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* AssholeVictim: The person who threw their friend into the zombies' path with no hesitation will not be missed when they get eaten mere seconds later.
* AstronomicZoom: As the world is about to end in nuclear fire, the camera zooms way out to beyond the galaxy, just in time for Earth to end with a fart noise.

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* AssholeVictim: The person who threw their friend a nearby bystander into the zombies' path with no hesitation will not be missed when they get eaten mere seconds later.
* AstronomicZoom: As the world is about to end in nuclear fire, the camera zooms way out to beyond the galaxy, [[InsignificantLittleBluePlanet just in time for Earth to end with a fart noise.noise]].



* KillItWithFire: flamethrowers are utilized more than once against the zombies to seemingly great effect- one of the ''Mad Max''-style cars torches rows of zombies along the street with flamethrowers mounted on the roof, and a couple people who have taken shelter at a gas station are seen holding off the horde using the gas pumps as makeshift flamethrowers.
* LaserGuidedKarma: When the zombies reach the city, one person pushes their friend into a zombie's jaws with zero hesitation, saying "He's all yours!" Mere seconds later, they're killed by that zombie's fellows.

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* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: PlayedForLaughs ([[BlackComedy after a fashion]]) at the very end with an AstronomicZoom out to the Milky Way galaxy just as Earth is wiped out by a global nuclear strike. It's shown as just a tiny flash of light and a pathetic little farting sound; the rest of the galaxy experiences nothing.
* KillItWithFire: flamethrowers Flamethrowers are utilized more than once against the zombies to seemingly great effect- one of the ''Mad Max''-style cars torches rows of zombies along the street with flamethrowers mounted on the roof, and a couple people who have taken shelter at a gas station are seen holding off the horde using the gas pumps as makeshift flamethrowers.
* LaserGuidedKarma: When the zombies reach the city, one person pushes their friend the person next to them into a zombie's jaws with zero hesitation, saying "He's all yours!" Mere seconds later, they're killed by that zombie's fellows.

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* ArtisticLicensePolitics: In real life, the President of the United States certainly does not have the authority to launch every nuke in the world.
** Not quite. The US president launches US nukes. Russia responds with their own nukes.

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* ArtisticLicensePolitics: In real life, the President of the United States certainly does not have the authority to launch every nuke in the world.
** Not quite. The
world. Of course, it could be that the US president launches launched just the US nukes. nukes, before Russia responds responded with their own nukes.nukes, [[DisasterDominoes and it just escalated from there]].



* DistantReactionShot: As all the world's nuclear arsenal rains down upon the Earth, the camera zooms out far enough to see the entire Milky Way galaxy to show the sheer destruction of the Earth... which is depicted as a tiny flash of light punctuated with a quiet, pathetic farting sound.

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* DistantReactionShot: As all the world's nuclear arsenal rains down upon the Earth, the camera zooms out far enough to see the entire Milky Way galaxy to show the sheer destruction of the Earth... which is depicted as a tiny flash of light punctuated [[{{Bathos}} with a quiet, pathetic farting sound.sound]].
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** Not quite. The US president launches US nukes. Russia responds with their own nukes.

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* DeathBySex: The couple in the opening scene [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces having sex at the cemetary]] is the first one to be killed by the zombies.


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* SexSignalsDeath: The couple in the opening scene [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces having sex at the cemetary]] is the first one to be killed by the zombies.
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* NuclearNasty: Giant, radioactive zombies are created when they accidentally blow up a nuclear plant.

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* NuclearNasty: NuclearMutant: Giant, radioactive zombies are created when they accidentally blow up a nuclear plant.

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* ArtisticLicensePolitics: In real life, the President of the United States certainly does not have the authority to launch every nuke in the world.



* {{Bathos}}: A ZombieApocalypse using squeaky-voiced miniatures.

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* {{Bathos}}: A ZombieApocalypse using squeaky-voiced miniatures. The ending, where the nuclear annihilation of Earth is shown as a measly fart compared to the grand scheme of the universe, also counts.


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* ChurchMilitant: Of all groups, the Vatican is shown to actually be able to hold their own against the zombie horde pretty well compared to other places in the world.


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* SignsOfDisrepair: One pocket of survivors is stationed at a SHELL gas station, only the red light in the "S" is out, meaning it now says "HELL", an apt description of what they've found themselves in.
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* DistantReactionShot: As all the world's nuclear arsenal rains down upon the Earth, the camera zooms out far enough tp see the entire Milky Way galaxy to show the sheer destruction of the Earth... which is depicted as a tiny flash of light punctuated with a quiet, pathetic farting sound.

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* DistantReactionShot: As all the world's nuclear arsenal rains down upon the Earth, the camera zooms out far enough tp to see the entire Milky Way galaxy to show the sheer destruction of the Earth... which is depicted as a tiny flash of light punctuated with a quiet, pathetic farting sound.

