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** The writer didn't want to have to deal with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, so this trope is a convenient way to deal with that issue.

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** The writer didn't want to have to deal with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, loads of characters, so this trope is a convenient way to deal with that issue.
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** The virus kills a third to half the population, [[CaptainObvious which STILL devastated the labor force.]]
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* '''Parodied''': The virus [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum was specifically designed to kill only ugly uncharismatic people.]] Models are pretty much TheImmune and any scientist who [[LampshadeHanging points out that it doesn't make any sense]] promtply has [[YourHeadExplode their head explode from the virus]].

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* '''Parodied''': The virus [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum was specifically designed to kill only ugly uncharismatic people.]] Models are pretty much TheImmune and any scientist who [[LampshadeHanging points out that it doesn't make any sense]] promtply sense]], were borderline and has [[YourHeadExplode their make up run or clothes get disheveled or out of fashion promptly has [[YourHeadAsplode their head explode from the virus]].

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* '''Subverted''': The government creates a near-lethal virus, then says that it only kill mosquitoes.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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The government creates a near-lethal virus, then says that it only kill mosquitoes.mosquitoes.
** The virus [[GoneHorriblyRight fails because it is too lethal]]. It results in people in the immediate area dying hideous deaths including [[LaserGuidedKarma the people trying to deploy it]] and anybody who sees the piles of dead bodies [[KillItWithFire arsons away the problem from a safe distance]].



* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???The virus [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum was specifically designed to kill only ugly uncharismatic people.]] Models are pretty much TheImmune and any scientist who [[LampshadeHanging points out that it doesn't make any sense]] promtply has [[YourHeadExplode their head explode from the virus]].


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* '''Implied''': A CosmeticallyAdvancedPrequel shows far higher population density and there were no new frontiers opened up later [[InferredHolocaust to move them out of the way....]]
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* '''Deconstructed''': After the virus hits, humanity gets hit ''hard''. All of the millions of essential personnel who disappeared will never return, meaning their skills will never be recreated. The basics of a society's infrastructure - like agriculture, farming, and construction - go unfulfilled, meaning society itself collapses.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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After the virus hits, humanity gets hit ''hard''. All of the millions of essential personnel who disappeared will never return, meaning their skills will never be recreated. The basics of a society's infrastructure - like agriculture, farming, and construction - go unfulfilled, meaning society itself collapses.collapses.
** 90% of the population is still a lot of people, and the protagonists would probably have had someone close to them die from this, which can leave some psychological scars, especially if someone was immune and had to see their family and friends die before their very eyes.

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* '''Played Staight''': In the past, a virus wiped out 90% of the human race, leaving only the protagonists and a select few others.
* '''Exaggerated''': After the virus hits, people start randomly disappearing and buildings suddenly become abandoned.

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* '''Played Staight''': '''Straight''': In the past, a virus wiped out 90% of the human race, leaving only the protagonists and a select few others.
* '''Exaggerated''': After the virus hits, people start randomly disappearing and buildings suddenly become abandoned.



* '''Deconstructed''': After the virus hits, humanity gets hit ''hard''. All of the millions of essential personnel who disappeared will never return, meaning their skills will never be recreated. The basics of a society's infrastructure - like agriculture, farming, and construction - go unfulfilled, meaning society itself collapses.
* '''Reconstructed''': The survivors have to learn to adapt - which is what happened in the past anyway.

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* '''Deconstructed''': After the virus hits, humanity gets hit ''hard''. All of the millions of essential personnel who disappeared will never return, meaning their skills will never be recreated. The basics of a society's infrastructure - like agriculture, farming, and construction - go unfulfilled, meaning society itself collapses.
* '''Reconstructed''': The survivors have to learn to adapt - which is what happened in the past anyway.
'''Parodied''': ???



* '''Averted''':
** There is no virus.
** Alternatively, the virus doesn't depopulate the earth.



** The writer didn't want to have to deal with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.
* '''Averted''':
** There is no virus.
** Alternatively, the virus doesn't depopulate the earth.

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** The writer didn't want to have to deal with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.
* '''Averted''':
** There
LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, so this trope is no virus.
** Alternatively, the virus doesn't depopulate the earth.
a convenient way to deal with that issue.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': After the virus hits, humanity gets hit ''hard''. All of the millions of essential personnel who disappeared will never return, meaning their skills will never be recreated. The basics of a society's infrastructure - like agriculture, farming, and construction - go unfulfilled, meaning society itself collapses.
* '''Reconstructed''': The survivors have to learn to adapt - which is what happened in the past anyway.



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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???They are not dead. They are just placed in a suspended coma for an indefinite period.

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* '''Enforced''': The writer wanted to write an AfterTheEnd story.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The writer wanted to write an AfterTheEnd story.



* '''Averted''': There is no virus.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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There is no virus.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The writer wanted to write an AfterTheEnd story.
** The writer didn't want to have to deal with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.



* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???A terrorist group creates the virus and unleashes it on the countries they hate most.



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Doctors work around the clock and find a cure before it's too late.



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* '''Conversed''': ??????
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* '''Played Staight''': Something wipes out 90% of the human race, leaving the protagonists.
* '''Exaggerated''': People start randomly dissaparing and buildings suddenly become abandoned.

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'''Basic Trope''': Something wipes out large chunks of the human race.
* '''Played Staight''': Something wipes In the past, a virus wiped out 90% of the human race, leaving only the protagonists.
protagonists and a select few others.
* '''Exaggerated''': People After the virus hits, people start randomly dissaparing disappearing and buildings suddenly become abandoned. abandoned.
* '''Justified''': That was the point of the virus. The heroes were just resilient.



* '''Subverted''': The government creates a near lethal virus, then says that it only kill mosquitos
* '''Deconstructed''': The virus happens, and then the protagonist starves to death
* '''Reconstructed''': The starving protagonists start up agriculture again.
* '''Averted''': There is no virus

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* '''Subverted''': The government creates a near lethal near-lethal virus, then says that it only kill mosquitos
mosquitoes.
* '''Double Subverted''': That was a cover story - they're only using the virus to kill dissidents.
* '''Deconstructed''': The After the virus happens, hits, humanity gets hit ''hard''. All of the millions of essential personnel who disappeared will never return, meaning their skills will never be recreated. The basics of a society's infrastructure - like agriculture, farming, and then the protagonist starves to death
construction - go unfulfilled, meaning society itself collapses.
* '''Reconstructed''': The starving protagonists start up agriculture again.
survivors have to learn to adapt - which is what happened in the past anyway.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Averted''': There is no virusvirus.
** Alternatively, the virus doesn't depopulate the earth.
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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