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9	-> ''"Wonder what will happen next...on the Internet?"''
10	-->-- '''Gerald Bald Z''', ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever''
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12	A show that's just unfortunate enough to get canceled before its writers' creative juices have dried up (or the network decided to can their show out of spite, content complaints, or low ratings) will sometimes get a televised epilogue to WrapItUp.
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14	But some aren't that lucky. Sometimes the show's creator or the company that owns the character has to go elsewhere to continue the story. Sometimes that means "downgrading" to comics or novels. Sometimes they can wrangle straight-to-DVD movies or [[FullyAbsorbedFinale an episode of another related show]] or even more rarely they get a shot at the [[FinaleMovie big screen]].
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16	A recent trend has seen many upcoming summer blockbusters receive comics preceding their release that serve to introduce the film's characters or villains.
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18	Things can get more complicated if [[DiedDuringProduction the author dies]] before finishing his work, because (obviously) he won't continue the story anywhere. A PosthumousCollaboration may attempt to fill the void, by calling some new author to finish the story.
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20	Contrast PostScriptSeason, UnCanceled. See also AllThereInTheManual. If it's intentional, then there's NoEnding. If it's a made-for-TV movie or miniseries, see WrapItUp. Contrast ExpandedUniverse, where a show that ''did'' get a resolution is continued in other media anyway. TheResolutionWillNotBeIdentified is what happens when a deliberately-written series finale is not identified as such in advertising or on screen. There is a strong relation between this trope and SequelInAnotherMedium.
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22	Note that, with this trope, the resolution may not be televised, but it does exist in some medium. If the work is left without any resolution at all, it's CutShort.
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25	!!Examples (by medium of origin):
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28	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
29	* Creator/StudioShaft couldn't get airtime for the last three episodes of ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'', so they were released as a webcast. As they did with ''Koyomimonogatari''. Also, both ''Kizumonogatari'' and ''Zoku Owarimonogatari'' were initially released as movies, but ''Zoku'' did get a serialized television release later.
30	* Despite its huge popularity, the anime adaptations of ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' rarely cover the arcs beyond the middle school nationals. The original 1987 anime adapts the elementary and middle school nationals, then follows with a series of [=OVAs=] titled ''Shin Captain Tsubasa'' that covers the Junior Youth tournament. ''Captain Tsubasa J'' starts with a retelling of the first arc, before skipping to show the characters during their time overseas, ending with the Asian preliminaries before the World Youth. ''Road to 2002'' adapts part of the characters' story when they finally enter the professional stage, but again, it ends when Japan is about to start its final match against Brazil in the World Youth (and skipping ''huge'' chunks of other arcs in the process). Lastly, the 2018-2019 is a remake of the original series, covering only the elementary and middle schools arcs, and while a new season was announced for 2023 to cover the Junior Youth tournament, the majority of the following arcs still remain unadapted. Only time will tell if this will remain the case. In a different vein, in 2021 series creator Yoichi Takahashi announced that he may retire due to his age after finishing the ''Rising Sun'' arc of the manga, covering the Madrid Olympics. As a result, the following arc, titled ''Next Dream'' and covering the various competitions in professional Leagues on the road the UEFA Champions League and presumably the World Cup, will continue to be told in the videogame ''Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team''.
31	* The BigBad of ''Anime/{{Dancougar}}'' was finally defeated in the OVA ''Requiem for Victims.''
32	* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'': The series was concluded by the movie ''[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa Conqueror of Shamballa]]'', which wraps up many of the plot threads left dangling by the series, though the reason for that was that mangaka Hiromu Arakawa felt it would be pointless to tell the same story twice in case another anime was greenlit to accurately adapt the manga, which 2009's ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'' did, only fully adapting that part while using a few elements of the original anime. The same director did the same trick with ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''.
33	* Though each individual series in ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''[='=]s Universal Century continuity is fairly self-contained, the story of the original characters of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' got a final wrap-up in TheMovie ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack''.
