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* '''Averted''': ''Alice and Bob'' story actually ends properly.

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* '''Averted''': ''Alice and Bob'' ''Bob's Quest'' story actually ends properly.
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** The story is told from the first person perspective of an individual in a CrapsackWorld, and ends directly with their death which comes suddenly.

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** The story is told from the first person perspective of an individual in a CrapsackWorld, and [[ShootTheShaggyDog ends directly with their death which comes suddenly.suddenly]].
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** The story ends ''before'' the start.
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** The story ends at the start.

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** The story ends at a few seconds after the start.

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* '''Exaggerated''': The story is ended on the ''very beginning of his quest''.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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The story is ended on the ''very beginning of his quest''.quest''.
** The story ends at the start.
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** The story is told from the first person perspective of an individual in a CrapsackWorld, and ends directly with their death which comes suddenly.

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* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': The story was supposed to end on a vague note.

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* '''Played for Drama''': Bob questions if he'll ever find Alice. Not even he gets an answer.
* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': The story was supposed to end on a vague note.note, or a no-ending actually works better in the setting than tying up loose ends.



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* '''Straight''': ''Alice and Bob'' ends with [[TheHero Bob]] still on his journey to find [[DamselInDistress Alice]].

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* '''Straight''': ''Alice and Bob'' ''Bob's Journey'' ends with [[TheHero Bob]] still on his journey to find [[DamselInDistress Alice]].
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** It is a game with absolutely no win condition, and doesn't even lie about it.

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* '''Implied''': Even after all loose ends are tied, the story ends with a narration along the lines of "But is it over? No, nothing is ever over. Such is the true nature of life itself."



* '''Reconstructed''': The story had a general aura of nihilism, so the no-ending actually works better than one more definitive.

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* '''Reconstructed''': The story had a general aura of nihilism, so nihilism which made the no-ending actually works work better than one more definitive.



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*** The writer decided it was better to set a abrupt ending there than at a later, less opportune moment.

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*** ** The writer decided it was better to set a abrupt ending there than at a later, less opportune moment.



* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': The story was supposed to end on a vague note.



* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob himself was somehow cause of the story ending abruptly.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob himself was somehow cause of the story ending abruptly. abruptly.
* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': The story was supposed to end on a vague note.
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*** The writer decided it was better to set a abrupt ending there than at a later, less opportune moment.

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** The story ends years later, with Bob and Alice together, but no explanation as to how they reunited.



** AuthorExistenceFailure kicked in, but the publisher [[MoneyDearBoy publishes]] [[DeadArtistsAreBetter what's been written]] anyway.

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** AuthorExistenceFailure kicked in, but the publisher [[MoneyDearBoy publishes]] [[DeadArtistsAreBetter what's been written]] anyway. anyway.
** The story dragged on for long enough to where the writer decided to just stop it at that moment.



* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': The story was supposde to end on a vague note.

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* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': The story was supposde supposed to end on a vague note.note.
* '''Deconstructed''': As a result of lacking an ending, the story didn't get well reception, being infamous at best.
* '''Reconstructed''': The story had a general aura of nihilism, so the no-ending actually works better than one more definitive.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob himself was somehow cause of the story ending abruptly.



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* '''Parodied''': The story cuts of during Bob ''talking''.

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* '''Parodied''': The story cuts of off during Bob ''talking''.



* '''Exploited''': Emperor knows the story is going to end anticlimactically, so he holds Alice captive until the end

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* '''Exploited''': Emperor knows the story is going to end anticlimactically, so he holds Alice captive until the end end.



* '''Discussed''': "Well, so much for figuring out what happened to Alive."

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* '''Discussed''': "Well, so much for figuring out what happened to Alive.Alice."



* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': The story was suppose to end on a vague note.

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* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': The story was suppose supposde to end on a vague note.
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** AuthorExistanceFailure kicked in, but the publisher [[MoneyDearBoy publishes]] [[DeadArtistsAreBetter what's been written]] anyway.

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** AuthorExistanceFailure AuthorExistenceFailure kicked in, but the publisher [[MoneyDearBoy publishes]] [[DeadArtistsAreBetter what's been written]] anyway.
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** AuthorExistanceFailure kicked in, but the publisher [[MoneyDearBoy publishes]] [[DeadArtistsAreBetter what's been written]] anyway.

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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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"Well, so much for figuring out what happened to Alive."
* '''Conversed''': ???"[[SarcasmMode What a wonderful way to end this story!]]"
* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': The story was suppose to end on a vague note.



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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* '''Zig Zagged''': A series has many sequels, which may or may not have endings.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': A series has many sequels, which may or may not have endings.all vary between having proper endings and lacking them.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': A film series has many sequels, which may or may not have endings.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': A film series has many sequels, which may or may not have endings.
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** The story ends with Bob defeating the BigBad, but before we find his fate with Alice.

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** The story ends with Bob defeating the BigBad, [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]], but before we find his fate with Alice.



* '''Averted''': A story actually ends.

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* '''Averted''': A ''Alice and Bob'' story actually ends.ends properly.



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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???
Emperor Evulz deliberately ends the story so Bob can't save Alice.
* '''Exploited''': ???Emperor knows the story is going to end anticlimactically, so he holds Alice captive until the end
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* '''Justfied''':

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* '''Justfied''': '''Justified''':
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* '''Defied''': "TheEnd... But not right now."

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* '''Defied''': When Bob gets to the castle: "TheEnd... But not right now."
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** "The end...for now."
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* '''Justfied''': The author is a TrollingCreator

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* '''Justfied''': '''Justfied''':
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The author is a TrollingCreatorTrollingCreator
** The author wants the viewers to imagine their own desired ending.

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* '''Downplayed''': The story ends with Bob defeating the BigBad, but before we find his fate with Alice.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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The story ends with Bob defeating the BigBad, but before we find his fate with Alice.
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** AWinnerisYou for video games.

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** AWinnerisYou AWinnerIsYou for video games.
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** AWinnerisYou for video games.

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'''Basic Trope''': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A story lacks an ending]].

* '''Played Straight''': ''Alice and Bob'' ends with [[TheHero Bob]] still on his journey to find [[DamselInDistress Alice]].

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'''Basic Trope''': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A story which lacks an ending]].

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* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': ''Alice and Bob'' ends with [[TheHero Bob]] still on his journey to find [[DamselInDistress Alice]].



* '''Enforced''': CutShort



* '''Enforced''': CutShort
* '''Defied''': "TheEnd... but not right now."

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* '''Enforced''': CutShort
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* '''Defied''': "TheEnd... but But not right now."
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* '''Averted''': A story actually ends.


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* '''Enforced''': CutShort
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'''Basic Trope''': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A story lacks an ending]].

* '''Played Straight''': ''Alice and Bob'' ends with [[TheHero Bob]] still on his journey to find [[DamselInDistress Alice]].
* '''Exaggerated''': The story is ended on the ''very beginning of his quest''.
* '''Downplayed''': The story ends with Bob defeating the BigBad, but before we find his fate with Alice.
* '''Justfied''': The author is a TrollingCreator
* '''Inverted''': The story has no ''beginning''. [[note]](i.e., it starts with Bob in the middle of his quest.)[[/note]]
* '''Subverted''': It's continued in the sequel, which ''does'' have a satisfying ending.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...then the ''next'' sequel also lacks an ending.
* '''Parodied''': The story cuts of during Bob ''talking''.
* '''Zig Zagged''': A film series has many sequels, which may or may not have endings.
* '''Lampshaded''': "If you start a story, you have to ''finish it''."
* '''Defied''': "TheEnd... but not right now."

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