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* PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie: One of the non-movie examples. Many citizens blamed the zombie outbreak as a form of terrorist attack.

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* PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie: Post911TerrorismMovie: One of the non-movie examples. Many citizens blamed the zombie outbreak as a form of terrorist attack.
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* DrivenToMadness: Captain Rhodes snaps as it appears that Ana committed suicide. [[Spoiler:Ana never did commit suicide but she had to leave the Florida bunker as she needed to search for her son Hunter. She had Dr. Logan plant a fake body to make it appear she committed suicide.]]

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* DrivenToMadness: Captain Rhodes snaps as it appears that Ana committed suicide. [[Spoiler:Ana [[spoiler:Ana never did commit suicide kill herself but she had to leave the Florida bunker as she needed to search for her son Hunter. She had Dr. Logan plant a fake body to make it appear she committed suicide.]]

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* NextSundayAD: The first few chapters are set 2004-2007 while the story itself was written in 2004 and only completed in 2005.
* TheNewTens: Not really seen but if one reads in between the lines, the story ends in 2010[[note: Michael is stated to be 40 years old at the time of the outbreak. His driver license has him born on March 16, 1964. At the final chapter, Michael states that he is 46 years old. 1964 + 46 = 2010.

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* NextSundayAD: The first few chapters are set 2004-2007 while the story itself was written in 2004 and only completed in 2005.
2005. The later chapters take place in the next decade.
* TheNewTens: Not really seen but if one reads in between the lines, the story ends in 2010[[note: Michael 2010[[note]]Michael is stated to be 40 years old at the time of the outbreak. His driver license has him born on March 16, 1964. At the final chapter, Michael states that he is 46 years old. 1964 + 46 = 2010.[[/note]]



** Swann mentioning about zombies fighting sharks is a direct nod to that famous scene in ''Film/Zombi2.''
** New York is mentioned to be a WretchedHive where psychopaths rule in the hopes to create an Empire. It mirrors ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.

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** Swann mentioning about [[Film/Zombi2 zombies fighting sharks is a direct nod to that famous scene sharks]] in ''Film/Zombi2.''
the DeepSouth.
** New York is mentioned to be a WretchedHive where [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork psychopaths rule in the hopes to create an Empire. It mirrors ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.Empire]].



** To some degree, the fact the [[spoiler:[[Film/FinalDestination main character dies as per his nightmares despite trying to avert it]]]].



* VikingFuneral: Hunter and Mary cremate the bodies of [[spoiler: Kenneth, Billy, McDermott, Sarah, New Jersey, and Michael so that they won't reanimate.

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* VikingFuneral: Hunter and Mary cremate the bodies of [[spoiler: Kenneth, Billy, McDermott, Sarah, New Jersey, and Michael so that they won't reanimate.]]

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%% !!''Dusk of the Dead'' provides the following tropes:
%% * AmbiguousEnding
%% * AnyoneCanDie
%% * BlackGuyDiesFirst
%% * CallBack
%% * DeadPersonConversation
%% * DeepSouth
%% * DisappearedDad
%% * DueToTheDead
%% * GenreShift
%% * GrowingUpSucks
%% * HalfSiblingAngst
%% * HappyMarried
%% * HopeSpot
%% * HumansAreTheRealMonsters
%% * {{Irony}}
%% * MercyKill
%% * NuclearOption
%% * OnlyInFlorida
%% * OurGhostsAreDifferent
%% * PeacefulInDeath
%% * ReplacementGoldfish
%% * RetroUniverse
%% * RidingIntoTheSunset
%% * RoadTripPlot
%% * SentientCosmicForce
%% * SceneryPorn
%% * SheIsAllGrownUp
%% * TheHeroDies
%% * TheStinger
%% * TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
%% * VikingFuneral
%% * WholeEpisodeFlashback
%% * ZombieApocalypse

