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil person]], and is shown to be suffering serious psychological problems as a direct result.

* ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'': In the ultimate universe, the Red Skull is very fond of this. Nick managed to get him to join the [[ComicBook/TheUltimates Ultimate Avengers]] a second time by offering to grant him free reign to torture and kill prisoners in the prison he was contained in along with a shopping list of torture tools.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'': Genocide abucts and tortures Etta Candy after the creature figures out that there are things worse than death to inflict on humans. Diana rescues her old friend but she spends a long time stuck in the hospital recovering.

** As a trained assassin and spy, Laura herself isn't exactly squeamish about using the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique herself, and has been shown to torture mooks for information, [[WhatTheHellHero much to the shock of her teammates]].

* One of the loyal mooks serving the VillainProtagonist in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic ''The Council Era'' is subjected to this by the Manaban Emperor, a vicious religious zealot who seeks to kill the VillainProtagonist for his destroying of a site that is sacred to the manaba.

** This also happens in ''Film/TheExpendables2'', when Maggie does this on several Sang mooks.

** Jackie's Darkness execution moves probably qualify as well, ranging from "Wishbone" to "Throat Plunge" to tearing out a dude's spinal cord, while the poor mooks scream bloody murder.

* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'':
** Unlimited Blade Works route, Caster capture Shirou's Servant, Saber by force, then tortured her. And knowing Caster from Fate route, you know she is ''not'' a nice person.
** The background of [[spoiler:Avenger]] reveals that in life he was a completely ordinary human who was made TheScapegoat for all the evils in the world by his village. They tortured him endlessly for years, carving curses into his skin, cutting off parts, and committing every sin imaginable on his flesh. They continued this until his death, and he only died because of ''old age''. Made even worse by the fact that the people torturing him included his friends and family, who had all agreed he was the source of evil.

*** That's not even mentioning [[spoiler: the sort of things that Griffith is doing to Casca as he is raping her... It can only be described as pure ''sexual sadism'', no more, no less.]]

-->'''Guts:''' Amazing! No wonder you're higher than us humans -- ''[[WhyWontYouDie you don't know how to fucking die]]!''

** Ibiki Morino, the head interrogator in the Konoha Intelligence Corps was subjected to nightmarish torture when he was captured on a mission. [[spoiler: The top of his head is just one massive scab with several old scars...from drills, screws, and other implements used on him. He didn't break and escaped.]]

* ''Manga/{{Oto x Maho}}'' features Kanata breaking Jou's arm, just to confiscate some pictures. Based on the class's reaction to the torture, Kanata performing this kind of torture is quite common.

* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' Okina tortures a low level mook for information by nailing hot candles to his hands. Later, Enishi mentally tortures Kenshin by [[spoiler: pretending to kill Kaoru]] as punishment for "killing" his sister, Tomoe.

--->'''Marv:''' ''Kevin was damn frustrating but Roark's a pure joy. ... I stare the bastard in the face and I laugh as he screams to God for mercy and I laugh harder when he squeals like a stuck pig and when he whimpers like a baby I'm laughing so hard I cry. He spurts and gurgles and life is good.''

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** The majority of the Inheritors from ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' enjoy playing with their food, before killing and eating them.
** In ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'', it's revealed that [[spoiler: their vampirism was artificial, implanted by [[AbusiveParents Solus]].]] In addition to this, Spiderling describes [[spoiler: their childhood as horrifying.]]

** During ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} captured her father's murderer Reactron and took him to her planet so he stood trial. However her mother got him tortured for information. Supergirl, who wanted justice rather revenge, was furious when she found out. Several weeks later during the ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' story arc, she still feels guilty about it.

* ''[[{{Fanfic/AceCombatEquestriaChronicles}} Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'' has [[spoiler: Gilda]], who, upon her [[KnightofCerebus first appearance]] in chapter 11 [[spoiler: violently beats up Rainbow Dash to "punish her"]] and later [[spoiler: tortures Medley, as Rainbow tries to save her, and, ultimately, [[ForTheEvulz breaks Medley's wings]]]]. Ealier, in chapter 6, Applejack is subjected to one of these, while being pinned against a wall made of ice. Despite two-hour long beatdown, [[MadeOfIron she doesn't break]].
* The notorious Power Rangers fanfic ''Agony In Pink''... and yes, its sequels.
* This is revealed to be one of The Seraphim's specialties in ''Fanfic/AngelOfTheBat'', as his predecessor created a religious cult entirely by breaking the minds of a bunch of children. [[spoiler: He inflicts this on Cassandra/Angel, but she manages to not give in.]]
* A [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4725356/1/ fanfiction]] where the entire premise is Bakura The Thief King torturing Seth [[{{Reincarnation}} (the ancient version of Seto Kaiba]] in the hopes of getting the Pharaoh to give him the Millennium Items in exchange for his safe return. [[spoiler:Failing that, he continues to torture Seth just because he's a psychopath and [[ForTheEvulz considers it fun]].]]
* In the beginning of the Reboot of ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/13174084/1/ Being Human]]'', Jaune is captured by the White Fang and tortured by OC Ember Rot by, among other things, getting impaled in the shoulder and waterboarded. She wanted to send a message to his friends that she would trade him for Blake. And then after she sends the message herself, she goes even further by using a buzzsaw to cut off his legs and one of his arms, and even rapes him. It gets so bad that he silently prays -- no, ''begs'' -- for any God that's listening to just let him die.
* In ''Fanfic/BeneathTheSunsSurface'', Princess Celestia is captured by a group of conspirators [[spoiler:who are planning to use Celestia's mind and body to revive Nightmare Moon]]. Since they need her in a near-death state, both physically and mentally, to do this, Celestia is brutally tortured on a daily basis to the point that she starts begging her captors to kill her. [[spoiler:She eventually breaks free, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge kill her captors]] and escape.]]
* Poor, poor [[CloudCuckooLander Ellis]]... In the ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' fanfic "Fanfic/BlindMansBluff", [[spoiler: [[AxCrazy Jerry]] attempts to do this to Ellis.]]
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6390781/1/Broken BROKEN]]. Just...Broken. It does this HORRIBLY to Syaoran, Fai, [[spoiler: and an OC]]. Graphically. And it [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8659684/1/At-Kingdom-Come isn't]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5559965/1/Dead the author's]] only work in that vein.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' fanfic ''Fanfic/CabinFeverSouthernHearts'', the very first part of the first chapter goes into detail about the inhumane conditions of the prison that the Fire Nation built for waterbenders. What makes it worse is that it's described from ''[[WouldHurtAChild Katara's]]'' point of view, since she was captured and imprisoned with the other Southern waterbenders in this AlternateUniverse.
* ''FanFic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'' does this... to [[spoiler: Spike]], of all the characters. The poor bastard...

* ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles''. The whole plot of the story is Pinkie Pie torturing Rainbow Dash. And it shows all of it in [[PurpleProse Graphic]] detail.
** While we're on [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship is Magic]], ''Sweet Apple Massacre'' amplifies the sheer horror of ''Cupcakes'' as [[spoiler:Big Mac horribly rapes and mutilates the Cutie Mark Crusaders.]] Luckily it's offset by a huge amount of {{Narm}} from the poor writing and transparent attempts at shock.
** Yet another WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfic, ''Fanfic/PagesOfHarmony'', has [[spoiler: Twilight murdering her closest friends and several others, in ''[[PurpleProse extremely graphic detail]]'']]. As was said by someone on deviantArt, it "makes Cupcakes look like Barney".
** ''Fanfic/CheerileesGarden'' Takes it even further with the violent murders of her students, seemingly taking it up a notch in each torture, and then going even further in Scarlet Harvest by [[spoiler: luring the Mane Six into a torture dungeon and splitting them up before horribly mutilating them]]. Let's just say that DarkFic for ''Friendship is Magic'' gets dark as ''shit''.
* ''Fanfic/DateAReLive": One trait Isaac Westcott had retained from [[Literature/DateALive canon]]. While trying to figure out what caused Tohka(under the Mio moniker at the time) to inverse. He asked the Spirit AI, Marina to remind him of what he and his group did to Miku's late precursor in an attempt make her inverse. She listed off almost all the above-mentioned torture methods from canon as being done to her, including him trying to destroy her dignity as a woman as well as trying to find a loved one to kill in front of her.
* ''FanFic/DoYouREmember'': Kaneki suffers this over the course of the first six chapters, with Aogiri Tree repeatedly cutting off his limbs, gouging out his eyes, and even ripping out his vocal cords.
* In ''Fanfic/DumbledoresArmyAndTheYearOfDarkness'', the Cruciatus Curse is used as routine punishment, [[spoiler: to the point where the students get ''used to it'']] and that doesn't even begin to compare with what [[spoiler: Doctor Belsen does to Mike Corner (his best friend tries to euthanize him half-way through the torture session)]].
* [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14413362 Earning Forgiveness]]! To say [[spoiler: Ilia Amitola from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'']] gets absolutely brutalized over the course of 3 days would be an understatement.
* In ''Fanfic/EncryptWithinTheDarkToSaveTheClockworkOfAHeart'', "Aniki" subjugated [[spoiler:Aoi Zaizen]] in a mockery of the Lost Incident in a misguided attempt to format itself like an Ignis, preventing themselves from being overwhelmed by its programming again. Yusaku and the Knights of Hanoi, especially Ryoken, [[ThisIsUnforgivable certainly didn't take it well once they found out.]]
* ''Fanfic/JimmysVisitWithDrFranklin'': Johnny Osgood was subjected to this for hours until he died, it was so bad, in fact that Jimmy didn't want to tell Dr. Franklin what exactly Ebon did for fear that it might give her nightmares.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheGreatRedPandaRescue'', Mei is kidnapped and her captors engage in this.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MonsterChronicles'' Cedric commonly tortures his victims to death, such as [[spoiler: Alejandro.]]
* In the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ExperimentingFear'', the nameless scientist has no problem using Nando, a 10-year-old kid, for an experiment which involves forcing the test subject to face [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes whatever their worst fear is.]] Nando is afraid of losing his hearing, so his ears are blasted with high-pitched sound frequencies, then his eardrums are shattered by the scientist firing a gun right next to his head.

* Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle both get it in the ''{{Series/CSI}}'' fic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4828756/1/Face_The_Music Face The Music]], and it gets pretty dark at times. The same author also wrote [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4896376/1/Thirty_Minutes_and_Counting Thirty Minutes And Counting]], another Grissom torture story that crosses with ForcedToWatch.
* At one point in the actual ''Manga/FairyTail'' series, [[spoiler: Kyouka of the Dark Guild Tartaros captures and tortures Erza Scarlet. Later, after Erza broke out, Erza, in Chapter 372, had a perfect opportunity to do the same back to Kyouka. But she didn't.]] So, [[http://mrshoneydew.deviantart.com/art/What-Chapter-372-of-Fairy-Tail-Should-Have-Been-524338116 someone rewrote]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10791036/1/What-Chapter-372-of-Fairy-Tail-should-have-been that chapter]] so that Erza ''does'' [[spoiler: [[PayEvilUntoEvil torture Kyouka]].]] [[RonTheDeathEater Sometimes with]] [[DisproportionateRetribution crueler methods]]. How do you respond to being [[spoiler: stripped naked, having your sensitivity to pain heightened, and then getting whipped like crazy and electrocuted]]? By [[spoiler: chopping your torturer's arms off, smashing her face against a stone floor multiple times, ripping open her stomach and leaving her organs exposed, ripping out a few of her organs, including one of her LUNGS!, squashing her shoulder bones like tin cans, and, of course, more electrocution.]] And when you're done, why not [[spoiler: [[EyeScream rip her eyes out too]]]]? YIKES. One can only imagine that the author was either sadistic or had a lot of pent-up rage for [[spoiler:Kyouka]]. Of course, the author would like to state that it's actually [[RevengeFic the latter]].
** The writer made a Revenge Fic that [[https://www.deviantart.com/mrshoneydew/art/What-Chapter-321-of-Fairy-Tail-should-have-been-717497308 changed Chapter]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12742112/1/What-Chapter-321-of-Fairy-Tail-should-have-been 321 so that]] Erza's defeating of Minerva involved her ''torturing and mutilating her!'' She even rips her fingers off with her teeth and eats them!!
* ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' writers seem to love it:
** The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'' has this happening twice in the first "episode" -- to [[spoiler:River and Jayne when they are captured by Niska]], and [[spoiler:by Mal and Zoe to one of Niska's {{mook}}s, in order to find where Niska took River and Jayne.]]
** “[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/5502176/1/ Freedom to the Free]]”. When Simon and a couple more of the crew are abducted and enslaved, Simon, known for his smart mouth and tendency to snark back, gets put in a scold’s bridle, a real life device that encircles his face and prevents talking via metal plates pushed between the teeth. Kaylee is even more frightened when River says the bridle can have barbs, but this one doesn’t. Simon is forced to wear it at night for 3 nights and can’t sleep because of it.
** “ [[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3720599/1/A-Safe-Place-in-the-Mind A Safe Place in the Mind]] has Mal brutally tortured and given muscle inhibitors so he can’t even fight. It drives him catatonic until Inara helps him come back.
** It’s not explicitly described, but Jayne is left mentally broken by physical and drug enabled torture in “[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/96304?show_comments=true#comments Salvage Mission]]”
** “[[http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesun.aspx?bid=9427 The Way]]'' Jayne again. Water and electricity are involved and Simon never had to give anyone so many stitches in his life.
** ”[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/3230707/1/ San Diego Serenade]]”: Mal is sliced, beaten and has a tooth ripped out and Simon is repeatedly poisoned and cured along with the beatings

* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6260492/1/Happy_Families_Are_All_Alike Happy Families Are All Alike]] doesn't show the torture in the detail some of the other stories on this page do. [[spoiler: Even so, we get a disturbing NightmareSequence ending with Naruto waking up covered in the blood from the dream-injuries the Kyuubi inflicted on him. Which apparently happens almost every time he falls asleep.]]
* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', [[ComicBook/NewGods Desaad]] shows why he's an expert torturer when he gets his hands on Pariah. He can't force the information out of him physically? Doesn't matter; he has mind-breaking machines aplenty.

* Conducted by a supposedly-heroic character in ''FanFic/HeroesOfTheDeskRepercussions''; she tracks down a person responsible for mass killings (she hopes this person also has information about the [[MindControlDevice mind-control serum]] used on her). Suffice to say expanding grappling hooks meant to pierce rock used inside the body don't end well, and in a sort of GoryDiscretionShot[=/=]TakeOurWordForIt readers only find out that those responsible for cleaning up what happened needed mandatory counseling.
* ''FanFic/{{Hivefled}}''s' prequel ''Reprise'' is TorturePorn, and there's enough detail in Hivefled proper to know exactly what was going on. The sidechapters are pretty brutal as well.
* ''FanFic/TheImmortalGame'' shows that [[EvilMatriarch Terra]] enjoys doing this in her free time [[spoiler: to Celestia, her own daughter]]. Late in the story, [[BigBad Titan]] does this as well, to Twilight Sparkle for information -- of course, this has the [[NiceJobFixingItVillain side effect]] of [[spoiler: causing Twilight's splintered mind to [[SplitPersonalityMerge fuse back together]]]].
* Poor Han Solo gets just about every type there is in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' fic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2696712/1/Important-Information "Important Information'']], in an attempt to force him to tell information about the rebels. He ends up getting beaten, whipped, burned, and way too many bones broken, including his arms and most of his fingers. Cerean blood parasites are released onto his skin to burrow around in his flesh. And when it becomes obvious he isn't going to talk, his captor lowers his chained body to the floor and repeatedly rapes him. There are also drugs, first to amplify the pain he's feeling, and then to amplify the sexual sensations of the rape. The only good thing is that the pain and terror he feels are like a homing beacon in the Force for Luke, Leia and Chewie to follow to find him. When they arrive, he's near death, and he actually does die for a few moments in Leia's arms before she manages to revive him. Averts the "all's well that ends well" thing, Han struggles greatly with the aftermath in the sequel.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' has [[spoiler: Paul in a prison within the Fog Car -- aka Infinity Train ''Franchise/SilentHill'' -- for how he had let an Apex child drown in the lake and did not save him. Walter chains him, blindfolds him in darkness, keeps him in isolation not only for the sake of giving the boy karma for what he did but also to prepare Paul to be the embodiment of Despair for a ritual needed to end the Apex. By Chapter 18, Paul has utterly lost all hope and can only mutter "I am Despair", completely gone and without any way for his brother to know about this.]]
* This occured off-screen in ''Fanfic/JackOLantern''. Sarada was kidnapped, with the kidnapper's intentions being to take her Uchiha eyes for themself. They broke her fingers and several of her ribs. They were unable to take her eyes out before Sarada was rescued. In retaliation, they [[EyeScream slashed Sarada's eyes]] and blinded her.
* At the climax of the first arc of ''Fanfic/JewelOfDarkness'', [[spoiler:Midnight captures Robin and attaches him to a harness that apparently injects chemicals of some sort into his body, causing intense pain]]. The point of this is to mentally break [[spoiler:Robin]], in order to [[spoiler:dissolve the Titans.]]
* In the incredibly dark ''[[FanFic/JokersWildTrilogy The Joker's Wild]]'' the Joker puts Beast Boy through this. Joker's methods include skinning him with a scalpel, burning him, using drills, power tools, acid, and tazers on him, and ''nailing him to a cross with railroad spikes, with razor wire wrapped around his head.'' The worst part? Beast Boy's regenerative abilities keep him from dying, so the Joker can do anything he wants to him for however long he wants. Brrrrr.
* In the infamous ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'' RevengeFic ''Fanfic/RevengeRoad'', Hikaru, after [[MurderTheHypotenuse killing Madoka]] by [[BoomHeadshot shooting her in the head]], is far less merciful with Kyosuke, stabbing him in the throat so that he can do nothing but feel pain, then slices him to pieces [[PunctuatedPounding while telling him all her grievances with each slash]].
* Sora is beaten almost to death [[CrucifiedHeroShot (with description suggesting he's crucified against a cliff)]] in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8242551/1/Kingdom_Hearts_3_The_Return Kingdom hearts 3: The Return]][[spoiler: so he won't resist when being turned into a vessel]].
* The MadDoctor of ''FanFic/{{Lightwaves}}'', Ellis, with his serious tendency to have people StrappedToAnOperatingTable just for the sheer fun of it, exacts Cold-Blooded Torture on two of the protagonists. That we see.
* Hago in ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'' is quite fond of this.
** [[spoiler: In ''The Return of Hago'', he kidnaps Nala, his daughter, and [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker tortures her into becoming the perfect child.]] It backfires horribly, though.]]
** The Royal Reaper, in the story of the same name, likes torture, too. [[spoiler: He drowns Nala in the waterhole, only to pull her out before she dies.]]
* In the ''Series/LostGirl'' [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8180681/1/Mad-World Mad World]], [[TheDragon Thane]] first psychologically tortures Lauren; and then captures her to actually torture her. To make it worse, she has a HealingFactor. Meaning he can torture her, wait for the wounds to heal, and then just torture her again. She, understandably, begins to lose the will to live. It's suggested that while Thane and [[BigBad The Garuda]] are waiting to kill Lauren until [[ForcedToWatch they can do it in front of Bo]], the torture is mainly for [[ForTheEvulz fun]].
* ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'' has this happen with Wily torturing Ice Man early on, and an innocent Metool in Episode 7. [[spoiler:He later inflicts this on [=ProtoMan=]]].
* In ''FanFic/MegaManRecut'', Ballade tortures an innocent woman with the Mad Grinder. Later, he himself is tortured by the Syndicate bosses.
* Pretty much OnceAnEpisode in the Literature/LordOfTheRings fanfic series ''The Mellon Chronicles'', especially for Legolas, although Aragorn also gets more than his fair share.
* ''Fanfic/AMinorMiscalculation'' has [[spoiler: Nui tortured by Isshin]] after the Naturals Election, [[spoiler: Satsuki brutalized by Ragyo for three days]] before the Grand Festival, and [[spoiler: Isshin tortured almost to death by Ragyo and Nui]] in "Downfall."
* ''FanFic/MLPNextGenerationKnowFear'': [[spoiler: Twilight Sparkle]], after being lured into a trap in Maretonia and captured by [[CoDragons Wing Commander]] Steel Wing, is sentenced to public flogging for the "crime" of opposing the griffon invasion of Equestria. Steel Wing has this broadcast live over the radio across the country both as a morale blow, and [[BatmanGambit bait to lure out the Fear Lantern]], which proves successful. [[spoiler: And since the Lantern is Twilight's daughter Starburst, it also succeeds in [[BerserkButton pissing her off enough]] that she duels and kills him.]]
* Smith in the fic ''[[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]]'' did this to Holmes while [[TooDumbToLive gloating over him for the heck of it.]] It's pretty terrifying. Good thing [[UndyingLoyalty Watson was able to help out and get rid of Smith.]]

