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* The poem ''DreamOfTheRood'' briefly speaks glowingly of the Second Coming of Christ.

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* The poem ''DreamOfTheRood'' ''Literature/DreamOfTheRood'' briefly speaks glowingly of the Second Coming of Christ.
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** While the judgment before the great white throne is literally a day of reckoning (since "reckoning" in this sense is synonymous with "judgment"), the battle of Armageddon corresponds more closely to the trope meaning. The good guys have already won by the time Judgment Day comes around.

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** While the judgment before the great white throne is literally a day of reckoning (since "reckoning" in this sense is synonymous with "judgment"), the battle of Armageddon corresponds more closely to the trope meaning. The [[YourMileageMayVary good guys guys]] have already won by the time Judgment Day comes around.
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** While the judgment before the great white throne is literally a day of reckoning (since "reckoning" in this sense is synonymous with "judgment"), the battle of Armageddon corresponds more closely to the trope meaning. The good guys have already won by the time Judgment Day comes around.
* Ragnarok, the prophesied final battle between the gods and Jotun in Norse Mythology.
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* * Any of the Apocalypi from ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Or is that Apocalypses? I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of Apocalypse...
* In {{Supernatural}}, we have the episodes ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' where the brothers finally take out Azazel, the demon that killed their parents... but are too late to stop him unleashing his demonic army into the world; ''No Rest For The Wicked'' where the brothers attempt to take out the demon's new leader, Lilith, before she can claim Dean's soul and drag him to hell... and they fail, with Dean suffering a particulary nasty death; ''Lucifer Rising'', where the brothers attempt to stop Lilith from freeing Lucifer... and it ends badly, with Sam accidently freeing Lucifer himself. Then there's the big one, ''Swan Song'', where the brothers have to re-inprison Lucifer before he can fight Micheal, ending the world... they succeed! (Although Sam is sealed in Hell along with a very pissed-off Luicifer and Michael)...

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* * Any of the Apocalypi Apocalypses from ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Or is that Apocalypses? I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of Apocalypse...
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* In {{Supernatural}}, ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', we have the episodes ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' where the brothers finally take out Azazel, the demon that killed their parents... but are too late to stop him unleashing his demonic army into the world; ''No Rest For The Wicked'' where the brothers attempt to take out the demon's new leader, Lilith, before she can claim Dean's soul and drag him to hell... and they fail, with Dean suffering a particulary particularly nasty death; ''Lucifer Rising'', where the brothers attempt to stop Lilith from freeing Lucifer... and it ends badly, with Sam accidently accidentally freeing Lucifer himself. Then there's the big one, ''Swan Song'', where the brothers have to re-inprison re-imprison Lucifer before he can fight Micheal, ending the world... they succeed! (Although Sam is sealed in Hell along with a very pissed-off Luicifer Lucifer and Michael)...
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** Really, the entire series has been leading up to the Reaper's Day Of Reckoning when their fleet arrives in full. Except that Shepard has managed to delay them several times, pushing back their arrival in ''Mass Effect 1'' and, well, "Arrival", in addition to screwing up their schemes with the geth and Collectors.


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** Also the Day Of Black Sun, in a sense -- it was supposed to be the allies' day to strike at the Fire Nation, but Azula discovered their plan beforehand and they were resoundingly crushed (except in Omashu).
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* The poem ''DreamOfTheRood'' briefly speaks glowingly of the Second Coming of Christ.
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* Judgment Day, as described in the [[TheBible Book of Revelation]]. This makes this trope OlderThanDirt.

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* Trigon's invasion of Earth in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''.
* Sozin's Comet triggers this in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''
* In ''TransformersTheMovie'', the coming of Unicron.
* ''{{Digimon}}'' had the arrival of Myotismon be "The Hour of the Beast" or [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar 6 seconds past 6:06 PM]].
* The two-parter Second Season finale of ''[[XMenEvolution X-Men: Evolution]]'' is actually titled "Day of Reckoning." It involves the iconic {{X-Men}} figure of a Sentinel being let loose in the city and attacking all mutants and them having to defend themselves, leading to their existence being revealed on national television.
** The two-parter series finale "Ascension" probably also counts, as the titular heroes fight against and defeat their ultimate enemy Apocalypse, who had been prepping up for the last two seasons to turn all of humanity into mutants.

