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{{trope}}
A work begins with a character captured (or they are captured very shortly into the work) and the rest of the work uses their interrogation as the [[Framing Device]] for the plot.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' has this as the framework of three quarts part of the film. The main character is being detained by the police on suspicions of having cheat in a ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'' [[expy]] show, and the [[Whole-Episode Flashback|ensuing narrative]] is him telling the policemen that he knew the answers he gave for perfectly natural reasons related with his life story.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Monster Hunter International]]: Nemesis'' opens with Agent Franks being interrogated by someone who, quite unusually, is ''not'' afraid of him. The reader is led to assume this is the US government debriefing him after his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] in the process of [[Clear My Name]] {{spoiler|but in actuality, he's being debriefed by archangel Michael after he died in the attempt. Being the inspiration for [[Frankenstein's Monster]], Frank's death is [[Back from the Dead|not entirely permanent]]}}. Unusually {{spoiler|Franks dies ''again'' after being revived. This is done by [[Chunky Salsa Rule]], after accomplishing his goals and only a few pages left before the end of the book, but it's ''also'' not permanent. Before coming back to life ''again'' Franks gets warned his permanent death is coming soon.}}.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* Used in ''[[Persona 5]]'' as a [[In Medias Res]] device throughout the game since the start, since the whole thing serves as a [[How We Got Here]]. Getting the true ending involves getting to the very end of this and making the correct choices, otherwise the game ends when the trope ends in universe.
* ''[[The Punisher (2005 video game)|The Punisher]]''. {{spoiler|Naturally it ends with a break out during a riot.}}.
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