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| 8 | * ''BittersweetEnding/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' |
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| 12 | [[AC:''{{Crossover}}s'']] |
| 13 | * ''[[Fanfic/AceCombatEquestriaChronicles Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'' ends with ponies winning the war and reconciling with the griffins. Unfortunately, many ponies and griffins died during the war, many were traumatized and majority of Equestria was ravaged by the conflict. However, the epilogue goes toward EarnYourHappyEnding for some characters. |
| 14 | * ''Fanfic/ClashOfTheElements'': The end of Part 1. Though Alex has become the Elemental Overlord and stopped Joe Dark, the Genesis Samurais are dead and the Inner Guardians' spirits will never be given the freedom Alex wanted to let them have after taking their souls into their bodies. Not to mention that because of the Star Spirit's interference during the battle Geno has to stay in Star Haven to mediate the world below. That's not even getting into the fact that Cackletta is still alive and so are Dimentio and Smithy. |
| 15 | * ''Fanfic/CodePrime'': ''R1'' has a far better ending compared to its canon counterpart. [[spoiler:The Decepticons have now started to occupy the planet with more Cons coming. However, many of the main characters survived the Decepticons' attack and new allies join the Autobot and Black Knight cause. Finally, ''R1'' ends with Optimus Prime rallying his Autobots all across the universe to come and end the Decepticon threat once and for all.]] |
| 16 | * ''Fanfic/CrossedPaths'': |
| 17 | ** In the recreation of Equestria, [[spoiler:this happens for all four duos; they all manage to escape and reconcile with each other, but not without some sacrifices on their part. Twilight and Jack had to kill many corrupted innocent ponies and couldn't stop the Many; Dash and Indy were unable to save anypony from the haunted orphanage, aside from Scootaloo, who was already dead; Pinkie and Fluttershy had to leave Lyra and Trixie in their own story to fight the Taken themselves; and Applejack and Rarity had to kill Diamond Tiara in order to escape the hospital.]] |
| 18 | ** The story itself; [[spoiler:the group reasons with Fracture and assists it, allowing them to return to their homeworlds. Yet they never see each other again - at least not that we know of yet.]] |
| 19 | * At the end of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8637502/1/Don-t-Look Don't Look]]'', Shinji and Misato have survived their encounter with the Slender Man and have formed a loving relationship together and Rei III is activated. However, dozens of people have died including Kensuke, Touji, and Hikari. Furthermore, the Slender Man survived as well and is still after Shinji and Misato, though less willing to attack them when they're not unawares after the pain they inflicted on it. Lastly, Rei III has been infected by the Slender Man and has gained an interest in Shinji. |
| 20 | * ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-23085/Chilord+End+of+the+Line.htm End of the Line]]'' ends with [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Xander]] averting the apocalypse by returning magic to the world after destroying [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Moon's]] barrier ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero which she'd created to protect her hometown from said apocalypse]]). But he, Faith, and all the Sailor Scouts were KilledOffForReal and countless people, animals, and plants died in between having magic ripped out of them and Xander returning it. |
| 21 | * In ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'', Littlepip successfully disables the [[TheEmpire Enclave's]] cloud cloak and allows the sun to shine on the Wasteland for the first time in two centuries. However, to do this she must permanently seal herself in a [[HumanPopsicle stasis chamber]] so her [[WetwareCPU brain may be used as a computer processor.]] |
| 22 | * ''Fanfic/FateOfTheClans'': Beast of Revelation and the Holy Grail was destroyed but [[spoiler:a bunch of people wound up dead in a battle that only cause a lot of sorrow.]] |
| 23 | * Although the heroes are able to defeat Thanos and undo the Snap in ''Fanfic/InfinityCrisis'', the spin-off sequels note that only the dead who were killed ''by the Gauntlet'' came back to life after the Snap was undone, and there were therefore still numerous casualties caused by, for example, vehicles crashing because the drivers suddenly vanished. |
| 24 | * ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': Jaune is freed from [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords Darth Nihilus's]] control, but not before Pyrrha gets fatally stabbed through the stomach. Having lost the girl he loves alongside everything he's worked for, a redeemed Jaune [[HeroicSuicide sacrifices himself to defeat Nihilus]]. On the sweet side: the City of Vale is saved, Cinder's faction and Adam's White Fang branch are throughly eradicated, and though Nihilus survives, [[SealedEvilInACan his spirit is confined to his mask and locked away in Beacon's Vault]], with Ozpin determined to find a way to permanently destroy him. On the bitter side: hundreds have died including Qrow, Ironwood, and Penny; Beacon Academy is reduced to rubble; and Jaune's surviving friends are left physically and mentally scarred. Ruby has repressed PTSD, Nora and Ren lost their FamilyOfChoice, Weiss is permanently blinded, and Blake goes AWOL after her faith in humanity is shattered. To keep TheMasquerade going, Ozpin covers up everything that happened and uses the White Fang as a [[TheScapegoat scapegoat]] for Nihilus's crimes -- setting back human-Faunus relations by ''decades'' in the process. Furthermore, Salem is still out there and has set her sights on the Mask of Nihilus, meaning that Nihilus may not remain imprisoned for long. The epilogue also reveals that [[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy Darth Krayt and his One Sith]] are headed for Remnant, having detected Nihilus's presence there. |
| 25 | * The Music/GirlsGeneration[=/=]Music/SuperJunior crossover fanfic ''Fanfic/KillOrBeKilled''. Sunny is the SNSD winner and Yesung is the SJ winner, and they are both taken away by their group managers, leading them to outcry in anger after realizing that all of the story's events could've been prevented had they interfered, especially with Sunny in a state of distress after her lover Sungmin is killed. Ryeowook is stabbed by Sunny and left for dead until Sooyoung (who he thought he had killed) nurses him back to health and asks Yesung to look after him while she goes in pursuit of a new life. Additionally, Jessica survives by escaping the amusement park ''[[Film/TheShawshankRedemption Shawshank]]'' style. |
| 26 | * In ''Fanfic/NecessaryToWin'', [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Oarai wins the tournament]], enabling it to stay open. Several other characters have accomplished what they have set out to do; Miho has found her own way of tankery, Manga/{{Saki}} and her sister have reconciled, Nodoka is allowed to stay a her current school, Mako gets the tardies stricken from her record, and Hana has gotten her mother to accept her doing tankery. Not all characters are satisfied, though; Saki and Teru's parents divorce, rather than getting back together as they had hoped, and in the end, many characters, such as Momo and Yumi, are forced to say goodbye to each other as a result of graduating. Some problems remain, as Miho's mother has not disowned her, but does not regret doing so, and the future of Oarai is by no means guaranteed. But the characters remain hopeful, and remain committed to working toward their goals, with Miho and Saki having come to enjoy tankery again. |
| 27 | * ''Fanfic/APeacefulAfterlife'': |
| 28 | ** [[spoiler:Kira dies at the end, but he does so saving the others. Unlike other demons, his soul, represented by gold smoke, ascends away and he meets with a being who may be God. He is told he is not redeemed, but proven himself redeemable, and he is reborn as his ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'' counterpart. From what we know from canon, it is a ForegoneConclusion that he will earn his way to heaven this time around]]. |
| 29 | ** [[spoiler:For the others, their friend Kira is dead. But they see how his death is different from others. They don't know he has been reborn, but they have hope he escaped hell and received some form of redemption]]. |
| 30 | * ''Fanfic/PeopleLikeUs'': [[spoiler:For several reasons, Arthur and Travis decide to leave Gotham City, but neither of them have a job and they aren’t really sure what to do next. However, Travis has saved Arthur from being DrivenToVillainy, Arthur got some closure with his mother before she died, and instead of causing chaos and death the Joker persona becomes a cult sensation that a lot of Gotham citizens relate to. What matters to Arthur and Travis is that they have each other.]] |
| 31 | * In ''Fanfic/{{Pipeline}}'', Ben's okay, Ace establishes that he's a good father, the Utoniums are slowly accepting Buttercup's death, and Kevin and Dexter have agreed to be civil for Ben's sake. But... Ben and Kevin still need to work some things out, Kevin's betrayed Gwen's trust by keeping things from her, Buttercup and Mac [[KilledOffForReal are dead]], Kevin and Dexter will never really be friends, and the war still isn't over. Ouch. |
| 32 | * ''Fanfic/TheStarsWillAidTheirEscape'': [[BigBad Herald/Nyarlathotep]] is defeated, Shub-Niggurath's summoning is prevented, and even the [[EldritchAbomination Dark Young]] are killed. However, a large portion of the military is dead, many other ponies have been left insane, Twilight is bordering on insanity herself, Rainbow Dash is heavily traumatized, and on top of all that, it turns out that Nyarlathotep [[FetusTerrible impregnated Fluttershy]] as a [[SequelHook backup plan]]. |
| 33 | * ''Fanfic/StellaronDisasterAU'': Teyvat is gone and pretty much a dead world with no chance of revival, with every single character we know but the survivor of their respective one-shot dead. But said survivor of the Stellaron Disaster boards the Astral Express to new beginnings and new friendships rather than being trapped all alone in their destroyed world with only the monsters to keep them company. |
| 34 | * ''Fanfic/UltimateSpidersAndMagic'': Thus far, this happens after every episode. Spidey wins the day, but it comes at a cost. |
| 35 | ** In Episode One, [[spoiler:he defeats the Vulture, but because of the collateral damage, Jameson and Diamond Tiara label him a menace, thus immediately ruining his reputation in Canterlot City]]. |
| 36 | ** At the end of Episode Two, [[spoiler:Spidey saves the school from the Dazzling's influence alongside the Rainbooms, but everyone thinks he simply hijacked the show. Tiara doubles down, most of the Rainbooms distrust him, and his reputation is tainted even further]]. |
| 37 | ** Jameson finds a way to blame all of the collateral damage on Spider-Man at the end of Episode Three, [[spoiler:in spite of the Juggernaut and Wolverine being there as well]]. |
| 38 | * ''Fanfic/{{Ultrasonic}}'': Ultrasonic is defeated and WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} is saved with no apparent loss of life thanks to WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug, and while the Butterfly is still out there and still as powerful as ever, he's implied to have given up in despair. Nick has been fired from the ZPD, but he avoids jail time for his actions during the crisis and is happy as long as Judy is safe - they get engaged in the last scene. As for Marinette, she finds a new home with Clawhauser and, in contrast to her self-destructive behaviour over the past year, she is willing to make the best of things in Zootopia. But it doesn't change the fact that Adrien is dead and she may never see Alya or her parents again. |
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| 40 | [[AC:''Franchise/AceAttorney'']] |
| 41 | * ''Fanfic/DirtySympathy'' ends with one. Klavier and Apollo can never return to U.S. without being sent to jail by Phoenix and both of them lost their careers. Apollo and Trucy never find out they're blood-related and will never see each other again. Phoenix's plans of restoring the Jurist system might be for naught as Kristoph's rightful conviction is dependent on a crime he didn't commit. Edgeworth decides not to rekindle his relationship with Phoenix, seeing the price for it too high and will lead to inevitable disappointment. But Klavier and Apollo are free of their tormentors and are given a second chance at life. Klavier and Apollo are happily in love with each other and won't be sent to prison. Phoenix gets his reputation back and can start using his connections to start doing major good and Edgeworth gains two apprentices to help him. |
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| 43 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'']] |
| 44 | * ''Fanfic/{{Medicated}}'': Earth and Amphibia are saved, and Oum and Bee were able to spend a precious few months with their long-lost daughter, but Anne decides to stay in Amphibia while they return to Earth, meaning they won't see each other again until she's AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. However, the epilogue shows that ten years later, they're moving on with their lives. |
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| 46 | [[AC:''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'']] |
| 47 | * ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'': |
| 48 | ** By the end of "What if the Auximorphs joined the team right away?", most of the Animorphs are dead, but James has made sure to honour their memories. |
| 49 | ** The author describes "What if they saved Jake's family?" as taking place in "a softer world". Jake and his allies' leaders sacrifice themselves, but Tom is saved, and Jake never went off the deep end enough to send the Auxillaries on a suicide mission and flush 17,000 Yeerks into space. |
| 50 | * ''[[Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}} Ghost in the Shell]]'': Margaret kills herself after being declared guilty, but the publicity surrounding her death has motivated people to donate to a fund that supports her surviving [[ChildByRape children]]. |
| 51 | * ''[[Fanfic/TheWordOfYourBody Your Body is Not an Apology]]'': Nobody is SparedByTheAdaptation, but the surviving Animorphs don't lose the will to live after the war; they can use their fame to help trans kids like themselves. |
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| 53 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'']] |
| 54 | * ''Fanfic/BloodMoon'': The waterbender prisoners all escape and make it back to the South Pole. But Katara's innocence is gone, and she had to kill an AxCrazy Hama. |
| 55 | * ''Fanfic/ImprisonedThisTimeForReal'': Katara and the last surviving Southern Waterbenders (a whopping ''four survivors'', five in total if Katara is included) are freed from the Waterbender Prison after the war is over, but Katara is left with crippling long-term injuries to her body. |
