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Author: Arivne

Jan 4th 2013 at 12:45:22 AM

^^^ While all of the groups you mention may have been crazy, in order for them to qualify for this trope they would have to have been actively trying to cause an apocalypse. As far as I know none of them were. In fact I can't think of any RealLife cult which has (or had) this objective.

Thirding NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.

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* ''Film/CastADeadlySpell''. The BigBad plans to use the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Necronomicon]] and a [[VirginPower virgin]] [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]] to summon Cthulhu and the rest of the CthulhuMythos deities, which would devastate the world.
-->Lovecraft: What kind of world?
-->Hackshaw: A world of the unburied dead, and a sky dark with ashes. A blasted, maimed planet.

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* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' had CthulhuMythos cults trying to do this in several campaign adventures.
** ''Shadows of Yog-Sothoth''. The Lords of the Silver Twilight try to raise the island of R'lyeh to the surface and free Cthulhu so he can take over (and destroy) the world.
** ''Masks of Nyarlathotep''. Cult groups controlled by Nyarlathotep himself try to perform a ritual that will let hordes of Mythos monsters into the world to destroy mankind.
** ''The Fungi from Yuggoth''. The Brotherhood of the Beast tries to cause a worldwide catastrophe by arranging for terrorist attacks, the summoning of gigantic dholes and the activation of a giant monster in Egypt, all on the Day of the Beast.