This trope occurs in Elfen Lied quite often, whether it's from the Ax Crazy diclonius or the clearly more inhuman humans.Talking about Miyo, what about the people at the orphanage? The anime censored it, the manga on the other hand.The latter shot people and had a Gory Discretion Shot killing that was already shown in graphic detail about five times beforehand, whereas the former psychologically tortured her twin sister, along with stabbing Satoko about thirty times before finally killing her. Really, they both count, but the former was first and the torture itself was arguably nastier.Wait, Shion? I thought we were talking about Miyo!.Shinji Ikari has nothing on Shion Sonozaki. Ironically, the arc that actually showed the torture made the character performing it far more sympathetic with a well-done Start of Darkness showing how, basically, the universe hates her.It cemented the fact that the character performing it was a Complete Monster and it wasn't pretty. No real life examples, please All The Tropes is not intended to be a place that squicks its readers.
See also Electric Torture, Mind Rape, Room 101 and We Have Ways of Making You Talk A "light" sci-fi and fantasy equivalent is the Agony Beam. One motive for Better to Die Than Be Killed is to avoid this.Ĭompare No-Holds-Barred Beatdown. If the bad guys don't like getting their hands dirty, they are likely to employ a Torture Technician or Robotic Torture Device to do this for them. Heroes torture, sometimes, when they are in a great rush and dire need, and there, the effects tend to be rather unrealistic in Real Life, torture leaves physical scars and mental trauma, and tends to have poor results in terms of getting reliable and accurate information. Though they have competition from those who are sent to kill and do not do so cleanly. Torturers who deliberately keep their victims alive as long as possible are particularly horrific. Note that torturing someone to death, while plenty bad on its own, is sometimes the less gruesome fate. Recovery is likely to be improbably complete. May be a Fate Worse Than Death, calling for a Mercy Kill or I Cannot Self-Terminate when the hero comes upon the victim-the victim is likely to plead for death even if the hero can save him, but the hero is (obviously) prone to override the plea and drag him out of there, if he can.
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If the person wants to break the victim, this may be a way to force him to say that Two Plus Torture Makes Five, or somehow get the the victim to join them. Human Sacrifice may call for a particular and gruesome death, and if mere death is too good for some criminal (or alleged criminal), he may be tortured to death. A Mad Scientist may torture to learn about the victim. The punishment may, indeed, be for another character to have to watch or see the results.
In ascending order of reason nastiness, the typical reasons: for information, for punishment, and for pleasure.
Often shown only by implication, or in its aftereffects (which can be nasty even if the victim survives), for obvious reasons, but a conveniently horrific way to show someone for a Complete Monster. Sure, some characters gloat until their victims are rescued.
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