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'''Peter:''' World War V.
'''Lois:''' Peter we've been over this...there has to be a World War III and IV first.
'''Peter:''' Oh no-oh no that's the beauty of World War V, Lois. It's so intense it skips over the other two.
'''Lois:''' Peter, it doesn't wor--
'''Peter:''' (Interrupting) I HAVE SPOKEEEN!!

* According to Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}}, we've had enough World Wars to require a [[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/World_War_Collectors_Boxset Collector's Boxset]].

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* Some commentators have claimed that [[TheWarOnTerror the "War on Terror"]] is World War IV. (Here, the ColdWar is World War III.)
** There have, in fact, been a number of historical wars and conflicts suggested as World War-candidates (the most common being the SevenYearsWar and the NapoleonicWars, seeing as they were global military conflicts fought by most of the Great Powers of the time). This would make one of the ''historical'' World Wars World War IV.

* In ''TheKidWhoBecamePresident'', the titular 13-year-old chief executive is challenged to a World War Four video game, in which World War Three eliminated all nations except a tiny dictatorship, where the game was made, and its enemy, the USA.

* Some commentators have claimed that the "War on Terror" is World War IV. (Here TheColdWar is World War III.)

** There have, in fact, been a number of historical wars and conflicts suggested as World War-candidates (the most common being the Seven Years' War and the NapoleonicWars, seeing as they were global military conflicts fought by most of the Great Powers of the time). This would make one of the ''historical'' World Wars World War IV.

** There have, in fact, been a number of historical wars and conflicts suggested as World War-candidates (the most common being the Seven Years' War, seeing as it was a global military conflict fought by most of the Great Powers of the time). This would make one of the ''historical'' World Wars World War IV.

* The short story "The Last Flower" by JamesThurber starts with World War XII wiping out all humans except one man and one woman.

** TheDayAfter has Professor Huxley (John Lithgow) quoting the aforementioned quote in regards to World War IV by [[AlbertEinstein Einstein]].

* By the 30th Century of the ''LegionOfSuperheroes'', there had been a number of World Wars, and one Legionnaire died to prevent "World War VII" (I think, it's been a long time.)

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-> "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
-->--AlbertEinstein, telling it like it is.

* According to {{Uncyclopedia}}, we've had enough World Wars to require a [[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/World_War_Collectors_Boxset Collector's Boxset]].

* In one episode of ''FamilyGuy'', Peter said that the event happening would cause World War Five. Lois mentioned that there would have to be a World Wars Three and Four first, but Peter quickly dismisses it, claiming that the "beauty of World War Five is that it is so intense that it just skips over Three and Four.''

* RobertHeinlein's ''The Star Beast'' mentions a "tank killer" gun that was a relic of World War IV.

* ''{{Battlefield}} 2142'' had World War IV (assuming nothing happened between Battlefield 2 and 2142) between a futuristic European Union and the Pan-Asian Collation.

When WorldWarThree is not far enough into the future, writers tend to make mention of later World Wars. This often used to to show [[{{Anvilicious}} how mankind is doomed to repeat its past mistakes]]. Generally, they will be the explanation for a CrapsackWorld / AfterTheEndSetting, or just a nasty blot in human history.

When WorldWarThree is not far enough into the future, writers tend to make mention of later World Wars. This often used to to show [[{{Anvilicious}} how mankind is doomed to repeat its past mistakes]]. Generally, they will be the explanation for a CrapsackWorld/AfterTheEndSetting, or just a nasty blot in human history.

When WorldWarThree is not far enough into the future, writers tend to make mention of later World Wars. This often used to to show [[{{Anvilicious}} how mankind is doomed to repeat its past mistakes]].