** In the Desperation Omake in ''Fanfic/MortalKombatVsMarvelUniverse'' it's ''Kano'' who is on the receiving end of the torture by that fic's version of Cassie Cage.
** Speaking of the aforementioned fanfic, Kano gets it even worse in an omake; his crotch is destroyed, one his legs is sliced into kibble, his faceplate is wrenched off his face and Cassie digs her thumb into the eye socket. Then Cassie kills him via his [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Knife to Meet You]] fatality.
* In the dark ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27853170/chapters/68194306 Pulse and Void]]'', Yamada Hizashi aka Present Mic is captured by a villain with an energy siphoning quirk. The more Hizashi screams, the more power the villain gets, and it’s not hard to guess how he’s made to scream so much. It takes a week for Aizawa and some of class 1-A to defeat the villain and get to him and by the time they do, it isn’t pretty. He’s been beaten, covered in deliberate slices, welts and bite and scratch marks, his back is flayed raw and covered with salt, he’s repeatedly raped, and to stop his SuperScream when it isn’t wanted, he was gagged with a muzzle and fitted with a ShockCollar that are both welded on and leave even more injuries on nis face and neck. (Warning the fic has art that’s not pretty either in places). The [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49427425/chapters/124737175 sequel]] (ongoing as of Aug 2023) shows he does not get an instant recovery, either. Healing quirks were used to help him physically, but he’ll never get rid of the countless scars all over his body and has a difficult mental recovery ahead.
* In ''FanFic/NarutoTheSecretSongsOfTheNinja'', Kakashi and Naruto are captured by an AxCrazy ninja who's an old enemy of Kakashi's out for revenge. He tortures Naruto for days using a jutsu that forces his own muscles to strain against themselves until they begin to rip themselves apart. He tortures Kakashi by [[ForcedToWatch forcing him to watch.]]
* In ''Fanfic/NewReality'', inflicted by Kvar to Brittany for weeks in Asgard Human Ranch.

* The ''{{Series/Emergency}}'' fic [[http://www.network54.com/Forum/199227/message/1297994922/Mike+in+peril "The Numbers Game" (bottom two links here)]] has Mike Stoker kidnapped by a guy who was injured in a fire and blames the department for not rescuing him in time. By the time Mike is finally rescued, he's been beaten, burnt and cut up pretty badly.

* The plot of the ''VideoGame/DragonsLair'' fanfic "[[http://mcbain755.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2sh8hq Princess Daphne's Ordeal]]".FanFic/QueenOfAllOni'': EvilSorcerer and SmugSnake Lung captures Jade's astral self and tortures her via bright lights, which burn away at the shadows composing her astral form (including making her [[EyeScream eye lids]] ''[[EyeScream dissolve]]'' at one point) with the promise that he'll stop if she submits and agrees to serve him... which she refuses to do. So, the torture continues, driving Jade to the brink of insanity, and probably would have ''killed'' her if [[CoDragons Left and Right]] hadn't saved her.

* ''Fanfic/ReMyHostageNotYours'': At the story's climax, [[spoiler: the [[BeePeople Valkians]] hook Zim up to their main computer and start draining his PAK's data and energy, causing him excruciating pain. Dib barely manages to get him free of it before the process kills him.]]
* ''[[WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill The Adventures Of Blinky Bill]]'' fanfic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7782580/3/Scars_Are_Forever Scars Are Forever]] has an OC named Jeromy doing this to [[spoiler: Shifty Dingo. It involves chains, matches, a switchblade and Shifty's tail.]] Do the math.
* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'': Chiron, Section-2 Chief, loves doing this. He abduced Prof. Hamilton and tortured him during months using pain, drugs, sleep deprivation, sensorial deprivation and psychological warfare to worm all secrets of ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' -including her SecretIdentity: Asuka -- out of him.
* A good portion of Episode 67 of ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos'' is Beelzebub torturing Cosmo after luring her into his base by shattering her eardrums with extremely loud rock music and drugging her with neurotoxins (and -- in the rewrite -- electrocuting her before stripping her naked and tying her to his chair with razor wire). Then when Chris goes in to save her, he is captured and suffers even worse torture, eventually ending in [[spoiler: BlackComedyRape via [[NightmareFuel giant acid-covered stinger]]]]
** It's revealed that after [[spoiler: her failed attempt at killing Tsali]], Talia tried to unsuccessfully make peace with the Seedrians. Hertia [[HeelFaceDoorSlam replied]] by torturing her until she was rendered [[AndIMustScream immobile, crippled, senseless, and permanently catatonic]].

* Revealed in the TwistEnding of the ''Fanfic/SpyroMadnessSaga''. At first, we were lead to believe that Ember died after laying the egg that Spyro fathered. The truth, however, is that [[spoiler: Ember was kidnapped right after she gave birth. The kidnapper was her father, Terrador, who wanted her to suffer for the [[SarcasmMode crime]] of being a descendent of Malefor from her mother. Terrador had her locked up for a year and beat her daily to within an inch of her life.]] When Ember is finally discovered, she's badly scarred with tattered wings and her entire left horn is gone.
* ''Fanfic/StillStandInTheSun'': Waterbenders imprisoned by the Fire Nation are kept in a constant state of starvation and dehydration, while facing humiliation from being dressed in rags and forced to go barefoot during their imprisonment in cages. The story takes the time to describe Katara's fear when the soldiers leer at her young body, the aching of her ribcage jutting out against her gaunt skin, and the sheer effort it takes for her to stay awake during the day..
* In "Doctor Who" fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10568721/1/Survival-of-a-Monster Survival of a Monster]], King Wurzin and Kowet-Horp do this to one of the Rutans so they can find out how its spaceship works. The torture includes cutting off its tendrils and eating them. [[spoiler: When the Rutan finally escapes it knocks Wurzin into a pit, killing them [[MutualKill both]].]]
* In ''Fanfic/TalesOfAResetMind'', [[spoiler: [[EvilCounterpart Mania]] does this to Nico, and Joy does this to Panic]]
* ''Fanfic/TimeAndAgain'', one of the most popular ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fics out there (almost 4000 reviews at time of writing) ends with [[spoiler:Naruto being captured by Orochimaru, who is convinced Naruto deliberately [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong went back in time]] and accidentally took Orochimaru]]. **''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4781296/1/Here_and_Now The sequel]] picks up where ''Time and Again'' left off and starts by covering [[spoiler:Naruto's]] two years of torture and starvation as [[spoiler:Orochimaru tries to learn how Naruto did it, when it was a complete accident.]]

* In the third part of ''{{Fanfic/Uplifted}}'' though not shown, it's heavily implied. Joachim Hoch leaves his detainment in Kiel starved and beaten mercilessly, all for sins of others... Given that he is an SS officer who just found out about the Holocaust, he feels like he almost deserves it.
* ''FanFic/WeightOfTheWorld'': [[spoiler:An ex-Atlas soldier tortures America and carves the word "Sacrifice" into his back in an attempt to make him activate Penny 2.0 through desperation.]] It doesn't work, but the soldier succeeds in making his "message" [[ScarsAreForever stick]]. Then he comes back and does it again. And again. And again...
** [[spoiler:Once America is at her mercy, Atlas slowly and maliciously impales him with a spear, repeatedly stabbing him clean through his stomach and out his back.]] She knows he'll [[HealingFactor survive]] whatever she does to him so she does not hold back, causing him as much pain as possible. Why does she do this? Because he refuses to submit to her and [[TautologicalTemplar say she was right]].
* Done in chilling fashion in ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey.]]'' The story is a deconstruction of second person at how interrogation is actually done and what its effects are, from the point of the interrogator.
* In ''FanFic/ZeldasHonor'', the main antagonist, Naar, tortures just about every captive he meets. The reader is treated to not one but two chapters of torture involving young, Kokiri prisoners. Slicing up their [[spoiler: fairy's wings to observe the mystical link between them]], raping and abusing them cruelly for his own sadistic pleasure, and finally [[spoiler: murdering them violently while mixing the act with arcane magic to ensure they revive as cannibalistic undead that will be trained as lethal assassins]]. This isn't even mentioning the type of trauma he puts [[spoiler: Ruto]] through.

** In ''Film/CasinoRoyale1954''[[note]]The first screen adaptation of a Franchise/JamesBond novel, released in 1954 as a television movie/episode of the anthology series ''[[Series/{{Climax}} Climax!]]''[[/note]], Le Chiffre [[AgonyOfTheFeet takes a pair of pliers to Bond's feet]] to make him talk.

** In ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', the BigBad uses a knotted rope, a bottomless chair, and some very [[GroinAttack strategic blows]] to persuade James Bond to reveal some very vital information. Specifically, [[spoiler: that he has an itchy scrotum]].
** In ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', [[spoiler: Blofeld has Bond tied to a chair and has several needles drilled into his head, to make sure he doesn't recognize anyone.]]

* Subverted in ''Film/ThePunisher2004'' when Castle hangs his victim upside down, threatens to torture him with a blowtorch, and [[spoiler: runs a Popsicle up and down his back]].

** Later subverted when Toht has Marion at his mercy again. He whips out an ominous-looking assemblage of rods and chains, she gasps in shock...[[spoiler:and he snaps it together to form a coat-hanger, drapes his leather greatcoat on it, and asks her with a polite smile what she knows.]]

** In "Literature/AWitchShallBeBorn" Salome subjects her sister to this after usurping her throne, starting with rape; when physical pain no longer hurts her, she opts to demonstrate her RevengeByProxy.

--->''"It causes all the central motor neurons to fire. Every muscle contracts and every synapse sparks as if it were insane. It will tear your muscles from the bones, and eventually stop your breathing . . . but it leaves sensory nerves intact to the very end."''

** Harry, upon a CIA agent discovering his knowledge of future events, gets this in his fourth life and in a later life is given the full treatment by a TortureTechnician hired by [[spoiler: Vincent]]. The second torturer subjects Harry to a more nuanced method, involving car battery, sleep deprivation, extreme heat, nail-pulling, and a "creative" use of surround sounds, featuring violent noises, yelling in different languages, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking techno beats]]. Harry even gets to compare the CIA's crew of five to the one professional. The crew breaks him first.

