Line #22 PlayingWith/TalkingDownTheSuicidal


1	'''Basic Trope''': Someone (the Talker) finds out that another person (the Suicidal) intends to commit suicide and decides to try and talk them out of it.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob is standing on a ledge about to jump, when Alice sees him and goes over to talk him out of it.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Alice uses cliched phrases to talk Bob out of killing himself ("You have so much to live for", "It gets better", etc.)
5	** The Talker is a celebrity who is not a main or supporting character in the work (bonus points if the Suicidal in question is a fan of theirs)
6	** Alice tells Bob that she's been where he was before, and she knows what he's going through. The two have a nice, pleasant conversation that results in Bob deciding that death ain't worth it in the end.
7	* '''Downplayed''': Alice bluntly says, "Don't do it."
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** Alice has been concerned, and came to check on Bob, only to find him about to kill himself.
10	** Alice values Bob's life as well as everyone else's.
11	* '''Inverted''': SuicideDare.
12	* '''Subverted''':
13	** Bob ignores Alice and goes ahead on killing himself anyway.
14	** At first it seems like Alice is going to talk Bob out of it, but instead she grabs him and physically pulls him from the ledge.
15	** Alice attempts to tell him he can easily score a chick backfire, as they confirm his fears that he, a gay person, can't attract a man.
16	* '''Double Subverted''':
17	** Bob actually faked his suicide.
18	** Bob [[BungledSuicide failed to kill himself]]. Bonus points if the reason he failed was because Alice [[CrazyPrepared intentionally sabotaged his suicide as a backup plan in case Bob went ahead anyway]].
19	** Alice turns out to be quicker than Bob, and stops him long enough to actually talk him down.
20	** After pulling Bob off the ledge, Alice tries to convince Bob that his life is worth living and to not try to kill himself again.
21	* '''Parodied''':
22	** Bob is in no actual danger of dying (is only a short distance from the ground if about to jump, using children's medicine to overdose on, etc.), but Alice attempts to talk him out of it with as much panic as if he would die if he went through with what he is about to do.
23	** [[MistakenForSuicidal Bob is not actually suicidal]] and his actions make sense in context, but Alice sees him, thinks he's going to kill himself, and attempts to talk him out of it.
24	** Alice was actually trying to persuade Bob to go through with killing himself, but her words actually persuade Bob to not do it. Bonus points if Bob thanks her profusely for it.
25	** Alice tries to talk Bob into not jumping... [[HeroicComedicSociopath Before pushing Bob himself, because the very reason why she didn't want him to commit suicide was to steal a kill]].
26	* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice shows up to talk Bob out of killing himself. Bob starts to listen to her and decides not to do it--until [[{{Jerkass}} Charlie]] shows up and taunts him into going through with it. Bob doesn't listen to [[{{Jerkass}} Charlie]] and starts to give Charlie a ReasonWhyYouSuckSpeech.
27	* '''Averted''': Bob decides not to kill himself before Alice shows up.
28	* '''Enforced''': The executives want to do a VerySpecialEpisode about suicide, but they don't want to lose one of the main characters, so Alice has to talk Bob down.
29	* '''Lampshaded''': "Have you come to talk me out of killing myself?"
30	* '''Invoked''': Dracone, Bob's FriendlyEnemy, knows he's suicidal and that he wouldn't be able to stop him, so he sends Alice to Bob's house, knowing that she ''can''.
31	* '''Exploited''': ???
32	* '''Defied''':
33	** Charlie stops Alice from talking Bob down because he wants Bob to kill himself.
34	** Bob purposely plans his suicide to be while Alice is on a business trip.
35	* '''Discussed''': ???
36	* '''Conversed''': ???
37	* '''Played For Laughs''': SuicideAsComedy.
38	* '''Played For Drama''': Bob refuses to listen to Alice and falls, only [[BungledSuicide he doesn't die]], and has to spend the rest of his life as a paraplegic due to injuring his spinal cord.
39	* '''Implied''': Bob says he once tried to kill himself. When asked what made him stop, he says, "Who. It's who made me stop."
40	* '''Deconstructed''': Alice can do nothing but spout cliches, without making Bob feel deserving of life at all. Bob kills himself, and Alice feels horribly guilty for not stopping it.
41	* '''Reconstructed''': Alice knows Bob very well, and also once studied psychology. She is able to deliver a well-thought-out speech pertinent to Bob's circumstances, and he backs down.
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