Apocalypse is a Greek word that translates approximately to “disclosure of things previously hidden,”
Apocalypse is most often applied to end of the world events and/or scenarios, the dawn of a new world or the revelation before mankind’s final judgment in biblical texts.
Examples in Pop Culture & History:
- The coming of Gozer in the 1985 movie Ghostbusters.
- The great flood stories from many cultures, including Noah and his Ark.
- Marvel Comics X-Men Villian & mutant.
- The novel series “Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy” is a humorous take on Alien invasion stories as multiple Earths are repeatedly demolished by Aliens to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
- The Video game Rage (2011) by id Software, Earth is heavily damaged, and humanity nearly wiped out, by the direct collision of the real asteroid 99942 Apophis with the Earth in the year 2029.