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[[File:han-solo-torture_4912.jpg|link=Star Wars|rightframe|''[[Shock Treatment|Getcha jumpin' like a real live wire!]]'']]
 
 
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'': A [[Deal With the Devil|Mephisto-like]] character introduces Kaiser to a method of playing Duel Monsters that involves [[Electric Torture]], which Kaiser inflicts on his own brother post his [[Freak -Out]]. Later, it's revealed that he's used this method so much, it's screwed with his heart and substantially shortened his lifespan.
** Nevermind, turns out [[This Is Your Brain On Evil|it was his Cyberdark deck, all along]].
* In the manga version of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh|original series]], Jonouchi is tortured by gang members (the leader of which just happens to be a former friend) with stun guns. Later on, Yugi defeats the entire gang using a knocked-out member (holding a stun gun), the weather, and a couple of well-placed threats.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Inverted in the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "Dalek", where The Doctor is the torturer and the evil Dalek is the victim.
** Effective as it's the first time in the new series you see the Doctor acting actively "cruel" to another creature, showing just how seriously he takes the situation.
** Played straight and abundantly through the whole series since the Doctor, being a Time Lord, lasts better under electricity than normal people. Great for the writers, not so good for the poor Doctor.
* ''[[Twenty Four24 (TV)|Twenty Four]]'' employs several variations on the trope, including a fictional drug that gives the subject the sensation of being on fire, sensory deprivation, and, in a pinch, sticking the subject's feet in a bucket of water and shocking him with a defibrillator. In one case Jack Bauer {{spoiler|is actually rendered clinically dead, and his torturers ironically have to restart his heart.}}
* Number Three's torture of Baltar in the third season of ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'', made even ''more'' uncomfortable for the viewer by the perverse sexual overtones. This may or may not be [[Truth in Television]]; some people like that kind of thing...
* The sadistic Adelai Niska from ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'' is fond of this torture.
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** The episode "Dagger of the Mind" features the neural neutralizer. Admittedly, it wasn't made for torture, and, being based on direct neutral stimulation, it didn't need any electrode-like things to be attached to the subject. Dr. Tristan Adams nevertheless figured out a way to make it into a very painful brainwashing device.
* ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', the two-part episode "Chain of Command", where it was combined with sophisticated psychological torture methods. The episode was openly praised by Amnesty International for its realistic depiction of torture.
** And the methods are a [[Homage]] to ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'', above. Right down to the [[How Many Fingers?]] torture trigger (with Picard's memorable "THERE ARE ''FOUR'' LIGHTS!" at the end).
* ''[[Babylon 5 (TV)|Babylon 5]]'' had the Centauri Emperor torture G'Kar with an "electric whip" that delivered an increased charge each time, with a guaranteed fatal shock on the 40th blow, simply because he wanted to hear G'Kar scream. [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|He does, on the 39th lash.]]
** 39 blows? Which is one stoke short of lethal? [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]!
** Several episodes also feature Narn "Paingivers" which directly stimulate pain centers, producing much the same on-screen effect as standard electric torture.
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