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%% !!''Dusk of the Dead'' provides the following tropes:
%% * AmbiguousEnding
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AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: Jason and Mary escape in a boat to an unknown destination hoping to ride out the zombie apocalypse.]]
* AnyoneCanDie
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AnyoneCanDie: Since it is a zombie apocalypse, anyone can die. See SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome below
**New survivors arrive. Of the three survivors, only [[spoiler: Jason survives. Swann is bitten by a zombie and is put down while Dallion dies from having his neck slashed.]]
* BlackGuyDiesFirst
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BlackGuyDiesFirst: [[spoiler: Kenneth and Billy are mentioned to have died of a mysterious disease.]]
* CallBack
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TheBigRottenApple: New York is mentioned to be run by psychopaths that want to create an Empire.
* DeadPersonConversation
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CallBack:
**The nightmares Hunter had when he was a kid turned out to be premonitions of the virus returning.
**Mary goes on to look for who her real father really is despite being told he died years back.
* DeepSouth
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DeadPersonConversation: It's ambiguous on this one whether the author intended it to be a hallucination or a real ghostly encounter. [[spoiler: Mary is rescued by a mysterious soldier as she enters the long abandoned bunker where her father was killed. The said mysterious soldier kills the zombie and they both climb up the rope into the surface. Both then have a conversation why would a young girl doing there all alone. The soldier then says he was stuck their a long time ago and now he has been set free. He then gives Mary his dog tags. Mary looks at the name of the tag and it turns out to be Captain Rhodes' tags, her biological father. As she looks back up, the soldier disappears. She finally finds peace knowing that she finally found the closure that her real father died and at the same time her father was at peace now.]]
* DisappearedDad
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DeepSouth: The main story is set in Florida. Swann mentions about survivors witnessing zombies battle sharks in the Gulf Coast.
* DueToTheDead
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DisappearedDad: The fate of Mary's father [[spoiler: who died in ''Biggest Fear''.]]
* GenreShift
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DueToTheDead: Happens multiple times here.
**Hunter and Mary give their final respects to [[spoiler: Kenneth, Billy, McDermott, Sarah, and Michael]] as their remains in burned in a funeral pyre.
**Mary finding the dog tags of her father [[spoiler: Captain Rhodes]], finally finding the peace she has been looking for so long.
**[[spoiler: After Hunter dies of his stab wounds, Jason and Mary pay their respects to him as they burry him in an unmarked grave.]]
* GrowingUpSucks
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TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Discussed by Swann, Jason, and Hunter knowing that the virus has returned. It implies that the virus is indeed supernatural and that it is either a ApocalypseHow/Class2 or ApocalypseHow/Class3B.
* HalfSiblingAngst
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GenreShift: If one indeed sees Mary meeting her late father Captain Rhodes as a ghostly encounter rather than a hallucination, then is the first time something supernatural happens in the story.
* HappyMarried
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GrowingUpSucks: Hunter is 19 years old while Mary is already 15. By then, they realize they are on their own after the deaths of the other survivors and must survive this brave new world.
* HopeSpot
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HalfSiblingAngst: In one chapter, this becomes a conflict between Hunter and Mary [[note]]Since Mary was the child of Ana and Captain Rhodes.[[/note]]
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters
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HappilyMarried: Philip Swann was happily married with his wife named Dorothea. Unfortunately, they got separated when Philly got overrun. He assumes she did not make it.
* {{Irony}}
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HeroOfAnotherStory: Dallion Foster flew Philipp Swann and Jason Warren from the now-overrun Philadelphia refugee camp.
* MercyKill
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HopeSpot: In the ending of ''Biggest Fear'', it heavily implied the virus would die out and the human race would finally rebuild what was left of society. The second chapter crashes these hopes.
* NuclearOption
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HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Hostile survivors are still encountered despite the human race's survival looking slim.
* OnlyInFlorida
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{{Irony}}: [[In the previous story, Michael asks New Jersey a favor in which he takes care of the former's daughter should he die of old age first. As the story starts, it is revealed that New Jersey died first and Michael dies last.]]
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
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MercyKill: Hunter and Mary apparently did this to the adult survivors just as they expired to prevent reanimation.
**[[spoiler: After Swann is bitten by a zombie and is dying, he begs Jason to shoot him in the head so he won't come back as one. Jason reluctantly agrees.]]
* PeacefulInDeath
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NightmareSequence: Mary receives one. In her dream, she is in a dark bunker wherein a bloodied corpse in a military uniform is reaching out towards her and asking for her help. [[spoiler: YMMV but this could mean she received a supernatural premonition of seeing the fate of her father.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish
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NuclearOption: Discussed by a survivor that the situation was so grim that nuclear weapons might be used against the zombies as the humans were slowly facing extinction.
* RetroUniverse
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OnlyInFlorida: The survivors head to an outpost in Florida.
* RidingIntoTheSunset
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OurGhostsAreDifferent: If one considers [[spoiler: Mary meeting Captain Rhodes not a hallucination.]]
* RoadTripPlot
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PeacefulInDeath: [[spoiler: Michael smiles to his son Hunter and his half-daughter Mary right before dies peacefully of old-age and disease.]]
* SentientCosmicForce
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RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: Still the only way to take down the zombies.
* SceneryPorn
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ReplacementGoldfish: It's just been a few days since Swann knew Mary and then both were keen on starting on a relationship despite being 15 years of age apart[[note]]Since Swann's wife is implied to have never made it out from Philadelphia[[/note]]. Hunter was initially disapproving due to the age gap. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, Swann dies just before the end and causes a bigger heartbreak for Mary.]]
* SheIsAllGrownUp
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RetroUniverse: It's already 2024-2025[[note]]''Biggest Fear'' started in 2004 and ended in 2010. The author states 15 years have passed since the end of ''Biggest Fear'' and that the original outbreak was 20 years prior.[[/note]] yet the world is either in pre-1900s technology and nowhere near our current technology.
* TheHeroDies
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RidingIntoTheSunset: Jason and Mary ride a boat into the sunset into an unknown destination.
* TheStinger
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RoadTripPlot: The survivors travel from Wisconsin down to Florida via helicopter. They get to see parts of the rural countryside along the way.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
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SceneryPorn: The countryside the helicopter flies above the on the way to Florida.
* VikingFuneral
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SentientCosmicForce: YMMV on this. If one seriously takes those premonitions in ''Biggest Fear'' seriously, then it would explain why [[spoiler: Hunter's nightmares as a kid finally became true.]]
* WholeEpisodeFlashback
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SheIsAllGrownUp: Mary is 15 years old now and has to face her fears of surviving the second zombie apocalypse.
* ZombieApocalypseShoutOut:
**Swann mentioning about zombies fighting sharks is a direct nod to that famous scene in ''Film/Zombi2.''
**New York is mentioned to be a WretchedHive where psychopaths rule in the hopes to create an Empire. It mirrors ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.
**Zombies walking underwater? [[Film/LandOfTheDead Where have we seen that before?]]
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: Dallion's fate at the hands of hostile survivors.]]
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome:
**[[spoiler: Kenneth, New Jersey, Sarah, Billy, McDermott, and Michael die.]]
**[[spoiler: Just before the ending, Hunter dies.]]
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: Hunter accidentally stabs himself during a scuffle with hostile survivors, thus finally fulfilling his premonitions that he was going to die in a field during a sunrise.]]
* TheStinger: The entire premise of the story.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: 15 years have passed since the ending of ''Biggest Fear''.
* VikingFuneral: Hunter and Mary cremate the bodies of [[spoiler: Kenneth, Billy, McDermott, Sarah, New Jersey, and Michael so that they won't reanimate.
* WhamLine:
-->'''Hunter''': Sickness mostly...we think the virus is coming back, that's why we burn the bodies."
-->'''Survivor'''" It has.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Chapter 3 has Hunter narrating his whole life to Swann aboard the helicopter.
* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler: Hunter's nightmares of him dying became a reality.]]
* ZombieApocalypse: It appears it had never ended and just experienced a decline before TheVirus mutated into another strain.
* ZombieGait: The new breed of zombies are slower now which is an advantage to what is left of the human race.
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* LukeYouAreMyFather: Hunter then asks Michael why does he look like the man in the photo with his mother Ana[[note]]Taken during the time of the mall.[[/note]].[[Spoiler: Michael then realizes that Hunter is his long-lost son that he did not know even was born.]]

