History Main / DancinInTheRuins

* One ''TheFarSide'' strip shows a two guys in a boat fishing, with [[TheDeadliestMushroom mushroom clouds]] rising in the background. One tells the other: "I'll tell you what this means -- no size restrictions and ''screw'' the limit!"

->''"Go and get your riot gear,''\\

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* FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi: [[CrazyAwesome Mukrezar]]... [[BeatPanel Well...]]certainly enjoys his work...

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

* FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi: [[CrazyAwesome Mukrezar]]... [[BeatPanel Well...]]certinely enjoys his work...

* One ''TheFarSide'' strip shows a two guys in a boat fishing, with [[TheDeadliestMushroom mushroom clouds]] rising in the background. One tells the other: "I'll tell you what this means -- no size limits and ''screw'' the limit!"

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* One ''TheFarSide'' strip shows a two guys in a boat fishing, with [[TheDeadliestMushroom mushroom clouds]] rising in the background. One tells the other: "I'll tell you what this means -- no size limits and ''screw'' the limit!"

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* FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi: [[CrazyAwesome Mukrezar]]... certinly enjoys his work...

* The protagonist of HGWells' ''WarOfTheWorlds'' did this after he discovered the dead Martians.

* In ''Left4Dead'' and the sequel, we get Francis, who views the zombie apocalypse as "one big barfight" and holds open disdain for everything except [[spoiler: vests]], and Ellis, who is clearly having a very good time stealing stock cars, running around on roller coasters, and setting off the Midnight Riders pyrotechnics.

* Not quite but in Literature/TheDresdenFiles, ''Changes'', Harry says that that if he has to burn the world to save his daughter, he and the kid will roast marshmallows.

It's not hard to spot this guy (or gal) in an AfterTheEnd setting: he's the one dancing merrily on the grave of civilization. What his particular beef was with society may vary, but in all cases he's overjoyed to have seen it bite the dust. He's not typically the [[OmnicidalManiac one responsible for]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom the big boom]], though he might shake the hand of whoever is given the opportunity. Could possibly be considered a slightly less insane version of PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery.

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* Harold Lauder in [[StephenKing Stephen King's]] ''TheStand''. At least he was in the beginning of the book...

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->Go and get your riot gear,\\
swing your girlie all around.\\
We'll be dancing on the cinders\\
as the town is burning down.
-->-- '''FiveIronFrenzy''', "Get Your Riot Gear"

* The protagonist of H.G. Wells' ''WarOfTheWorlds'' did this after he discovered the dead Martians.

* Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith) in ''TheTwilightZone'' episode 'Time Enough At Last'. [[OuterLimitsTwist But then...]]

* [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] during a [[HalloweenEpisode Treehouse of Horror episode]] when he happened to be in a bomb shelter when the rest of the world was destroyed by [[EarthShatteringKaboom nuclear bombs]]. One of the first things he did was go to the church, where he danced naked.

* Not quite but in the DresdenFiles, ''Changes'', Harry says that that if he has to burn the world to save his daughter, he and the kid will roast marshmallows.

* [[http://mediumlarge.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/monday-march-8-2010/ This guy]] from a ''MediumLarge'' strip.

* Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith) in ''TheTwilightZone'' episode 'Time Enough At Last'. [[TwilightZoneTwist But then...]]

* The protagonist of H.G. Wells' ''WarOfTheWorlds'' did this after he discovered the dead martians.

* Henry Bemis (Burgess Meredith) in ''TheTwilightZone'' episode 'Time Enough At Last'.

* The ''Doomguard'' faction in the ''Dungeons&Dragons'' setting ''{{Planescape}}'' has this as their ideal. The end of everything can not be prevented, and is therefore desireable. Some members might regret the suffering of the people that have died, but everything that is completely destroyed really makes their day.

* In Left4Dead and the sequel, we get Francis, who views the zombie apocalypse as "one big barfight" and holds open disdain for everything except [[spoiler: vests]] and Ellis, who is clearly having a very good time stealing stock cars, running around on roller coasters, and setting off the Midnight Riders pyrotechnics.

as the town is burning down.\\