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7->''"In those old Warner Bros. cartoons that they've scrubbed away now, but you see something like that, and it'd be some random character to the side--will pull out a gun and just say like, 'Now I've seen everything...' *BAM!*"''
8->''"It's that shit where, you know, you got them winos drinking a bottle and [[NoMoreForMe he sees that shit and throws that bottle away]] and then pulls out a gun. 'Now I've seen everything!' *BAM!*"''
9-->-- '''[[WebVideo/DoubleToasted Martin Thomas and Korey Koleman]]''' in response to Advertising/TheBurgerKing being a part of Floyd Mayweather's entourage, ''[[https://youtu.be/UlGjiCMXLpE?t=192 JAMIE FOXX AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM]]''
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11What can you do when you've seen it all? Not much except kill yourself, apparently.
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13On its way to becoming a ForgottenTrope, a Seen It All Suicide occurs when a cartoon character, having seen some outrageous sight, proclaims, "Now I've seen everything!" and promptly [[{{Hammerspace}} produces a pistol]] before shooting himself on the spot. The reason this might happen is because the character feels they have finally cracked and wish to end their lives before it gets worse. When these old cartoons are reaired nowadays, however, this joke is usually {{Bowdlerise}}d out. Watch for it -- if a character proclaims that he's seen it all, expect him not to show up again.
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15In RealLife, people sometimes say things like, [[SmiteMeOMightySmiter "I'm ready, Jesus",]] if something momentous has just happened -- meant to indicate that they're ready to die, but without the rather jarring effect of pulling a weapon out of thin air and actually doing the job.
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17A subtrope of SuicideAsComedy.
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19For the more serious and dramatic situation when a character decides to die because they've seen and done everything and feel that life and the world have nothing left to offer them but crushing boredom, see NothingLeftToDoButDie.
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21See also: CheckPlease, MistakenForBadVision, NoMoreForMe.
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28* A random demon audience member in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' proclaims "Somebody kill me, now I've seen everything!" after witnessing an apparent one-shot kill.
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32* Invoked at the end of ''Literature/ShardsOfHonor''. Emperor Ezar Vorbarra, expecting to be dead within the week, engages in a bit of GallowsHumor with Lord Aral Vorkosigan, who has just suggested the Minister of the Interior as a possible Regent for soon-to-be-Emperor Gregor: "So you do have something good to say for my Ministers after all. I may die now; I've heard everything". He doesn't die immediately, but after he's recruited Aral as Regent, he falls back in exhaustion, implying he's not long for the world (In the sequel, ''Literature/{{Barrayar}}'', Ezar hangs on just long enough to see Aral confirmed as Regent, after which he finally succumbs to his long illness).
33* Subverted in ''Literature/TheWinterQueen'': this ''looks'' like the cause of the suicide on the first pages, but there is a ''lot'' more to it.
34* Played for drama in ''Literature/{{Haunted 2005}}''. The Nightmare Box supposedly shows the "truth" of reality, driving people who look into it insane and eventually to suicide.
35* In ''Literature/WizardAndGlass'', a saloon singer, while witnessing an epic MexicanStandoff, declares, [[UnusualEuphemism "You can take me to the path at the end of the clearing, cuz now I've seen it all".]] She doesn't kill herself, but she does remain standing on a stool in the middle of a bar that's probably about to see a gunfight, claiming that getting shot at this point would be totally WorthIt.
36* In ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'' the magazine ''[[Magazine/PlayBoy Playbeing]]'' states that "When you are tired of Ursa Minor Beta you are tired of life". As a result the suicide rate there quadruples overnight.
37* This is not unusual in ''Literature/TheCulture'', where some people become so long-lived they really have seen everything. One such person is encountered in ''Literature/LookToWindward'' -- ironically there is one thing he hasn't seen, an upcoming grand concert performance, but he still thinks it's pointless to postpone his planned suicide as there's always one more thing.
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41* A dramatic version of this was the original explanation for Gideon's disappearance on ''Series/CriminalMinds'' after Creator/MandyPatinkin quit. However, Patinkin refused to do that scene and it was changed to an indefinite road trip [[spoiler:that ended [[BusCrash with him getting murdered]] several seasons later]].