| 56 | * ''Fanfic/MarriedToTheFlames'': Zuko and Jin are HappilyMarried, but Zuko hasn't returned home. He lives in secret with his wife. |
| 57 | * ''Fanfic/StillStandInTheSun'': Has a bittersweet ending that heavily leans on the bitter side of things. By the end of the story, Katara has managed to escape from the Waterbender Prison, but she's the only surviving Southern waterbender left. And she's had to bloodbend and kill multiple people (even if they're all Fire Nation soldiers) in order to escape. And there's no conceivable way for her to get out of the Fire Nation and return home to the Southern Water Tribe. And worse still, her childhood innocence has been completely and utterly shattered, and she doubts that she would be welcomed home with open arms, fearing that her tribe and family would think of her as a monster. |
| 58 | ** The fact that Katara is still trapped in the Fire Nation by the end makes the ending a DownerEnding by virtue of FridgeHorror, as she's not around to free Aang from the iceberg at the South Pole. |
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| 60 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'']] |
| 61 | * ''Fanfic/{{Reunited}}'': Victor is still an isolated criminal, but now he can be with his wife again. |
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| 63 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'']] |
| 64 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5565841/1/Eternal-Life Eternal Life]]'', the Maximals win the Beast Wars and return to Cybertron with no risk of Megatron taking over and Waspinator and Tarantulas as their prisoners, but they achieved that victory after Dinobot is corrupted into a psychotic murderer by Rampage’s spark, which led to the deaths of all other participants. |
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| 66 | [[AC:''Franchise/Ben10'']] |
| 67 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11532604/1/Believe Believe]]'': Gwen has finally accepted that Ben's and Hope's feelings for each other are genuine and is now fully supportive of their relationship. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, [[TemporarilyAVillain thanks to the criminal actions she took while under the delusion Hope had nefarious intentions towards Ben]] (allying with Ghostfreak; kidnapping Kevin, Kai, Julie, Mr. Yamamoto, and Ship; mind-controlling Kai in an attempt to have her seduce Ben; and general treason against the Plumbers), [[PutOnAPrisonBus she's given a three-year sentence in the Null Void]]. Ben is devastated at the loss of his cousin, but Hope's determined to be there for him to make sure that despite this, he doesn't end up becoming hardened and bitter like she was as Charmcaster.]] |
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| 69 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'']] |
| 70 | * After enduring months of captivity and torture by Robert Callaghan in an attempt to [[ReplacementGoldfish fill the void left by his daughter after she died]] in ''Fanfic/{{Bruises}}'', Hiro is rescued, Callaghan is arrested and sent to prison [[HeelRealization with the implication that he realized his efforts were harmful]] and the Hamadas are reunited. However, Hiro attempted to commit suicide at least once afterwards and never fully recovered from the experience to the point where [[TraumaButton he doesn't even want to sing or listen to music anymore. Even the very name, Abigail, is difficult to say outloud.]] But Hiro has also become a CoolTeacher at SFIT along with his brother, Tadashi, and their friends. Even Baymax is around, meaning that despite everything, Hiro still has a family (mainly Tadashi) that will pull him back from his darkness and is slowly getting better each year. |
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| 72 | [[AC: ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'']] |
| 73 | * ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Many of these stories have outcomes that mix positive and negative elements. |
| 74 | ** "The Clouds": Homeless bum Soapy finds his OneTrueLove and a HappyEnding, but Mittens doesn't fare so well. The tuxedo cat ends up without friends or lovers and wondering what Clouds, Love, and Life are all about. |
| 75 | ** "The Kippies": The story ends with Bolt having comforted Mittens, though they acknowledge they cannot have babies. |
| 76 | ** "The Paris Trip": The story ends with Mittens realizing she is happiest not staying behind in Paris, though she will lose her connection with Berlioz, her vacation fling. |
| 77 | ** "The Blood Brother": The story ends with Bolt tearfully apologizing to Mittens for his bad behavior towards her, but he loses his friendship with Duke, who is killed by a truck. |
| 78 | ** "The Wind": The story ends with Bolt returning home having survived a vicious dogfight, though his relationship with Mary is over. |
| 79 | ** "The Gift": The story ends with Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino reunited in Nirvana for eternity, though the story has earlier shown the death of the first two characters. |
| 80 | ** "The Cameo": The story ends with Bolt having met his father, 16-year-old Penny having had her [[TheirFirstTime first sexual experience]], the two characters having enjoyed Los Angeles sightseeing, and their cameo filming session having been completed successfully -- though Penny's first experience remains a disappointment and Bolt is unable to convince his father to come home and live with him. |
| 81 | ** "The Seven": Young Bolt and the collie puppy get adopted at the end of this story (and it's implied the other five are as well), but not before they go through a harrowing experience at the abandoned puppy mill and lose their mothers. |
| 82 | ** "The Spaceship": Rhino develops [[ScatterbrainedSenior intermittent age-related dementia]] during this story and dies at the end, but before he passes away he enjoys a stunning view of the earth and moon from an orbiting spaceship, gets a chance to bid farewell to Bolt and Mittens, and spends his last hour or so watching his favorite TV program starring his hero and friend. |
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| 84 | [[AC:''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'']] |
| 85 | * At the end of ''Fanfic/ItsAWonderfulChristmasCarole'', the three ghosts of Christmas are unable to change Brittas, and he will continue to cause chaos in the future. However, by engineering events so that he is knocked out over the Christmas Period, they're able to secure everyone else a happy ending, and there is still a chance that their message will get through to Brittas someday. |
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| 87 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanet'']] |
| 88 | * At the end of ''Fanfic/AlternateDestination'', Linka wakes up just in time to avoid being killed by a falling tree. What she experienced earlier in the story seems to have been AllJustADream (albeit a very realistic one), until she finds out that Gaia was KilledOffForReal. |
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| 90 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'']] |
| 91 | * ''Fanfic/ExTenebrisLux'': Cinderella is still traumatized from her own horrific upbringing and it is implied that she'll always be not entirely stable, especially after having a traumatic miscarriage. However, she is surrounded by people who love her, her husband puts in a better effort in helping her with parenting, and the story ends with her giving birth to a girl that she happily names Liberty, to represent her own freedom from her past. |
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| 93 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'']] |
| 94 | * ''Fanfic/TheDogAndTheFarmer'': Muriel dies, leaving behind a grief-stricken Courage and Eustace. But the latter, albeit begrudgingly, begins treating Courage with more magnanimity. Despite mourning Muriel, Courage sees things will start looking up for him in the future. |
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| 96 | [[AC:''Franchise/DanganRonpa'']] |
| 97 | * ''Fanfic/CatsInTheCradle'': The fic examines how Makoto and Kyoko's relationship would have progressed if the killing game had never happened. By the time Kyoko realizes her feelings for Makoto, he has already fallen in love with Sayaka, and she only learns that they are in love by the time they are in a committed relationship. The two get married some time later, after Sayaka is forced to retire as an IdolSinger due to the public losing interest in her, but Kyoko stays friends with the couple. |
| 98 | * ''Fanfic/FracturedFates'' ends with eleven out of the fifteen participants dead--including [[TheHeroDies the main character herself]]--as well as the mastermind escaping the underground bunker and [[KarmaHoudini avoiding being apprehended]] by the surviving students. There's also the fact that the world outside is a ravaged, lawless wasteland, not to mention the organization responsible for the killing game is still active and will likely try to hunt down the survivors for their role in ruining the killing game. Despite the odds, the four remaining students are determined not to waste the second chance at life they were given, determined to ensure the sacrifices Hiroshi and Hana made to end the killing game were not in vain, and are ultimately free to return to the surface and make something for themselves in the post-Tragedy world. |
| 99 | * ''K.R.D. Chronicles'' series: |
| 100 | ** ''Fanfic/DanganronpaMementoMori'': Kaori, Daigo, Souta and Umiko manage to foil Naoya's plans, rescue Ryoko, and escape the Nautilus [[VillainsDyingGrace as he lets them go and decides to die]]. But all of the other students are dead, Ryoko's condition worsened to the point that she will have to remain in a mental hospital for the rest of her life, and Kaori herself concludes that [[TheFellowshipHasEnded the survivors will never see each other again]]. |
| 101 | ** ''Fanfic/DanganronpaKommSusserTod'': Reiji, with the help of Asuka, Ukyo and Chie, manages to expose Sasuke and survive the Killing Game, with all of them returning to relatively normal lives afterwards. But only they managed to survive, knowing full well that they failed to do anything about Sasuke until it was too late. And Sasuke managed to die on his own terms. ''And'' his co-conspirators are still alive and carrying on with their plan, resulting in the events of ''Memento Mori''. |
| 102 | ** ''Fanfic/DanganronpaParadiseLost'': The good news? Daisuke manages to prove both Junpei and Momiji's worldviews wrong by surviving alongside Monaca, Shun and Ringo, learned to appreciate the outside world that he thought little of, and Monaca herself finally comes to terms with her bloody past and is ready to move on and be a better person. The bad news? They're the only 4 survivors of the Killing Game, Monaca is under Future Foundation custody and hesistant to leave in case another AccuserOfTheBrethren tries to lynch her, [[DidNotGetTheGirl scuttling any chance of her and Daisuke getting together]], and the other survivors go their separate ways, presumably for good. |
| 103 | * ''Blog/ThePredespairKids'' ends like this. During the finale arc, Hope's Peak Academy is invaded by an army of Monokumas, Ibuki, Kazuichi, and Chihiro are all revealed to have fallen into despair, Ryouko learns that she's a clone of Junko before Yasuke [[MercyKill mercy kills]] her to spare her from a worse fate at Junko's hands, Nagito is fatally stabbed in the heart, Kazuichi [[DrivenToSuicide chooses to gut himself rather than hurt Sonia]], Hifumi and Twogami are both brutally killed by a Monokuma, Sakura is repeatedly blasted with a shotgun by Chihiro while Hajime is ForcedToWatch, [[TheBigGuy Ethos]] finds out his best friend and girlfriend are both despairs before losing an arm in an attack, the survivors [[BreakingTheFellowship end up scattered]], the school is demolished with almost three thousand people still inside, many friends and family members of the students are taken captive, and we learn that ''3 billion people'' worldwide have been brainwashed into becoming despairs. What keeps it from being a DownerEnding that the fight between hope and despair is far from over. [[EvilGenius Junpei]] reveals himself to have been GoodAllAlong, Class 79 survives the attack, Mukuro is sticking with her HeelFaceTurn, the Remnants of Hope find shelter with Sayaka taking up the role of TheLeader, and the Future Foundation members manage to rescue a good number of the students, taking them to their island base where they can rest and plan for their rescue missions. |
| 104 | * In ''Fanfic/ThreePointShot'', the killing game ends with more survivors than [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony in canon]]. Not only do Shuichi, Maki and Himiko survive, but so do Kaede, Ryoma and (technically) Keebo. That said, all the survivors still have their emotional scars from the killing game, particularly Maki and Himiko, who lost people important to them. The survivors' actions dealt a serious blow to the in-universe ''Danganronpa'' show, but several years later, the show is still going. |
| 105 | * ''Where Talent Goes'' series: |
| 106 | ** ''Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie'' ends with the mastermind dead and four survivors--Miura, Edogawa, Inoue and Tezuka- escaping the school to the ruined world outside. Their victory is hard to celebrate in light of how many people died, and how the BigBad arguably got what he wanted in the end, so Miura feels guilty about being unable to save more people. That said, Miura does take some comfort in knowing that the survivors were able to accomplish their goal, and the start of her relationship with Edogawa. |
| 107 | ** ''Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesOnVacation'' ends with the protagonists activating the Forced Shutdown and escaping the Neo World Program. Chiyuri's mother Yukari is arrested for collaborating with Ultimate Despair, a capital offense, but Miura promises to do everything she can to help her old teacher. The surviving classmates stay behind to watch over their comatose schoolmates, hoping that one day, they will awaken. |
| 108 | ** ''Where Talent Went To School'': The Remnants of Despair are able to save the victims of the killing school cruise and bring them back to life, but several survivors are still bitter over what happened during the killing game and most go their separate ways. Yukari is spared the death penalty and given psychiatric treatment, but will likely be closely monitored after her release. The Remnants of Despair remain fugitives as a result of taking credit for [[Anime/Danganronpa3 the Final Killing Game]], and are forced to go into hiding on Jabberwock Isle. Society rebuilds itself and some of the surviving characters get jobs at the new Hope's Peak Academy, even if not all of them are working the jobs they wanted. Years later, Miura and Edogawa get married. |
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| 110 | [[AC:''Franchise/TheDCU'']] |
| 111 | * ''Fanfic/AngelOfTheBat'': |
