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* A 3 chapter mini series for Manga/FoodWars called 'Le dessert' is published in Jump giga to tie up loose ends.

* ''Anime/{{Popotan}}'' ends with the sisters arriving in a new time period, inhabited by an older Mai (Konami's daughter). This after they've decided to continue travelling in the episode's climax.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "{{Literature/Profession}}": After George passes the SecretTest by trying to convince the Novian official to essentially start a "Home for the Feeble-minded" off Earth, he returns to his room and talks about the events since his escape. The test is explained to him (and the audience), and the story ends on a BrickJoke.

* The Literature/PhilipMarlowe books by Creator/RaymondChandler frequently end with a dénouement, which occur during [[ChandlersLaw the villain's confrontation]] and/or in a closing scene (where Marlowe explains anything missed).

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' always does this. 1 has it right before the final fight, 2 and 3 have it place with the ending and [[spoiler: 4 has it after the credits]].

In television writing, this is usually TheTag, sometimes a DenouementEpisode. A SequelHook may feature. If the Dénouement is very long, it's EndingFatigue. If it's missing, there's NoEnding.

* A major plot element for dealing with ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder in ''Webcomic/AMiracleOfScience''.

* A 3 chapter mini series for Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma called 'Le dessert' is published in Jump giga to tie up loose ends

* In the twelfth ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' book there is a hotel aptly named this. The Dénouement is run by triplets (also named Dénouement), and it answers a ton of the questions in the series, but still leaves a treasure trove left unsaid.

* A 3 chapter mini series for Shokugeki no Soma called 'Le dessert' is published in Jump giga to tie up loose ends

* A 3 chapter mini series for Shokugeki no Soma called 'Le dessert' is published in Jump giga to tie up loose ends

* Discussed in ''Film/{{Adaptation}}''. Charlie mispronounces it [[ItIsPronouncedTropay "De-newy-ment."]]

* At the end of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', after the credits, "ten years later", [[spoiler:Elizabeth and her nine-year-old son are walking to the shore; when they reach it, they look out to a ship at sea.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' ended with [[spoiler:a CosmicRetcon ResetButtonEnding, with the final minutes of the finale being of the kids discovering their new happy lives (as well as reuniting with their estranged-now-close family and friends) and [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand feeling alienated from it]], choosing to leave on a cross-country road trip after Creator/HarlanEllison tells them [[AndTheAdventureContinues there are still mysteries to solve]] and has accepted them into Miskatonic University. The ending implies that the entire show has been a StealthPrequel to ''WesternAnimaiton/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' and subsequent works in that canon this whole time.]]

* Discussed in ''Film/{{Adaptation}}''. Charlie mispronounces it [[ItsPronouncedTropay "De-newy-ment."]]

* In-universe example from ''TheDarkEye''. Theatre plays in Maraskan have the tradition to [[ThrowItIn pick up]] every suggestion by the audience. After the [[KillThemAll usually messy]] climax, a narrator has the task to explain all the strange [[PlotDerailment twists of destiny]] and the ways, they show AnAesop. This can take up to a third of the whole play.

* In Anthony Hope's ''ThePrisonerOfZenda'', after the heroine marries the king, and the heart-broken lover leaves, it recounts how every year, the new queen would send him a messenger, telling him of her.

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** In ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'' Anne Eliot and Captain Wentwrorth actually marry, and Captain Wentworth acts on behalf of her friend Mrs. Smith.

* VideoGame/MetalGearSolid always does this. 1 has it right before the final fight, 2 and 3 have it place with the ending and [[spoiler: 4 has it after the credits]].
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has an entire level set after the FinalBattle, where you can talk to your Companions and significant Origin characters to learn about their future plans, while the cheering crowd outside waits to see their savior. If the Warden dies, there is a MeaningfulFuneral for him/her instead. Additionally, there is a slide show epilogue detailing the fates of your Companions and some [=NPCs=]. ''And'' there is the ''Witch Hunt'' {{DLC}}, which wraps up Morrigan's storyline, which was LeftHanging in the original game. Yeah, ''DA'' likes this trope.

** The Citadel DLC provided closure, albeit ''before'' the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. Despite not technically being a denouement, the DLC felt like one, providing closure with crewmembers (and the love interest), with Shepard's love interest or Joker reverently sighing at the end, "It's been quite a ride", with Shepard responding, "The best."

Denouement (pronounced day-noo-mahn) is French for "unknotting", and denotes the point in the story when mysteries are unraveled, fates are determined and explanations made. It is not synonymous with [[TheClimax climax]]: This is the aftermath of the action, not the peak. It is usually the scene ''after'' the climax -- although it can happen in such close proximity to the events of the climax that it may appear to be part of it. An equivalent English expression would be "tying up loose ends".

** This is a DiscussedTrope in book 12, as Snicket explains the difference between the dénouement and ending of a story, in traditonal Snicket style.

* The slideshow/text epilogue, with voiced narration, was used for all ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games and ''{{Arcanum}}''.

* On a similar note, the [[NoEnding abruptness of the end]] and thus lack of Denouement in the final ''Franchise/MassEffect'' game... well, the fan outcry isn't pretty. It was so bad that {{Bioware}} went back and patched in a more detailed version. Not exactly done to satisfaction for some, but at least it finally explained a few things.

* The UnreliableNarrator of ''HowToKillAMockingbird'' gets it wrong: