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== Anime & Manga ==
* Creed from ''[[Black Cat (Mangamanga)|Black Cat]]'' of course. Train ''tries'' to beat it into Creed that he is '''''NOT''''' interested in the sword-wielding [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]]. The result? Train ends up unknowingly [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|spread-legged on top of Creed]], and only realizes too late that Creed got a hard-on and even ''orgasmed'' from it all. Disgust and exasperation are pretty much what describe Train's reaction.
* Hisoka from ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]''. Killua, too.
* Sebastian (in episode 20, anyway), Grell, and The Undertaker from ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]''.
* Genkaku from ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]''.
* A demon casts BDSM themed torture spells on the main cast in ''[[Dragon Half]]''. This immobilizes everyone except for [[Depraved Bisexual|Rufa]], who can't get enough of it.
* In one of the early episodes of ''[[Excel Saga (Animeanime)|Excel Saga]]'', after getting a blast of [[Electric Torture|high-voltage current]] from a soldier, Excel requests "A bit higher, please" with a blush.
** To put things in perspective, the torturer thinks his gear is malfunctioning and tries it on the unfortunate fellow next to Excel. Said fellow is promptly ''incinerated''.
* [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|Lisa, Kosame, and Fukuyama]] in ''[[Girls Bravo (Manga)|Girls Bravo]]''. Naturally that makes things difficult for Yukinari, Kirie, and Koyomi, respectively. For example, in one scene Lisa attempts to molest Yukinari but he shoves her so hard in retaliation that she rolls back and slams against a wall, blood squirting from her head. Lisa's response is...to give a huge [[Slasher Smile]], get [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]], and scream "Geez, Yukinari-sama! You're unexpectedly violent! But that's fine, please be more reckless with me!" She then proceeds to chase him again, perfectly content with her arms outstretched for a hug. In another scene Kirie prepares to do her usual wrestling moves on Fukuyama and Kosame immediately hugs her legs saying "AH! Onee-sama! Please do that move on me as well!" And Fukuyama continues to act like a huge pervert towards the girls despite knowing Kirie will just beat the crap out of him for it. In fact, it seems to make him even more willing to act like a pervert towards the girls.
* Germany from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''. Or so [[The Millstone|Italy]] claims at gunpoint.
** France too. After his April Fool's rampage, some of his victims capture him and attempt to humiliate him in retaliation... only to find that he actually enjoys most of their punishment. Until Sweden comes up with a [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]], that is.
* Ayeka in ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]!'' tries electro-torture on Ryoko early on in the OVA's. It doesn't quite work as intended. Her lines translate as something along the lines of "[[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Ahh, I'm coming, I'm coming!]]" (For the record, that's exactly how Pioneer translated it in the official English dub.)
** Whether this was legitimate or just Ryoko trying to [[Squick]] Ayeka is unclear, since the [[All There in the Manual|supplemental material]] reveals that Ryoko's body isn't capable of feeling much of anything, especially in terms of pleasurable sensations. Then again, thousands of years of only being able to feel pain might have simply led to her ''liking'' it because it was better than feeling nothing at all.
*** It's likely that Ryoko wasn't faking, because she reacts VERY differently when exposed to the Master Key immediately after. If she HAD been faking, she'd probably just keep doing so.
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{{quote| '''Kurumu:''' "You act all innocent, but you, Ruby... are ''kinky''!"}}
** She has also likened tying herself up bondage-style to "wrapping the phone cord around your finger when you're bored", and does it with equal frequency. When the [[Harem]] was asked what they were to Tsukune (read: what they ''want'' to be to him), her immediate response was [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rosario_vampire_season_ii/v06/c023/14.html "toy"] (the official Viz translation uses "plaything" as the answer, but the meaning is preserved).
** During the Volume 4 omakes the other girls try on the chain and let Tsukune shock them once. Kurumu and Koko hate it, Mizore is on the fence about it, Yukari likes it, and the very last panel has Moka try. Yukari looks on at Moka's [[Say It Withwith Hearts|reaction]] and states "Moka is a "yea" for sure!"
** Taken to the logical extreme in chapter 44 where one of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|division leaders]] electrocute Ruby and she decides she doesn't need to defend against it because she [[Too Kinky to Torture|"doesn't hate being shocked."]]
*** She then counterattacks with a suit of [[Cast From Hit Points]] magical armor, called [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Iron Maiden]], which she seems to enjoy as well.
** When a doppelganger posing as Tsukune gives Ruby what's intended to be a rib-breaking elbow smash, her response is to hug him with a blush of pleasure and beg him to hit her again.
* Kakihara in the ''[[Ichi the Killer]]'' manga might be the very ''god'' of this trope. The whole series actually evolves around him pursuing something ''so'' insanely hardcore that even ''he'' will get off on it. The film downplays this somewhat, but is still an example of the trope.
* Played for laughs in ''[[Gintama (Manga)|Gintama]]''. Poor [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|Sacchan]], nobody wants to beat her.
* As part of his [[Freak-Out]], Hell Kaiser Ryo from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' is forced to duel while wearing electrodes that shock him whenever he loses life points. At first, he hates them, but once his turn to [[The Dark Side]] is complete, he hardly duels ''without'' them.
** Also, Yubel, who enjoys pain and insults. The only things that can scare them are being separated from the one they loves forever, and the threat of being erased from existence.
*** It's more than enjoying the pain and insults. Yubel truly believes for most of third season that extreme agony is the only way to express real love. If you don't hurt the person you claim you love, you don't actually love them.
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** The same goes for the female scientist that Gauron was strangling, as further explained in the novels. They ''both'' [[Interplay of Sex and Violence|seemed to enjoy it]], as Gauron even [[Lampshades]] it by mocking her, asking her if she actually ''likes'' making him angry, and actually ''wants'' him to hurt her. He says this with a perfect mixture of "coldness and joy," and she responds by gasping with "pain and ecstasy."
* ''~Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan!!~'' has Arresta, who nearly orgasms (and wets herself) whenever hit by Sento's baseball bat.
