Erotic Asphyxiation: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Sex Addiction Therapist:''' Most likely, you'll end up going the way of David Carradine and Michael Hutchence: Autoerotic Asphyxiation.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Sex Addiction Therapist:''' Most likely, you'll end up going the way of David Carradine and Michael Hutchence: Autoerotic Asphyxiation.

'''Kenny:''' Autoerotic asphyxiation? What's that?~~ ~~

'''Kenny:''' Autoerotic asphyxiation? What's that?

'''Therapist:''' I don't want to go into too much detail but -- you choke yourself with a belt around your neck while masturbating dressed up like Batman or something then you pass out from lack of air and apparently it makes your orgasm super awesome.~~ ~~

'''Therapist:''' I don't want to go into too much detail but -- you choke yourself with a belt around your neck while masturbating dressed up like Batman or something then you pass out from lack of air and apparently it makes your orgasm super awesome.

'''Butters:''' Oh no! [[Completely Missing the Point|I don't wanna have to buy a Batman costume]]!|''[[South Park]]''}}

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* ''[[Six Feet Under]]'' had an opener death like this.

* On ''[[The X-Files]]'', Clyde Bruckman (who can see how anyone will die) implies that Mulder will die this way.

{{quote| '''Bruckman''': You know, there are worse ways to go, but I can't think of a more undignified way than autoerotic asphyxiation.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Bruckman''': You know, there are worse ways to go, but I can't think of a more undignified way than autoerotic asphyxiation.

'''Mulder''': Why are you telling ''me'' that?~~ ~~

'''Mulder''': Why are you telling ''me'' that?

'''Bruckman:''' ''[shrugs]'' Look, forget I mentioned it. It's none of my business. }}

* ''[[Law and Order]]'':

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** On another occasion, Jeremy gets so dangerously bored sitting around the house doing nothing that he threatens to try "that thing Michael Hutchence did".

** At one point much later in the series, we get this quote from Mark:

{{quote| ''If he hangs himself over this, I can stick an orange in his mouth and call it a fatal wanking accident.''}}

{{quote|''If he hangs himself over this, I can stick an orange in his mouth and call it a fatal wanking accident.''}}

** A reference to Stephen Milligan MP; see the [[Real Life]] section below.

* ''[[Queer as Folk]]'' (the US version) has Brian trying this in the first season finale, but he's pulled down by Michael before anything horrible can happen.

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* Played for very [[Black Comedy]] in [[Mitch Benn]]'s "Auto-Erotic Asphyxiation":

{{quote| Was it a tragic accident or was it suicide,~~ ~~

{{quote|Was it a tragic accident or was it suicide,

Would they still be here today, if they hadn't gotten bored and tried,~~ ~~

Would they still be here today, if they hadn't gotten bored and tried,

Auto-erotic asphyxiation.~~ ~~

Auto-erotic asphyxiation.

Did they want to die, there's no way of knowing,~~ ~~

Did they want to die, there's no way of knowing,

They couldn't tell if they were coming or going. }}

* [[Word of God|According to Michael Gira]], [[Swans]]' 1986 song "A Hanging" is about this as a form of [[Human Sacrifice|ritual self-sacrifice]].

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** Michael Hutchence's death is alluded to in a cutaway gag.

** In the episode "Business Guy", when Lois' father, Carter falls into a coma, it turns out that he left [[Video Will|video wills]] for several situations:

{{quote| '''Carter:''' ''(on video)'' Hello, if you're watching this, it means they didn't cut the rope when I climaxed. As a result, I'm now dead.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Carter:''' ''(on video)'' Hello, if you're watching this, it means they didn't cut the rope when I climaxed. As a result, I'm now dead.

'''Carter's attorney:''' ''(fast forwarding the tape)'' That's not it. }}

** This kicks off the [[Drama Bomb]] that is "Screams Of Silence: The Story Of Brenda Q.", with Quagmire nearly killing himself via doing this while watching clown porn.

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** Cheryl likes to be strangled during sex due to her fetish for murder fantasies. Although she is unusual because she doesn't seem to specifically want to be deprived of oxygen so much as she's aroused by the [[Nightmare Fetishist|thought of being murdered]].

** In "Double Deuce," Woodhouse finds out the "mysterious death" of one of his old war buddies was just an attempt to cover up an autoerotic asphyxiation mishap.

{{quote| '''Woodhouse:''' You know, I do recall a lot of loose doorknobs...~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Woodhouse:''' You know, I do recall a lot of loose doorknobs...

'''Stinky:''' And there was his plane's name.~~ ~~

'''Stinky:''' And there was his plane's name.

'''Woodhouse:''' I always thought that had something to do with his engine. ''(raises glass)'' Here's to you, "Choke 'n' Stroke." }}

* In ''[[South Park]]'', Kenny killed himself this way in "Sexual Healing."