History Webcomic / ThePocalypse

''[[http://www.thepocalypse.com/ The Pocalypse]]'' is a [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] webcomic story where [[ApocalypseHow Class 1]] ZombieApocalypse meets [[AIIsACrapshoot Robot Apocalypse]] meets [[WhenTreesAttack Plant Apocalypse]] meets [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire Apocalypse]] meets [[{{Troperiffic}} way too many other apocalypses at once.]] In fact, this apocalypse is so bad, quite a few people have begun to refer to it as ''[[IncrediblyLamePun The]]'' [[TitleDrop Pocalypse]]. The comic is an exercise in Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, as it hits every major monster/disaster/post-apocalyptic trope while remaining highly entertaining and original.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: Jess starts to activate the self destruct on Sentinel when she thinks she and Terry are doomed to the vampires.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Bernie saves Jess and Terry from the vampires at the last second. Jess was just about to activate Sentinel's self destruct.]]

* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Rosa]], Nathan.

* ComputerVoice: Harry.

* CuteMonsterGirl: [[spoiler: Rosa after she is turned]].

* DistressedDamsel: Rosa. [[spoiler: [[TookALevelInBadass For a time, at least.]]]]

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The supermarket base. Also The Base, which serves as the main characters' initial, well, [[ShapedLikeItself base]].

** Joe collects [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} bottle caps]].

%%* AbandonedHospital: Where Joe begins the story.
%%* ActionGirl: Jess/Sentinel.
%%* AIIsACrapshoot: The Robot Apocalypse
%%* AirVentEscape: As the second group tries to flee the mutants.
%%* AttackDrone: Bernie and Jess's father uses some with devastating effects.
%%* AndThisIsFor: Joe delivers this kind of line right before killing a vampire that was hunting his sister-in-law.
* ApocalypseHow: Planetary Type 1 (Societal Disruption) and Type 2 (Societal Collapse) as the humans still lived in well-defended settlements that still had varying degrees of technology (New Hammerston being one of the few modern settlements) and communication between each settlement (New Hammerston already a part of trade pact that unifies their currency with many more still being isolated). While the zombies, vampires, mutants, plants, and robots would have wiped out humanity during the simultaneous apocalypse; the contentions between these species--the stalemate between machines (who required extensive infrastructure to maintain their numbers) and plants (who only requiring sunlight for bolstering numerous flora-beings) while the latter is being hunted by more intelligent and stronger mutants, who is in turn placed in check by innumerable horde of zombies--are the reason on why the human population thrived, if not survive.

%%* AwesomeButImpractical: Joe has it explained to him why they don't use the tanks sitting in town.
%%* BadassNormal: George lives outside the barrier, travels on his own to acquire exotic trade goods, and holds his own against a zompire.

%%* BigYes: Nina's reaction to Doc's offer [[spoiler:to make her the next operator of the Sentinel armor.]]

%%* BrainBleach: Jake begs for mercy after The Doc offers to show them that "size doesn't matter."
%%* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Rosa]], Nathan.
%%* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Joe once Inner Joe is sealed]].

%%* CharacterPortrait: Any important character has one.
%%* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Bernie/Stinger, Jess/Sentinel, and their father Bernard Sr./Obliteration.
%%* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Joe when Renaissance artists are mentioned.
%%-->'''Jess''': Joe, I'm surprised you know who they are.
%%-->'''Joe''': What, [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtles]]? Of course I know who they are.
%%* ComputerVoice: Harry.

%%* CuteMonsterGirl: [[spoiler: Rosa after she is turned]].

%%* DistressedDamsel: Rosa.

%%* DreamSequence: Dreamworld.
%%* DrillSergeantNasty: Lieutenant Cross. [[spoiler:He eventually becomes a drill sergeant zompire nasty.]]

%%* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The supermarket base.
%%* EvilDetectingDog: Scrufflebeck. It takes a lot for people to listen to him though.

%%* FreakOut: Bernie has a ''major'' one after the Stinger is stolen.

%%* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Rusty. Bernie notes that he shouldn't put him in a room with Joe.

