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* ArtisticLicense: Most of the portrayed disasters would have been foreseen a ''long'' time ago that Humanity would have taken the necessary steps to try avoiding these doomsdays instead of waiting until the last minute. And as such, the portrayed Doomsdays according to actual science are currently very unlikely to happen to us in the first place.

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* ArtisticLicense: Most of the portrayed disasters would have been foreseen a ''long'' '''''long''''' time ago that Humanity would have taken the necessary steps to try avoiding these doomsdays Doomsdays instead of waiting until only just noticing them at the very last minute. And as such, minute when nothing can really be done. Even then, the portrayed Doomsdays according to actual science are currently very unlikely to happen to us in the first place.
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* ArtisticLicense: Most of the portrayed natural disasters would have been foreseen a long time ago that Humanity would have taken the necessary steps to try avoiding them and as such they are currently very unlikely to happen to us in the first place.

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* ArtisticLicense: Most of the portrayed natural disasters would have been foreseen a long ''long'' time ago that Humanity would have taken the necessary steps to try avoiding them and these doomsdays instead of waiting until the last minute. And as such they such, the portrayed Doomsdays according to actual science are currently very unlikely to happen to us in the first place.
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* DownerEnding: Obviously not unexpected about a series that deals with world-ending disasters.

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* DownerEnding: Obviously not unexpected about a series that deals with world-ending disasters.disasters, with only three Episodes being the exception to this.
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* ArtisticLicense: Most of the portrayed disasters would have been foreseen a long time ago and are currently very unlikely to happen.

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* ArtisticLicense: Most of the portrayed natural disasters would have been foreseen a long time ago that Humanity would have taken the necessary steps to try avoiding them and as such they are currently very unlikely to happen.happen to us in the first place.


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* BittersweetEnding: A small group of humans survive the aftermath and are predicted to rebuild civilization.

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* BittersweetEnding: A small group RayOfHopeEnding: Small groups of humans below the equator managed to survive the nuclear aftermath and are predicted to rebuild civilization.



* HopeSpot: The Gamma-Ray Burst wipes out all life on half of the planet, leaving the other side relatively intact. Years later Acid Rain begins to fall indicating that the Ozone is starting to repair itself and would allow for Human Civilization to slowly come back on the rise again. [[spoiler: Two years later, a wave of Charged radioactive particles slams into the Earth from the same source as the Gamma-Ray Burst: only this time, it hits the side of the planet that wasn't hit last time: resulting in the Ozone being wiped out again and resulting in all life being wiped out.]]

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* HopeSpot: The Gamma-Ray Burst wipes out all life on half of the planet, leaving the other side relatively intact. Years later Acid Rain begins to fall indicating that the Ozone is starting to repair itself and would allow for Human Civilization to slowly come back on the rise again. [[spoiler: Two years later, a wave of Charged radioactive particles slams into the Earth from the same source as the Gamma-Ray Burst: only this time, it hits the side of the planet that wasn't hit last time: resulting in the Ozone being wiped out again and resulting in all non-insectoid life being wiped out.]]




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* RayOfHopeEnding: The eruption that caused the new ice age manages to dissipate after several decades; much of Humanity managed to survive at the equator and two centuries after the initial eruption, plantlife in other parts of the world managed to recover again and allow for humanity to flourish as they did before.
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* RayOfHopeEnding: Episodes 4, 5, and 7 all uniquely end on these as unlike other episodes where the Earth is destroyed, rendered uninhabitable, or Mankind gets completely wiped out, these episodes have Humanity recover from their disasters and slowly rebuild civilization once again, even if it takes anywhere from several decades to two-hundred years.
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* RayOfHopeEnding: Unlike the other episodes where Humanity ends up getting completely wiped out, this one ends on a hopeful note as smaller-scale power systems are recovering again and that while large-scale power Transformers are difficult to manufacture, people will inevitably rebuild them again even if it takes many decades to do so.
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* Death from Above: The volcanic "hypereruptio" causes chunks of material to rain down in distant cities.

