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There are clocks, watches, withering flowers and other things that fill this function, but the most popular and oldest design is a running hourglass, which is so poetically symbolic. May overlap with [[When the Clock Strikes Twelve]] if the hourglass or bell is also counting down to midnight. Compare with [[Doomsday Clock]], which is the fatalistic version of this on a global scale.
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=== Fatalistic ===
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* Illegal contractors in ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' have a clock face on their chest, measuring how many times the can use their chain's power before they are pulled down into the abyss.
* ''[[Mahoromatic]]'': How many days before [[Robot Girl|Mahoro]] completely shuts down is shown at the end of each episode. (Parodied in ''[[He Is My Master]]''.)
* The [[On the Next]] preview of ''[[Fate Zero]]'' shows how much time are left before the Holy Grail appears. Since {{spoiler|Irisviel}} is the conduit for the grail and the manifestation will obliterate her personality, this effectively acts as her [[
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* One ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma 1/2]]'' story has Shampoo slowly [[Involuntary Transformation|being turned into a cat]] while a bell slowly tolls. She must get Ranma to kiss her before it finishes or she'll be [[Mode Lock|stuck as a cat forever]].
** In another story, Akane's body is reduced to a living, but motionless doll by the power of the Kinjakan. If they can't restore her with pure Jusenkyo water before her eyes close completely, [[Final Death|she dies]]. {{spoiler|They do, but Ranma was ''just barely'' able to get the water up to her through equal amounts of skill and miracles}}.
* In ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', there is a clock tower in Athena's Sanctuary that measures time with bright blue flames blazing over the symbols of the Twelve Zodiac Houses. It is ignited twice. The first time is when the [[Five
** Also, Shaka keeps a Buddhist rosary with [[
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]'' has a clock that appears in between scenes that serves both this purpose and allowing the audience to figure out the time orientation of different scenes (sometimes, the clock goes a tiny bit backwards).
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'': After losing to [[Super
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