ðə dˈɛθ tˈoʊl wʌz jˈuːzd tə ɹˈeɪz ðə stˈeɪks ˈɪn "dʒˈʌdʒmənt dˈeɪ" ˈɔːl sˈɪksti mˈɪliən vˈɪktɪmz bɪkˌeɪm zˈɑːmbiz ænd bˈoʊθ ʌv ðoʊz mˈɛɡəˈɛpɪks wɜː jˈuːzd tə stˈɑːɹt ˈɔf ðə mˌɛkɐnˈɪsmoʊ stˈoːɹilˌaɪn, dˈuː tə ðə dˈæmɪdʒ dˈʌn tə ðə dʒˈʌdʒ fˈoːɹs.
The death toll was used to raise the stakes in "Judgement Day" – all sixty million victims became zombies – and both of those mega-epics were used to start off the Mechanismo storyline, due to the damage done to the judge force.