The End Is Nigh (trope): Difference between revisions

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[[File:cwacom_endisnigh.png|link=Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs|right]]

{{quote|''"The Eastern world, it is explodin'~~ ~~

{{quote|''"The Eastern world, it is explodin'

Violence flarin', bullets loadin'~~ ~~

Violence flarin', bullets loadin'

You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'~~ ~~

You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'

You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'?~~ ~~

You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'?

And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'~~ ~~

And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'

But you tell me over and over and over again, my friend~~ ~~

But you tell me over and over and over again, my friend

You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction"''|'''Barry McGuire''', "Eve of Destruction"}}

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== Comic Strips ==

* In ''[[Frank and Ernest]]'', they see such a man.

{{quote| '''Ernest''':''You think that's right, Frank?''~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Ernest''':''You think that's right, Frank?''

'''Frank''': Of course not! They haven't even started rolling the credits yet. }}

** In another strip, one man predicts the world will end today, one tomorrow -- and Frank observes they can't make ends meet.

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* In ''[[Independence Day]]'', there is a preacher in the ruins of Los Angeles who is like this. Justified in that the end ''already'' came.

* ''[[Sherlock Holmes (film)|Sherlock Holmes]]''. Crowds of of these are seen being broken up by mounted police outside the Houses of Parliament, indicating the "Panic, sheer bloody panic!" inspired by the villainous Lord Blackwood's return from the dead. One man really goes to town describing the terrible events to come.

{{quote| "The end is nigh! Blackwood's come back from Hell, and laid a curse upon this land! He walks in every shadow, and every puff of smoke. Behold, he cometh with clouds, and everyone shall see him!"}}

{{quote|"The end is nigh! Blackwood's come back from Hell, and laid a curse upon this land! He walks in every shadow, and every puff of smoke. Behold, he cometh with clouds, and everyone shall see him!"}}

* In ''[[The Seventh Seal]],'' a radical flagelante comes before a crowd to tell them their all doomed, and says it several times in succesion. Lots of people actually pay attention to him, though, because they're all afraid of [[The Black Death]].

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* Red Chocobo's [[Let's Play]] of [[Pokémon]] [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Emerald]] has the cutest The End is <s> Ny</s> Nigh [http://lparchive.org/Pokemon-Emerald/Update%2058/raltsarmageddon.jpg ever].

* The two goofy unicorns in a [[Charlie the Unicorn]] short say this phrase and perform an out-of-place frightening image.

{{quote| '''Charlie:''' Okay, that was the scariest thing I've ever seen.}}

{{quote|'''Charlie:''' Okay, that was the scariest thing I've ever seen.}}