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* ''Animation/TheElmChantedForest'': Emperor Spine is reformed, and the forest is saved... but the powers Peter received from the elm tree have worn off, and he must go back to his village, as he can no longer understand his animal friends.
** This also happens in the sequel, The Magician's Hat. While Frostkill is defeated, the fairy queen Sunchica's love for Thistle causes her to lose her powers and title, though the Dwarf King tells her that she and Thistle should continue to protect the forest.
** This also happens in the sequel, The Magician's Hat. While Frostkill is defeated, the fairy queen Sunchica's love for Thistle causes her to lose her powers and title, though the Dwarf King tells her that she and Thistle should continue to protect the forest.
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** ''Literature/TheLittleMatchGirl'': The titular little girl freezes to death all alone in an alley, but she's guided to Heaven by the spirit of her grandmother, the only person who ever treated her with any love and kindness, and is finally free of her miserable life with her abusive father. The people who find her the next morning realize how pointlessly tragic her death was, but note that she passed away with a smile on her face
** ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'': The prince falls for the woman he ''thought'' rescued him. The poor transformed, mute mermaid sadly carries her train at the wedding. When offered a chance to become a mermaid again instead of dying by killing the man she loved, she decides not to take it. She does die physically, but God transforms her into an air spirit, a "daughter of air" with the prospect of eventually entering Heaven. This is because mermaids don't have immortal souls, and in fact the mermaid hoped to gain one by marrying the prince. As an air spirit, she will have the chance to shape a soul for herself, though it is clearly stated it will take centuries.
* "Literature/{{Reygoch}}": The titular giant is unable to stop the flood in time to save two villages, and most of people get drowned. However, Reygoch manages to save most of children and their cattle, which proceed to build a new village, hopefully free of the hate and envy which plagued their forefathers and caused their self-destruction. And although, the fairy Curlylocks cannot go back home because she sacrificed her magic veil to save the children, she has now a new home and many new friends.
* Creator/HansChristianAndersen:
** ''Literature/TheLittleMatchGirl'': The titular little girl freezes to death all alone in an alley, but she's guided to Heaven by the spirit of her grandmother, the only person who ever treated her with any love and kindness, and is finally free of her miserable life with her abusive father. The people who find her the next morning realize how pointlessly tragic her death was, but note that she passed away with a smile on her face
** ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'': The prince falls for the woman he ''thought'' rescued him. The poor transformed, mute mermaid sadly carries her train at the wedding. When offered a chance to become a mermaid again instead of dying by killing the man she loved, she decides not to take it. She does die physically, but God transforms her into an air spirit, a "daughter of air" with the prospect of eventually entering Heaven. This is because mermaids don't have immortal souls, and in fact the mermaid hoped to gain one by marrying the prince. As an air spirit, she will have the chance to shape a soul for herself, though it is clearly stated it will take centuries.
* "Literature/{{Reygoch}}": The titular giant is unable to stop the flood in time to save two villages, and most of people get drowned. However, Reygoch manages to save most of children and their cattle, which proceed to build a new village, hopefully free of the hate and envy which plagued their forefathers and caused their self-destruction. And although, the fairy Curlylocks cannot go back home because she sacrificed her magic veil to save the children, she has now a new home and many new friends.
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* ''Animation/PlanetataNaSakrovishtata'': The escaped John Supersilver managed to kill all the heroes besides Philip and set the ship on fire as revenge for losing the treasure before Philip could put him down, and the only escape pod can't carry both Philip and Flint's treasure at the same time. Philip chooses to put the treasure in the pod and release it to Earth while he remains trapped forever in the black hole. However, the treasure, which contains the remaining natural life on Earth, returns to the planet and restores the concrete world to its former ecosystem, and in some versions of the movie like the Czech dub, Philip (or perhaps his consciousness) gets to be reborn on Earth in different bodies.
