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* The canonical manga [[Interquel]] that was never published would put both [[Gunbuster]] and [[Diebuster]] in that territory, with revelation that, long story short, {{spoiler|the Universe is one big [[Eldritch Abomination]], the Space Monsters are its immune system and humanity can do nothing but desperately fight for survival, sacrificing their weapons and champions in the process. It means that the sacrifices made by both Noriko and Nono were both meaningless}}.

* ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' started as a [[Coming of Age]] [[Mons]] series but experienced a [[Genre Shift]] when the true nature of the [[Big Bad|D-]][[Eldritch Abomination|Reaper]] was revealed. At the end of the series, after poisoned worlds, endless [[Mind Rape]]s, and a total invasion and subjugation of a city, {{spoiler|the D-Reaper cannot be defeated, at least not conventionally, only regressed to a less threatening form.}} The fact that [[Chiaki Konaka|the main writer]] is a contributor to the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] will not shock anyone who's watched the series, nor will the fact that he also wrote [[Serial Experiments Lain|Serial Experiment Lain]].

** ''AMON'' makes it even worse - {{spoiler|God has put the entire world on a time loop so all humans and demons live and die for nothing over and over, [[God Is Evil|just to make Satan suffer the loss of his beloved repeatedly for all eternity]]}}.

* The [[Myth Arc]] of [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]], {{spoiler|which leads to the heroes going into all-out war against a race of beings known as the Anti-Spirals, who are intent on destroying mankind to prevent further use of Spiral power}}.

* ''[[Savage Worlds]]'' has published a supplement called ''Worlds Of Cthulhu''. No points for guessing [[Cthulhu Mythos|the premise]].

* Some years ago, a short-lived CCG called ''Hecatomb'' had this as its premise - each player was an [[Omnicidal Maniac|"Endbringer"]], someone who, whether [[Mad Scientist]], [[Evil Sorcerer]] or what-have-you, competed with other Endbringers to be the first to [[Your Soul Is Mine|gather enough souls]] to bring about [[The End of the World as We Know It]] to fuel their powers, then move on [[All the Myriad Ways|to the next alternate reality]] to start over. You fought each other by summoning/creating monstrous minions (many of them [[Eldritch Abomination|eldritch abominations]] in their own right) and [[Fusion Dance|fusing them together]] to form [[Hybrid Monster|Abominations]], calling down [[God of Evil|evil gods]] (including [[Great Old One]]s), and similar dirty tricks, all to get the requisite 20 soul tokens at your ennemies' expense. And since every player gained a soul token at the beginning of his/her turn...