History TearJerker / IndependenceDay

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[[caption-width-right:350: ''[[TheChainsOfCommanding "A lot of people died today... how many didn't have to?"]]'']]

[[caption-width-right:350: [[TheChainsOfCommanding "A lot of people died today... how many didn't have to?"]]]]

--->"We could have evacuated the cities ''hours ago''. That's the advantage of being a fighter pilot. In the Gulf War, we knew what we had to do. It's just... not simple anymore."

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, entertainment companies and antiquities. The British Museum (London), the Smithsonian (Washington DC), and the Louvre (Paris) were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Ancient historical monuments such as St. Basil's Cathedral (ground zero as it was the main target for the city destroyer), the Kremlin and others that have stood since at least the 1400's based in Moscow, the Dome on the Rock (the oldest monument in the world, also the main target for the city destroyer) in Jerusalem, the Roman Colosseum, St. Peter's Basilica (home of the Pope and the Vatican) in Rome, and the Pantheon in Athens which has been around since Ancient Greece are all gone forever (especially St. Basil's and the Dome on the Rock as they were targeted directly, meaning that centuries of cultural history are erased forever). Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone. The same also goes for the countless amounts of popular entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: Video game companies such as ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of the beloved ''Pokémon'' franchise [[note]]though WordOfGod hints that Pokémon still manage to become a major pop culture phenomenon just as it did in real life, just far later than it did thanks to Nintendo actually emerging as a ''powerhouse'' due to the massive leap of alien technology that was left behind following the war, ensuring Nintendo would survive and dominate the video gaming industry[[/note]], and the N64 system due to Tokyo's destruction, though their rival in ''SEGA'' would end up completely destroyed as they were already in bad shape due to losing the Console Wars, this would also prevent the rise of ''Sony'' [[note]]the first PlayStation system was due out during the year the film was set in, no doubt causing a huge financial loss for them[[/note]] and ''Microsoft'' as major video game powers, if not set then back by at least the next decade), popular beloved entertainment films and cartoons such as ''Disney'' (and it's entire film library (this would include the first cartoon ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' which would end up lost permanently), theme parks and entire history (including it's beloved cultural icon and mascot ''MickeyMouse'') are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA while the other is located in Orlando), their rivals in ''Warner Bros'' and ''Universal'' would be ruined (''Universal'' would be hit just as hard as Disney since they have some of the oldest film libraries that date back to TheThirties, most notably the original ''Film/KingKong'' which would be lost for good), beloved Japanese anime and manga series such as ''Anime/AstroBoy'', ''Anime/DragonBall'', ''Gundam'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'' would be left unfinished (in the case of ''Anime/DragonBall'' (which was in it's final arc at the time), ''Gundam'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'') and their history (in the case of ''Anime/AstroBoy'' whose first recorded episode came in TheFifties) would be permanently lost and irreplaceable no doubt dealing a major blow to the anime/manga industry, ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''TheOlympics'' (which was about to host in Atlanta at the time of the film universe which was destroyed during the invasion's 2nd wave and is now gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history and records went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York City), The Big Four American sport leagues such as the ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (their entire history and records would be either destroyed or badly damaged) at the time are either forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main hub cities being destroyed, or worse contract themselves just to survive (this would most certainly doom a lot of the recent expansion and relocated teams that popped up during TheNineties [[note]]the NFL's Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, the recently relocated Baltimore Ravens (whose city is not far from nearby Washington DC) and this would outright prevent the Cleveland Browns from returning to the league (unless the Ravens were forced to move back to Cleveland following Baltimore's destruction). The MLB's Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies (this would prevent the formation of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays and the Arizona Diamondbacks). The NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets. And the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators, Anaheim Mighty Ducks (which becomes far worse for them as Disney actually owned them at the time, no doubt forcing them to disband), Florida Panthers, the recently relocated Dallas Stars (though seeing as the US managed to save Dallas during the July 4th counterattack, they would probably be unaffected), the Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes and would no doubt force the recent Stanley Cup winning New Jersey Devils to outright disband or relocate since the team was already losing money prior to winning the Cup in 95 (and were in fact on the verge of relocating to Nashville prior to their first Cup win), same would have befallen the Colorado Avalanche (though they probably would have stayed in Quebec City in this universe once the Canadians got wind of the alien invasion, no doubt saving the Nordiques from an unfortunate fate as Denver was one of the cities destroyed in the invasion)[[/note]], popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal, folk music and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then most of it won't be the same.