34	* ''[[Franchise/DotHack .hack//Roots]]'' is an interesting example of this, in that its 26-episode run was intended as a lead-in to the three part ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'' video game series from the very beginning. Unless you were already intending to play the games to begin with, the anime's SequelHook, ResetButton ending might leave you wondering where the heck the resolution was...
35	* Played straight ''and'' subverted with the 1999 adaptation of ''Manga/HunterXHunter''. The series originally [[OvertookTheManga overtook the source material]] before the York Shin Arc was even finished, but resolved the story with an OVA and moved on to the Greed Island arc before overtaking the manga ''again'', which finally resulted in the original anime being CutShort. Fortunately it was rebooted in 2011 by Creator/MadHouse. However, due to the author's frequent breaks, the 2nd anime ended with Gon finally finding his father and continuing on with his adventures.
36	* The final four episodes of ''Literature/KokoroConnect'' were released as [=OVAs=]. There are two possible reasons for this. Either they couldn't get airtime due to the odd number of episodes (like Bakemonogatari above), or they wanted to provide a good incentive to buy the [=DVDs=] after [[{{Scandalgate}} Auditiongate]] led to a boycott.
37	* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico''[='=]s story was meant to be concluded in a sequence of novels and [[TheMovie a trilogy of movies]]. However, due to unknown disagreements among the people involved in the production, the audience was still LeftHanging. There were a few supplementary materials (two video games and the ''Anime/{{Gekiganger 3}}'' OVA) that did at least wrap up the main story of the ''show''. However, few outside of Japan have ever seen the video games -- most annoyingly, the second one, which was supposed to conclude the series once and for all.
38	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Because Gainax ran out of money, the original series [[GainaxEnding had an ending that resolved nothing aside from the main character's personal issues]]. Eventually, a more definitive (and even more divisive) ending was released in movie form, as ''The End of Evangelion''.
39	* ''Literature/{{Oreimo}}'' did this ''twice''. The first season had a GeckoEnding, the second had NoEnding, and both were properly concluded with a series of un-televised [=OVAs=]. The second season's "true" ending found its way to Crunchyroll, but the first season's did not, causing [[PlotHole much confusion]].
40	* ''Anime/PrettyCure'', from ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure'' onwards, has, as part of the Thanksgiving live show, the cast describe and act out ''one more'' episode, which closes off the remaining plot threads.
41	* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' ends after the defeat of Ameno-Sagiri with Narukami leaving aboard the train, and never touches upon the events of the game's TrueEnding. The ''real'' last episode was released with the last volume of the anime, and reveals that [[spoiler:the fake ending was part of a LotusEaterMachine created by [[BigBad Izanami]]]].
42	* A semi-example with ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. While the [[ThirteenEpisodeAnime Twelve Episode Anime]] finished as intended, the ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion sequel]]'' was released as TheMovie. WordOfGod explains it wasn't long enough to be a complete second season. (In fact, the sequel was released after a pair of {{Compilation Movie}}s that retold the anime's story.)
43	* ''Anime/RemyNobodysGirl'' was so hated in Japan that the producers couldn't air the final three episodes. They went straight to DVD instead. Despite being reviled in Japan, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff the Russian, Filipino, Italian, and Arabic fandoms loved it.]]
44	* The anime adaptation of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' was actually ''canceled'' due to how low the quality of the {{Filler}} arcs had became. Shougo was good, Daigoro was all right, Black Knights was bland, and Feng Shui was the reason the show was canceled, what with the hard-to-follow plot, boring characters, almost no action, and random events. Because of this, the last arc of the manga was adapted as an OVA...which didn't even adapt ''that'' right either, instead going in its own direction from the manga. To this day the "Revenge" arc had never been animated as intended until it was adapted as [[Film/RurouniKenshinTheFinal a live-action movie]] in 2021.
45	* The anime adaptation of ''Manga/SlamDunk'' only covers the first 22 volumes of the manga, leaving the National Tournament out. To compensate, the anime's last five episodes has team Shohoku having a friendly match with the star players of Shoyo and Ryonan before they depart for the nationals. A 2022 movie, titled ''The First Slam Dunk'', adapted the finale.
