Suicide by Cop: Difference between revisions

* Done in ''[[Gantz]]'' by Izumi, who guns down hundreds of civilians in a crowded Tokyo train station so that he'll be killed and sent to the Gantz.

* Pretty much the MO of the person who brings Layton into the case in ''[[Professor Layton and The Eternal Diva]]''.

** Unfortunately, as soon as he saw [[The Ace|Conrad]] in town his goal became to get his homeland's famous swordsman to kill him, and to that end he attacked the guy [[The Ace]] was protecting...then found out that that was the new king of his country, and he was now a traitor as well as an exile.

** Of course, Vash "disapproves of suicide more than anything," so if he is doing this it's probably subconscious.

* Greed in [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|the 2003 anime version]] of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', who intentionally picks a fight with and enrages Ed on false pretenses so the latter will kill him, as it is preferable to waiting around for Dante to re-seal him.

** Spider-Man accuses Green Goblin of trying this during the "A Death in the Family" storyline, when Green Goblin puts Flash Thompson in a coma and then goes public with claims that Gwen Stacy died due to Spider-Man failing to safely catching her body when it fell off the bridge, and making claims of having sex with Gwen. We never find out from Norman if Spider-Man was right or not, though the ending implies that Norman could have murdered Spider-Man with a gun in his desk drawer during his [[Hannibal Lecture]] leaves it vague.

* In ''[[The Ultimates]] volume 3'', Hawkeye nearly goads Wolverine into killing him by shooting him from a short distance.

* Subverted in an issue of ''[[The Punisher]]'', as after chasing the [[Big Bad]] all over the city, Frank finally cornered him, only to have probably the only thing close to an honest cop catch up and point a gun to HIS head. Frank ends the Mexican standoff by tossing [[Big Bad]] his own gun. [[Big Bad]] makes to shoot Frank, causing the cop to kill him instead.

* The Cavalier (Hudson Pyle) does this in the ''[[Batman]]: Legends of the Dark Knight'' arc "Blades", purposely charging the cops and getting gunned down.

* [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|Lumiya]] recieves this via Luke in the novel ''[[Legacy of the Force|Sacrifice]]''. An interesting subersion in that she didn't really seem to have any wish to die and simply felt she'd [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|played her part]]. Jacen Solo even refers to it as 'Suicide By Skywalker.'

** Tal'dira in ''[[X Wing Series|Solo Command]]'' was brainwashed into attempting to shoot down Wedge Antilles while on a mission. Unable to let go of his conditioning, he instead lowers his own starfighter's shields during the attempt, enabling one of his squadmates to kill him before he can complete his mission. Bonus points in that said squadmate used to be a cop before becoming a pilot.

* In ''[[Tim Powers|On Stranger Tides]]'', Stede Bonnet falls under Blackbeard's power via ''vodun'' and extortion, but eventually opts to escape being a sorcerous puppet by invoking this trope ... with the Royal Navy as the cops. His desire to be killed in battle rather than hanged leads him to escape from jail when captured, then provoke the pursuing soldiers into firing on his own party of fugitives.

* ''The Zoo Story'', Jerry, who is a homeless very lonely man meets another man named Peter and forces him to kill him. Although he doesn't tell him to kill him, Jerry tries to get Peter mad enough to do it.

* ''[[CSI: Miami]]'': Horatio's nemesis Clavo Cruise, having had all his plans foiled, shows up at the crime lab and, waiting until Horatio and other police officers have their weapons trained on him, tries to take a shot at Horatio.

* Zander Smith was killed in this way on ''[[General Hospital]]''

* A suicidal cop in ''[[Third Watch]]'' takes main character Bosco hostage, holds Bosco's own gun on him, then walks into broad daylight and deliberately opens himself up to a clear shot from a SWAT sniper.

* Referred to by name in ''[[NCIS]]'', after Kate shoots a despairing man who was waving an (unloaded) handgun in a threatening manner.

** And averted spectacularly in another episode, "Murder 2.0", where the protagonists run into a hostage situation that looks to be the hostage-taker trying to commit suicide by cop... until Gibbs realizes that she's being forced by the "hostage" to "threaten" him with an unloaded weapon, and what's really going on is that the "hostage-taker" was being set up for a ''Homicide'' By Cop. Fortunately, it didn't work.

* ''[[Blue Heelers]]'' did this when Constable Susie Rayner is introduced with her husband Brad, an ex cop who was injured and wheelchair bound on the job. As he spirals further into depression he lashes out at Susie, and Ben when he tries to help. Convinced they are having an affair Brad steal's Ben's service revolver and makes as if he's going to kill Susie, forcing Ben to shoot him in self defense. The subsequent court case looked into the possibility of Brad being suicidal and he wanted to be killed, and this was eventually ruled as the official cause.

* Spotlighted in an episode of ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]''.

** In another episode, a junkie robs his father's bank, and accidentally shoots his father in the process. As he heads out to commit Suicide By Cop, Dr. Warner shoots him in the leg with Stabler's backup weapon, allowing the SWAT team to restrain him.

