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* In ''Fanfic/AhsokaTanoAndScorpiosRiddle'', the second titular character subjects the first one to this as part of his plan to 'tame' her. Ahsoka bravely endures it for several days, but eventually cracks and begs Scorpios to stop. It gets worse from there...
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* In Medieval times, tickling was used as a real form of torture. The victim's feet would be placed in a stockade and soaked in salt. Then, the torturer would bring in animals that love the taste of salt, such as goats, to lick the salt off the victim's feet. Of course, it would tickle at first, but later would become painful as the torture would last for more than a day. To make matters worse, once the goats licked all the salt off, the process would begin all over again.
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* In the first ''Manga/CrayonShinchan'' movie, ''Crayon Shin-chan: Action Mask vs. Leotard Devil'', Leotard Devil's minions managed to capture the main cast, sans Shin-Chan and friends, and prepares to interrogate Dr. North Kasukabe for Shin-Chan's whereabouts. It turns out their method of interrogation is tickling the pits, which makes Kasukabe spill the beans.
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* In "WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug", Manon, Etta and Ella tickle Marinette Dupain-Cheng on the belly, the armpits and the ribs in order to know what is in the sewing box.
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* Deconstructed in ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil''. When Marco refuses his appointed duties as Star's knight, his fellow knights subject him to this in an attempt to force him to do so. Naturally, Marco completely dismisses the threat- [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome turns out, most people won't abandon their deeply-held convictions to avoid being tickled.]]

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* Deconstructed in ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil''. When Marco refuses his appointed duties as Star's knight, his fellow knights subject him to this in an attempt to force him to do so. Naturally, Marco completely dismisses the threat- [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome turns out, most people won't abandon their deeply-held convictions to avoid being tickled.]]
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Removed this for obvious reasons I'm pretty sure I don't need to point out


* Website/DeviantArt, being [[{{Fetish}} DeviantArt,]] has a game that revolves entirely around doing this to a woman. [[SubvertedTrope However,]] [[TooKinkyToTorture she enjoys it.]]
** [[FollowTheLeader Another one]] with the same concept was released in June 2020. The only difference is that the victim ''doesn't'' enjoy it.
*** However, an update to the above game added an "arousal" update and a certain NSFW tool, all of which allow her to enjoy her time there. [[note]] Yes, someone had to play this game to figure this out. [[/note]]
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True Art Is Incomprehensible is now an in-universe trope as per TRS.


* The Italian singer Gala spends the entirety of the music video of her song "The Beautiful" tied to a roof and tickled by off-screen strangers for...[[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible seemingly no good reason whatsoever.]]

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* The Italian singer Gala spends the entirety of the music video of her song "The Beautiful" tied to a roof and tickled by off-screen strangers for...[[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible for seemingly no good reason whatsoever.]]
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i have no idea who the fuck Cor is


* The best example of this is undoubtedly Cor and his huge variety of short stories and vignettes which together explore every variation of this trope possible.
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* ComicBook/TheJoker briefly does this in an attempt to make Franchise/{{Batman}} [[spoiler:give in to the Titan transformation]] right before the final battle of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''.

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* ComicBook/TheJoker briefly does this in an attempt to make Franchise/{{Batman}} [[spoiler:give in to the Titan transformation]] right before the final battle of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''. Batman responds by punching him.
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* ''Film/ShallWePlay'': Jess tickles Stacy so she'll dish about Matt to her.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLuke'' episode "Alibi", a young blonde girls name Gladis was kidnapped by Outlaws who wanted her to sign document. When she refused, they tickled her with feather on her bare shoulders.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLuke'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Lucky Luke|1983}}'' episode "Alibi", a young blonde girls girl name Gladis was is kidnapped by Outlaws outlaws who wanted want her to sign a document. When she refused, refuses, they tickled tickle her with a feather on her bare shoulders.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': Both Fred and Barney fall victim to this. In one episode, Fred's neighbor, with whom he was feuding, traps Fred's feet under the stone wall between yards and then tickles his feet until Fred can pull free: in another, Pebbles buries Fred at the beach (with his feet sticking out); when he calls Wilma to pull him out, she instead tickles his feet for a minute. Betty uses this on Barney, grabbing his foot and tickling until he agrees to ask for a promotion at work. Finally, in "Adobe Dick", when trapped inside the belly of a whale, Fred tickles it with a feather until it spits them out.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': Both Fred and Barney fall victim to this. In one episode, Fred's neighbor, with whom he was feuding, traps Fred's feet under the stone wall between yards and then tickles his feet until Fred can pull free: in another, Pebbles buries Fred at the beach (with his feet sticking out); when he calls Wilma to pull him out, she instead tickles his feet for a minute. Betty uses this on Barney, grabbing his foot and tickling until he agrees to ask for a promotion at work. Finally, in In "Adobe Dick", when trapped inside the belly of a whale, Fred tickles it and Barney tickle its ribs (from inside, no less) with a feather feathers until it spits them out. Finally, there's an episode where Barney is playing the part of a child while Fred reads a parenting book- when he gets to the part about "affectionate play", he starts tickling Barney's feet. (Makes you wonder about [[AuthorAppeal the producers]] a little, actually...)
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': Both Fred and Barney fall victim to this. In one episode, Fred's neighbor, with whom he was feuding, traps Fred's feet under the stone wall between yards and then tickles his feet until Fred can pull free: in another, Pebbles buries Fred at the beach (with his feet sticking out); when he calls Wilma to pull him out, she instead tickles his feet for a minute. Betty uses this on Barney, grabbing his foot and tickling until he agrees to ask for a promotion at work. Finally, in "Adobe Dick", when trapped inside the belly of a whale, Fred tickles it with a feather until it spits them out.
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* Diane Carey's 1986 ''Star Trek'' novel ''Dreadnought'', a LowerDecksEpisode featuring Cadet Lieutenant Piper, saw the female protagonist attempting to uncover a conspiracy involving Starfleet's newest vessel. At one point, she threatens her ex-lover that she's going to "[[FriendlyTickleTorture lean on that ticklish right foot of yours]]" unless he reveals the information she wants.

