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== Anime and Manga ==
* The anime ''[[
* Mewtwo attempts this in ''[[Pokémon:
** In [[Pokémon:
* Second Impact in ''[[
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== Films -- Animated ==
* ''[[
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== Literature ==
* In ''[[The Mote in
* Clarke and [[Stephen Baxter|Baxter's]] book ''The Light of Other Days'' describes an enormous asteroid that's going to collide with the Earth; large enough that the heat released will more or less sterilize the face of the Earth, such that only the most basic bacteria can survive. It eventually transpires that {{spoiler|this had already happened once, billions of years ago, and the civilization that existed then hid away the life that would eventually evolve into us}}.
** At the end of the book, {{spoiler|this is averted, as society is able to deal with the asteroid by some unspecified means}}.
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** In the ''Robot'' series R. Daneel Olivaw and R. Giskard discover that {{spoiler|a spacer plot leads to the Spacers deliberately making the Earth grow radioactive to destroy the Settler society, and the robots refused to prevent the process, believing it will be better for the humanity, since it will force the Earthers to spread out}}.
** In the opening chapters of ''The Stars Like Dust'', {{spoiler|the Earth has large areas of nuclear wasteland, and everyone is forced to wear film badges to measure their exposure to radiation}}, while in an early Imperial-era novel, {{spoiler|the Earth is revealed to be almost completely uninhabitable}}.
* According to [[
* The conclusion of Dougal Dixon's ''[[Man After Man]]'' finds the Earth almost totally stripped of life by the evolved, no-longer-recognizable descendents of human space colonists. Its contaminated atmosphere no longer supports any organisms, such that only a handful of native species survive, clinging to deep-sea hydrothermal vents.
* David Gerrold's ''[[The War Against the Chtorr]]'' series is either Class 4 or Class 5. The Chtorr are gradually but inexorably replacing Earth's biome with Chtorr. The apparently inevitable result is the replacement of ''all'' life forms on Earth with Chtorr. {{spoiler|The invasion started at the microbe level, with plagues that devastated the majority of human population. As the invasion continues, more and higher level positions in the food chain are being replaced with Chtorr, with the possible exception of the worms, who appear to be top-tier predators. But since nobody knows exactly what the Chtorr is, it's hard to say for certain.}}
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* In the [[Riftwar Cycle]] by Raymond E. Feist, Kelewan gets this, not once, but '''twice'''. '''''In the same book.''''' First it starts getting swallowed by an ever-expanding portal to what amounts to the second circle of hell, powered by the deaths of the army trying to stop it. Then, to put an end to ''that'' threat, [[A Wizard Did It|Pug]] [[Colony Drop|created a gigantic rift portal that basically slammed a large part of Kelewan's moon into its surface at extreme speed.]] Luckily, a good part of the population escaped to another world.
* The [[Show Within a Show|Fimbulwinter Game]], played out at Dream Park in ''The Barsoom Project'', depicts the near-total freezing of the planet by a crazed Cabal of Inuit sorcerers. Only Arctic natives and organisms have any hope of surviving, and it's hinted that the Cabal's rituals may have overdone it, potentially pushing even these into extinction (and this example into Class 5).
* Sergej Luk'yanenko's ''Линия Грёз'', set in the ''[[
* Roger Zelazny's ''[[Damnation Alley]]'' is set post-nuclear apocalypse. Most of the surviving population are in coastal cities, while those remaining in the Midwest blame scientists for the catastrophe, and crucify any they catch. There is animal life, but not as we know it.
* ''[[
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* ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' ''starts'' with at least a 1.5, but by the end of Ziggy's first scene, it's clear that it's really a 4. Yes, this takes place on Earth. ''[[Darker and Edgier|In PowerRangers]]''. Its strongly implied that the means by which the Venjix Virus razed the planet was nuclear carpet-bombing.
* On ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', the opening of the Hellmouth is a 4.5. This would release demon hordes onto the Earth, resulting in the extinction of not only the human race, but every other native critter. The natural biosphere would be replaced with a demonic one. This is averted four times, in the episodes "The Harvest", "Prophecy Girl", "The Zeppo", and "Doomed". The release of the First's army of Turok-Han, as averted in the series finale, would apparently have a similar effect.
* The ''[[
* The [[Sudden Downer Ending|final episode]] of ''[[Dinosaurs]]''.
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== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[White Noise]]'', the invading aliens temporarily halted the Earth's rotation, which caused everything to be thrown into the atmosphere and immolated. They then tried to [[Terraform]] the planet to suit their needs, but this didn't take. Life was only able to return to the planet because humans had three orbital space colonies to repopulate from. The Earth is presently habitable, but only by a very generous application of the word habitable.
* ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* In the fourth season of ''[[Teen Titans (
* The [[After the End|pre-series]] apocalypse in ''[[
** Actually, normal wildlife is also shown to still be around in the land of Ooo.
* Nightmare Moon attempted to do this twice in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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