History TooDumbToLive / VideoGames

** A tragic example occurs in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', as Dimitri in the Golden Deer route is so blinded by his RoaringRampageOfRevenge that he labels the Alliance as enemies just for "being in his way" and sends his forces to attack his former friends [[WeAreStrugglingTogether despite them trying to accomplish the exact same thing]]. After his forces are predictably slaughtered in the two-front battle ''he'' started, he's [[DroppedABridgeOnHim unceremoniously]] KilledOffscreen after [[LeeroyJenkins trying to charge at Edelgard and what's left of her army (which is more than what's left of his)]] ''[[LeeroyJenkins all by himself]]''z

* ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'':

** ''Uninvited'', from the same creators, also has some deaths that showcase the character's stupidity. For example, the game warns you not to go underneath the small hole in the church. You can ignore the game's multiple warnings not to go in and [[spoiler:get mauled by a giant poisonous spider in the process]].

** Lindsay in ''VideoGame/DeadRising''. Could have avoided the plot if she hadn't opened the mall's front door, which ''a horde of zombies is clawing at right now'', in order to let her precious little poochy in. The dog is clearly ''also a zombie''. (The [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]] are a [[JustForPun dead]] giveaway.) The dev team clearly knew what people would think of her, though, and in the bonus Infinity Mode, where food-hoarding survivors are trying to kill you just as hard as the zombies, she dies as soon as you see her.

* ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours'' averts this sometimes. The last two guys in a gang of fifty will wise up and run away... or sometimes come back. Yes, Tony Montana just shot dozens of your friends dead with a [[MoreDakka LMG]]. You, with your pistol, will succeed.

* After you shoot down one of the [[Anime/CrossAnge Arzenal]] pilots that [[FaceHeelTurn turned to Embryo]] in the endgame of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'', the latter leaves her to die and flat out admits in front of everyone that he considers her nothing more than a disposable tool. The other pilot ''keeps fighting for him anyway'' and meets the exact same end.

--->'''Merasmus:''' You. Are. GODS! [[BlatantLies I... meant to do that.]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough It will go badly for you. You watch.]]

** Selvaria's death is framed as being a sad testament to her unrequited love for a man sending her to her demise... except the only people capable of stopping her were gone. She could have just wiped out everyone in Ghirlandaio the normal way and gone home, or, better yet, anywhere else; by that point, she could have defected and Squad 7 would have taken her in without question (mainly because [[AMillionIsAStatistic nobody gives a shit about all the people she killed]] [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality once Alicia becomes a Valkyria herself]]. She even ''waits'' for Squad 7 to get far enough away for them to escape her Final Flame, thus completely negating the worth of her sacrifice.

** During the Witcher Contract to hunt down the noonwraith known as The White Lady, you're told of a band of drunkards who try to get rid of the ghost by fucking it. Their attempt went about as well as you'd expect, and you come across their torn-apart corpses during your hunt.

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', Moebius O and P prove to be a case of NotSoHarmlessVillain by contributing to the death of two of the heroes' allies before even starting a fight. Unfortunately, this results in the party being too pissed off to be scared of them once they reveal their monstrous [[FusionDance Interlink]] form, so in trying to get the upper hand O and P decide to ignore the Interlink overheat warning in favor of continuing to fight. Turns out, doing that long enough triggers an Annihilation event on top of you.

** The street trash in the games seem to be this in general, since it doesn't seem to matter how many of them get utterly and painfully thrashed by Kiryu, Majima, Akiyama et al, if they see you, they charge straight at you for a fight. You'd think that after the fifth guy got a bicycle smashed over his head, they'd take the hint...

* Inverted in ''VideoGame/HiFiRush'' - [[TheProtagonist Chai]] is ''too dumb to die''. Despite getting a lot of AmusingInjuries, he survives everything, including being shot from a cannon into the top of the skyscrapper (as a part of his own plan), pretty much unscathed.

** Military dwarves will not run away from a monster they're chasing if restationed somewhere else or told to kill something else. In the case of titans or megabeasts, this results in Fun.