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* LukeYouAreMyFather: Hunter then asks Michael why does he look like the man in the photo with his mother Ana[[note]]Taken during the time of the mall.[[/note]].[[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Michael then realizes that Hunter is his long-lost son that he did not know even was born.]]

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* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Kenneth continues to use his shotgun that he raided from Andy's store.

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* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: ShotgunsAreJustBetter:
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Kenneth continues to use his shotgun that he raided from Andy's store.



* ShoutOut:
** One chapter makes a direct shoutout to ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''

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%% * ShoutOut:
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ShoutOut: One chapter makes a direct shoutout to ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''
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Considered by fans as the SpiritualSuccessor to the film, it details the life of the survivors especially Ana after Michael's apparent suicide. It is known for its plot twists, [[{{Interquel}} filling in the gaps]], and a crossover with [[Film/DayOfTheDead1985 another one of George Romero's classic zombie movies]].

Voted to be one of the best ''Dawn of the Dead'' fanfictions written.

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Considered by fans as the SpiritualSuccessor to the film, it It details the life of the survivors especially Ana after Michael's apparent suicide. It is known for its plot twists, [[{{Interquel}} filling in the gaps]], and a crossover with [[Film/DayOfTheDead1985 another one of George Romero's classic zombie movies]].

%% Voted to be one of the best ''Dawn of the Dead'' fanfictions written.
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** Ana. She distracts the rogue soldiers from catching Terry and Hunter, thus buying two precious time to escape from the island while she is captured herself.]]
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Two cases:

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** Ana. She distracts the rogue soldiers from catching Terry and Hunter, thus buying two precious time to escape from the island while she is captured herself.]]
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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Two cases:HumansAreTheRealMonsters:

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''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1803156/1/Biggest-fear Biggest Fear]]'''' is a ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' fanfiction written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/562699/Thecricketsarecalling Thecricketsarecalling]] in April 2004 and completed a year later.

