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The player is given the option to perform an action that can only ever result in failure or otherwise hinder progress. Rather than simply disabling the action, the developers instead let the player try it, and then punish them for it. Most of the time it's just [[Schmuck Bait]] included as a joke, but some especially sadistic developers add such things with [[Trial and Error Gameplay|no, or little, warning]] in games where [[Continuing Is Painful]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Fate/Zero]]'' and ''[[Fate/stay night]]'', Masters have Command Seals (3 per contract) that force their Servants to do exactly what the Masters say, even if the only possible outcome of said action is losing the Holy Grail War. In ''[[Fate/Zero]]'', {{spoiler|Kayneth}} force his Servant {{spoiler|Lancer}} to commit suicide, as part of the deal to let him walk away unmolested<ref>Unmolested by the other party of the contract, [[Loophole Abuse|but not necessarily from anyone else.]]</ref> from the war after he's crippled.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'' is perfectly happy to let players pick a letter that's already been picked. They can even buy a vowel that's already been picked. Under no circumstances can this be beneficial; it's just an easy slip-up that wastes a turn and sometimes money. It's not even an attempt to get the players to pay attention; there's a board just offscreen that tells them the letters that have already been called.▼
▲* ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'' is perfectly happy to let players pick a letter that's already been picked. They can even buy a vowel that's already been picked. Under no circumstances can this be beneficial; it's just an easy slip-up that wastes a turn. It's not even an attempt to get the players to pay attention; there's a board just offscreen that tells them the letters that have already been called.
** However, they avert this with vowels. If every vowel in the puzzle is revealed, the host informs the players that there are no more vowels left, even if the puzzle doesn't have all five vowels in it. (They are also dimmed on the used-letter board at this point.)
* As seen on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4 The Machine That Turns Itself Off].
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtIx5F3516c A more literal example.]
== Video Games ==
* In the game ''[[Kindergarten]]'', when getting beat up Buggs after the teacher tells you to provoke him, you have the option to "Accept your fate".
* One ''[[Minecraft]]'' mod allows you to make machines powered by electricity. You could use copper cables to route the power to these machines. Not using rubber to insulate the cables would cause you to get an electric shock.
* ''The Amazing [[Spider-Man]]'' on [[Game Boy]] featured a level in which you needed to press a button at the very end to get into a window. Everywhere else, though...
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** "METEOR", "TSUNAMI" and "EPIC FAIL" will also do the same thing. Sadly, EPIC FAIL summons the same thing as "NUKE". Also, you have to drop the meteor from a few feet up for it to kill everything.
** In the sequel, the Black Hole just grows until everything is destroyed. It can't be deleted either.
* In ''[[Adventures of Lolo]]'', press Select to [[Puzzle Reset|die]].<ref>In case you encountered an [[Unwinnable]] situation.</ref>
* The ''[[Death Gate]]'' adventure-game. Among the spells you learned along the way was 'Self-Immolate', which does [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] - using the spell would instantly kill you. It did, however, turn out useful when fighting a mirror image of yourself. Just scribe a mirrored version of the spell's runes - which does nothing - and your copy would dutifully flip it and kill himself.
* ''[http://www.rrrrthats5rs.com/games/dont-shoot-the-puppy/ Don't Shoot the Puppy]'' is a parody of these: once you've started a level, any action (including moving the mouse by ANY amount) results in
* There is a similar game called ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150210183918/http://www.venbrux.com/blog/?p=23 Execution]'' by Jesse Venbrux. The only way to "win" is to quit. {{spoiler|Restarting results in an "it's already too late" message and shows you the failure screen, ''even if you delete and reinstall the game''. This is because [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|the game records your loss in a part of your computer's registry that's not deleted when uninstalling.]]}}
* In ''[[Fallout]]'', you can set the timer on a nuclear warhead to 30 seconds. Try to [[Outrun the Fireball|outrun ''that'' fireball]].
** In the sequel, you can try to manually arm a nuclear warhead. While a high science skill character will succeed at this, a character without... Won't.
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* In the ''[[Half Life]]'' expansion ''Opposing Force'', you can get an electricity-firing weapon called the shock rifle. You're fully capable of firing it underwater, despite the fact that doing so kills you immediately.