*** The Assassins themselves are actually Too Dumb to Live as well, though more in a "SkewedPriorities of [[ArtificialStupidity enemy AI]]" kind of way. [[EasyLevelTrick The easiest way to beat the Riovanes Roof battle]] is to unequip one of your characters, lowering their HP. Rather than go for the [[InstantWinCondition instant win]] in Rafa, they will try to kill your naked character, leaving you ample time to win the battle.[[note]]Then again, in-universe, [[FridgeBrilliance they would probably still have to deal with your party after killing Rafa]], either as [[UnstoppableRage justifiably-enraged]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge enemy combatants]] or as [[LeaveNoWitnesses witnesses to their crime]], so it does make a certain amount of sense for them to divert their attention.[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'': Xor, a washed-up, PsychoForHire mercenary with a [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty predilection]] for female Cathar. How stupid do you gotta be to walk up to a human and a Cathar who are packing lightsabers in an era where they are either Jedi who ''can'' kick your ass if provoked, Sith who don't even bother waiting for provocation, or someone who has killed either and taken their lightsabers who can ''definitely'' kick your ass, and offer to ''buy'' the Cathar woman who is packing a lightsaber? And despite being fortunate enough to get away with head, limbs, and other appendages attached, how stupid do you gotta be to come ''back'' to their ship with a couple of your low-rent mercenary buddies and try BullyingTheDragon against two Force wielders and whichever heavily-armed companion they take off the ship at that point?

** Perhaps biggest example of all is Whitney, the WLF soldier girl with the PS Vita. Plugging in your earpods and getting immersed in a game is just an obviously bad idea in a ZombieApocalypse. It allows Ellie to sneak up and give her an ImpromptuTracheotomy, and even Ellie comments that it was a pretty stupid way to die.

** The spin-off ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfLomax'' also qualifies: defeated enemies turn into normal lemmings. It can be heartwarming to see them happily run away and then float away on their umbrellas... until you reach the levels with water and then see them merrily jump into water and drown immediately after rescuing.

** ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' continues the trend with a Callback to the first game. In the intro after Nick has reunited with Rhonda, one {{hysterical woman}} wants to leave the diner they're holed up in once it gets swarmed by zombies, and she does so by running ''right out the front door straight into the waiting horde'', despite there being a back door.

*** The Assassins themselves are actually Too Dumb to Live as well, though more in a "SkewedPriorities of [[ArtificalStupidity enemy AI]]" kind of way. [[EasyLevelTrick The easiest way to beat the Riovanes Roof battle]] is to unequip one of your characters, lowering their HP. Rather than go for the [[InstantWinCondition instant win]] in Rafa, they will try to kill your naked character, leaving you ample time to win the battle.[[note]]Then again, in-universe, [[FridgeBrilliance they would probably still have to deal with your party after killing Rafa]], either as [[UnstoppableRage justifiably-enraged]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge enemy combatants]] or as [[LeaveNoWitnesses witnesses to their crime]], so it does make a certain amount of sense for them to divert their attention.[[/note]]

*** The Assassins themselves are actually Too Dumb to Live as well, though more in a "SkewedPriorities of [[ArtificalIntelligence enemy AI]]" kind of way. [[EasyLevelTrick The easiest way to beat the Riovanes Roof battle]] is to unequip one of your characters, lowering their HP. Rather than go for the [[InstantWinCondition instant win]] in Rafa, they will try to kill your naked character, leaving you ample time to win the battle.[[note]]Then again, in-universe, [[FridgeBrilliance they would probably still have to deal with your party after killing Rafa]], either as [[UnstoppableRage justifiably-enraged]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge enemy combatants]] or as [[LeaveNoWitnesses witnesses to their crime]], so it does make a certain amount of sense for them to divert their attention.[[/note]]

** ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' has Jeremy Fitzgerald, who also keeps coming back, despite him having to deal with ''even more'' animatronics than Mike. Though he at least doesn't come in on Night 7... where Fritz Smith takes his place, and he can change the animatronics' threat level up to its maximum if he so desires (he even gets fired after one night, dumbfounding even the management). This also makes Jeremy look dumber, seeing how he never once got the idea to do that.

