Line #24 PlayingWith/SuicideByCop

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1	'''Basic Trope''': A depressed individual wants to end their own life by the hands of another individual.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob pulls his gun on Officer Alice, who shoots him with her own gun.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob storms an army base, intending to be killed by the base guards.
5	** Bob's nation starts a war with a larger nation, intending to be destroyed.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Officer Alice shoots Bob after he pulls a gun on her, but the wounds gravely injure rather than kill him.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Bob wants his heirs to collect his life insurance.
9	** Bob is too cowardly to commit suicide himself.
10	** Bob (or his religion/moral code) sees [[SuicideIsShameful suicide as wrong]] and wants to end his own life via LoopholeAbuse.
11	** Bob doesn't want his family and/or friends to know he was suicidal, so he's trying to get killed in a way that doesn't look like suicide.
12	** He [[ICannotSelfTerminate can't kill himself for whatever reason]], and wants to end his own life via LoopholeAbuse.
13	* '''Inverted''':
14	** Bob goads the police officer into killing innocent bystanders.
15	** Bob shoots the police officer.
16	** A depressed cop attempts suicide by gangster.
17	** [[Film/ShortTime A cop is trying to get killed in the line of duty so his family can collect his insurance]].
18	* '''Subverted''':
19	** Bob can't go through with this method of suicide either.
20	** Officer Alice uses a taser or pepper spray instead.
21	* '''Double Subverted''':
22	** Officer Alice sees Bob draw his gun and shoots him before he can put it away.
23	** Bob has a pacemaker or allergic reaction and the taser/pepper spray kills him anyway.
24	* '''Parodied''': Bob tries to commit suicide by mall-cop. He only succeeds in getting banned from the mall.
25	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
26	* '''Averted''':
27	** Bob commits suicide at his own hands.
28	** Bob doesn't commit suicide at all.
29	* '''Enforced''': ???
30	* '''Lampshaded''': [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty "Holy fuck, Suicide by Cop, I love these!"]]
31	* '''Invoked''': {{I Cannot Self Terminate}} + {{Death Seeker}}
32	* '''Exploited''': ???
33	* '''Defied''': ???
34	* '''Discussed''': ???
35	* '''Conversed''': ???
36	* '''Deconstructed''': Officer Alice ends up traumatized when she realizes later that Bob's weapon was [=fake/unloaded=] and he needed help.
37	* '''Reconstructed''': Officer Alice realizes Bob's intention and escorts him to a hospital for help, where he gets better.
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41	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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43	%%* '''Implied''': ???
44	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
45	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / SuicideByCop