46	* The [[TheAnimeOfTheGame anime adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'', ''Star Ocean EX'', ended at what was half-point of the game's scenario [[spoiler:when Claude, Rena and co leave Expel and go to Energy Nede]]. The second half of the story, [[spoiler:the Energy Nede saga]], was completed, but in a series of Drama [=CDs=] instead of an anime.
47	* ''Anime/WolfsRain'' ended inconclusively after 26 episodes. The story was concluded by 4 OVA episodes, which bring closure to the plot. Unfortunately some networks (like the UK's Anime Central) omit the OVA episodes from the show's run and leave the story hanging.
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50	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
51	* Writer Bob Gale has stated that ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame'' is the closest thing fans of the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' franchise will get to having a fourth film in the franchise.
52	* The ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' series of films is an infamous aversion. After producers thought they could follow in the footsteps of Franchise/HarryPotter and Literature/TheHungerGames by adapting the last book into two movies, ''The Divergent Series: Allegiant'' performed so poorly that the producers soon scrapped their plans for a theatrical conclusion and instead began looking for ways to wrap up the story on television. After the cast (most notably Creator/ShaileneWoodley) emphasized their unwillingness to work on a television project, those plans were soon scrapped as well, leaving the series ultimately unresolved (unless one goes back to read the books).
53	* ''Film/{{Dredd}} 3D'' did poorly at the box office, but due to a massive fan petition for a film sequel 2000AD announced a comic sequel entitled ''Dredd: Underbelly''. A true film sequel is still being pushed.
54	* While several proposals for a third ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' movie fell through, ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame'' continued the story of the original Ghostbusters team with the original cast and the involvement of the original writers.
55	* ''Film/GoodBurger'' received a sequel in the form of the novel ''Good Burger 2 Go''.
56	* ''Film/JasonX'' ends with a SequelHook. The story's continuation is found in comics and novels.
57	** ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' had a SequelHook as well and it was continued in ''ComicBook/FreddyVsJasonVsAsh''.
58	* While the ''Film/MenInBlack'' film was successful and would later release a [[Film/MenInBlackII theatrical sequel]], Sony still contracted series creator Lowell Cunningham to script the ''Men in Black: Retribution'' comic sequel. The storyline similarly focuses on K returning to the MIB organization.
59	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
60	** The earliest of ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' was the ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'' comic, which once it serialized ''Film/ANewHope'' made up new stuff until such time as there was another movie to adapt.
61	** The first ''Legends'' novel, ''Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye'', was intended to be a possible version of this if ''A New Hope'' wasn't successful enough for a proper sequel. Only featuring Luke and Leia, it was a story in which the two of them fought Darth Vader over a Force crystal. In hindsight, the attraction between the two is rather creepy; though a lightsaber duel in which Luke and Leia both fight Vader is somewhat interesting.
62	* The ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' film ended on a SequelHook that was left hanging for 20 years before it was picked up in the form of [[http://www.smbthecomic.com/ a webcomic]] by the original screenwriter and several fans.
63	* While ''{{Film/Stargate}}'' was developed into a television show, it took a lot of liberties with the film's canon, and went in an entirely different direction. Author Bill [=McCay=] took Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich's notes, and wrote five novels that are very different from ''Series/StargateSG1'', but follow the original plan for the film franchise.
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66	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
67	* ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'' has two novels set after its TV run.
68	* ''Series/AlienNation'' ended its sole season on a cliffhanger which eventually saw two resolutions elsewhere, first with the novel ''Dark Horizon'' and then with a TV movie also called ''Dark Horizon''. The book novelizes both the cliffhanger episode "Green Eyes" and the unproduced script for what would have been the season 2 opener. The TV movie, produced years later, retcons certain events from "Green Eyes" to provide a self-contained story with noticeably older characters.
