History Main / SignsOfTheEndTimes

** The is also a selection of signs for game masters who want to create their own Evils, including generic variants of the signs associated with the canon ones, [[AlienSky the night sky turning alien and strange]], disastrous [[TheGreatFlood flooding]]] or droughts, and terrible plagues.

* In ''Machinima/GamerPoop'', Cicero's penis is so big that it's apparently a sign of the end times. PlayedForLaughs, of course.

* In Myth/NorseMythology the coming of [[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarök]] is to be foreshadowed by a three year long winter and [[EldritchAbomination wolves]] eating the sun and the moon.

** As Sertrous returns to life, the earth vomits forth torrents of snakes. This begins with of normal snakes, but as the sign grows they're joined by serpentine monsters such as hydras and nagas. As his resurrection becomes imminent, the serpents grow more and more deformed -- some have multiple heads, others are inside out, and others still are simply masses of coils with no ending or beginning.

** The early 2015 craze among some Christian denominations concerning the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Moon_Prophecy Four Blood Moons]]", a sequence of lunar eclipses coinciding with major Jewish religious festivals, leading exciteable people to conclude God is about to initiate the Last Days.

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* This was a ''very'' popular trope in early Creator/VertigoComics. In ''Comicbook/TheSandman'', Doctor Destiny's hold over Dream's gem leads to a wave of cruelty, hallucinations, and general nightmares sweeping over the global consciousness as the fate of the Dreaming lies in the balance.

** A man approaches a homeless drunk in an alleyway, [[KillItWithFire and pulls out a book of matches...]]
** A woman approaches her husband with a [[FryingPanOfDoom cast iron skillet...]]

** In [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Arkham Aslyum]], Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man, starts screaming maniacally, and ComicBook/TheJoker has [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness stopped smiling]]...
** This wave of supernatural evil even attracts the attention of [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths The Monitor]] (this page was not included when DC printed the arc in trade paperback).
* In ComicBook/FantasticFour, fire and floating stones in the sky were actually illusions generated by the Watcher to try to conceal Earth from the oncoming apocalypse, but The Herald saw through them, and his presence ushered the coming of ComicBook/{{Galactus}}.
* One DC Comics story sees reality itself beginning to unwind. One of the signs of this is that Batman can no longer solve any of the Riddler's puzzles, proving that something has gone terribly, terribly wrong.
* Last but definitely not least, the sky turning red heralded a [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis]] that could mean the end of all reality.

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** ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar2018'': [[spoiler: The death of Baldur marks the beginning of Fimbulwinter, the three-year winter preceding Ragnarok. However, [[SpannerInTheWork due to Kratos and Atreus' presence]], Baldur's death ends up happening one hundred years earlier than prophesied, potentially derailing the whole of Ragnarok. TheStinger shows Atreus having a dream that at the end of Fimbulwinter, him and Kratos will be confronted by [[TheDreaded Thor]].]]

* ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' eventually shifted from a straight-up "serial killer" series to the idea that the general rise in the tide of human cruelty was tied into the upcoming apocalypse, sharing equal time between investigation of hideous murders and investigation of strange phenomena.

* In Myth/NorseMythology the coming of [[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarök]] is to be foreshadowed by a three year long winter and [[EldritchAbomination wolfes]] eating the sun and the moon.

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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': The Burning of the Wanderer's Library is generally considered the worst that can happen. Wether it actually is literally leading to the end of the world or is more just a shit hit the fan indicator varies.

Supertrope to TheStarsAreGoingOut and CrackInTheSky. Subtrope to PortentOfDoom. May overlap with BadMoonRising or CometOfDoom.

** As Pandorym comes closer to freedom, an increasingly complex and visible sigil appears in the sky, and it becomes increasingly difficult to contact the gods or summon extraplanar beings.

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', shortly before [[AGodAmI Father]] enacts his plan, all of the people who've opened the Gate suddenly drop through the floor, triggering a solid OhCrap from the entire cast. [[spoiler: Of course, his plan is ultimately foiled, but he got a nice ApocalypseWow in anyway.]]

** The joke religion the Church of the [=SubGenius=] has a pamphlet with the masthead "The end of the world is coming...and it's hilarious!"

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Sourcebook ''Elder Evils'' has this all over the place - book introduces nine [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] whose appearance is proceeded by the signs of upcoming apocalypse. They're even divided in generic and monster-specific signs. Notable signs include:
** The coming of [[GeniusLoci Atropus]], the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast World Born Dead]] is heralded by a global increase in strength for necromancy, making it easier to raise the dead, but also harder to control them. Eventually, everyone who dies will be revived regardless of how they died.
** [[FluffyTheTerrible Father Llymic]] is hurt by light, so his coming is heralded by the sun (as well as magic that produces light) dimming, until it goes out completely, and the Father arises.

Supertrope to TheStarsAreGoingOut. Subtrope to PortentOfDoom. May overlap with BadMoonRising or CometOfDoom.

** In [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Arkham Aslyum]], Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man, starts screaming maniacally, and SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker has [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness stopped smiling]]...

-->'''Winston Zeddemore:''' Do you remember something in the Bible about the last days, when the dead would rise from the grave?
-->'''Ray Stantz:''' I remember Revelations 7:12. "And I looked as he opened the 6th seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake. And the sun became as black as sack cloth, and the moon became as blood."
-->'''Winston Zeddemore:''' And the seas boiled and the skies fell.
-->'''Ray Stantz:''' Judgment Day.
-->'''Winston Zeddemore:''' Judgment Day.
-->'''Ray Stantz:''' Every religion has its myth about the end of the world.
-->'''Winston Zeddemore:''' Myth? Ray, has it ever occurred to you that maybe the reason we've been so busy lately is 'cause the dead ''have'' been rising from the grave?

-->'''Peter Venkman:''' Or you could accept the fact that this city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
-->'''Mayor:''' What do you mean, biblical?
-->'''Ray Stantz:''' What he means is Old Testament biblical, Mr. Mayor. Real wrath-of-God-type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming from the sky! Rivers and seas boiling!
-->'''Egon Spengler:''' Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes! Volcanoes!
-->'''Winston Zeddemore:''' The dead rising from the grave!
-->'''Peter Venkman:''' Human sacrifice, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking dogs and cats living together]], mass hysteria!

** In [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Arkham Aslyum]], Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man, starts screaming maniacally, and SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker has stopped smiling...