42* This one is not exactly a suicide, but pretty close. On an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Phoebe believes that she has been possessed by the spirit of an old woman who didn't want to pass on until she had seen everything. Later she attends a lesbian wedding, at which point she says in an old lady voice, "Well, now I've seen everything!" goes limp for a moment, and then is back to being her old self.
43* Happened in a couple of different ways in ''Series/TheGoldenGirls.'' Once during one of Rose's infamously irritating St. Olaf stories, Sophia simply looks up and says "Check, please". In a second-hand example, when Dorothy is helping Sophia deliver Meals on Wheels, after dealing with a particularly frustrating person on the route, Dorothy walks outside, looks to the heavens and says, "She's ready, God".
44* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': Part of the CelestialBureaucracy that runs the afterlife is The Accounting Office where all of humanity's acts are judged and assigned a value to determine whether they get you into the Good or Bad Places. One accountant called Matt is in charge of evaluating "[[ComicSutra Weird Sex Things]]" and being exposed to so much depravity has clearly taken its toll on him.
45-->'''Matt:''' I'm still waiting on a response to the request I filed for immediate suicide.\
46'''Neil:''' Request denied.
47* In an episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren,'' when Jefferson is in the hospital next to an elderly man, after a few minutes of listening to [[DumbBlonde Kelly,]] the old man simply says, "That it, I'm gone" pulls out his IV, and promptly flatlines right there.
48* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Death Wish", a member of the Q Continuum (played by Gerrit Graham) wishes to end his life because he feels that his purpose in life as a Q is finished and that immortality is more of a life sentence than a boon to being a Q. It takes a court case between that Q and the Q played by John De Lancie arbitrated by Captain Janeway to determine that a Q has a right to becoming mortal if he or she so desires to be and so that Q was granted his request to become mortal so that he could die in peace, although Janeway argues that his newly-granted mortality should give him a reason to explore that existence instead of ending it. He kills himself anyway, feeling that he'd only be pretending to be human.
49* PlayedForLaughs in an episode of ''Series/{{Titus}}'', where in a gag in the negative space, Titus wonders what would happen if he got everything he ever wanted. The a cutaway gag plays where his girlfriend agrees to marry him and is pregnant with his baby, his father says he's proud of him and he finds out his Hot Rod shop won a major industry award. Titus declars he's never been happier then runs off screen before a gunshot is heard.
50* In ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "Time Enough at Last", Henry Bemis is the only survivor of an H-bomb. Since almost everything is destroyed, there is not much to do. This upsets Bemis and he pounds his hands on his knees and says "If only there was something to do!" He sees a gun and puts it up to his head to shoot himself, but he sees a library and doesn't shoot himself. Of course, this being the Twilight Zone, he was better off with the first option. [[spoiler: He had all the time in the world, but not his glasses.]]
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55* Common when people have run out of things to do in ''VideoGame/EVEOnline'', and often can be justified as in-character.
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59* Music/MatthewSweet's song "Someone to Pull the Trigger" (the title an example of ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin), which includes the line, "Everything I'll ever be, I've been".
60* Implied in [[Music/AutomaticForThePeople "Try Not To Breathe"]] by Music/{{REM}}: the verses, when taken at face value, describe the narrator attempting to suffocate themselves, while the backing vocals repeat the line "I have seen things you will never see".
61* Music/KrisKristofferson song "Kiss the World Good-bye".
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65* Some tabletop RPG players, not realizing that it's possible to simply ''retire'' a player character if they've gotten bored with it, have had their [=PCs=] commit suicide so they can roll up a new one. More enterprising players who want a PC to die but want to avoid the anti-climax of suicide will coordinate with the GameMaster or seek out an opportunity for a HeroicSacrifice, LastStand, BolivianArmyEnding, SuicideByCop (when the character or cops are villainous), TakingYouWithMe, a heroic MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning, or any of the DeathTropes that can cause a DyingMomentOfAwesome.
66* An artifact from ''Advanced TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' was a magical organ that could produce various effects by playing certain songs. However, if the performer who played the song rolled high enough, anyone who heard the song (including the performer) would be so struck by its beauty that everything else would pale in comparison, causing them to become depressed or even suicidal.
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70* In ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'', this is how [[spoiler:The Damazti Cluster, leader of the eponymous Sarkaz Tribe and one of [[BigBad Theresis']] [[TheDragon top agents]], is finally defeated in Chapter 12. A combination of their ability to [[MesACrowd clone themselves]] seemingly-infinitely, their VoluntaryShapeshifting and their nature as a MindHive spread across the aforementioned clones means it's near impossible to kill them in a straight fight. However, they're also one of the [[TimeAbyss oldest beings]] on Terra, having been around since the ''original'' Sarkaz civilisation, the Teekaz, fell, and talking to Logos reveals just how monotonous The Damazti's current existence is: they really have SeenItAll and only really strive to emulate others to try and counteract their LackOfEmpathy. When Logos points out that the only thing they've not experienced yet is true death, The Damazti commends him, Amiya and The Doctor for their efforts before voluntarily expiring.]]
71* In Source games like ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'' and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', hitting a killbind to either {{ragdoll|Physics}} or [[LudicrousGibs explode]] is a common reaction from not-serious players to witnessing something extremely odd, exceptionally funny, or both. HilarityEnsues either way.
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75* ''Webcomic/{{chainsawsuit}}'': [[http://chainsawsuit.com/2010/05/14/the-coveted-all-award/ The All-Award: the totality of human achievement.]] The recipient of the award celebrates by leaping into an open grave.
76* In ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' Dracula is carefully planning one of these. But before he dies, he wants to know what awaits him on the other side.
77* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/110 Rhea jokes about killing herself after seeing a killer bunny transform into a human.]]
78--> This is too much. Hand me that knife - I'm going to kill myself.
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82* Apparently the result of drinking "the perfect drink" as brewed by [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP-294]].
83--> ''Subject later committed suicide, leaving a note which read "I'm sorry, but at this point everything's just one big letdown". Requesting such a drink again is highly discouraged.''
84* ''WebAnimation/CyanideAndHappiness'' played this ''very'' straight in one episode, where a man wordlessly puts a gun to his head after witnessing a very bizarre series of events, and checking "see everything" off his bucket list.
85* LetsPlay/{{raocow}}, during his LetsPlay of ''Vip 5'' (a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' hack). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imJIn6CD_W8&t=12m31s Upon seeing the overworld map for the first time,]] he scrolls around the whole screen to look at everything, then he stops talking so he can hum along with the background music, ''VideoGame/TreasureOfTheRudra''[='s=] "Crime of the Heart". Then:
86-->'''raocow:''' Well, now I've got an argument that life isn't worth living anymore, because I doubt I'll ever experience anything better ever in my life. So, um, this is the last video ever I'll ever make as I'm going to end my life shortly. See y'all in the afterlife.
87* Roleplay/WeAreOurAdventuringAvatars: Deadpool does this upon seeing a character from ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend''.
88-->'''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}''': ...Okay, no. Pigeons... no. Just... no. We're done here.\
89(''he puts a gun to his head, and pulls the trigger'')
90* In [=SynthOrange=]'s LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker2'', the King commands his general to kill him, and then put every man, woman, and child in the kingdom to the sword. The reason? He had eaten the last of Lizzie Shinkicker's [[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood prize-winning mackerel in cream sauce,]] and with none left, saw no reason to go on living anymore. Fortunately, it only happened in a parallel universe.
91* At the end of ''WebAnimation/HeavyIsDead'', after the Heavy came back to life and killed the Engineer, the Spy decried the whole scenario as being 'idiotic' and left to hang himself by backflipping off a chair.
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95* A number of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoons employ this gag, usually with a side character offing himself in response to witnessing something outrageous. Creator/BobClampett in particular loved this gag , but each of the WB directors used it at least once. Of course, since the 1970s, MoralGuardians - afraid that children might procure firearms and, on a lark, blow their own brains out - have edited most of these scenes out for TV airings.
96** Clampett may have been the first to use the gag in 1940's "The Sour Puss", where a caged canary, watching a cat tear around the house in paroxysms of glee after hearing he and Porky are going to go fishing, says the "Now I've seen everything!" line in a Creator/JackBenny voice.
97** The trope image is from Clampett's "WesternAnimation/AnItchInTime". When Elmer's cat sees both his owner and the dog getting carried off on a plate by A. Flea, he quips "Now I've seen everything!" and shoots himself in the head with a pistol.
