History Main / AteHisGun

* The protagonist of ''FightClub'' uses a variation of this to get rid of the antagonist. [[spoiler:He fires out of the back of his cheek, symbolically "blowing the brains out" of his SplitPersonality. ]]

* The protagonist of ''FightClub'' tries to do this, with mixed results. [[spoiler:He fires out of the back of his cheek... which has the side-effect of killing his SplitPersonality. The hallucination of said personality grows a hole in the back of his skull and collapses.]]

* In the first FullMetalAlchemist TV series, a seriously traumatised [[spoiler: Roy Mustang]] has to be stopped from doing this [[spoiler: after killing Winry's parents.]]

* [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/seto_no_hanayome/v01/c002/10.html Almost happened]] to Nagasumi in SetoNoHanayome.

* In one/several of the {{Halo}} games, if the Master Chief dies, one of the Marines can occasionally be overheard saying something similar to "The Chief is dead? I...think I'll go eat my gun now."

** Also seen in the original ''HalfLife 2''; [[EasterEgg if you hop the broken fence across the street from the gas station in "Highway 17"]], there's grafitti on the wall depicting evolution from a monkey, to a human, to a Combine...and right next to it is a blood splotch, with a corpse and a revolver lying on the ground underneath.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Chubbuck Christine Chubbuck]], a local Florida TV host, who infamously committed suicide during a live broadcast.

** Budd Dwyer did it ''[[IncrediblyLamePun live]] on the air''. Don't click [[http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=860c9b9f3b this link without knowing you're going to see him do it]].

* In "The Goon", Buzzard attempts this after being mind screwed by the bad guy. Being an immortal "Reverse-Zombie",[[IGotBetter he got better.]]

There are lots of ways to do yourself in: Jump off a bridge, hang yourself, stick your head in the oven. One popular method in Hollywood is to [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything wrap your lips around the barrel of your favorite fire arm, and pull the trigger]]. One obvious reason for this; not a lot of room for error. Nobody wants to go through life with a big hole in their head. [[GeorgeCarlin You'd have to wear some kind of dumb-ass hat.]] Of course, some people still screw it up. [[SchmuckBait Whatever you do, don't type "failed shotgun suicide" into Google Images.]] DependingOnTheWriter, ChunkySalsaRule may come into play. Compare with IJustShotMarvinInTheFace. Someone who wants to give you the chance to do this will LeaveBehindAPistol.

* The protagonist of ''FightClub'' tries to do this, with mixed results.

There are lots of ways to do yourself in: Jump off a bridge, hang yourself, stick your head in the oven. One popular method in Hollywood is to [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything wrap your lips around the barrel of your favorite fire arm, and pull the trigger]]. One obvious reason for this; not a lot of room for error. Nobody wants to go through life with a big hole in their head. [[GeorgeCarlin You'd have to wear some kind of dumb-ass hat.]] Of course, some people still screw it up. [[SchmuckBait Whatever you do, don't type "failed shotgun suicide" into Google Images.]] DependingOnTheWriter, ChunkySalsaRule may come into play. Compare with IJustShotMarvinInTheFace.