** ''VideoGame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator'' eventually reveals that all the protagonists were the same guy, William Afton's son, Michael Afton, who was trying to destroy his father after William's machinations led to Michael dying and coming back as something... less than human, thus explaining the "stupidity".

** Almost all of the shopkeepers and racket bosses may qualify -- if you push them too far, they will fight back, despite your proving to them that you won't flinch from beating the crap out of them or shooting them or others. It's almost as if they know they're indispensable and that [[VideogameCrueltyPunishment you'll be worse off for killing them]].

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok:'' Kratos is a [[ImmortalBreaker god-killer]], has [[PersonofMassDestruction single-handedly wiped out an entire pantheon]] and is clearly unaffected by Heimdall's [[CombatClairvoyance Combat Clairvoyance]]. When Kratos tries to show mercy, how does Heimdall respond? By repeatedly threatening to [[BerserkButton murder Kratos's son]]. Suffice it to say, [[AssholeVictim no one holds it against Kratos when he finishes Heimdall off]].

C. Strategically dive into its path, making sure your head lines up perfectly with the front tire. "Ha! This close call should teach you a lesson about driving [[KilledMidSentence reckle--]]"

::: : A possible rationale for this behaviour comes from one of the game's fake radio ads, for a legal firm that will "even teach you how to throw yourself in front of a bus and pretend to be injured" with the intention of then suing the driver. Unfortunately, the player character tends to be the guy who 1) doesn't give a shit about lawsuits, and 2) is often driving fast enough that the hapless civilians in his path don't have to "pretend" to be injured... or dead.

* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'': PlayedForLaughs. The EarlyAccess version of the game lacked a true ending, so when Zagreus escapes the Underworld and reaches the surface, there has to be some excuse for why he returns to the Underworld for another run. So the Narrator provides stupid ways to die, such as trying to befriend snakes, bears, and mountain goats, hitting himself in the head with a rake, and running into a wall painted to look like an open door.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': Sure, charge headfirst into that angry Hunter who'll kill you with one swipe of its shield, or drive your Warthog straight into the enemy kill box; no wonder the friendly AI have such a bad reputation.
* In ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'', Lorenzo witnesses Fiona escape and kill not one but '''three''' crazed murderers bent on torturing her. She did this without weapons or prior knowledge of any kind, even though one of those murderers could turn invisible at will, and another was a giant of a man who could snap her limbs like twigs. So ''obviously'', the only logical course of action is for Lorenzo to [[JustBetweenYouAndMe declare]], ''in front of Fiona herself'', that he ''also'' wants to kill her. Right before trying to attack her. This does not end well for him.

** Jason, the 10-year-old kid who acts about 3. Despite repeated admonitions from his father to "stay here", and having already wandered off once, Jason wanders off in the middle of a crowded shopping center, gets outside, and somehow crosses the street. When his father gets outside, Jason darts into traffic, prompting Ethan to dive after him... and Jason dies, despite ''not'' being directly struck by the car.
** In the past, John Sheppard dies playing hide and seek on a construction site, having gotten his foot stuck in an exposed, flooding water main and drowned. It didn't suddenly flood, because it's been raining all day, and he didn't ''fall'' in, because he would have been washed down the pipe and never seen again, so how did he end up in the pipe to begin with? ''He climbed down into it to hide.'' He also managed to drown with his face still above water, somehow, and apparently it never occurred to him to try to take his shoe off.
** Madison, oh God, Madison. It's optional in that the player can take the hint that the doctor she's investigating is ObviouslyEvil and get the hell out of there, but the game seems to assume that Madison takes the obligatory torture porn route. This involves accepting an alcoholic drink, in the middle of the day, from a strange man who just agreed to give her prescription sedatives and who associates with violent criminals.

