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* Invoked in the ''[[Smallville]]'' episode "Apocalypse", where Clark goes to an alternate future where he never arrived on Earth and Lex Luthor became President. [[President Evil|President Luthor]] plans to provoke a nuclear war, but before he does, he has the military secretly shuttle the country's best and brightest (which presumably includes a fair number of famous scientists and businessmen) to bunkers so that they will be the largest group of survivors, this planting the seeds for Lex's idea of a "perfect" world... led by Lex of course.

* One ''[[Married With Children]]'' has the Bundys and Darcys ending up on a liferaft after their cruise ship sinks. Their raftmates? A fat lady and [[Gilbert Gottfried]], who was the comedian entertainment on the cruise.

** Before the Cylon attacks, Gaius Baltar was also a well-known scientist and proponent of re-developing advanced computer technology.

* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[The Soup]]'''s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vAvmyTvFJ4 crossover] with ''[[The Walking Dead (TV)|The Walking Dead]]'', which features Daryl, Glenn, and cast members from ''The Soup'' ([[My Friends and Zoidberg|and Rich Sommer]], who thought they were doing a ''[[Mad Men (TV)|Mad Men]]'' skit) battling zombie versions of [[American Idol|Ryan Seacrest]] and [[Kim Kardashian|the Kardashian sisters]].

** Chuck Greene, the protagonist, is a former motocross champ turned contestant on the zombie-killing reality game show ''Terror is Reality''. In the ''Case: Zero'' prequel, one of the survivors recognizes Chuck and finds it awesome to be in his presence and getting rescued by him.

** Tyrone "TK" King, the Don King-esque host of ''Terror is Reality'' {{spoiler|and the <s>[[Big Bad]]</s> [[Dragon-in-Chief]] to the real villain, Sullivan}}. The show's two [[Lovely Assistant|Lovely Assistants]], [[Twin Threesome Fantasy|sexy twin sisters]] Crystal and Amber Bailey, {{spoiler|are his [[The Dragon|Dragons]]}}.

** Luz Palmer, a professional golfer.

** Reed and Roger, two stage magicians who are equal parts [[Penn & Teller]] and Siegfried & Roy.

* After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, supermodel Petra Nemcova spent eight hours stuck in a tree.

* Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying the Old Christians Club rugby team from Montevideo, crashed in the Andes in 1972 on their way to Chile. The survivors spent 72 days in the Andean wilderness, and eventually had to resort to [[No Party Like a Donner Party|cannibalism to survive]]. Their experience [[Based on a True Story|was adapted]] into the film ''[[Alive]]!''.

* Fats Domino was rescued by the Coast Guard after being stranded in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina.

 

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