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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': The episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street]]" concerns neighbors on a street who become paranoid when the power goes out and odd things start happening, putting the blame on aliens and then turning on one another due to suspicion.

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': The episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street]]" concerns neighbors on a street who become paranoid when the power goes out and odd things start happening, putting the blame on aliens and then turning on one another due to suspicion.
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* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' in the first season had the episode "Trinity", where Team Trinity reflects on the chaos that had happened so far
and Manga]]how the world is disintegrating into varying stages of anarchy. Ironically, their arrival makes things worse.



* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' in the first season had the episode "Trinity", where Team Trinity reflects on the chaos that had happened so far and how the world is disintegrating into varying stages of anarchy. Ironically, their arrival makes things worse.



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* ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' involves a far more significant threat to Gotham than was presented by the villains of ''Film/BatmanBegins'' or ''Film/TheDarkKnight.'' Things also get dire much more quickly; the worst of the chaos in ''Film/BatmanBegins'' [[spoiler:was resolved before most Gotham residents were even aware of it]] and the worst of that of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' [[spoiler:was fairly gradual due to the continuously worsening nature of the Joker's actions.]] Things get far more dire more quickly in TDKR.



* ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' involves a far more significant threat to Gotham than was presented by the villains of ''Film/BatmanBegins'' or ''Film/TheDarkKnight.'' Things also get dire much more quickly; the worst of the chaos in ''Film/BatmanBegins'' [[spoiler:was resolved before most Gotham residents were even aware of it]] and the worst of that of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' [[spoiler:was fairly gradual due to the continuously worsening nature of the Joker's actions.]] Things get far more dire more quickly in TDKR.



* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
** While much of the series involves political conflict and warfare, there's a particular segment of episodes in Season 3 [[spoiler:before and including the station's secession from Earth]] in which it becomes inevitable that station interests and Earth Government policy will irreconcilably clash, with the station itself coming into direct danger. Probably the range of episodes from "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E05VoicesOfAuthority Voices of Authority]]" through "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E10SeveredDreams Severed Dreams]]" would fit the trope, although it could arguably start with Season 2's finale "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E22TheFallOfNight The Fall of Night]]".
** Again in Season 4 after the events of Season 3's finale "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E22ZHaDum Z'ha'dum]]", once we see [[spoiler:the Vorlons bring out their planet-killers, with the Shadows following suit, destroying many inhabited planets]] ("[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E03TheSummoning The Summoning]]"), ending with "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E06IntoTheFire Into the Fire]]".
** There's a third segment in Season 4, from "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E15NoSurrenderNoRetreat No Surrender, No Retreat]]" through "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E20Endgame Endgame]]", when Babylon 5 and allied forces finally confront [[spoiler:the Clark regime's forces and liberate Earth and her colonies]].
* The last season of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' focuses much more than previous seasons on the deteriorating conditions in the ragtag fleet (this being a post-apocalyptic society to begin with).
* This is a recurring situation in ''Series/{{Community}}''. Greendale Community College is a SuckySchool, and the students tend to get more volatile and over-the-top as finals approach. The major breakdowns occur once a year in-universe, which corresponds to one per season. In the past this has twice resulted in paintball competitions totally wrecking the school. In season three, the school loses most of its funding, so things get even worse. An attempt to achieve a world record for the biggest blanket/pillow fort results in a civil war and a short time later the wake for a deceased student turns into a riot, which in turn leads to Chang taking over the school with a [[{{Doppelganger}} Dean-el-Chang-er]].



* ''Series/StargateSG1'' has multiple episodes involving this. One example is season eight's "Full Alert," where the Goa'uld attempt to trigger WorldWarThree between Russia and the United States.



* The last season of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' focuses much more than previous seasons on the deteriorating conditions in the ragtag fleet (this being a post-apocalyptic society to begin with).

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': The last season of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' focuses much more than previous seasons episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street]]" concerns neighbors on a street who become paranoid when the deteriorating conditions in power goes out and odd things start happening, putting the ragtag fleet (this being a post-apocalyptic society blame on aliens and then turning on one another due to begin with).suspicion.
* Episode 8 of ''Series/UltraSeven'', "The Targeted Town", which may have drawn inspiration from "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street".



