History YMMV / TheDayAfterTomorrow

* OlderThanTheyThink: A Hollywood film from 19'''33'''(!) called ''Deluge'' had a similar gimmick about rapid worldwide climate shifts unleashing global catastrophes. This film's prime scene also features New York City being flooded, by the titular "deluge" (just after getting destroyed by a SpecialEffectsFailure-quality earthquake); see it here:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AbXQcwHyt4]]. A comparison video of the flooding scenes from ''Deluge'' and ''The Day After Tomorrow'' was even put up:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZ0SeZlZpg]].

** In fall 2017, mere months after the aforementioned iceberg ''twice'' the size of Rhode Island [[http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/12/world/larsen-c-antarctica/index.html broke off]], North and Central America were battered by a series of hurricanes - Harvey, Katia, Irma, with Jose just missing the continent. The latter three were all active simultaneously for a time, bearing an [[http://www.trbimg.com/img-59b31913/turbine/ct-hurricanes-irma-jose-katia-20170908b eerie resemblance]] to the map Jack produces of the projected path of the storms.

*** It's even worse. In 2017, an ice shelf [[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/09/climate/antarctica-rift-update.html the size of Delaware]] is close to breaking off. Delaware is ''twice'' the size of Rhode Island.

** The homeless man too.

* OlderThanTheyThink: A Hollywood film from 19'''33'''(!) called ''Deluge'' had a similar gimmick about rapid worldwide climate shifts unleashing global catastrophes. This film's prime scene also features New York City being flooded, by the titular "deluge" (just after getting destroyed by a SpecialEffectsFailure-quality earthquake; see it here:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AbXQcwHyt4]]). A comparison video of the flooding scene with ''The Day After Tomorrow'''s was even put up:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZ0SeZlZpg]].

* OlderThanTheyThink: A Hollywood film from 19'''33'''(!) called ''Deluge'' had a similar gimmick about rapid worldwide climate shifts unleashing global catastrophes. This film's prime scene also features New York City being flooded, by the titular "deluge" (just after getting destroyed by a SpecialEffectsFailure-quality earthquake; see it here:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyQgSkp3Jlw]]). A comparison video of the flooding scene with ''The Day After Tomorrow'''s was even put up:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZ0SeZlZpg]].

* OlderThanTheyThink: A Hollywood film from 19'''33'''(!) called ''Deluge'' had a similar gimmick about rapid worldwide climate shifts unleashing global catastrophes. This film's primary scene also has New York City being destroyed (by an earthquake in this case), followed with being flooded by tsunamis (the "deluge" of the title). It even included shots of the Statue of Liberty and the New York Public Library getting swallowed up, and a freighter drifting with the floods into the city ruins. (If you ever get to see this film, SpecialEffectsFailure and a B-movie plot makes it laughable watching.)

* OlderThanTheyThink: A Hollywood film from 19'''33'''(!) called ''Deluge'' had a similar gimmick about rapid worldwide climate shifts unleashing global catastrophes. This film's primary scene also has New York City being destroyed (by an earthquake in this case), followed with being flooded by tsunamis (the "deluge" of the title). It even had shots of the Statue of Liberty getting swallowed up, and a freighter drifting into the city ruins. (If you ever get to see this film, SpecialEffectsFailure and a B-movie plot makes it laughable watching.)

* OlderThanTheyThink: A Hollywood film from 19'''33'''(!) called ''Deluge'' had a similar gimmick about rapid worldwide climate shifts unleashing global catastrophes. This film's primary scene also has New York City being destroyed (by an earthquake in this case), followed with being flooded by tsunamis (the "deluge" of the title). It even had shots of the Statue of Liberty getting swallowed up, and a freighter drifting into the city ruins.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: A minor point, but showing your work is a standard requirement in virtually all math courses starting in High School. Either Sam didn't bother to check the instructions, or he thought he was such a special snowflake that the rules didn't apply to him.

* HilariousInHindsight: after disaster strikes, the border between the USA and Mexico is closed and refugees are forcibly turned away. Only it's the ''Mexicans'' who have closed the border and are forcibly preventing desperate and destitute ''Americans'' from crossing.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Brian. Helps that he's pretty much one of the only funny characters in this movie.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Showing your work is a standard requirement in virtually all math courses starting in High School. Either Sam didn't bother to check the instructions, or he thought he was such a special snowflake that the rules didn't apply to him.

* HilariousInHindsight: after disaster strikes, the border between the USA and Mexico is closed and refugees are forcibly turned away. Only it's the ''Mexicans'' who have closed the border and are forcibly preventing desperate and destitute ''Americans'' from crossing.

** Potentially the fate of [[ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts the astronauts]] trapped upon the International Space Station.
*** Not necessarily. There are a number of alternate landing sites for the Shuttle, some in the southern hemisphere. Their families, on the other hand...

* BellisariosMaxim: Emmerich has stated that the film was never intended to be scientifically accurate - the credits claim it was based on the book ''The Coming Global Superstorm'', by [[CoastToCoastAM Art Bell]] and [[TheGreys Whitney Striber]].

* {{Anvilicious}}: GLOBAL WARMING IS BAD.

*** If you can make it out to the street or the ship, you can make it to other nearby buildings for supplies, helpful survivors or a better spot to stay warm.