Category talk:Fictional attempted suicides

Inclusions

Should the likes of Meg Griffin, Sideshow Bob and Jerry Mouse really be here? The majority of those included are characters where the suicide attempt is treated seriously and has a profound impact on the character. In Meg's case there are references to the character threatening to kill herself, the only examples I can thing of when she is actually seen to seriously attempt this are obvious throwaway gags eg in cuttaways (the obvious examples are when Meg is seen taking sleeping pills which turn out to have been switched with by Stewie's evil pet turtle alka-seltzer and when a Japanese version of Meg kills herself at her fathers command in Road to the Multiverse). I suppose it could be argued that part of Meg's character is she is so badly treated by her family and those around her she could be driven to suicide, but I am not convinced. Sideshow Bob however seems to relate entirely to one halfhearted attempt included solely for the purpose of showing he now has gills. As children's character the inclusion of Jerry Mouse seems really odd and seems to relate to his and Tom's actions at the end of Blue Cat blues - however that is clearly not character defining nor intended as a serious treatment of the issue. Also if Jerry is included, why not Tom? Dunarc (talk) 23:54, 4 March 2020 (UTC)