History Main / FinalLoveDuet

->"Once in every show\\

Oh, where is the song that goes like this?"
-->--"The Song That Goes Like This," ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}''

* "How Could I Ever Know" from ''Literature/TheSecretGarden: TheMusical'', in which the ghost of TheLostLenore duets with her husband.

* "Second" from ''TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee'' definitely has some aspect of this going on [[spoiler: Olive and Barfee debate who will throw the bee for the other one to win.]]. Seriously, just ask the {{fanon}}.

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* "Draussen ist Freiheit (Reprise) from ''TanzDerVampire''. It sure sounds like a traditional example of this trope, until [[spoiler:Sarah starts singing in a more guttural voice after she falls and Alfred pulls her up again... and then she turns around and has fangs... and then ''bites Alfred''.]]

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* Opera example: in the fourth act of ''[[Theatre/LaBoheme La bohème]]'', Rodolfo and the dying Mimi have a few minutes by themselves to sing one last duet, including musical reminiscences of the first meeting scene. Its interruption by Mimi's convulsions is heartbreaking, though she still lives for another minute.

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Definitely not played straight:

-->--"The Song That Goes Like This," ''{{Spamalot}}''

** MyLittleTown. A duet of "I'll Cover You"(Reprise) goes to Art and [[spoiler: Maya]] when they get together the first time.

* "Still" from ''Theater/{{Titanic}}''.

* Opera example: in the fourth act of ''[[LaBoheme La bohème]]'', Rodolfo and the dying Mimi have a few minutes by themselves to sing a Theatre/FinalLoveDuet. Its reminiscences of the first meeting scene and abrupt ending are arguably even more tear-jerking than her actual death.

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* "Far Longer Than Forever (Reprise)" from ''TheSwanPrincess''.
* "You're The One That I Want" from ''{{Grease}}''.
** Replaces the similar "All Choked Up" from the stage musical. It [[CutSong survived until the movie]].

* Parodied in ''{{Enchanted}}'' when the heroine meets her Prince Charming and falls in LoveAtFirstSight:
-->'''Edward:''' You're the fairest maid I ever met!\\
You were made...\\
'''Giselle:''' ...To finish your duet!
** Later subverted when the prince finds her again at the end, sings his part...and [[CharacterDevelopment Giselle doesn't join in]].
* ''MoulinRouge'' has a reprise of ''Come What May''.
* [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} "A whole new world... A whole new life... ...for you and me..."]]

* ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' provides a [[TearJerker heartbreaking]] twist: Christine and Raoul sing a reprise of "All I Ask of You," but the focus of the scene is on the Phantom, now alone and devastated after [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy letting them go free]].

* ''TheWeddingSinger'' musical somehow manages to have ''three'' for the same couple. Robbie and Julia sing "If I Told You", "If I Told You (Reprise)" and the actual final duet, which is "Grow Old With You".

* ''{{Aida}}'' features a heartbreaking reprise of "Enchantment Passing Through" for Aida and Radames [[spoiler: as they take their final breaths.]]
* "Inside Your Heart" from ''BatBoyTheMusical''.
* The "One Alone" reprise from ''TheDesertSong.'' It starts out as a solo outlining the hero's ideas on "Eastern vs Western Love" and becomes a {{Leitmotif}}, finally becoming the last duet between the hero and heroine.

* "Still" from ''Theater/{{Titanic}}''

* "Yesterday I Loved You" for the BetaCouple in ''OnceUponAMattress''.

* In ''[[TheEmigrants Kristina]]'' the song "Here I Am Again" more or less fills this purpose for the lead characters. They spend the entire musical being happily married but towards the end of the second act Kristina barely survives a miscarriage and is informed she won't live through another pregnancy which in the mid 19th century means she and her husband have to stop having sex. The song in question takes place when Kristina convinces Karl Oskar that it's worth the risk of sleeping together because if God wants her to live she'll live and if He wants her to die He'll find a way whether she abstains from sex or not. The ending of the song is a reprise from a first act song in which Karl Oskar convinces Kristina to keep having sex when she wants to avoid bearing more children when they can barely feed the kids they've got. The lyrics are essentially about how their love and desire for one another is too strong to abstain from physically expressing it.

* "Two Hearts" from the ''{{Lexx}}'' musical, "Brigadoom." Subverted in that [[spoiler:their reconciliation in the song is followed by a doomed LastStand in defense of their planet, with a reprise of the love duet that ends, "It's a good way to die."]]

* The Reprise of "Always Only You" from OnceUponATimeInNewJersey. The first time is a partial subversion.

* "It Only Takes A Moment" from ''HelloDolly''.

* The quote, from Creator/MontyPython's ''{{Spamalot}}'', isn't a Final Love Duet, but its reprise -- "Twice In Every Show"" is.

* The reprise of "Send in the Clowns" as sung by Fredrik and Desiree at the end of ''ALittleNightMusic''.
* Heartbreakingly subverted in ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Mrs. Lovett and Sweeney join for a final duet to the tune of "A Little Priest"... [[spoiler:as he waltzes her into her oven]].
* From ''{{Urinetown}}'', "We're Not Sorry (Reprise)," sung by Cladwell and Pennywise. Subverted in that [[spoiler:this is as Cladwell goes to be thrown off a building]]
* Opera example: in the fourth act of ''[[LaBoheme La bohème]]'', Rodolfo and the dying Mimi have a few minutes by themselves to sing a FinalLoveDuet. Its reminiscences of the first meeting scene and abrupt ending are arguably even more tear-jerking than her actual death.

* "Not Alone" from ''AVeryPotterMusical'', with a twist: on the last third of the song, Harry and Ginny are joined by Ron and Hermione, making the song about friendship as well as romantic love.

* ''InTheHeights'' has two, "Champaigne" for Usnavi and Vanessa and "When the Sun Goes Down" for Nina and Benny.
* "Forbidden Love" from ''ZombieProm''.

->Once in every show\\

Oh, where is the song that goes like this?

* The CutSong "If I Never Knew You" from Disney's ''{{Pocahontas}}'' would have been one, and is in the extended re-release, happening when Pocahontas goes to visit John Smith whilst he's being held captive by her father awaiting his execution.

* In ''{{Theatre/Heathers}}'', Veronica and J.D. sing reprises of all their love duets throughout the climax. "Dead Girl Walking" gets a whole song for its reprise, and a lot of the lyrics take on a very different, more deadly feel. "I Am Damaged" reprises both "Seventeen" and "Our Love is God." [[spoilers:And it ends with J.D. blowing himself up to save Veronica.]]