History Main / PsychicAssistedSuicide

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}'' series, there are two ways to release control of possessed enemies-- either release control and make them explode violently, or make them find the nearest {{Bottomless Pit|s}}, landmine, meat grinder, or other deathtrap.

* The Despair Squid from ''Series/RedDwarf'' releases some sort of hallucinogen which causes anything exposed to it to fantasize a reality which ultimately [[DrivenToSuicide convinces them to end their lives]]. It even works on ''fish''.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': {{Implied|Trope}} in "Devil's Alphabet". On November 2, 1897, Andrew hung himself from a high ceiling in his house. However, there was no chair found in the room so it is a mystery how he reached the rafters. The implication is that he was assisted by the occult forces with which he and the other six members of the Devil's Alphabet Society had unwittingly entered a [[DutyThatTranscendsDeath bargain that transcends death]].

* Used in the episode "Plan B" of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''. Jenna is compelled by Katherine to kill herself but survives.

* ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'': Hill House/Olivia's ghost uses an illusion to make Nell think she's putting on a necklace, only for it to turn out to be a rope, resulting in her being hanged.

* ''Series/GenV'': Courtesy of [[spoiler:Cate Dunlap]]. The first victim slashes their throat. The second is made to eat an explosive device (YourHeadAsplode results during a livestream. And that's just Season 1.

* In ''Series/JessicaJones2015'', [[Creator/DavidTennant Kilgrave]] seems to love doing this to people. He makes multiple people off themselves in cruel ways, like slitting their own throats or impaling themselves through the face on garden shears, and uses it as a threat to control others such as Jessica.

-->''"Look at me! I'm a TOTAL idiot!"''

* In ''ComicBook/IronMan'', {{Technopath}}-assisted suicide occurs when ComicBook/{{Ultron}} takes control over the Church of Yinsen via the S.K.I.N. technology (liquid metal nanites coating their skin) and he makes one adherent shape her hand into a metal blade and impale herself on it.

* In the ''Film/{{Star Trek|2009}}'' follow-up comic ''Star Trek Ongoing'', Gary Mitchell kills his friend Lee Kelso by using telekinesis to have Kelso point his own phaser at his own temple and fire. It's not clear if the phaser is set to "stun" or "kill", but it doesn't matter at point-blank range. In the original timeline, Mitchell remotely chokes Kelso with some cables. It seems Kelso just can't catch a break in any timeline.

%% * In the ''Dallas'' arc of ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'', the Seance does this to [[spoiler: Hazel and Cha Cha]]. Later in the series, The Rumor does a similar thing to [[spoiler: President Kennedy, making the back of his head explode]].
%% ** "Look at me! I'm a TOTAL idiot!"

This is a type of MurderBySuicide. May turn into a MurderSuicide if the psychic forces them to take other people with them. See also CompellingVoice, the supertrope for "orders that cannot be refused", and DrivenToSuicide for people being driven to suicide through normal means. A [[DemonicPossession possession]] may lead to it directly or just by leaving a victim who [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness]] in a dangerous situation. Subtrope of StopHittingYourself. Compare PsychicGlimpseOfDeath, where someone is in another's mind at the moment of death simply as an observer.

'''Since this is a DeathTrope, beware of spoilers.'''

* In ''VideoGame/CryOfFear'', this is one of the methods the "Drowned" enemy type uses to attack you - if you come close enough to one of them with a loaded gun equipped, it will attempt to force you to shoot yourself.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/StarCraft Ghost: Nova'', where the gang leader obtains through a friend a psychic blocker to prevent Nova from doing exactly that. Unfortunately, he never reads the manual which prohibits the use of the device for more than 18 hours at a time, as it can lead to unbalanced psyche. TimeSkip a year, he ''hasn't taken it off since he put it on''. Now, he's completely off the reservation, shooting underlings for a tiny infraction, even ones he imagines. In the end, Nova does a variation of this by using her powers to make the gang leader's remaining lieutenant shoot him.

* ''Series/{{Braindead}}'': The bugs have Abby kill herself rather than be taken into custody by Anthony to get examined.

* In ''Manga/ChainsawMan'', the [[PrimalFear Falling Devil]]'s EstablishingCharacterMoment is inflicting this on an entire apartment complex, convincing all its inhabitants to jump to their deaths.

* Psycho Mantis of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' tries this, and succeeds if you don't knock Meryl out before she does it.

** Also in Part 4, Tamami Kobayashi's Stand is the Lock, an EmotionBomb that targets and amplifies a victim's sense of guilt. If a person's guilt grows too great under the Lock's influence, they ''will'' be driven to believe that suicide is the only option.