* This is a recurring situation in ''Series/{{Community}}''. Greendale Community College is a SuckySchool, and the students tend to get more volatile and over-the-top as finals approach. The major breakdowns occur once a year in-universe, which corresponds to one per season. In the past this has twice resulted in paintball competitions totally wrecking the school. In season three, the school loses most of its funding, so things get even worse. An attempt to achieve a world record for the biggest blanket/pillow fort results in a civil war and a short time later the wake for a deceased student turns into a riot, which in turn leads to Chang taking over the school with a [[{{Doppelganger}} Dean-el-Chang-er]].
* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
** While much of the series involves political conflict and warfare, there's a particular segment of episodes in Season 3 [[spoiler:before and including the station's secession from Earth]] in which it becomes inevitable that station interests and Earth Government policy will irreconcilably clash, with the station itself coming into direct danger. Probably the range of episodes from "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E05VoicesOfAuthority Voices of Authority]]" through "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E10SeveredDreams Severed Dreams]]" would fit the trope, although it could arguably start with Season 2's finale "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E22TheFallOfNight The Fall of Night]]".
** Again in Season 4 after the events of Season 3's finale "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E22ZHaDum Z'ha'dum]]", once we see [[spoiler:the Vorlons bring out their planet-killers, with the Shadows following suit, destroying many inhabited planets]] ("[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E03TheSummoning The Summoning]]"), ending with "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E06IntoTheFire Into the Fire]]".
** There's a third segment in Season 4, from "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E15NoSurrenderNoRetreat No Surrender, No Retreat]]" through "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E20Endgame Endgame]]", when Babylon 5 and allied forces finally confront [[spoiler:the Clark regime's forces and liberate Earth and her colonies]].
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': The episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street]]" concerns neighbors on a street who become paranoid when the power goes out and odd things start happening, putting the blame on aliens and then turning on one another due to suspicion.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'' has multiple episodes involving this. One example is season eight's "Full Alert," where the Goa'uld attempt to trigger WorldWarThree between Russia and the United States.
* Episode 8 of ''Series/UltraSeven'', "The Targeted Town", which may have drawn inspiration from "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street".
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* This is a recurring situation in ''Series/{{Community}}''. Greendale Community College is a SuckySchool, and the students tend to get more volatile and over-the-top as finals approach. The major breakdowns occur once a year in-universe, which corresponds to one per season. In the past this has twice resulted in paintball competitions totally wrecking the school. In season three, the school loses most of its funding, so things get even worse. An attempt to achieve a world record for the biggest blanket/pillow fort results in a civil war and a short time later the wake for a deceased student turns into a riot.

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* This is a recurring situation in ''Series/{{Community}}''. Greendale Community College is a SuckySchool, and the students tend to get more volatile and over-the-top as finals approach. The major breakdowns occur once a year in-universe, which corresponds to one per season. In the past this has twice resulted in paintball competitions totally wrecking the school. In season three, the school loses most of its funding, so things get even worse. An attempt to achieve a world record for the biggest blanket/pillow fort results in a civil war and a short time later the wake for a deceased student turns into a riot.riot, which in turn leads to Chang taking over the school with a [[{{Doppelganger}} Dean-el-Chang-er]].

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* ''Series/SevenDays'' was an entire ''series'' about this trope, in which TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed but a lone time-traveler has the chance to investigate and [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong circumvent]] such disasters.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Force of Nature", warp drive (which powers all Federation starships) was found to be damaging to the fabric of subspace. At the end of the episode, [[spoiler:the Federation decided that until they can figure out a way to counteract the rifts in space, all ships can't go above Warp 5 except in emergencies. This is promptly never mentioned anywhere ever again. Maybe there was a quick fix.]]
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has the station, Bajor and sometimes even the entire Federation in states of near chaos at several different points. For example, late in the first season Vedek Winn stirs up nationalist and conservative religious sentiments in the Bajoran population in an attempt to have the Federation leave the station.
** A key theme of the early seasons is political instability due to the Bajorans and the Cardassians begrudging the Federation's presence, while the later seasons use the quadrant spanning war as a way to inject most of the same sense of imminent danger.
* The last season of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' focused much more than previous seasons on the deteriorating conditions in the ragtag fleet (this being a post-apocalyptic society to begin with).