| 112 | ** For the most part, the ending is far more sweet than bitter: The [[BigBad Seraphim]] and his ReligionOfEvil are defeated, Stephanie's surgery on her ACL is successful, Cassandra successfully converts to Catholicism and even has a love interest. The bitterness comes with the fact that her love interest is another woman. While their relationship is just sweet and fun now, if Cassie continues pursuing same-sex relationships into adulthood (with her current girlfriend or anyone else), she will almost certainly face scrutiny from the religion she is now so dedicated to. |
| 113 | ** A second epilogue ([[ShrugOfGod that the author himself isn't sure is canon]]) is still bittersweet, but more hopeful. [[DistantFinale Three years]] after the events of the fic, Cassie asks her girlfriend Sadie to marry her. She has accepted the Catholic Church may ostracize her, but they can never take away her relationship with God and Christ. She also states that when (not if, when) the church realize the error of its ways, she will forgive it. |
| 114 | * ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'' [[{{pun}} ends]] with Terra returning to being a Titan, the universe being saved from the destructive powers of the Dark Prognosticus, and Count Logan finally coming to his senses and redeeming himself. However, his injuries got too much for him and he died, which caused the Titans to feel bummed because Count Logan was really Beast Boy. |
| 115 | * ''Fanfic/RetrogradeMotion'' sees [[spoiler:Circe defeated and Jason rescued, with Circe having removed the spell that was threatening his life. However, Jason's FountainOfYouth transformation is permanent, meaning he will have to grow up to be an adult again and confirming that the older Jason is gone forever. The family, especially Bruce, mourns the loss but accepts it and moves on, with Dick moving back to Gotham permanently to raise Jason as his son. Artemis and Bizarro also decide to move to Gotham to help raise Jason as well]]. |
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| 117 | [[AC:''Manga/DeathNote'']] |
| 118 | * ''Fanfic/{{Fade}}'', L's reign of terror as Kira as ended and Light is spared execution and allowed to go back to his normal life. But Light has lost his family, his lover and his health and has a decade or less to live. Light makes the best of it to put the nightmare behind him. |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[AC:''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'']] |
| 121 | * Creator/PeterChimaera's ''[[Fanfic/PeterChimaerasDigimonTrilogy Digimon 2: Return of Digimon]]'' ends with Digimon destroying his EvilCounterpart Evil Digimon and stopping his nefarious plan to destroy all the roads on earth, but with Digimon's girlfriend suddenly leaving him. |
| 122 | |
| 123 | * ''Fanfic/Digimon02TheStoryWeNeverTold'' is a darker retelling from the original; it features a much higher level of violence, mistrust in both generations of the Digidestined and Oikawa, who was a ''TragicVillain'' possessed by Myotismon, is portrayed as a dangerously unstable psychopath who is more than willing to kill people in cold blood to get what he wants, whose ultimate goal, unlike the original, is to destroy the real world and the Digital World to remake them in his own image. His plan fails in the end and he is killed in the final battle and both worlds are saved, but as a result of his actions, many Digimon now hate humans, and neither side is ready to accept the other yet. Wormmon died for real with no chance of being reborn and Ken was killed by Oikawa, with the latter's parents losing their last surviving child to him. The Digidestined give up their crests and their Digimon to fully restore the Digital World and are further saddened when they learn from Gennai that the Order has decided to seal the link between the real world and Digital World and isolate them from each other to prevent them from being harmed. There is some hope in the last part of the final chapter that may imply that the Digimon could return. |
| 124 | |
| 125 | [[AC:''Franchise/DragonBall'']] |
| 126 | * ''Fanfic/NoMoreForgiveness'' is a DeconstructionFic regarding Goku's parenting to the point that Gohan has fully disowned him for it and ends with [[spoiler:Gohan managing to free having found his own closure from his past trauma after their battle while Goku heeds his son's advice after losing to him in a fight and genuinely improved to become a better father. However, despite this, Goku's constant neglect proved too much for Gohan and the fic ends with the latter never forgiving him, showing no signs of reconciliation between the two with the story explicitly confirming the fight to be the last time they interact and have now lived their own separate lives]]. |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[AC:''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'']] |
| 129 | * ''Fanfic/UsAndThem'': Aeris manages to summon the Lifestream and destroy Meteor, [[spoiler:but the effort allows the Id's Death in her system to overwhelm her and she dies. She's revived but because the gateway to the Galactic Capital is destroyed, no one on Gaia knows about it and think she's dead.]] |
| 130 | |
| 131 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'']] |
| 132 | * ''Website/FamilyGuyFanon'': |
| 133 | ** "[[https://familyguyfanon.fandom.com/wiki/The_Guyfathers The Guyfathers]]" ends with Peter and Francis having their hits called off and living to see another day, but their mobster friend Paulie dying and Peter and Francis being upset, but despite it are thankful he saved them and wouldn't forget him. |
| 134 | ** "[[https://familyguyfanon.fandom.com/wiki/The_Quagmire_Show_(Episode) The Quagmire Show]]" ends with Quagmire and his underage wife Kimi divorcing after being together for seven years, but both parties are on better roads now compared to where they started out as. Quagmire becomes a better man and ditches his pervert ways - [[DependingOnTheWriter aside from brief gag relapses]] - while Kimi gets her life back together with the help of her sister Kira, heading to a new high school to return to her normal life as a teenager. |
| 135 | ** "[[https://familyguyfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Karma%27s_a_Bitch Karma's a Bitch]]", despite being a far-off DistantFinale, still has one. The episode ends with the Griffins losing their home, their lives and essentially are banned from Quahog for all the hell they caused. However, Peter remains hopeful and tells the family they'll start a new life somewhere else in the world, whether under fake identities or not. |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[AC:''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'']] |
| 138 | * ''Fanfic/TheNewRetcons'': |
| 139 | ** Michael and Deanna eventually make peace and find happiness in their lives. But they had to divorce each other to do it. |
| 140 | ** After considerable strain, Elizabeth and Anthony ultimately decide to stay together, and Anthony adopts James as his own son. However, it's implied that this is less about love and more settling for each other, and there's also the matter of Warren not knowing about his son; thus, there's a chance of them repeating the same mistakes as Elly and John if they aren't careful. |
| 141 | |
| 142 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'']] |
| 143 | * ''Fanfic/OneStepAhead'': Because of Bloo's cruel prank on Mac from the episode "I Only Have Surprise for You", Mac does not visit him the next day. Wilt angrily calls Bloo out on the way he mistreated Mac and everyone else and tells Bloo that Mac will never come back again. It's implied that Bloo's other friends unfriended him, and the rest of Mac's friends are devastated that they helped Bloo with his prank and drove Mac away forever. However, life moves on, three years pass, and more friends get adopted while new friends join Fosters; Bloo discovers that Mac has moved on from him and now has a better relationship with his brother Terrence and a girlfriend named Sam. The only person completely miserable at the end of the story is Bloo. |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[AC:''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'']] |
| 146 | * ''Webcomic/SpringtrapAndDeliah'': The Light Ending. [[spoiler: Springtrap finally manages to come clean to Deliah about his past, but she becomes afraid of him as a result and he decides to leave her house, heavily implying that he'll kill himself. Harry stops him and offers Springtrap to live with him and his family instead, which Springtrap reluctantly accepts. Harry also mentions that one of his relatives is a therapist, implying Springtrap will get the help he needs.]] |
| 147 | |
| 148 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'']] |
| 149 | * ''Fanfic/TheAlphabetStory'' ends with Elsa and Kyra breaking up. Their SecretRelationship is too much to handle and it's unfair to Kyra's [[TheBeard male fiancé]] for Kyra to cheat on him with Elsa. The women have mostly stopped talking to each other and their conversations are awkward. However, Anna tells Elsa that if she loves Kyra then [[BreakUpMakeUpScenario she should try to be with her]]. The epilogue ends with [[MaybeEverAfter Elsa asking Kyra]] [[CallBack if she wants krumkake]]. |
| 150 | |
| 151 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'']] |
| 152 | * In ''Fanfic/BlameItOnTheBrain'', while Earth is saved, the mutants are now publicly accepted, and Fry isn't dead, the Nibblonians are gone, Earth has sustained serious damage, and Mom, her sons, and Zapp Brannigan are dead (they might have been jerks and idiots, but they did their part for Earth on a larger scale), even if Earth's new state of peace may help with the reconstruction. |
| 153 | |
| 154 | [[AC:''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'']] |
| 155 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12768341/1/The-Brain-of-the-Ghostbusters The Brain of the Ghostbusters]]'': Egon's life is no longer in danger, but he's still in the hospital. |
| 156 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12537267/1/Driving-Dr-Spengler Driving Dr. Spengler]]'': Egon's gotten his driver's license, but Peter has lost his, and Winston is recovering from surgery. |
| 157 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12519787/1/GB-Ecto-Flu Ecto Flu]]'': Winston manages to get vaccinated against the eponymous disease, so he never catches it, and thanks to the vaccine, the threat of ecto flu becoming an epidemic has been eliminated. However, Peter, Ray, and Egon are still sick in bed. |
| 158 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12514154/13/I-blame-myself I Blame Myself]]'': Ray still isn't back on duty and his arm is still in a cast, but he's out of his coma and able to return home, and Egon is no longer [[ItsAllMyFault blaming himself]] for Ray's accident. |
| 159 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12481291/1/GB-I-Have-Your-Back I Have Your Back]]'': Peter is still recovering from his surgery, but he's no longer in danger. |
| 160 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12734198/1/GB-It-s-All-My-Fault It's All My Fault]]'': Ray is out of the hospital, Egon has decided to brush off his [[ItsAllMyFault guilt]], and the others have forgiven him from his anti-social behaviour (caused by worry and SleepDeprivation), but the narration ominously says that there's another problem on the horizon. |
| 161 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12825040/6/Love-Sick Love Sick]]'': Egon's [[RupturedAppendix appendix is out]], and he's happy, but he's still recovering. |
| 162 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35384155 Silent Spengler]]'': Egon still has [[DumbStruck selective mutism]], but he's relatively happy. |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[AC:''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'']] |
| 165 | * ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': More Sweet than Bitter compared to ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', but still. '''On the Sweet side:''' The world is saved (and this time there was no worldwide massive loss of life), Keizer Ghidorah is destroyed, [[AdaptationalHeroism Monster X]]'s story-long TraumaCongaLine is at an end, and Mothra and Susan are both still alive despite all fears that they wouldn't make it to the story's ending alive. '''On the Bitter side:''' More than 150,000 people fell victim to [[TheVirus the Many]], a city-sized area and its surroundings have been rendered completely uninhabitable to humans for decades to come (which has furthermore forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes in the immediate aftermath), Thor is dead as is [[AlternateSelf San-Who-Could-Have-Been]] after pulling a RedemptionEqualsDeath, multiple Zmeyevich are uncounted for by Monarch (with at least two currently in the hands of [[EvilInc Apex Cybernetics]]), Nadezhda's near future fate and the fates of multiple other pregnant Zmeyevich mothers is likely a ForegoneConclusion, and although Viv and San are inseparably together they can never directly express certain forms of affection towards each-other again in their final form's state. |
| 166 | * ''Fanfic/GodzillaNeo'': Super Godzilla won against Bagan, but is the only Kaiju left in existence. However, there is a single egg created by Gigamoth and Godzilla takes it out to sea to find a place to call home. |
| 167 | |
| 168 | [[AC:''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' / ''Series/TheUntamed'']] |
| 169 | * ''Fanfic/AnAcceptableArrangement'' ends with [[spoiler:Hou Yue]] dying, but Qinghe now has an heir. |
| 170 | |
| 171 | [[AC:''Franchise/HarryPotter'']] |
| 172 | * ''[[Fanfic/EbonyDarknessDementiaRavenWayVsCanon Sapphire Eleanor Rose Suzette de Mont vs. Canon]]'' ends with [[ParodySue Sapphire]] defeated, but [[BigBad the Anonymous]], [[SixthRangerTraitor Missy]], [[CoDragons Jenny, and Tara]] all escape and the Mary Sue Extermination Association is left questioning their own morality. |
| 173 | -->'''Aphrodite:''' ...So why aren't I happy? |
| 174 | * ''Fanfic/EdenObsessmuch'': Although Hermione and Ron finally escape their slavery, Hermione's life is forever changed. Lucius had tortured her, murdered her parents and raped her before she manages to bring out some good in him and, despite all that happened, the two fell in love and [[LoveRedeems Lucius found himself turning over a new leaf]]. However, not only does he die, the two had conceived a child during their secret relationship that she promised his betrayed wife she will never tell who the father actually is. [[NoNameGiven The son of Lucius and Hermione]] goes on thinking he's the son of Ron Weasley despite that they look nothing alike, refusing to believe he's the [[ChildByRape bastard son of a rapist]]. Hermione herself is unable to ever tell him the truth, and even into adulthood and having two more children with Ron, her heart still yearns for the man who both ruined her life and became who she loved more than anyone. |
| 175 | |
| 176 | [[AC:''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'']] |