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* Death from Above: DeathFromAbove: The volcanic "hypereruptio" "hypereruption" causes chunks of material to rain down in distant cities.cities as far out as Seattle and Vancouver.
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* HopeSpot: The Gamma-Ray Burst wipes out all life on half of the planet, leaving the other side relatively intact, nearly years later Acid Rain begins to fall indicating that the Ozone is starting to repair itself and would allow for Human Civilization to slowly come back on the rise again. [[spoiler: Two years later, a wave of Charged radioactive particles slams into the Earth from the same source as the Gamma-Ray Burst: only this time, it hits the side of the planet that wasn't hit last time: resulting in all life being wiped out.]]

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* HopeSpot: The Gamma-Ray Burst wipes out all life on half of the planet, leaving the other side relatively intact, nearly years intact. Years later Acid Rain begins to fall indicating that the Ozone is starting to repair itself and would allow for Human Civilization to slowly come back on the rise again. [[spoiler: Two years later, a wave of Charged radioactive particles slams into the Earth from the same source as the Gamma-Ray Burst: only this time, it hits the side of the planet that wasn't hit last time: resulting in the Ozone being wiped out again and resulting in all life being wiped out.]]
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* RecycledSoundtrack: Viewers have noted that the scene where [[DetonationMoon Earths' Moon is destroyed by space debris]] contains portions of the "Rosetta Suite" from ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3.''

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* But What About the Astronauts?: The ISS astronauts and cosmonauts are killed by the radiation produced by the Gamma Ray Burst

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* But What About the Astronauts?: ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts: The ISS astronauts and cosmonauts are killed by the radiation produced by the Gamma Ray BurstBurst
* HopeSpot: The Gamma-Ray Burst wipes out all life on half of the planet, leaving the other side relatively intact, nearly years later Acid Rain begins to fall indicating that the Ozone is starting to repair itself and would allow for Human Civilization to slowly come back on the rise again. [[spoiler: Two years later, a wave of Charged radioactive particles slams into the Earth from the same source as the Gamma-Ray Burst: only this time, it hits the side of the planet that wasn't hit last time: resulting in all life being wiped out.]]
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* What About the Astronauts: The ISS astronauts and cosmonauts are killed by the radiation produced by the Gamma Ray Burst

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* But What About the Astronauts: Astronauts?: The ISS astronauts and cosmonauts are killed by the radiation produced by the Gamma Ray Burst
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* What About the Astronauts: The ISS astronauts and cosmonauts are killed by the radiation produced by the Gamma Ray Burst
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* MonumentalDamage: An Apollo LM descent stage alongside the US flag is seen being pulled off the surface of the Moon as the other planet violently tears the Moon to pieces.

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* EndlessWinter: Happens as a result of ejecta blocking the sun.



* EarthShatteringKaboom: The black hole's gravity causes an asteroid to destroy the Moon.

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** Earth is torn apart by the black hole's gravity in the final moments.




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* EarthShatteringKaboom: Earth is violently torn apart by the other planet's gravity just before impact.


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* BittersweetEnding: A small group of humans survive the aftermath and are predicted to rebuild civilization.


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* Death from Above: The volcanic "hypereruptio" causes chunks of material to rain down in distant cities.


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* EarthShatteringKaboom: Earth becomes a huge ball of molten lava before the sun's gravity tears it apart.
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* ApocalypseWow: It's a series about world-ending disasters, so this is to be expected.


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* ColonyDrop: The episode recreates the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs in modern times.


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* ColonyDrop: In this episode, the Earth is on a collision course with a planet the size of Neptune.


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* EndlessWinter: Happens as a result of ash blocking the sun.

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* ColonyDrop: The premise of a few scenarios.

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* ColonyDrop: The premise of a few scenarios.episodes.


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* WorldWarIII: An "incident" between the U.S. and Russia erupts into a full-scale nuclear war.
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* ColonyDrop: The premise of a few scenarios.


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* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Coming from a series about ways the world could end.


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* SolarFlareDisaster: The premise of the episode.