* In ''Half-Life 2'', at some points, killing yourself in a way that couldn't possibly be unintentional will net you a [[Have a Nice Death|special failure message]]: "Subject demonstrated extremely poor judgment."
* ''[[Quake (series)|Quake]]'' has the [[Lightning Gun|Thunderbolt]] weapon, which kills you when fired underwater, and it also electrocutes anything in a radius that depends on the amount of ammo you have for it. This is ([[Awesome but Impractical|kinda]]) useful in multiplayer if a bunch of people are in the water with you, or if you're invincible.
* In the [[Full Motion Video]] game based on the ''[[Johnny Mnemonic]]'' film, you try to access the internet, you die instantly. Note that there's an internet access port on nearly every screen of the game.
* In ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]] 6'' you could attempt to open an underwater door from the inside. Larry does not survive the following increase in air humidity.
** If you flush the toilet in the restroom of Lefty's Bar in the original, it overflows and causes you to drown. Other easy ways to die are shoplifting, neglecting to pay the taxi driver, or wandering into a dark alley.
* In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' you can choose to read a ghost's diary after promising not to (although you have to dig through enough "are you sure"s to rival Windows Vista) or, later, accept the [[Big Bad]]'s [[We Can Rule Together]]. Both result in a [[Nonstandard Game Over]].
* ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
** You can die before the game even officially starts. Just tell the character telling you about the rift in the world that you don't want to do anything about it. He will ask if you're sure and tell you the world will end without your help. Say yes and he asks if you are REALLY sure. Say yes again and he then says something like "Well... I guess there is nothing to be done about it then. This world and all who live in it will be destroyed." And you get a Game Over, even before you can officially control your character.
*** The first [[Golden Sun]] game did something very similar after the prologue dungeon. When asked by [[Mister Exposition]] if you are willing to take on this dangerous quest to save the world, you can just say no and walk out of the house, resulting in a [[Nonstandard Game Over]] where the game tells you that the world began drifting towards its end due to your choice.
** When you enter level 4-1, which is set in outer space, you can choose not to put on your air helmet. Do that 3 times and after Tippi mocks your ineptitude, BOOM- game over.
** Another [[We Can Rule Together]] happens in the next-to-last chapter. Cue another 10 Windows Vista "Are you sure"'s from the same character from the previous example before leaving you at the [[Big Bad]]'s [[Nonstandard Game Over|mercy]].
* In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'''s multiplayer coop mode, you can press the A button to go into a bubble and let your friend(s) continue the level, then have one of them pop the bubble to bring you back into the game. This can save you a life or two when going through tight spots, as only one player needs to surmount the challenge. BUT... the A button is not disabled when everyone else is in a bubble (or out of lives), so if you press it then, you'll be stuck in a bubble with no way to pop it, and you'll have to restart the level!
** This can actually come in handy
* ''[[Fire Emblem|Fire Emblem:]] [[Fire Emblem Elibe|The Blazing Sword]]''. Go on, [[Violation of Common Sense|attack]] [[Purposefully Overpowered|Fargus]]. I ''dare'' you.
* In ''[[Pathways into Darkness]]'', you can set the timer on your nuke too short, set it too long, or oversleep. The formermost results in burning atomic death, the latter two in a [[Fate Worse Than Death]] by way of [[Eldritch Abomination]].
* ''[[Phantom 2040]]'': Near the end of the game is a level where the player is running on the outside of a moving train. Pressing down+ jump allows the player to drop down to a lower part of it, even when on the lowermost part of the train. Dropping from there (and thus onto the tracks) can only ever result in instantaneous death.
** The above is a common occurrence in any oldschool platformer, as the devs simply didn't think people would be crazy enough to even accidentally do such a thing and didn't code the very bottom-most platform as being 'solid.' Therefore all terrain with a similar appearance could be fallen through, even if it was at the very bottom of the screen. ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' was an especially large offender since it usually scrolled vertically, yet also made the space below you into a [[Bottomless Pit]], even if you just advanced a single pixel too high.
* This is inverted in ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' - as the point of the game is to more or less figure out ''why'' you're immortal, and find a way ''to'' die.