| 177 | * In the doujinshi called ''From the New World with Love'', England wakes up from his coma and America is redeemed, but... America is very much LonelyAtTheTop and knows that one day, the monster that was unleashed in WWII will come out again. There's a reason why it has two sequels, a "good end" (''Miracle of a Superhero'') and a "bad end" (''Tragedy of a Superhero'')... |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[AC:''Literature/TheHungerGames'']] |
| 180 | * ''Fanfic/SavingTheBoy'': Peeta wins the Games, meaning Katniss and him can finally be together for real. However, twenty-three other children still died to get him there, and he's still very much traumatized from his experiences in the arena. Even more than that, they're still at the mercy of Snow and the Capitol, though only Katniss really understands what that means. |
| 181 | * ''Fanfic/SomeSemblanceOfMeaning'' has an ending that is very bittersweet. After tragically losing multiple allies in the Games, [[TheHeroDies Vale herself dies in the final confrontation, in the act of defying the Capitol]]. Even the victor (former Career tribute Obsidian) ends up getting killed in a mining accident... after faking his own death and traveling all the way to District Twelve to meet Vale's family. Basically, a lot of beloved characters end up dead, though they do find peace in what Vale once dubbed the "place without districts." Meanwhile, [[SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl Damon and Lavinia]] end up HappilyMarried in District Twelve, [[DeadGuyJunior naming their children after Vale and her district partner Kit]], while Vale's sister Laurel finds happiness with Glint, Obsidian's cousin, and both families escape the bombing of Twelve and survive the war against the Capitol. In the end, years afterward, Lavinia relays Vale's story to Katniss Everdeen, thinking that was what Vale would have wanted. |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'']] |
| 184 | * ''Fanfic/TheSunWillComeUpAndTheSeasonsWillChange'': [[spoiler:On one hand, Mary successfully manages to get off the train and reunite with her family, with the TimeSkip revealing that she's doing well for herself in light of Dana's absence. On the other hand, the [=McDonalds=] lost their only daughter, will likely never know the truth behind her death and how it happened, and will have to find a way to cope with the fallout for the rest of their lives.]] |
| 185 | |
| 186 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'']] |
| 187 | * ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'': Jade and Viper are freed from the mental corruption that made them villains, but are stuck as physically Shadowkhan and left emotionally scarred by the whole experience (Jade is also ''physically'' scarred from the FinalBattle and can't even walk without magical aid); Viper is such a wreck, in fact, that she flees from the heroes and runs off on her own in a desperate search for a cure. Meanwhile, [[EnigmaticMinion Blankman]] has successfully stolen ten of the talismans and used them to take over the Magisters, while the [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil Grand Design]] has started to break down, potentially unleashing many [[SealedEvilInACan sealed evils]] onto the world. However, Uncle is quick to remind everyone that change is a natural part of life, and that something good may still arise from all of this. |
| 188 | |
| 189 | [[AC:''Franchise/JurassicPark'']] |
| 190 | * The ending of The Geeky Zoologist's [[Fanfic/JurassicWorldTheGeekyZoologist reimagining]] of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' is bleaker than that of the film it is based upon. The Indominus is killed and Mount Sibo's eruption ends but the park is in ruins, hundreds of people have found death during its fall, the grey guards suffered heavy losses, the whole northern part of Isla Nublar has been turned into a volcanic desolation, and the very symbol of the first film and Fan Favourite Roberta the tyrannosaur passes away. Things doesn't improve in the following weeks, with the operation Fallen Kingdom managing to rescue only one third of the animals before being hindered by the US government who prevent Ingen from bringing its creatures back to the United States for now, forcing it to kept them in a facility in mainland Costa Rica, which trigger protests and political tensions. The company is also about to face another economic crisis because of the fall and many Ingen employees are fired, including Owen Grady who can no longer take care of Blue, his only surviving ''Achillobator''. Not only Claire Dearing has been disfigured and crippled by the Indominus but it's also very implied that her family will turn its back on her, with her half-sister Karen blaming her for Gray's death. On Ingen's side, Lynton is likely to order Wu to resume his work on genetically-engineered dinosaurs for military applications. The epilogue reveals that an ''Ornitholestes'' and a group of ''Compsognathus'' have managed to reach the mainland by their own means and a series of attacks begins. |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[AC:''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'']] |
| 193 | * ''Fanfic/{{Reconciliation}}'': Hisao dies of a heart attack, devastating both his wife Lily and Hanako, and preventing Hanako from apologizing to him. However, Hanako and Lilly renew their friendship, and Hanako later gets into a relationship with [[OriginalCharacter her publicist Sho]]. |
| 194 | |
| 195 | [[AC:''Anime/KillLaKill'']] |
| 196 | * ''Fanfic/ConcerningADrifter'''s ending has the note of, while things don't go back to normal and her nieces are without their mother, Satsuki is, at least, able to find some strength to move on, along with that she'd be able to see Ryuuko outside of her room at the mental home. |
| 197 | * ''Fanfic/KiryuuinChronicles'' ends with Satsuki's family being reunited but her ParentalSubstitute, Rei, who rescued her and her sisters from their abusive situation (and a fire) and looked after them, has passed away and, thus, doesn't get to see the family reunited. |
| 198 | * ''Fanfic/LostFound'' has Ryuuko being reunited with her family but in the chapter after she is, Nui (suddenly) dies. Apparently, the two couldn't exist together at once, afterwards. |
| 199 | * The last chapter of ''Fanfic/TheOutside''. Ryuuko learns that she can come to terms with Satsuki's failing health and dying, after the latter suffers and nearly dies of (another) asthma attack, learning to let go. Though, Satsuki survives tuberculosis and the aforementioned, we find out that her life expectancy is shorter than Ryuuko's, so, with her being DelicateAndSickly, she'll likely die before a certain point. |
| 200 | * The [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/6293644 the alternate ending]] to ''Piano Notes'' is this. Despite everything, treatments, surgeries, and all, Satsuki's illness still takes her life, however, as on her deathbed, she tells Ryuuko how much she's made her happy and that she loved her. |
| 201 | ** An earlier fic by the same author titled ''Sunshine'' (sequel to ''Raindrops'', which has a DownerEnding) has a terminally ill Satsuki being PeacefulInDeath and being reunited with her sister, Ryuuko. |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[AC:''Franchise/KungFuPanda'']] |
| 204 | * ''Fanfic/TheVow'', which focuses on [[ByronicHero Lord Shen]], ends with him [[SparedByTheAdaptation surviving his canon fate]] and reuniting with [[DatingCatwoman his wife Lady Lianne]]. Crippled and thought to be dead by all of China, he's forced to live the rest of his life as his wife's secret prisoner, remembered as nothing but a mass-murderer and a would-be conqueror. Though this isn't the kind of life he wants, he has his wife and their son Zian whom Lianne has decided to raise in secrecy before he's ready to face [[SinsOfOurFathers the world that is still sore from his father's crimes]]. The Wolf Boss [[NamedByTheAdaptation Zhan]] and most of his pack are sent away before they can be killed in the final battle. With their reputation worse than ever, they [[ButNowIMustGo travel west]] to find a new life, with Jade accompanying them out of love towards Zhan. Zhan ends his long servitude to Lord Shen out of resentment, but they still part in civil terms, with Zhan keeping open the possibility of meeting his friends Shen and Lianne in the future. Also, while the soothsayer Ah-Ma is left out of the loop regarding her former ward Shen's survival, she at least knows that his line will live on through Zian. |
| 205 | |
| 206 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'']] |
| 207 | * At the end of ''Fanfic/LadyAndTheTrampIIIFamilyTroubles'', Scamp and Angel [[APetIntoTheWild run away]] and leave their loved ones to become strays. However, they're living their dream of being free and seeing the world. They [[AndTheAdventureContinues get to go on adventures]] together without any restraints. |
| 208 | |
| 209 | [[AC:''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'']] |
| 210 | * ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfZeldaParadiseCalling'': Ingo is killed and the ranch is safely in Talon and Malon's hands, but Link has to leave again to finish his quest. On top of that, the author's comments indicate the Bittersweet Ending of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' also applies: Link will be sent back to his childhood after defeating Ganon without [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye getting to say goodbye]] to Malon, and there's no guarantee he'll be able to form the same relationship with her in the Child timeline, or even want to try. |
| 211 | * ''[[Fanfic/LegendOfZeldaSacredReliquary Sacred Reliquary]]'' leaves us with "evil" defeated as usual... but to prevent the cycle from repeating, Link chooses to destroy the Triforce completely, ''wiping all magic, magical beings, and the memory of such from the face of the earth entirely''. And given the morally grey undertones of the fic, the results of the final battle are something of a PyrrhicVictory. |
| 212 | * ''Fanfic/ZeldasHonor'', has a rather depressing one. The majority of the Gerudo are killed in Link's purge of holy hellfire; all the Kokiri except for Saria are basically dead and she's left pregnant and decides to live alone in the woods raising a new brood of Kokiri; Malon had her son aborted in front of her and is now left a single mother of a future daughter; Impa and Talon are dead; Giana, Darunia and various other characters have lost limbs and are disabled for the remainder of their lives; Link dies alongside Navi by Zelda's hand to save the world from his righteous judgement against all who opposed Hylia and the Triforce. But hey, the good guys still won in the end, right? |
| 213 | |
| 214 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'']] |
| 215 | * ''Fanfic/TheBoyWhoCriedIdiot'': |
| 216 | ** The original ending involves Martin realizing the error of his ways and Lincoln being ungrounded, but Lincoln's sisters beating him up. |
| 217 | ** The third alternate ending involves Lincoln and Martin having made up, but Lincoln beating everyone else up. |
| 218 | * ''Fanfic/TheBrokenHouse'' ends with Lori no longer a bounty hunter and HappilyMarried, but it's to Carol instead of Bobby; she never made up with him, Leni has broken up with [[DomesticAbuser Brad]] and is no longer [[DumbStruck mute]], but is still in therapy, Luna's still insane but considerably less so, Lynn's happy as a coach but still in a wheelchair, Lincoln no longer has a split personality since Liberty is now real, Lana still thinks she's a dog, and Lily's still dead (albeit a ghost). The only ones who went completely back to normal are Luan, Lucy, Lola, and Lisa. |
| 219 | * At the end of ''[[https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:IronRaphRa/My_Third_Fanfic:_Fracture Fracture]]'', the sisters are forgiving towards Lincoln, but Lola's arm is still broken. |
| 220 | * ''Fanfic/LucysSecret'': Luan and Lucy learn that their [[EmbarrassingDampSheets bedwetting]] problem can't be treated and they'll have to wear diapers at night until it goes away on its own (which may not be until they go to college), and it's left up in the air as to whether the twins, Lisa, and/or Lily will develop it later on, but Lucy is no longer ashamed of it. |
| 221 | * ''Fanfic/ReallyIsntYourFault'': More Sweet than Bitter, but the main culprit of the fake photo is found, the students stop harrassing the victims after the truth comes out, the relationships are preserved and are stronger than ever. However, Rusty lost his friendships with Lincoln, is a pariah and is grounded indefinitely. |
| 222 | * ''Fanfic/PowerChordHighSchoolMusical'': Luna defeats Luan by overcoming her insecurities, and Luan is willing to keep her identity secret. However, Luna is still self-conscious and unwilling to be a hero, and we learn in TheStinger that Luan has escaped from jail. |
| 223 | * ''[[https://theloudhousefanon.fandom.com/wiki/Trustworthy_Part_2 Trustworthy]]'' ends with the Louds' favourite possessions destroyed in a fire, but they've made up. Also, Izzy and El Diablo [[UncertainDoom may or may not]] have died in the fire. |
| 224 | |
| 225 | [[AC:''Franchise/LoveLive'']] |
| 226 | * ''Fanfic/FlowersDrenchedInVodka'': Both Hanayo and Eli are on their way to recovery but they've [[spoiler:broken up and decided to take a break from seeing each other]]. |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[AC:''Franchise/TheMatrix'']] |
| 229 | * Applies to both parts of the ''Fanfic/WhatIf'' series; |
| 230 | ** In ''What If'', Trinity’s memories are restored and the human resistance has begun to rebuild in the real world, but Morpheus and the Oracle are dead, Zion has been decimated, and Neo is essentially trapped in the Matrix. |
| 231 | ** In ''The Return of What If'', the humans have defeated the machines and Neo has been restored to his body, but they had to kill virtually everyone connected to the Matrix to achieve victory. |
| 232 | |
| 233 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'']] |
| 234 | * ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': |
| 235 | ** Marinette [[EarnYourHappyEnding earns her]] KarmicJackpot, taking down Hawkmoth and Mayura with the help of her TrueCompanions and being recognized by all of Paris as their protector. However, the way that Adrien and her [[FairWeatherFriend Fair-Weather Friends]] abandoned her still stings, and Lila [[KarmaHoudini escaped Paris]] with a stolen fortune. Ladybug tracks her down to issue one last warning about how she can't evade consequences forever, at least. |
| 236 | ** Adrien, meanwhile, has been hit ''hard'' by LaserGuidedKarma, being soundly punished for his BetrayalByInaction and utter LackOfEmpathy towards all of Lila and Hawkmoth's victims. Whether this counts as bittersweet justice or is an outright DownerEnding varies based on one's sympathy for his situation. |
| 237 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/42374949 Kill count]]'': Thanks to Karmic Balancers being able to reveal how many deaths (temporary or otherwise) somebody is responsible for, Gabriel is exposed as Shadowmoth and finally brought to justice. However, that same technology has ruined the lives of many former Akuma, who are ''also'' [[CartesianKarma being judged for what they did while akumatized]]. And Gabriel's secret was only exposed because of ''Adrien's'' death toll as Chat Blanc being revealed, forcing him to step down as Chat Noir. |
