History ComicBook / ThePunisherTheEnd

* SlidingScaleOfCynicismVsIdealism: Far, ''far'' on the cynical end.

* TheUnfettered: Taken to its logical extreme. [[spoiler:We watch Frank destroy humanity's last chance for survival in a nuclear wasteland rather than show mercy to the bastards who made the world into the wasteland it now is. Even by Unfettered standards that's ''chilling''. And at the same time, it has a nihilistic nobility to it. Castle lets [[spoiler:humanity die out rather than leave it under the control of the people who brought the world to an end. Humanity's epitaph, as written by Frank Castle: "We died at the hands of evil men... ''but we did not let it go unpunished''."]]

* AccidentalMurder: Paris got sent to Sing Sing after a series of arson jobs on empty buildings that accidentally burned a couple dozen kids to death.

* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: He tracks down the sole survivors on a post-nuclear apocalypse Earth and executes them, because they're the various corrupt and amoral power players whose greed led to the war in the first place. What makes this example worse is that Frank Castle knows that their bunker also has a stockpile of preserved human embryos and [[UterineReplicator the devices to bring them to term]], meaning that this bunker could be used to restore the human race... and he still kills everyone. Not just the fat cats, but the doctors who could look after that stockpile. His rationale boils down to, essentially, because humans create crime, humanity doesn't deserve to live.
* BlackSite: The bunker built for the members of The Coven, which is situated in New York (or what's left of it).

* ImplacableMan: Frank takes this UpToEleven. ''Nothing'', not old age, not World War III, not imminent death from radiation poisoning, [[spoiler:not even the knowledge that he's condemning the human race to extinction,]] will stop him from delivering punishment. [[spoiler: Even when all this is done, he walks off through the ruins of New York, hallucinating that it's 1976 and he's heading to Central Park to avert his family's deaths... completely ignoring the fact that ''he's on fire''.]]

* TheUnfettered: Taken to its logical extreme. We watch Frank [[spoiler:destroy humanity's last chance for survival in a nuclear wasteland rather than show mercy to the bastards who made the world into the wasteland it now is]]. Even by Unfettered standards that's ''chilling''. And at the same time, it has a nihilistic nobility to it. Castle lets [[spoiler:humanity die out rather than leave it under the control of the people who brought the world to an end]]. Humanity's epitaph, as written by Frank Castle: "[[spoiler:We died]] at the hands of evil men... ''but we did not let it go unpunished''."

-->''"We are the last people left alive on Earth"'' - Coven leader\\
''"The human race. You've seen what that leads to. How does a small-time con-artist end up in D-Block?"'' - The Punisher

* BadFuture: The comic shows us an alternate universe where UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror escalated into all out nuclear Armageddon.

In a world desolated by nuclear war, Frank Castle, the vigilante known as the Punisher, exits a fallout shelter to embark on a mission to bring people responsible for the destruction to justice.

* Black and White Insanity: He tracks down the sole survivors on a post-nuclear apocalypse Earth and executes them, because they're the various corrupt and amoral power players whose greed led to the war in the first place. What makes this example worse is that Frank Castle knows that their bunker also has a stockpile of preserved human embryos and [[UterineReplicator the devices to bring them to term]], meaning that this bunker could be used to restore the human race... and he still kills everyone. Not just the fat cats, but the doctors who could look after that stockpile. His rationale boils down to, essentially, because humans create crime, humanity doesn't deserve to live.

-->''"We are the last people left alive on Earth"'' - Coven leader

* ImplacableMan: Frank takes this {{Up To Eleven}}. ''Nothing'', not old age, not World War III, not imminent death from radiation poisoning, [[spoiler:not even the knowledge that he's condemning the human race to extinction,]] will stop him from delivering punishment. [[spoiler: Even when all this is done, he walks off through the ruins of New York, hallucinating that it's 1976 and he's heading to Central Park to avert his family's deaths... completely ignoring the fact that ''he's on fire''.]]

-->''"The human race. You've seen what that leads to".''
-->''"How does a small-time con-artist end up in D-Block?"''

* ApocalypseHow: Class 5; the narration specifies that the nuclear war kill all visible life outside of the specially-made bunker.

* KillEmAll: Taken UpToEleven and beyond. After a nuclear apocalypse, the Punisher and his sidekick venture out of a bomb shelter when the radiation has gone down enough for them to make it to the people responsible for turning the world into a nuclear wasteland. Once he gets there [[spoiler:he massacres ''all of them''. Including the [[KickTheDog scientist]], and the [[PunchClockVillain security guards]] who were only doing their jobs. He then strangles his sidekick to death after he confirms that he inadvertently caused the deaths of dozens of children. The story ends with the Punisher, now engulfed in flames, walking off into the wasteland]].

* RealityEnsues: The Punisher AfterTheEnd? [[Film/MadMax Old story]]? [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Familiar story]]? Creator/GarthEnnis says '''''nooope.'''''
-->We’ve seen nothing living since we left the shelter. He was expecting continuity, humanity learning to adapt and overcome. A settlement. A sign. Instead there’s not even a rat or a bug. You don’t adapt or overcome. You don’t built a stockade to keep away the mutants, any more than you find yourself reborn with superpowers. All you do is what we're doing now.