* Combined with FridgeHorror, in the special edition, Russell tells his ill stepson that his "mother didn't want to take her medicine, either". No further information on his wife's death is given, but it leaves open a lot of unpleasant possibilities.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, entertainment companies and antiquities. The British Museum (London), the Smithsonian (Washington DC), and the Louvre (Paris) were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Ancient historical monuments such as St. Basil's Cathedral (ground zero as it was the main target for the city destroyer), the Kremlin and others that have stood since at least the 1400's based in Moscow, the Dome on the Rock (the oldest monument in the world, also the main target for the city destroyer) in Jerusalem, the Roman Colosseum, St. Peter's Basilica (home of the Pope and the Vatican) in Rome, and the Pantheon in Athens which has been around since Ancient Greece are all gone forever (especially St. Basil's and the Dome on the Rock as they were targeted directly). Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of popular entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: Video game companies such as ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of the beloved ''Pokémon'' franchise [[note]]though WordOfGod hints that Pokémon still manage to become a major pop culture phenomenon just as it did in real life, just far later than it did thanks to Nintendo actually emerging as a ''powerhouse'' due to the massive leap of alien technology that was left behind following the war, ensuring Nintendo would survive and dominate the video gaming industry[[/note]], and the N64 system due to Tokyo's destruction, though their rival in ''SEGA'' would end up completely destroyed as they were already in bad shape due to losing the Console Wars, this would also prevent the rise of ''Sony'' [[note]]the first PlayStation system was due out during the year the film was set in, no doubt causing a huge financial loss for them[[/note]] and ''Microsoft'' as major video game powers, if not set then back by at least the next decade), popular beloved entertainment films and cartoons such as ''Disney'' (and it's entire film library (this would include the first cartoon ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' which would end up lost permanently), theme parks and entire history (including it's beloved cultural icon and mascot ''MickeyMouse'') are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA while the other is located in Orlando), their rivals in ''Warner Bros'' and ''Universal'' would be ruined (''Universal'' would be hit just as hard as Disney since they have some of the oldest film libraries that date back to TheThirties, most notably the original ''Film/KingKong'' which would be lost for good), beloved Japanese anime and manga series such as ''Anime/AstroBoy'', ''Anime/DragonBall'', ''Gundam'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'' would be left unfinished (in the case of ''Anime/DragonBall'' (which was in it's final arc at the time), ''Gundam'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'') and their history (in the case of ''Anime/AstroBoy'' whose first recorded episode came in TheFifties) would be permanently lost and irreplaceable no doubt dealing a major blow to the anime/manga industry, ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''TheOlympics'' (which was about to host in Atlanta at the time of the film universe which was destroyed during the invasion's 2nd wave and is now gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history and records went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York City), The Big Four American sport leagues such as the ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (their entire history and records would be either destroyed or badly damaged) at the time are either forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main hub cities being destroyed, or worse contract themselves just to survive (this would most certainly doom a lot of the recent expansion and relocated teams that popped up during TheNineties [[note]]the NFL's Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, the recently relocated Baltimore Ravens (whose city is not far from nearby Washington DC) and this would outright prevent the Cleveland Browns from returning to the league (unless the Ravens were forced to move back to Cleveland following Baltimore's destruction). The MLB's Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies (this would prevent the formation of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays and the Arizona Diamondbacks). The NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets. And the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators, Anaheim Mighty Ducks (which becomes far worse for them as Disney actually owned them at the time, no doubt forcing them to disband), Florida Panthers, the recently relocated Dallas Stars (though seeing as the US managed to save Dallas during the July 4th counterattack, they would probably be unaffected), the Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes and would no doubt force the recent Stanley Cup winning New Jersey Devils to outright disband or relocate since the team was already losing money prior to winning the Cup in 95 (and were in fact on the verge of relocating to Nashville prior to their first Cup win), same would have befallen the Colorado Avalanche (though they probably would have stayed in Quebec City in this universe once the Canadians got wind of the alien invasion, no doubt saving the Nordiques from an unfortunate fate as Denver was one of the cities destroyed in the invasion)[[/note]], popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal, folk music and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then most of it won't be the same.