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* ''Series/SevenDays'' was is an entire ''series'' about this trope, in which TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed but a lone time-traveler has the chance to investigate and [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong circumvent]] such disasters.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Force "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E8ForceOfNature Force of Nature", Nature]]", warp drive (which powers all Federation starships) was found to be damaging to the fabric of subspace. At the end of the episode, [[spoiler:the Federation decided that until they can figure out a way to counteract the rifts in space, all ships can't go above Warp 5 except in emergencies. This is promptly never mentioned anywhere ever again. Maybe there was a quick fix.]]
fix]].
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has the station, Bajor and sometimes even the entire Federation in states of near chaos at several different points. For example, late in the first season Vedek Winn stirs up nationalist and conservative religious sentiments in the Bajoran population in an attempt to have the Federation leave the station.
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station. A key theme of the early seasons is political instability due to the Bajorans and the Cardassians begrudging the Federation's presence, while the later seasons use the quadrant spanning war as a way to inject most of the same sense of imminent danger.
* The last season of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' focused focuses much more than previous seasons on the deteriorating conditions in the ragtag fleet (this being a post-apocalyptic society to begin with).



* The last episode of the cyberpunk miniseries ''Series/WildPalms'' ups the tension this way by showing society breaking apart at the seams as a result of the power struggle between the crypto-fascist Fathers and the more libertarian and humanistic Friends, secret societies that have been warring over America for decades.
* This is a recurring situation in ''Series/{{Community}}''. Greendale Community College is a sucky school and the students tend to get more volatile and over-the-top as finals approach. The major breakdowns occur once a year in-universe; which corresponds to one per season. In the past this has twice resulted in paintball competitions totally wrecking the school. In season three, the school loses most of its funding so things get even worse. An attempt to achieve a world record for the biggest blanket/pillow fort results in a civil war and a short time later the wake for a deceased student turns into a riot.
* While much of ''Series/BabylonFive'' involves political conflict and warfare, there's a particular segment of episodes in Season 3 [[spoiler: before and including the station's secession from Earth]] where it becomes inevitable that station interests and Earth Government policy will irreconcilably clash, with the station itself coming into direct danger. Probably the range of episodes from "Voices of Authority" through [[WhamEpisode "Severed Dreams"]] would fit the trope, although it could arguably start with Season 2's finale [[WhamEpisode "The Fall of Night"]].
** And again in Season 4 after the events of Season 3's finale [[WhamEpisode "Z'ha'dum"]], once we see the [[spoiler: Vorlons bring out their planet-killers, with the Shadows following suit, destroying many inhabited planets]] ("The Summoning"), ending with [[WhamEpisode "Into the Fire"]].
** And there's a third segment in Season 4, from "No Surrender, No Retreat" through [[WhamEpisode "Endgame"]], when Babylon 5 and allied forces finally confront [[spoiler: the Clark regime's forces and liberate Earth and her colonies]].
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street]]" concerns neighbors on a street who become paranoid when the power goes out and odd things start happening, putting the blame on aliens and then turning on one another due to suspicion.

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* The last episode of the cyberpunk miniseries ''Series/WildPalms'' ups the tension this way by showing society breaking apart at the seams as a result of the power struggle between the crypto-fascist Fathers and the more libertarian and humanistic Friends, secret societies that have been warring over America for decades.
* This is a recurring situation in ''Series/{{Community}}''. Greendale Community College is a sucky school SuckySchool, and the students tend to get more volatile and over-the-top as finals approach. The major breakdowns occur once a year in-universe; in-universe, which corresponds to one per season. In the past this has twice resulted in paintball competitions totally wrecking the school. In season three, the school loses most of its funding funding, so things get even worse. An attempt to achieve a world record for the biggest blanket/pillow fort results in a civil war and a short time later the wake for a deceased student turns into a riot.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
**
While much of ''Series/BabylonFive'' the series involves political conflict and warfare, there's a particular segment of episodes in Season 3 [[spoiler: before [[spoiler:before and including the station's secession from Earth]] where in which it becomes inevitable that station interests and Earth Government policy will irreconcilably clash, with the station itself coming into direct danger. Probably the range of episodes from "Voices "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E05VoicesOfAuthority Voices of Authority" Authority]]" through [[WhamEpisode "Severed Dreams"]] "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E10SeveredDreams Severed Dreams]]" would fit the trope, although it could arguably start with Season 2's finale [[WhamEpisode "The "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E22TheFallOfNight The Fall of Night"]].Night]]".
** And again Again in Season 4 after the events of Season 3's finale [[WhamEpisode "Z'ha'dum"]], "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E22ZHaDum Z'ha'dum]]", once we see the [[spoiler: [[spoiler:the Vorlons bring out their planet-killers, with the Shadows following suit, destroying many inhabited planets]] ("The Summoning"), ("[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E03TheSummoning The Summoning]]"), ending with [[WhamEpisode "Into "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E06IntoTheFire Into the Fire"]].Fire]]".
** And there's There's a third segment in Season 4, from "No "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E15NoSurrenderNoRetreat No Surrender, No Retreat" Retreat]]" through [[WhamEpisode "Endgame"]], "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E20Endgame Endgame]]", when Babylon 5 and allied forces finally confront [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the Clark regime's forces and liberate Earth and her colonies]].
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': The episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters Are Due On on Maple Street]]" concerns neighbors on a street who become paranoid when the power goes out and odd things start happening, putting the blame on aliens and then turning on one another due to suspicion.