* Takuma Fudou from ''[[Get BackersGetBackers]]'' shows definite signs of being this. He actually enjoys and savors pain during battles, and is shown to start cutting his own chest up while yelling at Ban to "push him to the limit and make him bleed" when Ban doesn't put up enough of a fight. It's even [[Lampshaded]] by other characters, who mention the stark difference between Fudou and Ban: Fudou lives for the sadomasochistic, bloody sensation of battle, whereas Ban has no such desire and is a cold professional. On another note, although Fudou seems to have carried a huge grudge for Ban ripping his arm off, it's implied that it's not actually the ''pain'' that Fudou hated so much as what was likely Ban's ''attitude'' when he did it. Fudou even mentions that he kept his rotting, maggot-infested arm with him, and the sensation he felt were "incredible chills rising up his body."
* Mitarashi Anko is depicted as this in ''[[Naruto]]'' [[Fanon]].
** Hidan is a canon example. He pretty much orgasmed when he {{spoiler|impaled himself, killing Azuma}}.
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* Rip Van Winkle in ''[[Hellsing]]''. During their battle, Alucard grabs Rip by the throat, slowly sticks her rifle through her chest until it comes out the other side of her body in an act of symbolic rape, and then sinks his fangs into her neck. And (in the OVA) how does Rip react to this? [[Freud Was Right|By blushing and letting out a series of orgasmic moans.]] [[Looks Like She Is Enjoying It|Not helped by Maaya Sakamoto's voice acting.]] In the manga, the scene is drawn pretty much exactly like a hentai dojin (to be fair Hirano DID quite a bit of those), down to the ridiculously intense blush on Rip's cheeks when Alucard drinks her blood. And her constant wriggling and gasping under his hands as he slowly inserts the rifle through her torso.
** Alucard could also qualify for this trope.
* Road of ''[[D .Gray Man-man]]''.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has Kimblee {{spoiler|the man who kept his identity inside the swirling vortex of hellish creepiness that is pride's typhoon of souls because " howls of anguish are like lullaby to my ears".}}
** It also has {{spoiler|the original}} Greed {{spoiler|who yelled "Ahhh, this is how hot I like my baths! I'm sure the flames of Hell are hotter than this!" as he was burned to death by his own father}}.
* Arthur of ''[[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]]''.
* Ginka of ''[[Kyouran Kazoku Nikki]]''.
* Tsukuyomi of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''.
* Kenpachi Zaraki of ''[[Bleach]]''. He ''[[Blood Knight|loves]]'' fighting, seems to get off on it, and doesn't mind at all if his opponent manages to cut him in battle. In fact, he hopes for that; the one thing he wants more than anything is a ''good'' fight where he can actually turn himself loose and still keep it interesting.
* Tatewaki Kuno of ''[[Ranma One Half]]'' frequently expresses his affections for Akane and the pig-tailed haired girl by glomping them despite knowing that they always just respond by beating him up or kicking him to the sky. In fact, since it's them beating him up, he seems to enjoy it.
** [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|Happosai]] is confirmed by canon on this, not just speculation. You can't win with that guy - he enjoys both ''[[The Chikan|chikan]]'' and the consequences, as long as the beatdown doesn't actually put a stop to his scheme.
* Belphegor of ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''. During their battle, Gokudera manages to hit him with one of his bombs. Belphegor simply sits up while making somewhat orgasmic noises and muttering excitedly "I was hurt again. It's so thrilling!"
* [[Depraved Bisexual|Mitsuka-sensei]] of ''[[Dear SDearS]]'' displays a kink for bondage and for being "punished" [[Hot for Student|by her students]].
* Taro of ''[[MM (Light Novel)|MM!]]''.
* ''[[Yandere Kanojo]]'': Manabu's little sister Mayami is a masochist who enjoys getting beaten up by [[Tsundere|Reina]].
* While her older sister Panty from ''[[Panty and& Stocking Withwith Garterbelt (Anime)|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'' is the horniest of the duo, Stocking seems to be more of a masochist at nature, getting off on [[Electric Torture]] at one point. {{spoiler|May be a hint to her true nature... as a ''demon''. (if that was her that came back)}}
* Kou of ''[[Monochrome Factor]]''. In the anime adaptation, he's implied to have a bit of a bondage fetish, present for no other reason than to creep Aya out after she beats him up and he begs for more.
* Yami Marik from [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]] is also a good example.
* Virgo from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' will ask for punishment, even if she's doing everything right!
* Gilbert from ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta (Manga)|Kaze to Ki no Uta]]''.
* Squalo of ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' is hinted to be a masochist.
* In the first chapter of [[Hekikai no Ai ON (Manga)AiON|Hekikai no Ai ON]], Minato warns Tatsuya about not messing around with Seine because he thinks she is a masochist that likes being bullied.
** Hilariously "enforced" by Seine to keep Tatsuya out of her neck.
 
 
== Comic Books ==
* In an issue of ''[[X Men|X-Men]]'', at one point during a battle between Iceman and the White Queen, Iceman binds his foe to the wall with ice shackles. Far from being intimidated, the White Queen mentions that she used to pay good money for just such an experience. Taken captive in Generation X...same words.
* There's a reference in ''[[Watchmen]]'' to Captain Carnage, a masochist who threw himself in front of masked heroes in an attempt to get beat up. This backfired when {{spoiler|Rorschach threw him down an elevator shaft.}}
* In ''Villains United'', Luthor's Society captures the [[Secret Six]] and they are tortured. Unfortunately, one of the Six is Parademon, an inhabitant of Apokalips, who has dealt with worse daily since childhood, and seems to enjoy the process.
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*** And the Penguin in both Secret Six and Birds of Prey turns out to be this. He doesn't care when Bane slaps him around and instead asks if one of the female team members could beat him up instead as then he would enjoy it more. And he gets a crush on Dove in Birds of Prey after she knocks him out
* In the comic series ''[[Marshall Law]]'', all the superhumans were created with a process that deadens their ability to feel pain. The Marshal himself wears razorwire wrapped around his arm as part of his costume. Many other "heroes" also mutilate themselves. When the Marshall is tortured, he thanks the torturer for letting him feel again, if for only a moment. Then he feeds the torturer to cannibals. A very dark [[World Half Empty]].