** To get a [[Nonstandard Game Over]] you can kill the only source of information on how to save yourself from everlasting reincarnation. You can also anger a being of godlike power twice in a row. Or accept a position with a lifetime term. Or [[Taken for Granite|annoy a Medusa]].
** You may also receive {{spoiler|a blade which is specifically designed to kill you, and only you - "It looks like it couldn't cut butter."}} This comes in handy during the endgame...
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* ''The Omega Stone'' lets you "use" an electric fence, press the big red button on what turns out to be an explosive device, and so on.
** This follows the precedent of the preceding ''Riddle of the Sphinx'', in which you could die by choosing the wrong one of six pairs of slabs, trying to pass an uncharmed cobra, etc.
* ''[[Shadowgate]]''. Just about everything you can do is either necessary to progress, or immediately fatal. One notable exception makes you press X three times to die. Using the torch on yourself:
{{quote|Narrator: "You now have terrific second-degree burns on your hands."
Narrator: "You hold the torch close enough to cause second and third-degree burns."
[[Rule of Three|Narrator]]: "You finally set your hair on fire. The rest of your body soon follows!!" }}
* ''[[Deja Vu]]''
** The game will let you "use Gun on Self":
{{quote|Narrator: "...Well, that's one way to go out with a bang. So much for your dreams and aspirations."}}
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** You can also touch the wires binding Baker to the beam (which sets off the C4) in MGS, take a brief dip in the water in Vamp's boss room (brief as in you drown) in MGS2, screw with the Marines in the holds (causing you to be caught in most cases) in MGS2, and many more things. The ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' series has a lot of these.
* ''[[Shinobi]]'' games feature a self-destruct ninjitsu, which kills or greatly damages everything on the screen and reduces a life from your total stock, while also giving you another use for a ninjitsu. There's nothing to stop you from using it while on your very last life.
* ''[[Space Quest]]'' had quite a few of these.
** Roger could blow up his ship, though it turns out to be useful function later.
** In one scene, Roger could walk through an array of destructive lasers with no apparent harm, only to fall into pieces seconds later. At which point, at least in the VGA remake, [http://tmd.alienharmony.com/rw/sq1vga/4/e.htm the developers would mock you with an instant replay]. And then there's the pool of corrosive acid which [http://tmd.alienharmony.com/rw/sq1vga/4/d.htm can be reached into]. You also have the option of smelling or even ''tasting'' the acid, which also proves fatal in a hurry.
** The escape pod in [[Space Quest]] has a big red button marked "Do Not Press". If you press it, the pod is sent through a dimension warp into ''[[King's Quest I]]'' (or ''[[Conquests of the Longbow]]'' in the remake), where you either drown in the moat or die in a fiery crash.
* In ''[[Space Quest]] IV'', you have the option near the beginning to pick up a piece of "unstable ordinance". If you do, it later explodes and kills you. Picking up the unstable ordinance gives you points, putting it back costs you some, but it is still a net gain. [[Last Lousy Point|It serves no other purpose]], [[Guide Dang It|GUIDE DANG IT!]]
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* In the early 1980s FORTRAN ASCII graphics ''[[Star Trek]]'' game the player can activate the Enterprise's [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]]. Which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]].
** In some ports of this game, when the Enterprise explodes, it will destroy any nearby Klingon ships. Depending on the port, this can result in a net increase in the player's final score, making it, if nothing else, a reasonable thing to do when all other options have been exhausted. One Commodore 64 port, titled "Space: The Ultimate Frontier" plays it out as a sort of cut scene, evoking ''[[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|Star Trek III the Search For Spock]]''.
* Similarly, ''[[Star Trek:
* In ''[[Streets of Rage]] 3'', throws cannot be performed on the "big ben" type of enemy. However, rather than just disallowing throws on them, the game instead has these enemies crush the player any time they try a throw, doing a fairly large chunk of damage. And just to mock you further, the fat bastards will laugh at you if they squash you... or pretty much taking damage from anything in their sight.
** Which is a bit of an annoyance for people who have played Streets of Rage 2, where the "Big Ben" type enemies were throwable with no ill effects.
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* ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'': "This is the safest room in the game. [[Schmuck Bait|Only "Q" can kill you.]]" Of course, "Q" still kills you anywhere else.
