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This is one of the worst insults you can dole out. It's ''dangerous'', especially if the target is already depressed or mentally ill. It's also so offensive that saying it to someone as a joke is rare, even among people that usually take [[Refuge in Vulgarity]].

...And it says much more about the person saying it than the recipient. It's often a used as a bloodless [[Moral Event Horizon]], at the least launching a character straight into [[Jerkass]] territory and making the audience seriously question his/her sense of empathy. Good guys almost never do it, unless they're a [[Heroic Sociopath]] in a [[Sadist Show]]. A [["Just Joking" Justification]] may be used if the offender's called out on it, [[Dude, Not Funny|but it usually falls flat, both with the other characters and the audience.]]

[[Leave Behind a Pistol]] is similar, but done with different intent. Compare [[Go Ye Heroes Go and Die]], which does this by accident (normally).

[[Truth in Television]], and often goes hand-in-hand with [[Kids Are Cruel]] and [[Teens Are Monsters]].

== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[Canadian Bacon]]'', the US city of Niagara pays its cops extra for cleaning up suicides. This led to unfortunate consequences...

** Immediately afterwards, Murtaugh, furious with Riggs, drags Riggs into a nearby building and they being arguing. Murtaugh thinks Riggs is suicidal and is a danger to himself and others. Murtaugh tells Riggs [[Get It Over With|to just kill himself already]]. Riggs actually pulls out his gun and points it at his head, screaming at Murtaugh that he'll do it. Murtaugh one-ups this and yells ''back'', telling him to ''go ahead and do it'', since it'd be doing him a favor.

* D-list villain Whirlwind verbally demoralized Hank Pym to the point that Hank put a gun to his head in a once-controversial '' [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|West Coast Avengers]]'' storyline. Only another superhero interrupting Hank prevented it from being a successful attempt.

* This is how the ''[[Great Lakes Avengers]]'' defeated {{spoiler|Maelstrom}} in their miniseries: Mr. immortal convinces the villain that life isn't worth living, and even "goes first" to cap his argument, prompting said villain to blast their own head off.

* In [[Alan Moore]]'s ''Captain Britain'' series, the sentient computer Mastermind once used holographic illusions of the Captain's dead parents who almost successfully urged him to kill himself out of guilt at their deaths.

* [[Ms. Marvel]]: It is revealed that the selfish, amoral psychologist and psychiatrist Dr. Karla Sofen (AKA Moonstone) convinced depressed patients to kill themselves while she watched. Despite this, there have been a number of attempts to redeem her. If the characters knew the character the way the reader does, they would stop trying to redeem her, and either kill her or give her a [[Fate Worse Than Death]].

* ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'': In one set of episodes, Rat takes a job as a late night radio show host, which means that he gets to listen to people call in to say that they abducted by aliens and things like. One such person calls from his truck to say that aliens took his brain. Rat responds by saying that the aliens took his brain because he's a smart fellow, that they'll want the rest of his organs for military use and he must not let that happen. The caller panics and asks what should he do. Rat tells him to drive off a cliff. The caller does it, and lets out an "AAAaaahhh" as he falls. One staff member points out the F.C.C. frowns on killing listeners and Rat says "Rules rules rules." This one is [[Played for Laughs]], but since it's [[Black Comedy]], [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on whether or not you find it funny.

== [[Video Games]] ==

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

** The Doctor was also pretty insistant Lady Cassandra die, not just due to being a sociopathic mass murderer that takes over people's bodies, but he believes she has so greatly outlived her deserved lifespan.

* On ''The Story Of Tracy Beaker'' (a live action children's show based on the series of books by [[Jacqueline Wilson]]) a character brushed off the main character by telling her to "go and play in the traffic".

Man: I hate Leeds United. I'm a Liverpool fan.<br />

Benny: Well, flaming well jump then! }}

== [[Literature]] ==

* [[Backstory]] of ''[[Dune]]''. While Liet Kynes is teaching the Fremen about his dream of making Arrakis a garden, a decision is made to kill him because he's a security risk to the sietch. A Fremen fighter is sent to execute him. When he approaches, Liet tells him "Remove yourself", and the man deliberately falls on his own crysknife. The other Fremen see this as an omen and decide to do anything Liet says.

* When Richard is doing the trail in Neverwhere, various bill boards suggest throwing himself in front of the train would be a good idea.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Another example: that episode where Homer can't remember what he did last day and he wrongly assumes that he hit Marge. He goes to a bridge to kill himself and Patty and Selma encourage him to do it.

** Another episode has Stan calling a shopping network when his grandfather was spending all his savings buying from them, and, in a nod to the Bill Hicks example below, telling the presenters to kill themselves for taking advantage of old people. {{spoiler|In the end, it works.}}

== [[New Media]] ==

{{quote| "Hey lobster. How do I make money off the internet?"<br />

"Oh, oh. Kill yourself." }}

{{quote| '''Yugi''': Hey, why don't you threaten to kill yourself again? Only this time, actually do it!}}

* [http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp08312004.shtml this Somthing Positive comic]

== [[Theatre]] ==

{{quote| '''Lady Anne:''' Arise, dissembler; thought I wish thy death, I will not be the executioner<br />

'''Gloucester:''' Then bid me kill myself, and I will do it.<br />