* ''[[Batman (Comic Book)|Batman]]'''s [[Monster Clown|Joker]] doesn't seem to have a problem with pain, though he laughs at everything so take that as you will.
*** In Salvation Run it's revealed that he's in CONSTANT pain ever since the night he was bathed in the chemicals that made him the Joker, and he's just gotten used to it and gotten to like it.
** His consort Harley Quinn sometimes falls in this category as well, [[Depending Onon the Writer]].
** This is arguably taken to its extreme in ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'', especially in the fight scene at the fair.
* [[Mad Magazine]] features a ''[[Batman Begins]]'' parody where Bats starts beating up a bad guy. The reaction?
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* In the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4942679/1/The_Long_Walk ''The Long Walk''], the OC Breech Loader is badly beaten, but maintains a facade of finding the experience hugely entertaining - even when threatened with a slow death - and laughs throughout most of it. It's generally implied that while she doesn't enjoy the pain, she finds it hilarious to make her torturers feel ineffective against her.
{{quote| '''Breech:''' "You're gonna have to quit that, 'cus you're ''really turning me on''..."}}
* In the [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6341291/1/Harveste Harveste Series], a ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic series by [http://www.fanfiction.net/~kyaruchan kyaru-chan], this applies to, well, pretty much ''all'' of the protagonist characters. But then, it's a crossover with ''[[The Addams Family (TV)|The Addams Family]]'', so that's not so hard to imagine.
{{quote| '''Umbridge''': I believe you are inappropriately dressed for your detention today.<br />
'''Harveste {{spoiler|*cough* Harry *cough*}}''': Am I? Did I need my own manacles? Should I go get them? }}
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* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6518438/1/Give_In This Yu-Gi-Oh fanfiction].
* In the ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' [[Slash Fic]] "Homecoming" Chapter 4 Tsuna is about to be molested by Mukuro and hits him. This doesn't deter Mukuro in the slightest but he is stopped when guards arrive on the scene.
* A variant happens in the [[Azula Trilogy (Fanfic)|Azula Trilogy]], as Iroh isn't too kinky but too ''awesome'': the attempt ended in the torturer wannabe escaping because his attempts had ended either in miserable failures or ''Iroh torturing him''.
 
 
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== Films -- Live Action ==
* Morticia (and pretty much ''[[The Addams Family (TV)|The Addams Family]]'' in general) reacts quite favorably to pain and torture. When interrogated in the first movie, she compliments the turncoat lawyer stretching her on the rack with "You've done this before!"
** Not to mention when Gomez is freeing her:
{{quote| '''Gomez:''' Leather straps, red hot pokers...<br />
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** In certain incarnations, they even merrily torture or attempt to murder each other for amusement, never mind the insinuations about Gomez and Morticia's sex lives.
{{quote| '''Morticia:''' Don't torture yourself, Gomez... that's my job.}}
** ''[[The Addams Family (TV)|Addams Family Values]]'' includes a much more, um, ''direct'' reference:
{{quote| '''Morticia:''' So... you still desire me after all these years? The old ball and chain?<br />
'''Gomez:''' Forever.<br />
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'''Gomez:''' To pain.<br />
'''Morticia:''' Tonight. }}
* ''[[Barbarella]]'', who's such a hussy, she breaks the Excessive Machine. Of course maybe [[Out Withwith a Bang|really intense orgasms weren't the most reliable means of execution]] in the first place.
** Bonus points for creative use of [[Smoking Hot Sex]]. The expression on Dr. Durand's face is classic [[Why Won't You Die?]].
** Not only does Barbarella overload the Excessive machine, she is vocally ''disappointed'' to learn it has broken down.
* [[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]] in the 2006 version of ''[[Casino Royale (Film)|Casino Royale]]'' makes a show of ''enjoying'' being smacked by a knotted rope [[Groin Attack|in a rather delicate place]] by Le Chiffre, which convinces Le Chiffre that he's never going to break. Luckily for Bond, Le Chiffre doesn't last long enough to up the ante.
** '''Bond:''' *grunts in pain* A little to the left...
** It does sort of explain why he never has to worry about having little James Bonds running around though (besides the ladies all dying)
* Xenia Onatopp in ''[[Goldeneye (Film)|Goldeneye]]'' seems to enjoy getting beaten up almost as much as killing people. Her fight scenes with Bond indicate that she wasn't going to stop fighting simply out of pain.
* ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'' has Clueless Morgan and company trying to torture Gonzo for information. They put Gonzo on the rack... of course, this is a Muppet whose idea of fun is getting [[wikipedia:Keelhauling|keelhauled]], so the only thing they succeed at doing is making his arms and legs ten feet long.
{{quote| '''Gonzo:''' I might even have a future in the NBA!}}
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* Gene Wilder pretends to be this way in ''[[Stir Crazy]]'' when the warden is trying to force him to join the prison rodeo.
* In ''[[Top Secret]]!'', Nick Rivers realizes that his being late to school was [[All Just a Dream]] and he is very relieved to find out that he is in reality ONLY being whipped by two henchmen.
* Klytus states Princess Aura is this in the 1980 movie ''[[Flash Gordon (Filmfilm)|Flash Gordon]]''. From what we see of the torture, though, he is most likely [[Unreliable Narrator|lying]].
{{quote| '''Prince Barin:''' You tortured Aura!<br />
'''Klytus:''' An interesting girl. I think she found it rather enjoyable. }}
* In ''[[The a A-Team (Filmfilm)|The a Team]]'', Murdoch is placed into an army psychiatric hospital after his arrest. When given electroshock therapy with no anaesthesia, he responds pseudo-orgsamically - "Oh, yeahhh. That's the stuff."
* In ''[[Under Siege]] 2'', our [[Distressed Damsel|damsel in distress]] tries to threaten the main goon with mace. This proves to be ineffective after he corrects her that it's actually pepper spray, and then proceeds to spray some into his mouth to "clear the sinuses".