%%* IdiotHero: Joe

%%* ItsAllAboutMe: Joe.
%%* JerkAss: Joe. (The character, not the author.)

* KickTheDog: The one thing to get Joe ''really'' angry during the church fight is when Dominik hurts Scrufflebeck.
%%* KissOfLife: Joe tries to invoke this with Rosa.

%%* MadScientist: Doc.
%%* MadwomanInTheAttic: Chapter 6 reveals [[spoiler:Geoffrey, Greybane's zombified friend]].
%%* ManipulativeBastard: Andrius.

%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The Vampire Apocalypse.

%%* PreAssKickingOneLiner:
%%-->'''[[spoiler:Inner]] Joe''': Lets go make some [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] salad.

%%* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Scrufflebeck.
%%* SatelliteLoveInterest: Rosa for Joe. He's only interested in her because she makes amazing tacos.

%%** ''[[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII My gun will shoot the fleas off a dog's back at two miles, vampire! And it's pointed straight at your head!]]''

%%** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers "Tell me your name, rider, and I will tell you mine."]]
%%* SleptThroughTheApocalypse: Joe.
%%* SplitPersonalityTakeover: [[spoiler:Joe]]
%%* SociopathicHero: Joe.
%%* SuperPoweredEvilside: [[spoiler:Joe]]

%%* TheQuisling: [[spoiler:Gregory.]]

%%* WhenTreesAttack: The Plant Apocalypse.
%%* WorldBuilding: The mindcrafting.
%%* ZombieApocalypse: Guess which Apocalypse this is.

''[[http://www.thepocalypse.com/ The Pocalypse]]'' is a [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash flash]] webcomic story where [[ApocalypseHow Class 1]] ZombieApocalypse meets [[AIIsACrapshoot Robot Apocalypse]] meets [[WhenTreesAttack Plant Apocalypse]] meets [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire Apocalypse]] meets [[TropeOverdosed way too many other apocalypses at once.]] In fact, this apocalypse is so bad, quite a few people have begun to refer to it as ''[[IncrediblyLamePun The]]'' [[TitleDrop Pocalypse]]. The comic is an exercise in Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, as it hits every major monster/disaster/post-apocalyptic trope while remaining highly entertaining and original.

%%* BerthaInTheAttic: Chapter 6 reveals [[spoiler:Geoffrey, Greybane's zombified friend]].

%%-->'''Joe''': What, [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtles]]? Of course I know who they are.

%%** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings "Tell me your name, rider, and I will tell you mine."]]

* AbandonedHospital: Where Joe begins the story.
* ActionGirl: Jess/Sentinel.
* AIIsACrapshoot: The Robot Apocalypse
* AirVentEscape: As the second group tries to flee the mutants.
* AttackDrone: Bernie and Jess's father uses some with devastating effects.
* AndThisIsFor: Joe delivers this kind of line right before killing a vampire that was hunting his sister-in-law.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Joe has it explained to him why they don't use the tanks sitting in town.
* BadassNormal: George lives outside the barrier, travels on his own to acquire exotic trade goods, and holds his own against a zompire.
* BerthaInTheAttic: Chapter 6 reveals [[spoiler:Geoffrey, Greybane's zombified friend]].

* BigYes: Nina's reaction to Doc's offer [[spoiler:to make her the next operator of the Sentinel armor.]]

* BrainBleach: Jake begs for mercy after The Doc offers to show them that "size doesn't matter."
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Rosa]], Nathan.
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Joe once Inner Joe is sealed]].

* CharacterPortrait: Any important character has one.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman[=/=]PoweredArmor: Bernie/Stinger, Jess/Sentinel, and their father Bernard Sr./Obliteration.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Joe when Renaissance artists are mentioned.
-->'''Jess''': Joe, I'm surprised you know who they are.
-->'''Joe''': What, [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtles]]? Of course I know who they are.
* ComputerVoice: Harry.

* CuteMonsterGirl: [[spoiler: Rosa after she is turned]].

* DistressedDamsel: Rosa.

* DreamSequence: Dreamworld.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Lieutenant Cross. [[spoiler:He eventually becomes a drill sergeant zompire nasty.]]

