Line #9 PlayingWith/TickleTorture


1	'''Basic Trope''': Tickling is used as torture.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice, one of [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]]'s subordinates, tickles Bob's feet with feathers as torture.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice uses all the tools she can to tickle all over Bob's body to get everything he knows.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** FriendlyTickleTorture
6	** Alice and Bob are friends, [[PrankPunishment but when Bob tries to keep secrets from her, Alice tickles the truth out of him]].
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Alice doesn't want to kill Bob, as he could be useful.
9	** Alice [[EvenEvilHasStandards just doesn't believe in killing]].
10	** Emperor Evulz doesn't believe in killing, and disallows his minions to kill.
11	** Alice is actually the hero, and Bob is the villain, so Alice doesn’t believe in killing.
12	** Bob is extremely ticklish so this form of torture is actually very effective.
13	** Emperor Evulz wants Bob to stay in fighting shape as part of his plan, so he orders Alice to choose a form of torture that won't cause lasting damage.
14	* '''Inverted''': Alice does everything she can [[ColdBloodedTorture to hurt and/or interrogate]] Bob, ''except'' tickling him.
15	* '''Subverted''':
16	** Alice looks like she's reaching for a bundle of feathers, but she instead picks up a flail.
17	** [[TooKinkyToTorture Bob likes it.]]
18	* '''Double Subverted''':
19	** Which happens to actually be a cat toy with feathers on a string at the end.
20	** So she coerces more information out of him with the promise of more tickles.
21	* '''Parodied''': AccidentalTickleTorture
22	* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice sometimes uses a painful tool, but other times, she tickles her prisoners.
23	* '''Averted''': Alice doesn't tickle her prisoner for any reason.
24	* '''Enforced''': "This is a kid's show, so we can't do anything painful. Tickling is kid-friendly enough."
25	* '''Lampshaded''': "What are you gonna do, tickle me to death?"
26	* '''Invoked''': Alice knows just how ticklish Bob is, so she prepares for tickle him in the most unbearable way possible.
27	* '''Exploited''': As Alice can't do anything more painful than tickling, Bob doesn't talk. Alice gives up on trying to get information.
28	* '''Defied''': Alice knows Bob had been through more painful things, so she doesn't bother with things that seem petty.
29	* '''Discussed''': "You're gonna tickle me, aren't ya? I can tell by all the feathers."
30	* '''Conversed''': "He's already faced a [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic]] and has been set alight! Why is he being reduced to a blubbering baby when his feet are so much as poked?"
31	* '''Deconstructed''':
32	** Alice literally tickles Bob until he has died of laughter.
33	** Bob passes out from laughing.
34	** Because Alice's methods are so ineffective, Emperor Evulz [[YouHaveFailedMe disposes of her]].
35	** Alice enjoys the psychology of tickle torture and humiliating her prisoners that way.
36	* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob is TooKinkyToTorture, so he actually enjoys what Alice is inflicting on him. She looks back at Emperor Evulz and says "Am I being paid?" Emperor Evulz, [[BadBoss all the more enjoying Alice's misery]], says "No." Alice haplessly continues.
37	* '''Played for Drama''': Alice knows Bob is afraid of being tickled because of childhood experiences, so she uses that to her advantage and successfully gets Bob to talk.
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39	Back to TickleTorture- ooh, he he he haHAHAHA STOP [=HAHAHAha.=]..yeah, you get the drill.
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41	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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43	%%* '''Implied''': ???

Context PlayingWith / TickleTorture