History Main / SuicideDare

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Klaus breaks the fourth wall in one episode just to tell an acquaintance of his to kill himself while looking at the camera, with the justification that his life is so utterly mundane it's already been lived a million times before.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': After trying to comfort Meg, who's even more miserable than usual due to being rejected from a party being held ''in their house'', [[AbusiveParents Lois]] eventually gets tired of trying, hands her a Creator/SylviaPlath novel and a bottle of Ambien and tells her "whatever happens, happens".
** In another episode, Lois tells Meg that "just because a Facebook page has 10.000 likes doesn't mean you have to kill yourself."

** Another example: The Season 19 episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E9EternalMoonshineOfTheSimpsonMind "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind"]], where Homer can't remember what he did last day and he wrongly assumes that he hit Marge. He goes to a bridge to kill himself and Patty and Selma encourage him to do it, but when he goes to avert it, Patty and Selma push him off. [[spoiler: When Homer instead lands on a yacht that's holding a party for him, he assumes they did it for this purpose; [[SureLetsGoWithThat they go along with the assumption]], and they [[RefugeInAudacity offer him a rope and boulder for an "afterparty at the bottom of the ocean".]]]]
** In "The Boys Of Bummer", after Bart has suffered a complete mental breakdown from the constant bullying he's received from the whole town, he's dangling from a rope on the top of the town's water tower after spray-painting "I HATE BART SIMPSON" on the side and is babbling about he hates himself too. The town keeps ragging on him and [[BadCopIncompetentCop Chief Wiggum]] (a cop, with the sworn duty to prevent suicides, [[DirtyCop but also one of the people who have been bullying him throughout the episode]]) ''[[WouldHurtAChild tells him to jump]]''. Bart does, and miraculously only ends up being knocked into a coma.

* In a ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'' episode RippedFromTheHeadlines, a woman poses as the boyfriend of a pregnant teenage girl, and says all kinds of horrible things to her, leading to the girl's suicide. [[spoilerP: Although it later turned out the girl's boyfriend killed her and made it look like a suicide.]]

* The song "Backmask Warning!" by Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence has this as it's central theme, with the chorus encouraging the listener to go kill themselves, with the verses featuring all kinds of horrific imagery that presumably would also encourage suicide:

* In a ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'' episode RippedFromTheHeadlines, a woman poses as the boyfriend of a pregnant teenage girl, and says all kinds of horrible things to her, leading to the girl's suicide. [[spoiler: Although it later turned out the girl's boyfriend killed her and made it look like a suicide.]]

** In ''Videogames/Borderlands3'', Tyreen Calypso gives the player a sidequest to kill themselves in front of a camera in exchange for a Legendary Pistol. Doing so earns you the "Sellout", a fairly decent gun that comes with Tyreen constantly mocking you for being a "Gun slut".

** Made somewhat less dark by Borderlands' resurrection system. When he asks you to kill yourself, doing exactly that is a perfectly viable option - jump off a cliff and you *complete the quest*, resurrecting immediately with a compensation in money and xp points.

* In ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'', if you bully a student enough, the bully clique will graffiti their desk with these. [[KickTheDog Bully them even further]], and [[DrivenToSuicide they'll act on it]].

** In "The Boys Of Bummer", after Bart has suffered a complete mental breakdown from the constant bullying he's received from the whole town, he's dangling from a rope on the top of the town's water tower after spray-painting "I HATE BART SIMPSON" on the side and is babbling about he hates himself too. The town keeps ragging on him and Chief Wiggum (a cop, with the sworn duty to prevent suicides, [[DirtyCop but also one of the people who have been bullying him throughout the episode]]) ''[[WouldHurtAChild tells him to jump]]''. Bart does, and miraculously only ends up being knocked into a coma.

This is one of the worst insults you can dole out. It's ''[[DontTryThisAtHome dangerous]]'', especially if the target is already depressed or mentally ill. It's so offensive that [[DudeNotFunny saying it to someone as a joke is rare]], even among people that usually revel in VulgarHumor.

