History Main / PreludeToSuicide

* One issue of ''ComicBook/TheIntimates'' focuses on Dead Kid Fred, a ComicBook/{{Robin}} {{expy}} who is stuck as a zombie as a result of ComicBookDeath. Throughout the issue, he shows signs of being suicidal, but everyone ignores him until he tries to burn himself to death.

* ''Fanfic/{{The End of the World|FernWithy}}'': An ambiguous example. Right before going on the hiking trip where he [[DisneyVillainDeath somehow fell off a cliff]], Albinus Drake gave his victory Tour plaques to Brutus, and his record collection to Cinnamon Calabry (a minor District 2 victor). Drake had been depressed about the Games in the months before his death. Brutus seems to think it was suicide (and blames Haymitch for it), while Mags speculates that Drake was murdered by the Capitol for his Rebel sympathies, in which case his giving away stuff was because he expected to be murdered soon.
* In ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'', [[spoiler:Weiss]] has spent the last several weeks more-or-less isolated in her room. She rarely gets dressed and barely eats. Right before her suicide attempt, she decides to talk to her mother, brother, and favorite butler. This unusual behavior actually saves [[spoiler:Weiss']] life. Her [[ParentalNeglect normally distant]] mother decides to check up on her for once and finds her bleeding out on her bedroom floor. [[spoiler:Willow's]] quick thinking leads to an InterruptedSuicide, which eventually leads to a HappilyFailedSuicide.

* In the ''Animal Crossing'' DarkFic one-shot ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/1754917 Destroy Me, Please]]'', the unnamed protagonist sells their belongings, sends their more valuable family belongings to their parents, and sells their home because they're "moving away". Their ever-vigilant secretary Isabelle notices the signs and doesn't completely believe them when they say they aren't suicidal. Isabelle later [[spoiler:visits the protagonist and [[InterruptedSuicide interrupts their suicide attempt]].]]

* ''Fanfic/MoralOfTheStoryNyame'': The first scene shows the aftermath of Oliver and Laurel's confrontation in the hallway, Laurel's decision to kill herself, and her typing out her suicide note explaining her actions. It ends with her grabbing a bottle of pills, preparing herself to do the deed. The actual death itself isn't permanent due to the Lazarus Pit, but Laurel's decision nonetheless causes reverberations throughout the plot.

* A ChristmasEpisode of ''Series/LifeInPieces'' had Joan counselling a neighbor whose wife had died. She tries to tell him the warning signs of suicide...while failing to notice those same signs apply to the Short family's robot vacuum (a Roomba copy). Eventually, she admits she feels she's missed a sign...just before the vacuum throws itself down the stairs and smashes itself to pieces.
* In ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' season 3, Rebecca becomes extremely depressed after reacting badly to [[spoiler:Josh leaving her at the altar]] and spends a few weeks lazing around at her mother's house, doing very little except constantly looking at something on her laptop. Eventually, her mom becomes curious and peeks, finding her on a page titled 'least painful ways to die.' Though she is usually very thoughtless when it comes to Rebecca's feelings, this shocks her into genuine concern for her.
* In the series finale for ''Series/FatherTed'' "Going To America", after Ted's immigration to America is called off, Dougal celebrates that they'll be staying together in Craggy Island forever and ever, with Ted responding with a mortified ThousandYardStare. In the original edit, this would have culminated in a BrickJoke with Ted joining the suicidal priest earlier in the episode on a window ledge. However, the writers' dislike for the BlackComedy ending (possibly combined with Ted's actor Dermot Morgan passing away after filming the episode) led to it being revised into a more upbeat montage sequence with Ted and Dougal heard jovially saying goodnight to each other as a closeout.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': [[spoiler:Kutner]] is normally very, very overeager with the MagicalDefibrillator, so the first time he finally uses one without any mishaps comes as a shock. He shoots himself the very next episode, and nobody ever finds out why.

