History Main / ToBeContinued

->'''Percy''': [[DownerEnding That's not a happy ending!]]\\

[[AC:For the proper reading experience, run the music from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPCLFtxpadE here]].]]

* This is quite notable in old {{Anime}} and {{Toku}} shows. Some modern ones still do this!

* Nearly every episode of ''Manga/DeathNote'' ends in a black screen, an ominous "Tsuzuku" written in the lower-right.
** Which ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' did before they did.
*** Even before that, Hideaki Anno's previous series ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' had the same ending screen.

* Done in a few multi-film movies such as ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest''

* At the end of ''ComicBook/{{Superman}} Beyond 3-D'', this is [[spoiler:what Superman inscribes on the slab of stone he leaves as inspiration for the Monitors]].
** It's not an inspiration. It's a ''warning''. [[spoiler: The Monitors sought to control Story itself. Superman is leaving them a pointed reminder that they'll never be able to. Not forever.]]

->''"Aw man, a cliffhanger?! I hate those."''
-->-- '''Knuckles the Echidna''', ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'' ends with the words "End Part One" before going to the credits, skipping out on the VideoCredits its two predecessors ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'' and ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'' had. ''Part Two'' will release in June 2024.

‘’Supernatural’’ which is normally serialized in nature did this twice in season 4. One pair of episodes “I Know What You Did Last Summer and Heaven and Hell had a legitimate two parter vibe with the former episode building up to a confrontation that was not seen until the latter the following week. However bizarrely the episode In the Beginning also did this and while that episode ended with a major revelation the following episode Metamorphosis only featured Sam and Dean discussing said revelation for a few minutes while the remaining majority of the episode followed a completely different standalone plot that never even had a follow-up episode.

* At the end of the first act of ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'', the narrator says "to be continued" as a beanstalk springs up behind the characters. This is the only suggestion until the second act that the ensemble's concluding declamation, "And HappilyEverAfter!", is mistaken.

* The [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 N64]] version of ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'' featured "To be continued" at the ending credits. Rare was indeed working on a sequel to the game called ''Donkey Kong Racing'', which was planned for a release on the UsefulNotes/NintendoGamecube. However, it became {{Vaporware}} when Rare was bought out by Microsoft. As a result, the "To be continued" was removed from the credits in the DS remake of the game.

[[Supernatural]] which is normally serialized in nature did this twice in season 4. One pair of episodes “I Know What You Did Last Summer and Heaven and Hell had a legitimate two parter vibe with the former episode building up to a confrontation that was not seen until the latter the following week. However bizarrely the episode In the Beginning also did this and while that episode ended with a major revelation the following episode Metamorphosis only featured Sam and Dean discussing said revelation for a few minutes while the remaining majority episode followed a completely different standalone plot that never even had a follow-up episode.

** At the end of the last episode of every "series" in Japan[[note]]Dub seasons 5, 9, and 13[[/note]], it ends with "Next Time... A New Beginning!" instead.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' has done this a few times, mostly in season finales (that often turn into a DramaBombEpisode and/or WhamEpisode). They usually mimic the style of the cliffhanger cards seen in ''TNG''.