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6	[[quoteright:193:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Screen_shot_2010-02-16_at_3.49.10_PM.png]]
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8	''Doom Runners'' is a 1997 MadeForTVMovie co-produced by Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/{{Showtime}}.
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10	Set in a post-apocalyptic future of an uncertain time, the story follows a group of [[KidHero young people]] (siblings Jada and Adam, bad boy Deek (Creator/DeanOGorman), MagicalGirl Lizzie, and ex-soldier Vike) who trek across the dangerous wastelands to find "New Eden", a place where the unpolluted Earth of yesteryear still exists. However, they must also contend with the evil corporation led by MadScientist, Dr. Kao (Creator/TimCurry), and his minions the [[{{Mooks}} Doom Troopers]].
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12	Unfortunately for those of us looking for a nostalgia trip, the film is not available on DVD, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes but there are a number of VHS copies floating around and it occasionally shows up on the Tubi streaming service]].
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15	!!This movie contains examples of:
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17	* ActorAllusion: Tim Curry's line about [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow "anticipation"]].
18	%%* AfterTheEnd
19	* BadassBiker: Deek, the teen pretty-boy equivalent
20	%%* TheBigGuy -- Vike
21	* {{Bowdlerize}}: A couple shots in the final scenes, of [[spoiler: Dr. Kao trying in vain to crawl away from the poison gas, severely burned, only to die on the floor of the tunnel]] were cut from the Nickelodeon broadcast for (presumably) being too gruesome. This is actually a rare case where the bowdlerization makes it ''better'', since the shots are not only completely unnecessary--[[spoiler:we assume Kao's dead anyway]]--but also, being intercut with [[spoiler: our heroes discovering New Eden]], they provide some serious MoodWhiplash.
22	%%* {{Brainwash}}: Dr. Kao's special talent
23	* ChewingTheScenery: Any time Dr. Kao is mind-wiping someone.
24	* CloudCuckooLander: The denizens of Endgame, esp. Cesar. A much darker take on the trope than usual given the only reason the denizens are so eccentric is that Kao has subjected them to so much MindRape that it's permanently damaged their minds.
25	%%* CoolOldGuy -- William
26	%%* HeroicSacrifice -- [[spoiler: Vike]]
27	%%* LargeHam -- Creator/TimCurry as Dr. Kao
28	%%* MadScientist -- Dr. Kao
29	* MagicalGirl: In an otherwise mostly realistic world, we have Lizzie, who can do crazy stuff with fire.
30	* MegaCorp: The unnamed "corporation" seemingly responsible for all of the bad stuff that's gone down in the past however many years.
31	%%* ParentalBonus -- See ActorAllusion above.
32	%%* RoadTripPlot
33	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Firmly on the idealistic side, given its set in a [[WorldHalfEmpty post-apocalyptic wasteland]].
34	%%* TheSpeechless -- Vike
35	* TitleDrop: In the final lines of narration.

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