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* ''Animation/SonOfTheWhiteHorse'': The WorldTree is restored and all the evil dragons are dead, the three brothers become princes and marry their wives, the Forefather reclaims his godhood and the Snow Queen is resurrected. "They got in an eggshell and rolled on a field of diamonds. They lived happily, as birds do... until they died." The ending narration implies the story is a cycle, the brothers will die and be remembered as constellations (the eggshell being the sky and the diamonds the stars), and the dragons will live on in the form of industrialization, urbanization and pollution, dimming out the stars and the Sun. In the final shot, the spirit of Treeshaker still exists in modern times and is slowly engulfed in smog.
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* ''Animation/TheTragedyOfMan'': Just like in the play it's based on, Lucifer fails to get Adam to commit suicide and thereby deny God. Adam and Eve stay together to raise their newborn. But Adam lives with the knowledge that humanity will never find the right path, every philosophy and social system will fail. Humanity is doomed to a horrible fate when the next ice age sets in, but Adam realizes humans were never meant to thrive, their purpose is to struggle, suffer and survive. The end is bittersweet from Lucifer and God's perspective too: Lucifer lost his argument with God but put a wrench in his Creation by bringing self-awareness to humans, setting them up for progress that will end in failure, while God can only watch as they struggle.
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* BittersweetSeventeen: An ending of childhood, but a developing of selfhood at age seventeen.
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* BittersweetSeventeen: Bittersweet17: An ending of childhood, but a developing of selfhood at age seventeen.
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* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': The end of the "Legend of a Hero" arc in Season 7. Sure, they drove out the invaders, but at what cost? Kalo's life, for he was the one who sacrificed himself to save the planet. Needless to say, the heroes (especially Careful S.) are still in tears despite the enemy being driven away.
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* The end of the "Legend of a Hero" arc in Season 7 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes''. Sure, they drove out the invaders, but at what cost? Kalo's life, for he was the one who sacrificed himself to save the planet. Needless to say, the heroes ([[InelegantBlubbering especially]] [[HeterosexualLifePartners Careful S.]]) are still in tears despite the enemy being driven away.
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* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': The end of the "Legend of a Hero" arc in Season 7 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes''.7. Sure, they drove out the invaders, but at what cost? Kalo's life, for he was the one who sacrificed himself to save the planet. Needless to say, the heroes ([[InelegantBlubbering especially]] [[HeterosexualLifePartners (especially Careful S.]]) ) are still in tears despite the enemy being driven away.
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* ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': The snake hunting village is saved, antagonists are dead and Blanca is saved by Xuan but he [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed himself to do]] and almost has his very soul destroyed, Blanca manages to save his soul and he is reincarnated. However, this also means that Xuan couldn't properly part ways with Dudou or the villagers. And 500 years later, with the help of her now redeemed sister, Blanca manages to find Xuan's reincarnation with the [[MaybeEverAfter implication]] that they will be together.
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* ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': The snake hunting village is saved, antagonists are dead and Blanca is saved by Xuan but he [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed himself to do]] and almost has his very soul destroyed, Blanca manages to save his soul and he is reincarnated. However, this also means that Xuan couldn't properly part ways with Dudou or the villagers. And 500 years later, with the help of her now redeemed sister, Blanca manages to find Xuan's reincarnation with the [[MaybeEverAfter implication]] implication that they will be together.
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* ''Film/Strings2004'': The Zeriths and Hebalon are at peace, but it doesn’t change the fact that Jhinna died undeservedly.
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* ''Literature/TheBible'' from start to finish. Humanity gains knowledge, but loses Paradise. The Israelites are freed from slavery, but at the cost of thousands of Egyptian lives. Moses serves long and well as a prophet, but dies before reaching the Promised Land. The Jews build a magnificent temple, which is subsequently wrecked when the country is conquered... twice. UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} preaches and wins many followers, but then he gets painfully executed. He comes back, but a month later [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence goes back home]] (subverted with him promising to return someday). People start off happy, they sin, they get punished, they reconcile, they get redeemed, rinse and repeat, with the eventual death of nearly everyone (inevitably, since it all happened thousands of years ago).