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''[[https://www.
fanfiction.net/s/1803156/1/Biggest-fear Biggest Fear]]'''' Fear]]'' is a ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' fanfiction written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/562699/Thecricketsarecalling Thecricketsarecalling]] in April 2004 and completed a year later.



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* ActionSurvivor: Ana by large.
** Also [[spoiler: Kenneth, Michael, Sarah, McDermott, John, and New Jersey]].
* ActionGirl: Ana, Utopia, and Sarah count as one.
* AnyoneCanDie: Due to the zombie apocalypse nature, anyone can die.

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%% * ActionSurvivor: Ana by large.
%% ** Also [[spoiler: Kenneth, Michael, Sarah, McDermott, John, and New Jersey]].
%% * ActionGirl: Ana, Utopia, and Sarah count as one.
* AnyoneCanDie: Due to the zombie apocalypse nature, anyone main character can die.



* BackFromTheDead: Averted with [[spoiler:Michael, who was revealed to have failed in committing suicide unintentionally is immune to the zombie virus. Hence, once Michael returned to the island, Kenneth was initially shocked and surprised as if he saw a ghost.]]
* Main/{{bigbrotherinstinct}}: Terry to Hunter once Ana buys them time to escape from the rogue soldiers.

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%% * BackFromTheDead: Averted with [[spoiler:Michael, who was revealed to have failed in committing suicide unintentionally is immune to the zombie virus. Hence, once Michael returned to the island, Kenneth was initially shocked and surprised as if he saw a ghost.]]
* Main/{{bigbrotherinstinct}}:
BigBrotherInstinct: Terry to Hunter once Ana buys them time to escape from the rogue soldiers.



* ChristmasEpisode: The chapter titled as "Snow" is set on December 24, 2007.

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%% * ChristmasEpisode: The chapter titled as "Snow" is set on December 24, 2007.



* DrivenToMadness/ SanitySlippage: Captain Rhodes snaps as it appears that Ana committed suicide. [[Spoiler:Ana never did commit suicide but she had to leave the Florida bunker as she needed to search for her son Hunter. She had Dr. Logan plant a fake body to make it appear she committed suicide.]]
* Main/{{Foreshadowing}}: The nightmares the main characters face one night.

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* DrivenToMadness/ SanitySlippage: DrivenToMadness: Captain Rhodes snaps as it appears that Ana committed suicide. [[Spoiler:Ana never did commit suicide but she had to leave the Florida bunker as she needed to search for her son Hunter. She had Dr. Logan plant a fake body to make it appear she committed suicide.]]
%% * Main/{{Foreshadowing}}: The nightmares the main characters face one night.



* HeroicSacrifice: Terry distracts the bikers from catching Hunter [[spoiler:at the cost of his own life.]]
** Before that, Ana does ones too. She distracts the rogue soldiers from catching Terry and Hunter, thus buying two precious time to escape from the island while she is captured herself.]]

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* HeroicSacrifice: HeroicSacrifice:
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Terry distracts the bikers from catching Hunter [[spoiler:at the cost of his own life.]]
** Before that, Ana does ones too.Ana. She distracts the rogue soldiers from catching Terry and Hunter, thus buying two precious time to escape from the island while she is captured herself.]]



* MoralEventHorizon: Ana crosses this as she murders that soldiers that raped her countless times. It is described that she felt sastified after slashing their throats in their sleep. Justified since this was done in self-defense.
** [[spoiler:New Jersey bashes the head of the leader of the biker gang after the attack on the camp and the rape-murder of his girlfriend Utopia.]]



* NightmareSequence: The heroes have one, which ultimately foreshadows what was to come.
* OnlyInFlorida: The ''Day of the Dead'' crossover occurs in the bunker in the Everglades.

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%% * NightmareSequence: The heroes have one, which ultimately foreshadows what was to come.
%% * OnlyInFlorida: The ''Day of the Dead'' crossover occurs in the bunker in the Everglades.



* RapeAsDrama: Ana is raped 36 times by the rogue soldiers.

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%% * RapeAsDrama: Ana is raped 36 times by the rogue soldiers.



* RoomFullOfZombies: [[spoiler: Captain Rhodes opens one and it leads to his death.]]
* SentientCosmicForce: Not directly, but Ana and Michael ask themselves why God has let them live for so long, including his [[spoiler:failed suicide attempt and immunity]].
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Nicole, Terry, and Ana.]]

