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[[File:screaming_1921.jpg|frame|They often end up like this.]]
[[File:screaming 1921.jpg|frame|They often end up like this.]]




It's [[After the End]], humanity is on the brink of extinction. In a remote outpost somewhere, one man is still looking to reverse this situation. He toils away in a laboratory trying to cure the disease, fix the Earth's Magnetic field, change the weather, or even build a time machine to go back and prevent the apocalypse.
It's [[After the End]], humanity is on the brink of extinction. In a remote outpost somewhere, one man is still looking to reverse this situation. He toils away in a laboratory trying to cure the disease, fix the Earth's Magnetic field, change the weather, or even build a time machine to go back and prevent the apocalypse.


The [[Sole Surviving Scientist]] needn't be completely alone, he might have some soldiers guarding him, a few survivors he's generously allowed into his stronghold, even an assistant. Regardless of his company he's the only real scientist left (that we know of).
The '''Sole Surviving Scientist''' needn't be completely alone, he might have some soldiers guarding him, a few survivors he's generously allowed into his stronghold, even an assistant. Regardless of his company he's the only real scientist left (that we know of).


Often the scientist's efforts are fruitless and he descends into depression, madness or a macabre obsession with studying mankind's downfall.
Often the scientist's efforts are fruitless and he descends into depression, madness or a macabre obsession with studying mankind's downfall.
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* The [[Adobe Flash]] game ''[[One Chance]]'' is all about this - you play a scientist trying to fix an accidentally lethal cure for cancer as it slowly infects everyone in the lab.
* The [[Adobe Flash]] game ''[[One Chance]]'' is all about this - you play a scientist trying to fix an accidentally lethal cure for cancer as it slowly infects everyone in the lab.
* In another Flash game, ''[[Lab of the Dead]]'', the main character is a sole surviving researcher following in the footsteps of the original dead scientists.
* In another Flash game, ''[[Lab of the Dead]]'', the main character is a sole surviving researcher following in the footsteps of the original dead scientists.
* Adam Fenix is Sera's [[Sole Surviving Scientist]] in the [[Gears of War]] series.
* Adam Fenix is Sera's Sole Surviving Scientist in the [[Gears of War]] series.


== [[Web Comics]] ==
== [[Web Comics]] ==