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== Anime & Manga ==
* While he doesn't use a gun, in episode 12 of [[
* Ouka stops Kyouka from commiting [[Grand Theft Me]] on him in ''Kyouran Kazoku Nikki'' using this method.
* {{spoiler|Higuchi}} in ''[[
* Kaiba in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]].'' But it's subverted in a way. The Pharaoh doesn't care! He would have gone ahead and knocked Kaiba off of the rooftop if not for Yugi's intervention. The fact that the Pharoh is willing to go so far to win promptly puts Yugi in a [[Heroic BSOD]].
* In an early episode of ''[[
{{quote| '''Lelouch:''' All methods of escape have been sealed. If you believe you can get out of here without me, then shoot me now!}}
* In the first ''[[Vampire Hunter D]]'' movie, the female lead threatens to bite out her tongue and bleed to death unless the villains leave her brother and the town doctor alone.
* In ''[[Trigun]]'' Wolfwood seems to do this, to provide a visual example on how someone's chosen action will lead to the death of hundreds. It is quickly revealed however, that he never intended to put himself in any danger, and was using an empty clip.
* In early ''[[
* ''[[
** In the Forest of Death, a variation is used; Ino possesses the body of Kin, one of the Sound Genin, and threatens to commit suicide unless Dosu and Zaku stand down. However, the two know that any damage done to a victim of possession by that technique also hurts the possessor, and not only see through the bluff but attack Kin to injure Ino.
* In ''[[Speed Grapher]]'', Kagura pulls this, holding an axe to her throat because she knows the villains need her alive.
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== Fan Works ==
* Sickeningly well-played by {{spoiler|America}} in the lengthy, disturbing ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia
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* ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''. See the above picture. "Back off or this nigger gets it!" What makes this especially [[Crowning Moment of Funny|funny]] and [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]] is that the townspeople who were about to ''lynch'' him moments before are suddenly saying things like "Won't someone help that poor man?".
{{quote| '''Bart:''' Ooh baby, you are so talented -- and they are so ''dumb!''}}
* ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (
{{quote| '''Zaphod Beeblebrox:''' As my first act as president, I am kidnapping myself, and I'm taking the ship with me!}}
* ''[[John Q]]'': A borderline case, in that his death would actually accomplish something.
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* Dona Lolita, the heroine of the original ''[[Zorro]]'' novel, does this with a dagger, forcing the Alcalde's guards to let her escape.
* In Chris Hiemerdinger's ''Feathered Serpent'', part 2, Melody threatens to kill herself if King Jacob kills a few of his men (who made a mess up) seeing as he needs her alive to convince her uncle to help him, he agrees. Granted, she doesn't have a gun, she uses a knife.
* In the ''[[Magic:
{{quote| '''Lim-Dul:''' I could threaten her, I suppose, but I would just be threatening myself, and that would be stupid. "One wrong move and I let myself have it."}}
* In ''[[Shatterpoint]]'', Mace Windu takes himself hostage to coerce {{spoiler|his renegade padawan Depa}}, referring to himself as "the only hostage a Jedi could legally take". He comments on it, later:
{{quote| '''Depa:''' "Only Mace Windu would think of taking ''himself'' hostage."<br />
'''Mace:''' "I was the only one available." }}
* ''[[
== Live-Action TV ==
* The Doctor, in the 1996 ''[[
* An old ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' skit spoofing ''[[
* ''[[
** Not the last time he threatens himself, either, since for many reasons a lot of people DO want him alive. He later walks around with a bomb strapped to himself and tells his adversaries it's set to go off if he gets upset.
* In ''[[Burn Notice]]'', Michael does this in the first season finale. It's one of the few times the trope isn't played for humor; it's actually plausible.
* ''[[
* Done in ''[[The Invisible Man (TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'' series. Though, the bad guys wouldn't have minded if he wasn't pointing the gun at his head, because they needed the gland intact, and it was hooked into his brain. He ducks around a corner and shoots the gun off, then falls to the floor apparently headless. When the mook leans over the body to examine it, he kicks his gun out of his hand.
* In the episode "7 Men Out" of ''[[Numb3rs]]'', Granger was getting ready to get one guy when the guy put a gun to his own head. Granger ordered him to drop the gun and the guy did. He tossed the gun at Granger and ran for it.
* ''[[
* In ''[[Blue Bloods]]'', done in the Season 1 finale by a dirty cop, when confronted by ESU and the Police Commissioner. The Commissioner's response? "We all have to die sooner or later."
* Attempted by Hyde in ''[[Jekyll]]'', but the antagonist calls his bluff.
* In the second episode of [[Black Mirror (TV series)|Black Mirror]], {{spoiler|Bing threatens to cut his own throat on live television to prevent anyone from interrupting his speech.}}
* In ''[[The Secret Circle]]'' the ghosts of {{spoiler|a coven of witches}} possess {{spoiler|Adam}} and threaten to kill the "shell" unless they're given {{spoiler|Blackwell's amulet.}}
* In the final episode of ''[[Torchwood
== Video Games ==
* Played for drama in ''[[
* Also in ''[[Call of Duty]]'''s first ''Modern Warfare''.
* Just like in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'', Will threatens to kill himself in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]] [[Kingdom Hearts II
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== Western Animation ==
* In the ''[[
* A similar situation occurs in the [[Looney Tunes]] short ''The Unexpected Pest''. Sylvester keeps a mouse around to chase every once in a while and keep his mistress from kicking him out. The mouse eventually figures out that Sylvester needs him alive to keep his happy home, and has the poor puddy tat scrambling to keep the mouse from hurting himself.
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Parasites Lost", Fry threatens to kill himself in order to get the parasitic worms out of his body; obviously this doubles as a threatened [[Taking You
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