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* [=Apocalyptic Log=]: This is effectively the central premise
* [=JustBeforeTheEnd=]:
The Plague
Depopulation Bomb: but we see it in progress rather than coming in afterwards


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premise. There are explanations of how the internet remains functional, provided the characters can find the means to power a device that can connect to it.
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JustBeforeTheEnd: The Plague
Depopulation Bomb: but
apocalypse is ongoing throughout rather than immediate, so we get to see it a DepopulationBomb in progress rather than coming in afterwards

afterwards.
* ThePlague: The quick-spreading [=H5N1=]-like strain of bird flu is referred to by a few names before being dubbed "Blood Flu".



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* List of tropes that are only seen in a single episode or a small handful of episodes.
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Elaine has some ApocalypseAnarchy going on as she goes into hiding
Mei has some ApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople
Ash's story plays on expectations of the CosyCatastrophe
Mei's explores DisasterDemocracy (and Ash's will later)
They are all ReducedtoRatburgers, though Mei is the one who writes about it.
Ash is a textbook WatchTheWorldDie until he realises he has to rejoin it.
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* The guidelines for listing show-level tropes apply to this list, too. Alphabetical by trope title.
* List of tropes that are only seen in a single episode or a small handful of episodes.
* Tropes ''about'' episodes, like BottleEpisode, are prime examples.
* This list may also include tropes relating to a secondary or tertiary character or location.

Elaine has some ApocalypseAnarchy going on as she goes into hiding
* Mei has displays some ApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople
TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople
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Ash's story plays on expectations of the CosyCatastrophe
Mei's explores * Mei and Ash's stories will both explore DisasterDemocracy (and Ash's will later)
They are all ReducedtoRatburgers, though Mei is the one who writes
in various ways
* The characters exchange recipe memes
about it.
their current diet, and more than one is ReducedToRatburgers.
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Ash is currently a textbook WatchTheWorldDie until he realises he has to rejoin it.
WatchTheWorldDie.
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[[http://badinfluences.org.uk Bad Influences]] is a BlogFiction. It is told through a set of four interconnected character blogs.

It is a NearFuture DisasterFiction, set in 2026 (thirteen years in the future, at time of posting) and blogged in RealTime. It follows the devastating spread of a fatal pandemic flu virus. The story is told simultaneously from the viewpoint of four major characters from four distant corners of the world, and sometimes by their friends, family or random strangers who comment on their blogs. Readers are encouraged to sign up to participate in the comments in-character and become part of the story.

The four main bloggers are a group of friends who met on a conservation volunteer project in Vietnam a few months before the beginning of the story, and keep in touch through their blogs. [[http://brighterhorizon.wordpress.com Mei]] is an idealistic first year art student at Peking University, [[http://darthfarmboy.wordpress.com Jack]] is a comic artist and gamer living on his family’s farm in New Jersey, [[http://lonerlain.wordpress.com Elaine]] is a misanthropic supermarket greeter in Canberra and [[http://nursinggrievances.wordpress.com Ash]] is a nurse, husband, father and disillusioned ex-rebel in North London.

As each character's individual story unfolds, a fifth story emerges in the comments concerning their influence on one another and the nature of online friendship and communication.

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* [=Apocalyptic Log=]: This is effectively the central premise
* [=JustBeforeTheEnd=]:
The Plague
Depopulation Bomb: but we see it in progress rather than coming in afterwards


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!! Episodes of this series provide examples of:
* The guidelines for listing show-level tropes apply to this list, too. Alphabetical by trope title.
* List of tropes that are only seen in a single episode or a small handful of episodes.
* Tropes ''about'' episodes, like BottleEpisode, are prime examples.
* This list may also include tropes relating to a secondary or tertiary character or location.

Elaine has some ApocalypseAnarchy going on as she goes into hiding
Mei has some ApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople
Ash's story plays on expectations of the CosyCatastrophe
Mei's explores DisasterDemocracy (and Ash's will later)
They are all ReducedtoRatburgers, though Mei is the one who writes about it.
Ash is a textbook WatchTheWorldDie until he realises he has to rejoin it.
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