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** ''A Touch of Darkness''. [[spoiler:Shego defeats Kim Possible, kills Betty, and leaves Fred to die, and makes Archie so angry that she's able to take control of his Darkness and allow him to be Norted. Archie leaves with the Organization, but shortly after an amnesiac Nobody made from Betty appears and is able to rouse Fred from the brink of death.]]
** ''Lonely Hearts''. [[spoiler:The defeat of the Sheriff at Bright Eyes' hands helps dissuade a good portion of the xenophobia they had prior, and the Killjoys remain in Twin Peaks to help continue the healing. However, Bright Eyes and Calumon are separated and alone because Calumon wiped himself from everyone's memory and chose not to restore himself to Bright Eyes.]]
* Episode four of ''Podcast/MysteryShow'', titled "Vanity Plate." [[spoiler:Starlee finds the plate's owner and learns that it refers to September 11th, which is the woman's mother's birthday, an occasion that saved her from being in New York on 9/11. The plate is a tribute to her mother and to the friends that she lost.]]
** ''Lonely Hearts''. [[spoiler:The defeat of the Sheriff at Bright Eyes' hands helps dissuade a good portion of the xenophobia they had prior, and the Killjoys remain in Twin Peaks to help continue the healing. However, Bright Eyes and Calumon are separated and alone because Calumon wiped himself from everyone's memory and chose not to restore himself to Bright Eyes.]]
* Episode four of ''Podcast/MysteryShow'', titled "Vanity Plate." [[spoiler:Starlee finds the plate's owner and learns that it refers to September 11th, which is the woman's mother's birthday, an occasion that saved her from being in New York on 9/11. The plate is a tribute to her mother and to the friends that she lost.]]
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** ''A Touch of Darkness''. [[spoiler:Shego Shego defeats Kim Possible, kills Betty, and leaves Fred to die, and makes Archie so angry that she's able to take control of his Darkness and allow him to be Norted. Archie leaves with the Organization, but shortly after an amnesiac Nobody made from Betty appears and is able to rouse Fred from the brink of death.]]
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** ''Lonely Hearts''.[[spoiler:The The defeat of the Sheriff at Bright Eyes' hands helps dissuade a good portion of the xenophobia they had prior, and the Killjoys remain in Twin Peaks to help continue the healing. However, Bright Eyes and Calumon are separated and alone because Calumon wiped himself from everyone's memory and chose not to restore himself to Bright Eyes.]]
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* Episode four of ''Podcast/MysteryShow'', titled "Vanity Plate."[[spoiler:Starlee Starlee finds the plate's owner and learns that it refers to September 11th, which is the woman's mother's birthday, an occasion that saved her from being in New York on 9/11. The plate is a tribute to her mother and to the friends that she lost.]]
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** ''Lonely Hearts''.
* Episode four of ''Podcast/MysteryShow'', titled "Vanity Plate."
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* ''Animation/ThePiedPiper'': While all of the corrupt and cruel townspeople were transformed into rats and fell into the lake to drown, the young innocent woman was murdered without the Piper being able to save her and the Piper himself vanishes after the townspeople have drowned and Hamelin is left empty. But the Fisherman is spared by the Piper and rescues a baby from the town and ends up taking the child to a better place to live in.
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* The protagonist or protagonists are the [[SoleSurvivor only ones left alive at the end]]. [[KillEmAll Even the likable guest or supporting characters get mercilessly killed]].
* And occasionally, you ''will'' get a [[PlayedStraight straight up]] HappilyEverAfter, but then the story will ''keep going'', which leads to the [[KillEmAll inevitable conclusion of all the characters dying]]. Then GhostReunionEnding occurs.
* And occasionally, you ''will'' get a [[PlayedStraight straight up]] HappilyEverAfter, but then the story will ''keep going'', which leads to the [[KillEmAll inevitable conclusion of all the characters dying]]. Then GhostReunionEnding occurs.
