Basic Trope: Telling characters to kill themselves.
- Straight: Harry tells a depressed Danny to commit suicide.
- Exaggerated: Harry forces Danny to commit suicide or he will inflict a Fate Worse than Death on him.
- Downplayed: Harry offhandedly tells Danny that he should just kill himself, but he didn't mean it literally, though Danny takes the suggestion seriously.
- Justified:
- Harry wants to show how much of a heartless Jerkass he is.
- Harry is a Straw Nihilist who believes that life for Danny isn't Worth Living For, and he wants him to commit suicide to escape this "prison".
- Danny happens to be a very horrible person, making Harry an Asshole Victim.
- Danny earlier told Harry, who was previously depressed, to kill himself, so Harry decided to return the favor.
- Harry, who's also severely depressed, suggests suicide in the hopes of getting Harry to perform a Suicide Pact with him.
- Danny regularly threatens to commit suicide as a way of getting what he wants or evading accountability for his bad behavior, and Harry is sick of his shit and encouraged him to commit suicide after his latest threat to do so as a way of calling his bluff.
- Danny is an Omnicidal Maniac on a Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum. Harry tells him that if he can't stand life, then he should just off himself and let the rest of the world keep on spinning.
- Harry actually wants Danny to die.
- Inverted:
- Harry talked Danny out of committing suicide.
- Harry tells Danny to kill him.
- Danny has already committed suicide and Harry insensitively berates Danny by saying that dealing with his problems by offing himself proves that he was a shameful coward to the end.
- Subverted: Harry freaks out when he realizes Danny took him seriously, and tries to help him.
- Double Subverted: That was just another part of his plan.
- Parodied: A group of Fratbros start daring each other to commit suicide in increasingly outlandish and over-the-tops ways, Wacky Fratboy Hijinx style. By the end of the session, everyone is dead, but their ghosts believe their heinous stunts were totally awesome! And then they keep on partying.
- Zig Zagged: It's unclear what Harry's actual intentions were.
- Averted:
- Harry doesn't tell Danny to kill himself.
- Harry simply used his psychic powers to physically force Danny into killing himself.
- Enforced: "Let's take Harry's jerkassery to the next level by having him tell Danny to kill himself!"
- Lampshaded: "Well, that proves that you're an asshole who deserves to die!"
- Invoked: Harry leaves a pistol to Danny and then tell him to kill himself.
- Exploited: Danny decided to grab Harry and commit suicide together.
- Defied:
- Harry chooses not to coerce Danny to kill himself since that's something he won't cross.
- "Instead of killing myself, how about I kill you?!"
- Discussed: "What kind of soulless scumbag would tell someone to commit suicide?"
- Conversed: "If anyone deserves to die, it's Harry for pressuring Danny to kill himself. Just what makes him think it's okay to tell people that they should commit suicide?"
- Implied: When Danny kills himself, Harry receives a lot of blame for some reason.
- Deconstructed:
- After everyone discovered Harry encouraged Danny to kill himself, they declared that Harry went too far and became the most hated person in town while receiving death threats and his whole family disowning him.
- Alternately, everybody including Harry's family finds out, and reports him to the police for manslaughter charges (or suicide incitement).
- Reconstructed: Despite everything, Harry doesn't care and tells everyone who shunned him to kill themselves as well. Even after being lynched by an angry mob, he remains Defiant to the End and flat out regrets nothing.
- Played For Laughs:
- Harry tells Danny to kill himself, so he does that. Everyone was having a party with beer and wine.
- Harry bets Danny, who is not suicidal, five bucks he can't strangle himself. Danny accepts the bet, but stops himself once he realizes something - Harry didn't hold up his end of the last bet he made!
- Played For Drama:
- Harry tells Danny to kill himself because he is a pathetic loser that nobody likes or respect and that the whole world would be better off without him. Shaken by the speech, Danny does indeed kill himself while Harry watches in delight. When Richard, Danny's older brother, hears of his suicide thanks to Harry, he vows to avenge him by wanting to drive Harry into killing himself as payback for what he did to Danny.
- Harry tells Danny to kill himself, and he does. When Harry learns what happened, he's filled with regret over wishing Danny dead.
- Because Danny has a higher follow count than him, Harry desperately tries to make Danny kill himself by spreading accusations about him committing every crime known to man, harassing everyone that even mentions Danny, spamming 911 with swatting requests, attempting to form conspiracies intended to cause the suicide, etc. Harry devotes his entire life to driving Danny to suicide, quitting his job and disowning his entire family just to have more time harassing. Because of this, Harry becomes a target of mockery both on the web and in real life. Danny earns the sympathy of all onlookers and slowly recovers mentally. Danny's reputation skyrockets while Harry gets arrested for the frivolous 911 calls.
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