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, entertainment companies and antiquities. The British Museum (London), the Smithsonian (Washington DC), and the Louvre (Paris) were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Ancient historical monuments such as St. Basil's Cathedral (ground zero as it was the main target for the city destroyer), the Kremlin and others that have stood since at least the 1400's based in Moscow, the Dome on the Rock (the oldest monument in the world, also the main target for the city destroyer) in Jerusalem, the Roman Colosseum, St. Peter's Basilica (home of the Pope and the Vatican) in Rome, and the Pantheon in Athens which has been around since Ancient Greece are all gone forever (especially St. Basil's and the Dome on the Rock as they were targeted directly). Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of popular entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: Video game companies such as ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of the beloved ''Pokémon'' franchise [[note]]though WordOfGod hints that Pokémon still manage to become a major pop culture phenomenon just as it did in real life, just far later than it did thanks to Nintendo actually emerging as a ''powerhouse'' due to the massive leap of alien technology that was left behind following the war, ensuring Nintendo would survive and dominate the video gaming industry[[/note]], and the N64 system due to Tokyo's destruction, though their rival in ''SEGA'' would end up completely destroyed as they were already in bad shape due to losing the Console Wars, this would also prevent the rise of ''Sony'' [[note]]the first PlayStation system was due out during the year the film was set in, no doubt causing a huge financial loss for them[[/note]] and ''Microsoft'' as major video game powers, if not set then back by at least the next decade), popular beloved entertainment films and cartoons such as ''Disney'' (and it's entire film library (this would include the first cartoon ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' which would end up lost permanently), theme parks and entire history (including it's beloved cultural icon and mascot ''MickeyMouse'') are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA while the other is located in Orlando), their rivals in ''Warner Bros'' and ''Universal'' would be ruined (''Universal'' would be hit just as hard as Disney since they have some of the oldest film libraries that date back to TheThirties, most notably the original ''Film/KingKong'' which would be lost for good), beloved Japanese anime and manga series such as ''Anime/AstroBoy'', ''Anime/DragonBall'', ''Gundam'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'' would be left unfinished (in the case of ''Anime/DragonBall'' (which was in it's final arc at the time), ''Gundam'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'') and their history (in the case of ''Anime/AstroBoy'' whose first recorded episode came in TheFifites) would be permanently lost and irreplaceable no doubt dealing a major blow to the anime/manga industry, ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''TheOlympics'' (which was about to host in Atlanta at the time of the film universe which was destroyed during the invasion's 2nd wave and is now gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history and records went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York City), The Big Four American sport leagues such as the ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (their entire history and records would be either destroyed or badly damaged) at the time are either forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main hub cities being destroyed, or worse contract themselves just to survive (this would most certainly doom a lot of the recent expansion and relocated teams that popped up during TheNineties [[note]]the NFL's Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, the recently relocated Baltimore Ravens (whose city is not far from nearby Washington DC) and this would outright prevent the Cleveland Browns from returning to the league (unless the Ravens were forced to move back to Cleveland following Baltimore's destruction). The MLB's Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies (this would prevent the formation of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays and the Arizona Diamondbacks). The NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets. And the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators, Anaheim Mighty Ducks (which becomes far worse for them as Disney actually owned them at the time, no doubt forcing them to disband), Florida Panthers, the recently relocated Dallas Stars (though seeing as the US managed to save Dallas during the July 4th counterattack, they would probably be unaffected), the Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes and would no doubt force the recent Stanley Cup winning New Jersey Devils to outright disband or relocate since the team was already losing money prior to winning the Cup in 95 (and were in fact on the verge of relocating to Nashville prior to their first Cup win), same would have befallen the Colorado Avalanche (though they probably would have stayed in Quebec City in this universe once the Canadians got wind of the alien invasion, no doubt saving the Nordiques from an unfortunate fate as Denver was one of the cities destroyed in the invasion)[[/note]], popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal, folk music and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then most of it won't be the same.

* The viral marketing website for ''Independence Day: Resurgence'', [[http://www.warof1996.com Warof1996.com]] has a map of all the cities that were destroyed. Looking through, it reveals how widespread and total the devastation was. Cities like Tokyo, Paris, London, Berlin, and New York were destroyed in equal measure alongside places like ''Pyongyang'', ''Baghdad'', ''Vientiane'', ''Nairobi'' and ''Manila''. All in all, 108 cities were wiped off the map in just 48 hours, with a total of 3 billion deaths.
** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum (London), the Smithsonian (Washington DC), and the Louvre (Paris) were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of popular entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: Video game companies such as ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of the beloved ''Pokémon'' franchise [[note]]though WordOfGod hints that Pokémon still manage to become a major pop culture phenomenon just as it did in real life, just far later than it did thanks to Nintendo actually emerging as a ''powerhouse'' due to the massive leap of alien technology that was left behind following the war, ensuring Nintendo would survive and dominate the video gaming industry[[/note]], and the N64 system due to Tokyo's destruction, though their rival in ''SEGA'' would end up completely destroyed as they were already in bad shape due to losing the Console Wars, this would also prevent the rise of ''Sony'' [[note]]the first PlayStation system was due out during the year the film was set in, no doubt causing a huge financial loss for them[[/note]] and ''Microsoft'' as major video game powers, if not set then back by at least the next decade), popular beloved entertainment films and cartoons such as ''Disney'' (and it's entire film library (this would include the first cartoon ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' which would end up lost permanently), theme parks and entire history (including it's beloved cultural icon and mascot ''MickeyMouse'') are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA while the other is located in Orlando), their rivals in ''Warner Bros'' and ''Universal'' would be ruined (''Universal'' would be hit just as hard as Disney since they have some of the oldest film libraries that date back to TheThirties, most notably the original ''Film/KingKong'' which would be lost for good), beloved Japanese anime and manga series such as ''Anime/AstroBoy'', ''Anime/DragonBall'', ''Gundam'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'' would be left unfinished (in the case of ''Anime/DragonBall'' (which was in it's final arc at the time), ''Gundam'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'') and their history (in the case of ''Anime/AstroBoy'' whose first recorded episode came in TheFifites) would be permanently lost and irreplaceable no doubt dealing a major blow to the anime/manga industry, ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''TheOlympics'' (which was about to host in Atlanta at the time of the film universe which was destroyed during the invasion's 2nd wave and is now gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history and records went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York City), The Big Four American sport leagues such as the ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (their entire history and records would be either destroyed or badly damaged) at the time are either forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main hub cities being destroyed, or worse contract themselves just to survive (this would most certainly doom a lot of the recent expansion and relocated teams that popped up during TheNineties [[note]]the NFL's Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, the recently relocated Baltimore Ravens (whose city is not far from nearby Washington DC) and this would outright prevent the Cleveland Browns from returning to the league (unless the Ravens were forced to move back to Cleveland following Baltimore's destruction). The MLB's Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies (this would prevent the formation of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays and the Arizona Diamondbacks). The NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets. And the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators, Anaheim Mighty Ducks (which becomes far worse for them as Disney actually owned them at the time, no doubt forcing them to disband), Florida Panthers, the recently relocated Dallas Stars (though seeing as the US managed to save Dallas during the July 4th counterattack, they would probably be unaffected), the Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes and would no doubt force the recent Stanley Cup winning New Jersey Devils to outright disband or relocate since the team was already losing money prior to winning the Cup in 95 (and were in fact on the verge of relocating to Nashville prior to their first Cup win), same would have befallen the Colorado Avalanche (though they probably would have stayed in Quebec City in this universe once the Canadians got wind of the alien invasion, no doubt saving the Nordiques from an unfortunate fate as Denver was one of the cities destroyed in the invasion)[[/note]], popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal, folk music and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then most of it won't be the same.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum (London), the Smithsonian (Washington DC), and the Louvre (Paris) were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of popular entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: Video game companies such as ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of the beloved ''Pokémon'' franchise [[note]]though WordOfGod hints that Pokémon still manage to become a major pop culture phenomenon just as it did in real life, just far later than it did thanks to Nintendo actually emerging as a ''powerhouse'' due to the massive leap of alien technology that was left behind following the war, ensuring Nintendo would survive and dominate the video gaming industry[[/note]], and the N64 system due to Tokyo's destruction, though their rival in ''[[Creator SEGA]]'' would end up completely destroyed as they were already in bad shape due to losing the Console Wars, this would also prevent the rise of ''Sony'' [[note]]the first [[Creator PlayStation]] system was due out during the year the film was set in, no doubt causing a huge financial loss for them[[/note]] and ''Microsoft'' as major video game powers, if not set then back by at least the next decade), popular beloved entertainment films and cartoons such as ''Disney'' (and it's entire film library (this would include SteamboatWillie which would end up lost permanently), theme parks and entire history (including it's beloved cultural icon and mascot ''MickeyMouse'') are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA while the other is in Orlando), their rivals in ''Warner Bros'' and ''Universal'' would be ruined (''Universal'' would be hit just as hard as Disney since they have some of the oldest film libraries that date back to TheThirties, most notably the original ''Film/KingKong'' which would be lost for good), beloved Japanese anime and manga series such as ''Anime/AstroBoy'', ''Anime/DragonBall'', ''Gundam'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'' would be left unfinished (in the case of ''Anime/DragonBall'' (which was in it's final arc at the time), ''Gundam'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'') and their history (in the case of ''Anime/AstroBoy'' whose first recorded episode came in TheFifites) would be permanently lost and irreplaceable no doubt dealing a major blow to the anime/manga industry, ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''The Olympics'' (which was about to host in Atlanta at the time of the film universe which was destroyed during the invasion's 2nd wave and is now gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history