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* ''Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews'' had some articles about this, such as [[http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/41622/mayans-begin-apocalypse-countdown/ the Mayans doing an "apocalypse countdown"]]. Notably, on the date itself, the site reported that the end of the world was [[http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/23938/end-of-the-world-postponed/ postponed to September 3, 2015]].
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* ''PennAndTellerBullshit'' tackles this in the episode "The Apocalypse".
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* The less than stellar {{Steam}} videogame '''''Revelations 2012''''' had its plot revolve around this. Supposedly, on the fated day, a [[SealedEvilInACan sealed demon would come out of his can]] and wreak havoc on the world. Four chosen people had to make sure this didn't happen.
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* The less than stellar {{Steam}} videogame '''''Revelations 2012''''' ''Revelations 2012'' had its plot revolve around this. Supposedly, on the fated day, a [[SealedEvilInACan sealed demon would come out of his can]] and wreak havoc on the world. Four chosen people had to make sure this didn't happen.
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* ComicStrip/MotherGooseAndGrimm has a story arc about Ralph's Mayan girlfriend who panics about the supposed "end of the world" and wants him to [[LikeYouWereDying make a bucket list of what to do before the world ends]]. This arc, of course, [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2012/MGG-2012-11-27.gif ran]] [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2012/MGG-2012-11-28.gif for]] [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2012/MGG-2012-11-29.gif five]] [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2012/MGG-2012-11-30.gif whole]] [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2012/MGG-2012-12-01.gif days]] on the week of November 27, 2012. The aftermath did not occur until [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2012/MGG-2012-12-30.gif December 30]], the day before New Year's Eve, and only nine days after the supposed "Mayan Doomsday".
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* ''The Omega Stone'' (the sequel to ''The Riddle of the Sphinx'' [no, not ''[[RiddleOfTheSphinx that trope]]'') is set in the year 2012. You, the protagonist, are warned about an apocalypse that can take place anytime, and you are sent to stop it from happening.
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* ''The Omega Stone'' (the sequel to ''The Riddle of the Sphinx'' [no, not ''[[RiddleOfTheSphinx that trope]]'') trope]]'']) is set in the year 2012. You, the protagonist, are warned about an apocalypse that can take place anytime, and you are sent to stop it from happening.
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* The less than stellar {{Steam}} videogame '''''Revelations 2012''''' had its plot revolve around this. Supposedly, on the fated day, a [[SealedEvilInACan sealed demon would come out of his can]] and wreak havoc on the world. Four chosen people had to make sure this didn't happen.happen.
* ''The Omega Stone'' (the sequel to ''The Riddle of the Sphinx'' [no, not ''[[RiddleOfTheSphinx that trope]]'') is set in the year 2012. You, the protagonist, are warned about an apocalypse that can take place anytime, and you are sent to stop it from happening.
* ''The Omega Stone'' (the sequel to ''The Riddle of the Sphinx'' [no, not ''[[RiddleOfTheSphinx that trope]]'') is set in the year 2012. You, the protagonist, are warned about an apocalypse that can take place anytime, and you are sent to stop it from happening.
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** '''Fact''': Conspiracy theorists pulled a significant date from the Mayan calendar (''not'' the end of the calendar, as it's usually reported) and reappropriated it as the end of the world. The actual Mayans had nothing to do with it. Also, whenever the "Mayan" calendar is shown, expect it to actually be the more visually appealing Aztec calendar.
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** '''Fact''': Conspiracy theorists pulled a mathematically significant date from the Mayan calendar (''not'' the end of the calendar, as it's usually reported) and reappropriated it as the end of the world. The actual Mayans had nothing to do with it. Also, whenever the "Mayan" calendar is shown, expect it to actually be the more visually appealing Aztec calendar.
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** '''Fact''': Conspiracy theorists pulled a significant date from the Mayan calendar and reappropriated it as the end of the world. The actual Mayans had nothing to do with it. Also, whenever the "Mayan" calendar is shown, expect it to actually be the more visually appealing Aztec calendar.
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** '''Fact''': Conspiracy theorists pulled a significant date from the Mayan calendar (''not'' the end of the calendar, as it's usually reported) and reappropriated it as the end of the world. The actual Mayans had nothing to do with it. Also, whenever the "Mayan" calendar is shown, expect it to actually be the more visually appealing Aztec calendar.