... And it says much more about the person saying it than the recipient, at that. It's often used as a bloodless MoralEventHorizon, at the least launching a character straight into {{Jerkass}} territory and making the audience seriously question his/her sense of empathy. Good guys almost never do it, unless they're a SociopathicHero in a SadistShow. A JustJokingJustification may be used if the offender's called out on it, [[DudeNotFunny but it usually falls flat]]. About the only way it can get a pass is if it's a case of ComedicSociopathy-- and even then, it puts a heavy emphasis on the [[TheSociopath sociopathy]].

If a character does this ''seriously'', with the intent of actually driving someone to it, the only time they can pull this off and retain a shred of sympathy is if [[PayEvilUntoEvil the target is a terrible person themselves.]]

LeaveBehindAPistol is similar, but done with different intent. Compare GoYeHeroesGoAndDie, which does this by accident (normally). See also WhyWontYouDie, which usually involves frustration that the listener wasn't killed by someone else, and OrderedToDie, where the commander expects to be obeyed. Contrast TalkingDownTheSuicidal. Compare and contrast SuicideForOthersHappiness, when a character believes other people would be better off with them out of the picture. Also compare and contrast MurderBySuicide, when the person actively tries to get their target to follow through on it.

TruthInTelevision, and often goes hand-in-hand with KidsAreCruel, TeensAreMonsters, {{Cyberbullying}}, and InternetJerk. In many jurisdictions, deliberately inciting someone into suicide is an extremely serious crime that carries penalties similar to manslaughter or even premeditated homicide. However, as this is a sensitive topic, [[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease we forbid real life examples from being listed here]].

* ''Film/{{Unfriended}}'': Blaire receives a pic from [[HauntedTechnology [=Billie227=]]] showing that [[spoiler:Laura tried to extend an olive branch towards Val through a text message when her bullying became intolerable. [[KickTheDog Val told her to "go kill yourself"]].]]

TruthInTelevision, and often goes hand-in-hand with KidsAreCruel, TeensAreMonsters, {{Cyberbullying}}, and InternetJerk. In many jurisdictions, deliberately inciting someone into suicide is an extremely serious crime that carries penalties similar to manslaughter or even premeditated homicide. That being said, as a sensitive topic, [[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease real life examples are not needed here]].

... And it says much more about the person saying it than the recipient, at that. It's often used as a bloodless MoralEventHorizon, at the least launching a character straight into {{Jerkass}} territory and making the audience seriously question his/her sense of empathy. Good guys almost never do it, unless they're a SociopathicHero in a SadistShow. A JustJokingJustification may be used if the offender's called out on it, [[DudeNotFunny but it usually falls flat, both with the other characters and the audience]]. About the only way it can get a pass is if it's a case of ComedicSociopathy-- and even then, it puts a heavy emphasis on the [[TheSociopath sociopathy]].

TruthInTelevision, and often goes hand-in-hand with KidsAreCruel, TeensAreMonsters, {{Cyberbullying}}, and InternetJerk. Worth noting: in many jurisdictions, deliberately inciting someone into suicide is an extremely serious crime that carries penalties similar to manslaughter or even premeditated homicide.

LeaveBehindAPistol is similar, but done with different intent. Compare GoYeHeroesGoAndDie, which does this by accident (normally). See also WhyWontYouDie, which usually involves frustration that the listener wasn't killed by someone else, and OrderedToDie, where the commander expects to be obeyed. Contrast TalkingDownTheSuicidal. Compare and contrast SuicideForOthersHappiness, when a character believes other people would be better off with them out of the picture.

* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Yara Greyjoy essentially says this to her brother Theon when he is suffering from PTSD at a brothel (which she dragged him to, despite knowing he was castrated). [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic While it was intended]] as an example of DeliberateValuesDissonance, as there is no such thing as psychology in Westeros, a lot of viewers took issue with the fact that Yara's treatment of Theons ''works'', implying that her actions were completely correct.