and records went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York City), The Big Four American sport leagues such as the ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (their entire history and records would be either destroyed or badly damaged) at the time are either forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main hub cities being destroyed, or worse contract themselves just to survive (this would most certainly doom a lot of the recent expansion and relocated teams that popped up during TheNineties [[note]]the NFL's Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, the recently relocated Baltimore Ravens (whose city is not far from nearby Washington DC) and this would outright prevent the Cleveland Browns from returning to the league (unless the Ravens were forced to move back to Cleveland following Baltimore's destruction). The MLB's Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies (this would prevent the formation of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays and the Arizona Diamondbacks). The NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets. And the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators, Anaheim Mighty Ducks (which becomes far worse for them as Disney actually owned them at the time), Florida Panthers, the recently relocated Dallas Stars (though seeing as the US managed to save Dallas during the counterattack, they would probably be unaffected), the Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes and would no doubt force the recent Stanley Cup winning New Jersey Devils to outright disband or relocate since the team was already losing money prior to winning the Cup in 95 (and were in fact on the verge of relocating to Nashville prior to their first Cup win), same would have befallen the Colorado Avalanche (though they probably would have stayed in Quebec City in this universe once the Canadians got wind of the alien invasion, no doubt saving the Nordiques from an unfortunate fate as Denver was one of the cities destroyed in the invasion)[[/note]], popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal, folk music and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then most of it won't be the same.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum (London), the Smithsonian (Washington DC), and the Louvre (Paris) were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of popular entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: Video game companies such as ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of the beloved ''Pokémon'' franchise [[note]]though WordOfGod hints that Pokémon still manage to become a major pop culture phenomenon just as it did in real life, just far later than it did thanks to Nintendo actually emerging as a ''powerhouse'' due to the massive leap of alien technology that was left behind following the war, ensuring Nintendo would survive and dominate the video gaming industry[[/note]], and the N64 system due to Tokyo's destruction, though their rival in ''[[Creator/SEGA]]'' would end up completely destroyed as they were already in bad shape due to losing the Console Wars, this would also prevent the rise of ''Sony'' [[note]]the first PlayStation system was due out during the year the film was set in, no doubt causing a huge financial loss for them[[/note]] and ''Microsoft'' as major video game powers, if not set then back by at least the next decade), popular beloved entertainment films and cartoons such as ''Disney'' (and it's entire film library (this would include SteamboatWillie which would end up lost permanently), theme parks and entire history (including it's beloved cultural icon and mascot ''MickeyMouse'') are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA while the other is in Orlando), their rivals in ''Warner Bros'' and ''Universal'' would be ruined (''Universal'' would be hit just as hard as Disney since they have some of the oldest film libraries that date back to TheThirties, most notably the original ''Film/KingKong'' which would be lost for good), beloved Japanese anime series such as ''Anime/AstroBoy'', ''Anime/DragonBall'', ''Gundam'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'' would be left unfinished (in the case of ''Anime/DragonBall'', ''Gundam'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'') and their history (in the case of ''Anime/AstroBoy'' whose first recorded episode came in the 50's) would be permanently lost and irreplaceable no doubt dealing a major blow to the anime industry, ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''The Olympics'' (which was actually hosting in Atlanta at the time of the film universe which was destroyed during the invasion and is now gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York City), The Big Four American sport leagues such as the ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (their entire history and records would be destroyed) at the time are either forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main hub cities being destroyed, or worse contract themselves just to survive (this would most certainly doom a lot of the recent expansion and relocated teams that popped up during TheNineties [[note]] the NFL's Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, the recently relocated Baltimore Ravens (whose city is not far from nearby Washington DC) and this would outright prevent the Cleveland Browns from returning to the league. The MLB's Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies. The NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets. And the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators, Anaheim Mighty Ducks (which becomes far worse for them as Disney actually owned them at the time), Florida Panthers, the recently relocated Dallas Stars (though seeing as the US managed to save Dallas during the counterattack, they would probably be unaffected) and would no doubt force the recent Stanley Cup winning New Jersey Devils to outright disband since the team was already losing money prior to winning the Cup in 95, same would have befallen the Colorado Avalanche (though they probably would have stayed in Quebec City in this universe once the Canadians got wind of the alien invasion, no doubt saving the Nordiques from an unfortunate fate as Denver was one of the cities destroyed in the invasion)[[/note]], popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal, folk music and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then most of it won't be the same.