* ''Literature/TheFirstLaw'' features DeadpanSnarker Sand dan Glokta, an Inquisitor who does his job frequently and well. Since he was tortured horrifically for two years before taking up his current job and lives in constant pain, he really doesn't care about the agony he inflicts on others. He chops off, smashes, and burns sensitive body parts several times in each book. Generally, this is done for information, but at other times he gets innocents to confess to crimes they never committed after being ordered explicitly to do so. He also ends up torturing [[spoiler: Arch Lector Sult]] for the amusement of both himself and [[spoiler: Salem Rews]], though the man certainly deserved it.

* ''Literature/RogueWarrior'': Richard Marcinko is funny about this. On the one hand, he sees torture as a necessary evil in obtaining information when lives are on the line. On the other hand, he despises those who go beyond the call of duty and enjoy it. In his post 9/11 novel he has a female soldier absolutely butcher a terrorist to death, however he taped the orders to do whatever it takes from the President and uses it as blackmail.

* In the ''Literature/StarTrekEnterpriseRelaunch'' novel ''Patterns of Interference'', Maltuvis is genuinely bewildered by the idea of torturing someone for information, saying you can't rely on information you get from someone in pain ... and you can't torture someone ''properly'' if you're trying to keep them coherent.

** Practiced extensively by the Dark Eldar and by [[spoiler:de Valtos]] in ''Nightbringer''. When they raid [[spoiler:de Valtos's]] estate, they find [[spoiler:Solena Vergen's]] corpse and [[spoiler:Taryn Honan]], still alive and [[ICannotSelfTerminate asking for death]]; they had [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness]].

* Alan from ''Literature/VeryBadDeaths'' is a wealthy hypersadist. His repertoire includes drugs to enhance pain, drugs to prevent his victims from passing out, a perfect painkiller that lets him break every bone in someone's body then allows them to contemplate the excruciating pain they're about to experience. He boasts at one point that he kept someone dying horribly for 22 days.

-->"I'm going to start by burning out your eyes..."
* In ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', Chalky White is effectively TheDon of Atlantic City's black underworld. One night, a group of out of state gangsters attempt to kill him, but not being familiar with him, get [[TheDriver his driver]] instead. To try to find out who was behind this, Chalky and some of the {{Dirty Cop}}s he works with bring in one of the leaders of the local KKK group. Before he starts going to work, Chalky shows the man a group of large, vaguely menacing tools, and explains that they belonged to his father, a self-taught carpenter who was lynched after doing some work for a white man. Sometime later, Chalky exits the room and confidently says that the Klan wasn't involved in the murder. When asked why he's so sure, he responds "There comes a point when you ''know'' a man is telling you the truth. We passed that point 10 minutes ago". To drive things home, he unwraps the bundle that holds the tools, revealing a [[{{Fingore}} severed finger]] with a Klan ring still on it. Chalky then absently wonders whether the man will want the ring back, or if it will be adding insult to injury.
* In ''{{Series/Bones}}'',:

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsofMars "Pyramids of Mars"]]: Sutekh does to the Doctor, using his psionic powers to [[MindRape mentally torture]] him when the Doctor messes up his initial plan of escape and then to get information out of him.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E4TheSunMakers "The Sun Makers"]]: The Others threat to burn the Doctor with a red-hot iron.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E5Underworld "Underworld"]]: Herrick is tortured to get the truth out of him.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora "The Masque of Mandragora"]]: Marco is tortured to get him to accuse the Duke.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums "The Sound of Drums"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords "Last of the Time Lords"]]: The immortal Captain Jack Harkness is [[spoiler:captured by a very, very gleeful Master. A gleeful homicidal and practical Master.]] And spends the next ''year'' being tortured and killed in every possibly conceivable way.
*** When ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' picks up in a new series chronologically after this, he tells Gwen, "I have died...''so'' many times."
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E9ColdBlood "Cold Blood"]]: [[spoiler:[[MamaBear Ambrose]] ends up torturing captured Silurian Alaya with a taser while trying to get her to give her information on how to save her father from poisoning, which kills her as a result. It's also worth noting that Alaya ''deliberately'' goaded Ambrose into attacking her because she wanted to start a war between the humans and the Silurians.]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E11HeavenSent "Heaven Sent"]] is ''entirely'' about the Doctor being subjected to this. Trapped in a lonely castle in the middle of nowhere, he is completely alone save for the Veil, a hooded creature with an agonizing TouchOfDeath in store if he can't outrun it or keep it at bay by confessing what he knows about the prophecy of the Hybrid. Worse, it takes him quite a while to figure out exactly what he's supposed to be doing. ''Even worse'', the torturers are [[spoiler:his people]]. ''Even worse'', the Doctor is transported here in the wake of [[spoiler: Clara Oswald's death]], thus plenty anguished and enraged already without the whole "torture" thing to add to his woes, which leads him to [[spoiler:willingly undergo this torment ''billions of times over'' so he can escape without confessing all, hoping that once he's free he can save Clara]]. Once he gets out, he's... ''[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds really not himself]]''.

** [[spoiler:Pregnant]] Aeryn endures torture-by-Scarran-heat-probe in season 4. Given that she's Sebacean and therefore has a natural intolerance for heat (which is exacerbated by the [[spoiler: pregnancy]])...yikes.

* An episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' has the much loathed [[TheScrappy Stuckey]] taking out his frustrations on Elliot's chest with a knife... Ouchies. Any permanent damage [[HollywoodHealing isn't very likely]].
** This was also the subject of the episode "Harm", in which the main antagonist is a psychiatrist who helped develop "enhanced interrogation methods" for the US Army to use on suspected terrorists, resulting in the death of one suspect. Throughout the episode, she never wavers from her position that what she did was right and moral, and never shows a shred of sympathy for the victims. Unfortunately, she [[KarmaHoudini pretty much gets away with it]].

** In the spin-off series ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'', the Russian arms dealer Sidorov captured Sam and Deeks. He proceeded to use ElectricTorture on Sam, and then he used a [[TheToothHurts dentist drill]] on Deeks.

* In the Season 6 story arc of ''Series/{{Spooks}}'', Zafar Younis is captured by a group known as the Redbacks who torture him for information, and who have then passed him on to further clients to torture. [[spoiler:His mutilated body is found dumped.]] At the end of the Season [[spoiler: Jo Portman and Adam Carter]] also find themselves captured by the Redbacks, and face the same fate.

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* In ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'', one {{flashforward}} shows a future where a group called the Dark Dragons have kidnapped some of the main characters and are torturing them to get information on their leader. Their methods include sensory deprivation (keeping them locked in pitch-black rooms), physical torture (breaking their bones if they attempt to fight back), and {{electric torture}} (putting shock collars around their necks).
* [[BigBad Haine]] inflicts this on both [[spoiler: Marcus and Sylvestre]] in ''Roleplay/YuGiOhEastAcademy''. Never mind the Shadow Game, the deck he uses is essentially made as a collection of ''his favorite torture devices.''

* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Window Agents tortured Vienne to death, and relished in throwing it in her face that it was her husband who sold her out to them before killing her. Of course Mathis did so out of fear, frustration, thought they'd leave her alive, and that it was inevitable they would be coming for her.

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* In the ''WebVideo/BoardJames'' [[spoiler: "Nightmare and Beyond" episode, James tortures Mike and Bootsy in the graveyard scene by hacking off Booty's limbs one by one with a chainsaw to play Hangman and inserts random objects in Mike. He then cuts open Mike with garden shears and uses a live battery wire to remove the objects in order to play a sick version of Operation.]]
* ''{{WebVideo/Criticized}}'': Arthur puts Darian through this, gouging out his left eye with a paperclip and pouring salt in it.
* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': The whole fight between [[ComicBook/{{Invincible}} Omni-Man]] and [[ComicBook/TheBoys Homelander]] comes off as this: [[spoiler:Homelander never stood even a remote chance, and it's hinted that the only reason Homelander lasted as long as he did in the animation was because Nolan took his time in breaking Homelander physically and mentally as punishment for Homelander killing Debbie. When Homelander threatens to kill Mark in the same way, Nolan stops playing around and immediately and ends the fight, making good on the threat with which he started the fight: He fed Homelander his own heart then forced him to swallow by crushing his head.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Omni-Man]]''': Remember what I promised you...? '''Now swallow.'''

* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', The Church of the Memory of Cardia and the Clergy of Mardük are fond of using cold-blooded torture on their captives.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' ARG ''ARG/ILoveBees'', there is a torture device known as Cupid's Knife. It makes the victim feel pain whenever they think any negative thoughts about the user, forcing them to love their torturer, hence the name.
-->"The Knife is gonna hurt you. A lot. Only way to stop the pain is to surrender, to break, to love..."
* ''Literature/{{Kherishdar}}'': Kor from ''[[http://www.stardancer.org/kherishdar2/ The Admonishments of Kherishdar]]'' is tortured by the Emperor as part of his training to become Shame. His role is to provide Correction to deviants in Kherishdar's society, and he is only permitted to use tortures that have been inflicted on himself. Suffice it to say he's one of the most effective Shames in history.

--> '''Deathstroke:''' Let's take it up a notch higher... ''(increases the voltage)''

* In ''WebVideo/PokemonApokelypse'', Brock is tied up, beaten, and tortured with a Magnemite.
* [[TheUndead Thorolf]], from ''Literature/TheSaints'', has a knife that keeps its victims alive for as long as it remains in their heart. He uses it to keep victims alive while he [[HorrorHunger eats them]]. He doesn't have to eat them, [[ForTheEvulz he just wants to]].
* In serial 2 of ''Literature/SpectralShadows'', there's Omega, the FinalBoss of The Aslander Roleplaying game. According to the Character Index he doesn't kill characters who fail to complete his stage. He likes to torture them by forcing them to listen to obnoxiously avant-garde ProgressiveRock.
* J.R. Rizzolo of ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' is apparently rather fond of this, seeing how he viciously tortures Cara Scholte and Laeil Burbank (the former by cutting up the helpless Cara's face, breaking her fingers, and then mutilating her right hand with a morning star before finally pushing her off a nearby cliff, the latter by [[EyeScream cutting out her left eye and crushing it]]. [[{{Squick}} And you get to read about both of them]] in graphic detail.
** Sarah Atwell [[MadArtist makes an art of this trope]].

