Comic Books
"A glutton for punishment always gets his fill."
— Ruth, Sam's grandmother from Sam & Max: Freelance Police
Fan Works
"That biosuit is my own special invention," said the Doctor as he materialised in front of her. "It consists of dermaplastic grafts that will transfer and amplify nerve impulses from every neuron in your body. Every sensation you experience will be multiplied tenfold, such as...pleasure!" The hologram reached up and brushed a single finger along the surface of her left breast.
Anna moaned in ecstasy.
"Or pain!" He picked up a short leather whip and lashed furiously at the astrometrix.
Anna moaned in ecstasy.
Doc blinked in surprise. It wasn't the reaction he'd been expecting.
Anna moaned in ecstasy.
"Or pain!" He picked up a short leather whip and lashed furiously at the astrometrix.
Anna moaned in ecstasy.
Doc blinked in surprise. It wasn't the reaction he'd been expecting.
— B'Elannarella
Easternote : (currently being shocked with thousands bolts of electricity with a grin) Oh, harder, Mr. Denver. Give me more...
Gladion: (Twitchy Eye) Can...we...please...go...now?
Mr. Denver/Shockro: (completely suprised) Uhhhhh....No one should be standing after that! This voltage might not be enough. Hang on, let me readjust them...
Easter: (very eager) Yes please!
Gladion: (Twitchy Eye) Can...we...please...go...now?
Mr. Denver/Shockro: (completely suprised) Uhhhhh....No one should be standing after that! This voltage might not be enough. Hang on, let me readjust them...
Easter: (very eager) Yes please!
— Infinity Train: Knight of the Orange Lily, "The Shock Street Car"
Film — Animation
Harley Quinn: It's nice to be drugged and wake up handcuffed in the middle of nowhere. Puddin and I used to do this every Thursday.
Green Arrow: File that under Things I Didn't Want To Know...
Film — Live Action
Morticia: We will survive! Poison us, strangle us, break our bones - we will come back for more. And why?
Grandmama: Because we like it!
Puglsey: Because we're Addamses!
Grandmama: Because we like it!
Puglsey: Because we're Addamses!
"Sweetheart! Did you get the Champagne?"
— Fester Addams after getting caught in a point blank explosion planted by his wife Debbie, Addams Family Values
"Hey, look, there's nothing you can do to me I haven't already done to myself for fun."
— Marcus Baptiste, Bullet to the Head
"I've got a little itch, down there. Would you mind?"
"You have nothing! Nothing to threaten me with! Nothing to do with all your strength!"
— The Joker (laughing while being beaten), The Dark Knight
"I'm a 20-year man. I know the difference between punks who need a little lesson in manners, and the freaks like you who would just enjoy it."
— Detective Stephens, The Dark Knight
Yondu: This is gonna hurt!
Nebula: Promises, promises.
Nebula: Promises, promises.
"You learn to love the rope. That's how you beat 'em. That's how you beat people who torture you. You learn to love 'em. Then they don't know you're beatin' 'em."
— Major Charles Race, Rolling Thunder
Ratcatcher II: Do you want a dozen angry rodents crawling up your ass?
The Thinker: My answer may not be what you expect.
Kesslee: The pipe. You're gonna really love this one. It goes down 40 meters. It gets smaller and smaller the deeper you go.
Tank Girl: Sounds wicked. Can I go first?
Tank Girl: Sounds wicked. Can I go first?
Literature
He had been told by colleagues who had survived torture by the Germans and the Japanese that towards the end there came a wonderful period of warmth and languor leading into a sort of sexual twilight where pain turned to pleasure and where hatred and fear of the torturers turned to a masochistic infatuation. It was the supreme test of will, he had learnt, to avoid showing this form of punch-drunkenness. Directly it was suspected they would either kill you at once and save themselves further useless effort, or let you recover sufficiently so that your nerves had crept back to the other side of the parabola. Then they would start again.
— Casino Royale, by Ian Fleming
Vanir: Cocky imp! With my power, I shall—
Darkness: Kazuma! He has taken over my body!
Vanir: Indeed, I have! Well, boy? Do you think you can strike your—
Darkness: I would not mind that! Strike me as hard as you can! Hurry now, attack! This is the perfect time to-
Vanir: SILENCE, WOMAN!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?
Darkness: Kazuma! He has taken over my body!
Vanir: Indeed, I have! Well, boy? Do you think you can strike your—
Darkness: I would not mind that! Strike me as hard as you can! Hurry now, attack! This is the perfect time to-
Vanir: SILENCE, WOMAN!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?
— KonoSuba
Live-Action TV
"You can't do anything to me that I haven't already enjoyed."
— Anarky, Arrow, "Blood Debts"
"You're sick. You're not a person, you're a machine that's enjoying its own pain."
— Kara Thrace to Leoben Conoy, Battlestar Galactica
Sharon: It's just that... rubber mask comin' down over ya face an'... the big leather chair an'... that feelin' o' bein' totally 'elpless.