98** In Clampett's adaptation of "WesternAnimation/HortonHatchesTheEgg", a LorreLookalike fish does this after seeing Horton, sitting on a nest in his tree, going by on the deck of a freighter.
99** Creator/FrankTashlin's "WesternAnimation/TheStupidCupid" has a scene where Elmer Fudd, in the guise of Cupid, shoots an arrow at a bulldog who's chasing a cat. Instantly smitten, the dog gets on his knees and declares his love for the cat in a French accent. To which the cat -- that is, the ''male'' cat -- shrugs to the camera, "Now I've seen everything!" and shoots himself in the head... followed by [[CatsHaveNineLives all the rest of his nine lives]] doing the same.
100** In Creator/RobertMcKimson's "The Grey Hounded Hare", the race announcer says, "Now I've seen everything!"...and then a gunshot is heard over the P.A. speaker.
101** Creator/ChuckJones' ''WesternAnimation/CheeseChasers'' uses an extended version of this trope and NothingLeftToDoButDie. Hubie and Bertie discover that they have eaten enough cheese to make themselves sick of the stuff, and decide to commit suicide by cat. Their efforts cause the cat to go mad and try to commit suicide himself by asking a bulldog to "massacre" him, driving the dog mad as well.
102* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' has something very similar to this. One episode deals with the group learning to be stand-up comedians from a strange old sea captain. After they put on a good performance, he says "Well, can't teach them no more", pulls out a gun, and blows his brains out. [[AnimationAgeGhetto Despite being an animated series]], this is decidedly ''not'' cartoonish.
103* Cartman from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' makes an attempt [[TakeThat after watching]] ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''.
104-->'''Cartman:''' ''(brightly)'' Well, I'm out, guys. [[HypeBacklash If this is what's cool now]] I think I'm done. I no longer have any connection to this world. I'm going to go home and kill myself. Goodbye, friends.
105* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'': Owlman becomes an OmnicidalManiac through an extreme version of this trope.
106-->'''Owlman:''' It doesn't matter.
107* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' does a version in "The Late Phillip J. Fry". After witnessing Earth become nothing more than a charred, dead planet and there being no way to get home, Fry suggests to Farnsworth and Bender that they might as well watch the universe end, and with nothing else to do, they agree.
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111%%* TruthInTelevision amongst seniors in Scandinavia.
112* Actor Creator/GeorgeSanders committed suicide and left a note behind saying he'd done it because he was bored.
113* Creator/HunterSThompson claimed to have committed suicide because he had been alive for seventeen more years than he actually wanted to be. His family states it was a well-thought out act resulting from Thompson's many painful and chronic medical conditions.
114* George Eastman, the founder of Creator/EastmanKodak, left a note saying "To my friends, My work is done. Why wait?"
115* An old Italian saying: "Vedi Napoli e poi mori" (See Naples and die) plays with this trope. It can mean that after seeing beautiful Naples, you can die happily. Joke is, it can also mean "See Naples and then Mori" (Mori is a town in northern Italy). Naples is also an Italian euphemism for Hell. So it can also be interpreted as something along the lines of "See Hell and die" (Va fa napoli, or something very close, is essentially the Italian bowdlerised version of Go to Hell).
116** Naples also being a hot spot for certain plagues through history also has something to do with the idea. Going to Naples meant you might catch a fatal disease and die there.
117*** Additionally, "vaffanculo" idiomatically indicates "go fuck yourself" or literally "go to the ass". The bowdlerization brings to mind someone saying "vaffan", glancing at a child, and finishing with "apoli" and a sheepish look.
118* The possibility was invoked by Dr Johnson when he stated, "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" (Parodied with the Creator/DouglasAdams quote under Literature).
119* Greek philosopher [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democritus Democritus]], father of atomism[[note]]Meaning, the idea that all matter is made of tiny fundamental particles rather than of the four classical elements, Earth, Water, Air, Fire; it should be noted he conceived of atoms as being the smallest possible objects, and the word he coined actually meant "indivisible"... later scientists were a just bit hasty in applying his "Atoma" label to the atom before discovering protons, neutrons, electrons, and quarks.[[/note]], allegedly decided to starve to death once he had reached the age of 100, stating that he had lived enough and wanted to die with dignity.
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