* ''VideoGame/HectorBadgeOfCarnage'' has many of the inhabitants of the town of Clapper's Wreake qualify, but the town's police force qualifies almost to a man. By the time Hector takes over the hostage negotiations, they have lost 37 hostage negotiators. They just keep sending them forward and the Terrorist keeps shooting them in the head with a sniper rifle.

* In ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis'', the BigBad Nazi scientist has found a machine that is supposed to turn anyone it's used on into a god, but instead just kills everyone it's used on. When he finishes running all his soldiers through the machine and killing them, he decides to test a new setting of it on ''the heroes who've been trying to stop him''. When Indy points out that, if the experiment succeeds, the scientist will be facing an enraged god, the scientist turns the machine on ''himself'' instead. And is killed.
* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' has a sequence where you can help the target of a bounty escape the city. To do so, you have to talk to the city guards while he leaves, telling them he's left the city. Only, instead of simply walking out like a normal traveler, he takes the opportunity to practice walking in a fashion obviously designed to call attention to himself. Then he goes back and does it again. It's like the game's begging you to tell the guard, "You know what, I guess he hasn't left yet. See that idiot? That's him."

* In ''VideoGame/ArcTheLad'' General Yagun's dialogue includes flat-out accusing your party of either "...having guts or [being] too damned stupid to live." about a quarter of the way down this page of the walkthrough https://lparchive.org/Arc-the-Lad/Update%203/

** The AI in general, across all games in the series, is ''unbelievably'' awful, and AI soldiers constantly do stupid things that get either themselves or the player killed. Whether it's their terrible driving skills, rushing straight towards enemies that are firing at them, or blowing up vehicles with rocket launchers when a player is trying to repair, steal, or destroy it with explosives, the AI of ''ARMA'''s soldiers never ceases to amaze and annoy.

*** Vaughn, the antagonist of the City Elf starter area, decides to kidnap a bunch of elven women from a wedding so he and his lads can have a "party". Somehow the player character walking into his room, literally coated in the blood of the people he paid to protect him, only convinces him to offer a bribe so s/he will go away and he can continue his planned rapes. And this is someone who has been smacked, bottled, or otherwise beaten in pretty much every scene he's in. Made perhaps more idiotic by the fact that his initial argument for why he shouldn't be gutted is fairly reasonable-if-gray (that he's the son of the Arl and his death will lead to the whole elven ghetto being leveled in retaliation). His "solution" being to make the player complicit in his crimes rather than cutting his losses for the day pretty much seals his fate.

*** Lampshaded by the NPC Sergeant Kylon: "And people actually voluntarily attack you? Are they ''stupid''?" It's also lampshaded in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' by Sergeant Joanna during the quest "The Conspirators": "But this is the Hero of Ferelden. Same one that defeated Loghain, an Archdemon, the Mother, and no doubt more. Who do you think will win?"

*** For that matter, any enemy of a Fereldan Warden Commander in ''Awakening''. Some of them can be excused by not knowing exactly whom they're facing, but it's [[AvertedTrope averted]] in one case, where revealing that you're [[TheDreaded The Commander of the Grey]] causes your enemies to ''panic''. Most of the mooks run away, and one [[DrivenToSuicide actually jumps off a cliff]] rather than face you.
*** Ser Rylock manages a staggeringly impressive display in Anders's personal quest. She sets a trap for Anders and the Warden-Commander in the room ''after'' some high-quality mage robes and lyrium potions, using a force of only three Templars with no mage support, to attack four people, one of whom is not only the Hero of Ferelden and a stone-cold dragon-killing badass but may well be the Prince-Consort or Queen of Ferelden (and if not, there's a significant chance they're a hero of the dwarven people). It's especially hilarious since Anders is outside her jurisdiction by this point ''anyway'' by virtue of being a Grey Warden, meaning that she's trying to cause an international incident or piss off the King/Queen of Ferelden by attacking someone who chews up small armies and spits them out in the name of recapturing someone she can't legally hold.

*** Zevran Arainai mentions that he fails to understand why people ''insists'' in attacking both Hawke and the Warden.

* The titular character of ''VideoGame/DrakeOfThe99Dragons'', upon realizing he now had superpowers, declared himself invincible and jumped off the roof of a skyscraper. He spent the next few minutes in the afterlife being chewed out by the beings who blessed him.

