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* GoMadFromTheApocalypse: Oliver P. Barnstaple is an elderly bank clerk who has fallen into denial since the end of the world; he believes that he is simply on vacation, and his mind [[IRejectYourReality refuses to acknowledge anything that does fit his delusion]], such as the complete absence of any other people.

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* GoMadFromTheApocalypse: Oliver P. Barnstaple is an elderly bank clerk who has fallen into denial since the end of the world; he believes that he is simply on vacation, and his mind [[IRejectYourReality refuses to acknowledge anything that does not fit his delusion]], such as the complete absence of any other people.
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* GoMadFromTheApocalypse: Oliver P. Barnstaple is an elderly bank clerk who has fallen into denial since the end of the world; he believes that he is simply on vacation, and his mind [[IRejectYourReality refuses to acknowledge anything that does fit his delusion]], such as the complete absence of any other people.
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* CosyCatastrophe: Averted. Eric is opposed to Michael's attempt to0 set up an sustainable agrarian homestead, believing that they should be seeking out other survivors to establish a superior breed of humanity to rule over the world that he believes will rise out of the ashes, and pointing out that there is no need to grow their own food as there are tons of food sitting in warehouses just waiting to be taken. Michael, however, points out the cities are where the radiation is, and wants to establish a Thoreau-like existence of self-sufficiency that doesn't rely on supplies that will eventually rot and run out.

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* CosyCatastrophe: Averted. Eric is opposed to Michael's attempt to0 to set up an sustainable agrarian homestead, believing that they should be seeking out other survivors to establish a superior breed of humanity to rule over the world that he believes will rise out of the ashes, and pointing out that there is no need to grow their own food as there are tons of food sitting in warehouses just waiting to be taken. Michael, however, points out the cities are where the radiation is, and wants to establish a Thoreau-like existence of self-sufficiency that doesn't rely on supplies that will eventually rot and run out.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Eric reveals himself as a racist (and most likely a former Nazi); he can barely stand living with Charles and attacks Charles when Charles objects.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Eric reveals himself as a racist (and most likely a former Nazi); he can barely stand living with the African-American Charles and attacks Charles when Charles objects.


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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Of the five survivors of the DepopulationBomb that wipes out the rest of humanity, Roseanne is the only female.
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* NeverGivenAName: Roseanne never gets around to naming her son--the first child born after the DepopulationBomb wiped out almost all of humanity--possibly because naming the child by herself would force her to admit that her husband is dead. As a result, the infant dies without ever receiving a name.
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* ApocalypseHow: A Class 4. An atomic DepopulationBomb wipes all of humanity (barring the five known survivors) and almost all terrestrial vertebrates (some birds are noted as having survived). Its effect on marine life and invertebrates is unknown (although the survivors manage to propagate some plants, implying the survival of some insects).
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* CosyCatastrophe: Averted. Eric is opposed to Michael's attempt to0 set up an sustainable agrarian homestead, believing that they should be seeking out other survivors to establish a superior breed of humanity to rule over the world that he believes will rise out of the ashes, and pointing out that there is no need to grow their own food as there are tons of food sitting in warehouses just waiting to be taken. Michael, however, points out the cities are where the radiation is, and wants to establish a Thoreau-like existence of self-sufficiency that doesn't rely on supplies that will eventually rot and run out.
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* SoleSurvivor: Charles and Barnstable were together when the bomb went off and so knew at least one other person had survived, but Michael, Roseanne and Eric each believed they were sole survivor of the DepopulationBomb that wiped out humanity until [[TheLastManHeardAKnock they encountered each other]].
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* TheLastManHeardAKnocked: At the start of the film, Roseanne Rogers trudges from place to place, searching for another living human being. She eventually makes her way to her aunt's isolated hillside house and faints when she finds Michael already living there. Later, two more survivors arrive in a car, attracted by the smoke from the house's chimney.

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* TheLastManHeardAKnocked: TheLastManHeardAKnock: At the start of the film, Roseanne Rogers trudges from place to place, searching for another living human being. She eventually makes her way to her aunt's isolated hillside house and faints when she finds Michael already living there. Later, two more survivors arrive in a car, attracted by the smoke from the house's chimney.
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* TheLastManHeardAKnocked: At the start of the film, Roseanne Rogers trudges from place to place, searching for another living human being. She eventually makes her way to her aunt's isolated hillside house and faints when she finds Michael already living there. Later, two more survivors arrive in a car, attracted by the smoke from the house's chimney.
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* Livesaving Misfortune: Three of the five survivors of the DepopulationBomb survived because of what would otherwise have been misfortune. Charles and Barnstable were accidentally locked in a bank vault when the bomb went off, while Eric was trapped on the upper slopes of Mount Everest after being separated from his party by a blizzard and was too high up to be effected by the fallout.

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* Livesaving Misfortune: LifesavingMisfortune: Three of the five survivors of the DepopulationBomb survived because of what would otherwise have been misfortune. Charles and Barnstable were accidentally locked in a bank vault when the bomb went off, while Eric was trapped on the upper slopes of Mount Everest after being separated from his party by a blizzard and was too high up to be effected by the fallout.
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* LivesavingMisfortune: Three of the five survivors of the DepopulationBomb survived because of what would otherwise have been misfortune. Charles and Barnstable were accidentally locked in a bank vault when the bomb went off, while Eric was trapped on the upper slopes of Mount Everest after being separated from his party by a blizzard and was too high up to be effected by the fallout.

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* LivesavingMisfortune: Livesaving Misfortune: Three of the five survivors of the DepopulationBomb survived because of what would otherwise have been misfortune. Charles and Barnstable were accidentally locked in a bank vault when the bomb went off, while Eric was trapped on the upper slopes of Mount Everest after being separated from his party by a blizzard and was too high up to be effected by the fallout.



* SafeZoneHopeZone: While trudging through the empty town at the start of the film, Roseanne hears a church bell chiming and hurries to the church hoping to find more survivors. Instead she finds that bell rope is being jerked about by the wind, causing the bell to ring.

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* SafeZoneHopeZone: SafeZoneHopeSpot: While trudging through the empty town at the start of the film, Roseanne hears a church bell chiming and hurries to the church hoping to find more survivors. Instead she finds that bell rope is being jerked about by the wind, causing the bell to ring.

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