| 238 | * ''Fanfic/LeaveForMendeleiev'': |
| 239 | ** Things mostly end happily for the heroes, though with a minorly bittersweet note in that Marinette retires her Ladybug alter ego. Though she continues to fight alongside Oudragon and the rest of her team as Marigold, Tikki returns to resting in the Miracle Box of her own volition; WordOfGod is that [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/449755687 she only saw Marinette as a way to restore order]]. |
| 240 | ** The Agrestes, meanwhile, play this straighter: Emilie is restored, but this comes about ''in spite'' of Gabriel's efforts, not ''because of'' them, as the heroes learn about her plight and save her despite Gabriel [[EvilIsPetty taunting Tempavo]] about how he's supposedly doomed to share her fate. Since he chose to terrorize Paris as Hawk Moth rather than [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot seeking help]] in less destructive and demanding ways, he gets arrested and goes to jail. |
| 241 | ** Adrien stops attending school in order to stay by his mother's side while she recovers in the hospital, turning away Nino and all other visitors aside from Chloe. It's [[AmbiguousSituation unclear whether or not]] any of the times he's been called out on his selfish behavior ever sunk in, or if he [[NeverMyFault continues denying responsibility for anything he's done]]. |
| 242 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/39123366/chapters/97875132 Luckier Without]]'': Pushed beyond her breaking point by Chat Noir's [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled behavior]], Marinette decides to give up her role as Ladybug along with her Guardianship, knowing that doing so will [[LaserGuidedAmnesia wipe out her memories]]. She isn't certain how ''much'' her memory will be impacted; however, Luka helps her prepare several measures to protect her future amnesiac self, and the two affirm their love for each other. |
| 243 | * In ''Fanfic/MarinetteDupainChengsSpitePlaylist'': |
| 244 | ** Marinette proves that sometimes, the best revenge is living well by building her portfolio and achieving many of the things Lila [[CelebrityLie falsely claimed to have done herself]]. Hawkmoth is gone, but the revelation of his identity took a toll on her partner, and she and Adrien also have to permanently give up their Miraculous. It's not completely goodbye, as they can keep in contact with Fu, Tikki and Plagg, but neither of them can be Ladybug or Chat Noir again. |
| 245 | ** Adrien discovers not only that his father was Hawkmoth, but that his mother ''wasn't'' actually dead, just in a coma from misusing the Peafowl. He voluntarily spends several months checked into a mental hospital, then emancipates himself, cutting all ties with both of his parents. Thankfully, he's building a new family with Marinette and her parents. |
| 246 | ** Alya realizes just how much of a FalseFriend Lila was, and is able to reconcile with Marinette. The damage has still been done, and it's clear that Lila doesn't care about how much she hurt her... but Alya is able to make her peace with this and move forward. |
| 247 | * ''Fanfic/MiraculousLadybugSaltShots'': Generally speaking, many of the one-shots in this collection have Marinette cutting off toxic and lopsided relationships, focusing mainly on the catharis and relief of her getting away from them. However, some stories have a more bittersweet tinge: |
| 248 | ** ''A Price to Pay'' has Gabriel and Adrien get struck by LaserGuidedKarma after the latter pulls a FaceHeelTurn and helps his father [[TheBadGuyWins make his selfish Wish]]. But reality has still been permanently altered, leaving Tom Dupain-Cheng dead as the price for [[BalancingDeathsBooks Emilie's revival]]. |
| 249 | ** ''It Was Always You, Alya'' ends with Marinette realizing she was LovingAShadow; Alya gleefully trampled over all of her "bestie's" boundaries while trying to [[ShipperOnDeck hook her up with Adrien]], and only learns who she was ''really'' crushing on after those feelings have completely faded and Marinette has decided to transfer away. |
| 250 | ** ''Broken Reflection of Love'' has a similarly downbeat ending; Adrien only started dating Marinette as a temporary substitute for [[LovesMyAlterEgo her own alter ego]], and she decides to break up with him after he walks out on their last outing. While she recognizes it's best to break things off, she's still left deeply depressed by how little her long-time crush actually cared about her. |
| 251 | ** In ''Spots of Change'', Marinette retires from being Ladybug, but remains as the Guardian so she won't [[LaserGuidedAmnesia lose all her memories]]. This also means that she won't get a [[IJustWantToBeNormal normal life]]. And while she transferred out of Francoise Dupont, she's still staying in Paris, and still has to deal with Alya trying to spin Ladybug's retirement into TabloidMelodrama. |
| 252 | * ''Fanfic/TheOneToMakeItStay'': |
| 253 | ** ''There's a Horror in My Head'' ends with Gabriel, Nathalie, and Lila getting arrested for the crimes and all the stolen Miraculouses being recovered. However, using the broken Peafowl Miraculous has left Lila seriously ill, Emilie is unlikely to survive much longer, and everyone (especially Adrien) has to deal with the shock of the reveal. |
| 254 | ** ''The Blue Skies and Your Eyes'' offers up individual endings for various characters that largely fall into this category: |
| 255 | *** Adrien finally has a proper JerkassRealization regarding his behavior and apologizes to those he's wronged, while also being mature enough to realize that a simple apology won't be enough. However, he's still dealing with his father being Hawkmoth and has to go through the pain of losing his mother all over again. He also has to leave Paris for London for his own safety, though he'll be able to visit by train and his aunt will take care of him. |
| 256 | *** Kagami must deal with how her mother's business partnership with Gabriel has led to her family's reputation being damaged, and will likely have to move back to Japan to avoid further backlash. |
| 257 | *** Chloé lets Sabrina make a clean break from their "friendship" and contacts her mother in order to discuss moving to New York, intending on rebuilding herself into a proper "queen bee". |
| 258 | *** Alya visits Lila in the hospital to figure out why she joined up with Hawkmoth, only to be DisappointedByTheMotive. She's also not sure what to do with the Ladyblog now that Hawkmoth's been defeated; eventually, she decides to write something called "Confessions of the Ladyblogger" and try her hand at blogging other things. |
| 259 | *** Things are looking up for Kitty Section overall, with a gig in Scotland coming up and Rose, Juleka, and Ivan getting accepted into the Gauguin Institute alongside Marinette. However, they're all still processing their emotions from the final battle as well as everything else that's happened. Ivan is also conflicted when he realizes he won't be attending school with his girlfriend; while they manage to resolve that conflict for the time being, their future is uncertain. |
| 260 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14186604/1/One-Truth-and-a-Lie One Truth and a Lie]]'' leans heavily on the bitter side of things: Although Marinette has been rescued from her days-long captivity at the hands of Hawk Moth, all the evidence she's gathered to prove her innocence against Lila's bullying claims has been mysteriously destroyed; Hawk Moth and Lila have exposed her identity to all of Paris; while her parents now finally believe in her innocence, [[spoiler:they're still sending her to a boarding school out of the country like they were originally planning to do since Chloé's father has declared that due to the scandal of a well-respected heroine like Ladybug doing the things Lila's accusing her of, she must either be sent away or sent to a reform school]]; and [[spoiler:her brief usage of the Peacock Miraculous to deliver it back to Master Fu has led to its curse being inflicted onto her and leaving her unable to use any Miraculous for the foreseeable future]]. The only things that prevent it from being a full DownerEnding are that Adrien, Nino, Chloé, Sabrina, and her parents finally know that Marinette was telling the truth about Lila all along and that Marinette's [[LoveEpiphany finally realized her feelings for Cat Noir]] (though she still doesn't know he's Adrien), but even that's heavily mitigated by the fact that [[spoiler:her aforementioned forced removal from the county means she won't be able to see him again]]. Luckily, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14214976/1/One-Chance-at-the-Truth a sequel]] is in progress, so things might turn around soon. |
| 261 | * ''[[Fanfic/TatteredRemainsOfBrokenDreams Tattered Remains of Broken Dreams (Yours, Not Mine)]]'': Lila convinces most of the class to tear up Marinette's sketchbook, while Adrien and others [[AccompliceByInaction do nothing to stop them]]. This vandalism [[VandalismBackfire blows up in their faces]] when Marinette reveals said sketchbook was full of projects she was working on ''for them'', and she won't be redoing any of that work. While Alya and the majority [[NeverMyFault blame her for this]], insisting it's unfair that she won't finish all those free favors, Marinette decides she's better off without her {{False Friend}}s. In addition, Rose offers some hope for the future by actually ''learning'' from her mistake, apologizing properly, and the story ends with her starting a consultation for a properly commissioned prom dress. |
| 262 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25476952/chapters/61799827 Traps and Sneaks]]'': Lila triggers a booby trap Marinette set up to protect the Miracle Box, hitting her with a heavy dose of LaserGuidedKarma and convincing the Dupain-Chengs to press charges, as well as accept their daughter's decision to employ such desperate matters in the first place. But Marinette's sense of safety and security in her own room has still been shattered, and she recognizes that it's unlikely she'll feel ''truly'' safe anytime soon. Not until she's able to complete even ''further'' measures. She also acknowledges that she can't trust her friends, since Alya not only [[UnwittingPawn let Lila into her room]] in the first place, but [[NeverMyFault denies any responsibility]]. |
| 263 | * ''Fanfic/TruthAndConsequences'': Emphasis on the bitter: Hawkmoth is defeated once and for all, Emilie has been returned to life, Gabriel's identity was kept a secret so that Adrien won't face any persecution for being the son of a supervillain, Nooroo and the Butterfly Miraculous have passed to Kagami, and Luka has regained control of his body from the Mayura Akuma. The cost is that Gabriel Agreste died in his son's arms, Marinette's relationship with Adrien, Alya, Nino, Nino, Chloe, and Luka have all been damaged possibly past the point of repair, resulting in her leaving Paris in shame, most of the Miraculous are still in the possession of Kaiser Long and Firebird, who remain at large planning who knows what, and the people of Paris' trust in heroes has been severely damaged. Even though Marinette has accomplished all the goals she set out for, she's left having lost everything she cared about. The bright side is that WordOfGod is that a sequel is in the works, so it's not ''the'' ending. |
| 264 | * ''Fanfic/{{What Goes Around Comes Around|MiraculousLadybug}}'': |
| 265 | ** Adrien's KarmaHoudiniWarranty runs out, exposing his naive, sheltered, and [[ItsAllAboutMe frankly self-centered]] way of thinking to his friends and classmates. While he manages to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realize his mistakes]] and redeem himself, finally taking responsibility for his actions, he isn't able to repair all of his relationships, along with having to deal with being ConvictedByPublicOpinion now that the world knows [[spoiler:that he was Chat Noir and that his parents are supervillains]]. Ultimately, he [[spoiler:is forced to leave London, but has found the loving family he desperately desired in his aunt and cousin]]. |
| 266 | ** Nathalie [[spoiler:cooperated with the heroes]] and gained a reduced sentence; however, this doesn't change the shock and horror of learning that she [[spoiler:is actually a Sentimonster created to replace the ''original'' Nathalie, who was killed for knowing too much]]. While her relatives have tentatively reached out, offering to try starting anew once she's served her time, she remains uncertain about whether or not she should accept. |
| 267 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21138575 Who You Know]]'': Lila's deception cost Alya a grand opportunity; however, she unintentionally [[HoistByHisOwnPetard dug her own grave]], unaware that [[spoiler:Marinette was rising fashion star MDC]] the whole time. Alya also hopes that she can [[MustMakeAmends make amends]] with Marinette, and intends to ensure that [[LiarRevealed the rest of Lila's lies are exposed]]. |
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| 269 | [[AC:''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'']] |
| 270 | * PlayedForLaughs in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23500558/chapters/56353471 How to murder your father]]'', Izuku Midoriya and Shouto Todoroki have spent the past 5-6 years trying to kill their fathers ([[ArchnemesisDad All For One]] and [[AbusiveParents Endeavor]] respectively) for the two men's life insurance and the two boys' revenge. The boys' single-minded determination in this task resulted in them becoming a [[AntiHero vigilante]](Izuku) and [[AntiVillain villain]] (Shouto) as well as exponentially growing in power. [[spoiler:They succeed in getting the life insurance for their families... but not because they killed their fathers. For Endeavor, a combination of his canon HeelRealization, the constant assassination attempts and the knowledge that Shouto and Dabi (Touya) are responsible for the latter resulted in the weary, PrematurelyGreyHaired hero giving ''all'' his assets to his family and quietly retiring. For All For One, despite being better off then Endeavor (restored to his prime and still being far stronger than Izuku, who has gained better control of One For All and its secrets), being nearly killed by the recent bout with his son causes the villain to call for a 10 year truce and give away all ''his'' assets before temporarily leaving Japan. Unfortunately, these assets include inheriting the [[FakeUltimateHero No. 1 spot]] (Shouto) and a criminal empire and All for One's [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame praise]] (Izuku), which is the last thing the two teens want.]] |
| 271 | * ''Fanfic/MastermindStrategistForHire'' ends with [[VillainProtagonist Izuku Midoriya]] being caught along with his identity of "Mastermind" being exposed to the world, leading to the [[Fanfic/MastermindRiseOfAnarchy sequel]]. [[ZigZaggingTrope But]]: |
| 272 | ** His allies, the League of Villains, are still at large. Plus, Izuku had already created plans for when he eventually gets arrested, up to and including what prison he is sent to, which in this case is [[TheAlcatraz Tartarus]]. |
