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| rdfs:label | - The Apocalypse Brings Out the Best In People
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| rdfs:comment | - In peacetime, certain characters are at best Shrinking Violets and, at worst, menaces to society. But when disaster strikes, they will take the lead, take control, be surprisingly effective, and maybe even be nicer than usual -- or if they aren't, at least they don't seem so different from everyone else. They will seem different if any Fridge Logic gets applied. When said apocalypse happens in the Bad Future, this trope leads to Future Badass. This trope and its inversion are both Truth in Television. Compare Machiavelli Was Wrong. Examples of The Apocalypse Brings Out the Best In People include:
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| abstract | - In peacetime, certain characters are at best Shrinking Violets and, at worst, menaces to society. But when disaster strikes, they will take the lead, take control, be surprisingly effective, and maybe even be nicer than usual -- or if they aren't, at least they don't seem so different from everyone else. They will seem different if any Fridge Logic gets applied. This sort of character is often forced into a Heroic Sacrifice or (for nastier peacetime examples) Redemption Equals Death. If the character does survive, and if things ever return to a semblance of normal, then they are as likely as not to return to what they had been before the disaster took place, whether anyone wants the jerk back or not. When said apocalypse happens in the Bad Future, this trope leads to Future Badass. This trope and its inversion are both Truth in Television. Compare Machiavelli Was Wrong. Examples of The Apocalypse Brings Out the Best In People include:
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