TruthInTelevision, and often goes hand-in-hand with KidsAreCruel, TeensAreMonsters, {{Cyberbullying}}, and InternetJerk. Worth noting: in many countries, deliberately inciting someone into suicide is an extremely serious crime that may even be treated the same as premeditated homicide.

TruthInTelevision, and often goes hand-in-hand with KidsAreCruel, TeensAreMonsters, {{Cyberbullying}}, and the [[ForumSpeak G.I.F.T]]. Worth noting: in many countries, deliberately inciting someone into suicide is an extremely serious crime that may even be treated the same as premeditated homicide.

* ''VideoGame/JimmyAndThePulsatingMass'': In the Blood Marsh, when Punch Tanaka laments his failures as a leader of the Petty Thugs and allowing himself to be pushed around by the Pulsating Mass, he contemplates jumping off the bridge to his death. [[spoiler:Jonathon Bear]] then comes and tells him to stop talking and jump to his death, with Tanaka immediately complying. [[spoiler:This serves as the final sign that Jonathon Bear is not a nice, friendly teddy bear he appears to be on the surface, which pushes Jimmy to push him into the furnace in the Whispering Valley.]]

* In the second episode of ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' Izaya Orihara talks a girl into committing suicide using what can only be described as reverse reverse psychology.
* ''Manga/{{Ajin}}'': Kei Nagai to Kou.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': In the very first chapter, Bakugo tells his former-childhood-friend-and-now-target-of-his-bullying Midoriya that, if [[UnSorcerer he doesn't have a Quirk like everybody else]], why doesn't he stop wasting everybody's time and just jump off the school's roof and see if he gets powers in a new life? That said, the author, Kohei Horikoshi, has stated in a interview that he considers this scene an OldShame, due to how it paints Bakugo as way more toxic than he intended.
* In ''Arigatou'', the patriarch of the manga's focus family invokes a ToughLove version of this. When his eldest daughter Shouko admits that she wants to die and stops going to school without ever saying why, he gives her a knife and tells her to slit her wrist if the pain she's feeling is that unbearable that she's lost the will to live. What he didn't expect is that she took his offer seriously, and cut her arm down to the arteries.

* D-list villain Whirlwind verbally demoralized Hank Pym to the point that Hank put a gun to his head in a once-controversial ''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers West Coast Avengers]]'' storyline. Only another superhero interrupting Hank prevented it from being a successful attempt.
* This is how the ''ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers'' defeated [[spoiler:Maelstrom]] in their miniseries: [[ResurrectiveImmortality Mr. Immortal]] convinces the villain that life isn't worth living, and even "goes first" to cap his argument, prompting said villain to blast their own head off.

* ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'': In one set of episodes, Rat takes a job as a late night radio show host, which means that he gets to listen to people call in to say that they were abducted by aliens and things like that. One such person calls from his truck to say that aliens took his brain. Rat responds by saying that since the aliens took his brain because he's a smart fellow, that they'll want the rest of his organs for military use and he must not let that happen. The caller panics and asks what should he do. Rat tells him to drive off a cliff. The caller does it, and lets out an [="AAAaaahhh=]" as he falls. One staff member points out the F.C.C. frowns on killing listeners and Rat says "Rules, rules, rules." This one is PlayedForLaughs.

* When Ruby [[CrashIntoHello bumps into Weiss]] at the start of ''Fanfic/LetUsBeYourPoison'', Weiss tells Ruby to kill herself and then goes on a rant that leaves Ruby teary-eyed.
* ''FanFic/SleeperHitAU'': Bakugou himself is the one who [[InternalReveal reveals to Kirishima and several other classmates]] that he told Midoriya to throw himself off a roof once. Everyone's horror at this is only heightened when he goes on to declare that while he didn't necessarily mean it ''at the time'', he's now thoroughly convinced that Midoriya ''should have'' taken his advice.
* ''[[Fanfic/OrDidItEatTheLittleGirl let's go out with a bang!]]'': When Kaede forces Miu and Kokichi to do a 'speak my truth' exercise in hopes of defusing their feud, [[TheGadfly Kokichi]] cheerfully tells Miu that she should jump right off the roof they're currently on. He then claims that he was [[JustJokingJustification just joking around]], though he's quick to add that he really ''does'' think that she's a horrible person.

* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': Potter's cruel, heartless remark to George – "You're worth more dead than alive" – virtually drives our hero to the brink of suicide.
* A rare case of someone trying to do this for the "victim's" own good occurs in ''Film/LeanOnMe''. When Joe Clark runs into Sams (who had been expelled for dealing crack), who pleads to be let back into school, Joe drags him up to the roof of his building, gives him a very harsh lecture on what could happen to him if he keeps using crack, and then dares him to jump off. Sams breaks down in tears and refuses, making a promise to clean up his act, prompting Clark to give him another chance.
* ''Film/DifferentFromTheOthers'': The letter Paul’s father writes to him essentially says that DeathIsTheOnlyOption. [[spoiler:In the end, Paul does kill himself.]]
* ''Film/KillerJoe'': Ansel tells this to Chris after it's revealed that the beneficiary for Chris's mom's life insurance isn't Dottie. Now they have a killer that they owe more money to ''and'' who is taking a liking to Dottie.

* In one book of the ''Literature/AsianSaga'', part of Robb Struan's backstory is being an alcoholic who terrified his wife and children and was frequently found in ditches. After nearly drinking himself to death during a particularly bad bout, his [[BigBrotherMentor older brother Dirk]] sat him in front of a mirror, gave him a gun, and [[ToughLove told him to either shoot himself or swear before God never to drink again]]. He takes the oath, and manages to keep to it.

* [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Captain Kirk]] defeats the M5 computer in the episode [[Recap/StarTrekS2E24TheUltimateComputer "The Ultimate Computer"]] this way, by means of a LogicBomb (this isn't seen as sociopathic because M5 is [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman a nonanthropomorphic AI]], plus it's already killed a bunch of people, including a RedShirt who tried to deactivate it).

* The Music/APerfectCircle song "The Outsider" was written from the perspective of someone who doesn't understand what suicidal people are going through and assumes they all just want attention, ending with:
-->''If you choose to pull the trigger\\
Should your drama prove sincere\\
Do it somewhere far away from here''
* Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence:
** Subverted with "Backmask". Though the chorus repeats "kill yourself" (and similar terms), the song itself is about subliminal messaging persuading people to suicide.
** Played straight with "You'll Rebel Against Anything". The lyrics tell people to drink poison or aspirins instead of venting so much.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} episode "Dethstars" when the director tries to direct Dethklok in their movie, Dethklok points out that that violates his contract, fires him, and encourages him to kill himself. He does. A tabloid even puts a picture of it on its front page.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': After trying to comfort Meg, who's even more miserable than usual due to being rejected from a party being held ''in their house'', [[AbusiveParents Lois]] eventually gets tired of trying, hands her a Creator/SylviaPlath novel and a bottle of Ambien and tells her "whatever happens, happens".
** In another episode, Lois tells Meg that "just because a Facebook page has 10.000 likes doesn't mean you have to kill yourself."
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Klaus breaks the fourth wall in one episode just to tell an acquaintance of his to kill himself while looking at the camera, with the justification that his life is so utterly mundane it's already been lived a million times before.
** Roger briefly implied Steve had to kill himself after unknowingly pleasuring himself with a nude painting of Hayley.
* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'': After Andrew is caught by his parents [[spoiler: sending a dick pic to his own cousin]], Maurice the Hormone Monster is genuinely surprised that Andrew is just planning to run away rather than commit suicide.

* ''Theatre/Oklahoma'' has a rare heroic example: Curly tries to do this to Jud in the song "Pore Jud is Daid," in which he sings about how much people would miss Jud if he hanged himself. It doesn't work, and Jud is legitimately a terrible person, but he hasn't done anything too awful yet at the point in the show where the song occurs.