 
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* [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[The Diamond Age]]'' involves someone who reacts to a seemingly horrific form of torture (direct pain-nerve stimulation) as if being tickled because he's got nanobots installed in his body to counteract it. His torturers simply decide to do things the old fashioned way.
* It doesn't ''quite'' fit in here, but in one of the ''[[Dragonlance]]'' Prequels, some minotaurs attempt to torture Sturm Brightblade and Tasselhoff Burrfoot. Sturm, being a Solamnic Knight, stoically endures everything with nary a change of expression. Tasselhoff, on the other hand, helpfully makes suggestions to his torturer. Being a Kender, he's incapable of feeling fear, and his bones are difficult to break -- and heal quickly. Thus, the worst thing the minotaurs can do is to BORE him by trying the same form of torture for more than ten minutes, which is why he starts making suggestions. In the end, the torturer might have come away from the session feeling worse than his victim -- if nothing else, he probably got a nasty headache.
* In the ''[[Saga of the Exiles (Literature)|Saga of the Exiles]]'', there is a character named Felice Landry. In one scene Culluket the Interrogator picks her out of a group of prisoners to torture for information. {{spoiler|Worst choice he could have made. Not only does she get off on his treatment she actually becomes a superpowered badass and enables her comrades to escape using the powers he has inadvertently set free within her.}} She later spends quite a bit of effort looking for him to return the "favor."
* In the ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Expanded Universe]], Han Solo is tortured a number of times. His response is usually along the lines of "Is that all you've got? I was tortured by Darth Vader."
** In a threat of torture for two, Leia followed up with "So was I. That was before we met."
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{{quote| "Fitz," Anji hissed. "Are you telling me you really don't mind trotting around starkers in a collar and lead?'<br />
He grinned. "Are you kidding?" }}
* In [[John Ringo]]'s ''[[Paladin of Shadows (Literature)|A Deeper Blue]]'', a drug lord kidnaps Mike's manager/mistress/etc (long story), Anastasia, and tortures her for information. She's a hardcore submissive and enjoys it. ''Very, very much.'' It helps that the torturer in question is an ignoramus who fails to tell the difference between sounds made in response to pain and sounds made ''in response to orgasm.''
* In one of the ''[[Dune]]'' sequels by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, a group are trying to reawaken the memories of a ghola of the Baron Harkonnen, which is usually accomplished by pushing someone to breaking point with some great trauma. However, he proves [[Too Kinky to Torture]] and the only thing that eventually works is sensory deprivation.
* Played dead straight in ''[[Anita Blake]]''. The villain Gabriel's dream was to be slowly killed by Anita. Nathaniel, a protagonist, was also quite the masochist. As well as Narcissus, who was more of a grey character.
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** Also, {{spoiler|when Semirhage is captured, even though Rand doesn't allow Cadsuane to torture her, the Aes Sedai decides that physical pain will never work anyways; it's what Semirhage is expecting and probably looking forward to. Instead, she decides that humiliation is a much better tactic}}.
* According to [[Flamboyant Gay|Anthony Blanche]] in ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'', a group of [[Jerk Jock|students]] were about to throw him in a fountain, but were put off when Blanche claimed [[It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It|he would enjoy it too much]].
* In ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy]]'', Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect are captured early on by the Vogons. The Vogon captain proceeds to read his poetry, the third worst in the universe, but Arthur bluffs his way out of it, claiming he actually ''enjoyed'' the poem. {{spoiler|However, he was lying; the television show displays him in the same pain as Ford, while the film simply shows him confused but certainly uncomfortable.}} He and Ford start an improvised literary analysis, {{spoiler|but the captain is not convinced and dumps the two out an airlock. Fortunately, they are rescued}}.
* In [[Clive Barker]] 's ''[[Hellraiser]]'' mythos, this is how the Cenobites initially came to be: they spent such a long time being tortured in Hell that eventually they found that they actually enjoyed the sensations. The natural extension then was to reshape their bodies and inflict this exquisite pain upon others.
* In the Italian fantasy novel ''Balthis the Adventuress'' there's an entire underground subrace that ''lives'' by this trope: they sleep in hard stone beds, eat and drink awful-tasting things daily and often flail and beat each other up as a form of greetings. When we get to see on of their on kind "tortured", we see her sit on comfortable pillows, with no chains or restrains and with delicious food and excellent wine. And she complains a lot for it.
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** The bar is set even higher in Season 3. At the end of Episode 3, Bill and Lorena have a very violent sexual encounter, where Bill (pissed off beyond belief) ''[[Squick|twists Lorena's head 180 degrees]]''. Lorena's response?
{{quote| "William, I ''so'' love you."}}
* Sam Puckett of ''[[I CarlyICarly]]'' is implied to be this. In, ''iDate a Bad Boy'', she describes being tased as "not so bad; it's actually kind of a rush" with a rather wistful look on her face. In ''iHatch Chicks'', Carly bites one of Sam's hands for making a joke about fried chicken; Sam then implores her to bite the other one.
* Jade from [[Victorious]] is also implied to be this. In one episode, she ''got disappointed'' because something wasn't painful, and in another, she said "this is causing me pain, and not the good kind."
* Episode villain [[Sdrawkcab Name|Namtar]] in ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'' could re-wire his nerve responses from pain to pleasure, turning a pinned arm near breaking into an intensely pleasurable experience. When Aeryn gives an experimental twist, his response is ''"Harder!"''
** Stark has spent so much time in Scorpius' Aurora Chair, he now appears to enjoy the process of having the memories ripped out of his brain and shown on screen, to the point of screaming "Again, Scorpy! [[Unusual Euphemism|Frell]] me again!"
** And, in turn, when Scorpius is being tortured by the Scarran War Minister Ahkna, in between bursts of flesh-searing heat to the face, he waggles his tongue at her and remarks "I've been searching my whole life for a female like you."
* An unintentional example occurred in ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' (Although Dr. House might have gotten a thrill out of it.) They put a teen with severe burns into a hyperbaric chamber (which would hurt like hell.) Apparently, he's in so much pain, his brain confuses pain with pleasure, and he orgasms.