* In the PC game ''[[The Neverhood]]'' you cannot die. However, once you drain the lake, you will see a [[Bottomless Pit]]. It is clearly marked "Do Not Jump In. You Will Die!". Jumping in gives you a [[Nonstandard Game Over]] where you continue to fall forever.
* Aaah, ''[[Nethack]]''.
** Among many, many other ways to die, the game allows you to teleport to a negative level; and immediately fall thousands of feet to your death. [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|Unless you can fly]]. If you go to level -10 or above, you go to Heaven instead. Though it won't save you from death by teleporting to level 0:
{{quote|'''Nethack''': Go to Nowhere. Are you sure? [ynq] (q) y
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'''Nethack''': Do you want your possessions identified? [ynq] (n)
'''Score List''': Player, [[Too Dumb to Live|committed suicide]]. }}
** Throwing rocks at the ceiling and taking damage when they hit you on the head.
** Hurting your leg when you kick something immobile.
** Falling down staircases because you're carrying too much.
*** Getting [[Taken for Granite|stoned]] because you tried to go down stairs while wielding a cockatrice corpse and carrying too much.
** Choking by trying to eat a boulder made of meat.
** Shooting yourself with a wand of death. There's a reason the game coined the term [[Yet Another Stupid Death]].
** There are no less than [http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Cockatrice forty-five ways to get yourself killed by a cockatrice] - and only a few are from enemies.
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* ''[[Castlevania]]: Order of Ecclesia'': Equip {{spoiler|Dominus Anger, Dominus Hatred and Dominus Agony}}, press Up+ X to die. Ironically, however, you are [[Forbidden Chekhov's Gun|required to use this exact technique]] to {{spoiler|kill the final form of [[Dracula]],}} and it's the one instance where you ''don't'' die {{spoiler|(Albus's soul takes the place of Shanoa's in this case).}}
** One of the items you can find is the "Death Ring", which drastically raises all your attributes with the description "One hit kills instantly." As it turns out, the description is referring to ''Shanoa'' - taking a single hit will instantly kill her.
* ''[[Commander Keen]]'': In Episode 2, "The Earth Explodes", your goal is to disable the numerous [[Wave Motion Gun
* In ''[[Maniac Mansion]]'', you can blow up Ed's beloved hamster in the microwave. And then give it back to him. He reacts poorly. And you can nuke the mansion, by draining the swimming pool, pushing the [[Big Red Button]], or setting off the security system.
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]''
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* In ''Duke Nukem: Zero Hour'' it's really not a good idea to start firing off weapons inside the support structure for the blimp. Boom indeed.
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' has a [[Cyanide Pill]] key that kills Blazkowitz.
* Pixie[[MUD]] had a Line of Death. "Do not cross this line or you will die." When someone invariably
* In ThunderDome MUD, drinking gasoline was instant death. Since the most convenient way to carry it was in one of the larger canteens, and drinking water is also often necessary, it wasn't an infrequent death. The Implementors themselves would laugh on the gossip line when reading the death logs.
* ''Shadow Madness'' includes the item "Pandora's Caudron". Its in-game description is "[[Schmuck Bait|Do not use. EVER!]]" Using it shows a FMV that ends in an [[Earthshattering Kaboom]], followed by a [[Nonstandard Game Over|Game Over]] screen.
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* ''[[La-Mulana]]'', PC version: Equip {{spoiler|''F1 Spirit 3D'' and ''[[Contra]]''}}. [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|Take any damage.]] Makes one serving of dead Lemeza. Equipping them in the reverse order rapidly eats Lemeza's health before your very eyes. Either way, good night sweet prince.
** The [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]] ability is a clear callback to Contra. As for F1 Spirit, the developers just really hated the game.
* ''[[The Impossible Quiz]]'' insidiously disguises a
* One level in the [[Futurama]] game contains a working Suicide Booth. Step inside and press the interact button.
* In ''[[Mech Assault]]'', in the multiplayer Grinder mode if you play with a friend you are able to walk around as a regular human. Press a certain button? [[Ludicrous Gibs]]!