** "Being [[IncendiaryExponent on fire]] sure makes you thirsty! I feel like a good beer." A dwarf that goes to get a beer will find himself in your booze stockpile, which, more often than not, will be full of wooden barrels full of things [[MadeOfExplodium vastly more potent than beer]]...

*** One Daedric quest involves you going along with someone to kill a giant. The person you're accompanying is a SmallNameBigEgo guy, who is hailed as brave and strong in his village for his previous fights against enemies. [[MilesGloriosus In reality]], he's a DirtyCoward and tells ''you'' to go kill the giant... and after you do, he tries to kill you. Someone who just killed the ''giant he was afraid to fight'', and probably did it relatively easily. And if you refuse to kill the giant for him, he [[LeeroyJenkins charges it brainlessly and promptly gets killed for his trouble]].

** Enclave officers as a whole tend to be Too Dumb To Live. Other factions tend to realize that their field commanders need to not be easy to kill; NCR officers and Rangers take to the field wearing good armor and armed with the best guns available, Brotherhood of Steel Paladins practically never go anywhere without PoweredArmor and energy rifles or heavy weaponry, Legion Centurion armor may ''look'' ramshackle but it's deceptively high-quality and is usually paired with a good weapon like an Anti-Materiel Rifle or a Brush Gun, and even raiders tend to have their best weapons and armor worn by their leaders. However, even though the Enclave has more PoweredArmor and energy rifles than it knows what to do with (it being hinted that the Enclave is one of the few factions with a functioning manufacturing base), most Enclave officers wear an unarmored uniform that couldn't stop a particularly determined BB and only carry an energy pistol that was designed for use as a backup weapon.

*** Caesar comes close to this. When you leave the Lucky 38, you get an audience with him and full forgiveness for crimes against the Legion, even if you've been using Legionaries for target practice. When you meet with him, he asks you to destroy a Securitron army in a bunker underneath the Fort. He has confiscated your Platinum Chip, which is the only way to enter the bunker, but gives it back and sends you in there fully armed and unsupervised. If you activate the army for your or Mr. House's use, Caesar will assume that you destroyed it nonetheless. This might just be bad programming, but after destroying/activating the Securitron army, you can kill the guards in the weather station and return to the Fort fully armed.

*** Bruce Isaac had to flee New Reno because he robbed a mob boss and had sex with said mob boss's daughter. Both were...not smart moves.

*** During the Pre-War rush segment, you encounter a neighbor who is preoccupied in packing up his luggage instead of running directly to the Vault, despite the fact that the bombs will fall any second.

*** The Assassins themselves are actually Too Dumb to Live as well. The easiest way to beat the Riovanes Roof battle is to unequip one of your characters, lowering their HP. Rather than go for the instant win in Rafa, they will try to kill your naked character, leaving you ample time to win the battle.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': Teledji Adeledji, one of the antagonists leading up to the Heavensward expansion. Having just broken the news of the Sultana's (supposed) assassination to Raubahn (her best friend and general of her armies, no less), he all but rubs it in Raubahn's face, gloating that the Sultana's death is quite beneficial to him and his machinations. It hardly needs saying that a barely-three-foot-high unarmed SmugSnake doing this to a seven foot tall ''killing machine'' is a bad idea -- and Teledji learns this quite quickly when Raubahn, in a blind rage, cuts him completely in half, only allowing him one moment of pure terror before he dies. Lolorito nearly joins him when he picks up where Teledji left off, the only thing saving him is Illberd stepping in and cutting off Raubahn's arm.

** A tragic example occurs in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', as Dimitri in the Golden Deer route is so blinded by his RoaringRampageOfRevenge that he labels the Alliance as enemies just for "being in his way" and sends his forces to attack his former friends [[WeAreStrugglingTogether despite them trying to accomplish the exact same thing]]. After his forces are predictably slaughtered in the two-front battle ''he'' started, he's [[DroppedABridgeOnHim unceremoniously]] KilledOffscreen after trying to LeeroyJenkins Edelgard.

