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* [[Wonder Woman]] once defeated Ares by simply ensnaring him in her golden lariat, forcing him to see what would happen if he successfully destroyed the world: he'd have no one to worship him or serve him.
* The bounty hunter [[Lobo]], of DC fame, has blown up several planets, at least one solar system, countless species, and an entire universe. All by accident though (save his own planet; he destroyed it on purpose), owing to nothing but apathy and a habit of leaving high explosive laying around. Not that he wouldn't have blown them all up anyway given the chance...
* A variation of this trope occurs in [[The Authority]]. A past incarnation of The Doctor is given his old powers back for one hour by the current incarnation to help solve a problem. Past Doctor, of course, being an [[Omnicidal Maniac]], doesn't plan to give the power back after an hour, instead he will become the ultimate ruler of everything. [[Out
** Speaking of which the chances are rather high that this is a new trope, a [[Causality Casualty]]. [[Doctor Who
* [[X Men|Jean Grey]], impersonated by the Phoenix Force, caused a sun to go nova, in order to feed off the energy. A planet of sentient broccoli-looking people was destroyed in the process. [[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.]]
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In [[Kurt Vonnegut|Kurt Vonnegut's]] ''[[Cats Cradle|Cat's Cradle]]'', Dr. Felix Hoenikker invents Ice-9 to help U.S. Marines turn mud into something they can walk on. The world-destroying potential seems never to have occurred to him. Simply, Ice-9 is virtually unmeltable, unbreakable ice thanks to its super-high melting point that lets it remains frozen even at tropical temperatures (although several scenes show folks cooking Ice-9 over a flame to melt it into drinkable water). And it turns all water it touches-into Ice-9. {{spoiler|And then it falls in the ocean.}}
** Ice-9 gets a [[Shout
*** The [[Bag of Holding]] is important here, because Ice-9 is not, in ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'', a new arrangement of ice molecules -- it's a magic spell, specifically the highest possible ice spell. If cast (when outside the [[Bag of Holding]], anyway), it would ''remove all heat from the universe''. Fortunately, Red Mage appears to operate on [[Vancian Magic]] with the really gnarly spells.
** Scientists recently created ''actual'' Ice IX -- which is to say a ninth possible arrangement of molecules within the ice crystal -- but it has no special properties, and in fact can't exist outside a narrow band of pressure and temperature (around -200 degrees F).
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* The script for the never-produced Ringo Starr show, written by Graham Chapman and Douglas Adams, ends with [[Significant Anagram|Rinog Trars]] unthinkingly waving Ringo goodbye and destroying the universe.
* One memorable ''[[Kids in The Hall]]'' sketch featured Dave Foley as an alien spy on Earth. After accidentally letting slip that he is an alien, he beams out and orders the planet destroyed. Then, back on the alien planet, he is berated by his superior for blowing up Earth as well as several other planets in the past. The spy then lets slip that he is a double agent, so of course, that planet must be now destroyed.
* Tom Baker's final episode of ''[[
* Oh boy, where to begin with [[Kamen Rider Decade]]? He's called the "Destroyer of Worlds" and is believed to be a (metaphorical) demon bent on wiping out the multiverse. When our hero Tsukasa is given Decade's powers and tasked with destroying the [[Alternate Universe|Alternate Rider Worlds]] by the originals, he chooses instead to help those worlds' heroes with whatever crisis is going on when he arrives. It seems to work, until the final episode, where {{spoiler|the originals tell him he's actually accelerating the destruction and try to kill him. This leads Tsukasa to [[Face Heel Turn]] and destroy the Riders before committing [[Suicide By Cop]]. This turns out to be the right thing to do, since it gives the Rider Worlds "immortality" by ensuring that their stories will be told forever, and brings back all the worlds destroyed earlier.}}
* ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' features [[The Woobie]], Dr. K, trying to escape unjust imprisonment by the government in a secret think-tank. She tries to wipe their computer systems out with a virus she made, but they apprehend her before she can install the firewall. The virus proceeds to escape the area she meant to keep it to, and ''nukes the entire planet'' to desert and rubble.
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*** She also destroyed Valvoga's netherworld... for no particular reason other than the fact that it was there.
* Although ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'' is usually prime [[Omnicidal Maniac]] country, [[Bonus Boss]] Asagi fits squarely into this trope when she destroys the world ''[[Cutscene Power to The Max|as a pre-battle taunt]]'' without much forethought, just to show off her [[Badass|badassitude]]. Due to this, you get a [[Nonstandard Game Over]] even if you win:
{{quote| '''Gig:''' Oh ''please''! You're trying to play the ''victim''? We can't even move on with the story because ''you'' destroyed the world! Now we have to [[New Game
* The [[King of All Cosmos]] from ''[[Katamari Damacy]]'', who took things a few step further by destroying ''all the stars in the sky'' during a drunken bender.
* The game ''Dr. Muto'' starts off with the eponymous [[Mad Scientist]] character presenting what was to be a machine that could provide unlimited clean energy to a planet is sabotaged and ended up obliterating the planet he lived on, save for a chunk of landmass of his own planet. He then spends the game trying to repair the machine and rebuild the planet.
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