* ''[[Mother 3]]'': While playing as Duster in Osohe Castle in Chapter 2. In order to get inside the castle, you must open a hole to get to the floor below. Fortunately, there's a conveniently placed statue holding a large iron ball. Dash into it, and it'll drop the ball, which crashes through the floor. Dash into it from the right, and it'll drop the ball which crashes through ''you''.
* The ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' parody adventure game ''Kingdom 'O Magic'' contains a [[Star Wars|Thermal Detonator]] as a collectible item. Using it ''anywhere'' plays a cutscene of a nuclear explosion followed by the standard death sequence.
* In the adventure game ''KGB'', you can use your gun on yourself. The game even asks you if you really want to do it. Of course, if you do, you die.
* The game ''[[Wax Works]]'' has, in the Egyptian level, the option to knock down a supporting pillar. This is required; however, the game makes no effort to dissuade you from standing beside said pillar while knocking it down. Oops.
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* An old book on how to write computer games featured a spy-themed text adventure written in BASIC. The main text pointed out that any valid "eat" or "chew" command would result in death, since the only two edible objects in the game were capsules with a faint aroma of [[Bitter Almonds]] and a plastic explosive disguised as chewing gum.
* In ''[[Zone of the Enders]]'', you get a mission to protect one of the [[Shmuck Bait|structural support pillars]] of the colony.
* In the "bonus level" in ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'', ''An Evening with Infinity Ward'' (aka the Museum level), there are two object that, when you aim at them at close range, display ''[[Schmuck Bait|DO NOT press X]]'' (in the 360 version, the other versions change the use button, and as such, the line). Doing so will bring every exhibit to life, and set them on you.
** Just to clarify, this means that the various total badasses you just finished fighting through the toughest opposition in the world with, as well as all of the previously mentioned toughest opposition in the world, come to life in a small, confined space, fully armed and ready for action... And each and every one of them is trying as hard as possible to murder you. Good luck with that!
* ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' had this in one of its multiplayer modes. One player plays through the mission, while the other plays as a Mook, trying to impede Player 1. When changing weapons, the mook player could select "Cyanide Pill" which would instantly kill you. However, this actually served a purpose; you would respawn at a different point on the level, so it was helpful for letting you catch up to the player.
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* If you're crippled in ''[[Bushido Blade]]'', you can press the Select button to surrender honourably, allowing your opponent to finish you off.
* In ''[[Mass Effect]] 2'', you meet Morinth, an asari with a rare genetic defect that kills anyone she has sex with. You have the option to have sex with her. [[Too Dumb to Live|The result is]] [[Nonstandard Game Over|what you expect]].
* ''[[Worms]]''
** Most of the games have an item called the Surrender. When used, the player's team will be removed from the match, although its members remain on the landscape waving white flags and can be knocked around by the remaining teams.
** And let us not not forgot KAMIKAZE!
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* [[Uplink]] after the Evil Corporation hands you [[The Virus]]. {{spoiler|DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RUN REVELATION LOCALLY.}}
** Although creative players can use it as a cheap (free!) alternative to a Self Destruct Device (which otherwise costs a signifigant amount of money and a hardware slot).
* Screwed yourself over in [[N]]?
* In the original ''[[Dragon Quest I|Dragon Warrior]]'', when the [[Big Bad|Dragonlord]] tells you [[We Can Rule Together]], you actually can take him up on his offer.
* In ''[[Star Control|Star Control 2]]'' , using the Utwig Bomb (a tool designed to [[Earthshattering Kaboom|destroy small planets for easy mining]]) is not wise.
* ''[[The Journeyman Project]]'' has lots of these:
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* Most of the microgames in ''[[Wario Ware]]'' involve frantic button pressing, but occasionally you'll get one where you win by doing absolutely nothing. The only way to lose is by...you guessed it, pushing a button.
* In the Map Room of ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (video game)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', you use a key to walk from a narrow ledge to a spot below the map, then equip the headpiece of the Staff of Ra to do what Indy did in the movie. But while you're standing there, the slightest movement will send you plummeting to your death in the valley below. You have to equip the key again to leave.
* ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' (US) has a suicide code.