*** Morion, King of Brodia, is engaged [[note]] no pun intended [[/note]] in a war with Elusia, when the king demands to fight Morion personally. Diamant thinks that there's something fishy about all of this, so he advises his father to stay put and let him and Alear handle this. Morion ignores his son's warnings, LeeroyJenkins into battle by himself with little protection in Chapter 9, and, predictably, Hyacinth doesn't hesitate to use the opportunity to kill Morion then and there.

* Inverted in [[VideoGame/HiFiRush]] - [[TheProtaginist Chai]] is ''too dumb to die''. Despite getting a lot of AmusingInjuries, he survives everything, including being shot from a cannon into the top of the skyscrapper (as a part of his own plan), pretty much unscathed.

** Enclave officers as a whole tend to be Too Dumb To Live. Other factions tend to realize that their field commanders need to not be easy to kill; NCR officers and Rangers take to the field wearing good armor and armed with the best guns available, Brotherhood of Steel Paladins practically never go anywhere without PoweredArmor and high-quality energy weapons or miniguns, Legion Centurion armor may ''look'' ramshackle but it's deceptively high-quality and is usually paired with a good weapon like an Anti-Materiel Rifle or a Brush Gun, and even raiders tend to have their best weapons and armor worn by their leaders. However, even though the Enclave has more PoweredArmor and energy rifles than it knows what to do with (it being hinted that the Enclave is one of the few factions with a functioning manufacturing base), most Enclave officers wear an unarmored uniform that couldn't stop a particularly determined BB and only carry an energy pistol that was designed for use as a backup weapon.

** In Ochette's Chapter 1, some human villagers try to pressure the Beastlings into giving them more land. While most of them try to do so diplomatically (if a little aggressively), one particularly salty villager decides that it's a great idea to sicc a knife on them ''in front of Juvah the white lion''. Needless to say, if Ochette hadn't driven the villagers off in time, the one with a knife would have been mauled by Juvah.

** Three antagonists from [[AntiHero Primrose Azelhart]]'s route qualify for suicidal stupidity.

** In Ochette's Chapter 1, some human villagers try to threaten the Beastlings into giving them more land ''in front of Juvah the white lion''. Needless to say, if Ochette hadn't driven them off in time, they would have been mauled by Juvah.

-->'''Liara''': As escape attempts go, I've seen better.

*** Estormo is even more arrogant and foolish than your average [[ANaziByAnyOtherNAme Thalmor]]: provoking the Dragonborn after they have just killed a powerful Dragon Priest is a horrible idea. Provoking the Dragonborn after they just got a staff that [[ManaDrain drains magicka]] when you're a [[SquishyWizard squishy Altmer mage]] who is both dependent on ''and'' especially vulnerable to magic is an even worse idea.

*** Mogrul, a LoanShark slash EvilDebtCollector in the Dragonborn DLC certainly qualifies. After you help one of his clients get a job with the local MadScientist wizard, Mogrul will approach you and tell you that since the man is now untouchable due to working for said wizard, his steep debt (of 1000 gold) is now your responsibility, and he'll keep sending thugs after you until you pony up. Never mind the fact that not only are you [[OneManArmy a legendary hero who regularly beats dragons to a pulp]], but also saved the whole island from certain doom at the hands of another guy who does just that, you're also well-regarded by the higher-ups in the city for saving them from an assassination plot, AND you're in good with the aforementioned wizard considering you helped him find a new employee... The game even straight up lets you tell him, [[KillTheCreditor "Or I could just kill you now."]] That being said, he's at least smart enough to not provoke you and stay in public areas with a bodyguard, meaning that you have to get creative if you want to take him out without being charged for murder.

