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* ''Videogame/BuckshotRoulette:'' Whenever you catch one of the shotgun's live rounds, all you see is the muzzle flash lighting everything before it ''immediately'' cuts to black, followed by a return to the table as the MagicalDefibrillator bringing you back. [[spoiler:Or your arrival at the Pearly Gates, if you got unlucky in the last round]].
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* Almost every episode of ''Series/{{Cheers}} ends with a smash cut to a black screen with the Executive Producer credits.

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* Almost every episode of ''Series/{{Cheers}} ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' ends with a smash cut to a black screen with the Executive Producer credits.
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* Almost every episode of ''Series/{{Cheers}} ends with a smash cut to a black screen with the Executive Producer credits.
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---> "Hey, now you hold on or you're gonna fall! [[spoiler: Kimishima]] are you listenin'? Hey! [[spoiler: Kimishima]]? Heh heh, say something. [[spoiler: Kimishima]] I am not in the mood to fool around. This isn't funny. Hey, Kaname, what's wrong?...Hey, wait. [[spoiler: Kimishima]]?"\\

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---> --> "Hey, now you hold on or you're gonna fall! [[spoiler: Kimishima]] are you listenin'? Hey! [[spoiler: Kimishima]]? Heh heh, say something. [[spoiler: Kimishima]] I am not in the mood to fool around. This isn't funny. Hey, Kaname, what's wrong?...Hey, wait. [[spoiler: Kimishima]]?"\\
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* ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'' has one that's [[TearJerker phenomenally brutal]] in its simplicity. [[spoiler: Kimishima]] has been severely injured amidst his SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. So Kazuma carries him back home. Somewhere along the way, [[spoiler: Kimishima]] stops talking, but Kazuma [[DistractedFromDeath doesn't realize what this means]]. When they get home, Kaname realizes what's happened, and starts to cry. But [[IdiotHero Kazuma]]...
--> "Hey, now you hold on or you're gonna fall! [[spoiler: Kimishima]] are you listenin'? Hey! [[spoiler: Kimishima]]? Heh heh, say something. [[spoiler: Kimishima]] I am not in the mood to fool around. This isn't funny. Hey, Kaname, what's wrong?...Hey, wait. [[spoiler: Kimishima]]?"\\

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* ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'' ''Anime/SCryEd'' has one that's [[TearJerker phenomenally brutal]] in its simplicity. [[spoiler: Kimishima]] has been severely injured amidst his SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. So Kazuma carries him back home. Somewhere along the way, [[spoiler: Kimishima]] stops talking, but Kazuma [[DistractedFromDeath doesn't realize what this means]]. When they get home, Kaname realizes what's happened, and starts to cry. But [[IdiotHero Kazuma]]...
--> ---> "Hey, now you hold on or you're gonna fall! [[spoiler: Kimishima]] are you listenin'? Hey! [[spoiler: Kimishima]]? Heh heh, say something. [[spoiler: Kimishima]] I am not in the mood to fool around. This isn't funny. Hey, Kaname, what's wrong?...Hey, wait. [[spoiler: Kimishima]]?"\\
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** Season 1 of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' ends Episode 1 on a weird gradual example as all the lights in the Travelier Motel go out one by one, and a moment after the last one shuts off, the smash occurs. Episode 2 ends with a smash to punctuate [[spoiler: Jolene's video tape of Clementine in the motel, and the line, "You'll be safe, I promise."]] Episode 4 ends with [[spoiler: Lee being stunned completely speechless by The Stranger on the walkie talkie as the game ignores whatever option the player chose by smashing to black]], and Episode 5 ends with the SequelHook of [[spoiler: Clementine alone in a field spotting two figures off in the distance]].
* An option in ''Videogame/{{Limbo}}'' can be switched on if you don't like the gory deaths that can occure. It smashs to black the instant the boy is about to be killed, but leaves the sound of his demise in.
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' ends like this, with the Smash to Black coinciding with the final note in the ending music. However if the EMS is high enough and the player chose to destroy the reapers, there is a quick scene after [[spoiler: in which Shepard wakes up in the rubble.]]

