"Spyanide", Way to Die #621, is the fourth death featured in "Stupid Is As Death Does", which aired on March 29, 2011.
Plot[]
Max was a traitorous US citizen and an amateur spy who sympathized with the Nazis during WW2, he came to a park to see a contact on his first spy mission, there was something else about Max, he was an idiot, he faked a bad German accent and he started to ask if it was cold when the weather was nice but then his contact, a woman with a stroller, approached him and told him that it was cold, Max showed her some photos he got, showing that despite being a moron and that his value was extremely low, he was able to get something useful, the woman congratulated him and they finished, then the well stupid Max prepared to leave when a man who played croquet told him to wait, Max had forgotten his notebook on a bench, the do-gooder man saw it and tried to give it back to him but Max thought he had been discovered so he tried to run away, Max ran through the park while the man tried to reach him, then Max crashed into a table, fell to the ground and the man was about to reach him but before he could speak Max decided to do what a good spy would do, this traitor swallowed some cyanide pills that he was carrying, taking his own life and doing his country a favor by sending himself to Hölle where he belonged, leaving the man confused.
Rather than getting caught, Max played the good spy, and swallowed some cyanide pills he had gotten his hands on. But, he jumped the gun. His American counterpart was just a do-gooder trying to return his notebook."
Transcript[]
Max: It's cold out here.
Croquet Player: Hey. Hey you!
Narrator: His cover was blown.
(Max trips and falls)
Narrator: Rather than getting caught, Max played the good spy, and swallowed some cyanide pills he had gotten his hands on.
(Max takes and bites the cyanide, dies; but, he made a misunderstanding mistake)
Narrator: But, he jumped the gun. His American counterpart was just a do-gooder trying to return his notebook.
(Recap, Death by Bells is playing)
Narrator: Max was a traitor who deserved to die, In the end he did his country a favor, by doing himself in. Danke schön, Dummkopf (Thank you, dumbass).
Cast & Interviewees[]
- Alexander von Roon - Max (lead: intended victim)
- David P. Johnson - Croquet Player (uncredited/lead)
- John Prudhont - World War II Military Historian
- Dr. Pavel Bindra - Cardiac Electrophysiologis
Alternative Description[]
Description as seen on Spike TV's website
In 1942, a German spy collecting intelligence on US military personnel during WWII takes his own life with liquid hydrogen cyanide (issued to him for this exact reason) when he thinks his cover is blown.
Trivia[]
- There have been 2 deaths caused by intentional suicide not done out of stupidity. The other one is Bull-shido.
- This is based on any number of suicides at the end of World War II where a cyanide capsule was used, including one that killed Adolf Hitler's wife, Eva Braun.
- "Danke schön, Dummkopf." is German for "Thank you, dumbass."
- Lesson: Look before you leap.
- This death teaches us not to jump to conclusions.
Segment Nicknames[]
- Last Resort
- Mission Failed
Foreign Names[]
- Último Recurso (Last Resort) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Espía Paranoico (Paranoid Spy) - European Spanish dub
- Gründlich blau gemacht (Thorougly blued) - German dub
- Sianurong Ahento Sumitarakan (Cyanide Agent Suicide) - Lazoran dub, 2019 (former)
- Rekursong Katulawakinayad Matihanan (Recourse Horrendous Alert) - Lazoran dub, 2024 (current)
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