69	* The series finale of ''Series/{{ALF}}'' sees ALF about to be rescued by survivors of his home planet, Melmac. ALF is then captured by the Alien Task Force. The original airing actually even ended with a "To Be Continued." ALF was subsequently canceled, and the result was never seen. Years later, a TV Movie, ''Project ALF'', was aired in an effort to tie things up.
70	%% * ''Series/DarkAngel''[='=]s follow-up novels.
71	* ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' had a DirectToDVD film that tied up some of the lingering plot threads.
72	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
73	** In 1987, the Sixth Doctor never received a proper sendoff story in the TV series because Creator/ColinBaker was fired from the role. Almost 30 years later, he finally got one in the form of [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialTheLastAdventure an expansive audio play]].
74	** The ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' series of books directly followed on from ''Series/{{Doctor Who}}''[='=]s cancellation in 1989, continuing the adventures of the Seventh Doctor (the last to be seen on TV until the TV movie in 1996) and his companion Ace. (They also introduced several new companions, one of whom received her own continuing SpinOff series.) It subsequently gained a sister series of "[[Literature/DoctorWhoMissingAdventures Missing Adventures]]" revisiting earlier Doctors and companions. Creator/TheBBC would eventually pick up the series after the TV Movie, publishing [[Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures the adventures of the 8th Doctor and his companions]].
75	** The Eighth Doctor's regeneration was finally shown in 2013, in [[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor a webcast]].
76	* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' is getting an interesting version of this: although the series finale "Epitaph Two" resolved pretty much everything, a comic series is being put out called ''Dollhouse: Epitaphs'' which takes place before it, just as it becomes AfterTheEnd, and it shows what happens to several characters that we never see again in the series (like Ivy). We already know how everything ends, but now we can see how it got there.
77	* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': Although it was originally intended to be the start of a movie franchise, ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' did a good job of wrapping up one of the larger plot threads from the TV show -- at least, as good a job as one can do when one has to introduce, elaborate, ''and'' wrap up a plot element that was originally supposed to take several seasons. Darkhorse has also been sporadically publishing comics taking place after ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', with the 6-issue mini-series "Leaves On The Wind" being the most notable example.
78	* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' season four (Volume Five) ended with a shocking turn and the promise of another volume titled ''Brave New World'' which would've focused on [[spoiler:norms learning about the specials and how the world dealt with it]]. However, the show wasn't picked up for another season. A 13-episode follow-up miniseries, ''Heroes: Reborn'', aired in 2015.
79	* ''Series/Jericho2006'' had a season 3 comic book.
80	* ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' is a rare deliberate example of this trope, with the GrandFinale being a movie so that Toei could make way for ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''. This actually caused Toei some problems, since PTA groups complained that ''Decade''[='s=] final episode was nothing but a 30-minute advertisement for TheMovie, forcing them to completely redo the movie and resulting in [[NeverTrustATrailer it bearing absolutely no resemblance to the trailer at the end of the series]].
81	* The final ''Series/TheMiddleman'' graphic novel acted as a season finale for the canceled TV series, being set in the continuity of the show rather than the previous graphic novels. Just to make things complicated, the previous (pre-TV) run of comics ended on a massive cliffhanger, which has itself never been resolved.
82	* The GrandFinale for ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'' appeared on neither radio nor television, but instead took the form of a [[TheMovie feature film]]. [[spoiler:Miss Brooks finally achieves her SeriesGoal and marries LoveInterest Mr. Boynton.]]
83	* ''Series/PoliceSquad'' was canceled after just six episodes, but made ''millions'' in the cinema in the form of the ''Naked Gun'' trilogy.
84	* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' received a comic book series in early 2011.
85	* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'' got a comic on Facebook wrapping up what would've been the series's 3rd season. "[[https://www.facebook.com/Revolution/photos/ms.c.eJxF0MENAzAIA8CNKkgwmP0XqwR1~_jxhHJQ~_gGdaeJGIT4~;RazwX~;Dj5c5oxgONybN6eN3~;lmnnU8~_y73qt9P57PzK1lrFPe~;lJ~;ced~;T99Vnnvf1X3E~_Kifsx~_tfdb0p~;JtY~_j~_9s2~;eY6p~;~_q9D~;cLV~_VHuw~-~-.bps.a.925516584178856.1073741827.343600455703808/925516600845521/?type=3&theater See it here.]]"
