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* ''VideoGame/BloodRayne 2'': Its ending has the profile of a typical second part of a TwoPartTrilogy; complete with the antagonistic factions gathering to pull off a TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and leaving the narrative in suspense. It's ultimately {{subverted}} since there's no third game to resolve the MythArc and the plot gets its ConclusionInAnotherMedium --i.e., the comics.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': The first season ends a bit triumphantly as Anne finally stands up to Sasha and Wartwood gains a decisive victory over the toads. At the end of the second season, King Andrias reveals that he's EvilAllAlong and is planning an invasion of Earth, Anne is shown to have a powerful SuperMode, Marcy is gravely stabbed by Andrias, and Anne and the Plantars end up on Earth.

* ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': It ends with Han Solo being frozen in carbonite and captured by a new enemy and crime boss Jabba the Hutt (who is not strictly in league with TheEmpire) leaving us with just Luke and Leia's promise to rescue him.

* ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'': It ends with the protagonist Sigma, having mastered his time travel powers, going back in time to meet Akane in the past so they can stop [[ReligionOfEvil Free The Soul]] from unleashing the Radical-6 plague that has just killed off 6 billion people.

* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': It resolves the alternate timeline story but Marty winds up trapped in the past and everything else is saved for a big fat "To Be Continued".

Contrast TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised, when a show is wrapped up through means other than its primary medium, and ToBeContinuedRightNow, when a cliff-hanger is set up but then [[SubvertedTrope then immediately explained]].

* ''Literature/TheDaevabadTrilogy'': In the climax of the second book, Daevabad falls in a surprise attack, the BigBad reveals herself, King Ghassan (TheHeavy until then) is killed, all the djinn are BroughtDownToNormal, and the protagonist and her friend narrowly escape in an [[RandomTransportation emergency teleport]] to another country. NothingIsTheSameAnymore in the third book.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart'': {{Subverted}}. The movie seems to end on a low note, with Rex Dangervest revealing himself as an embittered future version of Emmet who tricks him into starting the Armageddon but then strands him on Undar of the Dryar. Meanwhile, the Systarians and all of Emmet's friends are trapped in the Bin of Storage, unable to help. Then Lucy interrupts [[DarkReprise "Everything's Not Awesome"]] to rally everyone else to [[ToBeContinuedRightNow turn things around and save the day]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In the first season, the heroes successfully repel the enemy Fire Nation navy from the Water Tribe. In the second season's finale, [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheCrossroadsOfDestiny "The Crossroads of Destiny"]], the heroes are betrayed by Long Feng and Prince Zuko, Aang is apparently dead --shut down by Azula's lightning attack, and the Earth Kingdom falls to the Fire Nation.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The [[Recap/TheOwlHouseS1E19YoungBloodOldSouls first season ends]] with Luz handing over Eda's portal to Emperor Belos and destroying it, [[TrappedInAnotherWorld leaving her stranded in the Demon Realm]] --and as it later turns out, only hindering his plans since he's able to rebuild the portal). Meanwhile, Eda and Lilith, though now on better terms, have lost their ability to use magic. Despite this, it's still much more upbeat and less of a cliffhanger than the ending of the second season, where Luz and her friends are trapped in the Human Realm while the rest of the Boiling Isles are left at the mercy of [[RealityWarper the Collector]] thanks to King making a deal with him to save everyone from Belos' attempt to murder them all, and we don't see the other main characters recover onscreen [[BolivianArmyCliffhanger so their fates are left up in the air]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': The first season ends a bit triumphantly as Anne finally stands up to Sasha and Wartwood gaining a decisive victory over the toads. At the end second season, King Andrias reveals that he's EvilAllAlong and is planning an invasion of Earth, Anne is shown to have a powerful SuperMode, Marcy is gravely stabbed by Andrias, and Anne and the Plantars end up on Earth.