Line #8 Literature/TheBookOfBunnySuicides


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3	''The Book of Bunny Suicides: Little Fluffy Rabbits Who Just Don't Want To Live Any More'' is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a book of bunnies committing suicide in various ways.]] Or rather, a book of mostly single image, black and white cartoons of bunnies just about to commit suicide.
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5	Published in 2003. The cartoons are drawn by Andy Riley, who also drew the cartoons for the books Literature/DIYDentistryAndOtherAlarmingAdfentures, ''Literature/SelfishPigs'' and ''Literature/GreatLiesToTellSmallKids''. A sequel, ''Return of the Bunny Suicides'', was published in 2004, and an omnibus; "The Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides" was made available in 2007.
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10	* {{Balloonacy}}:
11	** A bunny goes for a balloon ride...with it acting as a sandbag.
12	** Two bunnies float away on helium balloons...just to get [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled by airplanes.]]
13	* BloodlessCarnage: The only thing saving this book from being a horrific deathshow.
14	* BullyingADragon: Many of the bunnies' deaths come from deliberately pissing off someone or something that could easily kill them.
15	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The bunnies often inflict some pretty horrific ends on themselves.
16	* {{Doorstopper}}: One bunny orders a copy of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' online, then patiently waits under the front door's mail slot until the book arrives and crushes its skull.
17	* FartsOnFire: One bunny tries to kill itself with these by using pipes to redirect the fire at its head.
18	* FlippingTheBird: One suicide demonstrates a bunny doing this in the middle of a row of saluting Nazi soldiers.
19	* {{Gasshole}}: [[http://www.bedetheque.com/media/Planches/PlancheS_28818.jpg This strip.]]
20	* GassyGastronomy: At one point, a rabbit eats nine cans of beans and then [[FartsOnFire prepares to light it on fire]] to [[ManOnFire burn himself alive]].
21	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice - the Javelin.
22	* JawsAttackParody: Invoked by a bunny by tying a steak to its waist.
23	* LittleGreenMen / TheGreys: A bunny kicks one of these in the crotch, leading to it being vaporized. Since the strips are in black and white, it's unclear if they are green or grey, or possibly another color.
24	* MakeAWish: One bunny uses a wishing well to wish for...well, you know.
25	* TheManyDeathsOfYou
26	* NoPlotNoProblem: We are never told why the bunnies don't want to live anymore, only that they are out to kill themselves in various creative and gruesome ways.
27	* OffWithHisHead: Some of the suicides involve decapitation, including the example under RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts.
28	* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: [[http://www.jimmyr.com/blog/img/1011_70_226_2007.jpg This strip.]]
29	* ScaryStingingSwarm: A bunny upsets a beehive. [[http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4123/4257/1600/810482/864313.jpg Unlike most strips, we only get to see the aftermath.]]
30	* ShoutOut:
31	** One of the bunnies shoots spitballs at an Franchise/{{Alien}}.
32	** [[TotemPoleTrench Three bunnies in a robe]] jump on [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]]'s lightsaber.
33	** One suicide has a bunny impersonate Sarah Conner, and getting killed by the Franchise/{{Terminator}}.
34	** A bunny disguising as [[VideoGame/SpaceInvaders an alien ship]].
35	** Then there's the one that was sprinkling pepper on [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the Eye of Sauron]].
36	*** Another has a bunny having tied himself to a post as well as Gollum as he tries to retrieve his ring.
37	** One bunny waits halfway inside the doorway of the [[Series/DoctorWho TARDIS]] and ends up being [[PortalCut half-teleported]] away.
38	*** Another one sits atop the TARDIS with a noose around its neck as the Doctor runs inside to escape a Dalek.
39	** Another bunny does the half-teleportation trick on an [[Franchise/StarTrek Enterprise]] transported pad.
40	* SubvertedKidsShow: The style could fool someone into thinking it's a children's book. It's really not, though.
41	* SuicideAsComedy: Pretty much the bread and butter of the book.
42	* ThreateningShark:
43	** In one strip, people are fleeing from the beach due to a shark. Of course, this being a book of bunny ''suicides'', one bunny happily walks towards the water with a floatie.
44	** Another one has a bunny [[JawsAttackParody reenacting the "Jaws" poster, attracting the titular shark via a steak tied to its waist.]]
45	** A third one has a bunny about to hit a shark tank with a hammer.
46	* WomanScorned: A bunny puts on the movie ''Film/FatalAttraction'' (which contains a scene where [[spoiler:the main character's scorned mistress kills his daughter's pet bunny as revenge]]) in front of a woman who's implied to have recently gone through a bad breakup (judging by the pile of used tissues, [[YourMakeupIsRunning running mascara]] and torn-up photo).
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