Dorien: Oh, stop it, Sharon. You're turning me on.
You're hurting me. I like it.
— Darla to Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ahkna: Where does it hurt Scorpius? Here? Or here? Tell me what you know about wormholes, hm? Even the smallest secret, and I'll leave you in peace for an arn.
Scorpius: I've been searching my whole life for a female like you. (He waggles his tongue at her.)
— Farscape, "We're So Screwed Part 2"
Shaw: One of the things I left out of my file… I kind of enjoy this sort of thing.
Root: I am so glad you said that. I do too.
— Person of Interest, "Relevance"
"Honestly, boys, what are you gonna do to me that I don't do to myself just for kicks every Friday night?"
— Crowley, Supernatural
Cha-Cha: [throttling Klaus with piano wire] Number Five, where is he?!
Klaus: Don't... stop... I'm almost there...
Cha-Cha: ...is that a...?
Hazel: Yup.
[As one, they back off in disgust]
Klaus: Don't... stop... I'm almost there...
Cha-Cha: ...is that a...?
Hazel: Yup.
[As one, they back off in disgust]
— The Umbrella Academy (2019), "Man On The Moon"
Rosa: Okay, so we beat the crap out of my fiancé.
Holt: And you're okay with this?
Rosa: Yeah. I just want him to be happy.
Pimento: Aww.
Jake: You guys are a weird couple, but it appears we have a plan.
Pimento: Okay, here are the ground rules: you can punch me, kick me, pull my hair. I am a-okay being stabbed. Biting and scratching are on the table. You can use fire-
Jake: These are the ground rules? Is there anything off-limits?
Pimento: Damn, man. You got something really sick you wanna do, huh? Oh, you little pervert. Alright, I like it! Don't tell me, surprise me. Ooh, this is gonna be fun!
Holt: And you're okay with this?
Rosa: Yeah. I just want him to be happy.
Pimento: Aww.
Jake: You guys are a weird couple, but it appears we have a plan.
Pimento: Okay, here are the ground rules: you can punch me, kick me, pull my hair. I am a-okay being stabbed. Biting and scratching are on the table. You can use fire-
Jake: These are the ground rules? Is there anything off-limits?
Pimento: Damn, man. You got something really sick you wanna do, huh? Oh, you little pervert. Alright, I like it! Don't tell me, surprise me. Ooh, this is gonna be fun!
— Brooklyn Nine-Nine, "The Bank Job"
Mallory: Um, Sarah, why don't YOU say a "would-you-rather?"
Matt (as Sarah): Okay! Uh... Would you rather kiss Jason or—
Mallory: The other thing!
Whitney: No! No! Let her finish!
Mallory: Okay.
Matt (as Sarah): Uh... or be... tortured to death by terrorists?
Jason: (whispers) WHAT?!
Mallory: You had me at torture! [giggling]
Whitney: Aren't those basically the same?
Mallory: Yeah.
Matt (as Sarah): Okay! Uh... Would you rather kiss Jason or—
Mallory: The other thing!
Whitney: No! No! Let her finish!
Mallory: Okay.
Matt (as Sarah): Uh... or be... tortured to death by terrorists?
Jason: (whispers) WHAT?!
Mallory: You had me at torture! [giggling]
Whitney: Aren't those basically the same?
Mallory: Yeah.
— Studio C, "Would You Rather",
Tabletop Games
The pain in my legs keeps me awake. Wrapped in darkness, settled only by a paltry flame and my own furious thoughts, I cannot rest. A greater pain lies in store for me, I know, and the thought of it makes me both tremulous and aroused. I have learned to love pain, you see, to crave the wash of humors like a lover's touch. Thus, to torture me is to ensex me; to condemn me to the eternal flames is to hand me over to eternal bliss.
A faery buzzed up to her and bit at her. She ignored it.
Staring at the Laughing Sister as it clung to the smiling priestess, sucking blood, the sailor went pale. A moment later, his shoulders struck the crock-laden shelves of the back wall.
Smiling wryly, the Nightlash stalked toward him.
Grimacing, he raised a balled fist in desperation — and Dredra of Loviatar lowered her arms, whips and all, and thrust herself forward to take his blow. "Well?" she murmured, licking her lips, "I'm waiting for your contribution."
Staring at the Laughing Sister as it clung to the smiling priestess, sucking blood, the sailor went pale. A moment later, his shoulders struck the crock-laden shelves of the back wall.
Smiling wryly, the Nightlash stalked toward him.
Grimacing, he raised a balled fist in desperation — and Dredra of Loviatar lowered her arms, whips and all, and thrust herself forward to take his blow. "Well?" she murmured, licking her lips, "I'm waiting for your contribution."
— The Night Tymora Sneezed
Then came Number 18. She seemed almost too eager to go home with you, but she had such a pretty face you couldn't wait to start carving.
