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...A typical use of the '''Cataclysm Backstory''' trope.
Often used in fantasy works, '''Cataclysm Backstory''' is a trope that can easily set up the events of a story, or possibly the entire setting itself. It's very common in dystopia works and often used in stories that take place [[After the End]]. '''Cataclysm Backstory''' can be used in many different ways. It can sometimes provide a touch of mystery to any work, only being mentioned every now and then and possibly kept unexplained until much later in the story [[Plot Hole|(if it's ever explained at all.)]] If done well, '''Cataclysm Backstory''' in question will be deeply tied in with the events of the plot and explained in detail. If done poorly, it will be used as an easy way of filling any given [[Plot Hole]], (ie: Where did that [[Humongous Mecha]] come from? It was revealed during the Cataclysm.)
Contrast [[First Episode Spoiler]]. Compare [[Great Offscreen War]].
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The Black Beast rampaging all over the world in [[
* [[Warcraft]]'s Sundering is this, although the more recent event that is actually called the Cataclysm is not.
* ''[[White Knight Chronicles]]'' gives us, well, the Cataclysm. It happened about seventeen years before the start of the story and it's only mentioned a few times in the entire series, but it's the basic explanation for how the [[Lost Technology|Yshrenian]] [[Humongous Mecha|Knights]] {{spoiler|and the heroes as babies}} were revealed. No real explanation is given, but it's heavily implied to be because [[Because Destiny Says So|it was simply time for Emperor Madoras to rear his ugly head again, and for him to be defeated.]]
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