*** Ahzrukhal, bar owner and drug dealer, holds the contract for Charon, a brainwashed ghoul sniper who's brainwashed to be obedient to the owner of his contract. Ahzrukhal knows that Charon would like very much to kill him, and the only thing keeping him safe is the contract. Ahzrukhal will still sell the contract to the Lone Wanderer for 2000 caps (less with a high Barter skill) or the death of his most troublesome competitor. Once Charon no longer has to obey Ahzrukhal, he does exactly what anyone with two functioning brain cells would expect him to do to Ahzrukhal. Maybe Ahzrukhal thought that the Lone Wanderer would stop Charon from killing him, but if the Lone Wanderer has a reputation for being good, they probably don't think someone tike Ahzrukhal deserves to live, and if they have a reputation for being evil, they probably wouldn't think twice about letting Charon kill him once they have what they want from him.

%%** Skie Silvershield, especially when it comes to her FetishizedAbuser Eldoth. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)

Simply put: TooDumbToLive stupidity that occurs from characters in the game, whether it's ArtificialStupidity, scripted, or otherwise. For '''player''' instances of potential stupidity, see YetAnotherStupidDeath.

* In many games, perhaps too many to name, AI characters have the tendency to fire small arms at large, heavily armored vehicles. Word of advice, unless you're in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', your peashooter pistol is not gonna hurt that M1 Abrams barreling down the street.

** [[LoonyFan Conrad Verner]] deserves honorable mention. He's Shepard (the protagonit)'s biggest fan and asks you to make him a fellow [[EliteAgentsAboveTheLaw Spectre]] despite having no combat experience. If Shepard blows him off, he picks a fight with a street gang and gets himself killed. If he survives, you can meet him again in ''Mass Effect 2'' where he harasses a barkeeper over alleged [[FantasticDrug red sand]] sales (which are actually legal on the planet they're on). If Shepard blows him off this time, he tries to arrest a gang on top of a flying bus... [[DeathAsComedy only to fall off, get hit by several cars, and fall into a turbine]]. Subverted in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' (if he lives), because after forming a charity foundation and helping out Shepard, he will [[HeroicSacrifice take a bullet for Shepard]] unless you completed a certain quest all the way back in the first game.

*** On Feros, the CorruptCorporateExecutive in charge of the colony fed people to a mind-controlling {{Starfish Alien|s}} as a science experiment. When you go to bring him in, assuming you can't talk him down, he pulls a gun on you. [[BullyingADragon Being Alliance military and a Spectre, you're a much faster draw.]]

*** Admiral Rael'Zorah and his entire research team. They were experimenting on geth (robot) parts to design better weapons against them. What did they do? They deliberately allowed every geth to be part of a network even though they knew that geth grow more intelligent when more of them are linked together. They had absolutely no low-tech way of handling the threat of the geth taking over, such as a simple bomb. When their computer network was slow, they deliberately ''took down the firewalls to speed it up'' while the geth were fully networked. And they did all this on a ship ''with weapons''. If not for the very fortunate actions of one of the researchers, far more people than just those on the ship would've probably been killed.
** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'': Maya Brooks in the ''Citadel'' DLC. After getting unmasked as a BigBadFriend, she's arrested and handcuffed. She only has a little time before the authorities arrive, so she decides to give Shepard a YouWouldntShootMe speech while picking her cuffs, then run for it. However, she neglected to notice the half-dozen others present, who are all also armed, and all also hate her. Even if Shepard doesn't shoot her, she makes it about ten steps before someone else does.

* Ships in the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' piloted by {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs or PlayerMooks will ''always'' take the most direct route to their destination. Even if that route goes straight through a [[AIIsACrapshoot Xenon]] sector and they are not equipped with a jumpdrive to hop over it with.

Simply put: [[TooDumbToLive stupidity that occurs from characters in the game]], whether it's ArtificialStupidity, scripted or otherwise. For '''player''' instances of potential stupidity, see YetAnotherStupidDeath.