* In the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', mutant Phase is tortured by MadScientist Emil Hammond. Who is apparently ''working for Phase's family'' to learn about what makes mutants manifest.
** What's scary is how Emil Hammond always refers to Phase as 'it', and clearly is just doing this to learn more about Phase. The height would be 'what happens if Phase is in the middle of an object when he goes from light to solid.'
** "Apparently working" nothing. His family actually comes in at one point to see how things are going. When Phase calls for them to help, they ignore him at first and then quickly leave.
* This gets inflicted upon Alador in ‘’ WebAnimation/WolfSongTheMovie’’ in order to try and get him to cooperate with the Death Alpha. [[spoiler: Instead of breaking, Alador ends up succumbing to the torture, right in front of his would-be rescuers]]

** When slave girl Tamar is captured by Sodomite guards after her meeting with the Elamites to co-ordinate Astaroth's attempt to overthrow his sister, Queen Bera, the latter locks her in a cage with a blind slave wearing spiked upper body armour, the spikes on which protrude whenever he takes a breath, in the hopes of getting her to name her co-conspirator. But Tamar remains loyal to Astaroth... at the expense of her own life - and those of her younger sisters.

* In Creator/GeorgeOrwell's novel ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'', prolonged ColdBloodedTorture of prisoners is standard practice at the [[SuperFunHappyThingOfDoom Ministry of Love]].

* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' has a book where Tobias is captured by a sadistic human-controller named Taylor and tortured with an AgonyBeam.
* ''Literature/{{Aristillus}}'': In book one, ''Powers of the Earth,'' Tudel uses pliers to break each of Captain Kear's fingers one by one, solely to hear the man scream and take revenge for earlier humiliations. He then proceeds to do something unspecified with his belt, and is shown to sadistically enjoy the whole process.
* Talia was tortured in ''[[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Arrows Fall]]'' by Creator/MercedesLackey. (Spoilered for gory details) [[spoiler:Talia is raped repeatedly, burned, branded by Hulda's magic, and has her feet crushed]]. She was portrayed with fairly realistic mental and emotional symptoms after she is finally rescued, and needs the help of another Mind Healer to block the emotional pain. Talia is one of the few [[spoiler:raped women]] who ''wasn't'' immediately cured by True Love. Bonus points to Lackey for that.
* In the Patrick O'Brian's ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'' series, Stephen Maturin is tortured by French officers in Mahon. Details are sparse: his fingernails were pulled out among other things (the damage to his hands remains throughout the rest of the series, impacting his musical skill), but not only did he not break, even to revealing his nationality, he steals important papers while he is being rescued.

* JR Ward's ''Literature/BlackDaggerBrotherhood'' has Phury -- who, owing to a fucked-up mental state, enjoys taking a hammer and chisels to his enemies' joints and carving interesting shapes on their faces.
* In Creator/JamesSwallow's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} ''Literature/BloodAngels'' novel ''Deus Encarmine'', the Word Bearers use this to make a [[BloodMagic sacrifice]]. Then, when one of them is captured, Inquisitor Stele uses it on him, culminating in a MindRape.
* Considering that it's the story of a professional torturer, there is surprisingly little of this trope in ''Literature/BookOfTheNewSun.'' (The narrator actually [[LampshadeHanging mentions]] that it isn't a book for people who enjoy reading about such things.) We do see a few torture-executions and one very horrible device, the Revolutionary: [[spoiler:a MindRape device whose victims become their own worst enemy, to the point where they will tear off their own eyelids because they hate themselves so much.]]

* In Creator/AndreNorton's ''Literature/{{Catseye|1961}}'', [[spoiler: Dragur]] observes that only the unimaginative resort to this, since a man will say anything to stop the pain.
* In the ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'' book ''Literature/BattleMagic'' Evvy, who is still a ''child'', is stripped and tortured by the Yanjingyi invaders who want her to tell them where Briar and Rosethorn are. Her injuries are so great that when she uses her magic to flee her mind and the pain her tormentors take her for dead and [[BuriedInAPileOfCorpses toss her in a pile with the rest of the people from the fortress]].

* Torture of a rather Pavlovian nature makes up the backbone of ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'''s second act, where VillainProtagonist [[TheSociopath Alex]] is "cured" of his criminal impulses by being forcibly drugged and brainwashed to [[RestrainingBolt become violently ill]] when he thinks of crime. Of course, this process is pretty nasty, and the resulting miserable helplessness is even worse, eventually [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide leading him to attempt suicide]]]].
-->'''Alex''': Stop it, stop it, stop it. Oh, I've had enough. It's not fair, you vonny sods!
-->'''Dr. Brodsky''': First class. You're doing really well. Just one more and then we're finished...
-->'''Alex''': Stop! Stop, you [[ConLang grahzny disgusting sods]]. It's a sin, that's what it is, a filthy unforgivable sin, you bratchnies!
* In Creator/RobertEHoward's Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian story "Literature/AWitchShallBeBorn" Salome subjects her sister to this after usurping her throne, starting with rape; when physical pain no longer hurts her, she opts to demonstrate her RevengeByProxy.

* In Creator/StephenHunt's ''The Court of the Air'', [[spoiler:Molly]] suffers this to control the Hexamachine through her.
** In ''The Rise of the Iron Moon'', [[spoiler:Molly and Coppertracks]] are subjected to this for scientific purposes.
* ''Literature/ACourtOfThornsAndRoses'': Seemingly a favorite pasttime of everyone in Hybern.
* The ''Literature/DanielFaust'' series:

** Caitlin grants [[spoiler: Carl Holt]] a swift death, because he's mortally wounded, in shock, and torturing him "wouldn't have been any fun." [[spoiler: His partner Alvin]], on the other hand, isn't so lucky. Given some of Caitlin's remarks, she enjoys torture as a recreational pastime and according to Nicky, she tortured [[spoiler:an angel she captured]] until its mind shattered.

* In ''Oath of Gold'', the third novel of ''Literature/TheDeedOfPaksenarrion'' by Creator/ElizabethMoon, the paladin buys the freedom of the lost king by enduring days of torture at the hands of priests of Liart, the god of torment.

* In ''[[Literature/KaneSeries Darkness Weaves]]'' BackStory, king Netisten Maril learns about a plot to kill him. He subjects conspirators to a long session of brutal torture, which includes cutting out their tongues, burning them with hot irons, killing their families before them and then roasting on spikes over slow fire.

* In ''Literature/TheFirstFifteenLivesOfHarryAugust'', two [[BornAgainImmortality ressurective kalachakra]] characters get on the receiving end of this.
** Harry, upon a CIA agent discovering his knowledge of future events, gets this in his fourth life and in a later life is given the full treatment by a TortureTechnician hired by [[spoiler: Vincent]]. The second torturer subjects Harry to a more nuanced method, involving car battery, sleep deprivation, extreme heat, nail-pulling, and a "creative" use of surround sounds, featuring violent noises, yelling in different languages, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking techno beats]]. Harry even gets to compare the CIA's crew of five to the one professional. The crew breaks him first.
** Victor Hoeness, a Kalachakra who, by speaking to others who would see the technologies of his future, brought advanced tech to the court of a 17th century French king. This began a cataclysm that changed history enough for many kalachakras to simply cease existing. Once the remaining Cronus Club (a group of surviving Kalachakra) got their hands on Hoeness in his next life, they began torturing him as punishment for his action and in order to discover his point of origin (date and place of birth). When he finally broke and told them, they cut off his tongue, ears, hands, and feet, gouged out his eyes, and bound him in a metal straitjacket. When he died, the Club simply abducted him and repeated the process until he died a second time. However, after two lives and about two decades of torture, baby Victor wasn't able to use his hands, eyes, tongue, or ears. The Club, upon discovering that they had essentially broken Victor, decided to kill him and abort his mother in the next life, thus removing Victor from existence.
* ''[[Literature/{{Dragaera}} The Baron of Magister Valley]]'': Our narrator Paarfi tells us that he's sparing the reader's sensibilities by not describing the torture that our hero endures. He goes on to note that, in these more enlightened times, such barbarity is no longer inflicted on anyone except the peasant Teckla, who does not feel pain as gentlemen do.

** There is a vivid description of Hawk's eye [[spoiler: being burned out with a hot poker]].
* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' book ''Literature/TurnCoat'', the [[EldritchAbomination skinwalker]] tortures [[spoiler:Thomas by peeling strips of skin off and [[HealingFactor waiting for them to grow back]]. Once he's so low on vamp energy that he's about to die, it feeds him someone, who, given his current state, he's guaranteed to kill. Then it starts the process over. By the time Harry gets him back, Thomas is so completely [[BreakTheCutie broken]] that he's stopped caring about much of anything.]]
** Harry undergoes a milder version of himself in ''Literature/DeadBeat'' at the hands of [[spoiler: Cassius, who wanted revenge for Harry's JackBauerInterrogationTechnique last time they met]]. It's mentioned three books later that he still has scars from having his stomach beaten with a chain for who knows how long.
*** Yeah, the knife cutting into his abdominal wall had nothing to do with that.
** This trope barely covers what Mab did to the traitorous Winter Knight, from ''Literature/SummerKnight'' until [[spoiler: Harry kills him in ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', which is roughly 6 years later]].

** Heavily implied that [[spoiler:both Lily and Fix were tortured by Maeve and Lloyd for an unknown amount of time for the amusement of the Winter Court]].

** Happens to Corum and the hands of Glandyth in one of his other series.
* In Susan Matthews's novel ''Exchange of Hostages'', a doctor is drafted into service as an official torturer of the state. He is {{squick}}ed to discover that he enjoys it--a lot.
* ''Literature/TheExecutioner''. Being turned into a "turkey" is the fate of several people who anger TheMafia, usually leaving the protagonist Mack Bolan to inflict the MercyKill. Such torture is inflicted by specialists such as MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate "Fat Sal", who tortured undercover Federal agent Georgette Chebleu. While Bolan is not into torture himself, he does blow Sal's kneecaps off on this occasion before executing him.

