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{{quote|''"It's been a long journey and no one is coming out without scars. But it all comes down to this moment. We win or lose it all in the next few minutes. Make me proud. Make ''yourselves'' proud."''|'''Commander Shepard''', ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''}}
There are tons of dark prophecies of doomsdays and master plans that take a long time to put into action. [[The Day of Reckoning]] is the day that all the prophecies speak of... the day that the [[Evil Overlord]] wins, goodness and mercy are overthrown, and a new Dark Age arises on Earth...
At least, until the hero shows up, defeats the villain, saves the day, and returns everything to normal (usually with one or two characters sacrificing themselves to do it). This trope is about the final confrontation between the heroes and the coming evil. The long-awaited and foretold apocalypse. When the heroes finally get out from under the [[Darkest Hour]] and put a stop to the villain's plan for world domination.
A specific type of story [[The Climax|Climax]]. See also [[Darkest Hour]].
'''As an [[Ending Trope]], expect massive unmarked spoilers ahead.'''
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'': The Walpurgisnacht. {{spoiler|[[Groundhog Day Loop|And Homura has faced it too many times to count. And losing, every single time.]]}}
* ''[[Digimon]]'' had the arrival of Myotismon be "The Hour of the Beast" or [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|6 seconds past 6:06 PM]].
* At the end of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga/ Brotherhood, this pretty much happens when Father takes the lives of everyone in Amestris, only to have Ed and everyone else fol his plans, and he was eventually defeated.
== Film ==
* [[Star Wars]]: The day Emperor Palpatine takes over the Republic, beginning with the murder of all the Jedi, at the end of ''Revenge of the Sith''.
* The Frabjous Day in ''[[Alice in Wonderland (film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''.
* In the 2009 ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' film, Nero describes his attacks on Vulcan and Earth as the Federation's "Day of Reckoning".
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* [[Dollhouse]] is notable in that it's day of reckoning goes ahead despite ([[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|or possibly because of]]) the heroes intervention. Other than that, it plays this trope to a T.
* When [[Angel]] and his team finally attack the Circle of the Black Thorn and try to avert THE apocalypse.
* The new ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series had a [[Day Of Reckoning]] at the end of every season. The Doctor refers to them as "Volcano Days". Of particular note are the episodes "The Sound of Drums"/"The Last of the Time Lords", "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End", and "The End of Time".
* Any of the Apocalypses from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.
* In ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', we have the episodes ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' where the brothers finally take out Azazel, the demon that killed their parents... but are too late to stop him unleashing his demonic army into the world; ''No Rest For The Wicked'' where the brothers attempt to take out the demon's new leader, Lilith, before she can claim Dean's soul and drag him to hell... and they fail, with Dean suffering a particularly nasty death; ''Lucifer Rising'', where the brothers attempt to stop Lilith from freeing Lucifer... and it ends badly, with Sam accidentally freeing Lucifer himself. Then there's the big one, ''Swan Song'', where the brothers have to re-imprison Lucifer before he can fight Micheal, ending the world... they succeed! (Although Sam is sealed in Hell along with a very pissed-off Lucifer and Michael)...
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]'' adventures
** ''Shadows of Yog-Sothoth'' - The rise of R'lyeh and release of Cthulhu. 'Nuff said.
** ''Masks of Nyarlathotep'' - The opening of a Gate that will allow [[Cthulhu Mythos]] entities to enter our world.
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== Video Games ==
* The Final Day from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]''.
* The ''[[Warcraft]]'' series had this with the invasion of the Burning Legion, though they've tried and failed three times already. Rumor has it, though, that they're at it again.
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== Western Animation ==
* Trigon's invasion of Earth in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''.
* Sozin's Comet triggers this in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''
** Also the Day Of Black Sun, in a sense -- it was supposed to be the allies' day to strike at the Fire Nation, but Azula discovered their plan beforehand and they were resoundingly crushed (except in Omashu).
* In ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'', the coming of Unicron.
* The two-parter Second Season finale of ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'' is actually titled "Day of Reckoning." It involves the iconic [[X-Men]] figure of a Sentinel being let loose in the city and attacking all mutants and them having to defend themselves, leading to their existence being revealed on national television.
** The two-parter series finale "Ascension" probably also counts, as the titular heroes fight against and defeat their ultimate enemy Apocalypse, who had been prepping up for the last two seasons to turn all of humanity into mutants.
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