| 273 | ** Far too many people (Heroes, Villains, civilians) were killed along the way to finally catch him. And Izuku's reign of terror ultimately causes an upheaval of Japanese Hero society, [[EndOfAnEra forcing them to emphasize practicality over popularity as well as acknowledging its inner corruption that existed for decades]]. This aftermath is shown more in the sequel. |
| 274 | * ''Fanfic/{{Nemesis|MHA}}'' ends with Bakugou managing to save all of the hostages Mischief (aka Izuku) had taken, but his relationship with Kirishima is naturally damaged by the truth about his past bullying of Izuku coming out, and Mischief ultimately escapes, having spelled out for Katsuki precisely ''how'' he's getting his revenge: by making sure the two of them are permanently linked in the eyes of the world. |
| 275 | * ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheLastVillain'': Despite everything Izuku does to make the heroes work for it, in the end [[spoiler:the League of Villains are all captured and sentenced to Tartarus (though, given [[FailureGambit Izuku's plan]], this was a foregone conclusion). However, the heroes who remain are genuinely worthy of the title and Japan is better off for it]]. |
| 276 | ** [[spoiler:Bakugo then uses his clout as the Symbol of Victory who defeated the League of Villains to reform the system, even managing to get Izuku out of prison.]] |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[AC:''Manga/MyHime'']] |
| 279 | * In ''Fanfic/PerfectionIsOverrated'', the [=SUEs=], the Usurper, and the Obsidian Lord and his minions are defeated. Not everyone survives, though -- Hitomi killed over 20 innocent people and Yukariko died thwarting Ishigami's plan -- and unlike in canon, [[KilledOffForReal their deaths were not undone]]. The surviving Himes have various problems to deal with in their lives, both mundane and magical (Shizuru, despite Natsuki having accepted her love, must one day deal with how her parents will react to her coming out of the closet), but they resolve to face those problems in the future (Nao, for example, overcomes her bitterness and hopes to become someone her mother can be proud of when and if she comes out of her coma), having realized that this world and their lives will never be perfect and chosen to face those challenges. |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'']] |
| 282 | * ''Fanfic/ActuallyImDead'' sadly ends more on the bitter side of the trope: In the end The Dark Force in The Alicorn Amulet takes over Trixie's body almost completely and The Mane Six had to seal her in stone with The Elements, while Trixie was just barely there enough to [[TearJerker tell them to do it]]. Not only that, but they also had to reseal [[HeelFaceTurn post-reformation Discord]] in the process, as [[HeroicSacrifice he was holding her down so they'd have an opening]]. Oh, and Lightning Dust [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown was beat and mauled]] so badly, she needed a wheelchair to attend the memorial. About the only bright sides, are the fact that the the [[TakenForGranite stone prison Trixie and Discord are in]] can be undone once the others have found a way to help her and WordOfGod confirming this story is only part one of a series, where these lingering problems can be resolved later in. |
| 283 | * ''Fanfic/{{Antipodes}}'': By the end of the story, the Princesses are revived, the sun and moon resume moving and allow the world to become habitable once more, Tantalus is defeated, and Equestria can begin rebuilding, but all this came at the cost of Jigsaw's life. |
| 284 | * ''Fanfic/BestFriendsForever:'' After centuries of being regressed to infancy by Twilight in a demented attempt to spare them from dying of old age, the surviving members of the Mane Six are free: they can now grow up and live their own lives as they see fit... because Celestia has [[ShootTheDog finally put Twilight out of her misery]], and is crippled with guilt as a result. For extra depression, Celestia has to lie and tell the foals that Twilight is resting and that they'll see her again soon, knowing that this is only because without Twilight around to put them through their ParentInducedExtendedChildhood, they'll eventually die of old age and [[TogetherInDeath be reunited with her]]. |
| 285 | * ''Fanfic/{{Bubbles}}'': Derpy's [[AbusiveParents mother]] has [[AbandonTheDisabled abandoned her in the woods due to her birth defects]], but she gets her cutie mark, and we know that she grows up okay because [[ForegoneConclusion it's the backstory of a canon character]]. |
| 286 | * ''Fanfic/{{Bittersweet}}'': At the end, just when you think Pinkie's alive again, she's only there to tell everyone to move on. In other words, [[TearJerker Pinkie Pie got]] KilledOffForReal. |
| 287 | * ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauNotAlone'' ends on this note. After getting soundly defeated by humanity's military forces trying to stop her [[AssimilationPlot conversion crusade]] and sustaining heavy casualties, Celestia takes Equestria and they retreat back to their own home dimension, but in the process, are forced to leave behind about three thousand ponies. The good news is that Equestria won't be bothering anyone else anytime soon, humanity of course survives, there is hope for peaceful coexistence between humanity and the ponies that were left behind on Earth, and the last chapter has the Queen of the Gryphons state that Celestia ''will'' have to answer for her crimes eventually. The bad news is that the PER and HLF are still out there causing trouble, hundreds of ponies are still stuck in the internment camps despite the growing international pressure calling for their release, South Africa is [[DayOfTheJackboot rapidly turning into a fascist hellhole]], and several countries start spending large amounts of money (at the cost of education and healthcare) beefing up the military for a war that will never happen. |
| 288 | * ''Fanfic/FallingBackwards'': After Rainbow Dash suffered sever brain trauma, that reduces her to having the mind of a small child, it seems like a hopeless situation, until the Princesses come up with a solution. The catch? It involves physically regressing her to her current mental age. Which will give her a new lease on life, but take away the chance of her friends ever getting Rainbow back in their generation and making it improbable that she will ever be exactly the same again. |
| 289 | * ''Fanfic/GuppyLove'': After realising how her puppy love crush is causing her to selfishly cling onto the mermaid Rarity as a replacement for her dead parents, Applejack accepts that [[DidNotGetTheGirl she and Rarity can never be together]] and lets her return to the ocean once her injured tail heals. Years later, she and Rarity have friendly visits, Applejack is now married with a child on the way and Rarity is in a relationship with another mermaid: [[spoiler:Sunset Shimmer]]. |
| 290 | * ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'': The heroes still feel guilty about their mistakes, are still shaken over everything they've endured, and express remorse over [[SympathyForTheDevil Jewelius' fate]] despite all of the suffering he inflicted upon them and Canterlot. Nonetheless, they manage to [[RebuiltPedestal clear their names and reconcile with each other]] before [[EarnYourHappyEnding enjoying Shining Armor and Princess Cadance's delayed wedding in the epilogue]]. |
| 291 | * ''Fanfic/MasterThiefDragon'': More heavily on the bitter side. Tirek has been killed by a mysterious sniper during the final battle and the people Spike cares for are safe. However, his identity as Dragon is revealed to the girls during the whole debacle and things are never the same after that; Twilight's relationship with her family and friends (''Especially'' Spike, Cadance, and Applejack) have becomed strained at best during the course of the story, greatly distancing herself from them, and transfers to Crystal Prep Academy, a rival school; The other Harmony Sweeties were more or less shaken up from the entire ordeal as well, especially Fluttershy and Applejack with the former now living with the fact the she killed someone and Spike willingly took the fall for her while the latter had her family's precious apple orchard nearly burned down and has come to realize the fact that the world isn't as black and white as she thought; Cadance, along with her infant daughter, has moved back with her aunts, selling the house she and Twilight lived in; Spike decides to quit being Dragon for a while and leaves Canterlot city, and who knows how long he'll be gone; and lastly, while it wasn't out right stated, there's some heavy implications that Tirek's death may have some [[EvilPowerVacuum unforeseen consequences]] for the city. The reason that this isn't a full on DownerEnding is that Spike will [[SequelHook one day return]] and [[RayOfHopeEnding make things right]]. |
| 292 | * ''Fanfic/TheMonsterMash'' is a collection of horror-themed stories in which the ponies cross paths with the supernatural. Despite [[EarnYourHappyEnding earning their happy ending]], in most cases the characters are left marked by their experiences. |
| 293 | * ''Fanfic/NightmaresAreTragic,'' being a retelling of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony "Elements of Harmony"]], ends with Princess Luna freed from the Nightmare state. And she's found the [[{{Reincarnation}} new incarnation]] of her OneTrueLove, [[TheLostLenore Dusk Skyshine]], who died over four thousand years ago. The only problem is, in this life he's a [[GenderBender ''mare'']], Twilight Sparkle. And while Luna clearly ''hopes'' they can [[ReincarnationRomance fall in love again]], this ''isn't'' a fanon where EveryoneIsBi, and there is no guarantee that ItsOkayIfItsYou will apply for ''either'' of them. By story's end she still hasn't mustered up the courage to ''tell'' Twilight about their past connection. On a larger scale, the Shadows are massing on the Moon, clearly preparing to invade the Earth, so there's no guarantee that ''anyone'' will get a HappyEnding. |
| 294 | * ''Fanfic/OurTrueColors'': Pinkie Pie finds the orphaned Scootaloo a new (foster) home but it isn't with her. |
| 295 | * ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': In ''The Motion of the Stars'', the day-night cycle is restarted and the world is on its way to healing, but millions are still dead, society has been reduced to a few scattered holdouts, the world's ecosystems are devastated, and Rarity sacrificed herself to restart the Sun's motion. |
| 296 | * ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': The [[BadFuture Dark World]] ends like this. The heroes finally [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn their happy ending]] by overthrowing [[EvilOverlord Discord]] and defeating Nightmare Paradox, restoring harmony to the world and even managing to [[BackFromTheDead resurrect]] everyone killed by Discord or his minions during his reign of chaos. However, those who died indirectly or through old age (like Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy) remain dead, and there's also the fact that Twilight has [[DeityOfHumanOrigin become]] the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Alicorn]] of {{Happy Ending}}s, and now [[ButNowIMustGo has to leave]] to help other worlds reach their happy endings as well, leaving her friends behind to their well-deserved happiness. |
| 297 | * ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeriesChaosVerse'': The BigBad [[EldritchAbomination Nightmare Phobia]], is destroyed, and Discord and Fluttercruel make peace with the Princesses, but the Construct Ponies are all dead, leaving Discord and Fluttercruel alone in Limbo once again. Though the Constructs also managed to gain their own souls and earn a place in Pony Heaven and Fluttercruel manages to reconcile with Fluttershy with Luna's help. The last scene has Discord begin recreating Chaos, with Celestia offering her and Luna's help. |
| 298 | * ''Fanfic/RainboomsAndRoyalty'': ''May the Best Friends Win'' ends with Trixie admitting to being a {{Jerkass}} and apologizing to everyone, thus saving her and Rainbow Dash's friendship. However, she can't bring herself to stay in town, saying that she needs to leave and make her own friends, rather than leech off of Rainbow Dash's life anymore. |
| 299 | * ''Fanfic/ToServeInHell'': Both Nightmare Moon and Tirek have been defeated, but the aftermath of Nightmare's death (not redemption, Luna is not coming back) has left Equestria in an extremely precarious situation geopolitically. Most of the main characters are alive and well, but Rarity is deeply traumatized from both the death of her lover and having to kill a pony with her own hooves and will most likely never fully recover. Still, with Rainbow Dash having ascended to alicornhood, sunlight has returned after TheNightThatNeverEnds, and her rule promises to be peaceful. Efforts are being taken to help the ponies that have spent years suffering in Tartarus, and Rarity is finding some degree of, if not happiness, then at least purpose in raising Diamond Tiara after her father's death and helping Rainbow consolidate her rule. The scars of the past still remain, but the future is looking brighter than it has in a long time. |
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| 301 | [[AC:''[[Literature/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU]]'']] |
| 302 | * ''Fanfic/TheEndOfTheAffair'': Hachiman and Yukino have met up and more or less reached a resolution of their mutual attraction from high school. Unfortunately said resolution is basically them reaffirming how they would never get together due to the consequences of their choices and following their ideals, ending with them going to live their separate, and quite possibly unhappy, lives once more with the implication that they would never see each other again. |
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| 304 | [[AC:''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'']] |
| 305 | * ''Fanfic/AndrogyninjasADropOfPoison'': After working incredibly hard to demonstrate what 'civilian-born' shinobi are capable of, Sakura gets promoted to Chuunin by Godaime Tsunade. But this came at a heavy cost: while Sakura proved her worth at the Chuunin Exams, she made a lot of enemies for challenging the status quo, especially in the Yamanaka and Hyuuga clans. Both of her parents were killed in the Konoha Crush, in no small part because Konohan shinobi kept Orochimaru's snake summons contained ''inside the civilian districts''. Team Seven has completely imploded, with Naruto and Sasuke [[PutOnABus heading off to Mount Myoboku with Jiraiya]], and Sakura's friendship with Hinata, Shino and Team Eight is in question after she called Hinata out for keeping her LockedOutOfTheLoop regarding the Cursed Seal. |
| 306 | * ''Fanfic/ACaseStudyInTheSturdinessOfTheRookie9'': Ultimately, Orochimaru's plans are thwarted and he's dealt with during the Chuunin Exam Finals. But each of the teams is left with their own problems to deal with: |
| 307 | ** Team 7 betrayed Team 10 in the Forest of Death, earning them a reputation as traitors who'll do anything to complete their missions. This incident forced Kakashi to see the downsides of his hands-off teaching style, and while Sakura and Shino resisted the lesson at first, by the end, both have started to recognize just what they did wrong. Chouji is also working hard to mend his strained friendship with Shikamaru, having realized before his teammates how badly they'd screwed up. |
| 308 | ** Team 8 fares the best of the three, as they weren't directly embroiled in the drama: thanks to quickly completing their tasks in the Forest of Death, Orochimaru never caught Sasuke or branded him with the Cursed Seal. Sasuke is also rebuilding his family, with Izumo becoming his adoptive father. Konoha's archaic laws continue to make matters difficult, but Shikamaru is determined to tear down the faulty system and rebuild it, and he has Hinata and Sasuke's full support. |
| 309 | ** Team 10 nearly lost Kiba, who's slowly recovering from his hellish ordeal. Ino is also racked with guilt at how she unintentionally traumatized and {{Mind Rape}}d him by abusing her family's signature jutsus, unaware of their side-effects. Yet she and Asuma have both recognized their mistakes and are determined to atone, and Naruto has faith that the "Gifted Losers" will be able to rebuild themselves, especially with Anko assigning herself as TeamMom. |
| 310 | * In ''Naruto: Asunder'' we have the Akatsuki defeated, Minato and Kushina are still alive and the five elemental nations are at peace. The cost however was Gaara, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kankuro, Lee, Hinata (whose dying words were "Naruto-kun. You still owe me a date.") and Naruto. They do become legends though. |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[AC:''Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion'']] |
| 313 | * ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'': At the end, Shinji and Asuka have lost almost everyone that they care about, and due to their mutations they don't fit into human society any longer, so they abandon civilization forever. Still they are still together, the narration states that their remaining friends will meet them again, and thanks to them humanity has been saved and will endure for several centuries more. |
| 314 | * ''Fanfic/GhostsOfEvangelion'': The story ends in 2080 when Asuka passes away and Shinji dies three days later. However they have a daughter, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Kaworu and Rei visit Shinji when he dies and Rei hints that he and Asuka will be together in the Afterlife. After their deaths, Ryuko, Kyoko and Misato go about their many accomplishments when they were alive. |
| 315 | * ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': After the last battle, Shinji and Asuka are alive are able to be happy together. Most of canon characters have survived, Yui and Kyoko's souls have been released and SEELE has been defeated once and for all. However Rei seals herself together with the Evas, Adam, Lilith and the Lance to ensure that they will never be used again, which means she has to say goodbye to her family forever. |
| 316 | * At the end of ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'', [[AncientConspiracy SEELE]] still exists, NERV's workers are at the mercy of the Japanese Government, and Shinji and his family lose their home. However, Instrumentality has been averted, [[BigBad Keel]] has been assassinated, leaving SEELE without a leader and at the risk of being exposed, and the main characters are safe and sound. |
| 317 | * ''Fanfic/WhenSheSmilesFreshC'': Asuka never recovers her memories lost during the end of the world, but she sets out to become a new person rather than obsessing with the past. |
| 318 | |
| 319 | [[AC:''Film/OmenIVTheAwakening'']] |
| 320 | * ''Fanfic/AlwaysVisible'': Delia is dead and her killer is on the run in London, but at least the detective investigating the case has a chance of catching the man. |
| 321 | |
| 322 | [[AC:''Series/OddSquad'']] |
| 323 | * Near the end of ''Fanfic/ShipsAhoy'', Olive, and eventually Otto, are promoted to the Management department and leave for another precinct to lead it as co-Directors, but as a consequence, they are forced to leave their significant others behind. Opal and Otto work things out with each other and resolve to still be together in a LongDistanceRelationship. Olive and Oscar, on the other hand, are forced to break up after decades of them going through ups and downs. |
| 324 | |
| 325 | [[AC:''Franchise/OnePiece'']] |
| 326 | * In ''Fanfic/MarieDSuesseAndTheMysteryNewPirateAge'', the Disinfector manages to, with the help of the Suesse family, push the ResetButton and undo 20 years worth of terrible events in the ''Manga/OnePiece'' universe that include the deaths of Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hats, but one of the events undone in the process is Madelyn meeting Garreth and having Mar with him. However, the last scene shows Garreth and Madelyn meeting again. |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[AC:''Anime/OsomatsuSan'']] |
| 329 | * ''Fanfic/IllTakeYouSomewhereEvenMoreBrilliant'' ends with Homura still depressed and moving back home, but she's become more optimistic now that she met Jyuushimatsu. |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[AC:''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'']] |
| 332 | * ''Fanfic/AtTheFoodCourt'': Ash is permanently, irrecoverably insane, and not even Rhys's mock Pokemon battle could get through to him, but at least the monsters who did this to him are arrested at the very end. |
| 333 | * ''[[Fanfic/ANewChanceSeries A New Chance For Adventure]]'': At the end of ''Hunting The Hunter'', Ash and his team succeed in defeating Rico and saving Team Rocket's Pokemon, with the covert help of Skailyn, but they arrive too late to stop him from selling Larvitar's mother to Team Magma, and have no leads with which to find her. Not to mention Latios giving into his anger and offing Rico behind Ash's back. |
| 334 | * In ''Fanfic/APikachuInLove'', after spending the entire fic questioning his relationship with Ash and growing closer to Pichi, Pikachu finally realizes just how much Ash and Co. care about him, and decides that it's too important to ever doubt or break. Unfortunately, on the same night he plan to tell Pichi that it would be the last time he would see her, Pichi had already realized she was in love with Pikachu and plan to tell him that on the same night. Though she manages to tell Pikachu first, and Pikachu does admit that he loves her to, he was forced to explain how he can't leave Ash just like that. Though hurt, Pichi understands, and bids a tearful goodbye to her love for the final time. What keeps this from being a complete downer ending though is that Misty, who had secretly followed Pikachu and saw it all, managed to get the gist of what's going on and quickly comforts Pikachu, reminding her how much she, Ash, and Brock all love him. On top of that, there's also an implied chance at the end that Pikachu will see Pichi again someday. |
| 335 | -->''The small group of friends journied on under the bluest of skies, the most golden of sunshine, and Pikachu took pleasure in smelling the clean air that gently blew into their faces. It felt like the world was beautiful all over again, and that there was something special waiting for him at the end of the road.'' |
| 336 | * ''VideoGame/PokemonInsurgence'': In the end, the player character manages to disband all of Torren's cults, take down the Legendaries threatening the universe, and reunite with their DisappearedDad. However, both Damian and Nora decide to leave Torren (the former staying in the Dream Realm, the latter heading for another region) due to their trauma, and Reukra and Taen are free to continue their plans elsewhere (with the latter set to make a re-appearance in the still-in-development ''Pokémon Azurite'' as part of another villainous team). |
| 337 | |
| 338 | [[AC:''RealPersonFic'']] |
| 339 | * In ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', after successfully restoring the Vasyn to Ketafa, the four are informed that they can't take their magic home with them. Whereas John and Paul are pleased because they were fretting about returning to Earth as BlessedWithSuck, Ringo is devastated, because he was profoundly transformed by his magic and had all kinds of plans for using it. He ends up clinging to the hope that the four will be given a chance to use it again in the future, making this a rare book where the characters actually ''ask'' for a sequel. |
| 340 | |
| 341 | [[AC:''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'']] |
| 342 | * ''Fanfic/RecoveryNone'' ends on a much higher note than in canon, with Tex, York, South, Alpha, Theta, Epsilon, and [[AdaptationalHeroism Niner]] all surviving the fall of Project Freelancer and joining the Reds and Blues at Blood Gulch alongside Carolina and Wash. [[BigBadEnsemble The Director and the Meta]] get SparedByTheAdaptation and are arrested by UNSC, ensuring that both will face justice for their crimes. However, North, Delta, and Crunchbite are still dead; not to mention the fact that [[KarmaHoudini Hargrove got away scot free]] while [[TheBadGuyWins accomplishing nearly all of his goals.]] In addition, several characters get a much happier ending compared to their canon selves, but each had to go through hell and back just to get there. |
| 343 | ** Wash spends the entire story getting put through the wringer and suffers countless betrayals from people he thought he could trust, leaving him a paranoid and bitter man wrecked by PTSD. However, he eventually finds his TrueCompanions in the form of Blue Team and he's shown to slowly get better as he spends more time with them. |
| 344 | ** South repairs her fractured relationship with North and gains an AI unit like she always wanted, though the latter comes at the cost of her twin brother's life. She later forms a genuine friendship with Kaikaina and is shown to slowly regain the trust of her former teammates. |
| 345 | ** York joins Red Team and rebuilds his fractured relationships with Wash, Carolina, and South. However, he loses Delta to the Meta, temporarily leaving him a near EmptyShell from the trauma. |
| 346 | |
| 347 | [[AC:''Anime/{{Robotech}}'']] |
| 348 | * ''Fanfic/MarqueAndReprisal'': The Robotech Wars are over, but Gabe is dead. |
| 349 | |
| 350 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'']] |
| 351 | * ''[[http://rugratonline.free.fr/rrfan6x.html The Babies Who Floated Off into Space]]'' has several endings. There is one HappyEnding, one DownerEnding, and two Bittersweet Endings: |
| 352 | ** In one ending, Tommy gets back to Earth just fine, but he has a disease called "rat disease", Chuckie has still blown up, and Phil and Lil are still lost in space. |
| 353 | ** The other one ends on an unresolved cliffhanger-- Chuckie has exploded and Tommy, Phil, and Lil are still lost in space, but there's hope, since an alien they meet knows of a planet on which people are brought BackFromTheDead, called "Planet Death". However, it ends before we can find out if they discover Planet Death or go back to Earth. |
| 354 | |
| 355 | [[AC:''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'']] |
| 356 | * While ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11781093/23/Strawberries-and-Lemons Heartbreak]]'' intially ended on a DownerEnding, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11781093/33/Strawberries-and-Lemons it's sequel chapter]] concludes on a more softer, if still somber, note. Yang reaffirms her love for Garnet and is able to get back together with him, but she will have to live with the fact that she basically [[BreakTheCutie broke his heart]] for nothing, and that Garnet's trust in her is at an all time low, coupled with the fact that she won't be so EasilyForgiven by most of Garnet's friends and family, ''especially'' [[MamaBear his mother]]. |
| 357 | * ''Fanfic/RubyAndNora'' has had a few stories end like this. If it keeps up, the GrandFinale will certainly have one, too. |
| 358 | |
| 359 | [[AC:''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'']] |
| 360 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12162960 The Hidden Queen]]'': Daenerys loses her dragons and her supporters, and is overthrown by Stannis Baratheon, believed dead by everyone and forced to go into hiding under an assumed name, and everything she has fought for in Essos is lost as well. However, her dragons perish in a MutualKill with the Others and so the world is safe from eternal winter, the Seven Kingdoms are doing more or less okay under Stannis' rule, and Daenerys herself is fairly content in her marriage to Jorah Mormont and accepted by his family and the people of Bear Island. |
| 361 | |
| 362 | [[AC:''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'']] |
| 363 | * ''Fanfic/SonicXDarkChaos'': Two of the alternate endings for the rewrite are this. Ending A has Tails dying to stop Dark Tails, the galaxy left in ruins and the [[EldritchAbomination Forerunners]] invading the universe... but Sonic and his friends got their Planet Egg back and everyone joins forces to stop them. Ending D is [[EarnYourHappyEnding the "happiest" of the endings]] - the above still happens, except Tails doesn't die which (while leaving Dark Tails alive) stops the Forerunner invasion entirely. |
| 364 | * ''Fanfic/VeritasDolor'': Shadow is [[TalkingDownTheSuicidal talked out of his suicide]], but Rouge knows that it'll happen again sometime in the future. She just hopes he'll be able to stop himself if she's not around for him someday. |
| 365 | |
| 366 | [[AC: ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'']] |
| 367 | * ''Fanfic/DeadManWalking'' ends with Kenny, Wendy, and the rest ultimately failing to stop Cthulhu, with all but [[{{Irony}} Kenny]] and Wendy dying in the attempt, and God having press the ResetButton on the universe to prevent Cthulhu's reign. But Kenny and Wendy share a LastWishMarriage together, and the rest of the boys already dead, on Kenny's advice, meet up together in a bar in hell with their other fallen friends to wait for the end together. And with the universe reset, they all get a second chance at life, with the final scene showing Kenny successfully befriending Wendy back in pre-school and inadvertently preventing his first death, implying the new timeline might be a happier one. |
| 368 | * ''Fanfic/MySuperBestFriend'': The end features this for multiple plots. |
| 369 | ** Kyle was able to raise awareness about the suffering in Canada through the video he and his friends made and uploaded on the internet for everyone to see, allowing them to donates millions of dollars to the country and convincing America to help Canadians recover while preventing a possible nuclear war between the two countries from happening. However, millions of Canadians are still dead and the President who caused those deaths is still out on the loose, but the fact that Kyle was able to have a positive impact on Canada by undoing the damaged that was caused is enough for him to recover from his trauma and was able to reconcile with Stan and the rest of his friends. |
