History Main / InterrogationMontage

** And when the Watcher's Council are grilling the Scoobies in "Checkpoint".
* A variation in the ''FreaksAndGeeks'' episode "The Diary" - Coach Fredericks has all the boys in gym class recite the prank call Bill made the previous day. HilarityEnsues.

** And in the episode "A Rose for Everafter", a murder occurs at a wedding and there are several montages of the detectives interrogating the wedding guests.

* ''Series/AgentCarter''. In "SNAFU", three SSR agents interrogate Peggy Carter separately, each using a different approach -- Sousa ([[ThisIsUnforgivable betrayed colleague]]), Thompson (FireForgedFriend), Dooley (DaChief). Carter's answers are cut between the three of them, but form a single dialogue.

* ''Series/AgentCarter''. In "SNAFU", three SSR agents interrogate Peggy Carter separately, each using a different approach -- Sousa (betrayed colleague), Thompson (FireForgedFriend), Dooley (DaChief). Carter's answers are cut between the three of them, but form a single dialogue.

* ''Series/AgentCarter''. In "SNAFU" three SSR agents interrogate Peggy Carter separately, each using a different approach -- Sousa (betrayed colleague), Thompson (FireForgedFriend), Dooley (DaChief). Carter's answers are cut between the three of them, but form a single dialogue.

** And when the Watcher's Council are interrogating the Scoobies.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E18Earshot Earshot]]," the gang splits up to investigate who might be the potential killer. The scene cuts between Willow, Xander, Oz, and Cordelia interrogating different people around the school.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E19Earshot Earshot]]," the gang splits up to investigate who might be the potential killer. The scene cuts between Willow, Xander, Oz, and Cordelia interrogating different people around the school.

* ''{{Firefly}}:'' In "Bushwhacked," seven of the ''Serenity'' crew are arrested, resulting in a truly hilarious game of this - especially given that half of them are reacting comically, and the other half are being [[ComicallySerious excessively serious.]]
* In an episode of ''{{Titus}}'' the gang got thrown off a plane when they were MistakenForTerrorist. Most of the next episode was an Interrogation Montage of the TrueCompanions, all speaking to a FourthWall Federal Marshall.

* ''TheUsualSuspects'' features one, natch.

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' new series episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp The Unicorn and the Wasp,]]" the Doctor asks a number of dinner guests about the death of Professor Peach, in a manner much like the novels of Creator/AgathaChristie (who is a major supporting character in this episode.)
* In the ''Series/{{Castle}}'' episode "Deep In Death", Beckett, Ryan, and Esposito simultaneously interrogate three members of a drug gang about a murder.

* In the ''DoctorWho'' new series episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp The Unicorn and the Wasp,]]" the Doctor asks a number of dinner guests about the death of Professor Peach, in a manner much like the novels of Creator/AgathaChristie (who is a major supporting character in this episode.)
* In the ''{{Castle}}'' episode "Deep In Death", Beckett, Ryan, and Esposito simultaneously interrogate three members of a drug gang about a murder.

* Occurs in the ''{{Dollhouse}}'' episode "A Spy In the House Of Love" when Echo is interrogating the Dollhouse employees.

* ''[[AmericanHorrorStory American Horror Story: Asylum]]'' inverts this in "The Coat Hanger." A small number of officials, plus the Monsignor and Dr. Arden, question Leigh about why Sister Jude would try to kill him. [[spoiler:The truth is that she did it in self-defense, and it's all part of an ongoing ploy to keep Jude out of power in the asylum.]]

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In the episode "Coming of Age", this technique is used when Remmick aggressively interrogates various members of the Enterprise bridge crew, while attempting to uncover a mysterious conspiracy.

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest:'' "Prisoner's Dilemma" has one between Carter and four men (including Reese) who are suspected to be the Man In The Suit.

* In an episode of ''{{Titus}}'' the gang got thrown off a plane when they were MistakenForTerrorist. Most of the next episode was an Interrogation Montage of the {{Nakama}}, all speaking to a FourthWall Federal Marshall.

Compare TerribleIntervieweesMontage.

* A comedic example of this occurs in ''Series/TheOffice(US)'' where Dwight interrogates the employees of Dunder Mifflin over a joint found in the parking lot. Of course, it ends with Jim taking the piss.

Sometimes, when the police are trying to solve a case and a large number of suspects and/or persons of interest are being interrogated (or perhaps simply interviewed), the questioner is shown getting an answer from one person, then asking a follow-up question that gets answered by an entirely different person (suggesting they are merely asking the same series of questions over and over again), which causes a seamless blending effect.

Compare TerribleIntervieweesMontage.

!!Examples of this trope include:

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* ''TheUsualSuspects'' features one, natch.
* In ''Film/InsideMan'', [[spoiler:the bank robbers hide themselves among their hostages,]] so the police have to interview ''all'' the hostages afterwards. The interviews are shown as a series of montages, [[AnachronicOrder sprinkled throughout the movie anachronically]].

[[AC:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E19Earshot Earshot]]," the gang splits up to investigate who might be the potential killer. The scene cuts between Willow, Xander, Oz, and Cordelia interrogating different people around the school.
* ''{{Firefly}}:'' In "Bushwhacked," seven of the ''Serenity'' crew are arrested, resulting in a truly hilarious game of this - especially given that half of them are reacting comically, and the other half are being [[ComicallySerious excessively serious.]]
* In an episode of ''{{Titus}}'' the gang got thrown off a plane when they were MistakenForTerrorist. Most of the next episode was an Interrogation Montage of the {{Nakama}}, all speaking to a FourthWall Federal Marshall.
* Used in an episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' in which several members of an insurgent-fighting marine unit use suspiciously identical phrases to recount the events of the same skirmish.
* In the ''DoctorWho'' new series episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp The Unicorn and the Wasp,]]" the Doctor asks a number of dinner guests about the death of Professor Peach, in a manner much like the novels of Creator/AgathaChristie (who is a major supporting character in this episode.)
* In the ''{{Castle}}'' episode "Deep In Death", Beckett, Ryan, and Esposito simultaneously interrogate three members of a drug gang about a murder.
* Occurs in the ''{{Dollhouse}}'' episode "A Spy In the House Of Love" when Echo is interrogating the Dollhouse employees.
* ''[[AmericanHorrorStory American Horror Story: Asylum]]'' inverts this in "The Coat Hanger." A small number of officials, plus the Monsignor and Dr. Arden, question Leigh about why Sister Jude would try to kill him. [[spoiler:The truth is that she did it in self-defense, and it's all part of an ongoing ploy to keep Jude out of power in the asylum.]]