* FridgeHorror: A good deal of them, such as the ones involving DeadlineNews. There are mentions of some reporters sobbing while others desperately trying to go out in dignity by staying on air for as long as possible...
* MoralEventHorizon: Doomsday itself definitely fits the bill. Though a more specific example would be the Soviets' attempt at invading Austria despite its neutrality, beginning with dropping two warheads indiscriminately over Vienna. [[TheDogBitesBack They failed.]]
* SpiritualAdaptation: The timeline is more or less a realistic version of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' focusing on the after-effects of a post-nuclear Earth with a retro aesthetic, an American government-in-exile that is a benevolent version of the Enclave, and multiple survivor nations emerging from the ruins of pre-war civilization.
* TearJerker: [[DeadlineNews The anchormen who had to announce the end of the world]], knowing that within a few moments, they would be dead and the world as they know it would be gone. [=CNN=] anchor Dave Walker's final moments are especially harrowing: he is visibly crying as he struggles to finish his last report, while his newsroom is torn apart by chaos and panic.