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* '''Exaggerated''': Not only the world, but all of the cosmos and [[{{Multiverse}} every individual reality]] ends simultaneously [[ApocalypseWow in the most over-the-top manner possible]].

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Not only the world, but all of the cosmos and [[{{Multiverse}} every individual reality]] ends simultaneously [[ApocalypseWow in the most over-the-top manner possible]].

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* '''Subverted''': The world only turns into [[AfterTheEnd a different, slighly grungier place]].

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The world only turns into [[AfterTheEnd a different, slighly grungier place]].
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'''Basic Trope''': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The world as currently understood comes to an end]].

* '''Straight''': The world comes to an end [[ApocalypseHow through one of the usual means]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Not only the world, but all of the cosmos and [[{{Multiverse}} every individual reality]] ends simultaneously [[ApocalypseWow in the most over-the-top manner possible]].
* '''Downplayed''': The end of the world is [[EndOfAnEra metaphorical]].
* '''Justified''': [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed The world is not a very stable place]].
* '''Inverted''': A new world comes into existence, literally or [[DawnOfAnEra figuratively]].
* '''Subverted''': The world only turns into [[AfterTheEnd a different, slighly grungier place]].
** At the very last instant, the world is [[BackFromTheBrink saved from total destruction]]...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...for now.
* '''Parodied''': People have predicted the end of the world so many times that when it actually comes, [[CryingWolf no one pays any attention]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': The end date for the world is set, but manages to be delayed several times through the efforts of a few selfless people. However, none of these efforts come to anything, as the world eventually does end.
* '''Averted''': The world doesn't end.
* '''Enforced''': The end of the world is as inevitable [[LifeWillKillYou as death]].
* '''Lampshaded''': Everyone runs around screaming [[CaptainObvious "It's the end of the world!"]]
* '''Invoked''': Various doomsday cults [[TheEndIsNigh try to predict the end of the world]].
* '''Exploited''': Unscrupulous individuals use the end of the world as a justification for [[ApocalypseAnarchy doing what they please]].
* '''Defied''': The world doesn't--and can't ever--end.
* '''Discussed''': Several people get together to [[DoomsdayClock figure out various threats to the world]].
* '''Conversed''': People in the know give details on [[StoryboardingTheApocalypse just how the world will end]].
* '''Implied''': Things in the world are [[JustBeforeTheEnd going south pretty fast]].
* '''Deconstructed''': Because the world ending is taken as a given, [[YouCantFightFate no one bothers trying to accomplish much or improve anything while living]]. It's all going to end anyway, so [[StrawNihilist why bother]]?
* '''Reconstructed''': Most people take the end of the world calmly, while [[TheAntiNihilist trying to enjoy the time they have]].

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[[{{Music/REM}} It's the end of the Playing With page as we know it]], and I feel like [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt going back to the trope]].
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