History PlayingWith / GainaxEnding

* '''Exaggerated''':
** ''Bob's Adventure'' ends with a [[NonSequitur random series of words and images in no particular order]].
** EsotericHappyEnding

* '''Parodied''': The movie ends with everyone exploding into orange liquid, at which point Bob has a disjointed DyingDream about how [[SpoofAesop humans really shouldn't drink so much orange juice]].

** An OutsideContextProblem comes out of nowhere right at the end, and [[DownerEnding destroys all the characters have worked for.]]

** Bobr fears he is [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness going insane]].

** The beginning scene presents an AmbiguousSituation with numerous unanswered questions and MindScrew that the show never answers, but the plot is pretty understandable for the rest of the run.

* '''Defied''': Main character wills themself out of the disjointed DreamSequence so they can [[EarnYourHappyEnding Earn Their Happy Ending]] instead.

* '''Straight''': A work ends with everyone [[RocksFallEveryoneDies exploding into]] [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion orange liquid]] while the main character has a disjointed DreamSequence about [[FauxlosophicNarration the meaning of life]].

** A work ends with a [[NonSequitur random series of words and images in no particular order]].

* '''Justified''': AllJustADream

** The beginning is a disjointed series of random imagery and philosophical discussions. The rest of the work is much more coherent.
** The beginning scene presents an AmbiguousSituation with numerous unanswered questions and MindScrew that the show never answers, but the plot is pretty understandable for the rest of the run.[[note]] Looking at you Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann[[/note]].

* '''Subverted''': A work ends with everyone exploding into orange liquid, only for the main character to reform and go after the BigBad who did it to save everyone else.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...After the BigBad is defeated, the main character has a disjointed DreamSequence about [[FauxlosophicNarration the meaning of life]] instead.
* '''Parodied''': A work ends with everyone exploding into orange liquid, at which point the main character has a disjointed dream sequence about how [[SpoofAesop humans really shouldn't drink so much orange juice]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': A work ends with everyone exploding into orange liquid, only for it to turn out it was AllJustADream. OrWasItADream Then everyone has a {{Dance Party|Ending}}.
* '''Averted''': Work featuring {{Fantasy}} elements ends in a perfectly sensible way that fits the rest of the story's tone.

* '''Invoked''': The main character is [[MushroomSamba dosed with hallucinogens]] in the hope their acid trip will teach them an important {{Aesop}}.
* '''Exploited''': Knowing everyone will explode into orange liquid and enter a disjointed DreamSequence like existence where anything can happen, a character uses it as a means to be reunited with their dead wife.

* '''Conversed''': The main character says to their friend "Man, ''Chronicles of Troperia'' had a weird ending, didn't it?"

** The main character has been [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness going insane through the entire story]], and suffered a final psychotic break.
** After the apparent ending, there's one more scene [[BreakingTheFourthWall in the real world]] where the shows fans go onto the internet to complain about how confusing and stupid the ending was.
* '''Reconstructed''': This final break convinces the main character to return to the mundane real world rather than stay in their psychotic fantasy.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The ending emphasizes [[{{Surrealism}} Surrealist]] and BreakingTheFourthWall elements for the sake of {{Absurdism}}.
* '''Played For Drama''':
** The main character fears they're [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness going insane]]. Or the weirdness is due to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the world ending]].
** An OutsideContextProblem comes out of nowhere right at the end, and [[DownerEnding destroys all the heroes have worked for]]

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* '''Deconstructed''': The main character has been [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness going insane through the entire story]], and suffered a final psychotic break.

* '''Played For Drama''': The main character fears they're [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness going insane]]. Or the weirdness is due to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the world ending]].

** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons '''"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!"''']]

** '''"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!"'''

* '''Exaggerated''': A work ends with a [[NonSequitur random series of words and images in no particular order]].

Congratulation! Orange juice to GainaxEnding. *Chicken noises* END THE!

* '''Downplayed''': TheEndingChangesEverything

Conglaturations! Orange juice to GainaxEnding. *Chicken noises*

* '''Straight''': A work ends with everyone [[RocksFallEveryoneDies exploding into]] [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion orange liquid]].

** The beginning scene presents an AmbiguousSituation with numerous unanswered questions and MindScrew that the show never answers,
but the plot is pretty understandable for the rest of the run.[[note]] Looking at you Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann[[/note]].

** The beginning is a disjointed series of random imagery and philosophical discussions. The rest of the work is much more coherent [[note]] Looking at you Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann[[/note]].

* '''Straight''': A work ends with everyone [[RocksFallEveryoneDies exploding into]] [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion orange liquid]], at which point the main character has a disjointed DreamSequence about [[FauxlosophicNarration the meaning of life]].

* '''Justified''': Ending sequence is a DyingDream or the work previously featured {{Fantasy}} elements that could cause such strangeness.

* '''Straight''': A work ends with everyone [[RocksFallEveryoneDies exploding into]] [[EndOfEvangelion orange liquid]], at which point the main character has a disjointed DreamSequence about [[FauxlosophicNarration the meaning of life]].

* '''Straight''': A work ends with everyone [[RocksFallEveryoneDies exploding into orange liquid]], at which point the main character has a disjointed DreamSequence about [[FauxlosophicNarration the meaning of life]].

Conglaturations! Forward to GainaxEnding. *Chicken noises*

Conglaturations! Forward to GainaxEnding. *Penguin noises*

Back to GainaxEnding

* '''Straight''': [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion A work]] ends with everyone [[RocksFallEveryoneDies exploding into orange liquid]], at which point the main character has a disjointed DreamSequence about [[FauxlosophicNarration the meaning of life]].

** The beginning is a disjointed series of random imagery and philosophical discussions. The rest of the work is much more coherent [[note]] Looking at you Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann [[/note]].

** The beginning is a disjointed series of random imagery and philosophical discussions. The rest of the work is much more coherent.

* '''Straight''': A work ends with everyone [[RocksFallEveryoneDies exploding into orange liquid]], at which point the main character has a disjointed DreamSequence about [[FauxlosophicNarration the meaning of life]].