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum (London), the Smithsonian (Washington DC), and the Louvre (Paris) were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of popular entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: Video game companies such as ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of the beloved ''Pokémon'' franchise [[note]]though WordOfGod hints that Pokémon still manage to become a major pop culture phenomenon just as it did in real life, just far later than it did thanks to Nintendo actually emerging as a ''powerhouse'' due to the massive leap of alien technology that was left behind following the war, ensuring Nintendo would survive and dominate the video gaming industry[[/note]], and the N64 system due to Tokyo's destruction, though their rival in ''[[Creator/SEGA]]'' would end up completely destroyed as they were already in bad shape due to losing the Console Wars, this would also prevent the rise of ''Sony'' [[note]]the first PlayStation system was due out during the year the film was set in, no doubt causing a huge financial loss for them[[/note]] and ''Microsoft'' as major video game powers, if not set then back by at least the next decade), popular beloved entertainment films and cartoons such as ''Disney'' (and it's entire film library (this would include SteamboatWillie which would end up lost permanently), theme parks and entire history (including it's beloved cultural icon and mascot ''MickeyMouse'') are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA while the other is in Orlando), their rivals in ''Warner Bros'' and ''Universal'' would be ruined (''Universal'' would be hit just as hard as Disney since they have some of the oldest film libraries that date back to TheThirties, most notably the original ''Film/KingKong'' which would be lost for good), beloved Japanese anime series such as ''Anime/AstroBoy'', ''Anime/DragonBall'', ''Gundam'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'' would be left unfinished (in the case of ''Anime/DragonBall'', ''Gundam'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'') and their history (in the case of ''Anime/AstroBoy'' whose first recorded episode came in the 50's) would be permanently lost and irreplaceable no doubt dealing a major blow to the anime industry, ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''The Olympics'' (which was actually hosting in Atlanta at the time of the film universe which was destroyed during the invasion and is now gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York City), The Big Four American sport leagues such as the ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (their entire history and records would be destroyed) at the time are either forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main hub cities being destroyed, or worse contract themselves just to survive (this would most certainly doom a lot of the recent expansion and relocated teams that popped up during TheNineties [[note]] the NFL's Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, the recently relocated Baltimore Ravens (whose city is not far from nearby Washington DC) and this would outright prevent the Cleveland Browns from returning to the league. The MLB's Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies. The NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets. And the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators, Anaheim Mighty Ducks (which becomes worse for them as Disney actually owned them at the time), Florida Panthers, the recently relocated Dallas Stars (though seeing as the US managed to save Dallas, they would probably be unaffected) and would no doubt force the recent Stanley Cup winning New Jersey Devils to outright disband since the team was already losing money prior to winning the Cup in 95[[/note]], popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal, folk music and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then most of it won't be the same.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum (London), the Smithsonian (Washington DC), and the Louvre (Paris) were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of popular entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: Video game companies such as ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of the beloved ''Pokémon'' [[note]]though WordOfGod hints that Pokémon still manage to become a major pop culture phenomenon just as it did in real life, just far later than it did thanks to Nintendo actually emerging as a ''powerhouse'' due to the massive leap of alien technology that was left behind following the war, ensuring Nintendo would survive and dominate the video gaming industry[[/note]], and the N64 due to Tokyo's destruction, though their rival in ''[[TheRival Sega]]'' would end up completely destroyed as they were already in bad shape due to losing the Console Wars, this would also prevent the rise of ''Sony'' and ''Microsoft'' as major video game powers), popular beloved entertainment films and cartoons such as ''Disney'' (and it's entire film library, theme parks and entire history (including it's beloved cultural icon and mascot ''MickeyMouse'') are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA while the other is in Orlando), their rivals in ''Warner Bros'' and ''Universal'' would be ruined (''Universal'' would be hit as hard as Disney since they have some of the oldest film libraries that date back to TheThirties, most notably the original ''Film/KingKong'' which would be lost for good), beloved Japanese anime series such as ''Anime/AstroBoy'', ''Anime/DragonBall'', ''Gundam'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'' would be left unfinished (in the case of ''DragonBall'', ''Gundam'' and ''SailorMoon'') and their history (in the case of ''AstroBoy'' whose first recorded episode came in the 50's) would be permanently lost and irreplaceable no doubt dealing a major blow to the anime industry, ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''The Olympics'' (which was actually hosting in Atlanta at the time of the film universe which was destroyed during the invasion and is now gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York City), The Big Four American sport leagues such as the ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (their entire history and records would be destroyed) at the time are either forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main hub cities being destroyed, or worse contract themselves just to survive (this would most certainly doom a lot of the recent expansion and relocated teams that popped up during TheNineties [[note]] the NFL's Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, the recently relocated Baltimore Ravens (whose city is not far from nearby Washington DC) and this would outright prevent the Cleveland Browns from returning to the league. The MLB's Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies. The NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets. And the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators, Anaheim Mighty Ducks (which becomes worse for them as Disney actually owned them at the time), Florida Panthers, the recently relocated Dallas Stars (though seeing as the US managed to save Dallas, they would probably be unaffected) and would no doubt force the recent Stanley Cup winning New Jersey Devils to outright disband since the team was already losing money prior to winning the Cup in 95[[/note]], popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal, folk music and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then most of it won't be the same.