So, we have a Card-Carrying Villain in a G-rated show who is going to inflict a horrible torture on his victims. Most normal methods of Cold-Blooded Torture would be way too dark for something aimed at children; what can be a substitute? Tickling, of course! Being tickled is - for most people - unpleasent enough to work as an act of torture, and the censors are content that the character isn't being horribly brutalized. This is usually done with a feather on the soles of the feet (despite not being the most effective method in Real Life), and it is often led up to by the tickler saying "We Have Ways of Making You Talk." Usually a subtrope of Cool and Unusual Punishment, although there are some rare serious examples. See also Accidental Tickle Torture for the unintentional variant, and Friendly Tickle Torture, for, well, the friendly variant, as well as Involuntary Dance for a similar unpleasant but g-rated torture.