Apocalyptic Log: Difference between revisions

This Trope is almost always a part of [[Found Footage Films]]. See also [[Lost in Transmission]], [[Distress Call]], [[Late to the Party]], [[Action Survivor]], [[Almost-Dead Guy]], [[Harbinger of Impending Doom]], [[Send in the Search Team]], [[Ignored Expert]], [[Undead Author]], [[Posthumous Character]], [[Posthumous Narration]], [[That Was the Last Entry]].

* ''[http://meganphntmgrl.livejournal.com/80785.html A Statement in the Ice]'',{{Dead link}}'', a one-shot ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]/[[Cthulhu Mythos]]'' crossover which uses the concept that {{spoiler|Adrian}} called down a ''real'' [[Eldritch Abomination]] rather than had one customizedcustom built.

* John Barnes' ''[[wikipedia:The Sky So Big and Black|The Sky So Big And Black]]'' is set in a solar system where they're [[Terraforming]] Mars for living room. They can't use Earth any more, because it's inhabited by a [[Hive Mind]] united by a behavioural [[MeMemetic MeMutation|meme]], Resuna, which is aggressively trying to spread itself to the rest of humanity (it just wants to help!). The novel is the log of a psychiatrist going over and adding to his notes of his latest patient, plucky [[Action Girl]] Teri, and is one part her adventures [[Terraforming]], one part a discussion of exactly how memes work to take over a person, and one part, well, where these two things intersect. The psychiatrist catches the meme off Teri, and the entries in his log show his mind going.

* The ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld/A Hat Full of Sky|A Hat Full of Sky]]'' quotes a few passages from a book recording a wizard's attempts to contain and control a Hiver, a mind-controlling monster that gradually turns whatever creature it possesses into a pathological id. To drive the point home, the last few pages degenerate into "Those ''fools!'' I'll show them! [[They Called Me Mad|I'll show them]] ''[[They Called Me Mad|all!!!!!]]''" ranting, and finally completely incoherent random letters.

** ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud!]]'' has the numerous, disjointed, seemingly-random-numbered notes left by the painter of ''The Battle of Koom Valley'', who slowly went mad (including thinking alternately that he was being chased by a giant chicken and that he ''was'' a giant chicken). The last one—only known to be so because it was found under his dead body—read "It comes! ''It comes!!!''" He was found with his throat full of chicken feathers.

** In ''[[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|Guards! Guards!]]'' the Library's copy of ''The Summoning Of Dragons'' has been scorched...

* At Busch Gardens Europe, the former attraction Curse of Darkastle iswas an Apocalyptic Log... set into an [[Groundhog Day Loop|Endless Loop]].

* In ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' episode "Heart of Ice," Batman does some sleuthing around GothCorp's facility and finds a videotape inside Viktor Fries' case file. The videotape has him documenting on a revolutionary process that he developed of cryogenesis that he is placing his terminally ill wife, Nora Fries, in until he can develop a cure for her. Suddenly, Ferris Boyle bursts in and demands that he shut down the experiment due to his stealing money from him to commit the experiment. Viktor attempts to reason with and eventually is forced to point a gun at Boyle to stop him from halting his experiment. Boyle then tries to reason with him, before promptly kicking him into some vials containing chemicals relating to the cryogenetic process, causing a biohazard, with Friez also visibly deteriorating from the accident while calling Nora's name in a lamenting manner as the tape ends. Unlike most examples of this Trope, Friez survived - [[Fate Worse Than Death|much to his regret.]]