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* CharacterSignatureSong: Finch is introduced singing ''Music/AmericanPie''.

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* CharacterSignatureSong: Finch is introduced singing ''Music/AmericanPie''."[[Music/AmericanPie American Pie]]."



* SoundtrackDissonance: Finch is trying to find the bright side of life, but still playing "Miss American Pie" as he drives through a post-apocalyptic Boston does not helps. [[spoiler:Then again, one of the most recognizable parts of the lyrics is "[[YourDaysAreNumbered this will be the day when I die]]"...]]

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* SoundtrackDissonance: Finch is trying to find the bright side of life, but still playing "Miss American "American Pie" as he drives through a post-apocalyptic Boston does not helps. [[spoiler:Then again, one of the most recognizable parts of the lyrics is "[[YourDaysAreNumbered this will be the day when I die]]"...]]die]]..."]]



* UrineTrouble: Goodyear urinates on Jeff's leg, as a [[ExcrementStatement sign of his initial dislike for the Android]].

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* UrineTrouble: Goodyear urinates on Jeff's leg, as a [[ExcrementStatement sign of his initial dislike for the Android]].android]].

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* ApocalypseAnarchy: As all hell broke loose on Earth because of the deadly UV increase, people began to kill each other for the smallest amounts of food. Finch [[spoiler:beheld a looter murdering a woman [[WouldHurtAChild and her young daughter]] for their supplies and saved their dog (which he named "Goodyear") after the looter left, Dewey is destroyed by a bear trap protecting a cache of food and a car (heavily implied to be the owner of that cache) chases after Finch's motor home the following night.]]
* BigShutUp: Finch doesn't want to hear any more ideas from Jeff after [[spoiler:the solar panels that power their van get destroyed.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Finch finally succumbs to his radiation poisoning, but does so having finally made peace. He also survived long enough to find out that the western United States is still protected by the ozone, meaning that life still exists and finally gets to feel the sun against his face without risking burning. Jeff is able to get Goodyear to San Francisco and Goodyear has warmed up to him, and because of the ozone existing, it's hinted that others have survived and arrived in the Bay Area and left notes to their loved ones on where to find them.]]

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* ApocalypseAnarchy: As all hell broke loose on Earth because of the deadly UV increase, people began to kill each other for the smallest amounts of food. Finch [[spoiler:beheld a looter murdering a woman [[WouldHurtAChild and her young daughter]] for their supplies and saved their dog (which he named "Goodyear") after the looter left, Dewey is destroyed by a bear trap protecting a cache of food and a car (heavily implied to be the owner of that cache) chases after Finch's motor home motorhome the following night.]]
night]].
* BigShutUp: Finch doesn't want to hear any more ideas from Jeff after [[spoiler:the solar panels that power their van get destroyed.]]
destroyed]].
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Finch finally succumbs to his radiation poisoning, but does so having finally made peace. He also survived long enough to find out that the western United States is still protected by the ozone, meaning that life still exists and finally gets to feel the sun against his face without risking burning. Jeff is able to get Goodyear to San Francisco and Goodyear has warmed up to him, and because of the ozone existing, it's hinted that others have survived and arrived in the Bay Area and left notes to their loved ones on where to find them.]]them]].



* DoAndroidsDream: [[spoiler:Jeff tells Finch that during one night he saw an image of Finch, Goodyear, and himself on the Golden Gate Bridge in his head, much to Finch's delight.]]

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* DoAndroidsDream: [[spoiler:Jeff tells Finch that during one night he saw an image of Finch, Goodyear, and himself on the Golden Gate Bridge in his head, much to Finch's delight.]] delight]].



* EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: A solar flare destroyed the ozone, which has killed all the crops and left the Earth a scorched wasteland. [[spoiler: It turns out that there's still areas where the ozone is present, allowing life to survive.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: It's made very clear throughout the movie [[spoiler:that Finch is dying and doesn't expect to make it to San Francisco. Sure enough, he ends up passing away, and only Jeff and Goodyear make it.]]

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* EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: A solar flare destroyed the ozone, which has killed all the crops and left the Earth a scorched wasteland. [[spoiler: It turns out that there's still areas where the ozone is present, allowing life to survive.]]
survive]].
* ForegoneConclusion: It's made very clear throughout the movie [[spoiler:that Finch is dying and doesn't expect to make it to San Francisco. Sure enough, he ends up passing away, and only Jeff and Goodyear make it.]]it]].



* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Finch ends up dying in his sleep due to his radiation-poisoning having taken its toll.]]

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* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Finch ends up dying in his sleep due to his radiation-poisoning having taken its toll.]]toll]].



* HowlOfSorrow: [[spoiler:Goodyear does this after Finch passes away.]]