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* [[Creator/DianeCarey Diane Carey's Carey's]] 1986 ''Star Trek'' novel ''Dreadnought'', a LowerDecksEpisode LowerDeckEpisode featuring Cadet Lieutenant Piper, saw the female protagonist attempting to uncover a conspiracy involving Starfleet's newest vessel. At one point, she threatens her ex-lover that she's going to "[[FriendlyTickleTorture lean on that ticklish right foot of yours]]" unless he reveals the information she wants.
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* This featured in one of Creator/GoldKeyComics "Big Little Books": Donald Duck is kidnapped by bandits who suspend him belly down over a "tickling machine", a mechanical gloved hand. A nearby record plays someone telling bad jokes one after another; after each punch line, the mechanical fingers wiggle tickling Donald's tummy, forcing him to laugh. His nephews, watching from hiding, wonder how long it takes for somone to laugh themselves to death.
* Diane Carey's 1986 ''Star Trek'' novel ''Dreadnought'', a LowerDecksEpisode featuring Cadet Lieutenant Piper, saw the female protagonist attempting to uncover a conspiracy involving Starfleet's newest vessel. At one point, she threatens her ex-lover that she's going to "[[FriendlyTickleTorture lean on that ticklish right foot of yours]]" unless he reveals the information she wants.
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It's officially spelled Jollie.


* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': In ''Great War in the Bizarre World'' episode 10 and continuing into episode 11, Wolffy tickles Jolly on the feet to make him say which of the items the goats have carried with them are the Luminous Ray. Later in episode 11, Jolly tickles Wolffy in the feet for having tried to cook him alongside Eggy.

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* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': In ''Great War in the Bizarre World'' episode 10 and continuing into episode 11, Wolffy tickles Jolly Jollie on the feet to make him say which of the items the goats have carried with them are the Luminous Ray. Later in episode 11, Jolly Jollie tickles Wolffy in the feet for having tried to cook him alongside Eggy.
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* ''Anime/GalaxyAngelRune'' has the angels subjected when an ai of Hot Spring Asteroid wants to know their problems.

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* ''Anime/GalaxyAngelRune'' has the angels subjected when an ai of Hot Spring Asteroid wants to know their problems.problems Although, this only ends up tickling Apricot, and for the rest of the crew, it causes them excruciating pain.
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** After numerous failures at taking over the world, especially with the aforementioned Shrinking Water, Simon later does this this to everyone in the country in "The Tickle Feather Machine" to neutralize voters so nobody can stop him from being elected dictator. [[spoiler:This scheme quickly backfires, because as convicted felons, he and Cad were not registered to vote, to which Underdog [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turns his own weapon on him]] before blowing the rest of the feathers off the face of the Earth with his Atomic Breath.]]

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** After numerous failures at taking over the world, especially with the aforementioned Shrinking Water, Simon later does this this to everyone in the country in "The Tickle Feather Machine" to neutralize voters so nobody can stop him from being elected dictator. [[spoiler:This scheme quickly backfires, because as convicted felons, he and Cad were not registered to vote, to which Underdog [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turns his own weapon on him]] before blowing the rest of the feathers off the face of the Earth with his Atomic Breath.]]
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** In the finale of "The Big Shrink", after Simon Bar Sinister employs his [[WeatherControlDevice cloud-making machine]] to rain his Shrinking Water over the city and shrink everyone to the size of his thumb, Underdog, Sweet Polly and all the rest of the shrunken citizens decide to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turn his own Shrinking Water against him]] and employ a feather to tickle him until he tells them the antidote.