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%% * RoomFullOfZombies: [[spoiler: Captain Rhodes opens one and it leads to his death.]]
%% * SentientCosmicForce: Not directly, but Ana and Michael ask themselves why God has let them live for so long, including his [[spoiler:failed suicide attempt and immunity]].
%% * SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Nicole, Terry, and Ana.]]



** Meta example: Michael when he finds out Hunter is his son.
** Another Meta example: Michael later explains to Kenneth, McDermott, John, Sarah, and Ana how he survived for the past five years.
* TurnOfTheMillennium: Set in 2004 onwards.
* WouldHitAGirl: The rogue soldiers and the bikers.
* WouldHurtAChild: See above.

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%% ** Meta example: Michael when he finds out Hunter is his son.
%% ** Another Meta example: Michael later explains to Kenneth, McDermott, John, Sarah, and Ana how he survived for the past five years.
* TurnOfTheMillennium: Set in 2004 onwards.
%% * WouldHitAGirl: The rogue soldiers and the bikers.
%% * WouldHurtAChild: See above.



* ZombieApocalypse: Continuing on from the film.

!!''Dusk of the Dead'' provides the following tropes:
* AmbiguousEnding
* AnyoneCanDie
* BlackGuyDiesFirst
* CallBack
* DeadPersonConversation
* DeepSouth
* DisappearedDad
* DueToTheDead
* GenreShift
* GrowingUpSucks
* HalfSiblingAngst
* HappyMarried
* HopeSpot
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters
* Main/{{Irony}}
* MercyKill
* NuclearOption
* OnlyInFlorida
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* PeacefulInDeath
%%* ReplacementGoldfish
* RetroUniverse
* RidingIntoTheSunset
* RoadTripPlot
* SentientCosmicForce
* SceneryPorn
* SheIsAllGrownUp
* TheHeroDies
* TheStinger
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
* VikingFuneral
* WholeEpisodeFlashback
* ZombieApocalypse

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%% * ZombieApocalypse: Continuing on from the film.

%% !!''Dusk of the Dead'' provides the following tropes:
%% * AmbiguousEnding
%% * AnyoneCanDie
%% * BlackGuyDiesFirst
%% * CallBack
%% * DeadPersonConversation
%% * DeepSouth
%% * DisappearedDad
%% * DueToTheDead
%% * GenreShift
%% * GrowingUpSucks
%% * HalfSiblingAngst
%% * HappyMarried
%% * HopeSpot
%% * HumansAreTheRealMonsters
%% * Main/{{Irony}}
{{Irony}}
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* MercyKill
%% * NuclearOption
%% * OnlyInFlorida
%% * OurGhostsAreDifferent
%% * PeacefulInDeath
%%* %% * ReplacementGoldfish
%% * RetroUniverse
%% * RidingIntoTheSunset
%% * RoadTripPlot
%% * SentientCosmicForce
%% * SceneryPorn
%% * SheIsAllGrownUp
%% * TheHeroDies
%% * TheStinger
%% * TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
%% * VikingFuneral
%% * WholeEpisodeFlashback
%% * ZombieApocalypse
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* AlternateHistory
* ActionSurvivor
* ActionGirl