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum (London), the Smithsonian (Washington DC), and the Louvre (Paris) were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of popular entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: Video game companies such as ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of the beloved ''Pokémon'' [[note]]though WordOfGod hints that Pokémon still manage to become a major pop culture phenomenon just as it did in real life, just far later than it did thanks to Nintendo actually emerging as a ''powerhouse'' due to the massive leap of alien technology that was left behind following the war, ensuring Nintendo would survive and dominate the video gaming industry[[/note]], and the N64 due to Tokyo's destruction, though their rival in ''[[TheRival Sega]]'' would end up completely destroyed as they were already in bad shape due to losing the Console Wars), popular beloved entertainment films and cartoons such as ''Disney'' (and it's entire film library, theme parks and entire history (including it's beloved cultural icon and mascot ''MickeyMouse'') are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA while the other is in Orlando), their rivals in ''Warner Bros'' and ''Universal'' would be ruined (''Universal'' would be hit as hard as Disney since they have some of the oldest film libraries that date back to TheThirties, most notably the original ''Film/KingKong'' which would be lost for good), beloved Japanese anime series such as ''Anime/AstroBoy'', ''Anime/DragonBall'', ''Gundam'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'' would be left unfinished (in the case of ''DragonBall'', ''Gundam'' and ''SailorMoon'') and their history (in the case of ''AstroBoy'' whose first recorded episode came in the 50's) would be permanently lost and irreplaceable, ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''The Olympics'' (which was actually hosting in Atlanta at the time of the film universe which was destroyed during the invasion and is now gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York City), The Big Four American sport leagues such as the ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (their entire history and records would be destroyed) at the time are either forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main hub cities being destroyed, or worse contract themselves just to survive (this would certainly doom a lot of the recent expansion teams that popped up during TheNineties), popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal, folk music and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then most of it won't be the same.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum (London), the Smithsonian (Washington DC), and the Louvre (Paris) were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of popular entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: Video game companies such as ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of the beloved ''Pokémon'' [[note]]though WordOfGod hints that Pokémon still manage to become a major pop culture phenomenon just as it did in real life, just far later than it did thanks to Nintendo actually emerging as a ''powerhouse'' due to the massive leap of alien technology that was left behind following the war, ensuring Nintendo would survive and dominate the video gaming industry[[/note]], and the N64 due to Tokyo's destruction, though their rival in ''[[TheRival Sega]]'' would end up completely destroyed as they were already in bad shape due to losing the Console Wars), popular beloved entertainment films and cartoons such as ''Disney'' (and it's entire film library, theme parks and history (including it's beloved icon and mascot Mickey Mouse) are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA while the other is in Orlando), ''Warner Bros'' and ''Universal'' would be in ruins, beloved Japanese anime series such as ''Anime/AstroBoy'', ''Anime/DragonBall'', ''Anime/Gundam'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'' would be left unfinished (in the case of ''DragonBall'', ''Gundam'' and ''SailorMoon'') and their history (in the case of ''AstroBoy'' whose first recorded episode came in the 50's) would be permanently destroyed and irreplaceable, ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''The Olympics'' (which was actually hosting in Atlanta at the time of the film universe which was destroyed during the invasion and is now gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York), The Big Four American sport leagues such as the ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (their entire history and records would be destroyed) at the time are either forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main hub cities being destroyed, or worse contract just to survive), popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal, folk music and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then most of it won't be the same.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum (London), the Smithsonian (Washington DC), and the Louvre (Paris) were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of popular entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of the beloved ''Pokémon'' [[note]]though WordOfGod hints that Pokémon still manage to become a major pop culture phenomenon just as it did in real life, just far later than it did thanks to Nintendo actually emerging as a ''powerhouse'' due to the massive leap of alien technology that was left behind following the war, ensuring Nintendo would survive and dominate the video gaming industry[[/note]] and the N64 due to Tokyo's destruction), ''Disney'' (and it's entire film library, theme parks and history (including it's beloved icon and mascot Mickey Mouse) are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA while the other is in Orlando), ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''The Olympics'' (which was actually hosting in Atlanta at the time of the film universe which was destroyed during the invasion and is now gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York), The Big Four American sport leagues such as the ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (and their entire history and records) at the time are either mostly destroyed or forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main cities being destroyed), popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal, folk music and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then most of it won't be the same.

* The viral marketing website for ''Independence Day: Resurgence'', [[http://www.warof1996.com Warof1996.com]] has a map of all the cities that were destroyed. Looking through, it reveals how widespread and total the devastation was. Cities like Tokyo, Paris, London, Berlin, and New York were destroyed in equal measure alongside places like ''Pyongyang'' , ''Baghdad'', ''Vientiane'', ''Nairobi'' and ''Manila''. All in all, 108 cities were wiped off the map in just 48 hours, with a total of 3 billion deaths.
** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum (London), the Smithsonian (Washington DC), and the Louvre (Paris) were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of popular entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of ''Pokémon'' [[note]]though WordOfGod hints that Pokémon still manage to become a major phenomenon as it did in real life, just much later than it did thanks to Nintendo actually emerging as a ''powerhouse'' due to the massive leap of alien technology that was left behind following the war[[/note]] and the N64 due to Tokyo's destruction), ''Disney'' (and it's entire film library, theme parks and history (including it's beloved icon and mascot Mickey Mouse) are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA while the other is in Orlando), ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''The Olympics'' (which was actually hosting in Atlanta at the time of the film universe which was destroyed during the invasion and is now gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York), The Big Four American sport leagues such as the ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (and their entire history and records) at the time are either mostly destroyed or forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main cities being destroyed), popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal, folk music and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then most of it won't be the same as it was before.