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* The protagonist or protagonists are the [[SoleSurvivor only ones left alive at the end]]. [[KillEmAll [[EverybodysDeadDave Even the likable guest or supporting characters get mercilessly killed]].
* And occasionally, you ''will'' get a [[PlayedStraight straight up]] HappilyEverAfter, but then the story will ''keep going'', which leads to the[[KillEmAll [[EverybodyDiesEnding inevitable conclusion of all the characters dying]]. Then GhostReunionEnding occurs.
* And occasionally, you ''will'' get a [[PlayedStraight straight up]] HappilyEverAfter, but then the story will ''keep going'', which leads to the
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* The end of the "Legend of a Hero" arc in Season 7 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes''. Sure, they drove out the invaders, but at what cost? Kalo's life, for he was the one who sacrificed himself to save the planet. Needless to say, the heroes ([[InelegantBlubbering especially]] [[HeterosexualLifePartners Careful S.]]) still in tears despite the enemy being driven away.
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* The end of the "Legend of a Hero" arc in Season 7 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes''. Sure, they drove out the invaders, but at what cost? Kalo's life, for he was the one who sacrificed himself to save the planet. Needless to say, the heroes ([[InelegantBlubbering especially]] [[HeterosexualLifePartners Careful S.]]) are still in tears despite the enemy being driven away.
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* The end of the "Legend of a Hero" arc in Season 7 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes''. Sure, they drove out the invaders, but at what cost? [[spoiler:Kalo's life, for he was the one who sacrificed himself to save the planet.]] Needless to say, the heroes ([[InelegantBlubbering especially]] [[HeterosexualLifePartners Careful S.]]) still in tears despite the enemy being driven away.
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* The end of the "Legend of a Hero" arc in Season 7 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes''. Sure, they drove out the invaders, but at what cost? [[spoiler:Kalo's Kalo's life, for he was the one who sacrificed himself to save the planet.]] planet. Needless to say, the heroes ([[InelegantBlubbering especially]] [[HeterosexualLifePartners Careful S.]]) still in tears despite the enemy being driven away.
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* The BigBad is defeated, but they ''survive'' the FinalBattle ''without pulling a HeelFaceTurn'' and there's no telling if, or more worryingly, ''when'' they'll come back to power.
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* The BigBad is defeated, but they ''survive'' and/or TheDragon ''survives'' the FinalBattle ''without pulling a HeelFaceTurn'' and there's no telling if, or more worryingly, ''when'' they'll come back to power.
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* The BigBad is defeated, but they ''survive'' the FinalBattle ''without pulling a HeelFaceTurn'' and there's no telling if, or more worryingly, ''when'' they'll come back to power.
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* ''Animation/{{Padak}}'': Padak and Spotty die, with the remaining presumed to die, while the Master learns from his mistakes and Padak's efforts and actually escapes to freedom in the ocean.
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* ''Animation/{{Padak}}'': Padak [[TheHeroDies Padak]] and Spotty die, with the remaining presumed to die, meet the same fate, while the Master learns from his mistakes and Padak's efforts and actually escapes to freedom in the ocean.
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* The good guys feel unsatisfied and uneasy because they feel that they [[IdiotBall put on a poor showing]] and won by accident or dumb luck or realized that they unfairly misjudged a good person[[note]]in such cases, there is no reconciliation and the "good person in question either dies or leaves before apologies can be delivered[[/note]]. Occasionally, this is when they are the intended recipient (as opposed to the [[PatrickStewartSpeech usual deliverer]]) of AnAesop.
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* The good guys feel unsatisfied and uneasy because they feel that they [[IdiotBall put on a poor showing]] and won by accident or dumb luck or realized that they unfairly misjudged a good person[[note]]in such cases, there is no reconciliation and the "good person person" in question either dies or leaves before apologies can be delivered[[/note]]. Occasionally, this is when they are the intended recipient (as opposed to the [[PatrickStewartSpeech usual deliverer]]) of AnAesop.