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** In the finale of "The Big Shrink", after Simon Bar Sinister employs his [[WeatherControlDevice [[WeatherControlMachine cloud-making machine]] to rain his Shrinking Water over the city and shrink everyone to the size of his thumb, Underdog, Sweet Polly and all the rest of the shrunken citizens decide to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turn his own Shrinking Water against him]] and employ a feather to tickle him until he tells them the antidote.
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** In the finale of "The Big Shrink", after Simon Bar Sinister shrinks everyone in the city to the size of his thumb with his Shrinking Water, Underdog, Sweet Polly and all the citizens decide to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turn his own Shrinking Water against him]] and employ a feather to tickle him until he tells them the antidote.

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** In the finale of "The Big Shrink", after Simon Bar Sinister shrinks employs his [[WeatherControlDevice cloud-making machine]] to rain his Shrinking Water over the city and shrink everyone in the city to the size of his thumb with his Shrinking Water, thumb, Underdog, Sweet Polly and all the rest of the shrunken citizens decide to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turn his own Shrinking Water against him]] and employ a feather to tickle him until he tells them the antidote.

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* Simon Bar Sinister of ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' does this in "The Tickle Feather Machine" to neutralize voters so nobody can stop him from being elected dictator. [[spoiler:This scheme quickly backfires, because as convicted felons, he and Cad were not registered to vote, to which the titular caped canine [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turns his own weapon on him]] before blowing the rest of the feathers off the face of the Earth with his Atomic Breath.]]

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* Simon Bar Sinister of ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' has done this a few times:
** In the finale of "The Big Shrink", after Simon Bar Sinister shrinks everyone in the city to the size of his thumb with his Shrinking Water, Underdog, Sweet Polly and all the citizens decide to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turn his own Shrinking Water against him]] and employ a feather to tickle him until he tells them the antidote.
** After numerous failures at taking over the world, especially with the aforementioned Shrinking Water, Simon later
does this this to everyone in the country in "The Tickle Feather Machine" to neutralize voters so nobody can stop him from being elected dictator. [[spoiler:This scheme quickly backfires, because as convicted felons, he and Cad were not registered to vote, to which the titular caped canine Underdog [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turns his own weapon on him]] before blowing the rest of the feathers off the face of the Earth with his Atomic Breath.]]
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* Simon Bar Sinister of ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' does this in "The Tickle Feather Machine" to neutralize voters so nobody can stop him from being elected dictator. [[spoiler:This scheme quickly backfires, because as convicted felons, he and Cad were not registered to vote, to which the titular caped canine [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turns his own weapon on him]] before blowing the rest of the feathers off the face of the Earth with his Atomic Breath.]]
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* Deconstructed in ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil''. When Marco refuses his appointed duties as Star's knight, his fellow knights subject him to this in an attempt to force him to do so. Naturally, Marco completely dismisses the threat- [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome turns out, most people won't abandon their deeply-held convictions to avoid being tickled.]]
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Also compare BathroomControl, when people are denied bathroom access as a method of torture.
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* Played fatally straight in the short story "The Screaming Laugh" by Cornell Woolrich.

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* Played fatally straight in the short story "The Screaming Laugh" by Cornell Woolrich.Creator/CornellWoolrich.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'': Oogie becomes distracted by Sally's leg and he proceeds to remove her shoe before tickling it. The foot is shown to be fidgeting, meaning Sally is indeed ticklish. Unfortunately, this causes the leg to slip out of the doorway, revealing that it is not attached to a body.
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** One death scene in the final level has Ace being electrocuted, which, in contrast to Dexter, where he reacts in pain, causes Ace to laugh uncontrollably.

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** One death scene in the final level has Ace being electrocuted, which, in contrast to Dexter, where he reacts in pain, causes Ace to laugh chuckle uncontrollably.

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* In ''VideoGame/SpaceAce'', one of the death scenes involve Ace and Kimberly falling off of a maze and into a pit filled with pink balls called "Tickle Plants." This is reinforced by Ace and Kimberly's hysterical laughing upon falling into the pit.

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of the death scenes involve Ace and Kimberly falling off of a maze and into a pit filled with pink balls called "Tickle Plants." This is reinforced by Ace and Kimberly's hysterical laughing upon falling into the pit.pit.
** One death scene in the final level has Ace being electrocuted, which, in contrast to Dexter, where he reacts in pain, causes Ace to laugh uncontrollably.
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', SpongeBob uses a tickle belt on Man-Ray when he is training him to be good. During training, Man-Ray tends to beat up Patrick, leading Patrick to torture Man-Ray with the belt.

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', SpongeBob [=SpongeBob=] uses a tickle belt on Man-Ray when he is training him to be good. During training, Man-Ray tends to beat up Patrick, leading Patrick to torture Man-Ray with the belt.
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', Spongebob uses a tickle belt on Man-Ray when he is training him to be good. During training, Man-Ray tends to beat up Patrick, leading Patrick to torture Man-Ray with the belt.

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', Spongebob ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', SpongeBob uses a tickle belt on Man-Ray when he is training him to be good. During training, Man-Ray tends to beat up Patrick, leading Patrick to torture Man-Ray with the belt.

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