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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
** Later, {{spoiler|[[Kick the Dog|Kiritsugu force Saber to destroy the Holy Grail itself.]]}}
== [[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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* ''[[Quest for Glory III]]'' introduced a new spell called Thermonuclear Blast, basically as a joke. The description for the spell read something along the lines of: "Everything in a ten mile radius dies instantly. This includes your character, but at least you'll go out with a bang!" The spell would actually develop some limited use in the fifth game, where it could be used to initiate a [[Nonstandard Game Over]] in a certain scene.
** This spell wasn't a joke. If you waited too long at the end before destroying the [[Big Bad]] and closing the portal, {{spoiler|the [[Bigger Bad]] got through, and you died in a Thermonuclear Blast}}.
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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
* ''[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
** 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.
** In the third game, when you obtain the GECK there is an option to activate it. Should you try, the device will helpfully inform you that, when activated, it will destroy everything in a large radius for materials. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vid=1IYEwGPQQzg&feature=iv&v=x25gCfZaxGY&annotation_id=annotation_580823 You can then turn it on anyway].
** In the ''Mothership Zeta'' DLC, try {{spoiler|[[Your Head Asplode|taking off your space suit]] during the space walk.}}
** ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' has one implemented for plotline reasons when playing through the Dead Money expansion. You are warned that if you {{spoiler|use a terminal to read Sinclair's Notes while in the Sierra Madre Vault,}} you will become permanently trapped. If you do so anyway, it will lead to a [[Nonstandard Game Over]] wherein you starve to death and your likeness becomes a hologram in the Madre. {{spoiler|However, just because ''you'' are warned about it doesn't mean you can't spring the trap on Elijah...}}
** {{spoiler|The same expansion gives you the opportunity to give Elijah a [[We Can Rule Together]] offer if your reputation with the NCR is low enough
* 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 (
* 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:
* ''[[
** 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 [[
** 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
** 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
* ''[[
** 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...
** Or, if you have Wisdom {{spoiler|25, you can try to WILL YOURSELF TO DEATH.}}
** Then there's the throne of the Silent King, which is inescapable once sat in, and by all evidence has killed the last person to sit on it. Nameless can choose to take the throne himself, with predictable results.
* ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' also subverts this trope in that willingly taking mortal damage can prove beneficial:
** A woman who wants to know what murdering another person feels like offers The Nameless One a thousand coins to allow her to stab him in the heart.
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** The Nameless One can talk someone out of committing suicide by snapping his own neck, coming back to life, and telling the unsure person what's on the other side.
** The Nameless One can also humiliate an evangelist talking about the wonders the afterlife holds by challenging him to die - he'll agree if you die first. After snapping your own neck and coming back to life, you can ask him to hold up his end of the bargain, which he'll backpedal on. You can then draw a dagger and stop just short of killing him, causing him to ''audibly'' soil himself.
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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:
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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":
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** In addition, you can walk into the local police station at any time. However, unless you {{spoiler|have all the evidence implicating the people trying to frame you ''and'' got rid of all the fake evidence planted to frame you}}, you're immediately arrested and given at least ten years in prison.
** Walking to the right of the police station will cause Ace to fall into a pit in an open construction site and die, with no warning.
* And to fill out the trilogy, ''[[The Uninvited|Uninvited]]'' plays with it by giving you many, many, many warnings that leaping into the den of the resident [[Giant Spider]] is a bad idea. Ignoring these leads to your well deserved death.
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* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' 3 has a suicide pill that you can take to fake your death and throw off an enemy pursuit. You can take a revival pill to return to action once the coast is clear...or not, wait a while, and watch Snake die for real.
** After the cutscene where you knock out Ocelot for the first time, you can shoot him. However, this results in a "time paradox", a [[Nonstandard Game Over]].
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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!]]
** ''[[Space Quest]] IV'' also featured a software store where you could pick up items and take them to the counter - or try and leave the store. The first three times you try to leave, you'll be told to pay the clerk or you'll be sorry - the fourth time you walk out of the store and get [[Izchaks Wrath|blasted by the anti-theft system]].
** In the same game, attempting to lick a forcefield generator in Ulence Flats has mortal results. Ditto for banging on the change machine in the arcade, though at least the change machine gives you the warning "Banging on the Change Machine will only activate its self-defense measures."
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* ''[[Police Quest]]'' had one part where you could give the jail bondsman your keys, badge, gun or even UNIFORM. All of these result in a [[Have a Nice Death]] message, even though you don't die.
** In the second installment of the series, you could fail to put ear protectors on when using the firing range. Shoot twice, and [[Have a Nice Death]].
** ''Open Season'': Try to leave the convenience store without paying? The owner shoots you. Shoot anyone? You die too. Fail to use the mirror on a stick before entering the door? You get fatally mauled by the [[Big Bad]]'s dog.