* The viral marketing website for ''Independence Day: Resurgence'', [[http://www.warof1996.com Warof1996.com]] has a map of all the cities that were destroyed. Looking through, it reveals how widespread and total the devastation was. Cities like Tokyo, Paris, London, Berlin, and New York were destroyed in equal measure alongside places like ''Pyongyang'', ''Baghdad'', ''Vientiane'', ''Nairobi'' and ''Manila''. All in all, 108 cities were wiped off the map in just 48 hours, with a total of 3 billion deaths.
** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum, the Smithsonian, and the Louvre were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of ''Pokémon'' [[note]]though WordOfGod hints that Pokémon still manage to become a major phenomenon as it did in real life, just much later than it did[[/note]] and the N64 due to Tokyo's destruction), ''Disney'' (and it's entire film library and history (including it's beloved icon Mickey Mouse) are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA), ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''The Olympics'' (which was hosting in Atlanta at the time which was destroyed during the invasion and are gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York), The Big Four American sport leagues: the ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (and their history and records) at the time are either mostly destroyed or forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main cities being destroyed), popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal, folk music and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then it won't be the same.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum, the Smithsonian, and the Louvre were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: ''Creator/Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of Franchise/Pokémon'' and the N64 due to Tokyo's destruction), ''Creator/Disney'' (and it's entire film library and history (including it's beloved icon Mickey Mouse) are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (one of Disney's main headquarters is based in LA), ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''The Olympics'' (which was hosting in Atlanta at the time which was destroyed during the invasion and are gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York), TheBigFour American sport leagues ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (and their history and records) at the time are either destroyed or forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main cities being destroyed), popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then it won't be the same.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum, the Smithsonian, and the Louvre were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises such as ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of ''Pokemon'' and the N64 due to Tokyo's destruction), ''Walt Disney Company'' (and it's entire film library and history (including it's beloved icon Mickey Mouse) are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (Disney's main headquarters are based in LA), ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''The Olympics'' (which was hosting in Atlanta at the time which was destroyed during the invasion and are gone for good due to Athens (the original birthplace of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York), TheBigFour American sport leagues ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'' (and a good chunk of their respective league teams (and their history and records) at the time are either destroyed or forced to relocate to other small towns or small cities due to their main cities being destroyed), popular music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country, rock-'n'-roll, metal and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then it won't be the same.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum, the Smithsonian, and the Louvre were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of entertainment such as video games, movie companies, the music industry, and sporting events: ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of ''Franchise/Pokemon'' due to Tokyo's destruction), ''Walt Disney Company'' (and it's entire film library and history are permanently erased due to Los Angeles being destroyed (Disney's main headquarters are based in LA), ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead due to the invasion), ''The Olympics'' (which was hosting in Atlanta at the time which was destroyed during the invasion and are gone for good due to Athens (the original home of the Olympics) being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'' (and all of it's entire history went up in flames due to the FIFA headquarters being destroyed in New York), ''NFL'', ''NBA'', ''NHL'' and ''MLB'', music such as J-Pop, K-Pop, rap, hip-hop, country and many countless others are all wiped out forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then it won't be the same.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum, the Smithsonian, and the Louvre were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of entertainment such as video games, movie companies, and sporting events: ''Nintendo'' (and all of it's beloved video game franchises and history at the time are wiped out, all but preventing the then-upcoming release of ''Franchise/Pokemon'' due to Tokyo's destruction), ''Walt Disney Company'' (and it's entire film library are destroyed due to Los Angeles being destroyed), ''Sea World'' (and all of it's beloved sea animals that were held in captivity are all dead), ''The Olympics'' (which was hosting in Atlanta which was destroyed during the invasion and are gone for good due to Athens being destroyed), ''FIFA World Cup'', ''NFL'' and many others are all destroyed forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then it won't be the same.

** Plus once you consider all that mankind lost on top of the human dead. Humanity has also lost its countless treasures, artworks, monuments, companies and antiquities. The British Museum, the Smithsonian, and the Louvre were destroyed in the first wave, taking with them the works of humanity's greatest and often most obscure artisans as well as our historical and cultural heritage. Cities and institutions that lasted for decades, even centuries, like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, etc are all gone, the same also goes for the countless amounts of entertainment such as video games, movies, and sporting events: ''Nintendo'', ''Walt Disney Company'', ''Sea World'', ''The Olympics'', ''FIFA World Cup'', ''NFL'' and many others are all destroyed forever. It will take many decades to rebuild, and even then it won't be the same.