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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Until around 65 million years ago the Earth was ruled by [[Useful Notes/Dinosaurs (useful notes)|enormous, scaly beasts]]. It's pretty unlikely that they'll ever come back, though. [[Jurassic Park|Unless, of course, we tamper in God's Domain....]]
** Also, according to the RNA World hypothesis, before DNA based life appeared, the world was once dominated by things which were basically viruses, although modern viruses may not have any connection to them.
** Prior to the emergence and spread of cyanobacteria, Earth's atmosphere was anaerobic, and deadly to nearly everything alive today. Earlier still, it was so hot that the surface was molten, and ''vaporized rock'' was a component of the air.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E1 The Return of Harmony Part 1|The Return of Harmony, part 1]] has Celestia refer to a time of chaos ruled by the [[God of Evil|God of Chaos]] Discord, when ponies endlessly suffered under his rule. A stained-glass depiction shows him holding three ponies by puppet crosses and strings over a pit of fire. His reign was finally brought to a screeching halt when her and Luna [[Sealed Evil in a Can|imprisoned him]] [[Taken for Granite|in a stone prison]] with the Elements Of Harmony. The two parter deals with Discord escaping to try and begin his reign anew.
 
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