* RealityEnsues: The Punisher AfterTheEnd? [[Film/MadMax Old story]]? [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Familiar story]]? GarthEnnis says '''''nooope.'''''

-->''"The human race. You've seen what that leads too".''

->''"We are the last people left alive on Earth"'' - Coven leader
->''"The human race. You've seen what that leads too".''
->''"How does a small-time con-artist end up in D-Block?"''

* AccidentalMurder: Paris got sent to Sing Sing after a series of arson jobs on empty buildings that accidentally got a couple of dozen orphans killed.

* TheUnfettered: Taken to it's logical extreme. We watch Frank [[spoiler:destroy humanity's last chance for survival in a nuclear wasteland rather than show mercy to the bastards who made the world into the wasteland it now is]]. Even by Unfettered standards that's ''chilling''. And at the same time, it has a nihilistic nobility to it. Castle lets [[spoiler:humanity die out rather than leave it under the control of the people who brought the world to an end]]. Humanity's epitaph, as written by Frank Castle: "[[spoiler:We died]] at the hands of evil men... ''but we did not let it go unpunished''."

* AccidentalMurder: Paris got sent to Sing Sing after a series of arson jobs on empty buildings that accidentally got couple dozen orphans killed.

* KillEmAll: Taken UpToEleven and beyond. After a nuclear apocalypse, the Punisher and his sidekick venture out of a bomb shelter when the radiation has gone down enough for them to make it to the people responsible for turning the world into a nuclear wasteland. Once he gets there [[spoiler:he massacres ''all of them''. Including the [[KickTheDog scientist]], and the [[PunchClockVillain security guards]] who were only doing there jobs. He then strangles his sidekick to death after he confirms that he inadvertently caused the deaths of dozens of children. The story ends with the Punisher, now engulfed in flames, walking off into the wasteland]].

* ShootTheBuilder: A non-lethal version of the trope, as William Teach, who designed the bunker housing The Coven (politicians and businessmen responsible for the war that ruined the Earth), was [[{{Frameup}} framed by them for an unspecified crime]] and ended up in Sing Sing. There he met Frank Castle, to whom he relayed the info on his employers, sending Castle after them when emerged from the fallout shelter.
* TheUnfettered: Taken to it's logical extreme. We watch Frank [[spoiler:destroy humanity's last chance for survival in a nuclear wasteland rather than show mercy to the bastards who made the world into the wasteland it now is]]. Even by Unfettered standards that's ''chilling''. And at the same time, it has a nihilistic nobility to it. Castle let [[spoiler:humanity die out rather than leave it under the control of the people who brought the world to an end]]. Humanity's epitaph, as written by Frank Castle: "[[spoiler:We died]] at the hands of evil men... ''but we did not let it go unpunished''."

* PosthumousCharacter: William Teach, the dead architect who designed the various bunkers for the members of the Coven. He relied his information to Castle as he was dying, sparking the Punisher to hunt down the last criminals on Planet Earth.
* ShootTheBuilder: A non-lethal version of the trope, as William Teach, who designed the bunker housing The Coven (politicians and businessmen responsible for the war that ruined the Earth), was [[{{Frameup}} framed by them for an unspecified crime]] and ended up in Sing Sing. There he met Frank Castle, to whom he relied the info on his employers, sending Castle after them when emerged from the fallout shelter.

* AccidentalMurder: Paris got sent to Sing Sing after a series of arson jobs that got couple dozen orphans killed.

* ShootTheBuilder: A non-lethal version of the trope, as William Teach, who designed the bunker housing The Coven, politicians and businessmen responsible for the war that ruined the Earth, was [[{{Frameup}} framed by them for an unspecified]] crime and ended up in Sing Sing. There he met Frank Castle, to whom he relied the info on his employers, sending Castle after them when emerged from the fallout shelter.

->''"You see what I mean about human race?"''

* KillEmAll: Taken UpToEleven and beyond'. After a nuclear apocalypse, the Punisher and his sidekick venture out of a bomb shelter when the radiation has gone down enough for them to make it to the people responsible for turning the world into a nuclear wasteland. Once he gets there [[spoiler:he massacres ''all of them''. Including the [[KickTheDog scientist]], and the [[PunchClockVillain security guards]] who were only doing there jobs. He then strangles his sidekick to death after he confirms that he inadvertently caused the deaths of dozens of children. The story ends with the Punisher, now engulfed in flames, walking off into the wasteland.]]

* TheUnfettered: Taken to it's logical extreme. In it, we watch Frank [[spoiler:destroy humanity's last chance for survival in a nuclear wasteland rather than show mercy to the bastards who made the world into the wasteland it now is.]] Even by Unfettered standards that's ''chilling''. And at the same time, it has a nihilistic nobility to it. Castle let [[spoiler:humanity die out rather than leave it under the control of the people who brought the world to an end.]] Humanity's epitaph, as written by Frank Castle: "We [[spoiler:died]] at the hands of evil men... ''but we did not let it go unpunished''."

* {{Frameup}}: William Teach, who designed the bunker housing The Coven, politicians and businessmen responsible for the war that ruined the Earth, was framed by them for an unspecified crime and ended up in Sing Sing. There he met Frank Castle, to whom he relied the info on his employers, sending Castle after them when emerged from the fallout shelter.