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* AlternateHistory
AbortedArc: Nothing much is really explained why some survivors are immune and why immune ones die after getting bitten by a zombie again.
* ActionSurvivor
AlternateHistory: Apparently set in May 2004[[note]]The Special Feature's ''Andy's Lost Tape'' shows the beginning of the outbreak at May 8, 2004.[[/note]] and ends by 2010 if one takes note of the details.
* ActionGirlAfterTheEnd: What is left of America after the zombie apocalypse.
* ActionSurvivor: Ana by large.
**Also [[spoiler: Kenneth, Michael, Sarah, McDermott, John, and New Jersey]].
* ActionGirl: Ana, Utopia, and Sarah count as one.
* AnyoneCanDie: Due to the zombie apocalypse nature, anyone can die.
**[[spoiler:Nicole is killed when a group of rogue U.S. Army soldiers raid the island.]]
**[[spoiler:Terry is beaten to death by a group of motorcycle bandits. He dies just as the large survivor group rescues him.]]
**[[spoiler:Utopia is raped and beaten to death by the motorcycle gang.]]
**[[spoiler:Ana dies peacefully after reuniting with Michael[[note]]who actually survived his suicide attempt and is immune to the virus[[/note]] due to blood loss of giving birth to her second child.]]
* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople: One group in East Buffalo Township consists of everyday people, police officers, and soldiers banding together to survive. They accept anyone in their group as long as they are not hostile.
* ArmiesAreEvil: The soldiers that resorted to raiding. One of the well-known groups raided the island the survivors were in, [[spoiler:killed Nicole, kidnapped Ana, and raped her 36 times.]]
* BackFromTheDead: Averted with [[spoiler:Michael, who was revealed to have failed in committing suicide unintentionally is immune to the zombie virus. Hence, once Michael returned to the island, Kenneth was initially shocked and surprised as if he saw a ghost.]]
* Main/{{bigbrotherinstinct}}: Terry to Hunter once Ana buys them time to escape from the rogue soldiers.
* BittersweetEnding: Oh boy, this fanficiton is definitely it. [[spoiler:When it appears that Michael would eventually reunite with Ana after so long, it is revealed that Ana is dying of blood loss after giving birth to her second child with the late-Captain Rhodes. Michael is disheartened and tries to make up for lost time even if it is a mere two hours. Ana dies peacefully and the survivors mourn her death. Eventually, they recover from her death and look forward to rebuilding what is left of society in that island such as raising both Hunter and the second child to have a good childhood, thus implying a hopeful future. It is also implied that the zombies all died out by the end of the story.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted. Kenneth actually survives the rogue soldiers' attack and lives alone for a year before Michael and new survivors reach the island.
* ChristmasEpisode: The chapter titled as "Snow" is set on December 24, 2007.
* CrapsackWorld: Naturally, since this is set AfterTheEnd. You got zombies on what hand and rogue survivors/raiders/bandits on the other.
* CrossOver: Part of the story crosses over with Film/DayOfTheDead1985
* DisappearedDad: Hunter's father Michael, who was thought to be long dead.
* DrivenToMadness/ SanitySlippage: Captain Rhodes snaps as it appears that Ana committed suicide. [[Spoiler:Ana never did commit suicide but she had to leave the Florida bunker as she needed to search for her son Hunter. She had Dr. Logan plant a fake body to make it appear she committed suicide.]]
* Main/{{Foreshadowing}}: The nightmares the main characters face one night.
* TheHeroDies:[[spoiler: After reuniting with Michael and talking straight for two hours trying to process what happened in the past five years, Ana dies peacefully in her rest.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Terry distracts the bikers from catching Hunter [[spoiler:at the cost of his own life.]]
**Before that, Ana does ones too. She distracts the rogue soldiers from catching Terry and Hunter, thus buying two precious time to escape from the island while she is captured herself.]]
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Two cases:
**The rogue soldiers that raided the island. [[spoiler:They kill Nicole and force Ana to become their sex slave.]]
**The biker gang. Not only do they brutally [[spoiler:murder Terry, they also pillage the large survivor camp in Pennsylvania. They were described to have killed, burned, and rape both woman and children. Thus, it was satisfying to read once New Jersey brutally exacts his revenge on the leader for raping and killing Utopia.]]
* ImprobableInfantSurvival: A four year old Hunter survives the long journey from Milwaukee to East Buffalo Township due to the guidance and HeroicSacrifice of Terry.
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: After Hunter is rescued by Michael and the survivors following Terry's murder, Michael has the feeling that Hunter has his features.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Hunter then asks Michael why does he look like the man in the photo with his mother Ana[[note]]Taken during the time of the mall.[[/note]].[[Spoiler: Michael then realizes that Hunter is his long-lost son that he did not know even was born.]]
* MoralEventHorizon: Ana crosses this as she murders that soldiers that raped her countless times. It is described that she felt sastified after slashing their throats in their sleep. Justified since this was done in self-defense.
**[[spoiler:New Jersey bashes the head of the leader of the biker gang after the attack on the camp and the rape-murder of his girlfriend Utopia.]]
* NextSundayAD: The first few chapters are set 2004-2007 while the story itself was written in 2004 and only completed in 2005.
* TheNewTens: Not really seen but if one reads in between the lines, the story ends in 2010[[note: Michael is stated to be 40 years old at the time of the outbreak. His driver license has him born on March 16, 1964. At the final chapter, Michael states that he is 46 years old. 1964 + 46 = 2010.
* NightmareSequence: The heroes have one, which ultimately foreshadows what was to come.
* OnlyInFlorida: The ''Day of the Dead'' crossover occurs in the bunker in the Everglades.
* PeacefulInDeath: [[spoiler:Ana closes her eyes one last time and is seen smiling peacefully as she expires.]]
* PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie: One of the non-movie examples. Many citizens blamed the zombie outbreak as a form of terrorist attack.
-->Ana (watching the neighborhood in chaos): Is this another attack on the country?
* ProductPlacement: Lots of them.
**Monica was apparently part of Playboy.
**Hunter is given Matchbox toy cars on Christmas Eve 2007.
**Michael, New Jersey, and Utopia find a mint condition Shelby Mustang GT 500. They use this car to raid Milwaukee of supplies before leaving for East Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania.
* RapeAsDrama: Ana is raped 36 times by the rogue soldiers.
* RoadTripPlot:
**First with Michael, New Jersey, and Utopia as they head to the Pennsylvania countryside to link up with a loose group of survivors.
**Hunter and Terry as they find a note to head to Pennsylvania.
* RoomFullOfZombies: [[spoiler: Captain Rhodes opens one and it leads to his death.]]
* SentientCosmicForce: Not directly, but Ana and Michael ask themselves why God has let them live for so long, including his [[spoiler:failed suicide attempt and immunity]].
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Nicole, Terry, and Ana.]]
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Kenneth continues to use his shotgun that he raided from Andy's store.
**New Jersey is armed with a double-barrel shotgun.
**Several friendly and hostile survivors are armed with shotguns.
* ShoutOut:
**One chapter makes a direct shoutout to ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Michael's suicide attempt failed as the bullet merely grazes his head due to his shaky hands. It is also revealed that he is immune, one of the lucky few around the world. His survival is unknown to the group until the end of the story.]]
**Meta example: Michael when he finds out Hunter is his son.
**Another Meta example: Michael later explains to Kenneth, McDermott, John, Sarah, and Ana how he survived for the past five years.
* TurnOfTheMillennium: Set in 2004 onwards.
* WouldHitAGirl: The rogue soldiers and the bikers.
* WouldHurtAChild: See above.
* ZombieInfectee: Michael after he is bitten, [[spoiler: though later it is revealed that he is immune. New Jersey at some point was bitten and was just surprised that he didn't chain.]]
* ZombieGait: The fast running zombies are eventually reduced to shamblers as the decay progresses. Hence by the fourth month of the outbreak, they could easily be outrun.
* ZombieApocalypse: Continuing on from the film.