* Telepath Lyta Alexander of ''Series/BabylonFive'' forces a Drazi hitman to shoot himself after he tries to kill her. It shows her increasing power after she was TouchedByVorlons.
* In ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'', the Siren could control men with her CompellingVoice. Whenever she decided [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she didn't need them anymore]], she would usually tell them to jump into a lake or off a building. Fortunately, each time this happened, the victim was saved by Batman, Robin, or Batgirl.

*** It attempts to convince Willow to kill herself in "Conversations With Dead People" by pretending to be speaking for [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth Tara]] and declaring her wishes from heaven. Willow, knowing how gentle her girlfriend was in life, doesn't buy it.
*** In The First's EarlyBirdCameo in Season 3, it tries to mentally torture Angel with the intent that he'll either kill himself or turn into Angelus and try to kill Buffy. That ''does'' work, almost.
** And previously in "Once More, with Feeling", where the demon Sweet forces people to sing and [[InvoluntaryDance dance until they burst into flames]].
** An early episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' features a demon possessing a child [[WouldHurtAChild trying to get him to walk in front of a moving car.]] [[spoiler: Unfortunately, it turns out this was a regular suicide attempt- on the part of the demon, who was trapped and unable to do anything inside a psychopathic host.]]
* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'': Darklighters are shown to do this to potential Whitelighters. If they kill the potential, that just makes the potential become an actual Whitelighter, but if the potential kills herself, then the suicide taints the soul and makes it unfit to become a Whitelighter. The Darklighters mostly work by [[DrivenToSuicide making their victims' lives completely unbearable]], but there seems to be a CompellingVoice element to it as well.

* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}''. [[spoiler:Boyd is hit by a mind-wiping device and given a personality that obeys Echo's order to strap himself to explosives and blow up Rossum HQ.]] He always tries to be his best, you know.
* In ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'', Grodd threatens Joe with this in "Grodd Lives", forcing him to point his gun at himself before tossing it away using telekinesis. He almost succeeds later in "Attack on Central City" but Barry manages to stop him. [[spoiler: [=DeVoe=]]] forces several security guards to kill themselves as well later in season 4.
* ''Series/TheGifted'': It turns out that Esme not only has telepathy, she's also (combined with her sisters) capable of causing Turner's entire convoy to kill each other and also themselves.

* ''{{Series/Legion|2017}}'': When Charles Xavier is being choked to death by a Nazi soldier, he implants the telepathic command "Kill yourself" into his attacker's mind as a form of self-defense. The Nazi then lets go of Xavier's neck, picks up the latter's service pistol, and [[BoomHeadshot blows his brains out]].

** "The Inheritors". One of the men with the meteorite fragments in his head uses his psychic powers to force a man to almost take his own life as a warning.
** "The Special One". At the beginning of the episode, Mr. Zeno uses his mental powers to make a man jump out a window to his death. Near the end of the episode, he tries to do it to another man but is foiled by the man's son.

* A MonsterOfTheWeek sandman on ''Series/{{Special Unit 2}}'' once used the possession variety.
* The ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' pilot "The Cage" has the illusionist variation: the Talosian Keeper threatens to destroy the ''Enterprise'' unless Pike releases him, and Vina confirms that they are capable of doing so by using their [[MasterOfIllusion illusions]] to fool the crew into operating the wrong controls. (Fortunately, while he wasn't bluffing about his capability, the Keeper ''was'' bluffing about his willingness to carry out the threat.)
* ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'': In "Myriad", Non is able to brainwash the entire city except for Supergirl and a few others. To demonstrate his power, he forces James, Winn, and a third [=CatCo=] employee named Kelly to jump off a building. Supergirl is only able to save James and Winn, while Kelly dies. Non warns that he'll kill more unless Supergirl backs off.

** During the season 2 finale "All Hell Breaks Loose", the Winchesters, Ellen, and Bobby go up against Jake, the last of Azazel's psychics [[spoiler:besides Sam]]. Jake effectively holds Ellen hostage by using CompellingVoice powers to make her hold her gun to her own head.
** In the earlier episode "Simon Said", Dean was about to shoot himself in the head because of Webber's mind control until Andy shot Webber. Webber also made other people kill themselves.
** In the season ten episode "The Werther Project", a cursed box nearly convinces Sam he must empty his veins in order to destroy it. The box has also convinced multiple other people to kill themselves. Supernatural loves this trope.