History Main / SurvivalistStash

Creates the [[UnfortunateImplications unfortunate implication]] that preparing for the future will kill you or is evil and it's better to be lucky and have someone else do all the work for you.

* ''{{Daria}}'' in an episode set during the Cold War got trapped in the nuclear shelter which Jake had built in the backyard. At first she's relieved there's plenty of canned food.....until she finds out [[EpicFail there's no canopener]].

* Dale Gribble from ''WesternAnimation/{{King of the Hill}}'' is incredibly paranoid and thus believes many doomsday predictions. During the Y2K episode, it was revealed he was hiding mass amounts Mountain Dew. [[PlayedForLaughs His pet gerbil floods the basement with the dew and ruins any possible situations from this set up.]] Ends up that the Y2K never happened, so a {{subversion}} of an {{aborted}} trope.

* Robert Wayne Atkins created [[http://www.grandpappy.info/hfood1yr.htm emergency food supply lasting one year]]. The author also mentions that it takes a lot of room to store that amount.

Much like "Literature/GoldilocksAndTheThreeBears", they may be trespassing into a very {{crazy survivalist}}'s home [[ExploringTheEvilLair without realizing it!]] Odds are even that they'll manage to defuse the following armed confrontation, though they may end up being chased out or having to kill the survivalist in self defense.

-->'''Tallahassee:''' "Thank God for rednecks!"

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* ''LifeAsWeKnewIt''

* In one part of ''WorldWarZ'', one of the survivors comes across a truck absolutely loaded down with canned food, weapons, and other survival gear. In a rather ironic twist, [[spoiler:the driver [[DrivenToSuicide did himself in]], apparently from despair]].

* in the ''{{Mistborn}}'' series, it turns out that Lord Ruler had made a number of these [[spoiler: specifically in case of his defeat]]. They come in real useful when the shit hits the fan in the third book.

* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' has Helo and "Sharon" find a stash of food and anti-radiation meds in a cafe. Of course, it was probably planted by the Cylons.

* In the ZombieApocalypse game ''RogueSurvivor'', you can put together your ''own'' Survivalist Stash! Of course, how long you can protect it (and yourself) from the undead, bikers, gangsters, starving looters, and all the other psychopathic jerkasses is another question...

* The Fuji ship in ''Manga/SevenSeeds'' was a ship-shelter for part of humanity, filled with everything to keep their survival going, but also filled to the brim with lots and lots of guns. It also functions [[spoiler: as a vertical launch for rockets, including a nuclear blaster, to hit all of Japan in case things look completely hopeless without a chance to restore itself over there]], although it luckily has a turn-off switch for this. You can [[GunNut guess]] [[KillEmAll how things]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation ended]] for them.

* in the {{Mistborn}} series, it turns out that Lord Ruler had made a number of these [[spoiler: specifically in case of his defeat]]. They come in real useful when the shit hits the fan in the third book.

* The simulated-apocalypse reality show ''The Colony'' requires its participants to accumulate and defend the resources they need, creating an example of this trope for themselves.

* ''The Morrow Project'' adventure ''Prime Base''. The title installation has everything a Morrow Project team could want, if they can figure out how to make it operational.

* Dale Gribble from {{King of the Hill}} is incredibly paranoid and thus believes many doomsday predictions. During the Y2K episode, it was revealed he was hiding mass amounts Mountain Dew. [[PlayedForLaughs His pet gerbil floods the basement with the dew and ruins any possible situations from this set up.]] Ends up that the Y2K never happened, so a {{subversion}} of an {{aborted}} trope.

* The Fuji ship in ''Manga/SevenSeeds'' was a ship-shelter for part of humanity, filled with everything to keep their survival going, but also filled to the brim with lots and lots of guns. It also functions [[spoiler: as a vertical launch for rockets, including a nuclear blaster, to hit all of Japan]], although it luckily has a turn-off switch for this. You can [[GunNut guess]] [[KillEmAll how things]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation ended]] for them.

* The Fuji ship in ''Manga/SevenSeeds'' was a ship-shelter for part of humanity, filled with everything to keep their survival going, but also filled to the brim with lots and lots of guns. It also functions [[spoiler: as a vertical launch for rockets, including a nuclear blaster, to hit all of Japan]], although it luckily has a turn-off switch for this. You can [[GunCrazy guess]] [[EveryonesDeadDave how things]] ended for them.

* This is a frequent occurrence in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games, with the whole post apocalyptic scenario going on, it's no wonder.

* The heroes in Creator/StephenKing's ZombieApocalypse novel ''{{Cell}}'' loot the home of the neighborhood gun-enthusiast for weapons and ammunition.

* Similarly, both ''Left4Dead'' games, since most levels begin and end in a saferoom stocked with guns, ammunition, and medical supplies. There's also one in The Sacrifice's comic.

* The subterranean bomb shelter in ''TheRoad'', stocked with food and high-quality booze.

* ''TheRoad'' by Cormac Mccarthy. The creator of the bunker is dead.

The heroes [[ALightInTheDistance will marvel at their good fortune]], and lament the {{irony}} that the person responsible for this gift died without being able to use it. Or are they?

* Done in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[VirginNewAdventures New Adventures]] novel ''Sky Pirates!'', when the heroes are stuck on an ice planet. Not a survivalists' bunker, though, but a stash left by arctic explorers.

* One way the protagonist of ''IAmLegend'' survives as long as he does is by finding stashes collected by other, failed survivors.

* This is a frequent occurrence in the ''{{Fallout}}'' games, with the whole post apocalyptic scenario going on, it's no wonder.

Much like {{Goldilocks}} and the three bears, they may be trespassing into a very {{crazy survivalist}}'s home [[ExploringTheEvilLair without realizing it!]] Odds are even that they'll manage to defuse the following armed confrontation, though they may end up being chased out or having to kill the survivalist in self defense.

* The heroes in StephenKing's ZombieApocalypse novel ''{{Cell}}'' loot the home of the neighborhood gun-enthusiast for weapons and ammunition.

* ''{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}:'' During the second Universo story arc, the Legion has been outlawed and everyone on Earth turned against them by the mind-controlling villain. All their resources have been stripped away. Good thing they just happen to stumble across one of [[{{Superman}} Lex Luthor's]] old hideaways, still fully stocked and [[RagnarokProofing functional after a thousand years.]]