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* Trigon's invasion of Earth in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''.
* Sozin's Comet triggers this in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''
* In ''TransformersTheMovie'', the coming of Unicron.
* ''{{Digimon}}'' had the arrival of Myotismon be "The Hour of the Beast" or [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar 6 seconds past 6:06 PM]].
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''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': The two-parter Second Season finale of ''[[XMenEvolution X-Men: Evolution]]'' is actually titled "Day of Reckoning." It involves the iconic {{X-Men}} figure of a Sentinel being let loose in the city and attacking all mutants and them having Walpurgisnacht. [[spoiler:[[GroundhogDayLoop And Homura has faced it too many times to defend themselves, leading to their existence being revealed on national television.
** The two-parter series finale "Ascension" probably also counts, as the titular heroes fight against and defeat their ultimate enemy Apocalypse, who had been prepping up for the last two seasons to turn all of humanity into mutants.
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* Trigon's invasion of Earth in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''.
* Sozin's Comet triggers this in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''
* In ''TransformersTheMovie'', the coming of Unicron.
* ''{{Digimon}}'' had the arrival of Myotismon be "The Hour of the Beast" or [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar 6 seconds past 6:06 PM]].
* The two-parter Second Season finale of ''[[XMenEvolution X-Men: Evolution]]'' is actually titled "Day of Reckoning." It involves the iconic {{X-Men}} figure of a Sentinel being let loose in the city and attacking all mutants and them having to defend themselves, leading to their existence being revealed on national television.
** The two-parter series finale "Ascension" probably also counts, as the titular heroes fight against and defeat their ultimate enemy Apocalypse, who had been prepping up for the last two seasons to turn all of humanity into mutants.
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* In {{Supernatural}}, we have the episodes ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' where the brothers finally take out Azazel, the demon that killed their parents... but are too late to stop him unleashing his demonic army into the world; ''No Rest For The Wicked'' where the brothers attempt to take out the demon's new leader, Lilith, before she can claim Dean's soul and drag him to hell... and they fail, with Dean suffering a particulary nasty death; ''Lucifer Rising'', where the brothers attempt to stop Lilith from freeing Lucifer... and it ends [[{{Understatement}} badly]], with Sam accidently freeing Lucifer himself. Then there's the big one, ''Swan Song'', where the brothers have to re-inprison Lucifer before he can fight Micheal, ending the world... they succeed! (Although Sam is sealed in Hell along with a very pissed-off Luicifer and Michael)...

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* In {{Supernatural}}, we have the episodes ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' where the brothers finally take out Azazel, the demon that killed their parents... but are too late to stop him unleashing his demonic army into the world; ''No Rest For The Wicked'' where the brothers attempt to take out the demon's new leader, Lilith, before she can claim Dean's soul and drag him to hell... and they fail, with Dean suffering a particulary nasty death; ''Lucifer Rising'', where the brothers attempt to stop Lilith from freeing Lucifer... and it ends [[{{Understatement}} badly]], badly, with Sam accidently freeing Lucifer himself. Then there's the big one, ''Swan Song'', where the brothers have to re-inprison Lucifer before he can fight Micheal, ending the world... they succeed! (Although Sam is sealed in Hell along with a very pissed-off Luicifer and Michael)...
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* Trigon's invasion of Earth in ''TeenTitans''.

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* Trigon's invasion of Earth in ''TeenTitans''.''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''.
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* The new ''DoctorWho'' series had a DayOfReckoning at the end of every season. The Doctor refers to them as "Volcano Days". Of particular note are the episodes "The Sound of Drums"/"The Last of the Time Lords", "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End", and "The End of Time".

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* The new ''DoctorWho'' ''Series/DoctorWho'' series had a DayOfReckoning at the end of every season. The Doctor refers to them as "Volcano Days". Of particular note are the episodes "The Sound of Drums"/"The Last of the Time Lords", "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End", and "The End of Time".
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* {{Dollhouse}} is notable in that it's day of reckoning goes ahead despite ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero or possibly because of]]) the heroes intervention. Other than that, it plays this trope to a T.
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* When {{Angel}} and his team finally attack the Circle of the Black Thorn and try to avert THE apocalypse.
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* In {{Supernatural}}, we have the episodes ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' where the brothers finally take out Azazel, the demon that killed their parents... but are too late to stop him unleashing his demonic army into the world, ''No Rest For The Wicked'' where the brothers attempt to take out the demon's new leader, Lilith, before she can claim Dean's soul and drag him to hell... and the fail, with Dean suffering a particulary nasty death, ''Lucifer Rising'', where the brothers attempt to stop Lilith from freeing Lucifer... and it ends [[{{Understatement}} badly]], with Sam accidently freeing Lucifer himself. Then there's the big one, ''Swan Song'', where the brothers have to re-inprison Lucifer before he can fight Micheal, ending the world... they succeed! (Although Sam is sealed in Hell along with a very pissed-off Luicifer and Michael)...

