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* [[Ghost Ship]]: The fates of military and luxury cruise ships are depicted in several episodes.
* [[Hey, It's That Sound]]: Quake teleporter sound.
* [[Humans Are Bastards]]: The series could be considered [[Fetish Fuel]] for people that hold this viewpoint, and clearly knows it. The narration can very easily take on a "Look how wild and wonderful the world is after all the nasty ol' humans are dead and their works have been wiped out without a trace" tone.
* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: Not just the humans, but the animals that are bound to die in our absence.
* [[Just for Pun]] - A number of comments about future results have some rather wry connotations, often also invoking the [[Bond One-Liner]]. Two of them include one about a major work by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] which has needed restoration over many years including dehumidifiers. Now that people are no longer around to save it from degradation, "How long before nature finishes off ''The Last Supper''?" The second one mentions that the Taipei 101 building, the 2nd tallest building in the world, which "is often said to look like a stack of [Chinese food] take out boxes. How long before nature ''takes out'' Taipei 101?"
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