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* In ''[[Independence Day]]'', most major cities are destroyed, but it seems humanity will survive... though it's debatable whether an [[Inferred Holocaust]] has occurred, which would knock this film into the Class 2 range. |
* In ''[[Independence Day]]'', most major cities are destroyed, but it seems humanity will survive... though it's debatable whether an [[Inferred Holocaust]] has occurred, which would knock this film into the Class 2 range. |
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* In ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'', the Northern Hemisphere has been caught in a sudden Ice Age. Millions of people are instantly frozen to death and survivors flee to Southern countries. |
* In ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'', the Northern Hemisphere has been caught in a sudden Ice Age. Millions of people are instantly frozen to death and survivors flee to Southern countries. |
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* ''[[Escape From L.A.]]'': Though it doesn't involve anyone actually dying, Snake activates the [[Wave Motion Gun|Sword of Damocles]] satellite system at the end of the movie, unleashing a massive electromagnetic pulse that neutralizes every electrical power source on the entire planet, thereby (according to the President's [[The Dragon|Dragon]], at least) setting the progress of human civilization back about 500 years, [[Inferred Holocaust|leading to the deaths of thousands]], if not millions, indirectly as a result of entire cities shut down. |
* ''[[Escape From L.A.]]'': Though it doesn't involve anyone actually dying, Snake activates the [[Wave Motion Gun|Sword of Damocles]] satellite system at the end of the movie, unleashing a massive electromagnetic pulse that neutralizes every electrical power source on the entire planet, thereby (according to the President's [[The Dragon|Dragon]], at least) setting the progress of human civilization back about 500 years, [[Inferred Holocaust|leading to the deaths of thousands]], if not millions, indirectly as a result of entire cities shut down. |
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* ''[[Contagion]]'': A worldwide pandemic that spreads about as easily as the flu, and kills about a fifth of the people infected. The US government survives, but things get pretty rough for a while. |
* ''[[Contagion]]'': A worldwide pandemic that spreads about as easily as the flu, and kills about a fifth of the people infected. The US government survives, but things get pretty rough for a while. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |