History Main / EndingAversion

* ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood''.

* ''Series/RobinHood'' ended its second season with the [[StuffedInTheFridge murder of Maid Marian]] at Guy of Gisborne's hands, described enthusiastically by the creators as "a shocking twist" and a chance to "rock the show." However, most of the audience was just plain baffled at this creative decision, and it became increasingly clear throughout season three that the writers had put little thought into what would happen ''after'' removing the show's emotional centre, and the show flounders through a range of [[TrappedByMountainLions unconnected plotlines]] and [[ReplacementScrappy arbitrary new characters]] before being cancelled with all the [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan-favourites dead]] and [[LeaveThePlotThreadsHanging several plot threads still dangling]]. Still, it's quite fun telling non-viewers about Marian's death: they'll invariably pull a face and go: "Huh? Why would they do ''that''?"

* ''Series/RobinHood'' ended its second season with the [[StuffedInTheFridge murder of Maid Marian]] at Guy of Gisborne's hands, described enthusiastically by the creators as "a shocking twist" and a chance to "rock the show." However, it became increasingly clear throughout season three that the writers had put little thought into what would happen ''after'' removing the show's emotional centre, and the show flounders through a range of [[TrappedByMountainLions unconnected plotlines]] and [[ReplacementScrappy arbitrary new characters]] before being cancelled with all the [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan-favourites dead]] and [[LeaveThePlotThreadsHanging several plot threads still dangling]]. Still, it's quite fun telling non-viewers about Marian's death: they'll invariably pull a face and go: "Huh? Why would they do ''that''?"

* ''Series/RobinHood'' ended its second season with the [[StuffedInTheFridge murder of Maid Marian]] at Guy of Gisborne's hands, described enthusiastically by the creators as "a shocking twist" and a chance to "rock the show." However, it became increasingly clear throughout season three that the writers had put little thought into what would happen ''after'' removing the show's emotional centre, and the show flounders through a range of [[TrappedByMountainLions unconnected plotlines]] and [[ReplacementScrappy arbitrary new characters]] before being cancelled with all the [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan-favourites dead]] and [[LeaveThePlotThreadsDangling several plot threads still dangling]]. Still, it's quite fun telling non-viewers about Marian's death: they'll invariably pull a face and go: "Huh? Why would they do ''that''?"

* ''Star Trek: Voyager'' - The introduction of Seven of Nine in season 4 was intended to be a Writer'sSavingThrow, and things at least got more interesting. But seasons 5 through 7 are generally seen as a serious drop in quality, recycled plot lines, and just cranking out stories "like sausages". The series finale "Endgame" was heavily criticized.
** Endgame, while a good episode, was disappointing as a conclusion because [[MissedMomentOfAwesome we never saw the crew's reception on Earth]].

!!!MissedMomentOfAwesome
* ''{{Xenogears}}'' by way of MissedMomentOfAwesome due to running out of budget by the second disc.

* ''Stargate SG-1'' - They'd sort of resolved all of the main storyarc by the end of season 7, and a later episode broke the Fourth Wall to say that fans felt they phoned it in for season 8. The real break was seasons 9 and 10, when they introduced an entirely new set of villains, which to be honest were something of a retread of the earlier ones. They were even going to rename the show "Stargate Command" when season 9 began to try to emphasize how different it was, but rather than make a sequel-spinoff the network felt more viewers would stay if they kept the name intact.

->''It's hard to undertake "{{Cerebus}}" without being warned that, at some point, you're going to want to stop reading.''
-->--'''Dave Uzumeri''' of [[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/05/05/reading-cerebus/ Comics Alliance]]

!!!CerebusEnding
* ''GurrenLagann.''

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' - season 4 made some decisions that weren't very popular, though the general attitude is that season 5 got better again. Showrunner Joss Whedon then took a year off during season 6 to focus on the musical episode, and while people do remember and celebrate the musical episode even years later, this meant that he handed off writing duties for season 6 to other writers, and it showed. Things got moving against in season 7 when Joss came back full time, and the story intentionally built up to the final battle. Your mileage may vary.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

* ''BattlestarGalactica''

->''It's hard to undertake "Cerebus" without being warned that, at some point, you're going to want to stop reading.''

-->'''Dave Uzumeri''' of [[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/05/05/reading-cerebus/ Comics Alliance]]

Maybe the show was ScrewedByTheNetwork and was [[CutShort canceled]] [[LeftHanging before any of the questions it raised could be answered]]. Maybe [[KudzuPlot as time went on, the story collects so many elements]] that [[TheChrisCarterEffect there was no possible way]] that [[LeaveThePlotThreadsHanging they could do each justice]]. Maybe it was the first part of a series left unfinished by [[AuthorExistenceFailure the now-deceased]] or [[OrphanedSeries bored author]], leaving the epic unfinished. Maybe the SeriesGoal was [[TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised never achieved]]. Maybe the writers just plain [[SeasonalRot tired themselves out of creativity]] by the end of it, and so much DisContinuity is claimed, you could swear the fandom was comprised solely of historical revisionists. Maybe too many a {{spoiler}} was revealed, and it seems pointless to watch. Or maybe you've just heard that the whole thing devolves into such [[GainaxEnding unspeakable]] [[MindScrew surreality]] that it would taint the rest of the experience.

* ''Inception''. [[spoiler: Don't bother to watch if never learning whether or not it was [[AllJustADream all just a dream]] would interfere with your enjoyment.]]

* ''Stuart Little''. It should be noted that this only applies to the original book and not the movies.

* ''BattlestarGalactica'' is currently an example by way of a particularly virulent reaction to a mostly disliked SeriesFinale (strangely several critics who weren't big fans of the show itself thought it pretty good - no accounting for taste it seems). Many people who heard it to be BetterOnDVD and waited for the conclusion, are now wary. We shall see if the internet cools down in time.
** The finale wasn't "mostly disliked". A very large contingent of fans loved it. It's just that those people aren't the ones spending months at a time complaining about it on the internet.

Compare to HypeAversion and TheFireflyEffect (wariness of committing to a new show, as opposed to one that has concluded).

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* ''ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''. In this case, The Chris Carter Affect [[InvokedTrope was intentional]].

* ''Inception''. Don't bother to watch if never learning whether or not it was [[AllJustADream all just a dream]] would interfere with your enjoyment.