History Main / SinkingShipScenario

* "No Exit" on ''{{The 4400}}''.

** [[RecycledInSpace And reworked]] as ''Valley Of Darkness'' in the [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined reimagined series]].

* ''Cradle of Monsters'' by Sanbe Kei, which follows a handful of survivors from an intercontinental school trip as they struggle to escape a luxury cruise liner that, like in the movie "Poseidon," was capsized and is currently belly-up. As if trying to find a way off a sinking ship wasn't bad enough, they've also got to deal with [[ZombieApocalypse their dead peers coming back to life as crazed, murderous zombies.]] And to make matters worse, a few of the survivors [[BitchInSheepsClothing aren't as nice as they let on,]] and others have decided to [[HeWhoFightsMonsters kill anyone who MIGHT be infected.]] Somehow, ItGotWorse just ''doesn't'' begin to describe it...

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* "The Posei-dam Adventure" in ''TheAngryBeavers'', combined with ChainedHeat to explain why there would be peril in the first place. Beavers can hold their breath for 15 minutes, you know, but ''shrews'' can't.
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* ''The Perfect Storm'', based on a true story. In this case, there were no survivors.

* The submarine at the end of ''TheWorldIsNotEnough''.

* "Disaster" in ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''
* "Out of Gas" in ''{{Firefly}}'' (a combination Poseidon[=/=]HowWeGotHere episode)
* "Starship Down" in ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''

* "Pokemon Shipwreck" in ''[=~Pokémon~=]''

* ''[=~U-571~=]'', in which the crew of an American submarine must escape to the German sub they just stole a decoding machine from, when their own boat is sunk. Everything is labelled and documented in German, making it next to impossible to use the controls.

* Happens in ''[=~Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors~=]'', though the ship has floodgates to control its sinking. [[spoiler: Of course, it only applies to the Nonary Game 9 years ago on the Gigantic. The one in which the game takes place is just a recreation of the ship, with simulated flooding.]]

* ''ThePoseidonAdventure'' and its 2006 remake ''Poseidon'': May be seen as the template for film portrayals of the scenario for decades to follow.

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* All adaptations of the ''Titanic'' disaster feature this, but the JamesCameron version in particular.

* "Fire in Space" in ''BattlestarGalactica''
** [[RecycledInSpace and reworked]] as ''Valley Of Darkness'' in the [[ContinuityReboot reboot]].

* "42" and "Voyage of the Damned" in ''DoctorWho'', which is ''The Poseidon Adventure [-[[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]]-]
* "Inside the Spaceship" (a.k.a. "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E3TheEdgeOfDestruction The Edge of Destruction]]") in ''DoctorWho''.

* ''{{Ever17}}''

* Happens in ''[=~Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors~=]'', though the ship has floodgates to control its sinking. [[spoiler: Of course, it only app;ies to the Nonary Game 9 years ago on the Gigantic. The one in which the game takes place is just a recreation of the ship, with simulated flooding.]]

* S.O.S., a SNES game is almost ''ThePoseidonAdventure'' The Game, with a similarly capsized ocean liner that must be evacuated through the bottom of the ship.

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Can be used as a plot for a BottleEpisode, as it can be used to craft a tense episode without having to craft new sets. Often includes at least one LockedInARoom scenario when the power to the doors fails. [[IThoughtItMeant Has absolutely nothing to do with]] ShipSinking.

* "The Posei-dam Adventure" in ''TheAngryBeavers'', combined with ChainedHeat to explain why there would be peril in the first place. Beavers can hold their breath for 15 minutes, you know.

Can be used as a plot for a BottleEpisode. Often includes at least one LockedInARoom scenario when the power to the doors fails. [[IThoughtItMeant Has absolutely nothing to do with]] ShipSinking.

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* "Toys in the Attic" in ''CowboyBebop''
* "Pokemon Shipwreck" in ''[=~Pokémon~=]''
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