'''Basic Trope''': The faithful (Christian) followers of God are taken up to {{Heaven}} and spared the [[ApocalypseHow tribulation to come]] as a reward for their faith.
* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob are out and about, when a holy light comes upon them, and gently lifts them [[OutOfClothesExperience out of their clothes and into the sky.]]
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob go to FluffyCloudHeaven when they are taken up by the light.
* '''Downplayed''': One by one, people gradually start vanishing and are never seen again, and [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane the only identifiable link between them is their religious faith. The end of the world proceeds from a seemingly mundane cause, like climate change.]]
* '''Justified''': Certain people are being spared the horrors of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt because {{God}} loves them, and wants to reward them for their religion, their merits, etc.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice and Bob are out and about, and fall through a trap door to {{Hell}} at the start of the Apocalypse.
** Alice and Bob are, although not Christian, good people, and thus taken up to Heaven.
** Alice and Bob are taken up to heaven as conscripts to fight the LegionsOfHell and prevent them from starting the {{apocalypse|How}} on earth.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice and Bob don't get into Heaven right away; they have to go through Purgatory first, because as [[AntiHero decent, but flawed, humans]], Alice and Bob are not "pure" enough for full admission to Heaven.
** Instead of God, it's aliens that engage in a mass [[AlienAbduction abduction]] of humans.
** Alice and Bob are taken up into heaven. It turns out that the locations of heaven and hell are the [[LightIsNotGood opposite]] of what [[LightIsGood people think.]]
** Alice and Bob [[InfernalParadise find that]] [[HellOfAHeaven Heaven]] is a CrapsaccharineWorld. The 'reward' is being placed in {{God|IsEvil}}'s throne room to sing praises to him... [[FateWorseThanDeath the same songs]]... [[AndIMustScream over and over again]]... [[WhoWantsToLiveForever forever.]]
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But, after their purification is finished, Alice and Bob are warmly welcomed into Heaven.
** The aliens, are (in this setting, anyway) an extreme form of OurAngelsAreDifferent.
* '''Parodied''':
** UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} is seen wielding a vacuum hose, vacuuming up His followers with it.
** The abductees are BoundAndGagged to chairs by {{God|IsEvil}}, while Jesus negotiates their ransom on the phone.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some people are taken to Heaven, others are left to face the Apocalypse.
* '''Averted''':
** No one is taken to Heaven before the Apocalypse, either because HumansAreBastards and no one is "good enough," or because [[GodIsGood God doesn't play favorites.]]
** There is no God in the first place.
** The Rapture is an incorrect doctrine, and the good Christians have to survive the tribulation along with the sinners.
* '''Enforced''': A program to be shown in a Sunday School class, in a denomination that believes in The Rapture.
* '''Lampshaded''': "So, we've been left behind..."
* '''Invoked''': The Doomsday Alarm Clock (tm) goes off in FluffyCloudHeaven, and God [[DeusExMachina takes up His faithful.]]
* '''Exploited''': [[ManipulativeBastard Satan]] tricked [[BatmanGambit God into doing this]] so that Earth is easier for his [[LegionsOfHell demonic army]] to conquer.
* '''Defied''':
** God doesn't want to "play favorites," and doesn't do this.
** Satan does something to prevent God from rapturing the faithful to safety.
* '''Discussed''': "So...that's what happens to the faithful?"
* '''Conversed''': "Yeah. Or at least the ones God likes".
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Not everyone gets into Heaven, either right away or at all. Those who do not ascend to Heaven are left on Earth, and [[FromBadToWorse things go downhill from there.]] Alice and Bob and others who made it are (naturally) concerned about their friends and relatives that (for whatever reason(s)) didn't get taken up with them.
** The sudden disappearance of so many members of society leads to rapid economic and social collapse. By the time TheAntichrist makes his presence known, he has a hard time uniting even part of the world due to the fact that world conquest is now [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption beyond the means of any single army]] due to their lack of resources to accomplish such a task.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Except for those few people that are completely irredeemable, those left on Earth [[HeelFaceTurn repent for their sins]], possibly even have a HeelFaithTurn, and survive HellOnEarth. They are rewarded by being admitted to Heaven to join their family and friends.
** Humans adapt to the sudden disappearences, [[RageAgainstTheHeavens arm themselves against God and his angels,]] then [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu kill him]] and rescue the kidnapped humans.
* '''Played For Drama''': Those left on Earth try to [[TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople get it right this time]], and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn passage into Heaven.]]
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