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** King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule from ''TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is the only person left in Hyrule after it got sealed beneath the Great Sea, using his position to guide Link and awaken Zelda. [[spoiler:He decides to use the Triforce to drown Hyrule and himself in order to save Link and Zelda and defeat Ganon]].

* ''RedDwarf'' follows this premise. A radiation leak [[EverybodysDeadDave kills the entire crew]] of a [[CityOfAdventure ship the size of a city]], leaving only the initial cast.

* The protagonists of both ''{{Dawn Of The Dead}}'' movies do this on a smaller scale with a shopping mall. In fact, this is largely the point (of the older movie, at least). It gets very {{Anvilicious}} when you see the little perfect world the protagonists have constructed for themselves, with things "borrowed" from the mall. The zombies are largely a distraction from the commercialism-[[BuffySpeak things]]. Sorry for FanWank.

* BIONICLE plays with this in the description of what the Toa Of Light was flying around doing in other dimensions. The villanious/HeelFaceTurn applying Toa Tuyet in an alternate dimension specifically ignored and never mentioned outside of descriptions of said alternate dimension) specifically says (while contemplating drowning everyone in the alternate universe) that she would be ruling over an empire of corpses.

* The protagonist of the post-pandemic London of John Christopher's novel ''Empty World'' is one of these.

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* Jadis, the Last Queen of Charn from ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia.'' In ''TheMagiciansNephew'', we find out that she SINGLE-HANDEDLY ERADICATED EVERY SINGLE LIFE FORM IN HER UNIVERSE EXCEPT HERSELF, ''ALL BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T BE QUEEN.'' She then [[SealedEvilInACan magically preserved herself as a statue]] until the heroes accidentally freed her, then hitched a ride with them to Earth and ultimately to Narnia, where she became known as [[TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe the White Witch]].
** Actually, she did it because her sister disagreed with the fact she was Queen and raised a rebellion against her. Jadis didn't take losing well. And she had indeed lost, since her sister and sister's army were right at the throne room door.

* Jadis, the Last Queen of Charn from ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia.'' In ''TheMagiciansNephew'', we find out that she single-handedly eradicated EVERY SINGLE LIFE FORM IN HER UNIVERSE EXCEPT HERSELF, ''ALL BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T BE QUEEN.'' She then [[SealedEvilInACan magically preserved herself as a statue]] until the heroes accidentally freed her, then hitched a ride with them to Earth and ultimately to Narnia, where she became known as [[TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe the White Witch]].

* Impaz from ''TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', the last inhabitant of the Hidden Village, who stayed behind to give the Ancient Sky Book to the messenger of the heavens (a.k.a. Link).

* Impaz from ''TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', the last inhabitant of the Hidden Village, who stayed behind to give the Ancient Sky Book to the messenger of the heavens (a. k. a. Link).

** It's [[{{Understatement}} less humorous]] now that we know that he did this [[spoiler: as a coping mechanism after two entire armies he was leading were slaughtered in front of him in a matter of seconds, leaving him as the only survivor.]]

* The heroes of {{Zombieland}} don't limit themselves to one town, but they raid grocery stores for food (in search of the elusive Twinkie), trash a store just for fun and crash for a while in {{Bill Murray}}'s mansion (which isn't as abandoned as they thought).

* ''RedDwarf'' follows this premise. A radiation leak [[EverybodysDeadDave kills the entire crew]] of a [[CityOfAdventure ship the size of a city]], leaving only the initial cast of four.
** Three, rather; Kryten was picked up later.
** But it ''is'' four if you count Holly.
*** Do the skutters count?

** I seem to remember Moe becoming mayor (emperor) of the starved lawless en-domed Springfield in the deleted scenes of The Simpsons Movie.

** I seem to remember Moe becoming mayor of the stared lawless en-domed Springfield in the deleted scenes of The Simpsons Movie.

* The heroes of {{Zombieland}} don't limit themseles to one town, but they raid grocery stores for food (in search of the elusive Twinkie), trash a store just for fun and crash for a while in {{Bill Murray}}'s mansion (which isn't as abandoned as they thought).

* The heroes of {{Zombieland}} don't limit themseles to one town, but they raid grocery stores for food (in search of the elusive Twinkie), trash a store just for fun and crash for a while in {{BillMurray}}'s mansion (which isn't as abandoned as they thought).

* This is how an alternate-future version of Vandal Savage has lived for several years in the ''JusticeLeague'' episode, "Hereafter."