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{{trope}}
Something of a [[Stock Phrase]], this is a common humorous hyperbole used to emphasize how unlikely a given event or action is in the current context, such as [[
In use it takes either a declarative form ("X is [[One of the Seven Signs of the Apocalypse]].") or an interrogative ("Isn't X [[One of the Seven Signs of the Apocalypse]]?").
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== Fan Works ==
* Late in ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1469350/1/Harry-Potter-and-the-Key-of-Dagon Harry Potter and the Key of Dagon]'', a ''[[Harry Potter]]/[[
{{quote|Dawn put on a smile and held out her hand to help him to his feet. "Hi Dean. You're the first to arrive."
Dean smiled back, and started to brush the soot from his clothes. "Of course. Couldn't have the Weasleys show up on time. That's one of the signs of the apocalypse."
Buffy smiled at him. “"Actually, no... I think I've seen most of the signs, and that's not one of them."}}
* In ''[[Xendra]]'' by Diane Castle Xander briefly ponders the wisdom of joking about the trope on the Hellmouth:
{{quote| Even Cordelia was eating a human-sized lunch, when normally she was on the salad-and-a-toothpick diet. That was definitely a sign of the apocalypse.
Okay, he should stop making jokes that included the words ‘sign of the apocalypse’ because, well, real apocalypses that were happening all over the place. Who the hell decided there should be an apocalypse twice a year? Okay, the word ‘hell’ there was probably totally relevant, because things from hell dimensions were probably a part of the whole mess anyway. And hadn’t Giles told him that the things that created vampires were maybe still around in their own hell dimensions? Jerks.
Nah, he should keep making jokes about the signs of the apocalypse. Because if you couldn’t make ‘signs of the apocalypse’ jokes anymore, then the apocalypsers have already won. Or something like that.}}
* When Sirius Black volunteers to help with some important research in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic ''[http://jeconais.fanficauthors.net/This_Means_War This Means War]'' by "Jeconais", Harry hides and announces, "Padfoot wanting to study is one of the signs of the Apocalypse."
== Film ==
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{{quote|Taco Bell Is Making a Taco Shell Out of Fried Chicken
Isn't this one of the seven signs of the apocalypse?}}
* [[Comedy Central]] UK has [https://web.archive.org/web/20160501161549/http://www.comedycentral.co.uk/weird/articles/the-japanese-have-just-invented-the-bestworst-beauty-product-ever an article on its website] about a Japanese product -- flesh-colored tights with pre-printed toenail polish on them -- in which they say:
{{quote|We've checked, and it's not actually one of the seven signs of the apocalypse (but we're pretty sure that was just an oversight by the Bible's authors. BECAUSE LOOK AT THEM).}}
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