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* HowlOfSorrow: [[spoiler:Goodyear does this after Finch passes away.]]away]].



* LastOfHisKind: Finch appears to be the last human (or among the last humans) on Earth. [[spoiler: It's implied that there are other humans in San Francisco, and Jeff moves to find them at the ending.]]

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* LastOfHisKind: Finch appears to be the last human (or among the last humans) on Earth. [[spoiler: It's implied that there are other humans in San Francisco, and Jeff moves to find them at the ending.]]ending]].



* MonumentalDamage: [[spoiler:Downplayed, Jeff and Goodyear reach the Golden Gate Bridge, which has been somewhat ReclaimedByNature from a lack of maintenance, but is otherwise undamaged.]]
* MourningADeadRobot: Finch [[spoiler: takes having to shut off Dewey (due to being too badly damaged from a trap) really hard.]]

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* MonumentalDamage: [[spoiler:Downplayed, Jeff and Goodyear reach the Golden Gate Bridge, which has been somewhat ReclaimedByNature from a lack of maintenance, but is otherwise undamaged.]]
undamaged]].
* MourningADeadRobot: Finch [[spoiler: takes having to shut off Dewey (due to being too badly damaged from a trap) really hard.]]hard]].



* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:A car chases the group in their motorhome, but ''we never see the driver''.]]

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* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:A car chases the group in their motorhome, but ''we never see the driver''.]]driver'']].



* SinisterCar: [[spoiler: A car pursues the group's motorhome until they manage to escape it by turning off the headlights and hiding under an underpass.]]

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* SinisterCar: [[spoiler: A car pursues the group's motorhome until they manage to escape it by turning off the headlights and hiding under an underpass.]]underpass]].



** [[spoiler:It's made clear that Finch is probably not the last human, but avoids going out at night in order to avoid others who do so to avoid the sun.]]

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** [[spoiler:It's made clear that Finch is probably not the last human, but avoids going out at night in order to avoid others who do so to avoid the sun.]]sun]].



* VikingFuneral: [[spoiler:After Finch dies, Jeff builds a funeral pyre and cremates him after Finch says that he had Viking ancestry.]]

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* VikingFuneral: [[spoiler:After Finch dies, Jeff builds a funeral pyre and cremates him after Finch says that he had Viking ancestry.]]ancestry]].



* WideEyedIdealist: Jeff can be this at times, contrasting the bitter but still friendly Finch.
* WideEyedIdealist: Jeff can be this at times, contrasting the bitter but still friendly Finch.

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* WideEyedIdealist: Jeff can be this at times, contrasting the bitter bitter, but still friendly Finch.
* WideEyedIdealist: Jeff can be this at times, contrasting the bitter but still friendly
friendly, Finch.



* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:Finch is dying of radiation poisoning and he knows it.]] [[spoiler:He doesn't make it towards the end of the movie.]]

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* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:Finch is dying of radiation poisoning and he knows it.]] it]]. [[spoiler:He doesn't make it towards the end of the movie.]]movie]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Finch finally succumbs to his radiation poisoning, but does so having finally made peace. He also survived long enough to finds out that the western United States is still protected by the ozone, meaning that life still exists and finally gets to feel the sun against his face without risking burning. Jeff is able to get Goodyear to San Francisco and Goodyear has warmed up to him, and because of the ozone existing, it's hinted that others have survived and arrived in the Bay Area and left notes to their loved ones on where to find them.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Finch finally succumbs to his radiation poisoning, but does so having finally made peace. He also survived long enough to finds find out that the western United States is still protected by the ozone, meaning that life still exists and finally gets to feel the sun against his face without risking burning. Jeff is able to get Goodyear to San Francisco and Goodyear has warmed up to him, and because of the ozone existing, it's hinted that others have survived and arrived in the Bay Area and left notes to their loved ones on where to find them.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Finch finally succumbs to his radiation poisoning, but does so having finally made peace. He also finds out that the western United States is still protected by the ozone and finally gets to feel the sun against his face without risking burning. Jeff is able to get Goodyear to San Francisco and Goodyear has warmed up to him, and because of the ozone existing, it's hinted that others have survived and arrived in the Bay Area and left notes to their loved ones on where to find them.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Finch finally succumbs to his radiation poisoning, but does so having finally made peace. He also survived long enough to finds out that the western United States is still protected by the ozone ozone, meaning that life still exists and finally gets to feel the sun against his face without risking burning. Jeff is able to get Goodyear to San Francisco and Goodyear has warmed up to him, and because of the ozone existing, it's hinted that others have survived and arrived in the Bay Area and left notes to their loved ones on where to find them.]]

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