* ''The Literature/FirebirdTrilogy''
** The dendric striker is used once on a {{mook}} who had failed his mission and once on a prisoner whom the Shuhr had no more need for and wanted to make a point with.
-->''"It causes all the central motor neurons to fire. Every muscle contracts and every synapse sparks as if it were insane. It will tear your muscles from the bones, and eventually stop your breathing . . . but it leaves sensory nerves intact to the very end."''
** The worst of the Netaian execution methods fall under this, too. There are the D-wave rifles, which disrupt and then destroy nerve cells, crazing the victim with pain. Firebird's sister intended to execute her using it under vigilante "justice." And then there's lustration, which is when super-heated plates are set at the end of the prisoner's extremities and very slowly moved inwards, vaporizing flesh and bone but leaving the victim alive until the plates reach the torso. Firebird was sentenced to die via this method.
* ''Literature/TheFirstLaw'' trilogy features DeadpanSnarker Sand dan Glokta, an Inquisitor who does his job frequently and well. Since he was tortured horrifically for two years before taking up his current job and lives in constant pain, he really doesn't care about the agony he inflicts on others. He chops off, smashes, and burns sensitive body parts several times in each book. Generally, this is done for information, but at other times he gets innocents to confess to crimes they never committed after being ordered explicitly to do so. He also ends up torturing [[spoiler: Arch Lector Sult]] for the amusement of both himself and [[spoiler: Salem Rews]], though the man certainly deserved it.
* In Creator/GeneStrattonPorter's ''Literature/{{Freckles}}'', Black Jack agrees that Wessner can kill Freckles however he pleases but objects to watching.
-->''We agreed to take out these trees and leave him for you to dispose of in whatever way you please, provided you shut him up eternally on this deal. But I'll not see a tied man tormented by a fellow that he can lick up the ground with, loose, and that's flat. It raises my gorge to think what he'll get when we're gone, but you needn't think you're free to begin before. ''
* ''Literature/{{GONE}}'': Happens a few times throughout the books:

* The death penalty in ''Literature/FrostflowerAndThorn'' is a form of this, and [[spoiler: Frostflower herself experiences liberal amounts of torture when questioned about the identity of her "stolen" child's parents. While the priestly family stand singing hymns around the altar she is being tortured on.]]
* In Creator/AaronAllston's ''Literature/GalateaIn2D'', after the villain sends [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman magically animated paintings]] after him to kill him, the hero tracks them down and tortures one in front of the other to get information. Produces [[WhatHaveIDone ghastly guilt]]; after defeating the villain, the hero tells them they can leave safely if they don't bother him again.

* In Creator/JKRowling's ''Literature/HarryPotter'':

*** The Cruciatus Curse, a supreme form of torture such that no character has ever been shown withstanding it, seems to be definitively cold-blooded; it works best when the caster is in control, or who delights in the pain caused, whereas casting it out of spite or righteous anger is far less effective. This is demonstrated in Book 5 when Harry himself tries to use the curse against Bellatrix in revenge for killing Sirius. Although that said, it works just fine for Harry in Book 7 on Carrow because he "really means it".

* Derry is tortured by Wencit and Rhydon in ''High Literature/{{Deryni}}''. In ''The King's Justice'', after [[spoiler: Duncan]] is captured at Dorna, Loris, and Gorony keep him drugged with ''[[FantasticDrug merasha]]'' (the side effects are themselves very unpleasant) and torture him for hours, including [[ATasteOfTheLash multiple whippings]] and pulling out all his nails.
* Parodied in ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' where a Vogon captain tortures [[UnfazedEveryman Arthur]] and Ford with bad poetry.
%%* {{Invoked}} in Creator/CSLewis's ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy''.
* [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Percy]] deals out the "sadistic pleasure" variant in ''[[Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus The House of Hades]]'', [[MomentOfWeakness after having endured a fair amount of suffering himself]].

* Mina Davis gets worked over with a cheese grater-in pretty excruciating detail -- in ''[[Literature/HungoverAndHandcuffed Hungover and Handcuffed]]''.
* In the ''Literature/{{Hurog}}'' duology, there is a literal example, where the torturer is just doing his job, with no emotional involvement whatsoever. His grandson, who is a bit more sensitive about the whole thing, ''doesn't'' want to follow in his footsteps [[spoiler: and leaves the room, which means he survives when the torture-victim kills the torturer and escapes.]]
* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn'', Johnny is captured and tortured by the authorities of the CorruptChurch. Later, when he is offered a position as assassin (to ensure he knows how serious his commitment must be), they point out that he has at least one useful qualification for it -- they ''know'' that if the enemy catches him and puts him to the Question, he won't crack.
** Later in the novella, we learn that LaResistance has a ready source of suicide agents: men whose wives have been tortured by the secret police.
* ''Literature/InDeath'' series: David Palmer from ''Midnight in Death'' has done this to his victims and so... ''clinically''. "The Groom" from ''Creation'' does it to see how long his victims can last, while the duo from ''Devoted'' just does it for fun.
* In ''Literature/IslandOfTheAunts'' there's some torture when the villains capture the mermaids, such as holding a blowdryer to the fishtail of one of the mermaids, to make them talk.
* In the Gary Jennings novel ''Literature/TheJourneyer'', set in 12th-century China, torture is a trade. The royal torture artist is called "The Tickler" (due to the words for "torture" and "tickle" sounding very close in Chinese) and he has apprentices.
* In the ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'' series by Jacqueline Carey, the protagonist, Phedre, is a [[TooKinkyToTorture true masochist and craves and enjoys pain]], so normal BDSM torture occurs quite often. However, there is one scene in which Melisande tortures Phedre for sheer pleasure, and after a brief part of the scene is shown, we're treated to a literary ScreamDiscretionShot.

* Coralyn in ''Literature/TheLegendsongSaga'' encourages and makes extensive use of this practice, her son, Kalide, particularly enjoys it and is infamous for his 'skill'. He tends to be less cold-blooded about it, frequently becoming frustrated and losing control; getting him in trouble with Coralyn for causing excessive damage.
** [[spoiler: Bleyd]] and [[spoiler: Glynn]] are both on the receiving end from Kalide.
** Myrmidons fall into a coma to avoid it, requiring the trigger word within three days to waken them, or they die.

* Invoked in Creator/GKChesterton's ''Literature/TheManWhoWasThursday''

* In the book ''Messiah'' by Creator/BorisStarling, the police are chasing a serial killer who [[spoiler:believes himself to be Christ and is gathering apostles by murdering people by the names of James, Peter, Thomas, etc, based on how the apostle with the matching name is said to have died]]. One gruesome murder consists of the victim being [[FlayingAlive flayed alive]] -- while kept upside down in order to stay conscious for as long as possible.
* In Teresa Frohock's ''Literature/MiserereAnAutumnTale'', Catarina did this to Lucian, laming him.
* Several characters are subjected to this in ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Mockingjay]]'' including [[spoiler:Johanna Mason, Annie Cresta and Peeta Mellark.]]
* In Patrick Rothfuss's ''Literature/TheNameOfTheWind'', when Kvothe finds the massacre, he hears the killers talk; Lord Haliax rebukes Cinder for not killing cleanly.

* ''Literature/NightfallSeries'': [[spoiler: After Prince Vladimir recaptures Bastien, he orders Yong to torture him to show his ‘children’ what happens when they disobey.]]
* The Cable Street Particulars are ... particular in this regard in Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}''. When a building full of their victims is found, Vimes goes to each cell to give what help he can. He also has a knife with him, for the same reason. [[MercyKill Think about that]].
* In Diana Gabaldon's ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'', Col. Jack Randall tortures Jamie Fraser, shattering his hand and raping him. Earlier in the story, Randall had whipped Jamie twice in a week, so that he almost died. (His manner is disturbingly professional throughout, and his attentions, even when they aren't explicitly violent, are creepy. [[ScarsAreForever Jamie never physically recovers complete use of his hand, and keeps the scars through the series]].)
* During ''[[Literature/TheShipWho PartnerShip]]'', Blaize is assigned to oversee the [[FirstContactFauxPas natives of Angalia]], thought to be no more than dumb animals dependent on humans for food. The small band of {{Royal Brat}}s he came into the system with have all agreed to abuse their positions for profit and Blaize has the least to work with, but he proudly shows them how he's put the "Loosies" to work serving him. [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Darnell]] gets really into the idea of "discipline" being a problem to be solved with beatings, [[ClandestineChemist Alpha]] starts speculating about using the Loosies to test {{Fantastic Drug}}s, and [[BigBad Polyon]] is just bored - so Blaize breaks out his demonstration with a Loosie who dropped a serving platter, having two others drag it to a boiling mud pit, push it in, and use long sticks to keep it there, screaming. This manages to impress the others. [[spoiler: The twist is that the Loosies actually are people that Blaize has great mutual respect for and is helping, and while the mud is bubbly it's only about sauna-heat. But he had to keep the others from thinking he was soft or exploiting them, hence the demonstration.]]
* In ''People of the Book'', Reuben aka Renato, a converted Jew, is tortured to death for "Judaizing", trying to convert a Christian woman into a Jew.

* In Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs's ''[[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars A Princess of Mars]]'', the Green Martians are fond of this. In Sola's BackStory, they tortured her mother in an attempt to learn who her father had been.
** In ''A Fighting Man of Mars'', Tan Hadron is threatened with this twice.
* ''Literature/TheRadix'': Adriana Borgia (a descendant of 'that' Borgias) tortures Edgar Wurm. [[spoiler:The scene becomes more creepy in hindsight, when we find out she was his daughter and knew it.]]
* The Wither Curse is used as torture in "Literature/TheReaderAndProtagonistDefinitelyHaveToBeInTrueLove" novel. It first appears as a tattoo of a few, small black lines. The tattoo grows bigger every hour and once the black lines have covered a large area of the body, black tattoo roses start to slowly grow. The roses wither and the black flower petals fall. The "falling petals" are actually the curse target's flesh. The curse continues until the caster cancels it or until all the cursed person's flesh falls off.

* The {{Novelization}} of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' made a passing reference to Leia's torture on the first Death Star. Evidently it included "fire knives" and "electrojabbers."
* ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'': Duke Nobel threatens to subject Hermeline to this in order to get Reynard to comply with him in ''Reynard the Fox''. Given the severity of the crime (harming a priestess is a crime punishable by death no matter who you are), it's unclear whether or not he would have gone through with it.
* ''Literature/RogueWarrior'': Richard Marcinko is funny about this. On the one hand he sees torture as a necessary evil in obtaining information when lives are on the line. On the other hand, he despises those who go beyond the call of duty and enjoy it. In his post 9/11 novel he has a female soldier absolutely butcher a terrorist to death, however he taped the orders to do whatever it takes from the President and uses it as blackmail.

