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* '''Exaggerated''': Exactly every half a billion years, all intelligent life in the Universe is wiped out and life is forced [[VideoGame/Spore}} all the way back to the cell stage]] by an unknown factor.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Exactly every half a billion years, all intelligent life in the Universe is wiped out and life is forced [[VideoGame/Spore}} [[VideoGame/{{Spore}} all the way back to the cell stage]] by an unknown factor.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Exactly every hundred million years, all life in the Universe is wiped out by an unknown factor.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Exactly every hundred million half a billion years, all intelligent life in the Universe is wiped out and life is forced [[VideoGame/Spore}} all the way back to the cell stage]] by an unknown factor.
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Kill Em All was renamed Everybody Dies Ending due to misuse. Dewicking


** Some [[CorruptCorporateExecutive greedy jackasses]] decide to exploit Mana anyway, and the people suffer the Planet's [[KillEmAll final solution]] due to their actions.

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** Some [[CorruptCorporateExecutive greedy jackasses]] decide to exploit Mana anyway, and the people suffer the Planet's [[KillEmAll final solution]] solution due to their actions.
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* '''Straight''': Exactly every ten thousand years, all civilizations on Planet Troperia is wiped out by an unknown factor.

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* '''Straight''': Exactly every ten thousand years, all civilizations on Planet Troperia is are wiped out by an unknown factor.



* '''Downplayed''': Exactly every ten thousand years, all civilizations on Planet Troperia is set back by a major disaster or cataclysm. The people know this well and are prepared for it.

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* '''Downplayed''': Exactly every ten thousand years, all civilizations on Planet Troperia is are set back by a major disaster or cataclysm. The people know this well and are prepared for it.

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

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* '''Invoked''': ???The Will Of The Planet studies the actions of it's inhabitants and learns when it would be best to prevent them from exploiting Mana. It uses this to set the time period.



* '''Defied''': Some people level themselves up to stand the world-ending force face to face. If they succeed, there is a serious risk of the death of the Planet itself.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Some people level themselves up to stand the world-ending force face to face. If they succeed, there is a serious risk of the death of the Planet itself.itself.
** Troperia decides that it is done trying to protect itself and makes sure that the next cataclysm will not only wipe out all civilizations, but also prevent civilization from ever re-emerging.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Some [[CorruptCorporateExecutive greedy jackasses]] decide to exploit Mana anyway, and the people suffer the Planet's [[KillEmAll final solution]] due to their actions.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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Some [[CorruptCorporateExecutive greedy jackasses]] decide to exploit Mana anyway, and the people suffer the Planet's [[KillEmAll final solution]] due to their actions.

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* '''Subverted''': The Will of The Planet decide to halt the apocalypse this time, due to a pure-hearted maiden travelling to TheLifestream and convince the Planet that all people are good. [[FinalBattle Reading her memory]], the Planet know this to be true.
* '''Double Subverted''': Some greedy jackass decide to exploit Mana anyway, and the people suffer the Planet's [[KillEmAll final solution]] due to their action.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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The Will of The Planet decide to halt the apocalypse this time, due to a pure-hearted maiden travelling to TheLifestream and convince the Planet that all people are good. [[FinalBattle Reading her memory]], the Planet know this to be true.
** A civilization discovers a way to manufacture Mana without extracting it from the planet.
* '''Double Subverted''': Some [[CorruptCorporateExecutive greedy jackass jackasses]] decide to exploit Mana anyway, and the people suffer the Planet's [[KillEmAll final solution]] due to their action.actions.
** This Mana is manufactured from a well of power used by planets to generate Mana - the civilization has just cut out the middle man. The Will of the Planet wants to prevent people exploiting this well of power to prevent them from stealing from the universe as a whole, and so issues in the apocalypse as planned.

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* '''Justified''': The Will of The Planet wipes out civilizations before they become too advanced and start draining all the {{Mana}} on the planet.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The Will of The Planet wipes out civilizations before they become too advanced and start draining all the {{Mana}} on the planet.planet.
** Planet Troperia is subject to a regular cycle of natural phenomena caused by its peculiar astronomical or geological circumstances, which its inhabitants can't quite explain, and which periodically invokes a cataclysm.
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* '''Inverted''': The end of the world ''doesn't'' happen every X years.

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* '''Inverted''': The end of There's a recurring time-window where TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt cannot happen, no matter what. After that, however, all the world ''doesn't'' happen every X years.bets are off.
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* '''Downplayed''': Exactly every ten thousand years, all civilizations on Planet Troperia is set back by a major cataclysm. The people know this well and are prepared.

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* '''Downplayed''': Exactly every ten thousand years, all civilizations on Planet Troperia is set back by a major disaster or cataclysm. The people know this well and are prepared.prepared for it.



* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': The Will of The Planet decide to halt the apocalypse this time, due to a pure-hearted maiden travelling to TheLifestream and convince the Planet that people are good. [[FinalBattle Reading her memory]], the Planet know this to be true.

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* '''Inverted''': ???
The end of the world ''doesn't'' happen every X years.
* '''Subverted''': The Will of The Planet decide to halt the apocalypse this time, due to a pure-hearted maiden travelling to TheLifestream and convince the Planet that all people are good. [[FinalBattle Reading her memory]], the Planet know this to be true.



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

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* '''Parodied''': ???"Right, the world ending happens every year. Does anyone have anything they reserved for tomorrow?"

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%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt is guaranteed to happen every X years, where X is virtually immutable.
* '''Straight''': Exactly every ten thousand years, all civilizations on Planet Troperia is wiped out by an unknown factor.
* '''Exaggerated''': Exactly every hundred million years, all life in the Universe is wiped out by an unknown factor.
* '''Downplayed''': Exactly every ten thousand years, all civilizations on Planet Troperia is set back by a major cataclysm. The people know this well and are prepared.
* '''Justified''': The Will of The Planet wipes out civilizations before they become too advanced and start draining all the {{Mana}} on the planet.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': The Will of The Planet decide to halt the apocalypse this time, due to a pure-hearted maiden travelling to TheLifestream and convince the Planet that people are good. [[FinalBattle Reading her memory]], the Planet know this to be true.
* '''Double Subverted''': Some greedy jackass decide to exploit Mana anyway, and the people suffer the Planet's [[KillEmAll final solution]] due to their action.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''':
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* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': An OmnicidalManiac speed up the process of Mana exploitation to speed up the coming of the apocalypse to the world that he hates.
* '''Defied''': Some people level themselves up to stand the world-ending force face to face. If they succeed, there is a serious risk of the death of the Planet itself.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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