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On its way to becoming a [[Forgotten Trope]], a Seen It All Suicide occurs when a cartoon character, having seen some outrageous sight, proclaims "Now I've seen everything!" and promptly [[Hammerspace|produces a pistol]] and shoots himself on the spot. The reason this might happen is because the character feels they have finally cracked and wish to end their lives before it gets worse. When these old cartoons are reaired nowadays, however, this joke is usually [[Bowdlerise|Bowdlerised]] out. Watch for it -- if a character proclaims that he's seen it all, expect him not to show up again.
In [[Real Life]], people sometimes say things like, [[Smite Me, O Mighty Smiter!|"I'm ready, Jesus,"]] if something momentous has just happened -- meant to indicate that they're ready to die, but without the rather jarring effect of pulling a weapon out of thin air and actually doing the job.
A subtrope of [[Suicide As Comedy]].
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For the more serious and dramatic situation when a character decides to die because they've seen and done everything and can't see anything in their future but crushing boredom, see [[Nothing Left to Do But Die]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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** Chuck Jones' ''Cheese Chasers'' uses an extended version of this trope and [[Nothing Left to Do But Die]]. Two mice discover that they have eaten every type of cheese there is and decide to commit suicide by cat. Their efforts cause the cat to go mad and try to commit its own suicide by letting a bulldog "massacre" him, driving the dog mad as well.
** In ''Tortoise Wins By a Hare'', Bugs has made himself a turtle costume so he can beat Cecil Turtle in a rematch race. A group of rabbit gamblers, having bet on Bugs, mistakes him for Cecil (aided by Cecil donning a rabbit costume) and delays him, allowing Cecil to win the race. When Bugs finally makes them realize that '''he''' is the rabbit, they all say "Eh, ''now'' he tells us!" and blow their brains out.
* Wolfie in Tex Avery's ''[[Red Hot Riding Hood]]'', which is never shown nowadays. Ironic when you consider the original planned ending where Wolfie and Grandma have a family was apparently too shocking (you know with [[Half
* ''[[Metalocalypse]]'' has something very similar to this. One episode deals with the group learning to be stand-up comedians from a strange old sea captain. After they put on a good performance, he says "Well, can't teach them no more," pulls out a gun, and blows his brains out. [[Animation Age Ghetto|Despite being an animated series]], this is decidedly ''not'' cartoonish.
* Cartman from [[South Park (Animation)|South Park]] makes an attempt [[Take That|after watching]] [[High School Musical]].
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