* In Creator/RobinHobb's ''[[Literature/RealmOfTheElderlings Royal Assassin]]'', Fitz is subjected to torture. There are also suggestions that the Fool may have been tortured earlier in the same book.
** And then, at the end of the second series starring Fitz, ([[spoiler:the Fool is physically and psychologically broken by a particularly horrific and extended series of torture, which included being flayed alive. Poor Fool]]).
** Fitz and the Fool return for a third trilogy, and we meet [[spoiler:the Fool, who has been tortured ''again''. This time they took the Silver from his fingers, and they took his eyesight. They also put him in a chair with screws in the back smeared with feces and ''slowly'' screwed them in. They wanted him to know he would die, ''and'' they wanted him to talk.]].
* Creator/WalterMoers's book ''Literature/RumoAndHisMiraculousAdventures'' has General Tictoc, the love of his life -- a pimped-out Iron Maiden -- and Rala, the main character's love interest.
* In ''Literature/{{Sandokan}}'', it happens to unlucky prisoners who don't want to spill the beans. The one who got it worse is an alleged Meccan Pilgrim, who, captured by Yanez and the original (American) crew of the King of the Sea, was subjected to the water cure by the Americans and broke just as Yanez begged them to stop.

* ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheApt'': In ''Blood of the Mantis'', the Ants torture [[spoiler:Sperra]]. Particularly cold-blooded in that they found her side innocent and show no remorse.

* In the Literature/SherlockHolmes story "The Crooked Man" a soldier had been betrayed to the enemy by his rival in love and suffered [[ColdBloodedTorture horrific tortures]].

* ''Literature/SisterhoodSeries'' by Creator/FernMichaels: The Vigilantes have inflicted this on some villains, like John Chai from ''Vendetta'' and Karl Woodley from ''The Jury''. It's okay, because those villains had it coming to them!
* In William King's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/SpaceWolf'' novel ''Ragnar's Claw'', the [[WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture enslaved convicts]] are kept in line with the lash or inquisitors' interrogation machines.

* ''Literature/SpaceAcademy'': Captain Elgan and his inner circle subject the General to this via ElectricTorture. Vance reacts with disgust and outrage. Interestingly, no one reacts as if this will do anything to get the General to cooperate, it’s done purely [[FantasticRacism to punish him for the crime of being Notha.]]

* Gary Seven went through hell in ''Literature/StarTrekTheEugenicsWars''. First being tied up and thrown into the back of a flatbed truck, driven across a good chunk of India during the middle of the day, taken into the Thar Desert, chained up with animals and injected with a truth serum that causes agony if you don't answer any questions your interrogator asks.
* Franchise/StarWarsLegends:

** [[spoiler: The computer SIM]], in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'', can't use conventional tortures and has to get creative--but it ''is'' called torture, several times. This is done partially to get something equivalent to a RestrainingBolt removed, partly for fun--as soon as [[NiceJobBreakingItHero someone else undoes that]], they start getting put through the same thing.

* In Creator/AndreNorton's ''Literature/StormOverWarlock'', the Throg threatens Shann with this to get him to make a broadcast and lure a ship in, so that it can be disposed of, preventing news from getting back. He does make the broadcast, and gives the warning cryptically, so it's only when the ship veers off that they drag him off for it. They strap him to a frame so that arrivals will see him and be warned. When a counter-attack comes, the leader appears to ponder whether to drag him with them so that ThePromise to do this can be fulfilled. [[spoiler:Thorvald, arriving to cut him loose, looks anxiously over him to see if he's hurt, and Shann assures him that they arrived soon enough.]]
* In ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth'', this is the function of the Mord-Sith. Virtually all villains in the series demonstrate a fondness for torture, although at one point the "[[DesignatedHero good guys]]" have an enemy soldier tortured to death after he gives them the information.

* In Creator/PatriciaCWrede's ''[[Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles Talking to Dragons]]'', one [[EvilRedhead fire-witch]] tortured people to power her magic.
* Several times in the ''{{Literature/Temeraire}}'' books.

* In Creator/JRRTolkien's Literature/TolkiensLegendarium:
*** When Pippin looks into the palantír, Sauron gives orders for him to be brought to Mordor rather than perform the on-the-spot MindProbe that he ''could'' have done. Gandalf explains that Sauron wished to deal with Pippin himself -- slowly. Brrrrrr...
** Sauron also tortured Thráin (Thorin's father) while he had him prisoner in the BackStory to ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and Gollum in the BackStory to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' (the latter was how Sauron and his minions learned that the Ring was loose in Middle-Earth). And that's the ''named'' victims.

** And in the "Lay of Leithian" when Sauron captures Beren, Finrod, and their ten followers, he has them "chained in chains that eat the flesh." And then has a demonic wolf eat them, one by one...
* ''Literature/SplitHeirs'': Gorgarians are fond of torturing people by having wolverines maul them, either for fun or as a prelude to death.
* In the ''Literature/StarTrekEnterpriseRelaunch'' novel ''Patterns of Interference'', Maltuvis is genuinely bewildered by the idea of torturing someone for information, saying you can't rely on information you get from someone in pain ... and you can't torture someone ''properly'' if you're trying to keep them coherent.

* ''Literature/{{Transition}}'' has a torturer's POV, in which he describes, among other things, his favorite methods, the importance of simply scaring people into talking, and the need to inflict a minimum amount of pain so that the agency he works for will remain feared. [[LaserGuidedKarma Don't worry:]] [[KarmicDeath he gets his.]]
* In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} ([[BlackAndGreyMorality noticing a theme yet?]]) ''Literature/{{Ultramarines}}'' novel ''Nightbringer'', practiced extensively by the Dark Eldar and by [[spoiler:de Valtos]]. When they raid [[spoiler:de Valtos's]] estate, they find [[spoiler:Solena Vergen's]] corpse and [[spoiler:Taryn Honan]], still alive and [[ICannotSelfTerminate asking for death]]; they had [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness]].

* In Creator/SpiderRobinson's ''Literature/VeryBadDeaths'', Alan is a wealthy hypersadist. Alan's repertoire includes drugs to enhance pain, drugs to prevent his victims from passing out, a perfect painkiller that lets him break every bone in someone's body then allows them to contemplate the excruciating pain they're about to experience. He boasts at one point that he kept someone dying horribly for 22 days.
* Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'':

** In ''Literature/TheVorGame'', General Metzov's BackStory included torturing a prisoner to death.

* Creator/DanAbnett has used this in various ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novels.
** In ''Xenos'', Literature/{{Eisenhorn}} is captured and tortured by a Chaos cult. They demonstrate the techniques with their threats, including the promise he will [[FrozenFace never smile]] again -- and the damage to his nerves is so extensive that he never will.
** In ''Malleus'', Eisenhorn is going to be "questioned" -- he knows he will not survive. [[BigDamnHeroes His friends]] [[GreatEscape stage a rescue]].
** In ''Literature/BrothersOfTheSnake'', the TownWithADarkSecret had lured Space Marines to capture and [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]] one of them. They are found after the Marine has nearly been tortured to death.
** In the ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'' novel ''Only in Death'', the discovered Blood Pact camp holds many prisoners who have been gruesomely tortured; Mkoll {{Mercy Kill}}s them. [[spoiler:Until he recognizes Gaunt from [[ScarsAreForever an old scar]].]]
** In ''First & Only'', Heldane tortures [[spoiler:Rawne]]. We see it exclusively from the eyes of the rescue team, who [[ScreamDiscretionShot hear his screams]].
** In ''Honour Guard'', Pater Sin tortures [[spoiler:Yael]] to death as a [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]] to his Chaos cult.
** In ''Necropolis'', the BackStory between Gaunt and Kowle is that Gaunt had him transferred from the front after Kowle had a trooper flogged to death for improper uniform.
* Brian Caldwell's ''[[Literature/WeAllFallDown2000 We All Fall Down]]'' is set during [[ReligionIsRight the biblical tribulation]], where the Antichrist forces everyone to have special ID tags implanted into their hands. Those who don't comply are brought to the One World Community Registration Center and into the White Room, where they're tortured and disfigured every day for weeks until they submit. (The torturers claim they're "healing" them.) Those who hold out long enough for execution have been hacked apart and stitched back together again, with limbs and eyes missing.
* In Andy Hoare's Literature/WhiteScars novel ''Hunt for Voldorius'', how the Alpha Legion tries to secure Malya's compliance.
* In Creator/PoulAnderson's "Literature/AWorldCalledMaanerek", the Hegemony ship, having suffered too many discipline problems, had taken over part of a planet and let the men abuse the men and children there, and rape the women, freely to release their pent-up aggression.
* In Creator/AndreNorton's ''Literature/TheZeroStone'', Jern arrived home to find his father dead, bound to his chair with ropes that are covered with blood -- in a RansackedRoom.

* In ''Series/{{Lost}}'', when RichBitch Shannon almost dies of asthma and Sawyer has her medicine, Sayid tortures him for information by jamming reeds under Sawyer's fingernails. He follows that by threatening to stab Sawyer in the eye before Jack stops him.
** Actually, torture as a whole is ''very'' important in Sayid's backstory. He was a TortureTechnician for the Iraqi Republican Guard, after all.
* In ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', an Islamic terrorist spends four months torturing main character Ziva for information. It doesn't [[TortureAlwaysWorks work.]]

* In the Season 4 premiere of ''Series/{{NUMB3RS}}'', an enemy agent tortures Colby by injecting him with drugs after TheReveal that [[spoiler:Colby is a FakeDefector]]. The first impairs his breathing, creating "the sensation of slowly drowning", and the second massively increases his sensitivity to pain, among other effects. The torturer then attempts to kill Colby with a third drug, but [[spoiler:Dwayne Carter performs a HeroicSacrifice to stop him before Colby gets a lethal dose]]. While the torture isn't particularly graphic, what makes the scene truly horrifying is the extent to which the torturer is almost inhumanly calm and unbothered the entire time -- he's not ''enjoying'' Colby's pain per se, but he's so completely indifferent to the suffering of another human being that it's almost worse.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}}'' universe most of the Big Bads go with a patented AgonyBeam and MindRape to get information and their jollies.

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E10ChainOfCommand Chain of Command]]", Picard is captured by Cardassians. They use drugs to extract information, but [[InterrogatedForNothing later]] Madred tortures him ''just for the sake of it''. And beyond that, Picard later reveals to Counselor Troi that, just for a moment, Madred had successfully broken his mind.