!!''Dusk of the Dead'' provides the following tropes:
* AmbiguousEnding



* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople
* ArmiesAreEvil
* BackFromTheDead
* Main/{{bigbrotherinstinct}}
* BittersweetEnding
* BlackDudeDiesFirst
* ChristmasEpisode
* CrapsackWorld
* CrossOver

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* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople
BlackGuyDiesFirst
* ArmiesAreEvil
CallBack
* BackFromTheDead
DeadPersonConversation
* Main/{{bigbrotherinstinct}}
* BittersweetEnding
* BlackDudeDiesFirst
* ChristmasEpisode
* CrapsackWorld
* CrossOver
DeepSouth



* DrivenToMadness/ SanitySlippage
* Main/{{Foreshadowing}}
* TheHeroDies
* HeroicSacrifice

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* DrivenToMadness/ SanitySlippage
DueToTheDead
* Main/{{Foreshadowing}}
GenreShift
* TheHeroDies
GoOutWithASmile
* HeroicSacrificeGrowingUpSucks
* HalfSiblingAngst
* HappyMarried
* HopeSpot



* ImprobableInfantSurvival
* LukeIMightBeYourFather
* LukeYouAreMyFather
* MoralEventHorizon
* NextSundayAD
* TheNewTens
* NightmareSequence

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* ImprobableInfantSurvival
Main/{{Irony}}
* LukeIMightBeYourFather
MercyKill
* LukeYouAreMyFather
* MoralEventHorizon
* NextSundayAD
* TheNewTens
* NightmareSequence
NuclearOption



* OurGhostsAreDifferent



* PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie
* ProductPlacement
* RapeAsDrama

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%%* ReplacementGoldfish
* PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie
RetroUniverse
* ProductPlacement
* RapeAsDrama
RidingIntoTheSunset



* RoomFullOfZombies



* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter
* ShoutOut
* TheReveal
* TurnOfTheMillennium
* WouldHitAGirl
* WouldHurtAChild
* ZombieInfectee
* ZombieGait
* ZombieApocalypse

!!''Dusk of the Dead'' provides the following tropes:
* AmbiguousEnding
* AnyoneCanDie
* BlackGuyDiesFirst
* CallBack
* DeadPersonConversation
* DeepSouth
* DisappearedDad
* DueToTheDead
* GenreShift
* GoOutWithASmile
* GrowingUpSucks
* HalfSiblingAngst
* HappyMarried
* HopeSpot
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters
* Main/{{Irony}}
* MercyKill
* NuclearOption
* OnlyInFlorida
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* PeacefulInDeath
%%* ReplacementGoldfish
* RetroUniverse
* RidingIntoTheSunset
* RoadTripPlot
* SentientCosmicForce
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* ReplacementLoveInterest

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* ReplacementLoveInterest%%* ReplacementGoldfish
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Considered by fans as the SpiritualSuccessor to the film, it details the life of the survivors especially Ana after Michael's apparent suicide. It is known for its plot twists, [[Interquel filling in the gaps]], and a crossover with [[Film/DayOfTheDead1985 another one of George Romero's classic zombie movies]].