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* Made into a RunningGag by JesseCox during the ''Cox n' Crendor Show'' podcast. Jesse & Crendor would frequently remark about evil Mayan robots rising against humanity in their takeover bit and then make it more ridiculous from there.
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* ''TheOnion'': "[[http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-who-just-bought-mayan-headdress-4-crates-of-co,30783/ Man Who Just Bought Mayan Headdress, 4 Crates Of Corn Pretty Sure You'll Be Looking Like The Fool When Apocalypse Happens]]" and "[[http://www.theonion.com/video/mayan-word-for-apocalypse-actually-translates-more,30781/ Mayan Word For 'Apocalypse' Actually Translates More Accurately As 'Time Of Pale Obese Gun Monsters']]."
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-> '''''Textbook:'''Ancient legends speak of [[{{Canon}} Belial as the cause of the first Earth being destroyed]]. But I know the real truth.''
-> '''''Ambrosia:''' Yes, what is it?''
-> '''''Textbook:'''On Dec 21, 2012, ancient Mayan sorcerers caused a the planets to line up, sending a giant planet to crash into Earth. This powerful ritual combined with the massive collision knocked Earth off its orbit, and caused the poles to shift, causing deadly solar flare radiation. Naturally, this in turn caused The Rapture, as well as three days of darkness, before UFO s came and simply wiped the Earth out of existence.''
-> '''''Ambrosia:''' Suddenly, I think a demon coming from another dimension and destroying everything before [[SealedEvilInACan getting sealed away]] sounds more plausible.''
-> '''''Ambrosia:''' Yes, what is it?''
-> '''''Textbook:'''On Dec 21, 2012, ancient Mayan sorcerers caused a the planets to line up, sending a giant planet to crash into Earth. This powerful ritual combined with the massive collision knocked Earth off its orbit, and caused the poles to shift, causing deadly solar flare radiation. Naturally, this in turn caused The Rapture, as well as three days of darkness, before UFO s came and simply wiped the Earth out of existence.''
-> '''''Ambrosia:''' Suddenly, I think a demon coming from another dimension and destroying everything before [[SealedEvilInACan getting sealed away]] sounds more plausible.''
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* Some major event has to take place on this date in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' but I am not playing it myself, so I cannot tell you more.
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* Some major event has to take place on this date in The conspiracy-themed MMORPG ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' but I am not playing it myself, so I cannot tell you more.commemorated the date with a special event titled "End of Days", which started on December 21, 2012.
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* The less than stellar {{Steam}} videogame '''''Revelations 2012''''' had its plot revolve around this. Supposedly, on the fated day, a [[SealedEvilInACan sealed demon would come out of his can]] and wreak havoc on the world. Four chosen people had to make sure this didn't happen.
* The less than stellar {{Steam}} videogame '''''Revelations 2012''''' had its plot revolve around this. Supposedly, on the fated day, a [[SealedEvilInACan sealed demon would come out of his can]] and wreak havoc on the world. Four chosen people had to make sure this didn't happen.
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* ''{{Film/Melancholia}}'' doesn't mention the Mayans or 2012, but the titular rogue planet is an {{Expy}} of Nibiru.
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Once upon a time, people thought December 21, 2012 was TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Silly, right? Well, a surprising number of people took this seriously. Where did this date come from, you ask? Well, let's sort out fact and fiction:
* '''Myth''': The Mayans predicted December 21, 2012 would be the end of the world.
** '''Fact''': Conspiracy theorists pulled a significant date from the Mayan calendar and reappropriated it as the end of the world. The actual Mayans had nothing to do with it. Also, whenever the "Mayan" calendar is shown, expect it to actually be the more visually appealing Aztec calendar.
* '''Myth''': Nostradamus also predicted something would happen in 2012.
** '''Fact''': The only years Nostradamus mentions by name in his quatrains are 1999 and 3797. Of course, he could be talking about 2012 in some of his other quatrains. Or he could not. That's the magic of Nostradamus -- he was so vague that you can interpret him however you like, which is where his "correct" predictions come from.
* '''Myth''': Lots of other ancient civilizations also cited the year 2012.