* There's a running gag in ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' where any time Bob Fossil, or anyone played by the actor, will respond to being tortured/raped/brutally murdered with "Ooh, ah! A little to the left!"
* Once in ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'', Jack put electric buzzers on Nina and Elliot's chairs as punishment for making too many jokes at his expense. Nina enjoys the charge, and asks for "two short ones followed by a long, sustained one."
* Several years before ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' featured the enigmatic character of Cardassian tailor Elim Garak, a former spy, secret operative and assassin of the Cardassian Obsidian Order. In episode 22 of Season 2 ("The Wire") Dr. Bashir discovers that Garak has an implant in his brain that is wired to stimulate the pleasure centers of his brain to produce large amounts of endorphins whenever Garak suffers strong physical pain. Originally, it was meant to "protect" Garak against physical torture. During his exile among Bajorans (who hate Cardassians), humans and other aliens, Garak built a device that allowed him to remotely control the implant and turn it on or off whenever he wanted. At first, Garak had merely planned on using the implant from time to time, whenever the stress and depression of eking out an existence as a humble tailor on a space station among hostile aliens became too much for him. But one day, as he admits to Dr. Bashir, he turned the implant on and never turned it off; he became addicted to the high endorphin levels.
** [[Mirror Universe]] counterpart of Kira, 'The Intendant' seems to like the idea of torture. When she's captured by the Rebels, she advises Mirror!Julian to turn up the setting on his 'little toy' (a pain-inducing Phlebotinum).
* The torture of Gaius Baltar in the episode "A Measure of Salvation" (Season 3, Ep 07) of ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]''. While Cylon Number Three / D'Anna is torturing Baltar with pain inducers and psycho talk, Baltar tries to project himself to a beach to avoid the pain. There Head-Six appears to him and coaxes him into having sex, with her which results in a rather ''explicit'' reaction from Baltar. Naturally, D'Anna is really weirded out. Seriously, if the guy you are torturing and who only a moment ago was writhing in agony suddenly starts writhing in arousal and yelling "I love you!" and "Don't stop!" over and over doesn't make you think he's gone completely bonkers, lost his marbles, or gone nuts, then you're probably unflappable. Also, he's a keeper.
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** From the same series, Leoben Conoy, the crazy Cylon Number Two. He actually fell in love with Starbuck while she was torturing him.
* The last episode of the first season of ''[[Burn Notice]]'' has Sam captured and continually beaten for information by heroin dealers. He begins by complimenting their technique in beating him, subverts [[Torture Always Works]] by giving one false confession after another, and basically constantly mocks his captors and actually encourages them to kill him (this is both to psyche them out and because he doesn't want his friends to be killed trying to rescue him).
* ''[[The Addams Family (TV)|The Addams Family]]'', as said above.
* Played for laughs in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' [[Show Within a Show|"Captain Proton" holoprogram]]. In "Thirty Days" Ensign Kim (playing Proton's sidekick Buster Kincaid) has been captured and chained up by the [[Femme Fatale|Twin Mistresses of Evil]] (played by the ship's babes, [[Twin Threesome Fantasy|Megan and Jenny Delaney]] from Stellar Cartography).
{{quote| '''Buster/Kim:''' Torture me all you want, Demonica, I'll never crack!<br />
'''Demonica/Jenny:''' Oh, but you ''will''.<br />
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** [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]] met [[Happiness in Slavery]], for Drusilla and Darla both...at least in the case of Angelus. Soon enough, they were truly afraid of him; and wouldn't have traded it for anything.
** Also, Zachary Kralik, a one-shot villain from season three, thorougly enjoyed being burned by a cross in his... nether regions.
* ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'': No matter what punishment someone gives him, Captain John Hart manages to turn it into a [[Rule 34|fetish]]:
{{quote| '''Gwen''': ON YOUR KNEES!!!<br />
'''Captain John''': Honestly, it's always [[Everyone Is Bi|sex, sex, sex]] with you people. }}
* A ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' Dickens parody had the young protagonist on board Her Majesty's ship "The Raging Queen", where discipline was rigidly enforced and enthusiastically accepted.
** Was that ''Miles Copperthwaite''? In which all the sailors are "manly men"?
* The ''[[Jackass (TV)|Jackass]]'' crew. They certainly enjoy hurting each other, especially Knoxville.
* On [[Chuck]], Jeff is quite the weirdo. Tie him to a tree, inject him with sodium pentothal, he just thinks it's a party.
* In ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', many characters display this over the course of the show in response to torture, although it's usually just meant to piss off the torturer as they're still in agony when it's actually applied. One of the few who doesn't even display any physical signs of discomfort is the Alpha Vampire when he's captured and interrogated (read: getting electrocuted). This trope is also Crowley's reason for changing Hell from physical torture to [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|an eternal waiting line]].
{{quote| '''Alpa Vampire''': [bored] Oww. Please Stop. That hurts.}}
* ''[[Community]]'', milder than most examples here, but the Dean misinterprets Jeff's threats to step on him as some kind of pleasure to enjoy.
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* Micheletto Corella of ''[[The Borgias]]'' seems to enjoy [[A Taste of the Lash|being whipped]] [[Ho Yay|by Cesare]] far, ''far'' too much.
* In [[Sons of Anarchy]] there is an episode where Tig is captured by a crew of bounty hunters. He insults one of them to provoke a beating, and seems to ''enjoy it''.
* ''[[Black AdderBlackadder]] II'': when Blackadder is captured by the dastardly Spanish, he is taken to the second degree by gloating Inquisitors and shown the implements of torture. In his usual yawningly disdainful way, he corrects their poor English and suggests better Spanish terms for the devices. He also spot-translates a leering Spanish guard's threats conerning the pain that will soon be inflicted on him.
 
 
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* ''[[Exalted]]'' has a fighting style called Laughing Wounds, pioneered by the Lover Clad in the Raiment of Tears, who may very well be the physical incarnation of this trope. To give you an idea of what it's like, one of the first Charms one can learn in the style allows you to turn wound penalties into attack bonuses. And yes, whips and chains count as form weapons, and a BDSM sense of fashion is included.