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* In {{Supernatural}}, we have the episodes ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' where the brothers finally take out Azazel, the demon that killed their parents... but are too late to stop him unleashing his demonic army into the world, world; ''No Rest For The Wicked'' where the brothers attempt to take out the demon's new leader, Lilith, before she can claim Dean's soul and drag him to hell... and the they fail, with Dean suffering a particulary nasty death, death; ''Lucifer Rising'', where the brothers attempt to stop Lilith from freeing Lucifer... and it ends [[{{Understatement}} badly]], with Sam accidently freeing Lucifer himself. Then there's the big one, ''Swan Song'', where the brothers have to re-inprison Lucifer before he can fight Micheal, ending the world... they succeed! (Although Sam is sealed in Hell along with a very pissed-off Luicifer and Michael)...
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* In {{Supernatural}}, we have the episodes ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' where the brothers finally take out Azazrel, the demon that killed their parents... but are too late to stop him unleashing his demonic army into the world, ''No Rest For The Wicked'' where the brothers attempt to take out the demon's new leader, Lilith, before she can claim Dean's soul and drag him to hell... and the fail, with Dean suffering a particulary nasty death, ''Lucifer Rising'', where the brothers attempt to stop Lilith from freeing Lucifer... and it ends [[{{Understatement badly]], with Sam accidently freeing Lucifer himself. Then there's the big one, ''Swan Song'', where the brothers have to re-inprison Lucifer before he can fight Micheal, ending the world... they succeed! (Although Sam is sealed in Hell along with a very pissed-off Luicifer and Michael)...

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* In {{Supernatural}}, we have the episodes ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' where the brothers finally take out Azazrel, Azazel, the demon that killed their parents... but are too late to stop him unleashing his demonic army into the world, ''No Rest For The Wicked'' where the brothers attempt to take out the demon's new leader, Lilith, before she can claim Dean's soul and drag him to hell... and the fail, with Dean suffering a particulary nasty death, ''Lucifer Rising'', where the brothers attempt to stop Lilith from freeing Lucifer... and it ends [[{{Understatement [[{{Understatement}} badly]], with Sam accidently freeing Lucifer himself. Then there's the big one, ''Swan Song'', where the brothers have to re-inprison Lucifer before he can fight Micheal, ending the world... they succeed! (Although Sam is sealed in Hell along with a very pissed-off Luicifer and Michael)...
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* The day Emperor Palpatine takes over the Republic, beginning with the murder of all the Jedi, at the end of ''Revenge of the Sith''.

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* StarWars: The day Emperor Palpatine takes over the Republic, beginning with the murder of all the Jedi, at the end of ''Revenge of the Sith''.

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* The Battle of the Five Armies at the end of ''TheHobbit''.

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* The Battle of the Five Armies at the end of ''TheHobbit''. ''TheHobbit''.
* The Battle of Hogwarts, in ''HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows''.

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* In {{Supernatural}}, we have the episodes ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' where the brothers finally take out Azazrel, the demon that killed their parents... but are too late to stop him unleashing his demonic army into the world, ''No Rest For The Wicked'' where the brothers attempt to take out the demon's new leader, Lilith, before she can claim Dean's soul and drag him to hell... and the fail, with Dean suffering a particulary nasty death, ''Lucifer Rising'', where the brothers attempt to stop Lilith from freeing Lucifer... and it ends [[{{Understatement badly]], with Sam accidently freeing Lucifer himself. Then there's the big one, ''Swan Song'', where the brothers have to re-inprison Lucifer before he can fight Micheal, ending the world... they succeed! (Although Sam is sealed in Hell along with a very pissed-off Luicifer and Michael)...

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A specific type of story [[TheClimax Climax]]. See also DarkestHour.

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A specific type of story [[TheClimax Climax]]. See also DarkestHour. DarkestHour.

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* The ''MassEffect'' series has one of these at the end of each game: in the first game, it is the [[spoiler:defence of the Citadel]] and in the second, quite predictably, the Suicide Mission (see the opening quote).
* The Day of Lavos from ''ChronoTrigger''.

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* The ''MassEffect'' series has one of these at the end of each game: in the first game, it is the [[spoiler:defence defense of the Citadel]] Citadel and in the second, quite predictably, the Suicide Mission (see the opening quote).
** The third game isn't out yet, but from the first trailer, the whole damn thing might be this.
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->''"It's been a long journey and no one is coming out without scars. But it all comes down to this moment. We win or lose it all in the next few minutes. Make me proud. Make ''yourselves'' proud."''\\
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* Any of the numerous Apocalypses from ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

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* Any of the Apocalypi from ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer. Or is that Apocalypses? I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of Apocalypse...

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* The Last Day from ''[[LegendOfZelda Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]''.

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There are tons of dark prophecies of doomsdays and master plans that take a long time to put into action. TheDayOfReckoning is the day when all the prophecies speak of... the day that the Evil Overlord wins, goodness and mercy are overthrown, and a new Dark Age arises on Earth...

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There are tons of dark prophecies of doomsdays and master plans that take a long time to put into action. TheDayOfReckoning is the day when all the prophecies speak of... the day that the Evil Overlord EvilOverlord wins, goodness and mercy are overthrown, and a new Dark Age arises on Earth...
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* Judgment Day, as described in the [[TheBible Book of Revelation]]. This makes this trope OlderThanDirt.

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