86	* ''Series/{{Space 1999}}'' had a wrap-up released in 1999, ''Message from Moonbase Alpha''. Although fan-made, it had the involvement of one of the original scriptwriters and had Creator/ZieniaMerton reprise her role as Sandra Benes.
87	* ''Series/StargateSG1'' ended with no resolution to the current plot and only later got a direct to video release, ''The Ark of Truth'', that ''wrapped up'' the current plot. It was not a case of being cancelled too soon, it was a case of writers not knowing when to stop. Ironically, the main plot that started the show off did not get wrapped up within its own show and also saw a single one shot direct to video affair, ''Continuum'', that wrapped up the massive loose ends of the story.
88	* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has seen a number of follow-ups in other media showing what became of the crew after the series presented only three of the ''Enterprise'''s five-year mission. First there was ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' which continued the mission on Saturday mornings. Then there was ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' which gave some ideas of what the crew had been up to since the mission wrapped up, including Kirk's promotion to admiral, [=McCoy=]'s retirement and Spock's pursuit of Vulcan Kolinahr, the abandonment of all emotion. Then, there was ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', which was initially expected to be the GrandFinale for ''Star Trek''. ''Then'' came a trilogy of Star Trek novels collectively titled ''The Lost Years'' to fill the gap between the show's cancellation and the first movie. Finally there are IDW Comics' series ''Year Four'' and ''Year Five'' with their own takes on what happened during the mission's final two years, with the first issue of ''Year Four'' picking up immediately after the last televised episode.
89	* After ''Series/{{Traveler\|2007}}'' was canceled, the series' creator, David [=DiGilio=], posted the outline of the rest of the story in [[http://community.tvguide.com/blog/Celebrity-Blogs/Davids-Traveler-Blog/800048619 his blog]].
90	* Similarly, ''Film/TwinPeaksFireWalkWithMe'' was a film which was originally supposed to tie up the then-canceled ''Series/TwinPeaks'' series. But this being a Creator/DavidLynch flick, it actually just raised about a million more questions.
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93	[[folder:Radio]]
94	* The GrandFinale for ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'' appeared on neither radio nor television, but instead took the form of a [[TheMovie feature film]]. [[spoiler:Miss Brooks finally achieves her SeriesGoal and marries {{Love Interest\|s}} Mr. Boynton.]]
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97	[[folder:Toys]]
98	* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'':
99	** Comics could not cover material that was to be made into DVD movies or video games. The original comic run of 2001 thus ended with the heroes achieving a small victory, but not fighting the main villain or any of the other hinted-at threats, because LEGO wanted to tell the story via a video game... which got canceled just before release. The story was then wrapped up in the ''Mata Nui Online Game'' the same year, save for one fight scene. This got included in the first 2003 novel, ''Tale of the Toa'', and later {{retcon}}ned and rewritten by the 2005 encyclopedia.
100	** The movie ''The Legend Reborn'' ended on a SequelHook. When LEGO decided to axe the series, along with the sequel, the story quickly got told in the comics, a novel (published online for free) and an illustrated web-story narrated by Creator/MichaelDorn, who had voiced the movie's main character. A rough draft of the canceled sequel's story was also shared, though it was branded non-canon.
101	** The plot threads were far from tied up when the series got canceled. LEGO allowed the writer to keep continuing the story in online serials, which he didn't get paid for. Sadly, he had to quit after just managing a few chapters due to personal matters and his paying job. The amount of plotlines that were still waiting to be resolved are painful.
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104	[[folder:Video Games]]
105	* ''VideoGame/BloodRayne 2'' ended showing all the signs of being the second part of a TwoPartTrilogy, the [[SecondChapterCliffhanger required cliffhanger]] being the gathering of antagonistic factions for TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. The story was continued by the comics published by Creator/DigitalWebbing until those have been cancelled (leaving their MythArc unresolved).