* In the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' setting exists the goddess [http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Loviatar Loviatar], The Maiden of Pain. Similarly to the Dark Mistress from [[Dungeon Keeper]] as mentioned below, her worshipers absolutely adore pain, both inflicting it and experiencing it--[[Combat Sadomasochist|in a battle]] too. This goes double for Loviatar herself, who will actually wade into a pitched battle solely to get injured and experience the sensations.
* In Deep 7's ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' Roleplaying game (yes, it exists), humans get extra dice to their fortitude because of this trope. They're crazy enough to ''enjoy'' things like Yanni concerts and five-alarm curries.
* ''[[Pathfinder]]'' gives us the god Zon-Kuthon. Estranged brother of the Goddess of Love, he presides over darkness, suffering and sado-masochism. He is depicted in styles reminiscent of the [[Hellraiser (Film)|Cenobites]], having flayed and pierced his flesh countless times. His priesthood's creed is 'Experience Without Limits', and one of their most holy ceremonies involves stripping one of their number of limbs, eyes, ears, tongue, and lips (and often eating them in the process), leaving a head and torso which are kept alive to be violated and tortured ever after. They call this 'The Joymaking', and the victims are high ranking priests. They don't just volunteer, they ''demand'' it be done to them.
 
 
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* ''[[Shadow Hearts]]: Covenant'' has this when the party is thrown in jail on St. Marguerite Island and held at the mercy of dominatrix foe [[The Vamp|Veronica]]. The player has to choose which character will be tortured by her from a list of each character's responses to the idea of being tortured, most of which are defiant or fearful, but one of which is ecstatic as the prospect. Since they're not lined up in the same order as the cast onscreen, you can only find out who said what by choosing each option, after which you learn that the one excited about it is not Yuri, as you might think, but ''Gepetto''.
* ''[[Okami]]'' : "The Labyrinth of Torment is for the enjoyment of everyone on Oni Island, so don't make a mess of it while playing."
* In the [[PSPlay Station 2]]/[[X Box]] release of ''The Bard's Tale'', as the eponymous Bard makes his way to battle Fnarf, the guy that follows him there disables magic electrical forcefields by '''jumping into them and geting electrocuted.''' However, he claims to enjoy (and even anticipate) it, to which the Bard amusedly remarks "And they call '''me''' a deviant!"
* [[Dishing Out Dirt|Tenshi Hinanai]] of ''[[Touhou Project]]'' [[Memetic Mutation|has been immortalized]] [[Flanderization|as a masochist]] thanks to a few lines in the game where she tells other character(s) to punish her.
* In ''[[The Suffering]]: Ties That Bind'' the boss battle with [[Complete Monster|The Creeper]] ends with the monstrous spirit being stabbed to death by his own [[Body Horror|cojoined whores.]] As their knife-like tongues rip into his stomach, he screams, "Yes! That's it! Faster! Harder! ''Deeeeeeper''..."
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* Doviculus of ''[[Brutal Legend]]'' if FAR too kinky to hurt. When fighting him, his normal combat banter is "More pain" and other such comments. Also, some of his attacks inflict pain on him, such as using his heart as a guitar pick and stabbing himself with a huge spear as a double team attack.
* In ''[[Chzo Mythos|Six Days A Sacrifice]]'', you can threaten an acolyte with torture unless he gives you information. He points out that, as a worshipper of what's basically the God of Pain, he's already done far more horrific things to himself than the characters can even conceive of.
* In one of the ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' promotional videos, Meet the Sandvich, you are treated to [[Black Screen of Death|the inside of a refrigerator]] where the titular Sandvich resides. After the Heavy grabs the Sandvich, you hear the sounds of the Heavy attacking and the Scout begging for mercy while the Soldier insults the Heavy on his sloppy work. {{spoiler|Which is then subverted seconds after.}}
{{quote| '''Soldier''': You call that breaking my spine? You RED-team ladies couldn't break a spine if-*snap* '''{{spoiler|AAAAGGGHH, MY SPIIIINE!}}'''}}
* Subverted in ''[[Dragon Age]]'' by Zevran's dream - he may joke about being tied up, but the cold blooded torture he suffered at the hands of the other Crows is clearly not something he enjoyed.
* Albedo from ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]''. When he has his arm blasted off by Jr., he simply ''laughs''.
* Some Pokémon in ''[[Pokémon Black and White (Video Game)|Pokémon Black and White]]'' have a dream world trait called "perversity," which reverses the effect of stat affecting moves, effectively making the Pokémon [[Too Kinky to Torture]].
* In the game ''[[In FamousInfamous (Videovideo game Gameseries)|In Famous]]'' the [[Big Bad]] of the story Kessler tells the protagonist Cole that in order to survive through torture and pain in general is that you have to enjoy the beating, even come to LOVE the pain. This is over the phone as Kessler had just gotten through torturing Sasha another villain in the story, despite Cole's indifference to Sasha as a person, as a result of her psychological torture on him and her sexual advances on him that he was blatantly uninterested in, he finds Kessler to be disgusting for torturing her.
* The Rabbids in ''[[Rabbids Go Home (Video Game)|Rabbids Go Home]],'' but replace "kinky" with "dumb." They ''enjoy'' [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]], and happily enjoy getting smacked in the face, having their features pulled at or exploded, and getting knocked around like pinballs.
* ''[[The Sims Medieval (Video Game)|The Sims Medieval]]'' has an Interrogation Chair, a chair Sims can tie other Sims up in to extract information either by "Persuasion," which requires interactions the Sim will like, or "Interrogation," which requires interactions the Sim will not like. Some Sims you can interrogate will actually like being doused with water, and liking a [[Rodent of Unusual Size|Chinchilla Attack]] is not unheard of. Almost, but not quite, this trope, since the interaction still affects their Will and can lead to the interrogating Sim getting the information.
 
 
== Webcomics ==
* Undead warlock Richard from ''[[Looking for Group]]''. He was only [http://lfgcomic.com/page/126 trying to be helpful] to the torturer when he pointed out there was room by his calf to insert another knife. In fact, when he was taken back to the dungeon he asked if he could have another go. He seemed to mistake the torture chamber for a spa. Oh, and [http://lfgcomic.com/page/127 he started singing] during his torture sessions. Which rather unnerved the Legion soldiers. Though he did complain about the waterboarding.
* ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic (Webcomic)|Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'': Practically any scene where someone tries to torture the drow women Arachne and Charlotte. They ''[http://yafgc.net/?id=46 like]'' a well-equipped dungeon. Epitomized in [http://yafgc.net/?id=1188 this comic].
** In fact, when Arachne needed to punish Charlotte and felt ''really'' mean, she put Charlotte in a cage in sight of the instruments... and [http://yafgc.net/?id=92 refused to torture her]. Instead, she read a magazine.
* ''[[Sexy Losers]]'': Yuuko comes back to life and plans her revenge on Shiunji for [[Mummies At the Dinner Table|the things he did to her corpse]]. When she finally starts threatening him, he's excited by it.
{{quote| '''Yuuko:''' This murder is becoming less of a random act of revenge and more like a public service.}}
* In ''[[Flipside (Webcomic)|Flipside]]'', protagonist Maytag has learned to accept pain rather than fight it, allowing her to be virtually impervious to torture and even mutilation. One scene has her smiling gently as ''her arm is being eaten'', [http://www.flipsidecomics.com/comic.php?i=654 much to the dismay] of the person doing the eating.
* In ''[[Gastrophobia (Webcomic)|Gastrophobia]]'', Klepto is either telling the truth or using this strategy to avoid being tortured at all:
{{quote| '''Phobia:''' You know, some people whip their slaves for less than that.<br />
'''Klepto:''' Phobia, it has been my goal to be whipped by an Amazon since I was thirteen. }}
* This quality is one of the reasons why [http://yamara.com/yamaraclassic/index.php?date=2005-12-22 Yocchi] in ''Yamara'' is [[Pollyanna|constantly and utterly cheerful]]: ''because'' she's [[The Chew Toy]]...
{{quote| '''Elsa:''' You're welcome to kill Yocchi [[From a Single Cell|as often as you like]], but I warn you: she'll ''enjoy'' it. After a few agonizing deaths, Yocchi may take to [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|following you around]].}}
** Fanfic example: Yocchi ends up getting this turned around on herself in this ''[http://addventure.bast-enterprises.de/186565.html Anime Addventure]'' episode, however. And yes, it '''is''' another example of this trope.
{{quote| '''Ranma:''' You call this torture? My mom would call it foreplay....}}
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'''Adam:''' I SAID DON'T MENTION IT!! }}
* It's as much not understanding the situation, but Fooker from ''[[General Protection Fault]]'' shows [http://www.gpf-comics.com/archive.php?d=19991013 signs] of this.
* ''[[San: Three Kingdoms Comic]]'''s version of [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms|Huang]] [[Dynasty Warriors|Gai]] enjoys whipping too much that it scares the living daylights out of his officer (Zhou Yu).
* Played with in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0194.html this] [[Order of the Stick]] strip, the Lantern Archons assume this when the Monster in the Darkness wants them to attack him with their rays of light, when really he just doesn't like the dark.
* In ''~Ghastly's Ghastly Comic~'', Zsa Zsa (local dominatrix) said about Freddy that [http://www.ghastlycomic.com/d/20040111.html "I can neither beat nor fuck the otaku out of her".]
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** Also see [http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/happy_place Yuki's happy place].
* Equius Zahhak from ''[[Homestuck]]'' not only gets off on someone of a lower blood status defying his orders, but also on {{spoiler|being strangled to death by a bowstring.}}
* Mimi of [[Grim Tales From Down Below (Fanfic)|Grim Tales Fromfrom Down Below]] seems to [http://grim.snafu-comics.com/?comic_id=151 rather enjoy] being beaten up.
* [http://www.oglaf.com/justice/ This Oglaf comic] is what happens when [[Too Kinky to Torture]] meets [[Completely Missing the Point]].
 
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* Similar to the nun below but 1000% more horrific, [http://www.keiththompsonart.com/pages/flagellant.html these guys] are (were? this picture was classified under "undead") religious flagellants who became masochists. The only pain they feel comes from the fact that since they secretly take pleasure from their self-torture they can't get into heaven.
* This was the basic premise of an erotic story titled ''[[The Pilfered Princess]]''. In addition to being erotic, it's also a hilarious, self-aware parody of many [[Heroic Fantasy]] tropes. The Hero and the [[Evil Overlord]] are both determined to carry the [[Idiot Ball]] in the name of enacting tropes, [[The Dragon]] is also the [[Only Sane Man]], and the [[Save the Princess|kidnapped princess]] is [[Too Kinky to Torture]]. Eventually, [[The Dragon]] does manage to find a torture method that works on her, though: [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|a chastity belt]]. The story ends with the princess becoming the new [[Evil Overlord]] and quickly demonstrating that she is [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]].
* The titular ''[[Salad FingersSaladfingers]]'' appears to have masochistic tendencies.
* A non-sexual variant occurs in ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' v4, where Rein Bumgarner is well-known for enjoying pain, enjoying the adrenaline rush that it gives him. As a result, he actually attempts dangerous stunts partly for this reason.
* [[Ask That Guy With theThe Glasses (Web Video)|Ask That Guy]] loves getting tortured by his [[Satan|boss]], whether he does things right or not. There could also be another example after the Sage episode, while he clearly didn't enjoy it while it was happening, the next episode is basically nothing but sex jokes and [[Fetish Fuel|orgasm-faces]].
* Well, if [[Black Comedy Rape|Spooning With Spoony]] is any indication, Sage is also this. Note: he was rather nonchalant about being roofied and raped by Spoony. Twice.<ref> once in Spooning With Spoony 2, and once in the third Donation Drive, which started with Spooning With Spoony 3</ref>
{{quote| '''Sage:''' Same time next year? [kisses Spoony on the cheek]}}
* A running gag on [[Superdickery (Website)|Superdickery]] jokingly regards [[Wonder Woman]] as this due to just how many times she's been featured in various forms of [[Author Appeal|barely-justified bondage]] on the [http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=34&Itemid=51 covers] of her series. "I'd make some crack about how if they ''really'' wanted to get information out of her, they should threaten to ''untie'' her, but [http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=34&Itemid=51&limitstart=41 it's just not funny anymore..."]
