Nothing Left to Do But Die: Difference between revisions

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Shiba from ''[[Zombie Loan]]'' kills himself just because he was bored with life, but wound up being the undead [[Big Bad]] of a [[Story Arc]].

* This is [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Maiza's]] reasoning for approaching Firo and [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|asking the kid to kill him]] (more specifically, he's both [[Seen It All]] and finally received closure over his [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Little Brother]]) at the end of the first arc of ''[[~~Baccano (Light Novel)|~~Baccano]]!''. Firo's response is to nod, smile...and then give a number of entirely bullshit reasons for why he [[~~Two~~ ~~Thousand~~ ~~One~~|can't do that, Dave]], before admitting that he really just doesn't want to lose his mentor.

* This is [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Maiza's]] reasoning for approaching Firo and [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|asking the kid to kill him]] (more specifically, he's both [[Seen It All]] and finally received closure over his [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Little Brother]]) at the end of the first arc of ''[[Baccano]]!''. Firo's response is to nod, smile...and then give a number of entirely bullshit reasons for why he [[2001: A Space Odyssey|can't do that, Dave]], before admitting that he really just doesn't want to lose his mentor.

== [[Comic Books]] ==

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== [[Film]] ==

* Phil fails to do this in ''[[~~Groundhog Day (Film)|~~Groundhog Day]]''. Or, rather, he succeeds multiple times...CrowningMomentOfFunny too.

* Phil fails to do this in ''[[Groundhog Day]]''. Or, rather, he succeeds multiple times...CrowningMomentOfFunny too.

* In ''[[~~Hook (Film)|~~Hook]]'', Captain Hook remarks, "There is no adventure here," and puts a flintlock to his head, but Smee stops him from killing himself.

* In ''[[Hook]]'', Captain Hook remarks, "There is no adventure here," and puts a flintlock to his head, but Smee stops him from killing himself.

== [[Literature]] ==

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* In ''[[Harry Potter]]'', Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel okay the destruction of the Philosopher's Stone because they've had enough of life and are ready to move on. Of course, this choice is less remarkable than most because they've both been alive since the fourteenth century.

** He's also nearing his [[Number of the Beast|666'th]] birthday (depending on when the book Hermione was reading from was published).

* Paulo Coelho's ''[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Veronica Decides To Die]]''. The titular character decides that she's seen all that there is to be seen in life (at age 24), and that once she gets old, everything will only go downhill from there.

* Paulo Coelho's ''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Veronica Decides To Die]]''. The titular character decides that she's seen all that there is to be seen in life (at age 24), and that once she gets old, everything will only go downhill from there.

* Subverted in ''[[Isaac Asimov|Robots and Empire]]''. Gladia describes to a Settler how the long-lived Spacers someday reach a point when life becomes boring, and they feel they have seen it all. However, when he asks her how common suicide is on her planet, the answer is "Zero. We are surrounded by [[Three Laws Compliant]] robots who cannot allow suicide."

* Referenced in ''[[The ~~Hitchhikers~~ Guide to ~~The~~ Galaxy|The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe]]''. The planet Ursa Minor Beta is so beautiful that when a travel guide announced, "When you are tired of Ursa Minor Beta you are tired of life", the suicide rate there quadrupled overnight.

* Referenced in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe]]''. The planet Ursa Minor Beta is so beautiful that when a travel guide announced, "When you are tired of Ursa Minor Beta you are tired of life", the suicide rate there quadrupled overnight.

* ''[[~~Strata (Literature)|~~Strata]]'' by [[~~Terry Pratchett (Creator)|~~Terry Pratchett]] has really good life-extension treatment that effectively leads to immortality. People still tend to die after three hundred years or so, though. Generally it's not ''technically'' suicide, it's just that they get bored enough that only increasingly risky stunts hold any interest for them, and eventually the risk doesn't pan out.

* ''[[Strata]]'' by [[Terry Pratchett]] has really good life-extension treatment that effectively leads to immortality. People still tend to die after three hundred years or so, though. Generally it's not ''technically'' suicide, it's just that they get bored enough that only increasingly risky stunts hold any interest for them, and eventually the risk doesn't pan out.

** In ''Grendel'', by [[Larry Niven]], Larchmont Bellamy dies of a case of this.

* [[H. Beam Piper]] wrote a story titled "Last Enemy," about a culture that had accepted reincarnation as a scientifically proven fact. As a result, they'd developed a rather ''different'' attitude toward death -- it was, at worst, a (temporary) inconvenience; often enough, it was a social event. "Evidently when the Akor-Neb people get tired of their current reincarnation they invite in their friends, throw a big party, and then do themselves in in an atmosphere of general conviviality."

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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* Shows up in ''[[Star Trek Voyager]]'', where one member of the Q continuum, [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|bored from reliving eternity from start to finish]], begs sanctuary on Voyager so as to be able to commit suicide. {{spoiler|Which he eventually manages, with the help of the Q who had originally argued against him.}} A quite literal case of committing suicide after having seen everything. Multiple times. From every possible point of view.

* Shows up in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', where one member of the Q continuum, [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|bored from reliving eternity from start to finish]], begs sanctuary on Voyager so as to be able to commit suicide. {{spoiler|Which he eventually manages, with the help of the Q who had originally argued against him.}} A quite literal case of committing suicide after having seen everything. Multiple times. From every possible point of view.

* In ''[[True Blood]]'', Godric, a bored 2000-year-old vampire, decides to stay in the sun.

** "Bored" may be the wrong word. Godric has seen human death and suffering in all variations, and his attempts to end vampire-human conflict goes poorly. He may just be tired of the futile cycles vampires and humans go through.

