coping with being tortured theme

A character is subjected to cruel, painful and deliberate mistreatment against their will.

Examples

Captain Picard coped with extreme physical and psychological torture in tng6x11 "Chain of Command, Part II".

116 total · 3 choice · 12 major · 101 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
bbf1x08 choice Sinclair was subjected to various tortures by his interrogators, and also was make to recall tortures he had suffered in the war.
bbf4x03 choice G'Kar was tortured at length by the emperor
bbf4x18 choice Sheridan was ruthlessly tortured the entire episode
bbf2x21 major both Delenn and Sheridan were sadistically tortured to teach them a lesson
bbf4x19 major Sheridan was further tortured before being freed
blackmirror-specialx1 major The digital clones were tortured by being placed in limbo for extreme lengths of time.
blackmirror4x01 major Robert Daly subjected digital clones of his coworkers to various inventive tortures.
movie: 984: Prisoner of the Future (1982) major The Warden repeatedly subjected Tom Weston to beatings during his interrogations.
movie: Rome Open City (1945) major the film started and ended with people screaming from being tortured by Nazis
movie: Rubbers Lover (1996) major Hitotsubashi and Shimika subjected unwilling participants to various gruesome tortures in the name of investigating a possible link between a certain mind-altering drug and psychic powers.