* [[Diamanda Hagan]] tries to torture LC in ''[[Project Million (Film)|Project Million]]''. He thinks she's giving him foreplay.
* [[Warhammer 40 K40000]] [[Joke Character]] by [[Nerf Now|JoPereira]] -- [http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/40k-Lolicron-121815939 Lolicron] is too kinky to kill: "...[http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Moooore-126335303 she just keep going back for more]". [http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Love-is-over-126891412 The only way to get rid of her] is to fail at causing damage. But then she takes offence.
* Hilariously deconstructed in [[Reflets D Acide]], where the villain Mortis uses the [[Combat Sadomasochist|Priest of Pain]] [[Meaningful Name|Sacher-Masoc]] as [[The Mole|his Mole]] amongst the other priest of Maender-Alkor, convincing him to work for him by ''promising'' him to torture him as a reward. Similarly, when the priests find out about his betrayal and attempt to interrogate him, they quickly realize torture won't work on him and are [[Genre Savvy]] enough to promise him they will hit him if he confess. And it works.
 
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'''Tobi:''' Honey, you keep that up it's whatever you want it to be. }}
* In ''[[South Park]]'', when the boys approach Mel Gibson demanding their money back after seeing ''The Passion Of The Christ'', Gibson proves to be this. The problem is, the boys have ''absolutely no intention'' of torturing him. Nevertheless, he oils and chains himself up whilst insisting that torture will do them no good (especially if they torture him in just the right place). The boys are, needless to say, utterly freaked out by this.
** Partially justified, in that a few of his more memorable characters (namely [[Lethal Weapon (Film)|Riggs]] and [[Braveheart|William Wallace]]) were tortured.
** And in the Mad Max movies, Payback (this little piggy), Conspiracy Theory... um, just how many Gibson movies involve torture?
** Again, that episode was based on ''The Passion of the Christ''.
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* An episode of ''[[Moral Orel]]'' has the title character misinterpreting the preacher's sermon about renouncing worldly pleasures as getting rid of everything that feels good; unfortunately, what makes Orel feel best of all is his relationship with the Lord. He tries to counteract this by subjecting himself to 24/7 torture, but ends up... well, ''looking forward'' to his father's next discussion "in the study."
* The 1953 Pepe Le Pew cartoon ''Wild Over You''. Click [http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Significant_toons_in_Pepe_Le_Pews_career_P33039/ here] and scroll down to the third cartoon of the first post for a description (or watch [http://www.dailymotion.com/channel/animals/video/x3dbj4_pepe-le-pew-wild-over-you_shortfilms here]).
* Homer, in one episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' gets sent to hell for a day after [[Deal Withwith the Devil|selling his soul for a donut]]. A demon forces Homer [[Ironic Hell|to eat all the donuts in the world]] in order to drive him insane, but he just keeps asking for more.
* One episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' had Heloise trying to give Beezy the rack. His only response is "Ah, that feels good." Another episode had him getting shocked by an electric helmet, only to clap "Again! Again!" Yet another episode has him constantly punching a [[Hollywood Voodoo]] doll of himself, saying "Neat!" every time.
** Another episode had [[Satan|Lucius]] hiring Jimmy as a product tester, specifically because he knew anything that could break him would be [[Mega Corp|Misery Inc.]] material. Sure enough, he enjoys all the [[May Contain Evil|products]], even when Beezy suffers.
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* In ''[[King of the Hill]]'', a pornographer makes a perverted website about Peggy's feet. Her husband, Hank, finds out about it, meets the pornagrapher, and gives one of his signature lines: "I'm gonna kick your ass!" The pornagrapher sticks his rear out and says something like, "Ooh, good! Let me get it on camera!" Hank decides against doing what he had threatened, as he usually ends up doing when he makes that threat.
** Interesting variation here. It's not for him, it's just that he takes his job seriously, and is clearly a pragmatic businessman.
* On ''[[Batman: theThe Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]],'' Red Hood, a heroic [[Alternate Universe]] version of {{spoiler|[[The Joker]]}}, tells Silver Cyclone (the evil [[Red Tornado]]) that his electro-shock torture "tickles!" He seems to be bluffing, but then, Red Hood admits that he sort of has a screw loose.
* [[Johnny Bravo]] in the original short when a girl zaps him with a stun gun at the Aron City Zoo, although (like the series that would later follow) it just may be that he actually doesn't have a clue (and thus is actually that stupid)...
* ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'': In one episode Rocko is in the yard, practicing his jackhammering, only he can't see very well, so he's land the jack hammer on Spunky. Heffer dives taking Spunky out of harm's way at the last second, but Rocko lands the jackhammer on Heffer's back-side instead. Rocko apologizes for running him over, but Heffer says that he "kind of likes it" while biting the grass and looking extremely pleased.
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** There is even a (probably apocryphal) story of released prisoners in Wild West-era Texas who would re-offend days after leaving jail, just to get back to eating the chili con carne - which was incredibly fiery in order to cover up the flavor of the sub-standard meat being used to make it.
** Biologically speaking, humans are [[Extreme Omnivore|incredibly omnivorous]]. Most of the stuff plants do to keep things from eating them work on most animals.
*** "What other species would eat something like that [jalapeño peppers] and sit there with nose burning and eyes watering, trying to figure out how to make it hotter?" - [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01085.htm Florence Ambrose], [[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]
**** Considering that the spices and hallucinogens induce humans to cultivate certain plants, failure to repel humans is actually [[Springtime for Hitler|an evolutionary success]] for them.
**** In the case of the Capsicum family, the fruits (which we call peppers) are spicy to mammals because Capsaicin latches onto their taste buds. Birds, on the other hand, lack the receptors for Capsaicin and thus can eat the fruits without pain and then poop out the seeds (which is the evolutionary point of the spiciness).
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