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* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius:'' Apparently the Heterodyne have a reputation for doing this, as Vole figures the people of Mechanisburg would not accept a fake Heterodyne even if she killed the Castle... unless she then danced naked in the ruins trying to shoot down the moon, before turning all the tourists into monsters and making a "very dangerous" fountain out of sausages.
-->'''Gil:''' Well... yes, that goes without saying.
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': Henry Bemis in the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E8TimeEnoughAtLast Time Enough at Last]]". He's a quiet person who would much prefer his books to dealing with live (and annoying people). After the apocalypse he finally has all the books in the world and nobody to bother him. [[CruelTwistEnding Until...]]

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': Henry Bemis in the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E8TimeEnoughAtLast Time Enough at Last]]". He's a quiet person who would much prefer his books to dealing with live (and annoying people).annoying) people. After the apocalypse he finally has all the books in the world and nobody to bother him. [[CruelTwistEnding Until...]]
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Celebrating the deaths of the *invaders* doesn't seem like it fits the trope


* The protagonist of ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds1898'' does this after he discovers the dead Martians.
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* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': [[spoiler:Fami has hundreds of thousands of people turned into violent devils]], turning the area surrounding large areas into a burning hellscape. As the War Devil, Yoru is greatly empowered by this and doesn't contain her joy.
-->''The world remembers me at long last!''
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': Henry Bemis in the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E8TimeEnoughAtLast Time Enough at Last]]". He's a quiet person who would much prefer his books to dealing with live (and annoying people). After the apocalypse he finally has all the books in the world and nobody to bother him. [[CruelTwistEnding Until...]]

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': Henry Bemis in the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E8TimeEnoughAtLast "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E8TimeEnoughAtLast Time Enough at Last]]". He's a quiet person who would much prefer his books to dealing with live (and annoying people). After the apocalypse he finally has all the books in the world and nobody to bother him. [[CruelTwistEnding Until...]]
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* Music/WeirdAl The lyrics of "Christmas at Ground Zero" include "we can trim the tree, while we dodge debris underneath the mushroom cloud."
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* The cover of the Music/{{KISS}} album ''Music/{{Destroyer}}'' consists of the band members doing this during a nuclear explosion.

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* The cover of the Music/{{KISS}} album ''Music/{{Destroyer}}'' ''Music/{{Destroyer|Album}}'' consists of the band members doing this during a nuclear explosion.
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%%* * The Music/BlueOysterCult song "Dancin' in the Ruins" is the TropeNamer.TropeNamer
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* Music/BlueOysterCult is the TropeNamer.

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* %%* Music/BlueOysterCult is the TropeNamer.
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* Lampshaded in ''Old Virginia'', a Franchise/CthulhuMythos story by Laird Barron.

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* Lampshaded in ''Old Virginia'', a Franchise/CthulhuMythos story by Laird Barron.Creator/LairdBarron.
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* The protagonist of Creator/HGWells' ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' did this after he discovered the dead Martians.

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* The protagonist of Creator/HGWells' ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' did ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds1898'' does this after he discovered discovers the dead Martians.



* Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith) in ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' episode "Time Enough at Last". He's a quiet person who would much prefer his books to dealing with live (and annoying people). After the apocalypse he finally has all the books in the world and nobody to bother him. [[CruelTwistEnding Until ...]]

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith) in ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' the episode "Time "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E8TimeEnoughAtLast Time Enough at Last".Last]]". He's a quiet person who would much prefer his books to dealing with live (and annoying people). After the apocalypse he finally has all the books in the world and nobody to bother him. [[CruelTwistEnding Until ...Until...]]



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* ''WebVideo/InternetHistorian'': When it appears that ''VideoGame/{{Habbo}}'' will shut down due to Channel 4 News accusing the game of [[PaedoHunt having pedophiles on its servers]], causing multi-million investors to back out, [[Website/FourChan the "Pool's Closed" movement]] decides to raid the game once more and have a laugh as the playerbase drops down.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer Simpson during a ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' episode when he happens to be in a bomb shelter when Springfield was destroyed by [[EarthShatteringKaboom nuclear bombs]]. One of the first things he did was go to the church, where he danced in his underwear.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer Simpson during a ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' episode episode, when he happens to be in a bomb shelter when Springfield was destroyed by [[EarthShatteringKaboom nuclear bombs]]. One of the first things he did was go to the church, where he danced in his underwear.
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* Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith) in ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' episode "Time Enough at Last". [[CruelTwistEnding But then...]]

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* Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith) in ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' episode "Time Enough at Last". He's a quiet person who would much prefer his books to dealing with live (and annoying people). After the apocalypse he finally has all the books in the world and nobody to bother him. [[CruelTwistEnding But then...Until ...]]

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