The Apocalypse is an outbreak of violence in the POSTAL series.
POSTAL 2[]
The Paradise Times announcing the beginning of the Apocalypse.
The Apocalypse starts on Friday, after the last errand of that day. It is stated on a special edition of Paradise Times that a mind-altering gas has been released in Paradise, though the National Guard denies this. Furthermore, it's stated that dogs and cats are living together; however, this is never confirmed. The newspaper also says that no one is safe - especially the Postal Dude (and Uncle Dave).
Normally, after the end of the last errand of each day from Monday to Thursday, the Postal Dude will automatically appear coming to his trailer. However, the Apocalypse forces the Postal Dude go from the area in Paradise in which he is located, to his trailer in Home.
During the Apocalypse, enraged Bystanders have acquired weapons and are killing one another along with law enforcement while cats are seen raining from the sky, which is covered by the gas. Almost anyone in Paradise (except law enforcement organizations and the RWS Staff) will attack the Postal Dude, even if he is not carrying a weapon or has not attacked anyone. However, if Dude has a Police Uniform, they won't attack him unless provoked.
Apocalypse Weekend[]
The Apocalypse still continues through the weekend, however things seemed to have calmed down between residents, and it is likely that Lower Paradise was quarantined and deemed a safe zone from all the chaos. Paradise faces new and bigger problems now, as there has been a zombie outbreak, and dervish cats have escaped out of the hospital and into the town. Combined, these two new problems cause a large amount of death within the populace.
During a meeting led by Osama with attendance by vegetarians, zombies, other terrorists, and Gary Coleman outside the Military Base, the Postal Dude notes that "it's the Apocalypse, again".
Paradise Lost[]
The Post Apocalyptic Times announcing the Apocalypse in Paradise Lost
The Apocalypse happens for a third time in the Paradise Lost expansion. After finishing all the days and rescuing Champ from the underworld, all the factions declare war on each other and everyone begins to attack each other; the army once again denies the use of any mind controlling gas. This time instead of just going to the RV, the Postal Dude also has the option to "thank" all of the faction leaders in order to get a different ending. Unlike the apocalypse featured in POSTAL 2, it's raining both cats and cows from the sky.
Штопор ЖжОт![]
Правда Матка announcing the Apocalypse in Штопор ЖжОт!
In Corkscrew RuLes, everyone in Muhosransk City goes postal after Osama bin Laden offers a five million dollar reward for various human body parts. As this is caused purely by human greed, there are no supernatural elements such as animals raining from the sky and zombies. The Apocalypse happens on Thursday instead of Friday, due to there being no Friday.
With a mind for revenge, Shtopor travels across the chaos to kill Osama bin Laden for stealing his penis.
Postal III[]
At the end of The Good Path, Hugo Chavez invades Catharsis, seeking to "liberate" the population from their corrupt capitalist overlords. As the local population rejects his failed communist ideology, the entire city is turned into a warzone as the Venezuelan Army battles with UN Peacekeepers and armed Bystanders.
Meanwhile, the Dude and Champ just wants to "get the fuck outta crazy town".
POSTAL 4: No Regerts[]
Due to a local doomsday cult poisoning the local dam's water supply, the entire populus of Edensin has gone postal.
Film[]
In the Postal film, the event that marks the beginning of Apocalypse is the rape of a "tiny entertainer" by a thousand monkeys, according to Uncle Dave's "Good Book". For this purpose, Verne Troyer is thrown to a group of chimpanzees, and after that, Richard, Uncle Dave's right-hand man, proceeds to shoot and kill Dave in order to fulfill the prophecy of the Good Book. Like in POSTAL 2, the Apocalypse makes people go completely mad and be armed to fight the Postal Dude.
Trivia[]
- The line about "mind altering gas" is a homage to the "madness plague" in the original POSTAL.
- The issue of the Paradise Times reporting on the Apocalypse mentions "Cats and dogs living together", a line taken almost directly from the 1984 film Ghostbusters, in which Peter Venkman states that a disaster of biblical proportions will involve, among other things: "Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats, living together! Mass hysteria!".
- The Dude's eyes can be seen in the newspapers, and according to the demo in E3, the Postal Dude had red eyes.