** '''Fact''': Yeah, no. Conspiracy theorists just took every doomsday prediction under the sun and attached it to December 21, 2012 because why not.
So, what was supposed to happen on December 21, 2012? Well, there were some fun predictions:
* Nibiru, a.k.a. Planet X: A planet about as real as [[Franchise/StarWars Tatooine]] which was supposed to hit the Earth in May of 2003. For some reason, the theory was later dusted off and applied to -- you guessed it -- December 21, 2012.
* Polar shift: Supposedly, the magnetic poles were going to reverse in 2012. [[CaptainObvious Didn't happen]] and wouldn't have caused disaster if it had.
* Solar flares: Solar flares happen all the time, but obviously solar flares happening on December 21, 2012 would be evil, world-ending, magic solar flares.
* Planetary alignments: When the planets line up, you know it's bad! Except there were no planetary alignments in 2012 and planetary alignments have happened many times before without any effect on the Earth.
* [[CaughtUpInTheRapture The Rapture]]: Naturally.
* New World Order: Presumably, the Illuminati thought it would be fun to start their New World Order on December 21, 2012 since people were expecting ''something'' to happen anyway.
* Three days of darkness: A theory which got lots of traction in China, leading to huge sales of candles there.
* Pic de Bugarach: A mountain in France associated with UFO's. New Agers flocked to the mountain in December of 2012, believing they would be spared from the apocalypse and also get to reenact ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''.
As you may have noticed, none of this stuff happened. However, popular culture had a lot of fun with the supposed doomsday and that's what we're here to record.
See also: MillenniumBug
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!!Examples:
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* The RolandEmmerich film ''[[Film/TwoThousandTwelve 2012]]'', of course.
* Various [[TheMockbuster mockbusters]] ripping off the Roland Emmerich film. TheAsylum has created three.
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* Yes, DanBrown did his thing with this one too, in ''TheLostSymbol''.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* The ''Series/GoOn'' episode "The World Ain't Over 'Till It's Over" (aired December 4, 2012) takes place on December 21, 2012. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mr. K]] believes the world will end, but nothing happens.
* ''TwoBrokeGirls'': "And The High Holidays" makes commets referencing this.
* ''PennAndTellerBullshit'' tackles this in the episode "The Apocalypse".
* According to ''Series/TheXFiles'', December 21, 2012 is the date of a future AlienInvasion.
* A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' skit featured two Mayans showing their newly completed calender to their countrymen. They say the calender ends in 2012 because the world will end, but eventually admit they just ran out of space.
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* "A Certain Shade of Green" by {{Music/Incubus}}
* "2012 (It Ain't the End)" by Jay Sean
* "Till the World Ends" by Music/BritneySpears (the song doesn't mention 2012, but the official music video does)
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* Some comics referenced the supposed doomsday in their strip for December 21, 2012:
** ''Close To Home'': [[http://www.gocomics.com/closetohome/2012/12/21 Here]]
** ''{{ComicStrip/Doonesbury}}'': [[http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2012/12/17 An]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2012/12/18 arc]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2012/12/19 covering]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2012/12/20 the]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2012/12/21 whole]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2012/12/22 week]].
** ''F Minus'': [[http://www.gocomics.com/fminus/2012/12/21 Here]].
** ''{{ComicStrip/Lio}}'': On the [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2012/12/20 the day before]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2012/12/21 the day]], and [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2012/12/22 the day after]].
** ''Little Dog Lost'': [[http://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost/2012/12/17 Another]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost/2012/12/18 arc]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost/2012/12/19 covering]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost/2012/12/20 the]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost/2012/12/21 whole]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost/2012/12/22 week]].
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* The ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' universe backstory has the fifth (our) world end on December 24th, 2011 according to the Maya calendar, and the sixth world begins, bringing with it magic, dragons, new types of humans that resemble the legendary dwarves, orks, elves and trolls, among others.
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* Debunked by WebVideo/SciShow [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjKUqQ2uSzg here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVeOJuhjmps here]].
* Website/JibJab[='s=] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0zf7EWZET0 2012 year-in-review video]] is themed around this. It's also briefly mentioned in their [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zls4Ao3GyM&t=1m17s 2011 video]].
