History Main / ThankingTheViewer

* A staple of at least the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} releases of ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' games. "Thanks X, Zero and YOU!"

-->'''Charles Kuralt''': Time for us to part, you and I-- saying goodbye to the viewers of ''Sunday Morning'' is like saying goodbye to old friends; that's the way I feel. Thank you for making me feel that way. I aim to do some traveling and reading and writing, and to watch this program the civilized way for a change-- in my bathrobe while having breakfast. Charles Osgood appreciates poems and often commits poetry himself. There is a rhyme by Clarence Day which says what I want to say: "Farewell my friends, farewell and hail; I'm off to seek the holy grail. I cannot tell you why. Remember please when I am gone, 'twas aspiration led me on. Tiddly-widdly-toodle-oo, all I want is to stay with you, but...here I go. Goodbye."

* The ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' movies ''[[Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfTheSuperAdventure The Super Adventure]]'', ''Animation/MoonCastleTheSpaceAdventure'', and ''Animation/MissionIncredibleAdventuresOnTheDragonsTrail'' end with text saying "thanks for watching". In ''The Super Adventure'' and ''Moon Castle'', the text is written on a clapperboard that Weslie brings into view and claps shut.

* This [[http://vanheist.deviantart.com/art/windsong-kiriban-495577004 strip]] of ''Webcomic/{{Bomango}}''. The Website/DeviantArt gallery hit 2 million pageviews. So someone asks Gogo if she wants to thank the readers or anything. But she's trying to sleep, so Gogo, being [[{{Jerkass}} Gogo]] and all, tells them to "[...]shut up and get out of [her] room or else [she'll] start breaking bones."

* Many Website/YouTube channels and streamers will regularly thank their viewers and subscribers, some to the point of MemeticMutation.

* The cover of the final issue of DC Comics' ''Cartoon Network Block Party'' (issue 59, from July 2009) had all the CN stars who appeared in the book, with the Powerpuff Girls in front taking bows, on a stage.

* The very final shot in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' is a "Thank you for watching" artwork.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' inverts this with [[GainaxEnding the infamous congratulatory scene at the end]]. What exactly you are being congratulated for is all up to you, though. Perhaps for making it through the show.
* In episode 167 of ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', Gintoki becomes nostalgic about 8-bit video games and mentions how touched he was when he saw the words "you" in the credits at the end of the game.

* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' has Koro-sensei give the diploma to the reader in the final chapter's opening color page. The same thing happens at the end of the second season’s final episode when [[spoiler:Nagisa wearing Koro-sensei’s gown waves goodbye to the audience with the words next to him saying "Thanks for watching Assassination Classroom"]] [[https://pp.vk.me/c615720/v615720853/1b2d8/8Lmctl1Goz4.jpg as seen here.]]
* The cover of ''Manga/DragonBall'''s final volume is Goku flying in space, waving at the reader and saying "THANK YOU! GOODBYE!!" (and Majin Buu's in a flying saucer, waving bye as well).

%% Needs context * The final page of Creator/MarkMillar's ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' has [[YouBastard quite a subversion...]]
* The final panel of the final ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendsForever'' story has Princess Celestia thank the readers for all their support.
* Both ''ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool'' and ''Gwenpool Strikes Back'' end with Gwen thanking the readers for the support: the former with Gwen [[spoiler: about to start the loop of the final issue over, accepting that her story is done for now]], and the latter with her [[spoiler:confident that she now has a future after spending the entire miniseries worried about editorial permanently retiring her character]].

* Played with in one ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' parody. In the parody of ''Series/{{Taxi}},'' the Louie de Palma expy orders the taxi drivers to give people a free ride. They refuse at first, until he tells them it's for the people who watch the show.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' ended it's almost 50 year run with a thank you to his editors and fans from Charles Schulz, made even more poignant by the fact it was published the day after he died.

* ''Film/{{Borat}}'': [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny "I thank you very much for to watch my film! I hope you like!]] ''Jinquei!''"
* ''Series/{{Jackass}} Forever'', through it's run in theaters, would play a clip of Johnny Knoxville thanking the audience for supporting their local movie theater before the movie started.

* ''The High King'', the final book of ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain,'' is dedicated "To the boys who have always been Taran and the girls who will always be Eilonwy." (Taran is the series protagonist and point of view character, and Eilonwy is his only female companion.)
* The book adaptation of the ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' episode "Flying Flapjacks" ends with the line "Donkey was able to make a delicious batch of flying flapjacks with a little help from her friends...including you!". This is because the book utilized interactive pull tabs to help Donkey perform certain activities (like pouring milk and making the flapjacks fly).

* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' ended its 11-year run (episode "[[Recap/CheersS11E25OneForTheRoad One for the Road]]") with a LonelyPianoPiece version of the end credits theme, followed by the message "Thanks for having us over on all those Thursday nights--''Cheers''" on the screen.
* ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' is produced by a company called "Where's Lunch?", and each episode features a different dish on a plate as its CouchGag [=/=] VanityPlate. In its place for the finale is a bill reading "[[HospitalityForHeroes NO CHARGE]]! Thank you." Apparently, we were good customers.
* Inverted by British reviewer Creator/CharlieBrooker in his series ''Series/{{Screenwipe}}'', ''Series/{{Newswipe}}'', and ''Series/YouHaveBeenWatching'', where he usually tells the viewer to go away. In fact, it's almost a catchphrase.
* Subverted in the fourth season finale of ''Series/BabylonFive'' (the first episode filmed after season 5 was greenlit by the network) which was dedicated to [[TakeThat "all the people who predicted that the Babylon Project would fail in its mission"]].

* In the series finale of ''Series/HappyDays'' after [[spoiler: Joanie and Chachi's wedding,]] Howard Cunningham gives a speech, and at the end, he turns to the audience and says, "Thank you all for being part of our family."
* KoreanDrama ''Series/WhoAreYou'' ends with some behind-the-scenes footage, followed by the lead characters appearing out-of-character to thank the viewer for watching.
* Creator/TheWB had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xftR1CqOgyU a video]] thanking their viewers over their 11-year run, which ran at the very end of the last commercial break of its final program (the pilot of ''Series/DawsonsCreek'') before being replaced with Creator/TheCW. The last image before it went off the air for good (the credits of the final show notwithstanding) was a silhouette of [[WesternAnimation/OneFroggyEvening Michigan J. Frog]], who had been the mascot for the channel up until 2005, [[BackForTheFinale taking a symbolic final bow]]. This closing montage was, however, not seen on The WB affiliates that had switched to [=MyNetworkTV=] two weeks earlier (unless those stations carried The WB as a secondary affiliate).
-->''For 11 years, you brought us into your homes. We made you smile, and tugged at your heart. And now, we say goodbye. From all of us at The WB, thank you.''
* The end credits for the final episode of ''Series/MythBusters'' included SpecialThanks to "viewers across the world for watching, submitting ideas and telling us what we got wrong!"
* The credits of both the Season 7 finale and the Season 10 finale of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' had the credits give a special thanks to "All [=MSTies=] worldwide".
* The final episode (actually the [[VerySpecialEpisode Sentai history recap special]]) of ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' ends with Tatsuya and the gang in their Timeranger uniforms without their helmets thanking the viewer for supporting the show. Yuuri also adds that they will see each other again someday somewhere else, and they all say their goodbyes.
* In the last two seasons of the 1999 ''Series/{{Zoom}}'' series, the Zoomers thank the viewers for watching the show and say bye at the end of every episode before the credits start.
-->Well, that's the end of our show! Thanks for watching! Bye!

* ''Series/TheSunnySideUpShow'' often ended with the hosts thanking the viewers for coming and mentioning Sprout's other blocks which were coming later, before saying goodbye.
* In ''Series/SharonLoisAndBramsElephantShow'' at the end of each episode as Sharon, Lois and Bram sing the closing theme, Lois says to the audience, "Thanks for watching!" and Bram adds, "We'll see you next time!"
* On Bob Barker's final episode of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', he ended the show by thanking the audience for inviting him into their homes for the last 50 years, and then said his [[SigningOffCatchphrase famous spay-neuter plug]][[note]]"Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered. Goodbye everybody!"[[/note]] one last time, as the audience cheered loudly.
* The final episode of the 2017 series of ''Literature/TheWorstWitch'' has a freeze frame of Mildred embracing her friends. Then the words "The End - Thank you for watching!" appear on the screen and then...
--> '''Dagny Rollins:''' Thank you to everyone.
--> [The rest of the cast, Billie Boullet, Lydia Page, Megan Hughes, and Jenny Richardson, say their thanks and wave goodbye. Jenny Richardson blows a kiss to the camera]
--> '''Billie Boulett:''' Bye! We love you all!
--> '''Dagny Rollins:''' Thanks for the memories! Bye!

* ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'' ends each episode with Bear and Luna singing the "Goodbye Song", which starts with them thanking the viewer for coming over to the Big Blue House. After the song is done, Bear thanks the viewer again.

* An EasterEgg in the Music/WeirdAlYankovic album ''Straight Outta Lynwood'' features Al playing home movies, but before that, he thanks you for buying his [=CD=]... [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil "instead of downloading like some HOOLIGAN!"]]

* ''Music/LetItBe'', the last album released by ''Music/TheBeatles'' (though not the last recorded), features a remark uttered by Music/JohnLennon during their concert on the roof of the EMI Studios:
-->''I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we've passed the audition.''
* The Music/BackstreetBoys have "Larger Than Life". While not the last track on ''Millennium'' (in fact, it's only the ''first track on the album''), the song is pretty much the boys thanking their fans for their support and devotion to the group.

* At the end of glitch mode in ''VideoGame/BaldisBasics Plus'', Mystman himself will appear to speak the singular line "Thanks for playing my game", but only if [[spoiler:this is not your first run through and you’ve already defeated Null.]]

%% Needs context * The computer game ''VisualNovel/DigitalALoveStory''.
* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' does this in its regular ending and in the [[spoiler:secret good ending]].
** The main ending has the titular Literature Club's president Monika thanking the player for joining her club in the first place in the form of a special note she leaves behind at the end of the credits, moments after [[spoiler:she deleted the entire game's code, which includes deleting the existence of the main cast, Monika included]].
** This trope is also applied to the [[spoiler:secret ending that's achieved from viewing every full art/CG in the game. Instead of Monika thanking the player, it's the creator of the game, Dan Salvato himself- that does that. He goes on to addressing how he came up with his idea of the Literature Club and its inhabitants, and the idea of morality and reality within a fictional world, and ends with a huge thank you to the player]].

* ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' has a strange example: [[spoiler:After Gillian and Jamie escape from the church before it's destroyed with the KillSat along with the Snatcher production factory, Random thanks the player for being "a hell of a Junker" as he holds Elijah down. He thanks the player ''after'' the character he's been controlling leaves the scene.]]

* This [[http://vanheist.deviantart.com/art/windsong-kiriban-495577004 strip]] of ''Webcomic/{{Bomango}}''. The Website/DeviantArt gallery hit 2 million pageviews. So someone asks Gogo if she wants to thank the readers or anything. But she's trying to sleep, so Gogo, being [[{{Jerkass}} Gogo]] and all, tells them to "[...]shut up and get out of [her] room or else [she'll] start breaking bones."
* The closing lyrics of "One Final Song" from ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily''.
-->''Well folks, I guess that's it. Time to wrap it up, but I'd like to thank you for all these years...''

* A rather unique example, every post-"A Shocking Addition" episode credits for ''WebAnimation/ObjectOverload'' credits "you. The viewer" in the special thanks section for watching.
* No one appreciates their audience as much as WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}. In addition to more 'thank you for watching' type things than we could hope to list, he makes videos just to tell his fans how awesome they are. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t24zk02fT6A Like this one.]]

* [[PlayedForLaughs Played For]] [[SurrealHumor Surreal Laughs]] at the end of the ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' episode "Desmond's Big Day Out", where [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext a dancing alien from the TV at the beginning of the episode]] [[GainaxEnding breaks out of said TV and rapidly says "Hello, thank you for watching", while Charlie and Alan panic about it and argue about who should grab it]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'': While every episode ends with Corey turning to the audience and saying "Thanks for coming out, everyone!", the GrandFinale "Hear Us Rock!" notably has all of Grojband saying this and then waving to the viewers before Corey [[EveryEpisodeEnding closes the episode with the traditional garage door.]]

* From the last episode of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' the song "Thank You For Comin' Along" has the characters singing to the audience, thanking them for watching. At the end of the song, Phineas waves goodbye to the audience before closing the door.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" ends with a message thanking the audience tuning in for the past 20 years. The 500th episode does a similar thing, but instead asks viewers to get outside before going online to say the episode sucked.
* During {{Creator/Toonami}}'s final broadcast ([[UnCanceled until its 2012 revival]]), TOM 4.0 thanks the viewers for eleven years of support.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' short "Me Musical Nephews" has Popeye's nephews saying their prayers before bedtime, mentioning all their friends. They hop into to bed, only to quickly get back out and add "And all the people who come to see our pictures."
* The credits for the final episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' has the message "A special THANK YOU to all those who have contributed to the success of Animaniacs."

