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[[File:stop-or-I-shoot-myself2_blazing-saddles_3885.jpg|link=Blazing Saddles|frame|<small>The worst kind of hostage situation.</small> ]]
[[File:stop-or-I-shoot-myself2 blazing-saddles 3885.jpg|link=Blazing Saddles|frame|The worst kind of hostage situation.]]




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* {{spoiler|Higuchi}} in ''[[Death Note]]'', after having been cornered as the current Kira, does this to keep himself from being caught. At some point he realizes it is hopeless and tries to pull the trigger. [[Badass Grandpa|Watari]] [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands|snipes it out of his hands]].
* {{spoiler|Higuchi}} in ''[[Death Note]]'', after having been cornered as the current Kira, does this to keep himself from being caught. At some point he realizes it is hopeless and tries to pull the trigger. [[Badass Grandpa|Watari]] [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands|snipes it out of his hands]].
* 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]].
* 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 ''[[Code Geass]]'', Lelouch threatened suicide when C.C. tried to stop him from walking into an [[Obvious Trap]] -- he couldn't threaten her since she has a [[Healing Factor]]. He's also managed to convince people to follow his orders in a similar fashion.
* In an early episode of ''[[Code Geass]]'', Lelouch threatened suicide when C.C. tried to stop him from walking into an [[Obvious Trap]]—he couldn't threaten her since she has a [[Healing Factor]]. He's also managed to convince people to follow his orders in a similar fashion.
{{quote|'''Lelouch:''' All methods of escape have been sealed. If you believe you can get out of here without me, then shoot me now!}}
{{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 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.
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** 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.
** 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.
* 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.
* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', Season 3 episode "Sateda": Ronon Dex is captured, along with Teyla and Sheppard, by villagers he previously met during his Runner days. They're planning to deliver him to the Wraith in exchange for their village to be spared. The elder refuses to free them even when Ronon put a knife under the throat of one of his jailers -- so Ronon threatens to ''slit his own throat'' if they don't let Sheppard and Teyla go. The villagers are forced to yield since the Wraith were already summoned forth -- and they wouldn't be very pleased to find Ronon dead, as they want him alive for [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game|an ultimate hunt]].
* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', Season 3 episode "Sateda": Ronon Dex is captured, along with Teyla and Sheppard, by villagers he previously met during his Runner days. They're planning to deliver him to the Wraith in exchange for their village to be spared. The elder refuses to free them even when Ronon put a knife under the throat of one of his jailers—so Ronon threatens to ''slit his own throat'' if they don't let Sheppard and Teyla go. The villagers are forced to yield since the Wraith were already summoned forth—and they wouldn't be very pleased to find Ronon dead, as they want him alive for [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game|an ultimate hunt]].
* 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.
* 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 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.
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