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Spoofed on the 2012 "Treehouse of Terror" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', a ''Martian'' calendar predicts a sunflare that will destroy the planet in 3012. Later it is revealed that the planet in question is Mars, and the calendar was sent to Earth as a warning to not visit Mars, but by then the Earth's people had already relocated to there.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Some major event has to take place on this date in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' but I am not playing it myself, so I cannot tell you more.
* A bulk of the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series takes place in 2012, with the MythArc concerning the [[spoiler:giant solar flare that is supposed to reach Earth and eradicate all life]] on December 21, 2012.
* ''VideoGame/DikembeMutombosFourAndAHalfWeeksToSaveTheWorld'' centered around Dikembe helping Science the Bear stop possible threats that could end the world and construct a new Mayan Calendar before the old one finishes and the world ends. It was completed on December 20, 2012.
* ''VideoGame/OracleOfTao'' uses this as a checklist. All of the possible occurrences happen in rapid succession as a possible cause for the end of the world.
-> '''''Textbook:'''Ancient legends speak of [[{{Canon}} Belial as the cause of the first Earth being destroyed]]. But I know the real truth.''
-> '''''Ambrosia:''' Yes, what is it?''
-> '''''Textbook:'''On Dec 21, 2012, ancient Mayan sorcerers caused a the planets to line up, sending a giant planet to crash into Earth. This powerful ritual combined with the massive collision knocked Earth off its orbit, and caused the poles to shift, causing deadly solar flare radiation. Naturally, this in turn caused The Rapture, as well as three days of darkness, before UFO s came and simply wiped the Earth out of existence.''
-> '''''Ambrosia:''' Suddenly, I think a demon coming from another dimension and destroying everything before [[SealedEvilInACan getting sealed away]] sounds more plausible.''
* '''Myth''': The Mayans predicted December 21, 2012 would be the end of the world.
** '''Fact''': Conspiracy theorists pulled a significant date from the Mayan calendar and reappropriated it as the end of the world. The actual Mayans had nothing to do with it. Also, whenever the "Mayan" calendar is shown, expect it to actually be the more visually appealing Aztec calendar.
* '''Myth''': Nostradamus also predicted something would happen in 2012.
** '''Fact''': The only years Nostradamus mentions by name in his quatrains are 1999 and 3797. Of course, he could be talking about 2012 in some of his other quatrains. Or he could not. That's the magic of Nostradamus -- he was so vague that you can interpret him however you like, which is where his "correct" predictions come from.
* '''Myth''': Lots of other ancient civilizations also cited the year 2012.
** '''Fact''': Yeah, no. Conspiracy theorists just took every doomsday prediction under the sun and attached it to December 21, 2012 because why not.
So, what was supposed to happen on December 21, 2012? Well, there were some fun predictions:
* Nibiru, a.k.a. Planet X: A planet about as real as [[Franchise/StarWars Tatooine]] which was supposed to hit the Earth in May of 2003. For some reason, the theory was later dusted off and applied to -- you guessed it -- December 21, 2012.
* Polar shift: Supposedly, the magnetic poles were going to reverse in 2012. [[CaptainObvious Didn't happen]] and wouldn't have caused disaster if it had.
* Solar flares: Solar flares happen all the time, but obviously solar flares happening on December 21, 2012 would be evil, world-ending, magic solar flares.
* Planetary alignments: When the planets line up, you know it's bad! Except there were no planetary alignments in 2012 and planetary alignments have happened many times before without any effect on the Earth.
* [[CaughtUpInTheRapture The Rapture]]: Naturally.
* New World Order: Presumably, the Illuminati thought it would be fun to start their New World Order on December 21, 2012 since people were expecting ''something'' to happen anyway.
* Three days of darkness: A theory which got lots of traction in China, leading to huge sales of candles there.
* Pic de Bugarach: A mountain in France associated with UFO's. New Agers flocked to the mountain in December of 2012, believing they would be spared from the apocalypse and also get to reenact ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''.
As you may have noticed, none of this stuff happened. However, popular culture had a lot of fun with the supposed doomsday and that's what we're here to record.
See also: MillenniumBug
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!!Examples:
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* The RolandEmmerich film ''[[Film/TwoThousandTwelve 2012]]'', of course.
* Various [[TheMockbuster mockbusters]] ripping off the Roland Emmerich film. TheAsylum has created three.