* This happened during the end credits of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'' with a message to acknowledge [[SavedByTheFans the fans for helping to bring the movie out of]] DevelopmentHell saying "Thank you to all the fans who wrote letters and signed petitions encouraging the making of this movie."
* Every ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' episode ends with Steve (or Joe) thanking the audience for all their help that day before singing the "[[WrapUpSong So Long Song]]". When Steve goes off to college, he gives the audience a bigger thank-you for all their help across the series to date and asks them to [[PassingTheTorch continue to help Joe]]. At the end of ''Blue's Big Musical Movie'' and right before the credits, Blue holds up a sign reading "Thanks for coming to Blue's Big Musical" as she barks out "Thanks for coming!".
* The final episode of ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'', "Gadget and the Red Rose", concluded with Gadget proudly saying he owes everything to his fans (after being lured into a trap by two old ladies pretending to be his fan club), and holding an autographed picture up to the viewer, which winks.

* The credits for the final episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}'' have Comfortable Doug thank the viewer for watching the entire series to the end, though he claims that he was the main character as opposed to Horse and her herd, and gets sidetracked in the middle of his thanks to sing his theme song.

* ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'': A ManBird does this at the end of the final episode.

* Armenian folk tales almost always end with some variant on the phrase "Three apples fell from heaven; one for the storyteller, one for the listener, and one for whoever pays good attention."

* In video games in general, it's almost a tradition to thank the player at the ending credits, particularly in the "Special Thanks" section. The phrase 'and YOU' appears in the end credits of huge numbers of games, including many Creator/{{Capcom}} arcade games.

* ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' ends with the words "Everybody loves a hero. Everybody loves you" on the screen.

* A staple of at least the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} releases of ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' games. "Thanks X, Zero and YOU!"
* One of the hidden galleries in the original ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' has the ''entire cast'' (including the joke characters of multiplayer) cheering and thanking the player in a huge group shot.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'': The credits say "Thanks A Million".
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'': towards the beginning of the game, [[AddressingThePlayer you - the player - were asked to sign for a letter]]. At the very end of the credits, your signature appears.
* ''VideoGame/{{Karoshi}}'': THANKS FOR PLAY.
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI'' says in its credits: "You played the greatest role in this game". Some of the later titles also thank the player.
* ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' has a strange example: [[spoiler:After Gillian and Jamie escape from the church before it's destroyed with the KillSat along with the Snatcher production factory, Random thanks the player for being "a hell of a Junker" as he holds Elijah down. He thanks the player ''after'' the character he's been controlling leaves the scene.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Arfenhouse}} 3'', the "Special Thanks" section of the credits ends with "...and you...for doing nothing."
* ''VideoGame/{{Messiah}}'': "Thanks for playing", with the protagonist waving at you.

* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** ''VideoGame/HaloReach''[='s=] credits open with Creator/{{Bungie}} thanking the fans for all their support throughout the past decade. It doubles as a touching farewell, because ''Reach'' turned out to be Bungie's last ''Halo'' game.
** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'' has a particularly heartwarming one: the credits open with a message from Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries that not only thanks the player for completing the game, but putting their trust in them as they take over the direction of the franchise.

* ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'':
** ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'''s GoldenEnding has your three primary party members thanking you personally for getting them to the best ending. The game has NoFourthWall to begin with, but this is the only time they talk directly to the player.
** The PS Vita/PC UpdatedRerelease, ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaReBirth1'', also does this, in both the normal ending which plays similarly to the original example, only with the other 3 goddesses and [[spoiler: a cameo from Arfoire]] added, and in the GoldenEnding in which ''everyone'' [[spoiler:from the Maker characters, to the CPU Candidates to [=NPCs=] and even Arfoire herself]] gives their thanks.
* The original ''VideoGame/Portal1'' ends its credits with "THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS ENRICHMENT CENTER ACTIVITY".
* Simply completing ''Arkista's Ring'' [[AWinnerIsYou rewards the player]] with Christine thanking the player for saving Arkista's Ring.
* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIIThePiratesOfPestulon'', the final "Very Special Thanks" credit goes to "You! (For Shelling Out Your Hard Earned Bucks To Buy This Game)."
* ''VideoGame/MegaPony'' ends its "special thanks" section with thanks "to you, 'cause you just don't put a thanks section without thanking the player, that'd be just rude!"
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': The "cast list" of the game, where each of the playable characters who you picked up in the World Of Ruin is shown with what they were renamed to as well as their original names, end with "AND YOU".
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': The credits sequence for ''Endwalker'' does this, being the end of a decade-long tale since 1.0. After the main credits sequence, one more segment plays listing out the major leads of the team...and the following credit, for being a major part of the story and the entire game as a whole.
--> '''The Warrior of Light'''\\
[Character Name]
*** "The Rising" is an annual event dedicated to Eorzea's rise from the ashes following the Seventh Umbral Calamity (and by extension, the launch of ''A Realm Reborn''). During these events, the player encounters the Wandering Minstrel, an AuthorAvatar for head developer Creator/NaokiYoshida. At times -- particularly when a new expansion is over the horizon -- the Minstrel will play a song that leads the player to have a vision of Yoshida, himself, appearing before them to give his gratitude personally.
** A blink-and-you'll-miss-it example from [[spoiler:the true ending of]] ''VideoGame/WorldOfFinalFantasy''. Before ''resuming'' the [[DancePartyEnding Dance Party]] CreativeClosingCredits, Enna Kros thanks the player.
* ''Anime/DragonBallGT: Final Bout'' ends with a gradually populating image of the game's cast and an upbeat song in which Hironobu Kageyama sings "Thank you!"
* Two examples from Creator/BioWare:
** The credits scene at the end of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'''s final DLC ''Trespasser'' has Cassandra read out excerpts from Varric's new book about the Inquisition, ''All This Shit is Weird''. But after the narration, there's more - a heartfelt message from the Dragon Age team:
--->''To all of you who played'' '''Dragon Age: Inquisition''': ''who laughed, cried, and reached out on social media; who made fan art and comics and cosplay and jokes - Thank you.'' '''Dragon Age: Inquisition''' ''was a labor of love. Without you, it would never have been possible. Your support and your passion touched us deeply. We hope that, in some small way, this game touched you as well.\\
\\
Bare your blade and raise it high.''[[note]]For extra heartwarming points, this is one of the verses from the poignant group song in the main game, "The Dawn Will Come." The Dragon Age team is more or less telling you to never give up.[[/note]]
** The end of the credits of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'''s Extended Cut:
--->''It has been a long journey - for Shepard and for the team here at Creator/BioWare - and like Shepard, we couldn't have done it alone. The Mass Effect trilogy began as a vision of a small team, but over the years it has grown. That growth has been fueled and shaped by the feedback and support of our player community. Thank you for joining us on this journey, and we look forward to sharing further adventures with you in the Mass Effect universe.''
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart'': The credits end on "Thank you for joining us on this interdimensional adventure."
* ''VideoGame/StarCraftIINovaCovertOps'' ends with a thank you to the players throughout the franchise before the credits roll to the sight of [[AndTheAdventureContinues Nova's ship speeding through asteroids.]]
* ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheWoolBall'': From the credits: "Thanks a lot for playing my game! :D"
* Clearing ''VideoGame/BlueRevolver'' on one credit on [[HarderThanHard Parallel Mode]], ''including the TrueFinalBoss'', [[GoldenEnding results in a special thank-you message from the developers after the credits finish]].
* In the ''VideoGame/PriPara'' and ''VideoGame/PrettyRhythm'' video games, the credits end with a special thanks to various developers, ending with "and... [[[HelloInsertNameHere Insert Name Here]]]", with the name being the player's name.
* Every ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' announcer has at least one "Thank you for playing!" line, but special mention goes to the track "[=PARANOiA=] Revolution", which has lines from the first ''DDR'' announcer hard-coded into the track audio. The track ends with said announcer saying "I'm so impressed I could cry! Thank you very much for your best dance!"...[[FakeOutFadeOut followed by]] the ending drumroll and [[KaizoTrap accompanying stream of notes that will likely cause an off-guard player to fail the stage at the last second]].
* The ''Franchise/{{Drakengard}}'' series (including ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}'' and [[VideoGame/NierAutomata the sequel]]) ended with a character(s) saying "Thank you for playing." after reaching an ending.
* The storyline ending of ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedHeat'' also uses the "Thank you for playing!" line as mentioned above.
* After the secret ending of ''The Henry Stickmin Collection,'' the final entry in the ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'', which requires you to have fully played the game by getting every ending and fail, a screen shows up to thank the player for having enjoyed the series for all these years.
* TheStinger in ''VideoGame/DoomEternal: The Ancient Gods Part 2'' has the Intern directly thanking the player.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/HeavensVault'', an untranslated Ancient text is shown. [[GeniusBonus If you (the player, not the character) managed to master the language enough]], you can figure out its translation, which is roughly "thank you for playing".
* At the end of the "Dawn of the Rise of the Fallen Machines" DLC for ''Videogame/SunsetOverdrive'' the protagonist tells the other characters to thank the player, pointing directly to the fourth screen. When asked what you want to be called you're given the choice of:
** Master of the Universe.
** Sexiest Gamer Alive.
** Just Your Average Gamer.
** Shut Up and Give Me My Achievement.
* At the end of glitch mode in ''VideoGame/BaldisBasics Plus'', Mystman himself will appear to speak the singular line "Thanks for playing my game", but only if [[spoiler:this is not your first run through and you’ve already defeated Null.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Snailiad}}'' ends by thanking you, because ''every'' game thanks "you" at the end, so "you" must be a pretty special person.
* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' does this in its regular ending and in the [[spoiler:secret good ending]].
** The main ending has the titular Literature Club's president Monika thanking the player for joining her club in the first place in the form of a special note she leaves behind at the end of the credits, moments after [[spoiler:she deleted the entire game's code, which includes deleting the existence of the main cast, Monika included]].
** This trope is also applied to the [[spoiler:secret ending that's achieved from viewing every full art/CG in the game. Instead of Monika thanking the player, it's the creator of the game, Dan Salvato himself- that does that. He goes on to addressing how he came up with his idea of the Literature Club and its inhabitants, and the idea of morality and reality within a fictional world, and ends with a huge thank you to the player]].
* In TheStinger of the offline version of ''VideoGame/MegaManXDive'', following [[spoiler:[=RiCO=]'s tearful reunion with iCO and [=ViA=], the final scene is of [=RiCO=] walking onto the screen and thanking the player.]]