* Episode 8 of ''Series/UltraSeven'' "The Targeted Town", which may have drawn inspiration from "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street".

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* Episode 8 of ''Series/UltraSeven'' ''Series/UltraSeven'', "The Targeted Town", which may have drawn inspiration from "The Monsters Are Due On on Maple Street".
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** A key theme of the early seasons is political instability due to the Bajorans and the Cardassians begrudging the Federation's presence, while the later seasons use the quadrant spanning war as a way to inject must of the same sense of imminent danger.

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** A key theme of the early seasons is political instability due to the Bajorans and the Cardassians begrudging the Federation's presence, while the later seasons use the quadrant spanning war as a way to inject must most of the same sense of imminent danger.
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-->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruSQ12kzcEU Chat reactions]] to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP:FIM]]'s ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 Canterlot]]'' ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]]'' two-parter.

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-->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruSQ12kzcEU Chat reactions]] to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP:FIM]]'s ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 Canterlot]]'' ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]]'' two-parter.
the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1]]"
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street]]" concerns neighbors on a street who become paranoid when the power goes out and odd things start happening, putting the blame on aliens and then turning on one another due to suspicion.

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street]]" concerns neighbors on a street who become paranoid when the power goes out and odd things start happening, putting the blame on aliens and then turning on one another due to suspicion.
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* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' is set d uring a time when human augmentation (basically cybernetics) is starting to take off, leading to a divide between people who just want humanity to be "natural" and those who want to augment everything.

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* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' is set d uring during a time when human augmentation (basically cybernetics) is starting to take off, leading to a divide between people who just want humanity to be "natural" and those who want to augment everything.
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* The second season of ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' features a MultiPartEpisode where Chip Whistler takes over Big Coffee and plots to destroy the Greens' farmhouse and turn it into Wholesome Foods property.

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* The second season of ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' features a MultiPartEpisode where Chip Whistler takes over Big Coffee and plots to destroy Elkins Street -- including the Greens' farmhouse and Big Coffee -- and turn it into Wholesome Foods property.
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-->- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruSQ12kzcEU Chat reactions]] to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP:FIM]]'s ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 Canterlot]]'' ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]]'' two-parter.

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-->- -->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruSQ12kzcEU Chat reactions]] to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP:FIM]]'s ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 Canterlot]]'' ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]]'' two-parter.

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* Played for satire in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "The Fried Chicken Flu". An outbreak of a mysterious foodborne illness originating from fried chicken restaurants apparently reaches pandemic levels, with the news media and the US federal government claiming that this is causing social instability on a ''global'' scale. In Woodcrest, the Freeman family and some of their selected friends hide out at the Freemans' house, stockpiling on supplies to survive this apparent catastrophe. Eventually, most of the Freemans' neighbors find out about this and go crazy, attempting to rob their house like a gang of bandits. [[spoiler:(Un)fortunately for everyone involved, this proves unnecessary as there ''never'' was an apocalypse; the so-called "fried chicken flu" was merely an outbreak of salmonella, and mass hysteria made the disease sound far deadlier than it actually was.]]
* The Season 1 finale of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' deals with Gideon seizing control of the Mystery Shack, and the GrandFinale deals with the town under [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Weirdmageddon.]]



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Bart's Comet" is one such episode, with the ever-present threat of a comet on a direct collision course with Springfield and the exits out of the city destroyed or rendered inaccessible by accident. It carries a much darker tone than any of the other episodes in its season, particularly when the Springfieldians accept their fate as they face the giant fiery rock in the sky headed straight for them singing "Que Será Será." It does not signal a bigger threat later though--[[spoiler:the comet burns up in the atmosphere on its way down until it can fit in the palm of Bart's hand, upon which it crashes into a series of uninhabited locations and bounces safely onto the grass where everyone's standing.]]