* In the first ''[[Quest for Glory]]'', thieves come equipped with a lockpick; their proficiency with which was denoted by the character's lockpick skill. Typing in the command "pick nose" results in the message "You delicately insert the lockpick in your left nostril." If your hero had a high enough skill (~40 or higher), the operation is a success. If not, "Unfortunately, you push it in too far, causing yourself a cerebral hemorrhage," and your death.
* In ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'': Select Soldier. Equip Equalizer. Press G (the default Taunt key). This has the "advantage" of taking out anyone close to you. Also, type "kill" or "explode" into the console.
* In ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'', the developers left in a suicide command for players who had gotten themselves stuck. The problem was, when players were boomers, that command caused them to explode instantly preventing the survivors from stun-locking them with the melee shove. This was quickly patched out.
** You can intentionally trip car alarms to call a swarm of Infected upon yourself.
** It is still possible to trigger suicide as an infected. However now this is only possible if the survivors are really, really far away. It's mainly done so you can catch up.
* In ''[[Shenmue]] 2'', Ryo Hazuki meets up with Zhangyu, a barber offering information on one of the four ''Wude'', which any martial artist should know. He trims Ryo's hair, and suddenly asks you to stay calm. He puts a razor to Ryo's throat and a [[Quick Time Event]] appears. Pressing the button will cause Ryo to free himself. This is exactly the wrong thing to do, as the third ''Wude'', DAN, means to "Be brave and stay calm to make the right decisions."
* One brief puzzle in ''[[Metroid: Other M]]'' involves Samus cornered up an elevator shaft by a large chameleon-like creature. At the top is a busted elevator, which can be set loose with a missile to crush the foe. Simple! ''Small print'': it will crush Samus as well. (Fortunately there's a small alcove in the wall to hide in.)
* At one point in the Fate route of ''[[Fate/stay night]]'', the main character Shirou is brutally mauled by one of the villains. Your choices at this point are either to stand up or not stand up. If you choose the latter, of course, you die, and the game's hint corner berates you for your complete lack of gaming savvy.
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** Similarly, you get a choice in Unlimited Blade Works that is essentially between 'kill yourself' (although you take the [[Big Bad]] down with you) or 'try to stay alive'. Predictably, if you pick the former, you die. The game's hint corner at that point assumes you picked that one out of perverse curiosity and gives you a hint about how to get the route's second ending instead of how you can avoid that death.
** The Fate route has a possible bad end in which {{spoiler|Shirou is killed by Saber}} in a terrible lapse of judgement if the player hasn’t raised enough affection points. Like before, the [[Have a Nice Death]] sequence blatantly calls you out on the fact that given how hard it is to fail that check, you probably went for that end on purpose.
* ''[[
* Blowing up your own starbases in the ''[[Star Trek Text Game]]'', possibly the [[Ur Example]] from 1971.
* Something of a brilliant subversion in Yahtzee Croshaw's graphical adventure game, with text input, [[Chzo Mythos|Trilby's Notes]]. {{spoiler|At the very end of the game when Trilby is severely injured and barely holding onto life, you can decide to just stop trying and enter 'Die'. However, this is actually the CORRECT solution (as your life was needed for a sacrifice).}}
* Guess what happens if you type "pick up phone booth" in the text adventure [https://web.archive.org/web/20130213153922/http://www.spatch.net/games/play.cgi?game=putpbad Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die]?
** [[Completely Missing the Point|You still need to pick up the die to finish the game?]]
* ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' has the Day of Lavos. The [[New Game+]] lets you take on Lavos alone, or just with Marle.
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** The only time this sort-of qualifies is when you first hit the End of Time and get the chance to take on Lavos any time you want on your original run-though. When you first get this option, you're probably weaker as 3 people than Crono alone in a [[New Game+]], and basically asking to be exterminated.
** ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' also has the [[New Game+]] one.
* In ''[[Command
** This can be enabled as an option in ''Tiberian Sun''. Problem is, in this game as well as ''Red Alert'', when the computer doesn't have any production buildings left it will sell all its buildings to get some infantry and attempt a last-ditch rush with all remaining units...
** The first game had a suicide command, at least the Win95 version. Just press 'R' and click Yes.
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* In ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]'', all you need to do to get the [[Bad Ending]] is vote guilty when the game puts you in the role of a juror.
