A
Stock Phrase when something particularly unexpected happens, usually following
OOC Is Serious Business. For instance, "
Alice just spoke, does anyone see
four horsemen riding up?"
If it's someone saying the end is nigh
if this thing happens, and
then it does, see
Cue the Flying Pigs. Often used to lampshade
Dumbass Has a Point.
Not to be confused with
Signs of the End Times, which is when you're
literally seeing signs of the apocalypse.
Examples:
Anime and Manga
Film
Literature
- The Dresden Files book Proven Guilty. Harry thinks:
I started to get annoyed, but was struck by the disturbing thought that if I did, I would be coming down on the same side of the situation as Charity, which might be one of the signs of the apocalypse.
Live-Action Television
- The Nanny
Miss Fine and Miss Babcock walking arm in arm. Isn't that one of the biblical signs of the apocalypse?
- Rescue Me episode "Bitch".
Oh, sh*t. Sean Garrity readin' a book. That's the first sign of the apocalypse.
- Point Pleasant episode "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Choked"
Well, you're falling in love. It's not one of the 7 signs of the Apocalypse. ... Is it?
- Puppets Who Kill episode "Dash the Greeter"
My God, no more attention. This is like one of the signs of the Apocalypse.
- Smallville, unwittingly making a Pun:
- In the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer they point to the band playing in the Bronze (Nerf Herder, a song from whom also provided the theme tune throughout the series) as a sign of the Apocalypse. At the same time as a lot of rather more conventional signs of the apocalypse are occurring.
- Family Ties:
Alex: She's right. I'm wrong, and Mallory's right. The world is ending!
Newspaper Comics
- From Pearls Before Swine.
Rat: What is true happiness?...How does a dumb pig like you answer a question like that?
Pig: I think happiness is finding an extra couple of french fries at the bottom of the bag.
Rat: ...Pig made sense. The apocalypse is upon us.
Webcomics
- From Out There:
Chuck: Does this seem like a particularly awkward silence?
James: Dude, Miriam's not saying anything. It's the end times, man.
- From Penny and Aggie, when the two leads put their 'Betty and Veronica' rivalry behind them and become friends:
"But it can't be the Apocalypse today, the Mayan calendar says..."
Western Animation