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Bart's Comet" is one such episode, with the ever-present threat of a comet on a direct collision course with Springfield and the exits out of the city destroyed or rendered inaccessible by accident. It carries a much darker tone than any of the other episodes in its season, particularly when the Springfieldians accept their fate as they face the giant fiery rock in the sky headed straight for them singing "Que Será Será." It does not signal a bigger threat later though--[[spoiler:the comet burns up in the atmosphere on its way down until it can fit in the palm of Bart's hand, upon which it crashes into a series of uninhabited locations and bounces safely onto the grass where everyone's standing.]]
* Played for satire in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "The Fried Chicken Flu". An outbreak of a mysterious foodborne illness originating from fried chicken restaurants apparently reaches pandemic levels, with the news media and the US federal government claiming that this is causing social instability on a ''global'' scale. In Woodcrest, the Freeman family and some of their selected friends hide out at the Freemans' house, stockpiling on supplies to survive this apparent catastrophe. Eventually, most of the Freemans' neighbors find out about this and go crazy, attempting to rob their house like a gang of bandits. [[spoiler:(Un)fortunately for everyone involved, this proves unnecessary as there ''never'' was an apocalypse; the so-called "fried chicken flu" was merely an outbreak of salmonella, and mass hysteria made the disease sound far deadlier than it actually was.]]
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** The "School Raze" arc involves magic vanishing all over Equestria thanks to [[BitchInSheepsClothing Cozy Glow]] infiltrating the School of Friendship.
** The "Beginning of the End" arc focused on King Sombra vowing to take over Equestria again and the destruction of the Elements of Harmony.
** The final story arc, "The Ending of the End", involves the three unreformed villains absorbing power from Grogar's Bewitching Bell and using that power to conquer all of Equestria, which is the FinalBattle before Twilight is crowned the new ruler.
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" concerns neighbors on a street who become paranoid when the power goes out and odd things start happening, putting the blame on aliens and then turning on one another due to suspicion.

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "The "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" Street]]" concerns neighbors on a street who become paranoid when the power goes out and odd things start happening, putting the blame on aliens and then turning on one another due to suspicion.



* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' is set during a time when human augmentation (basically cybernetics) is starting to take off, leading to a divide between people who just want humanity to be "natural" and those who want to augment everything.

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* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' is set during d uring a time when human augmentation (basically cybernetics) is starting to take off, leading to a divide between people who just want humanity to be "natural" and those who want to augment everything.
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** ''Discworld/TheColourOfMagic'' has this as an EstablishingCharacterMoment for [[HumansAreBastards Ankh-Morporkians as a whole]]: a fire started in the rougher part of town soon spreads. Rich citizens are soon selfishly [[KickTheDog hacking down the bridges that span the river]] so the panicking crowds won't be able to invade.
** ''Discworld/TheLightFantastic'': A large part of the plot is caused by a very bright, malevolently red star appearing in the sky, and this drives the inhabitants of the Disc to start doomsday cults (''Death himself'' finds them creepy).
** In ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', which is set later on when the citizens aren't so (overtly) terrible to one another, the tensions of Koom Valley Day are nonetheless enough to put the city's sizable dwarf and troll populations on edge. At one point a [[PowderKegCrowd street full of dwarfs]] is described as "a crowd awaiting the news that it was going to be a riot".

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** ''Discworld/TheColourOfMagic'' ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic'' has this as an EstablishingCharacterMoment for [[HumansAreBastards Ankh-Morporkians as a whole]]: a fire started in the rougher part of town soon spreads. Rich citizens are soon selfishly [[KickTheDog hacking down the bridges that span the river]] so the panicking crowds won't be able to invade.
** ''Discworld/TheLightFantastic'': ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'': A large part of the plot is caused by a very bright, malevolently red star appearing in the sky, and this drives the inhabitants of the Disc to start doomsday cults (''Death himself'' finds them creepy).
** In ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', ''Literature/{{Thud}}'', which is set later on when the citizens aren't so (overtly) terrible to one another, the tensions of Koom Valley Day are nonetheless enough to put the city's sizable dwarf and troll populations on edge. At one point a [[PowderKegCrowd street full of dwarfs]] is described as "a crowd awaiting the news that it was going to be a riot".
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** In ''Dicsworld/{{Thud}}'', which is set later on when the citizens aren't so (overtly) terrible to one another, the tensions of Koom Valley Day are nonetheless enough to put the city's sizable dwarf and troll populations on edge. At one point a [[PowderKegCrowd street full of dwarfs]] is described as "a crowd awaiting the news that it was going to be a riot".