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* Inverted by British reviewer Creator/CharlieBrooker in his series ''Series/{{Screenwipe}}'', ''Series/{{Newswipe}}'', and ''Series/YouHaveBeenWatching'', where he usually tells the viewer to go away. In fact, it's almost a CatchPhrase.

-->'''Charles Kuralt''': Time for us to part, you and I-- saying goodbye to the viewers of Sunday Morning is like saying goodbye to old friends; that's the way I feel. Thank you for making me feel that way. I aim to do some traveling and reading and writing, and to watch this program the civilized way for a change-- in my bathrobe while having breakfast. Charles Osgood appreciates poems and often commits poetry himself. There is a rhyme by Clarence Day which says what I want to say: "Farewell my friends, farewell and hail; I'm off to seek the holy grail. I cannot tell you why. Remember please when I am gone, 'twas aspiration led me on. Tiddly-widdly-toodle-oo, all I want is to stay with you, but...here I go. Goodbye."

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

* Some of ''Anime/PrettyCure'''s [[AlternateContinuity Alternate Continuities]] do this for its fans.

* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' has Koro-sensei give the diploma to the reader in the final chapter's opening color page.
** The same thing happens at the end of the second season’s final episode when [[spoiler:Nagisa wearing Koro-sensei’s gown waves goodbye to the audience with the words next to him saying "Thanks for watching Assassination Classroom"]] [[https://pp.vk.me/c615720/v615720853/1b2d8/8Lmctl1Goz4.jpg as seen here.]]

* The final page of Creator/MarkMillar's ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' has [[YouBastard quite a subversion...]]

* InUniverse example, from ''Film/GroundhogDay'': A couple walks by and the guy recognizes Phil Connors (Creator/BillMurray) and says, "Hey, it's Phil Connors," and Phil says, "Thanks, thanks for watching."

* ''Jackass Forever'', through it's run in theaters, would play a clip of Johnny Knoxville thanking the audience for supporting their local movie theater before the movie started.

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** ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' ends with the words "Everybody loves a hero. Everybody loves you" on the screen.

* The computer game ''VisualNovel/DigitalALoveStory''.

* ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' famously used this at the end. It even addresses the player by their real name. Assuming that you didn't put in "BUTTS" or "Ness".