** [[LoonyFan Conrad Verner]] deserves honorable mention. He's Shepard's biggest fan and in the first game tries to become a Spectre. If Shepard blows him off, he picks a fight with a gang of turians and gets himself killed. If he survives, you can meet him again in ''Mass Effect 2'' where he harasses a barkeeper over alleged [[FantasticDrug red sand]] sales (which are actually legal on the planet they're on). If Shepard blows him off again, he tries to arrest a gang on top of a bus... [[DeathAsComedy only to fall off, get hit by several cars, and fall into a turbine]]. Subverted in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' (if he lives), because after forming a charity foundation and helping out Shepard, he will [[HeroicSacrifice take a bullet for Shepard]] unless you completed a certain quest all the way back in the first game.

*** On Feros, the CorruptCorporateExecutive in charge of the colony fed colonists to a mind-controlling {{Starfish Alien|s}} as a science experiment. When you go to bring him in, assuming you can't talk him down, he pulls a gun on you. [[BullyingADragon Being Alliance military and a Spectre, you're a much faster draw.]]
*** Lampshaded when [[DeadpanSnarker Wrex]] uses this as justification for fighting Krogan on Saren's side.

*** There's Warden Kuril, who was supposed to give Shepard a prisoner he was holding, but instead decides to capture Shepard and hold him/her for ransom or sell him/her on the black market as a slave. Yes, he tries to take the galaxy's biggest badass prisoner. Without even taking away their guns. Needless to say, it does not [[KarmicDeath end well for him]]. And Shepard still gets the prisoner s/he wants. The icing on the cake is Kuril boasting that the facility can easily handle three armed guests... he was wrong, of course, and things get worse when Shepard lets Jack out. The only time he isn't this is when you see the precautions for keeping Jack imprisoned; she's shackled in cold storage and guarded by a trio of powerful MechaMooks. But that still wasn't enough!
*** Admiral Rael'Zorah and his entire research team. They were experimenting on geth parts to design better weapons against them. What did they do? They deliberately allowed every geth to be part of a network even though they knew that geth grow far more intelligent when more of them are networked together. They had absolutely no low-tech way of handling the threat of the geth taking over, such as a simple bomb. When their computer network was slow, they deliberately ''took down the firewalls to speed it up'' while the geth were fully networked. And they did all this on a ship ''with weapons''. If not for the very fortunate actions of one of the researchers, far more quarians than just the ones on the ship would've probably been killed.
** One particularly stupid crook in ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' took a loan out from Sloan Kelley's Outcasts, and seemed surprised when the vicious crooks demanded he ''pay them back''. That alone would be plenty stupid, but he flees into the Kadara wastelands, where the unfiltered water is full of sulphur (which is why Kelley gave up settling it). After a few days, this idiot decides maybe everyone was just making this up, and takes a drink. Pathfinder Ryder eventually finds a recording of this decision, right next to the guy's corpse.

** Two antagonists from [[AntiHero Primrose Azelhart]]'s route qualify for suicidal stupidity.

** In Ochette's chapter 1, some human villagers tries to threaten the Beastlings into giving them lands, ''in front of Juvah the white lion''. Needless to say, if Ochette doesn't stop them in time, they would get mauled by Juvah.

** [[spoiler:Abigail Hoscut Williams]] goes up on deck to try and find her husband, ''while the ship is under attack by a kraken''.

*** [[TheDragon Albus]], the Right Hand of the Crow, as one of the three men who murdered Primrose's father, thus kickstarting her [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge quest for vengeance]], had already caused more than enough pain by the time she confronts him accompanied by Revello Forsythe, [[BrokenPedestal who is disgusted that a man he believed to be just and honourable had betrayed Geoffrey Azelhart]] for [[EvilIsPetty petty]] EvilPaysBetter purposes. For his treachery and murdering Geoffrey, Albus would have had to fight Primrose to the death either way, but he decides it's a good idea to [[SpeakIllOfTheDead insult her deceased father]] [[MockingTheMourner to her face]], claiming that he was a fool for remaining adamant to his faith and dying in the name of his convictions. Sure Albus, WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong Result: [[KarmicDeath He dies painfully]].

Simply put: stupidity that occurs from characters in the game, whether it's ArtificialStupidity, scripted or otherwise. For '''player''' instances of potential stupidity, see YetAnotherStupidDeath.