106	* The final DLC pack of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', ''Dawn of the Future'', was stated upon its reveal to be a new story arc that would lead to an alternate ending for the game. However, in November 2018, Creator/SquareEnix infamously cancelled 3 out of 4 of the DLC episodes for this storyline, with only the first one, ''Episode Ardyn'', releasing in March 2019. The rest of ''Dawn of the Future'''s planned story (which were ''Episode Aranea'', ''Episode Lunafreya'', and ''Episode Noctis'') was eventually released as a novel written by Jun Eishima.
107	* An early draft of a conclusion to the ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' Episode trilogy was released as a "fan fiction" by ex-writer Marc Laidlaw on his website with the SerialNumbersFiledOff. This was shunted into WhatCouldHaveBeen territory by ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx''.
108	* The sequel to ''VideoGame/HeroesMustDie'' was released as a stage show.
109	* ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}'' originally ended on a BittersweetEnding, but a definitive conclusion to the story was added with the release of the [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary material book]] ''Grimoire Nier'', in which the short story "The Lost World" involves [[spoiler:Kainé and Emil going on a journey to change reality and bring Nier back to life after he RetGone'd himself at the end of the game]]. This specific story was adapted into a playable story branch called Route E in the game's UpdatedRerelease, ''[=NieR=] Replicant ver.1.22474487139...''.
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112	[[folder:Web Animation]]
113	* ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'', a loose adaptation of the creator's [=Roll20=] TabletopRPG campaign ''Roleplay/AnimeCampaign'', had a single season that adapted only two of the source material's ten story arcs. Due to the steep cost of making an animated show and Creator/{{VRV}}'s lack of interest in funding further seasons, the series would continue on as a series of novels and audiobooks instead, with the first of these being ''Literature/EpithetErasedPrisonOfPlastic''.
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116	[[folder:Webcomics]]
117	* ''Webcomic/{{Avalon\|1999}}'' ended three years of ScheduleSlip with a synoptic prose epilogue.
118	* ''Chainmail Bikini'' was finished up with a prose outline after it was discontinued.
119	* ''Webcomic/RPGWorld'' was {{orphaned\|Series}} by creator Ian Jones-Quartey during its final story arc. Over a decade later, Ian found himself with his own animated series, ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', and used the episode "A Hero's Fate" as a FullyAbsorbedFinale to complete the story. [[http://ianjq.tumblr.com/post/166049167579/here-it-is-the-final-rpg-world-comic-a-recent His blog post discussing the episode]] has him admit that he only wanted to reuse the character of Hero as an in-joke, until some of the writers pushed for this trope.
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123	* ''WebVideo/UnwantedHouseguest'': Sort-of. {{WhamEpisode}}s tend to be saved for Music Videos, so the resolution of the Shadow Demon Arc was in the "Nightmare" music video, leading to an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome if you were just watching "TRUE Scary Stories."
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126	[[folder:Western Animation]]
127	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' fans who want to see final battles against certain villains have to read [[ComicBook/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes the tie-in comics]] to do so. Most of the comics are written by the show's original head writer, Creator/ChristopherYost.
128	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brickleberry}}'' ended its run on a cliffhanger where humanity was taken over by alien cows. The conflict was resolved in a four-issue miniseries by Creator/DynamiteComics.
129	* Due to the ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Cars Toons: To Protect and Serve]]'' being cancelled, the story was eventually told and resolved in the form of a storybook.
130	* Following its cancellation, ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' saw a continuation in the form of the graphic novel ''[[ComicBook/DannyPhantomAGlitchInTime A Glitch in Time]]''.
131	* The finale of Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/DragonBooster'' promised that the adventures of Artha and Moordryd (and everyone else) would continue in ''[[NewSeasonNewName Dragon Booster: Academy]]'', which would also presumably wrap up loose ends such as Moordryd's betrayal of his father and Armageddon. This season never happened however, so the producers gave a major DB fansite [[http://www.dragon-city.org/Dragon_Temple/dragon_booster_academy.htm an overview of the Academy]]. It's more of a "this is how the Academy works", rather than "this is what happens to Artha and Moordryd at the Academy", though.