** Ditto for the fangame ''VideoGame/TouhouMother''.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Prehistorik}}'' series.

* Mario says "Thank you so much for playing my game!" at the end of the credits roll for every 3D ''Super Mario'' game, with the exception of (ironically) the ''[[VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand 3D Land]] and [[VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld 3D World]] duology.'' Those games have their {{Brutal Bonus Level}} spell out "Thank you" at the very end instead, with various [=NPCs=] thanking/cheering Mario and the player on. ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' uses both methods.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'': towards the beginning of the game, [[AddressingThePlayer you - the player - were asked to sign for a letter]]. At the very end of the credits, your signature appears.
** ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'': the credits say "Thanks A Million".
* ''VideoGame/{{Karoshi}}'': THANKS FOR PLAY

* ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'''s GoldenEnding has your three primary party members thanking you personally for getting them to the best ending. The game has NoFourthWall to begin with, but this is the only time they talk directly to the player.

* The original ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' ends its credits with "THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS ENRICHMENT CENTER ACTIVITY".

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': The "cast list" of the game, where each of the playable characters who you picked up in the World Of Ruin is shown with what they were renamed to as well as their original names, end with "AND YOU".
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': The credits sequence for ''Endwalker'' does this, being the end of a decade-long tale since 1.0. After the main credits sequence, one more segment plays listing out the major leads of the team...and the following credit, for being a major part of the story and the entire game as a whole.

* A blink-and-you'll-miss-it example from [[spoiler: the true ending of]] ''VideoGame/WorldOfFinalFantasy''. Before ''resuming'' the [[DancePartyEnding Dance Party]] CreativeClosingCredits, Enna Kros thanks the player.
* ''VideoGame/StarcraftIINovaCovertOps'' ends with a thank you to the players throughout the franchise before the credits roll to the sight of [[AndTheAdventureContinues Nova's ship speeding through asteroids.]]

* At the end of glitch mode in Baldi's Basics Plus, Mystman12 himself will appear to speak the singular line "Thanks for playing my game", but only if [[spoiler:this is not your first run through and you’ve already defeated Null.]]

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* VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub does this in its regular ending and in the [[spoiler:secret good ending]].
** The main ending has the titular Literature Club's president Monika thanking the player for joining her club in the first place in the form of a special note she leaves behind at the end of the credits, moments after [[spoiler:she deleted the entire game's code, which includes deleting the existence of the main cast, Monika included]].
** This trope is also applied to the [[spoiler:secret ending that's achieved from viewing every full art/CG in the game. Instead of Monika thanking the player, it's the creator of the game, Dan Salvato himself- that does that. He goes on to addressing how he came up with his idea of the Literature Club and its inhabitants, and the idea of morality and reality within a fictional world, and ends with a huge thank you to the player]].
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* The last episode of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' ended the credits with "Thank you to all the talented artists, writers and highly intelligent people who worked so hard to make Beavis and Butt-head look so dumb."

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" ends with a message thanking the audience tuning in for the past 20 years.
** The 500th episode does a similar thing, but instead asks viewers to get outside before going online to say the episode sucked.

* The ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} short ''Me Musical Nephews'' has Popeye's nephews saying their prayers before bedtime, mentioning all their friends. They hop into to bed, only to quickly get back out and add "And all the people who come to see our pictures."

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--->'''[[JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf Waldorf]]:''' Gee! I already said, "You're welcome" too many times!\\

-->'''Charles Kuralt''': Time for us to part, you and I-- saying goodbye to the viewers of Sunday Morning is like saying goodbye to old friends; that's the way I feel. Thank you for making me feel that way. I aim to do some traveling and reading and writing, and to watch this program the civilized way for a change-- in my bathrobe while having breakfast. Charles Osgood appreciates poems and often commits poetry himself. There is a rhyme by Clarence Day that says what I want to say: "Farewell my friends, farewell and hail; I'm off to seek the holy grail. I cannot tell you why. Remember please when I am gone, 'twas aspiration led me on. Tiddly-widdly-toodle-oo, all I want is to stay with you, but...here I go. Goodbye."

* No one appreciates their audience as much as LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}. In addition to more 'thank you for watching' type things than we could hope to list, he makes videos just to tell his fans how awesome they are. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t24zk02fT6A Like this one.]]

* The series finale for the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' animated series concluded with Tim Churchmouse thanking the viewers for visiting and asking them to visit them again soon.