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** ''Lonely Hearts''. [[spoiler:The defeat of the Sheriff at Bright Eyes' hands helps dissuade a good portion of the xenophobia they had prior, and the Killjoys remain in Twin Peaks to help continue he healing. However, Bright Eyes and Calumon are separated and alone because Calumon wiped himself from everyone's memory and chose not to restore himself to Bright Eyes.]]
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** ''Lonely Hearts''. [[spoiler:The defeat of the Sheriff at Bright Eyes' hands helps dissuade a good portion of the xenophobia they had prior, and the Killjoys remain in Twin Peaks to help continue he the healing. However, Bright Eyes and Calumon are separated and alone because Calumon wiped himself from everyone's memory and chose not to restore himself to Bright Eyes.]]
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* ''Animation/SkyBlue''. Sure, Ecoban falls, but Jay will almost certainly die, and Woody isn't in great shape either. Oh, and they were wrong about Gibraltar.
* ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': The snake hunting village is saved, antagonists are dead and Blanca is saved by Xuan but he [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed himself to do]] and almost has his very soul destroyed, Blanca manages to save his soul and he is reincarnated. However, this also means that Xuan couldn't properly part ways with Dudou or the villagers. And 500 years later, with the help of her now redeemed sister, Blanca manages to find Xuan's reincarnation with the [[MaybeEverAfter implication]] that they will be together.
* ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': The snake hunting village is saved, antagonists are dead and Blanca is saved by Xuan but he [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed himself to do]] and almost has his very soul destroyed, Blanca manages to save his soul and he is reincarnated. However, this also means that Xuan couldn't properly part ways with Dudou or the villagers. And 500 years later, with the help of her now redeemed sister, Blanca manages to find Xuan's reincarnation with the [[MaybeEverAfter implication]] that they will be together.
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* ''Animation/HayopKaTheNimfaDimaanoStory'': Nimfa does not end up with either of her love interests, having dumped Roger for Inigo only to discover Inigo never cared about her, leaving her with no choice but to raise her baby by herself. But she strikes up a friendship with Jerry and seems to be doing fine as a single mother. She even patches things up with her sister who, along with her mom and Jerry, helps her out.
* ''Animation/LeafieAHenIntoTheWild'': Greenie becomes the guard duck of his flock and is able to set out and see the world while Leafie lets herself be eaten by One-Eye so her babies can survive.
* ''Animation/LeafieAHenIntoTheWild'': Greenie becomes the guard duck of his flock and is able to set out and see the world while Leafie lets herself be eaten by One-Eye so her babies can survive.
* ''Animation/NextGen'': Ares and the Q-Bots are destroyed but 7723 had to wipe his memory to fight him. However, Mai begins making new memories with him.
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* ''Animation/ScamperThePenguin'': The poachers are killed and Scamper becomes the penguins' leader but Gilbert and several other penguins are dead, Mac leaves in search of his family and Don leaves with his owner without getting to say goodbye to Scamper.
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* A story in which a character becomes injured, sick, or traumatized, and ends with them improving, but not fully recovered.
* Some stories end with the protagonist(s) coping with the fact that there's a problem, rather than actually solving the problem.
* Some stories end with the protagonist(s) coping with the fact that there's a problem, rather than actually solving the problem.
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* ''Animation/Padak'': Padak and Spotty die, with the remaining presumed to die, while the Master learns from his mistakes and Padak's efforts and actually escapes to freedom in the ocean.
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* ''Animation/Padak'': ''Animation/{{Padak}}'': Padak and Spotty die, with the remaining presumed to die, while the Master learns from his mistakes and Padak's efforts and actually escapes to freedom in the ocean.
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* ''Animation/Padak'': Padak and Spotty die, with the remaining presumed to die, while the Master learns from his mistakes and Padak's efforts and actually escapes to freedom in the ocean.
