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== Psychic Assaults ==
* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force
* ''[[Teen Titans (
** In addition, the entire episode 'Haunted' is just one gigantic Mind Rape.
** Not to mention what Raven did to Dr. Light (implied) during the opening teaser for "Nevermore", when she went all demonic with him with the [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]] [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] and all the [[Naughty Tentacles|black tentacles]] dragging him under her cloak. He came out shivering with his suit shattered, mumbling incoherently.
*** In a later episode, Dr. Light quietly agrees to go to jail when Raven confronts him.
*** Poor Dr. Light. Mind Raped in two separate universes.
* Tarantulas did this to Blackarachnia in ''[[Transformers]]: [[
** Also happened in ''Beast Machines'' to Silverbolt, by Megatron, via Jetstorm. If you doubt it, compare his description of being Jetstorm to ''[[Carrie]]'s'' mom describing being raped physically by her husband.
*** But... Post-Jetstorm Silverbolt said he ''liked'' it. ;_;
*** Megatron did this to amnesia!Starscream in ''Energon'', to get Starscream back on the Decepticon side. It was also a [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|fairly obvious metaphor]] for something... ''else''.
**** What? You mean when Megatron traps Starscream in a darkened room, then repeatedly commands his struggling and protesting victim to "say his name" while simultaneously stabbing him with his [[Freud Was Right|massive sword?]] What could possibly be suspect about that?
** [[Transformers:
* Vlad just loves to do this to ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. Danny later on begged for it, in an alternate future after everyone he ever cared for {{spoiler|died [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|because of]] [[Self-Made Orphan|him]]}}. [[Big Bad|Vlad Masters]] respected his wishes and ''removed his humanity''. What happens from there is ''ten years'' of [[Moral Event Horizon]] material. He steals Vlad's [[Our Ghosts Are Different|ghost half]] and murders his human self/shell. Luckily, it is [[Reset Button|averted]].... [[Mind Screw|or IS IT]]?
* In the '80s ''[[
* Played for laughs in the episode of ''[[
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* ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'': most other versions have Peter {{spoiler|simply use loud noise to remove the symbiote}}, but here he also had to face it forcing him through a [[Journey to
* In the second season of ''[[Justice League]]'', Doctor Destiny (John Dee) uses his powers in a disturbing fashion - he traps his ex-girlfriend in a nightmare. In one creepy scene, he removes his clothes in front of her, before "putting on" his costume. She ends up becoming the first person in the series to [[Moral Event Horizon|actually die]] by action of a [[Complete Monster|supervillain.]]
** Also, [[Martian Manhunter]], in order to get some codes for a Thanagarian ship forces himself into a Thanagarian's mind. The guy obviously resists, but MM overcomes him. He's left mostly a vegetable, and the next time we see him, he's hooked up into a mech and can barely string sentences together.
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{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Flash''': I thought you said you couldn't read their minds.}}<br />
{{spoiler|'''Martian Manhunter''' (eyes glowing as he reaches for Lt. Kragger's head): I'll just have to try...''harder.''}} The Thanagarian also has [[Oh Crap|one of those looks on his face]] }}
** And then there's Ace of the Royal Flush Gang, who can make people insane simply by staring at them. The Joker takes her out of the government containment facility where she was held, and attempts to use her powers to drive the entire planet insane with a reality show. According to Joker, [[Insanity Immunity|his insanity protects him from her milder mind-rapes]], but when Ace realizes that he's no better than the government agents who kidnapped her, she makes him so insane that ''he goes into a coma'' (those who think of ''[[
* In the episode A Knight of Shadows [[Martian Manhunteris]] also {{spoiler|mind raped by Morgan Le Fay in hopes that if she can convince him to fork over the philosophers stone for the illusion of his dead family, he's fine after the episode but for the duration of it he's quite screwed up by it}}
* ''[[X-Men (
** In the "Proteus" two-parter, the eponymous [[Psychopathic Manchild]] with [[Reality Warper|reality-warping]] powers "[[Reality Warper|physics-raped]]" the hell out of [[Wolverine]]: He wills him to get ''torn in half'', first horizontally, then vertically, and then ''melts him into a puddle of green slime,'' while his claws turn into writhing adamantium asps and try to bite him. When Proteus flies off, Logan "oozes" back into shape, sobbing into his hands from the experience. Afterward, even Wolverine, the archetype of the [[Nineties Anti-Hero]], was horrified still many episodes later.
** In "A Rogue's Tale", Rogue's mind is invaded by the memory/personality of [[
** Then there's what Dark Phoenix did to Mastermind after realizing he was trying to control her.
** The ''[[X-Men: Evolution
* In one episode of ''[[
* In ''[[
** She also created a "dream making" device, powered by Eliza's crystal, to rather casually rape Zachary (and Eliza) on a nightly basis for a while. Zach, who is normally [[The Stoic]], was shown a couple times collapsing and screaming from the sheer pain of it.
** There was also the Poe Mutant Sensation Doll from "One Million Emotions." It's an [[Artifact of Doom]] that was designed as a work of fine art by the culture who created it. Anyone else? Touch it, and it's "the emotional electric chair." One of the [[Rogues Gallery]] forced one of his [[Mooks]] to touch the thing. Said mook screams from the overload, and is later seen to be a gibbering wreck. Another of the [[Rogues Gallery]] is later reduced to blubbering for his mommy after making the mistake of grabbing it.<ref>They're both okay in later episodes, though.</ref>
** This was also one of the many nasty tricks the Scarecrow was capable of.
** We also had the Mindnet, a means of artificial telepathy (or enhancement of what was already there) used in "Mindnet" and "Battle of the Bandits".
* As noted on the Quotes page, happened to Stan Smith in an episode of ''[[
* ''[[Fantastic Four (
* ''[[
* Played for laughs on ''[[Phineas and Ferb]].'' When the super computer the kids built scans the entire Tri-State Area, Norm the robot covers his ears and says, "Get out of my mind!"
** A straighter and more serious example comes from "Phineas And Ferb Get Busted" as a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[A Clockwork Orange (
* In ''[[Young Justice (
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== "Mundane" Torture ==
* In one episode of ''[[Transformers]]'', a Quintesson placed a Junkion in a bare cell to see how long it would take someone accustomed to the most cluttered environment in the galaxy to break down when deprived of stimulation. Almost immediately, the Junkion starts tearing at the walls and ripping up the floor. Disappointed at how quickly his subject collapsed, the scientist turns off the monitor. Later, the trope is subverted when the scientist checks back to see if anything has changed, and sees the Junkion, perfectly relaxed, laying back on an improvised couch. The Junkion hadn't suffered a breakdown; he'd just been redecorating.
* In Season 2 of ''[[Star Wars:
* Played for laughs in the ''[[
* The trope is referenced by name in an episode of ''[[
* What Megatron in ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' did to {{spoiler|an amnesic Optimus/Opion}} could be considered this, given the way Megatron took advantage of the latter. Later after {{spoiler|Optimus regained his memories but doesn't remember his time spent with Megatron}}, Megatron uses this to taunt him. The look on {{spoiler|Optimus's}} face as he realized what he had done is uncomfortable to watch.
* Horrifically done to Korra in ''[[
** Amon {{spoiler|stripping Tahno of his bending}} also qualifies. Especially with the way the scene is shot, the way Amon touches {{spoiler|him}}, and {{spoiler|his}} reaction the next episode.
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