132	* The ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' Saturday morning cartoon had its unproduced final episode script released to the internet; it was later performed as a "radio play" on the series DVD set. [[PopCultureUrbanLegends And no, it's not the script passed around on the Internet where they found out they were dead and the world of Dungeons & Dragons is the afterlife.]]
133	* After Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'' ended on one hell of a DownerEnding in which [[spoiler:Invictus breaks out of Final Space]] and cancelled shortly after, it was announced in April 2023 that the series would be concluded in a graphic novel titled ''Final Space: The Final Chapter'', set to be published in 2024.
134	* Following its cancellation by Disney, ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' received a licensed comic continuation from Slave Labor Graphics with input from [[WordOfGod series creator Greg Weisman]]. The series was notable for ignoring the third season produced without his direction and diverging from the events of Season 2 instead. Licensing fees eventually led to this series being left unfinished as well, but Weisman was eventually able to continue it under comic book publisher Dynamite Entertainment over a decade later.
135	* ''WesternAnimation/KingArthurAndTheKnightsOfJustice'' was cancelled after only two seasons with NoEnding, but the SNES LicensedGame continued the Knights' mission beyond the series' endpoint.
136	* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'' was canceled after two seasons when [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] took over its airing block in 2008. It even had a fairly archetypal SeasonFinale SequelHook of the "villain's hand claws its way up from the bottomless pit" variety. It was to have the story of the third season told in the (cumbersome-named) comic book tie-in ''Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century'', which was itself canceled a few months after the show (the 20th and last issue was in November 2008).
137	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' concluded with "The Doomstar Requiem", a one hour special that was meant to conclude the fourth season and lead into the fifth and final one. But the creator, Brendon Small, got into a disagreement with Adult Swim over budget and ultimately broke ties with them leading the series to be cancelled. He did vow to get the rest of the story told and fulfilled it with his second ''Galaktikon'' album, ''[[Music/BrendonSmallsGalaktikon Galaktikon II: Become The Storm]]''. While it doesn't call the characters from the show by name, it does allude to who is who. [[note]]Long story short, the album covers the final fight between the band and Mr. Salacia aka the Half-Man who puts his final plan into action to take over the world. The voice from the ocean (implied to be a Goddess or the planet itself) finally make contact with the band to aid them. Murderface is nearly swayed to the Mr. Salacia's side, but ultimately stays with the band when they showcase they won't abandon him. They fight the Half-Man, win albeit not without a lot of destruction and set about rebuilding the world.[[/note]] Years later however, Small and Adult Swim patched things up and was able to get [[WesternAnimation/MetalocalypseArmyOfTheDoomstar a finale movie]] greenlit (along with fellow CutShort series ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''), albeit because it was released directly to video it still counts (albeit technically the contract stipulates a home media released followed by a release on HBO Max and ''eventually'' televised).
138	* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' was canceled at a cliffhanger in 2001 before finally coming back in 2008 in the webcomic ''Webcomic/ReBootCodeOfHonor''.
139	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' was canceled when Creator/{{Disney}} acquired the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise, in favour of a new ''Star Wars'' series known as ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' for Creator/DisneyXD. At this point, Season 5 just ended and multiple episodes up to a seventh and possibly even an eighth season were in different stages of production. Much of that material was released in different forms:
140	** Thirteen episodes that were already finished would compose Season 6, which aired on Netflix and were released on DVD/Blu-Ray.
141	** Two story arcs of four episodes each ("Crystal Crisis" and "Bad Batch") were released on [=StarWars.com=] with incomplete animation, but finished voice-over and sound effects.
142	** Eight finished episode scripts were adapted into the ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' novel.
143	** Another four-episode arc was adapted into ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir'' comic mini-series.
144	** The series was UnCanceled for a seventh season released in 2020, with the "Bad Batch" arc seeing completion and the show getting a real SeriesFinale.
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