* A dramatic version of this was the originally explanation for Gideon's disappearance on ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' after [[Mandy Patinkin]] quit. However, Patinkin refused to do that scene and it was changed to an indefinite road trip.

* In the "[[The Twilight Zone ~~(TV)~~|Twilight Zone]]" episode Time Enough at Last, Henry Bemis is the only survivor of an H-bomb. Since almost everything is destroyed, there is not much to do. This upsets Bemis and he pounds his hands on his knees and says "If only there was something to do!" He sees a gun and puts it up to his head to shoot himself, but he sees a library and doesn't shoot himself.

* In the "[[The Twilight Zone|Twilight Zone]]" episode Time Enough at Last, Henry Bemis is the only survivor of an H-bomb. Since almost everything is destroyed, there is not much to do. This upsets Bemis and he pounds his hands on his knees and says "If only there was something to do!" He sees a gun and puts it up to his head to shoot himself, but he sees a library and doesn't shoot himself.

== [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPGs]] ==

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== [[Music]] ==

* Matthew Sweet's song "Someone to Pull the Trigger" (the title an example of [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]}, which includes the line, "Everything I'll ever be, I've been."

* Matthew Sweet's song "Someone to Pull the Trigger" (the title an example of [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]}, which includes the line, "Everything I'll ever be, I've been."

* Implied in "Try Not To Breathe" by [[REM]].

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* Happened in ''[[Exalted]]''- in the First Age, some Celestial Exalted died because they were just bored and wanted to start over.

* Not quite suicide, but similar: in the Classic ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|D&D]]'' game, characters who attain supreme Immortal status, but get bored with playing super-godlings, can forfeit their Immortality to be reborn as a mortal again. Characters who do this once, then work their way up to supreme Immortal status ''again'', [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence]] and are permanently removed from play.

* Not quite suicide, but similar: in the Classic ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|D&D]]'' game, characters who attain supreme Immortal status, but get bored with playing super-godlings, can forfeit their Immortality to be reborn as a mortal again. Characters who do this once, then work their way up to supreme Immortal status ''again'', [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]] and are permanently removed from play.

* Some tabletop RPG players, not realizing that it's possible to simply ''retire'' a player character if they've gotten bored with it, have had their PCs commit suicide so they can roll up a new one.

* In ''[[Scion]]'', there's a character named Niobe. Ever hear the story from [[Greek Mythology]] about how the gods created a cloud that looked like Hera to test Ixion's intentions? She was that cloud. She's lived for thousands of years, taken hundreds of husbands and borne thousands of children, and she can't die. Even if someone kills her, she comes back a few minutes later. Players can get on her good side by either rejuvenating her will to live or coming up with a way to end her life for good. (A major reason to do so: she ''always'' knows where the Golden Fleece is.)

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== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]'' did it with [http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF055-Dinosaur_Meteors.jpg dinosaurs].

* In ''[[~~The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|~~The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' Dracula considers dying for this reason. However, first he wants to do some research on what will happen to him next.

* In ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' Dracula considers dying for this reason. However, first he wants to do some research on what will happen to him next.

== [[Web Original]] ==

* [http://www.exitmundi.nl/suicide.htm This site] suggests the possibility that humanity could all one day evolve into a super intelligent [[Instrumentality|singularity]], learn everything there is to learn, get bored and decide to end their own existence.

* Apparently the result of drinking "the perfect drink" as brewed by [[SCP Foundation ~~(Wiki)~~|SCP-294]].

* Apparently the result of drinking "the perfect drink" as brewed by [[SCP Foundation|SCP-294]].

{{quote| ''Subject later committed suicide, leaving a note which read "I'm sorry, but at this point everything's just one big letdown." Requesting such a drink again is highly discouraged.''}}

* [[Raocow]], during his [[Let's Play]] of ''Vip 5'' (a ''[[Super Mario World (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Super Mario World]]'' hack). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imJIn6CD_W8&t=12m31s Upon seeing the overworld map for the first time,] he scrolls around the whole screen to look at everything, then he stops talking so he can hum along with the background music. Then:

* [[Raocow]], during his [[Let's Play]] of ''Vip 5'' (a ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' hack). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imJIn6CD_W8&t=12m31s Upon seeing the overworld map for the first time,] he scrolls around the whole screen to look at everything, then he stops talking so he can hum along with the background music. Then:

{{quote| '''Raocow:''' Well, now I've got an argument that life isn't worth living anymore, because I doubt I'll ever experience anything better ever in my life. So, um, this is the last video ever I'll ever make as I'm going to end my life shortly. See y'all in the afterlife.}}

* After [[Atop the Fourth Wall ~~(Web Video)~~|Linkara]] poked [[And Then What?|a MASSIVE hole]] in {{spoiler|Missingno's plan to absorb all of existance}}, he followed that up by suggesting {{spoiler|that it kill itself}}. ''And it works.''

* After [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] poked [[And Then What?|a MASSIVE hole]] in {{spoiler|Missingno's plan to absorb all of existance}}, he followed that up by suggesting {{spoiler|that it kill itself}}. ''And it works.''

== [[Western Animation]] ==

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== Real Life ==

* Actor George Sanders committed suicide and left a note behind saying he'd done it because he was bored.

** Same with [[Hunter S Thompson]], though he also claimed to have done it because he had been alive for seventeen more years than he actually wanted to be. His family states it was a well-thought out act resulting from Thompson's many painful and chronic medical conditions.

** Same with [[Hunter S. Thompson]], though he also claimed to have done it because he had been alive for seventeen more years than he actually wanted to be. His family states it was a well-thought out act resulting from Thompson's many painful and chronic medical conditions.

** Also George Eastman, the creator of Kodak left a note saying "To my Friends, My work is done. Why wait?"

** This also appears to be the reason for [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s suicide, as well.