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* [[Dog Soldiers]] also ends like this, together with the dog. |
* [[Dog Soldiers]] also ends like this, together with the dog. |
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* ''[[Cast Away]]'' with Tom Hanks (plane crash). |
* ''[[Cast Away]]'' with Tom Hanks (plane crash). |
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* Natalya Fyodorovna Simonova from ''[[ |
* Natalya Fyodorovna Simonova from ''[[GoldenEye (film)|GoldenEye]]'' is the sole survivor of the destruction of Severnaya by means of the title superweapon. |
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* It is revealed in "Sharpe's Challenge" that [[Sharpe]] was the sole survivor of an attack on an East India Company outpost in India. |
* It is revealed in "Sharpe's Challenge" that [[Sharpe]] was the sole survivor of an attack on an East India Company outpost in India. |
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* This happens to Bruce Willis' character in ''[[Unbreakable]]''. He survives a train wreck that killed every other passenger without getting a scratch. This draws the attention of his mentor. Turns out {{spoiler|the antagonist has been deliberately causing disasters like this until a sole survivor emerged, for a [[Knight Templar|"higher" purpose.]]}} |
* This happens to Bruce Willis' character in ''[[Unbreakable]]''. He survives a train wreck that killed every other passenger without getting a scratch. This draws the attention of his mentor. Turns out {{spoiler|the antagonist has been deliberately causing disasters like this until a sole survivor emerged, for a [[Knight Templar|"higher" purpose.]]}} |
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* Tom Clancy did this ''twice'' in ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]''. (The book, not [[The Movie]].) First a nuclear submarine has a reactor accident that ended up destroying the ship, and only one sailor got out before it sank. Then, later on, a bunch of people were being ferried out to a rendezvous with a different ship by helicopter. The chopper was old, and the transmission exploded, causing the chopper to crash into the ocean within sight of the ship they were supposed to be meeting up with. Only one man managed to get out alive, and was rescued by the ship. |
* Tom Clancy did this ''twice'' in ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]''. (The book, not [[The Movie]].) First a nuclear submarine has a reactor accident that ended up destroying the ship, and only one sailor got out before it sank. Then, later on, a bunch of people were being ferried out to a rendezvous with a different ship by helicopter. The chopper was old, and the transmission exploded, causing the chopper to crash into the ocean within sight of the ship they were supposed to be meeting up with. Only one man managed to get out alive, and was rescued by the ship. |
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* Mau and Daphne of [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''Nation'', A tidal wave both destroys every person on the island of Nation and causes the wreck of the ship ''Sweet Judy''. Mau is the Sole Survivor of the former, since he wasn't on the island at the time, and Daphne of the latter, because she wrapped herself in a mattress. |
* Mau and Daphne of [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''Nation'', A tidal wave both destroys every person on the island of Nation and causes the wreck of the ship ''Sweet Judy''. Mau is the Sole Survivor of the former, since he wasn't on the island at the time, and Daphne of the latter, because she wrapped herself in a mattress. |
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* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Warhammer |
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Warhammer 40,000]] [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] novel ''Blood Pact'', in the [[Backstory]], Kolding's father's hospital was attacked by the Chaos soldiers, intentionally to kill [[The Medic|the doctors]] and [[Kick Them While They Are Down|wounded]]. Kolding, sixteen at the time, survived by [[Playing Possum]]. He was—somewhat traumatized. |
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* In [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series, Roland is the only survivor of the battle on Jericho Hill. |
* In [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series, Roland is the only survivor of the battle on Jericho Hill. |
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** In [[The Stand]] it's Stu Redman. There are others in Boulder and there's Tom Cullen, but Stu was the only survivor of the four sent to face Flagg. |
** In [[The Stand]] it's Stu Redman. There are others in Boulder and there's Tom Cullen, but Stu was the only survivor of the four sent to face Flagg. |
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