You spent hours on her. What was this whore's problem? You knew how to hurt people, hurt 'em good, but she writhed in her cuffs and rope like she was getting off on it! She screamed and moaned mockingly—and even after you yanked out her tongue with pliers you could hear her voice in your head, suggesting atrocities you hadn't even conceived.
You spent hours on her. What was this whore's problem? You knew how to hurt people, hurt 'em good, but she writhed in her cuffs and rope like she was getting off on it! She screamed and moaned mockingly—and even after you yanked out her tongue with pliers you could hear her voice in your head, suggesting atrocities you hadn't even conceived.
— The Torturer, Vampire: The Masquerade - Clanbook: Tzimisce
"With the thrice-damned renegades of lewd Slaanesh, your well-tried techniques of forceful inquisition will serve you ill. These voluptuaries and heretics that debase themselves before their so-called Lord of Dark Delights are not to be unburdened of their lisping truths by subtle pressures or the keen probing of your instruments. Conspiring against all decency even in such matters, these libertines take pleasure from our inquiries, debauching themselves with inhuman dissolution upon the racks and wheels of Verity. For these abominations, other methods are required…"
— Codex Abominatus, Warhammer 40,000
Video Games
Keep hitting me— I love it!
— Aran Ryan, Punch-Out!! (Wii)
"It's true that the sea is a cruel mistress, but that kinda turns me on."
— Captain McCallister, The Simpsons Game
"Yes, get angry! Because if you don't punish me, Gensokyo shall be no more!"
— Tenshi Hinanawi, Touhou Hisouten ~ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
Assistant Director Skinhead: Agents! She's bound me, gagged me and abused me. I need help!
Special Agent Smoulder: How?
Assistant Director Skinhead: Make sure she never lets me go!
Special Agent Smoulder: How?
Assistant Director Skinhead: Make sure she never lets me go!
— The X Fools
(Evil Laugh) Ahh… this pain… so sweet… so alive!
— Albedo, Xenosaga after getting his whole arm blown off
Webcomics
Detla: While the idealized theory of law enforcement is purely one of deterrence, in practice it quickly becomes more about the paramilitary-industrial complex that supports it.
Agmoe: Don't forget the legal-industrial complex. My last advocate charged three hundred quatloos an hour.
Madlab: I was hoping this job would let me pay to finish space-law school. That's where the real money is it.
Ips: Don't forget about the prison-industrial complex-
Cora: You guys shut up about industrial complexes! The next person to say "industrial complex" gets gagged!
Agmoe: What..um...what kind of gag?
Detla: Shut up!
Agmoe: Don't forget the legal-industrial complex. My last advocate charged three hundred quatloos an hour.
Madlab: I was hoping this job would let me pay to finish space-law school. That's where the real money is it.
Ips: Don't forget about the prison-industrial complex-
Cora: You guys shut up about industrial complexes! The next person to say "industrial complex" gets gagged!
Agmoe: What..um...what kind of gag?
Detla: Shut up!
"There's some room in my calf."note
— Richard (to his befuddled would-be torturer), Looking for Group
Web Original
I used all of my most powerful torture techniques. Thousands perished when I was creating them… and he fucking enjoyed it!
— Diamanda Hagan on LC in Project Million
(Striker breaks Stolas' leg)
Stolas: Blitzo handles me rougher than that in bed. Nice try.
(Striker stabs his leg)
Stolas: Blitzy's knife is bigger, and hits sooo much deeper.
Striker: Being a smartass, hmm? 'Cause once I split your neck open and let you choke on your own blue blood, you won't be worth any more than the tombstone you'll be buried under.
Stolas: Blitzy says far dirtier things to me with much sharper objects at my throat!
(Striker leaves in frustration)
Stolas: Blitzo handles me rougher than that in bed. Nice try.
(Striker stabs his leg)
Stolas: Blitzy's knife is bigger, and hits sooo much deeper.
Striker: Being a smartass, hmm? 'Cause once I split your neck open and let you choke on your own blue blood, you won't be worth any more than the tombstone you'll be buried under.
Stolas: Blitzy says far dirtier things to me with much sharper objects at my throat!
(Striker leaves in frustration)
Western Animation
"Mama warned me about women like you! ...I was hoping she was right!"
— Johnny Bravo, Johnny Bravo, "The Johnny Bravo Affair"
"Come on, give it to me, hit me, run a roll there!"
— Mr. Cat, Kaeloo
"Pain is almost euphoric, Sam."
— Max, Sam & Max: Freelance Police
"Hit me again, I like it!"
— Max, again, Sam & Max: Freelance Police
"Ahh, my nipples! They hurt when I twist them!"
— Mel Gibson, South Park
Real Life
"Hurry it up, ya Hoosier bastard! I could kill ten men while you're standin' here fooling around!"
— Carl Panzram, convicted murderer, to his executioner.
"After my head has been chopped off, will I still be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from my neck? That would be the best pleasure to end all pleasure."