| 370 | ** The Gender War has also started to end with several boys and girls slowly making up. However some couples remain broken up, such as Stan and Wendy, but they are taking time to talk to each other, while implying that they'll fully reconcile and get back together. |
| 371 | ** Kyle and Heidi's relationship also ends on this note. While the two still aren't on speaking term, the barrier between them is slowly breaking away with the two moving on from their past incidences and becoming better people while suggesting that they'll become friends once more. |
| 372 | ** Eric Cartman himself manages to snag one of these. He fails to get Heidi to take him back and Kyle gives him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown that leaves him in the hospital beaten up and broken. However, Butters convinces Cartman to forget about Heidi, allowing him to move on with his life. |
| 373 | |
| 374 | [[AC:''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'']] |
| 375 | * ''Fanfic/AfterglowUnfaithful'': Well, as bittersweet as you can get with a game like Spec Ops The Line. After spending days wrestling with his hallucinations and his guilt, Walker comes to terms with his actions and peacefully lays down his weapon when the soldiers come to rescue him. |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[AC:''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'']] |
| 378 | * ''Fanfic/InkopolisChaos'': The villains are defeated, the good octolings that were trapped and brainwashed underground are now free from the tyrannical octo valley, meaning that the tension between inklings and octolings is finally over (except the bad octolings and octarians, who all remain underground). The heroes and innocents are living happily, but their victory came at a cost. Ruby Diorite died in a heroic sacrifice, and now Jade will have to live with the weight of knowing that someone died for her to live. Sylvia also gets PTSD from her experiences in the camps, even if she managed to recover from her emotionally broken state. Finally, it’s hard not to mention the thousands of octolings that Lieutenant Obsidian executed, which is a brutal loss for the octoling race. While overall the trilogy ends happy, there were some consequences. |
| 379 | |
| 380 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'']] |
| 381 | * ''Webcomic/TheBikiniBottomHorror'': As implied by the title of the final chapter before the epilogue, "Bittersweet Victory". The Tortured One is gone for good, and [=SpongeBob=], Guilty!Patrick, Sandy, Gary, and Squidward are all alive. But the rebuilt Bikini Bottom is now practically under the control of [=SpongeBob=], who is revealed to have masterminded everything to take over the city, and Sandy, unable to oppose him, returns to Texas. |
| 382 | * ''Fanfic/SomeThingsNeverChange'': |
| 383 | ** More bitter than sweet, but "Finite" ends with Squidward visiting Squilliam’s grave and admitting to his late rival that the latter has [[TheBadGuyWins won their feud]], while also refusing to [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead mock him at his final resting place]], insisting that he's the "bigger man" for admitting defeat and for having a sense of accountability (which [[SmugSnake Squilliam]] never had). Squidward is fully aware that he has squandered his life and that there's nothing he can do to change that, but has also learned to move on and is avid about eating humble pie and trying to enjoy what time he has left. |
| 384 | ** The ending of ''Nothing Lasts Forever'' is this as well, but much more sweet than bitter. All of the characters end up more accepting of how they've changed and aged, and resolve to live their lives to the best they can with what time they have left. Some lives are better than others: |
| 385 | *** Squidward manages to find some peace in his new job as the boss of the Krusty Krab, giving wise advice to younger hires (even if he expects that they won't listen), and is now on much more amicable terms with Spongebob after so many years. He also gets a last laugh of sorts, [[spoiler: as Squilliam's checkered history of dating underage girls (and implied other scandals) ends up being steadily unearthed post-mortem, souring his earthly reputation.]] |
| 386 | *** Spongebob has finally matured and is now able to speak with his coworker on equal terms and has gotten Karen as a wife. All the while still retaining his child-like love of the things he enjoyed as a younger man. |
| 387 | *** Pearl, in the wake of her father's death, decides to open a boutique using the inheritance money and get her life together, with Spongebob popping in every once in a while to make sure they don't go out of business from being too distracted. |
| 388 | *** Patrick, surprisingly enough, ends up realizing that he's wasted 20 years of his life and has started to take his adult life quite seriously as an accountant, much to everyone's surprise (especially Sandy, who is utterly blindsided by the whole notion). |
| 389 | *** Mrs. Puff retires due to no longer having to deal with Spongebob's terrible driving and Mr. Krabs' passing...only to [[YankTheDogsChain end up missing due to implied foul play.]] |
| 390 | *** Larry the Lobster finally accepts that he's become old, and retires to his personal gym to teach a new generation of bodybuilders. |
| 391 | *** [[SecondLove Karen moves on from Plankton and comes to live with her much more loving new husband, Spongebob,]] even if she is a bit bemused at him still worshiping Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. |
| 392 | *** Mermaid Man, Barnacle Boy, Marion Squarepants, and Betsy Krabs are all revealed to have made it to Heaven, playing Bingo. |
| 393 | *** In a more darkly amusing turn, Mr. Krabs and Plankton are all down in Davy Jones' Locker, being forced to exercise for the rest of eternity for their crimes alive. However, [[{{Unishment}} Mr. Krabs and Plankton end up not entirely minding the situation]], given that they've continued their rivalry even down there, eagerly trying to outpace each other in their torment ([[VillainRespect much to the impressed Dutchman's amusement]]) and have at least made peace on Krabs basically stringing Plankton along with the Krabby Patty Formula for so many years. |
| 394 | *** [[spoiler:Squilliam however, is ''not'' taking his death so well. [[BrokenPedestal On top of his earthly reputation being slowly destroyed by his years of scandals being unearthed]], he is utterly miserable in Davy Jones' Locker and begging to know why he's down here, claiming that he had so much of his life left to live. The Flying Dutchman laughs in his face by pointing out that he's been guaranteed a spot down here ever since he was ''actually'' 35, and he's done nothing but do awful things afterwards. [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty This is just karma for him thinking he'd get away with it.]]]] |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[AC:''Franchise/StarFox'']] |
| 397 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11092226/1/The-Friend The Friend]]'' has two bittersweet endings and one that is a complete downer. |
| 398 | ** Ending A has Star Wolf being defeated by the protagonist and the Star Fox team, however, thanks to Corneria's corrupt police force, Fox and Peppy are shot dead right in front of the protagonist and Falco is struck by an EMP blast, bringing his Arwing down to the ground and supposedly dying on the crash. Then, the protagonist is arrested...[[FridgeHorror if not killed]]. |
| 399 | ** Ending S has the protagonist killing himself to avoid doing what Star Wolf demanded him to do. With the protagonist's dead, Fox [=McCloud=] is struck violently by it and enters deep depression, never understanding why his best friend did that. |
| 400 | |
| 401 | [[AC:''Franchise/StarWars'']] |
| 402 | * ''Fanfic/{{Ouroboros}}'': The first work of the series, ''Wake the Storm'', ends with Anakin swearing to never turn to the dark side and reuniting with Obi-Wan and Padme after they thought he was captured and brainwashed by Seperatists and Anakin killing Palpatine. However, as he's dying, Palpatine executes Command Code Retribution, resulting in the Jedi, planetary leaders, CIS leaders, and the Senate all being killed and the armies of the Republic and Seperatists going rogue. |
| 403 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/6281581/chapters/14393407 Out of the Dark Valley]]'': At the end, the heroes' overall goal -- killing Palpatine and reinstating the Republic -- has been achieved. On the other hand, Anakin's impulsive and poorly thought-out actions have badly hurt his bond with Padmé and largely ruined her public image, Leia has become alienated from her family and mourns her lost closeness with her brother, and her actions while Palpatine's hostage and apprentice have likely irreparably shattered her friendship with the Organas. |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'']] |
| 406 | * ''Website/TheClevelandShowFanon'': The Cleveland Show's newly added finale "[[https://the-cleveland-show-fanon.fandom.com/wiki/Cleveland_Moves_Out Cleveland Moves Out]]" becomes one. The Brown-Tubbs family is able to [[spoiler:successfully blow up the meteor, saving the Earth, but one of the blown-up pieces of the meteor crushes The Brown-Tubbs House and there's no hope in repairing their house because Cleveland and Donna got fired from their jobs and can't get money anymore. And to add salt to the wound, Roberta and Rallo are now social outcasts at school and can never show their faces in public again. With Cleveland deciding to move back to Quahog, Rhode Island with his family so he can go back to his old house and get his old job as a deli worker back again. Then, they can live their lives normally]]. |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[AC:''Literature/TolkiensLegendarium'']] |
| 409 | * ''Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy'': ''Heart of Ashes'', the second part, has this kind of an ending after the first part ''Heart of Fire'' had a RayOfHopeEnding. The [[HiddenVillain now identified]] Fankil is defeated before he can use [[{{Seers}} Kathryn]] in freeing his father [[GreaterScopeVillain Morgoth]] from the void, but [[VillainExitStageLeft he's still at large]] and will return to fight another day. [[VillainProtagonist Smaug]] has [[KillTheCutie killed Freyja]] and a lot of Vathvael's people, but the city will carry on under Queen Lalemwen, and [[HotWitch Andraya]] is no longer alive to bother Smaug or Kathryn with her schemes. Kathryn gives Smaug the ultimatum of giving up his plans to take back Erebor and have his revenge, if he wants her to remain with him. The danger of being corrupted again by Sauron's taint within him also forces him to be mindful of his darker desires. With a lot of reconciliation to work on, Kathryn and Smaug decide that it's in their best interests to go into hiding from everyone, but Gandalf believes they will meet again. |
| 410 | |
| 411 | [[AC:''Manga/ToLoveRu'']] |
| 412 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10223400/1/To-Love-DEATH To-Love-Death]]'': Mr Law's ZombieFic ends like this: Rito and several of his classmates and teachers survive, but not without most of the main Toloveru cast being killed off in horrible ways. Not to mention Nana making it all the way to the end before being decimated by helicopter blades by a surprise zombie. Turns out they didn't love death after all! |
| 413 | |
| 414 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'']] |
| 415 | * ''Fanfic/DespairIsland'': After all the death and suffering, the surviving players are able to return to their normal lives with relative ease, while [[BigBad Chris]] and his minions are arrested, with Chris himself dying. However, most of the players are dead, their families are presumably devastated, and [[TheDragon Zolkoff]] and [[GreaterScopeVillain Johnathan Gavrilovic]] are [[KarmaHoudini unscathed]], with the latter still in a position of power with the Canadian government. |
| 416 | * ''Fanfic/{{Haunted}}'': The canonical ending of the series sees [[spoiler:Chris get exposed]], but the girls he's hurt are still damaged. |
| 417 | * In ''Fanfic/{{Legacy|TotalDrama}}'', which is set ten years after the events of the show, Heather and Duncan spend much of the story reminiscing about the death of a colleague, a tragedy that disrupted the season and nearly killed the show. The late colleague was someone whom Heather couldn't stand whilst they were living at the camp; but ten years later, the more mature Heather reveals a heartfelt gesture of remembrance to her [[WorthyOpponent late enemy]]. |
| 418 | |
| 419 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'']] |
| 420 | * In ''Fanfic/TheGreatRedPandaRescue'', Mei is rescued, and the scientists who tortured her are dead, but it's clear Mei has trauma and scars that will never heal. |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[AC:''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'']] |
| 423 | * ''Fanfic/{{FURTHERFELL}}'': ''Rethroned'' ends with most of the characters in a better place than they were at the start of the story, such as Napstablook focusing on one career full-time instead of three and Papyrus and Undyne working out their differences. However, the Dreemurr royal lineage is no more due to Toriel's death, sending Flowey into mourning and placing a lot of stress on Undyne as her successor. Furthermore, it's uncertain whether Alphys is still alive because she fled to her laboratory after [[spoiler:killing Toriel and fighting Undyne and Hare afterwards]] and hasn't been heard from since, much to her lover Undyne's dismay. |
| 424 | |
| 425 | [[AC:''Literature/WarriorCats'']] |
| 426 | * ''Blog/BetterBonesAU'': ''Bluestar's Flowers'' ends with Bluestar having successfully defied fate and defeated Thistleclaw and his ideology, but at the cost of Mosskit's life and never being able to see her other kits, and her bonds with the rest of [[TrueCompanions the forget-me-nots]] are falling apart due to their personal ambitions and duties to their Clans. In the later time-frame of then FramingDevice, Bluestar dies, but after a trial is accepted into [=StarClan=] as Lizardstripe takes her side and proves the irrationality of Thistleclaw's beliefs, and they are reunited in the afterlife with Lizardstripe revealing she never stopped caring about her. |
| 427 | ** ''Hollyleaf's Century'' ends with the cats of the lake defeating the tyrant Hollyleaf, but at the cost of Jay's Wing's life, and due to both Hollyleaf's rule and the manmade environmental devastation around the lake they have to move to the mountains. |
| 428 | * In ''Fanfic/SpottedleafsPlot'', Mapleshade gets her revenge on Spottedleaf, but Mapleshade also dies as a result. |
| 429 | |
| 430 | [[AC:''Franchise/YuGiOh'']] |
| 431 | * ''Fanfic/FallenKing'' ends like this. Pegasus was stopped from getting the Millennium Puzzle, both Ryou and Yami Bakura are presumed dead, and Joey, Tea, and Tristan have escaped with the soulless Mokuba. However, Joey realizes that they'll never stop being hunted, declares that they cannot be friends, and the trio separate to save the world. |
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