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* The good guys feel unsatisfied and uneasy because they feel that they [[IdiotBall put on a poor showing]] and won by accident or dumb luck or realized that they unfairly misjudged a good person[[note]]in such cases, there is no reconciliation and the "good person in question either dies or leaves before apologies can be delivered.[[/note]]. Occasionally, this is when they are the intended recipient (as opposed the the [[PatrickStewartSpeech usual deliverer]]) of AnAesop.
* Often the case in detective dramas where the mystery ends not with the detective busting anyone. Instead, [[NonProtagonistResolver the crime has to be brought to them]].
* Often the case in detective dramas where the mystery ends not with the detective busting anyone. Instead, [[NonProtagonistResolver the crime has to be brought to them]].
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* Often the case in detective dramas where the mystery endsnot with without the detective busting anyone. Instead, [[NonProtagonistResolver the crime has to be brought to them]].
* Often the case in detective dramas where the mystery ends
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Bittersweet Endings can fall on either end of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism. They come up frequently in HighFantasy, for obvious reasons — an epic that ends with the hero triumphing over the ultimate BigBad and bringing peace and prosperity to the land, but at the same time defeating the ultimate BigBad does not always come without sacrifices, whether be most or all of the characters dying in the end or the characters are at a loss about [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow what to do now]]. Sometimes these are worlds and stories where you can EarnYourHappyEnding, though it won't be ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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Bittersweet Endings can fall on either end of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism. They come up frequently in HighFantasy, for obvious reasons — an epic that ends with the hero triumphing over the ultimate BigBad and bringing peace and prosperity to the land, but at the same time defeating the ultimate BigBad does not always come without sacrifices, whether it be most or all of the characters dying in the end or the characters are at a loss about [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow what to do now]]. Sometimes these are worlds and stories where you can EarnYourHappyEnding, though it won't be ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.\\
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Compare and contrast with RayOfHopeEnding, where the villain prevails but not all is lost. Also with EsotericHappyEnding, where the author clearly ''meant'' it to be joyful, beautiful and uplifting... but the readers don't see it that way. May overlap with TearDryer if more emphasis is placed on the "sweet" part.
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Compare and contrast with RayOfHopeEnding, where the villain prevails but not all is lost. Also with EsotericHappyEnding, where the author clearly ''meant'' it to be joyful, beautiful beautiful, and uplifting... uplifting… but the readers don't see it that way. May overlap with TearDryer if more emphasis is placed on the "sweet" part.
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* The end of the "Legend of a Hero" arc in Season 7 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes''. Sure, they drove out the invaders, but at what cost? [[spoiler:Kalo's life, for he was the one who sacrificed himself to save the planet]]. Needless to say, the heroes ([[InelegantBlubbering especially]] [[HeterosexualLifePartners Careful S.]]) still in tears despite the enemy being driven away.
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** ''A Touch of Darkness''. [[spoiler: Shego defeats Kim Possible, kills Betty and leaves Fred to die, and makes Archie so angry that she's able to take control of his Darkness and allow him to be Norted. Archie leaves with the Organization, but shortly after an amnesiac Nobody made from Betty appears and is able to rouse Fred from the brink of death]].
** ''Lonely Hearts''. [[spoiler: The defeat of the Sheriff at Bright Eyes' hands helps dissuade a good portion of the xenophobia they had prior, and the Killjoys remain in Twin Peaks to help continue he healing. However, Bright Eyes and Calumon are separated and alone because Calumon wiped himself from everyone's memory and chose not to restore himself to Bright Eyes]].
** ''Lonely Hearts''. [[spoiler: The defeat of the Sheriff at Bright Eyes' hands helps dissuade a good portion of the xenophobia they had prior, and the Killjoys remain in Twin Peaks to help continue he healing. However, Bright Eyes and Calumon are separated and alone because Calumon wiped himself from everyone's memory and chose not to restore himself to Bright Eyes]].