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Considered by fans as the SpiritualSuccessor to the film, it details the life of the survivors especially Ana after Michael's apparent suicide. It is known for its plot twists, [[Interquel [[{{Interquel}} filling in the gaps]], and a crossover with [[Film/DayOfTheDead1985 another one of George Romero's classic zombie movies]].

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Considered by fans as the SpiritualSuccessor to the film, it details the life of the survivors especially Ana after Michael's apparent suicide. It is known for its plot twists, filling in the gaps, and a crossover with one of George Romero's classic zombie movies.

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Considered by fans as the SpiritualSuccessor to the film, it details the life of the survivors especially Ana after Michael's apparent suicide. It is known for its plot twists, [[Interquel filling in the gaps, gaps]], and a crossover with [[Film/DayOfTheDead1985 another one of George Romero's classic zombie movies.
movies]].



A sequel called ''Dusk of the Dead'' was released in 2008 which takes place [[TimeSkip 15 years]] after the end of ''Biggest Fear''.

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A sequel called ''Dusk of the Dead'' was released in April 2008 which takes place [[TimeSkip 15 years]] after the end of ''Biggest Fear''.


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* BackFromTheDead


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* ShoutOut


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* HappyMarried
* HopeSpot

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Considered by fans as the SpiritualSuccesor to the film, it details the life of the survivors especially Ana after Michael's apparent suicide. It is known for its plot twists, filling in the gaps, and crossovers.

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Considered by fans as the SpiritualSuccesor SpiritualSuccessor to the film, it details the life of the survivors especially Ana after Michael's apparent suicide. It is known for its plot twists, filling in the gaps, and crossovers.
a crossover with one of George Romero's classic zombie movies.



* Main/{{bigbrotherinstinct}}



* Main/{{Foreshadowing}}



* NextSundayAD



* NightmareSequence



* PeacefulInDeath



* RoadTripPlot



* SentientCosmicForce



* ShotgunsAreBetter

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* ShotgunsAreBetterShotgunsAreJustBetter


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* ZombieApocalypse

!!''Dusk of the Dead'' provides the following tropes:
* AmbiguousEnding
* AnyoneCanDie
* BlackGuyDiesFirst
* CallBack
* DeadPersonConversation
* DeepSouth
* DisappearedDad
* DueToTheDead
* GenreShift
* GoOutWithASmile
* GrowingUpSucks
* HalfSiblingAngst
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters
* Main/{{Irony}}
* MercyKill
* NuclearOption
* OnlyInFlorida
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* PeacefulInDeath
* ReplacementLoveInterest
* RetroUniverse
* RidingIntoTheSunset
* RoadTripPlot
* SentientCosmicForce
* SceneryPorn
* SheIsAllGrownUp
* TheHeroDies
* TheStinger
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
* VikingFuneral
* WholeEpisodeFlashback
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''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1803156/1/Biggest-fear Biggest Fear]]'''' is a ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' fanfiction written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/562699/Thecricketsarecalling Thecricketsarecalling]] in April 2004 and completed a year later.

Considered by fans as the SpiritualSuccesor to the film, it details the life of the survivors especially Ana after Michael's apparent suicide. It is known for its plot twists, filling in the gaps, and crossovers.

Voted to be one of the best ''Dawn of the Dead'' fanfictions written.

A sequel called ''Dusk of the Dead'' was released in 2008 which takes place [[TimeSkip 15 years]] after the end of ''Biggest Fear''.

Currently in progress. Needs WikiMagic.
!!''Biggest Fear'' provides the following tropes:
*AlternateHistory
*ActionSurvivor
*ActionGirl
*AnyoneCanDie
*TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople
*ArmiesAreEvil
*BittersweetEnding
*BlackDudeDiesFirst
*ChristmasEpisode
*CrapsackWorld
*CrossOver
*DisappearedDad
*DrivenToMadness/ SanitySlippage
*TheHeroDies
*HeroicSacrifice
*HumansAreTheRealMonsters
*ImprobableInfantSurvival
*LukeIMightBeYourFather
*LukeYouAreMyFather
*MoralEventHorizon
*TheNewTens
*OnlyInFlorida
*PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie
*ProductPlacement
*RapeAsDrama
*RoomFullOfZombies
*SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome
*ShotgunsAreBetter
*TheReveal
*TurnOfTheMillennium
*WouldHitAGirl
*WouldHurtAChild
*ZombieInfectee
*ZombieGait
*ZombieApocalypse

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