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{{quote|''"The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a lock on the door."''}}
** This is quoted by [[Guillermo del Toro]] in ''[[One Hundred Scariest Movie Moments]]'', when talking about ''[[The Haunting]]''.
** Another wit extended the original story with one more sentence: "'You're on in two minutes!'"
* The science-fiction short story ''[http://rametzger.com/shadow.htm In the Shadow of Bones]'' is eventually shown to be an example. {{spoiler|And then the trope is subverted...}}
* M.P. Shiel's 1901 novel ''The Purple Cloud'' has a man believing himself to be the sole survivor after the title phenomenon seemingly kills off all other human and animal life on earth, but he eventually discovers a young woman has also survived the catastrophe.
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