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** ''A Touch of Darkness''. [[spoiler: Shego [[spoiler:Shego defeats Kim Possible, kills Betty Betty, and leaves Fred to die, and makes Archie so angry that she's able to take control of his Darkness and allow him to be Norted. Archie leaves with the Organization, but shortly after an amnesiac Nobody made from Betty appears and is able to rouse Fred from the brink of death]].
death.]]
** ''Lonely Hearts''.[[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The defeat of the Sheriff at Bright Eyes' hands helps dissuade a good portion of the xenophobia they had prior, and the Killjoys remain in Twin Peaks to help continue he healing. However, Bright Eyes and Calumon are separated and alone because Calumon wiped himself from everyone's memory and chose not to restore himself to Bright Eyes]].Eyes.]]
** ''Lonely Hearts''.
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Compare and contrast with RayOfHopeEnding, where the villain prevails but not all is lost. Also with EsotericHappyEnding, where the author clearly ''meant'' it to be joyful, beautiful and uplifting... but the readers don't see it that way.
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Compare and contrast with RayOfHopeEnding, where the villain prevails but not all is lost. Also with EsotericHappyEnding, where the author clearly ''meant'' it to be joyful, beautiful and uplifting... but the readers don't see it that way.
way. May overlap with TearDryer if more emphasis is placed on the "sweet" part.
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* Some endings include the normally BadAssPacifist hero [[IDidWhatIHadToDo lamenting to the effect that they had no choice but to use violence or take life]] in order to get the job done. Also occurs in many cases of AlasPoorVillain.
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* Some endings include the normally BadAssPacifist BadassPacifist hero [[IDidWhatIHadToDo lamenting to the effect that they had no choice but to use violence or take life]] in order to get the job done. Also occurs in many cases of AlasPoorVillain.
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Sometimes the story's {{A|nAesop}}esop requires a bittersweet ending in order to be effective. For certain issues, this is [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the only way]] to get the point across without the effect being undermined by other tropes such as the EverybodyLaughsEnding.
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Sometimes the story's {{A|nAesop}}esop requires a bittersweet ending in order to be effective. For certain issues, this is [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the only way]] way to get the point across without the effect being undermined by other tropes such as the EverybodyLaughsEnding.
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* The good guys feel unsatisfied and uneasy because they feel that they [[IdiotBall put on a poor showing]] and won by accident or dumb luck. Occasionally, this is when they are the intended recipient (as opposed the the [[PatrickStewartSpeech usual deliverer]]) of AnAesop.
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* The good guys feel unsatisfied and uneasy because they feel that they [[IdiotBall put on a poor showing]] and won by accident or dumb luck.luck or realized that they unfairly misjudged a good person[[note]]in such cases, there is no reconciliation and the "good person in question either dies or leaves before apologies can be delivered.[[/note]]. Occasionally, this is when they are the intended recipient (as opposed the the [[PatrickStewartSpeech usual deliverer]]) of AnAesop.
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* Some endings include the heroes [[IDidWhatIHadToDo lamenting to the effect that they had no choice but to use violence or take life]] in order to get the job done. Also occurs in many cases of AlasPoorVillain.
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* Some endings include the heroes normally BadAssPacifist hero [[IDidWhatIHadToDo lamenting to the effect that they had no choice but to use violence or take life]] in order to get the job done. Also occurs in many cases of AlasPoorVillain.
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* The end of the "Legend of a Hero" arc in Season 7 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes''. Sure, they drove out the invaders, but at what cost? [[spoiler:Kalo's life, for he was the one who sacrificed himself to save the planet]]. Needless to say, the heroes ([[InelegantBlubbering especially [[HeterosexualLifePartners Careful S.]]) still in tears despite the enemy being driven away.
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* The end of the "Legend of a Hero" arc in Season 7 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes''. Sure, they drove out the invaders, but at what cost? [[spoiler:Kalo's life, for he was the one who sacrificed himself to save the planet]]. Needless to say, the heroes ([[InelegantBlubbering especially especially]] [[HeterosexualLifePartners Careful S.]]) still in tears despite the enemy being driven away.