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The supermarket base.
* EvilDetectingDog: Scrufflebeck. It takes a lot for people to listen to him though.

* FreakOut: Bernie has a ''major'' one after the Stinger is stolen.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Rusty. Bernie notes that he shouldn't put him in a room with Joe.

* IdiotHero: Joe

* ItsAllAboutMe: Joe.
* JerkAss: Joe. (The character, not the author.)
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He does have his moments of being a decent human being, one of the examples is how he is disgusted at Cross and his delusions of glory, despite Joe himself stating earlier that he hated the survivor city.

* KissOfLife: Joe tries to invoke this with Rosa.

* MadScientist: Doc.
* ManipulativeBastard: Andrius.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The Vampire Apocalypse.

* PreAssKickingOneLiner:
-->'''[[spoiler:Inner]] Joe''': Lets go make some [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] salad.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Scrufflebeck.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Rosa for Joe. He's only interested in her because she makes amazing tacos.

** ''[[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII My gun will shoot the fleas off a dog's back at two miles, vampire! And it's pointed straight at your head!]]''

** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings "Tell me your name, rider, and I will tell you mine."]]
* SleptThroughTheApocalypse: Joe.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: [[spoiler:Joe]]
* SociopathicHero: Joe.
* SuperPoweredEvilside: [[spoiler:Joe]]

* TheQuisling: [[spoiler:Gregory.]]

* WhenTreesAttack: The Plant Apocalypse.
* WorldBuilding: The mindcrafting.
* ZombieApocalypse: Guess which Apocalypse this is.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Joe learns the hard way that it's ''not''.

* FreakOut[=/=]HeroicBSOD: Bernie has a ''major'' one after the Stinger is stolen.

''[[http://www.thepocalypse.com/ The Pocalypse]]'' is a [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash flash]] webcomic story where [[ApocalypseHow Class 1]] ZombieApocalypse meets [[AIIsACrapshoot Robot Apocalypse]] meets [[WhenTreesAttack Plant Apocalypse]] meets [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire Apocalypse]] meets [[TropeOverdosed way too many other apocalypses at once.]] In fact, this apocalypse is so bad, quite a few people have begun to refer to it as ''[[IncrediblyLamePun The]]'' [[TitleDrop Pocalypse]]. The comic is an exercise in TropesAreNotBad, as it hits every major monster/disaster/post-apocalyptic trope while remaining highly entertaining and original.

** [[LordOfTheRings "Tell me your name, rider, and I will tell you mine."]]

* ApocalypseHow: Planetary Type 1 (Societal Disruption) and Type 2 (Societal Collapse) as the humans still lived in well-defended settlements that still had varying degrees of technology (New Hammerston being one of the few modern settlements) and communication between each settlement. While the zombies, vampires, mutants, plants, and robots would have wiped out humanity during the simultaneous apocalypse; the contentions between these species--the stalemate between machines (who required extensive infrastructure to maintain their numbers) and plants (who only requiring sunlight for bolstering numerous flora-beings) while the latter is being hunted by more intelligent and stronger mutants, who is in turn placed in check by innumerable horde of zombies--are the reason on why the human population thrived, if not survive.

* ApocalypseHow: Planetary Type 1 (Societal Disruption) as the humans still lived in well-defended settlements that still had varying degrees of communication. While the zombies, vampires, mutants, plants, and robots would have wiped out humanity during the simultaneous apocalypse; the contentions between these species--the stalemate between machines (needing manufacturing and resource infrastructure) and plants (only requiring sunlight) while the latter being placed in check by more intelligent and stronger mutants (who required plants for food), who is in turn placed in check by zombies (numerical superiority)--are the reason on why the human population thrived, if not survive.

* ApocalypseHow: Planetary Type 1 (Societal Disruption) as the humans still lived in well-defended settlements that still had varying degrees of communication. While the zombies, vampires, mutants, plants, and robots would have wiped out humanity during the simultaneous apocalypse; the fact that these species are also pitting against each other is the reason on why the human population thrived, if not survive.

** [[spoiler: Scrufflebeck stops the missile from destroying the colony after Bernie can't catch it.]]