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Yes, DanBrown did his thing with this one too, in ''TheLostSymbol''.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* The ''Series/GoOn'' episode "The World Ain't Over 'Till It's Over" (aired December 4, 2012) takes place on December 21, 2012. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mr. K]] believes the world will end, but nothing happens.
* ''TwoBrokeGirls'': "And The High Holidays" makes commets referencing this.
* ''PennAndTellerBullshit'' tackles this in the episode "The Apocalypse".
* According to ''Series/TheXFiles'', December 21, 2012 is the date of a future AlienInvasion.
* A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' skit featured two Mayans showing their newly completed calender to their countrymen. They say the calender ends in 2012 because the world will end, but eventually admit they just ran out of space.
[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* "A Certain Shade of Green" by {{Music/Incubus}}
* "2012 (It Ain't the End)" by Jay Sean
* "Till the World Ends" by Music/BritneySpears (the song doesn't mention 2012, but the official music video does)
[[AC:NewspaperComics]]
* Some comics referenced the supposed doomsday in their strip for December 21, 2012:
** ''Close To Home'': [[http://www.gocomics.com/closetohome/2012/12/21 Here]]
** ''{{ComicStrip/Doonesbury}}'': [[http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2012/12/17 An]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2012/12/18 arc]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2012/12/19 covering]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2012/12/20 the]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2012/12/21 whole]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2012/12/22 week]].
** ''F Minus'': [[http://www.gocomics.com/fminus/2012/12/21 Here]].
** ''{{ComicStrip/Lio}}'': On the [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2012/12/20 the day before]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2012/12/21 the day]], and [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2012/12/22 the day after]].
** ''Little Dog Lost'': [[http://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost/2012/12/17 Another]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost/2012/12/18 arc]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost/2012/12/19 covering]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost/2012/12/20 the]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost/2012/12/21 whole]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost/2012/12/22 week]].
[[AC:TabletopRPG]]
* The ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' universe backstory has the fifth (our) world end on December 24th, 2011 according to the Maya calendar, and the sixth world begins, bringing with it magic, dragons, new types of humans that resemble the legendary dwarves, orks, elves and trolls, among others.
[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* Debunked by WebVideo/SciShow [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjKUqQ2uSzg here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVeOJuhjmps here]].
* Website/JibJab[='s=] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0zf7EWZET0 2012 year-in-review video]] is themed around this. It's also briefly mentioned in their [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zls4Ao3GyM&t=1m17s 2011 video]].
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Spoofed on the 2012 "Treehouse of Terror" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', a ''Martian'' calendar predicts a sunflare that will destroy the planet in 3012. Later it is revealed that the planet in question is Mars, and the calendar was sent to Earth as a warning to not visit Mars, but by then the Earth's people had already relocated to there.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Some major event has to take place on this date in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' but I am not playing it myself, so I cannot tell you more.
* A bulk of the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series takes place in 2012, with the MythArc concerning the [[spoiler:giant solar flare that is supposed to reach Earth and eradicate all life]] on December 21, 2012.
* ''VideoGame/DikembeMutombosFourAndAHalfWeeksToSaveTheWorld'' centered around Dikembe helping Science the Bear stop possible threats that could end the world and construct a new Mayan Calendar before the old one finishes and the world ends. It was completed on December 20, 2012.
* ''VideoGame/OracleOfTao'' uses this as a checklist. All of the possible occurrences happen in rapid succession as a possible cause for the end of the world.
-> '''''Textbook:'''Ancient legends speak of [[{{Canon}} Belial as the cause of the first Earth being destroyed]]. But I know the real truth.''
-> '''''Ambrosia:''' Yes, what is it?''
-> '''''Textbook:'''On Dec 21, 2012, ancient Mayan sorcerers caused a the planets to line up, sending a giant planet to crash into Earth. This powerful ritual combined with the massive collision knocked Earth off its orbit, and caused the poles to shift, causing deadly solar flare radiation. Naturally, this in turn caused The Rapture, as well as three days of darkness, before UFO s came and simply wiped the Earth out of existence.''
-> '''''Ambrosia:''' Suddenly, I think a demon coming from another dimension and destroying everything before [[SealedEvilInACan getting sealed away]] sounds more plausible.''
