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[[File:screaming 1921.jpg|frame|They often end up like this.]] |
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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. |
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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). |
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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. |
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* 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. |
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* Adam Fenix is Sera's |
* Adam Fenix is Sera's Sole Surviving Scientist in the [[Gears of War]] series. |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
== [[Web Comics]] == |