* ''[[Portal 2]]'' features two scenarios where doing this will earn achievements:
** Following [[
** Following Wheatley's advice about {{spoiler|coming back to his deathtrap after you've escaped it will make him lament that it no longer works and try [[Easter Egg|and try and try]] to make you leap into the pit the deathtrap was over instead.}}
* In [[Sword of the Stars]], there is a technology you can research called "[[Artificial Intelligence]]". It, and the technologies that come after it, promise huge boosts to your research, economy and industry, as well as a new ship section that makes your ships extra fast and accurate. Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? [[
** An AI rebellion can easily be averted however, so long as you research the technology before you have colonized any planets or built any AI controlled ships. Then you can get all the benefits of the tech with none of the risk.
* In [[World of Warcraft]], during the Chimaeron encounter (one of the few cases in which you can walk up to the boss without pulling aggro), the raid must talk to Finkle Einhorn to activate the Bile-O-Tron, a device that enables players to survive Chimaeron's attacks. If you attack Chimaeron to pull him like most other bosses, the raid will not live past the first Massacre.
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* The freeware Roguelike game ''[[Elona]]'' has the nuclear bomb. Detonating it result in a cutscene that shows a nuclear mushroom seen from outer space, and then back to the game field, NPCs are dying left and right, "cheerfully" saying "I hate this planet" and so on. [[Refuge in Audacity|This is in a game that allows you to keep a little girl as pet, complete with leash.]] But the nuke ''does'' have its use and you can cheat the death as well as the bad karma, if you know how.
* In ''[[Blocks That Matter]]'', you can hold down the W key to activate your Tetrobot's self-destruct sequence if you get stuck trying to solve a puzzle.
* In ''[[Dungeons
* The second title of the ''''[[Oddworld]]'' Series Abe's Exodus. One of the levels has a info station thing where a Slig (Enemy Guard) host an infomercial for the player. At the end he refers to a lever within the level should the player have any questions. If the player pulls the lever, a boulder drops and kills the player instantly. Thankfully this is done right at the start of the level so as not to undo progress. And considering the game so far, it should be obvious to players.
* A literal example in the ''[[Escape Velocity]]'' series. Holding down Cmd-D (Ctrl-D on Windows) for ten seconds triggers your ship's self-destruct.
* Even the old Game & Watch games with LCD screens and so on had this. In ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Jr.'', you had to leap for something hanging at the end of the course, either a crane hook or a key on a string. You had to jump for them by pressing the jump button. You could also ''walk off'' the platform you were supposed to jump from, which resulted in you falling to your death. This wouldn't count in a modern game, but Game & Watch games with their limited graphics capabilities typically didn't allow for a lot of freedom of movement...
* [[Valve
* Just about every version of [[Lode Runner]] has a suicide button in case you get stuck.
* ''[[Europa Universalis]]'', being based on history, has a number of events where one country can chose to merge with another (eg. Lithuania merging with Poland to form the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). If the player happens to be controlling the country in question, choosing to merge is an instant game-over.
* In ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'', you can kill yourself in a number of stupid ways, such as shooting fish in the lake and causing Del Lago to swallow you whole, dropping a boulder trap on yourself, pissing off Luis by shooting him, etc.
* [[Kinnikuman: Muscle Fight]]
** Terryman has a super where he stops a train to save a puppy. He loses the round if you use it, but it fills up Terry's super meter for the next round.
** If Kinnikuman Zebra is low on HP if he performs the True Muscle Inferno, Mariquitaman shows up and kills Kinnikuman Zebra with a Mariquita Deadly Ride.
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*** In fact, Windows will tell you that your hard drive is in use and not allow you to format it; most Linux systems will give an error message if you type "sudo rm -rf /".
**** Bother. In that case, (don't) try "dd if=/dev/zero of=$(mount | grep 'on / ' | sed -e 's/ .*$//')"
*** The deletion of "c:/WINDOWS/system32", wrecks havoc on a computer, as it is vital for a PC to run. In an attempt to work around safeguarding, some [[
** CTRL+SHIFT+W=all tabs gone...
** What does this do? Is it some sort of Easter Egg? All it seems to do is make the light on the front of the computer flic#`%${%&`+'${`%&NO CARRIER")...
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