* In the early 1980s FORTRAN ASCII graphics ''[[
** 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:
* 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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* Super Karoshi has "exit" doors in several early levels. Touching them displays the message "Exiting" and some elipses before dumping you to the menu.
* In ''[[Starship Titanic]]'', you come across a button that says "Press to Disarm Bomb" - which arms it.
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** Subverted in that if you actually wait long enough for the entire countdown from 1000 to expire, {{spoiler|the bomb gets cold feet about actually exploding and restarts the countdown.}} Oddly enough, even though the bomb {{spoiler|will never blow up during gameplay, it ''will'' explode in the ending FMV if it happens to be armed. At least it got the parrot too.}}
* ''[[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:
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'''Nethack''': You scream in agony as your body begins to warp...--More--
'''Nethack''': You cease to exist.--More--
'''Nethack''': Your possessions land on the floor with a thud.--More--
'''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.
** It's even possible to attempt to mount your horse, slip off, and kill yourself... ''on the very first turn''!
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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.
* ''[[
* 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.
* The original ''[[Ultima Underworld]]'' has a spell called "Armageddon." It pretty much does [[Exactly What It Says
** The sixth and seventh Ultimas also have the Armageddon spell. Casting it kills every living thing in the game except for the Avatar and Lord British. (And in Ultima VII, {{spoiler|Batlin.}})
*** In ''Ultima VI'', there are certain circumstances where the spell's effects can be undone, allowing it to be used strategically to bypass certain obstacles.
* [[
* In one area of ''[[Red Faction]]'', you are required to go under cover to get past security. There are several big red buttons on the walls and supports. When you press one (just like you would press any other button), an alarm is immediately activated. You are soon attacked by an endless number of guards. Did I mention that you were forced to disarm in order to go under cover?
* ''Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay'' allows you (and encourages you with flashing) to try to pick up the dna-encoded guns. ZZZAP. Although the damage is extremely minor.
* ''[[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 ''[[
* ''[[
* 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]].
* ''[[
** 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!
** Heck, all weapons can be used to to kill yourself (or your teammates), and it regularly turns out that having one or two worms sacrificing themselves for the greater good is a good idea. Or you just want to show your opponent that you can use your team as a suicide squad and still kick his ass.
* Many [[Death Is a Slap
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'''s ''Peasant's Quest'' lets you simply type "die". The game insults your intelligence, then carries out the command. So does ''Thy Dungeonman''.
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls III
** Of course they are called the "scrolls of [[Genius Bonus|Icarian Flight]]."
** Not a perfect example, since it is quite possible to find a use for it - Slowfall, at any power, removes ''all'' falling damage (and synergises well in other respects), and a spell of levitate halts the fall in favour of, well, [[Exactly What It Says
* Almost all Infocom games let you kill yourself just by requesting it ("kill self" or "die"). Unfortunately, some Infocom games default the player as the noun when one isn't given; what that means is never type "kill" because the game will fill your name right there on the form...
* [[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
* 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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** These can become a [[Game Breaker]] if [http://uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:_Poisoned_Apple used properly] against people you ''really'' want dead.
* Strictly speaking, any game that allows you to throw grenades or fire an RPG at your feet counts as this. Also any game that allows you to jump from great heights (or [[Bottomless Pit]]) and kill yourself. [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] by games that don't include fall damage from any height.
* In [[
** Averted in the quasi-sequel Homeworld Cataclysm. Attempting to scuttle your mothership results in the voice of the captain replying in shocked, hushed tones, "I... will... NOT!"
* Many of the WWE games include a 'Create A Wrestler' section, including the ability to assign moves. Some of the available moves are included as jokes, generally being 'failed' versions of normal moves. If you are cruel enough to assign these moves to your character you can literally force your wrestler to do things such as climbing the turnbuckle, walking out onto the ropes and losing balance, landing crotch-first on the hard ropes. What is more terrifying, Press X To Die or Press X To Crotch Yourself Into Oblivion?
** [[Fate Worse Than Death]]
* In Guild Wars, at the end of the Nightfall campaign players can use the /dance command to start dancing in front of the giant boss. Who then starts dancing back. Which immediately kills EVERYONE on your team. You got served indeed.
* Most of the microgames in ''[[
* In the Map Room of ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (
* ''[[Super Mario Bros
* 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 ''[[
* 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 ''[[
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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 ''[[
* 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?]]
* ''[[
** Well, it's possible to win the battle (and get an [http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/563538-chrono-trigger/faqs/11185 alternative ending!])
** 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.
** ''[[
* 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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** Setting yourself to fire (walking onto magical fire, scroll of immolation), "burned".
** Casting magic accidentally on yourself (by aiming *)...
* The early [[Nancy Drew (
* 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.
* ''[[
** 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.
== Web Original ==
* [[
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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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