SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
Film 2012. Written by Lorene Scafaria. Directed by Lorene Scafaria. Starring Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Adam Brody, Derek Luke and William Petersen.
Source Features: BBB (14) TIMELINE (14) MAP (2) OTHER (10) THEMES (1)

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BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU
1CGS BBBTelevisionTV News

CGS
News network covering the worldwide state of emergency.



3DeliveranceBBBVehiclesSpacecrafts

Deliverance
The CSA space shuttle Deliverance has been destroyed. The final mission to save mankind has failed.

4Drugs Inc BBBRetailDrugstores

Drugs Inc
Pharmacy name on Dodge's wife Linda's medicine bottle.



3Friendsy's BBBDiningRestaurants

Friendsy's
Dodge and Penny eat dinner at Friendsy's.



3JS Total Music BBBMusicMusic Stores

JS Total Music
Store Dodge drives by that has been boarded up.



3Metropolitan Consolidated Life Insurance BBBFinancial CompaniesInsurance Services

Metropolitan Consolidated Life Insurance
Company where Dodge works.



3Miltown High School BBBEducationHigh Schools

Miltown High School
Where Dodge attended high school.



3News Today BBBPeriodicalsMagazines

News Today
News magazine.



3Q107.2 BBBRadioRadio Stations

Q107.2
We'll be bringing you up to the minute coverage of our countdown to the end of days, along with all your class rock favorites.



3Quality Cafe BBBDiningCafes and Delis

Quality Cafe
Cafe Dodge drives by that has been boarded up.



3RaidersBBBSportsSchool Mascots

Raiders
Miltown High School mascot.

4Spin DipBBBMenuMenu Items

Spin Dip
Appetizer at Friendly's restaurant.

5Windose BBBMaintenance ProductsCleaning Products

Windose
Parody of glass cleaner Windex - Dodge's housekeeper tells him he is out. He buys more, and then drinks it before passing out in a park.



3Zuzu'sBBBDiningRestaurants

Zuzu's
Penny mentions being sad about never being able to to have another meatball sub from Zuzu's.

FICTITIOUS TIMELINE
4February 12, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sExpiration Dates

February 12, 2021
Expiration Date on Dodge Petersen's wife Linda's prescription medicine bottle.



3March 28, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sEvents

March 28, 2021
Linda Petersen leaves her husband Dodge by jumping out of their car on the side of the road. Radio Announcer: The 70 mile wide asteroid known commonly as Matilda is set to collide with Earth in exactly three weeks time.



3March 29, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sEvents

March 29, 2021
21 days left until the asteroid Matilda is scheduled to hit the Earth. Dodge Petersen works out at a gym, and then goes to work at Metropolitan Consolidated Life Insurance.



3March 29, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sEvents

March 29, 2021
Date of News Today news magazine's final issue.



3March 30, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sEvents

March 30, 2021
After deciding not to kill a spider in his sink the night before, Dodge wakes up with spider bites on his face. Upon arriving at work at Metropolitan Consolidated Life Insurance, a body lands on his windshield.



3April 5, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sEvents

April 5, 2021
14 days left until the asteroid Matilda is scheduled to hit the Earth. Dodge Petersen's friends Warren and Diane throw a party. Dodge runs away and goes home, where he meets Penny, crying outside his window.



3April 6, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sEvents

April 6, 2021
Dodge Petersen walks Penny home, finds out his wife Linda was cheating on him, throws out her stuff, buys a bottle of glass cleaner called Windose, drinks the Windose, and then passes out in a park.



3April 7, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sEvents

April 7, 2021
12 days left until the asteroid Matilda is scheduled to hit the Earth. Dodge Petersen wakes up in a park with a dog tied to his leg and a note saying, "Sorry". At home later, he finds a letter from Olivia, the love of his life and decides to go find her. When a riot approaches his apartment building, he wakes up Penny and they flee in her car.



3April 8, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sEvents

April 8, 2021
After Penny's car runs out of gas, Glenn picks them up. When Glenn gets shot. Dodge and Penny bury Glenn and take his truck to Friendsy's, leaving when an orgy breaks out and having sex in Glenn's truck. Then they get arrested.



3April 9, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sEvents

April 9, 2021
Dodge and Penny are released from jail. Trenton police drive them to Camden at Penny's ex-boyfriend Speck's house, where Penny calls her folks on Speck's satellite phone. They borrow a car from Speck and drive to Dodge's ex-girlfriend Olivia's house. There's nobody home so Penny makes dinner.



3April 10, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sEvents

April 10, 2021
Dodge and Penny drive to his ex-girlfriend Olivia's house, where he leaves a letter for her. They stop at a beach where people are lined up to get baptized. They go to Dodge's father Frank's house and eat dinner. Frank's father and Penny fly off into the night, while Dodge heads back home.



3April 11, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sEvents

April 11, 2021
Dodge returns home to find his housekeeper Elsa cleaning his apartment. The final CGS news broadcast reveals that the asteroid Matilda will be arriving a week earlier than expected. There are only 16 hours left. Penny shows up, having made Frank turn the plane around.



3April 12, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sEvents

April 12, 2021
The end of the world. Dodge and Penny die in bed together when the asteroid Matilda crashes into the Earth.



3April 19, 2021 Dates21st Century: 20sEvents

April 19, 2021
Original forecasted date for the asteroid Matilda to crash into the Earth - three weeks after Linda Petersen left her husband Dodge by jumping out of their car on the side of the road.



MAKE BELIEVE MAP
3Matilda MapOuter SpaceAsteroids

Matilda
The 70-mile-wide asteroid known commonly as Matilda is set to collide with Earth in exactly three weeks time.



3Miltown MapUrban AreasCities-U.S.

Miltown
Dodge's home town.



OTHER
3DianeOtherQuotesQuotes

Diane
Diane: Nobody's anybody's anything anymore.

4DodgeOtherQuotesQuotes

Dodge
Dodge: You are the love of my life.

5Name that Dodge gives the dog he adopts ... OtherTriviaName Game-Animals

Name that Dodge gives the dog he adopts after finding it tied to his leg when he wakes up in the park.
Sorry
Please
Thanks




3PennyOtherQuotesQuotes

Penny
Penny: I am a recovering serial monogamist.

4Penny & DodgeOtherQuotesQuotes

Penny & Dodge
Penny: I won't steal anything if you don't rape me.
Dodge: Agreed.


5Penny & DodgeOtherQuotesQuotes

Penny & Dodge
Penny: You are a really nice person.
Dodge: You are an awful judge of character.


6RoacheOtherQuotesQuotes

Roache
Roache: It's a different world now. It's a different world. The sky is falling, and it's raining pussy! It's raining pussy!

7The name of the asteroid scheduled to hi... OtherTriviaName Game

The name of the asteroid scheduled to hit the Earth.
The Giant Peach
BFG
Matilda




3Untitled OtherThemesColor Out of Space


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4WarrenOtherQuotesQuotes

Warren
Warren: This isn't the fucking Ark, Diane. This is the Titanic! And there is not a life raft in sight. Welcome aboard.










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