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Compare [[Just Between You and Me]], [[Villain World]] and [[Bad Future]], which can be the Storyboarded Apocalypse given form. See also [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]. Contrast [[Apocalypse Wow]], which is also a narrative depiction of the apocalypse, only used for very different dramatic goals.
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== [[Anime]] and Manga ==
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* ''[[X 1999]]'' (also known as "The Shoujo Armageddon") not only features a lengthy vision by [[Waif Prophet|dreamseer Hinoto-hime]] on how the apocalypse will proceed, it also flashes forward and flashes back to that dream sequence many times throughout the series.
* The Anti-Spiral in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' explains exactly how and why the Earth will be destroyed, complete with a helpful 3-D simulation. Simon realizes through instinct that it's the truth, going briefly into a [[Heroic BSOD]].
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie|Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie]]''. When it becomes clear that Metal Sonic intends to destroy the world, Knuckles explains to the skeptical president how exactly a single robot could accomplish this: by puncturing the lava veins that flow through the giant mountain/glaciar that holds the various [[Floating Continent|Floating Continents]] that make up the Land of the Sky together, the planet's own rotation will hurl them off into outer space (though this won't affect the Land of Darkness, which is the actual planet's surface). Unfortunately, Sonic overhears this conversation, and due to the [[Psychic Link]], [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Metal knows everything that Sonic knows...]]
* The major driving force of the ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]'''s plot is a prophecy of the devastating war between espers and normal humans, completed with realistic visions that several characters has experienced.
* Done twice in ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]'' by the two masterminds of Akatsuki regarding their individual plans for creating a lasting peace.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* When Batman archvillain Ra's Al Ghul lays out his plan to destroy humanity in ''[[Batman:
{{quote| '''Batman:''' But that will cost countless lives!<br />
'''Ra's al Ghul:''' Actually, Detective, we ''have'' counted: Two billion, fifty-six million, nine hundred and eighty-six thousand! A most impressive plan, would you not agree?<br />
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* At the end of the first episode of the 1994 ''[[Fantastic Four (Animation)|Fantastic Four]]'' cartoon, Puppet Master takes one last stab at ultimate power and imagines ruling the world, complete with montage.
* In a fifth-season episode of ''[[The Batman (Animation)|The Batman]]'', Lex Luthor uses one of these (in sepia tone) to describe his vision for the world.
* ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'' used this at least twice. In "Revolution", Mad Mod - who has control of the city and most the Titans on the run - gives a captured Robin a look at what he calls "coming attractions" (possibly a subtle reference to a scene in ''[[Nineteen Eighty
{{quote| '''Slade''': Skies will burn. Flesh will turn to stone. The sun will set on your world, never to rise again!}}
* A similar, but longer and considerably more elaborate speech is delivered to Superman by {{spoiler|Darkseid}} in the final episode of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''.
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