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* EnemyMine: It's mentioned that an alien invasion is one way to get the world's nations to unite.

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* AnyoneCanDie: Not surprisingly.


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* Everyone Dies: Happens in a few episodes where Earth is destroyed.

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* FromBadToWorse: Several portrayed events cause increasing severe disasters until the Earth is destroyed.






* DownerEnding: Subverted. Although the Earth is ultimately destroyed, scientists discuss a possible scenario in which the Earth is sent to an alternate universe instead.




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* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: If an unmanned probe travels far away to avoid the black hole, then microbes on the probe could seed life on another planet if the probe lands on one.



* AliensStealCable: Discussed as a possible means by which hostile extraterrestrial civilization can find us.

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* AliensStealCable: Discussed as a possible means by which a hostile extraterrestrial civilization can find us.us.
* BodyHorror: The aliens use a modified version of the ''Cordyceps'' fungus as a biological weapon. The results are not pretty.
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* MonumentalDamage: In a series about world-ending disasters, it's not surprising that some famous landmarks would be affected.


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* EarthShatteringKaboom: The black hole's gravity causes an asteroid to destroy the Moon.


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* HurlItIntoTheSun: Happens to the Earth after a rogue star's gravity disrupts the Earth's orbit.


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* AliensStealCable: Discussed as a possible means by which hostile extraterrestrial civilization can find us.
* {{Expy}}: The aliens' energy weapons and force fields appear to be inspired by ''Film/IndependenceDay''.
* HostileTerraforming: After most of humanity is dead, the aliens transform the atmosphere into one they can breathe. This kills off all remaining life on Earth.
* NothingPersonal: According to the experts, one possible reason for the invasion may simply be that the aliens need resources.
* TheRadioDiesFirst: The loss of satellite signals at the Combined Space Operations Center is one of the first signs that something is wrong.

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'''''Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End''''' is a DocuDrama series that originally aired on Creator/TheHistoryChannel about hypothetical disasters that could threaten the human race. It can now be [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLob1mZcVWOajH9lJpnk5VGvky0bL_3t-K viewed online]] at the History Channel's official [= YouTube =] channel.

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'''''Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End''''' is a DocuDrama {{Docudrama}} series that originally aired on Creator/TheHistoryChannel about hypothetical disasters that could threaten the human race. It can now be [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLob1mZcVWOajH9lJpnk5VGvky0bL_3t-K viewed online]] at the History Channel's official [= YouTube =] channel.



* AnyoneCanDie

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* AnyoneCanDieAnyoneCanDie: Not surprisingly.



* ArtisticLicense: Most of the portrayed disasters would have been foreseen a long time ago and are currently very unlikely to happen.



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[[folder:Episode #4: Solar Storm]]
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[[folder:Episode #7: Blasted by Mega Eruption]]
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[[folder:Episode #8: Knocked Out of Orbit]]
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[[folder:Episode #9: Attacked by Aliens]]
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[[folder:Episode #10: Wiped Out by Ocean]]
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* StoryboardingTheApocalpyse: Each episode features experts explaining what could happen in the disasters.


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* StoryboardingTheApocalpyse: StoryboardingTheApocalypse: Each episode features experts explaining what could happen in the disasters.




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'''''Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End''''' is a DocuDrama series that originally aired on Creator/TheHistoryChannel about hypothetical disasters that could threaten the human race. It can now be [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLob1mZcVWOajH9lJpnk5VGvky0bL_3t-K viewed online]] at the History Channel's official [= YouTube =] channel.

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!!Tropes common across the series include:

* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Happens in a few episodes.
* AnyoneCanDie
* ApocalypseHow: The disasters range from ApocalypseHow/Class1 to ApocalypseHow/ClassX.
* DownerEnding: Obviously not unexpected about a series that deals with world-ending disasters.
* EarthquakesCauseFissures: Happens in episodes where the Earth is torn apart by gravity.
* StoryboardingTheApocalpyse: Each episode features experts explaining what could happen in the disasters.


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!!Tropes for individual episodes

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