** When Romulans discover that Bashir cannot be mind-probed in "Extreme Measures", they torture him for information.
** Garak tortures Odo in the episode in "The Die is Cast", since Odo, as a shapeshifter, needs to return to his natural form every few hours, all Garak has to do is simply force him to remain in his humanoid form. We see this is very painful, and eventually causes Odo to start flaking apart.
** "Paradise": Sisko is tortured by creepy cult leader, Alixus, who subjects him to one of the oldest tortures in the book. The simple hot box. She hopes to break his spirit through using its heat, dehydration, hunger, and stress posture, to make him accept her cult and authority. It doesn't work, but the episode pulls no punches in showing just how effective and debilitating such a simple torture can be in causing pain.

* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': The agony booth in the MirrorUniverse was developed by Dr. Phlox, who is a [[TortureTechnician master of torture]] in his universe, as well as [[MadDoctor a doctor]], in order to cause the subject continuous pain via nerve stimulation. It also continually switched nerve clusters in order to prevent the victim from getting accustomed to the pain. In one ExpandedUniverse novel, the mirror-Chekov was killed by being left in the agony booth by Tiberius (mirror-Kirk) set on high (right after the "Mirror, Mirror" episode).
* Captain Jack Harkness of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', is unable to stay dead, always reviving after some time that varies depending on how injured he is, and this is repeatedly used against him. For example:

** Later wryly subverted when Toht has Marion at his mercy again. He whips out an ominous-looking assemblage of rods and chains, she gasps in shock...[[spoiler:and he snaps it together to form a coat-hanger, drapes his leather greatcoat on it, and asks her with a polite smile what she knows.]]

* Yadmon from ''Webcomic/{{Aisopos}}'' tortures Adult!Aesop mainly for sadistic purposes.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' Dellyn Goblinslayer does "experiments" on monsters. It becomes clear however, that he does it mostly for pleasure, with the majority of information learned being new methods of causing pain in each race. But seeing as they're "[[FantasticRacism evil monsters]]", all the "good" races think it's just.

* ''Fanfic/DateAReLive"': One trait Isaac Westcott had retained from [[Literature/DateALive canon]]. While trying to figure out what caused Tohka(under the Mio moniker at the time) to inverse. He asked the Spirit AI, Marina to remind him of what he and his group did to Miku's late precursor in an attempt make her inverse. She listed off almost all the above-mentioned torture methods from canon as being done to her, including him trying to destroy her dignity as a woman as well as trying to find a loved one to kill in front of her.

* ''Fanfic/StillStandInTheSun'': Waterbenders imprisoned by the Fire Nation are kept in a constant state of starvation and dehydration, while facing humiliation from being dressed in rags and forced to go barefoot during their imprisonment in cages. The story takes the time to describe Katara's fear when the soldiers leer at her young body, the aching of her ribcage jutting out against her gaunt skin, and the sheer effort it takes for her to stay awake during the day..

See also ToThePain, ElectricTorture, MindRape, {{Room 101}}, CruelAndUnusualDeath, and WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk. If the player is allowed to do this in a video game, see VideoGameCrueltyPotential.

** Heavily implied that [[spoiler:Lily was tortured by Maeve and Lloyd for an unknown amount of time for the amusement of the Winter Court]]

* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'': Chiron, Section-2 Chief, loves doing this. He abduced Prof. Hamilton and tortured him during months using pain, drugs, sleep deprivation, sensorial deprivation and psychological warfare to worm all secrets of ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' -including her SecretIdentity: Asuka -- out of him.

* ''ComicBook/AHistoryOfViolence'': An unspeakably horrible example occurs in . Tom, the main character, and a friend robbed and murdered a group of New York gangsters when they were teenagers, partly as payback for the murder of the friend's brother. The friend is [[LooseLips found out later]], though, and we see him in a room with a [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] holding a hatchet. Tom has to make a run for it and change his name. Twenty years later, they catch up to him... and he learns that his friend ''is still alive''. When you see [[https://comiconlinefree.com/a-history-of-violence/issue-Full/281 what he looks like]] (link possibly NSFW), [[BodyHorror you'll wish]] you hadn't; among other things his body, or what's left of it, is covered in scars, [[AnArmAndALeg he has no arms or legs]], [[EyeScream he's missing an eye]], and from the look of his mouth and how he talks, [[TheToothHurts he's either missing teeth or probably had some drilled into, maybe both]]. In a subversion of standard hero practice, when the friend begs for a MercyKill from Tom, he complies.

* Subverted in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': In the first tome, the Romans tie Getafix to a table and {{tickle|Torture}} his foot for hours, and Getafix doesn't even break a laugh. Later, they threaten to torture Asterix to force Getafix to prepare his magical potion: both Asterix and Getafix say that there is no way they are going to do it, but as soon as he starts to be tied to the table, Asterix starts to beg for mercy and Getafix decides to do what the Romans say. This is all a way for the Gauls to play the Romans like fools.

* The ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' villain Roman Sionis, better known as Black Mask. It seems to be his hobby. Two infamous incidents involve torturing Stephanie Brown to the point that Leslie Thompkins could feasibly fake her death from the injuries, and torturing Maggie Kyle (Catwoman's sister) and her husband, which included ''forcing Maggie to eat her husband's eyeballs''. Maggie's husband was killed and she was rendered catatonic from the ordeal.
* ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'': Chang Tzu tortured Captain Boomerang to force him to move at superspeed and let him get a reading (leaving him unable to stand) and started to vivisect the Black Queen (without, needless to say, anesthesia).
* During her ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} training, Kate Kane was tortured for a week straight, including with electricity and waterboarding.

* The Red Skull from ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' loves torturing people. His second-in-command Crossbones probably enjoys torturing people even more.
* Wenuka of ''ComicBook/CleanRoom'' uses his Dark Room to punish distributors who miss their sales quotas. Implements of torture hang on the walls, and the victims are stripped and chained.
* [[spoiler:Dick Grayson]] inflicts horrible torture and mutilation on [[spoiler:Carrie]] in the finale of ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain''.
* In ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'', [[spoiler: Batman finds an audio tape that has Joker burning Alfred's eyes with ammonia. Batman is not pleased]].
* Sometimes featured in ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'':

* ''ComicBook/FrankMillersRoboCop'' sees Margaret Love, the proto-version of [[Film/RoboCop2 Juliette Faxx]], frequently engage in this, twice to Murphy (once after he's just repaired after he shows no remorse for siding with people OCP screwed over, and again after forcing Murphy to say goodbye to his ex-wife and mocking him) and a third time to a regular cop (having him be awake during painful surgery under the pretext of "reality therapy").
* An unspeakably horrible example occurs in ''ComicBook/AHistoryOfViolence''. Tom, the main character, and a friend robbed and murdered a group of New York gangsters when they were teenagers, partly as payback for the murder of the friend's brother. The friend is [[LooseLips found out later]], though, and we see him in a room with a [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] holding a hatchet. Tom has to make a run for it and change his name. Twenty years later, they catch up to him... and he learns that his friend ''is still alive''. When you see [[https://comiconlinefree.com/a-history-of-violence/issue-Full/281 what he looks like]] (link possibly NSFW), [[BodyHorror you'll wish]] you hadn't; among other things his body, or what's left of it, is covered in scars, [[AnArmAndALeg he has no arms or legs]], [[EyeScream he's missing an eye]], and from the look of his mouth and how he talks, [[TheToothHurts he's either missing teeth or probably had some drilled into, maybe both]]. In a subversion of standard hero practice, when the friend begs for a MercyKill from Tom, he complies.

* This becomes literal in ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' when Killer Frost exposes Catwoman to extreme low temperatures in an attempt to learn Batman's location.
* Even Ray Palmer (yes, ComicBook/TheAtom) gets in on the action in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'':

* In ''ComicBook/KickAss'', Kick-Ass is tortured through testicular electrocution, with his balls hooked up to a car battery, mainly for [[{{Jerkass}} Red Mist]]'s pleasure, because he knows that Kick-Ass knows nothing.

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** During ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} captured her father's murderer Reactron and took him to her planet so he stood trial. However her mother got him tortured for information. Supergirl, who wanted justice rather revenge, was furious when she found out. Several weeks later during the ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' story arc, she still feels guilty about it.
** ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom'': In order to punish her for stealing a Boom Tube device, Granny Goodness gets Maelstrom strapped to a table and put through neurological torture.
* The Reaver Cleaver from ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' liked to chop off bits of his victims and send them to loved ones before killing them. His last victim survived, albeit without a scrotum and with his face removed and reattached [[{{Squick}} upside down]].

* It seems that to be a practitioner of TheDarkSide in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe, you have to love torture. (Indeed, according to at least one [=RPG=] sourcebook, to become a Sith Lord you had to have ''endured'' unimaginable pains.) Palpatine, Count Dooku, Aleema and Satal Keto, and Asajj Ventress are some of the most sadistic examples. Sometimes it was done for information, sometimes for punishment, and often for pleasure.

* In the ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' universe, the Red Skull is very fond of this. Nick managed to get him to join the [[ComicBook/TheUltimates Ultimate Avengers]] a second time by offering to grant him free reign to torture and kill prisoners in the prison he was contained in along with a shopping list of torture tools.

** Later, in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Darth Vader tortures Han and the other captives to lure Luke to him. (ScreamDiscretionShot comes into play.)

** After Luke refuses to [[SelfMadeOrphan kill his father]] and take his place, Palpatine, [[VillainousBreakdown infuriated that something isn't going according to his plan]], proceeds to use his [[ShockAndAwe Force Lightning]] to [[ElectricTorture slowly electrocute him]]. Thankfully for Luke it only lasts a few minutes before [[HeelFaceTurn his dad throws the Emperor down a reactor shaft]]. (That said, it's mentioned in some sources that Force Lightning is more like [[AgonyBeam pure evil energy which causes more than just physical pain]], and that someone who survives it doesn't forget it easily...) Some ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' sources note that the best way for a Sith to master the art of torturing people with Force Lightning is to be on the receiving end of it at least once...

* ''Fanfic/TimeAndAgain'', one of the most popular ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fics out there (almost 4000 reviews at time of writing) ends with [[spoiler:Naruto being captured by Orochimaru, who is convinced Naruto deliberately [[SetRightWhatOnceWasWrong went back in time]] and accidentally took Orochimaru]]. **''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4781296/1/Here_and_Now The sequel]] picks up where ''Time and Again'' left off and starts by covering [[spoiler:Naruto's]] two years of torture and starvation as [[spoiler:Orochimaru tries to learn how Naruto did it, when it was a complete accident.]]