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* '''Averted:''' A show develops normally, and at no point in the work the world ends.


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* '''Played straight:''' A show develops normally until the climax, where TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happens. [[GainaxEnding We're shown the credits before getting to see the aftermath.]]
* '''Inverted:''' A show [[DownerBeginning starts]] with TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt... and the event is resolved during the early moments of the work. A kind of "undoing the apocalypse at the very beginning".
* '''Subverted:''' A show develops normally until the climax, where TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happens. Then something [[SpannerInTheWorks or someone]] happens, and the whole thing is undone. Cue the credits.
* '''Double Subverted:''' A show develops normally until the climax, where TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happens. Then something [[SpannerInTheWorks or someone]] happens, and the whole thing is undone. Except that something else nobody bothered to check re-triggers the apocalypse. Cue the credits.
* '''Parodied:''' A show develops normally until the climax, where TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happens. Except that it's just a bunch of aliens coming in peace. Cue the credits.
* '''Deconstructed:''' A show develops normally until the climax, where TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happens. Since the world is in disarray, the governments are taken by surprise by the cataclysmic event. Cue the credits.
* '''Reconstructed:''' Same as Deconstructed, except that the world governments take notice of the event and quickly develop a plan to avoid TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. It fails due to oversights or lack of time to properly plan or execute a plan. Cue the credits.
* '''Zigzagged:''' During the transcourse of the movie, different world-ending events, cataclysms and apocalypses are triggered and then swiftly cancelled.
* '''Enforced:''' The higher-ups required TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt during the production or writing phase. [[GainaxEnding And there's no time to develop a proper ending.]]
* '''Exaggerated:''' The work develops normally, TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happens, everyone goes mad, cue the DisneyAcidSequence, cue the credits.
* '''Downplayed:''' The work develops normally, TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happens, but nobody seems to care.
* '''PlayedForLaughs:''' The work develops normally, TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt seem to happen, but it's all a ruse.
* '''PlayedForDrama:''' The work develops normally, TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happens, and the work ends with a straight DownerEnding.
* '''PlayedForHorror:''' The work develops normally, TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happens, and the scenes leading to it are played in all its gory and twisted glory. Cue the credits.
* '''Lampshaded:''' [[WebVideo/WhatCultureWrestling "The end is nigh! Time to run away!]] [[WebVideo/{{Cultaholic}} The end is nigh! Nigh! Nigh!"]] [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars "We're all going to die!"]] (Cue the credits.)
* '''Invoked:''' The BigBad, who's a sadistic OmnicidalManiac, holds in secret his plan until late in the story when he reveals it just as it happens.
* '''Defied:''' The work develops normally, TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happens, but the heroes develop a quick and effective plan to stop it. Cue the credits before the resolution takes place.
* '''Exploited:''' The BigBad, who's a sadistic OmnicidalManiac, holds in secret his plan until late in the story when he reveals it just as it happens. Also one of the good guys was TheMole all along and is given the "honor" to press the world-ending button. Cue the credits.
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