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* CoolCar:
** A few home-modified vehicles are used by survivors and seem to be doing pretty fine.

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* CoolCar:
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CoolCar: A few home-modified vehicles are used by survivors and seem to be doing pretty fine.



* FromBadToWorse: The entire episode is an exercise in this trope. It starts with zombies rising from a cemetery and just keeps getting worse and worse for humanity.

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*DistantReactionShot: As all the world's nuclear arsenal rains down upon the Earth, the camera zooms out far enough tp see the entire Milky Way galaxy to show the sheer destruction of the Earth... which is depicted as a tiny flash of light punctuated with a quiet, pathetic farting sound.
* FromBadToWorse: The entire episode is an exercise in this trope. It starts with zombies rising from a cemetery and just keeps getting worse and worse for humanity. An explosion at a nuclear power plant turns a good portion of the horde into giant mutated zombies that vomit radioactive fire.



* GodzillaThreshold: Humanity eventually launches nukes. It doesn't work, while also taking out the whole Earth.

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* GodzillaThreshold: Humanity eventually launches nukes. It doesn't work, while also taking out technically destroys all the whole Earth.zombies... but only because the Earth is destroyed as well.
* KillItWithFire: flamethrowers are utilized more than once against the zombies to seemingly great effect- one of the ''Mad Max''-style cars torches rows of zombies along the street with flamethrowers mounted on the roof, and a couple people who have taken shelter at a gas station are seen holding off the horde using the gas pumps as makeshift flamethrowers.



** At the end, when the White House is shown surrounded by the horde with no end in sight, the president declares, "Aw, fuck it" and launches the nukes.



* SicklyGreenGlow: The gas leaking from the truck at the power station is green.

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* SicklyGreenGlow: The gas leaking from bolt of lightning striking the truck at upside-down crucifix is an unnatural green color, and is implied to be the power station is green.that ultimately makes the dead rise from their graves.
** A gas truck at a nuclear plant explodes after being shot too many times by survivors trying to hold off an oncoming horde, unleashing a cloud of radioactive green gas. This results in several giant, mutated zombies, who all have green, slimy skin and belch green fire.


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* {{Troperiffic}}: The whole short contains just about every zombie apocalypse trope and cliche you can think of, with several scenes being direct homages to other famous zombie films.
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* AssholeVictim: The person who threw their friend into the zombies' path with no hesitation will not be missed when they get eaten mere seconds later.


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* BlackComedy: It's a spoof of {{Zombie Apocalypse}}s, so it comes with the territory.
* BlackComedyAnimalCruelty: One of the nukes is launched from Antarctica, right where penguins were living.


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* LaserGuidedKarma: When the zombies reach the city, one person pushes their friend into a zombie's jaws with zero hesitation, saying "He's all yours!" Mere seconds later, they're killed by that zombie's fellows.


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* TechnicolorFire: The inverted cross is set on [[SicklyGreenGlow green]] fire, setting the apocalypse in motion.
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** A cable car in San Francisco is turned into an improvised armored train.

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** A cable car in San Francisco is turned into an improvised armored armoured train.



* OddballInTheSeries: A short stylized to look like a limited stop-motion animation, and showing all the events from far away, using predominately diorama-like sets.

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* OddballInTheSeries: A short stylized stylised to look like a limited stop-motion animation, and showing all the events from far away, using predominately diorama-like sets.

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** A cable car in San Francisco is turned into an improvised armoured train.

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** A cable car in San Francisco is turned into an improvised armoured armored train.



* DeathBySex: The couple in the opening scene [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces having sex at the cemetary]] is the first one to be killed by the zombies.



* OddballInTheSeries: A short stylised to look like a limited stop-motion animation, and showing all the events from far away, using predominately diorama-like sets.

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* OddballInTheSeries: A short stylised stylized to look like a limited stop-motion animation, and showing all the events from far away, using predominately diorama-like sets.



* PrecisionFStrike: When the zombie apocalypse begins in earnest, a distinct “WHAT THE FUCK!” can be heard in the panicking crowd.

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* PrecisionFStrike: When the zombie apocalypse begins in earnest, a distinct “WHAT "WHAT THE FUCK!” FUCK!" can be heard in the panicking crowd.



* SicklyGreenGlow: The gas leaking from the truck at the power station is green.



* ZergRush: The zombies greatest strength is their absurd numbers. Survivors simply can't gun through the horde fast enough, as more just keeping showing up, pushing aside anything that's in their way.

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* ZergRush: The zombies zombies' greatest strength is their absurd numbers. Survivors simply can't gun through the horde fast enough, as more just keeping keep showing up, pushing aside anything that's in their way.

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