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** Season 1 of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonOne'' ends Episode 1 on a weird gradual example as all the lights in the Travelier Motel go out one by one, and a moment after the last one shuts off, the smash occurs. Episode 2 ends with a smash to punctuate [[spoiler: Jolene's [[spoiler:Jolene's video tape of Clementine in the motel, and the line, "You'll be safe, I promise."]] promise"]]. Episode 4 ends with [[spoiler: Lee [[spoiler:Lee being stunned completely speechless by The Stranger on the walkie talkie as the game ignores whatever option the player chose by smashing to black]], and Episode 5 ends with the SequelHook of [[spoiler: Clementine [[spoiler:Clementine alone in a field spotting two figures off in the distance]].
* An option in ''Videogame/{{Limbo}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}'' can be switched on if you don't like the gory deaths that can occure. It smashs to black the instant the boy is about to be killed, but leaves the sound of his demise in.
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' ends like this, with the Smash to Black coinciding with the final note in the ending music. However However, if the EMS is high enough and the player chose to destroy the reapers, there is a quick scene after [[spoiler: in [[spoiler:in which Shepard wakes up in the rubble.]]rubble]].



* In the ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' ''King of Cards'' campaign, after the credits, [[spoiler:King Knight is basking in his castle and monologuing that he got rid of every card and made his castle golden, and that he will be a king forever. The usual “The End” writes out. However, upon your attempt to return to the logo, the words “The End” disappear. Then, the door opens and Shovel Knight enters. King Knight prepares to battle Shovel Knight, and the screen smashes to black before finally going to the logo.]]

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* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'': In the ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' ''King of Cards'' campaign, after the credits, [[spoiler:King Knight is basking in his castle and monologuing that he got rid of every card and made his castle golden, and that he will be a king forever. The usual “The End” "The End" writes out. However, upon your attempt to return to the logo, the words “The End” "The End" disappear. Then, Then the door opens opens, and Shovel Knight enters. King Knight prepares to battle Shovel Knight, and the screen smashes to black before finally going to the logo.]]logo]].



* In VideoGame/DeathStranding each chapter begins with one of these after a few lines of introductory dialogue.

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* In VideoGame/DeathStranding each Each chapter of ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'' begins with one of these after a few lines of introductory dialogue.
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-->--''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbRollercoasterTheMusical Rollercoaster: The Musical!]]"

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-->--''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', -->-- ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbRollercoasterTheMusical Rollercoaster: The Musical!]]"
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* TheStinger of ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' ends with [[spoiler:Bowser, the Koopalings, and Bowser Jr. getting crushed by their castle after succeeding to flip Bowser back on his front.]]

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* TheStinger of ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' ends with [[spoiler:Bowser, the Koopalings, and Bowser Jr. getting crushed by their castle after succeeding to flip Bowser back on his front. The crashing sounds and Bowser roaring are still heard when the screen cuts to black.]]
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* TheStinger of ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' ends with [[spoiler:Bowser, the Koopalings, and Bowser Jr. getting crushed by their castle after succeeding to flip Bowser back on his front.]]
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* Not only does Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail end with a smash to black when the policeman [[CameraAbuse covers the camera lens with his hand]] (followed by [[BornInTheTheater some moments of a broken film reel and a white screen]] before turning black again), it also has ''no ending credits whatsoever''.

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* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' ended the fourth season like this (and on a major {{cliffhanger}}).

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* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' ended ends the fourth season like this (and on a major {{cliffhanger}}).{{cliffhanger}}).
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' ends it's sixth season cliffhanger, "[[Recap/CSINYS06E23 Vacation Getaway]]," with a black screen immediately after Lindsay and a serial killer take aim at each other... and a single shot is heard before the ending theme music begins.

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