* Faith attempts Suicide By Vampire Detective in the ''[[Angel]]'' episode "Five By Five".

* In the ''Series/Torchwood'' episode "Sleeper", knowing that when the aliens eventually activate her, her human personality will be permanently replaced by that of an alien killing machine, the sleeper agent Beth decides she'd rather die as a human and atone for the death of her husband, so she pretends she's about to slash Gwen's throat, forcing the other Torchwood members to shoot her.

* ''[[Sanctuary]]'': John Druitt, overwhelmed by the guilt that goes with being Jack the Ripper attempts to goad Magnus into killing him by beating the crap out of her. It almost works--she stops his heart with two stun blasts to the chest, but then [[Magical Defibrillator|revives him]].

* Squall can attempt this in the D-District Prison segment of ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' by insulting the prison warden during his [[Electric Torture]]. He doesn't succeed, but choosing the option [[Violation of Common Sense|nets the player a reward a little later on]].

* Angeal from ''Crisis Core: [[Final Fantasy VII]]'' does this - by turning into a [[One-Winged Angel]] and attacking Zack.

*** He even has a couple of possibly-hallucinatory [[Talking to the Dead]] moments with Zach later on.

** Before resorting to turning into a spectacularly ugly chimaera he tried to get Zach to kill him as part of their oath to "destroy anything that threatens the world." Zach had attacked him a while back when he believed he'd murdered his own mother, but since that and his going AWOL were really the only things to make Zach think he'd gotten himself an [[Evil Mentor]] and he'd just been disabused of the mistake, it didn't go well. Afterward they have a heartfelt [[Take Up My Sword]]--the iconic buster blade Zach passes on to Cloud at the end of the game.

* The entire plot of the ''[[.hack GU Games|.hack//G.U.]]'' games basically revolves around this. [[The Chessmaster]] Ovan effectively manipulates Haseo into killing him, because only if Ovan's (extremely high-level) PC is killed by Haseo's special PC, his special ability will be activated, resetting the entire internet and cleansing it of the corruption that has been sending gamers (including [[Ill Girl|Ovan's own sister]]) into coma.

* Andrew Ryan in ''[[Bioshock]]'' pulls a Suicide By Cop, by manipulating Jack into bludgeoning him to death with a trigger phrase.

* In ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'', Emil Castagnier {{spoiler|(that is, [[Tomato in the Mirror|Ratatosk]]),}} plans to fake possession by his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] {{spoiler|and get the party to kill him so that he can become a Core to seal the Ginnungagap}}. It's half wanting to save the world and half guilt from learning that he killed Aster. [[Multiple Endings|It's up to the player to decide if he succeeds]].

* It's not explicitly stated, but it's fairly clear this is what Caster did in Heavens Feel route of ''[[Fate/stay night]]''. Her Master and reason for living has just been killed and she's standing over his body, covered in blood and horrified when Saber and Shirou show up. When she finally notices them, she doesn't explain and, most tellingly, puts away her contract nullifying dagger and simply attacks. Normally she'd teleport out or something. But why bother?

** Her master pulls the same trick in the Unlimited Blade Works route when Caster is killed. Even though the heroes are willing to let him go (he's completely harmless to them), he still picks a fight he cannot win with Archer to "finish what he started", and is killed instantly.

* Sol in ''[[Final Fantasy Legend]] 3'', who was merged with Xagor and said, "I'll hold Xagor's soul for you, kill me!" to the party. Knowing that Xagor attempted to conquer Sol so the entity flooding the world would never stop, Sol also knew that he could get himself killed, and take Xagor down with him and stop the entity in its last stage.

* In ''[[Mass Effect]]'' Matriarch Benezia chooses this path (by Protagonist, who is ''sort of'' a cop) after briefly breaking [[Eldritch Abomination|Sove]][[Sapient Ship|reign's]] indoctrination. She knew Sovereign's indoctrination was permanent and her respite would only be temporary and chose death over continuing its evil.

* Sniper Wolf in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' really just waits for a soldier who is able to kill her. But as a world class sniper who doesn't hold back with her skills in combat, she's not making it particularly easy for her enemies.

* One sidequest in the ''[[Morrowind]]'' expansion ''Bloodmoon'' involves an old man who feels like he has nothing left to contribute, and is only a burden on his family, so he tries to do this. The player character can either kill him, or endure his attacks and talk some sense into him when he wears himself out.

* In ''[[Vampire Bloodlines]]'' a particularly cruel [[Power Born of Madness|Malkavian]] player can make an unfortunate [[Muggle]] do this to himself [[Killed to Uphold the Masquerade|to uphold the Masquerade]] by forcing him to go to the nearest police station and draw a gun.

* Done in ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim|Skyrim]]'' during the {{spoiler|Dark Brotherhood}} questline. {{spoiler|After selling the player out to [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|Commander Maro]] and being literally burned for it, Astrid uses her own body as a Black Sacrament and put a contract on herself.}}