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** In ''Dicsworld/{{Thud}}'', ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', which is set later on when the citizens aren't so (overtly) terrible to one another, the tensions of Koom Valley Day are nonetheless enough to put the city's sizable dwarf and troll populations on edge. At one point a [[PowderKegCrowd street full of dwarfs]] is described as "a crowd awaiting the news that it was going to be a riot".
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This is for segments of a series--especially a series with an otherwise usually orderly setting- where, for a while, a looming threat of chaos or unrest will be a theme of the segment. This will tend to serve as a ChekhovsGun, and talk of it as a ChekhovsLecture, relating to conflicts later in the series... except when things cool off before getting worse, in which case the implied theme is often that characters were over-reacting to such concerns.

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This is for segments of a series--especially a series with an otherwise usually orderly setting- where, setting--where, for a while, a looming threat of chaos or unrest will be a theme of the segment. This will tend to serve as a ChekhovsGun, and talk of it as a ChekhovsLecture, relating to conflicts later in the series... except when things cool off before getting worse, in which case the implied theme is often that characters were over-reacting to such concerns.
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* Played for satire in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "The Fried Chicken Flu". An outbreak of a mysterious foodborne illness originating from fried chicken restaurants apparently reaches pandemic levels, with the news media and the US federal government claiming that this is causing social instability on a a ''global'' scale. In Woodcrest, the Freeman family and some of their selected friends hide out at the Freemans' house, stockpiling on supplies to survive this apparent catastrophe. Eventually, most of the Freemans' neighbors find out about this and go crazy, attempting to rob their house like a gang of bandits. [[spoiler:(Un)fortunately for everyone involved, this proves unnecessary as there ''never'' was an apocalypse; the so-called "fried chicken flu" was merely an outbreak of salmonella, and mass hysteria made the disease sound far deadlier than it actually was.]]

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* Played for satire in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "The Fried Chicken Flu". An outbreak of a mysterious foodborne illness originating from fried chicken restaurants apparently reaches pandemic levels, with the news media and the US federal government claiming that this is causing social instability on a a ''global'' scale. In Woodcrest, the Freeman family and some of their selected friends hide out at the Freemans' house, stockpiling on supplies to survive this apparent catastrophe. Eventually, most of the Freemans' neighbors find out about this and go crazy, attempting to rob their house like a gang of bandits. [[spoiler:(Un)fortunately for everyone involved, this proves unnecessary as there ''never'' was an apocalypse; the so-called "fried chicken flu" was merely an outbreak of salmonella, and mass hysteria made the disease sound far deadlier than it actually was.]]
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* Played for satire in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "The Fried Chicken Flu". An outbreak of a mysterious foodborne illness originating from fried chicken restaurants apparently reaches pandemic levels, with the news media and the US federal government claiming that this is causing social instability on a a ''global'' scale. In Woodcrest, the Freeman family and some of their selected friends hide out at the Freemans' house, stockpiling on supplies to survive this apparent catastrophe. Eventually, most of the Freemans' neighbors find out about this and go crazy, attempting to rob their house like a gang of bandits. [[spoiler:(Un)fortunately for everyone involved, this proves unnecessary as there ''never'' was an apocalypse; the so-called "fried chicken flu" was merely an outbreak of salmonella, and mass hysteria made the disease sound far deadlier than it actually was.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Bart's Comet" is one such episode, with the ever-present threat of a meteor on a direct collision course with Springfield and the exits out of the city destroyed or rendered inaccessible by accident. It carries a much darker tone than any of the other episodes in its season, particularly when the Springfieldians accept their fate as they face the giant fiery rock in the sky headed straight for them singing "Que Será Será." It does not signal a bigger threat later though--[[spoiler:the meteor burns up in the atmosphere on its way down until it can fit in the palm of Bart's hand, upon which it crashes into a series of uninhabited locations and bounces safely onto the grass where everyone's standing.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Bart's Comet" is one such episode, with the ever-present threat of a meteor comet on a direct collision course with Springfield and the exits out of the city destroyed or rendered inaccessible by accident. It carries a much darker tone than any of the other episodes in its season, particularly when the Springfieldians accept their fate as they face the giant fiery rock in the sky headed straight for them singing "Que Será Será." It does not signal a bigger threat later though--[[spoiler:the meteor comet burns up in the atmosphere on its way down until it can fit in the palm of Bart's hand, upon which it crashes into a series of uninhabited locations and bounces safely onto the grass where everyone's standing.]]
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* Episode 8 of ''Series/UltraSeven'' "The Targeted Town", which may have drawn inspiration from "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street".

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