History WebVideo / TheFinalMinutes

** ''Dual Catastrophes'' has Russia, China, and North Korea do this while the United States is in the middle of [[FromBadToWorse being pelted by space debris]].

** After making off with the nuclear launch codes, this is what Trump does immediately after fleeing the White House in ''Trumpocalypse''. This results in the targeted states firing back, with ''seventy-five'' warheads heading towards the United States.

** The world of ''Zombie Plague''. A botched terrorist attack results in the release of the XMNV virus, which spreads rapidly and wipes out a good chunk of Australia. [[FromBadToWorse And that's just before it spreads outside of the state and]] [[spoiler: [[FromBadToWorse prompts the USA to take the]] NuclearOption]].

* EasterEgg: ''Zombie Plague'''s subtitles have a hidden message during Caracol's emergency broadcast-- [[spoiler: about how suspiciously sexy the TTS voice reading out the emergency information sounds]].

** ''Zombie Plague'': Though things settle down after the chaotic first days of the outbreak and several governmental entities take control, [[spoiler:this only buys humanity 20 more years. After the Path's attempt to cure the world via dispersal missiles leads the C.U.T. and Tokyo Confederacy to attack them, the Path decide humanity has no hope and destroys the entire planet. Basically, not only does humanity cananibalize itself, but it's not even the zombies that finish them off]].

** ''2050'': Multiple large-scale emergencies happening all around the world? Would be a horrible time for magnetic flux to occur.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LTvAtS-f0I Dual Catastrophies]].'' Satellite debris from space falling and pelting the United States? Would be a bad time for [[spoiler: Russia, China, and North Korea to send out some nuclear missiles]]...

** ''Zombie Plague'': The Prime Minister of Australia [[spoiler: has been killed and turned after the aircraft carrying him was attacked by flying zombies.]] The emergency broadcast starts urging emergency centers to lockdown ''immediately'' and for those infected to [[MercyKill kill themselves]] to not give their bodies the chance to reanimate... [[spoiler: [[NuclearOption and then a bright red NUCLEAR ATTACK warning comes in]]]].

* DrivenToSuicide: Halfway through the first half of ''Zombie Plague'' and shortly after [[spoiler: the Prime Minister’s death and subsequent reanimation]], the Australian emergency broadcast starts urging those infected to kill themselves as to not give their bodies a chance to reanimate.

** Similarly in ''Zombie Plague'', Caracol's emergency broadcast identifies Colombian singer Carlos Vives as leading a group of hybrid mutants.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ykxp5Hd2Kw The]] ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmhpqzBcM4 2050]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0OANgmRSs4 series]], a series of catastrophic United Nations emergency alerts during the titular year.

* DeathByCameo:
** Music/EdSheeran is explicitly named as one of the casualties in ''[[https://youtu.be/0taRr_xSRHQ The Tiangong Incident]]'', being killed by satellite parts hitting Optus Stadium.
** Similarly in ''Zombie Plague'', Caracol's emergency broadcast identifies Colombian singer Carlos Vives as leading a group of hybrid mutants.

* PoorCommunicationKills: The only reason for the DownerEnding to set in the second part of ''Zombie Plague'' is that [[spoiler:the Path did not bother making sure the other territories (e.g. the C.U.T. and the Tokyo Confederacy) would be fine with accepting the cure, only delivering a vague warning broadcast before firing their entire Cure payload right off the bat]].

* GodHelpUsAll: An [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp26Qm8SyCU early version]] of ''Zombie Plague'' has the full version of the United States' message to Australia:

* BadFuture: ''Trumpocalypse'' is explicitly stated to take place in one of possibly several timelines. The fact that the Reynolds Historical Event Library says this timeline collapsed doesn’t bode well.
* CitywideEvacuation: Happens often in the series.

-->''"[[AC:Seek shelter, NOW. Seek a place of safety, NOW.]]"''

-->''"Seek shelter, NOW. Seek a place of safety, NOW."''

* KillItWithFire: The only 100% sure way of killing XMNV zombies is to incinerate them, thus destroying the body and any chance to mutate.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Path, at the end of ''Zombie Plague.'' [[spoiler: Instead of communicating its plans to use missiles to disperse The Cure with the other collectives well in-advance, The Path deliver the vaguest of warnings before ''firing their entire payload on everybody.'' This causes complete chaos on every end and eventually TheEndOfTheWorld]].

* OutOfFocus: Aside from their occasional experiments on XMNV mutants, and their partnership ([[spoiler:and eventual mutual betrayal]]) with the Commonwealth of United Territories, the Tokyo Confederacy is rarely brought up throughout ''Zombie Plague'', and the scenario largely focuses on the rivalry between The Path and the CUT.

* PoorCommunicationKills: The only reason for the DownerEnding to set in the second part of ''Zombie Plague'' is that [[spoiler:the Path did not bother making sure the other territories (e.g. the C.U.T. and the Tokyo Confederacy) would be fine with accepting the cure and firing the missiles right off the bat.]]

* TakeThat: ''Zombie Plague'' has some subtle jabs at both [=CNN=] and Fox News, with the broadcast leading up to the sterilization strikes specifically announcing that the former’s studios have been overtaken by zombies and that the latter has gone up in flames.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: The Total Destruction Mode of ''Zombie Plague'''s Magno-Loop amounts to this. The Magno-Loop goes through each of its modes one-by-one until it implodes, creating an explosion that opens the Earth's Mantle. This puts the Poles in-flux and sends out planet-sweeping shockwaves]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Path from the second part of ''Zombie Plague'' had good intentions, despite going to extreme lengths (like overthrowing the old Australian government and [[spoiler:deciding to put the cure in missiles and bombard the airspace of other surviving communities without warning]]). Needless to say, this ends poorly not just for them, but for the ''entire planet''.