* The fourth season premiere of ''Series/OrphanBlack'' is a WholeEpisodeFlashback to the events that led up to Beth's suicide. [[spoiler: Played with when it's revealed that Beth had no genuine desire to kill herself; she was blackmailed into it by Evie Cho. A lot of her outwardly strange behavior was due to her involvement in the clone conspiracy. After her death everyone misinterpreted her words and actions, assuming they were signs of suicidality when they actually weren't]].

* There are several warning signs that [[spoiler: Kate]] is suicidal early in ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', including [[spoiler: her doodling pictures of nooses in her notebook and sitting in the dark in her room]], Max mentioning that [[spoiler: she's stopped playing the violin]] and the school's paranoid head of security noticing she's been acting strangely. [[spoiler: She makes an attempt at the end of episode 2; whether she survives is up to whether the player can have Max talk her down.]]

* During the Exile arc of the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'', Tommy starts talking to himself and later to Dream about how he doesn't think he has much time left, engages in openly dangerous behavior and occasional SelfHarm, and makes an effort to do things he'd always wanted to do like writing "How To Sex 3" and hanging out with Drista again. [[spoiler:He attempts suicide after Dream destroys Logstedshire, [[InterruptedSuicide but winds up running away instead]] after realizing Dream was never his friend.]]

->''There's nothing for you, anymore. You burnt all your bridges, knowing always that it'd end like this. You quit your job and sold off everything, sent the family heirlooms back to your mom because you didn't want them to get lost in the move. And in a way, you weren't lying. A move from living to dying, a move from suffering to emptiness.''

* During the exile arc of the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'', Tommy starts talking to himself and later to Dream about how he doesn't think he has much time left, engages in openly dangerous behavior and occasional SelfHarm, and makes an effort to do things he'd always wanted to do like writing "How To Sex 3" and hanging out with Drista again. [[spoiler:He attempts suicide after Dream destroys Logstedshire, [[InterruptedSuicide but winds up running away instead]] after realizing Dream was never his friend.]]

* During the exile arc of the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', Tommy starts talking to himself and later to Dream about how he doesn't think he has much time left, engages in openly dangerous behavior and occasional SelfHarm, and makes an effort to do things he'd always wanted to do like writing How To Sex 3 and hanging out with Drista again. [[spoiler:He attempts suicide after Dream destroys Logstedshire, [[InterruptedSuicide but winds up running away instead]] after realizing Dream was never his friend.]]

* ''Fanfic/TheEndOfTheWorld'': An ambiguous example. Right before going on the hiking trip where he [[DisneyVillainDeath somehow fell off a cliff]], Albinus Drake gave his victory Tour plaques to Brutus, and his record collection to Cinnamon Calabry (a minor District 2 victor). Drake had been depressed about the Games in the months before his death. Brutus seems to think it was suicide (and blames Haymitch for it), while Mags speculates that Drake was murdered by the Capitol for his Rebel sympathies, in which case his giving away stuff was because he expected to be murdered soon.

* [[spoiler:Fukiko]] from ''Manga/DearBrother'' gives away an important belonging, a doll, as foreshadowing to her suicide.

* In ''ComicBook/TheOrder2007'', Becky Ryan was initially kept off the team because her background check revealed a string of self-destructive behaviors, including drug abuse and eating disorders, but she ended up making the cut after half of the initial team were kicked out for public drinking. After she pulls a very public attempt at a HeroicSacrifice on her first mission, Henry pulls her aside and asks her point-blank if she was trying to kill herself.

* In ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'', [[spoiler:Weiss]] has spent the last several weeks more-or-less isolated in her room. She rarely gets dressed and barely eats. Right before her suicide attempt, she decides to talk to her mother, brother, and favorite butler. This unusual behavior actually saves [[spoiler:Weiss']] life. Her [[ParentalNeglect normally distant]] mother decides to check up on her for once and finds her bleeding out on her bedroom floor. [[spoiler:Willow's]] quick thinking leads to an InterruptedSuicide, which eventually leads into a HappilyFailedSuicide.