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| 19 | ->''"We saved the world. I say we party."'' |
| 20 | -->-- '''Buffy''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl Prophecy Girl]]" |
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| 24 | It seems, particularly when everyone lives HappilyEverAfter, the typical response is to get everyone who was ever involved in TheHerosJourney, even if they only passed them on the street, together for [[DancesAndBalls a big celebration where everyone dances their feet off]]. Bonus points if [[GoKartingWithBowser the hero's enemies (and perhaps even the main antagonist, too!) attend the party]]. Mega points if it's in '''slow motion'''. |
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| 26 | TheHero, or a member of their TrueCompanions, may sing the song [[ThePowerOfRock we're all rocking out to]]. The writers might also decide to use this opportunity to [[CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds clean up some romantic loose ends]], or throw in some last-minute [[HeelFaceTurn heel face turns]]. |
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| 28 | If it starts before the plot is resolved, it's a ConcertClimax. Compare DancingTheme, which happens during the opening rather than the ending. Closely related to EveryoneComesBackFantasyPartyEnding. See also SuddenMusicalEnding, EverybodyLaughsEnding, FoodEnd, DancingMookCredits. It can happen during a WeddingFinale if the wedding guests break into a dance. It may overlap with BigFinaleCrowdSong if there also happens to big crowd song to go with the dancing. |
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| 30 | !!As this is an {{Ending Trope|s}}, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked spoilers abound]]. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Beware]]. |
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| 32 | !!Examples: |
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| 34 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 37 | * The special DVD-only episode of ''Anime/DotHackSign'', ''.hack//UNISON'', which effectively concluded the original Morganna saga, consisted primarily of various characters from the series and the games gathering for a grand party, which culminates in an all-out dance. |
| 38 | * Played around with at the end of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', which features a {{filler}} episode entitled "Where Are You, Goku? Everyone's Partying!" during the conclusion of the Buu saga. It's not the very last episode, but it is the last one before things cut to the three-episode epilogue [[DistantFinale 10 years later]] that closes it out. |
| 39 | * Half-Lampshaded in the ending to the ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' movie. One of the lines in the song was "Let's Dance!" |
| 40 | * The ends of most arcs in ''Manga/OnePiece'' tend to have these. They ARE pirates, after all, and like to celebrate big victories with equally big and well-deserved parties and feasts. Though there usually is some dancing when there is music involved, their parties revolve more around eating (especially in Luffy's case) and getting drunk, however. |
| 41 | * The credits of ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars DX 2'' had one to a medley of all the Precure openings and the main theme at the end. |
| 42 | ** Pretty cure All Stars New Stage has one too. |
| 43 | %%* The ''Manga/TokimekiTonight'' anime ended this way. |
| 44 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 45 | ** The Indigo League episode "Ghost of Maiden's Peak" ends with most of the main cast participating in a village's Obon (summer festival) ''bon odori'' (bon dance) clad in traditional ''yukatas'', with Team Rocket providing the musical accompaniment on drums and flutes. |
| 46 | ** ''Anime/PokemonDestinyDeoxys'' has the protagonists' Pokémon dance with pom-poms to the ending theme. |
| 47 | ** ''Anime/PokemonSecretsOfTheJungle'' has a Skwovet and Cramorant dance to the ending as well. |
| 48 | * Episode 45 of the ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' anime, "Lum-chan's Class Reunion," ends this way with Lum, Ataru and all their alien friends boogieing down to one of the show's ending themes, "Hoshizora Cycling" by Virgin VS. Fitting for a series whose early theme songs were unashamedly disco-oriented. |
| 49 | * Mostly played straight in ''Anime/EigaTamagotchiHimitsuNoOtodokeDaiSakusen''. A huge crowd of Tamagotchis can be seen while some of them (such as [[spoiler:Kuromametchi, Makiko, Lovelitchi, and Melodytchi]]) are dancing on a stage. However, some even dance while in the crowd. |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 53 | * The first end credits sequence for the first season of ''Animation/FlowerAngel'', as well as the second and third seasons' end credits, show the characters dancing to the credits music. |
| 54 | * ''Animation/JetAndThePetRangers'': Episode 1 ends with Jet and the Pet Rangers dancing around a campfire with a bunch of the kittens they saved, all singing about how they are happy to be clean and to be here alongside each other. |
| 55 | [[/folder]] |
| 56 | |
| 57 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 58 | * Creator/CarlBarks' ''In Old California''... sort of, in a rather bittersweet manner. Donald Duck and his nephews ''[[AllJustADream might]]'' [[OrWasItADream have]] gone back in time to Spanish-ruled California and befriended a charming little family. Once they return to the present, they go where the family hacienda was...to find nothing but ruins, since the family, if it really existed, is of course long gone. So they erupt in dance and singing, as a way to honor the family they learned so much from...Just in time for someone to pass by and mumble about these "crazy tourists!" |
| 59 | * Some of ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' comic book stories like "The Black Smurfs" and "Traveling Smurf" ended with parties. |
| 60 | * ''ComicBook/{{Asterix|}}'': ''Every'' story ends with a banquet in the village (with Cacofonix tied to a tree and gagged so he can't sing[[note]] Most of the time; he's allowed to attend the banquet roughly once every four books.[[/note]]). Later stories lampshade this, with Obelix noting that their adventure can't quite be finished if there's no banquet. |
| 61 | * ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' ends with the Justice League partying at Wayne Manor, with music provided by Damian, Jon, and Alfred. |
| 62 | [[/folder]] |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [[folder:Eastern Animation]] |
| 65 | * Each episode of ''Animation/QumiQumi'' ends with cuts of characters dancing in the credits. The first three are random characters that have to do with the episode, while the fourth and final is always Bai-Baba with her spell drum, always poofing away just as the credits end. |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 69 | * The ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "My Unsmurfy Valentine" ends with the Valentine's Day dance party that the Smurfs attend after dealing with being affected by Eros' lust arrows and most of the male Smurfs kissing each other. |
| 70 | * ''FanFic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences'' ends with a song performed by all the characters of the machinima. This was not in the original fanfic, but it did add onto the awesomeness. |
| 71 | ** A song spawned by the fandom of the fic that the creator of the video versions was fond of. |
| 72 | [[/folder]] |
| 73 | |
| 74 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 75 | * ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' does this but it happens in the background. After Charlie goes back to Heaven a chorus is heard singing "Hallelujah" smoothly until Charlie asks to make it more upbeat. This is heard through the scene where Carface tries to rewind his life-watch (like Charlie did earlier in the film) all the way to the beginning of the credits. |
| 76 | -->'''Charlie:''' Hold it, hold it! I know we're dead up here but so is the music! Come on, beat it up a little bit!\ |
| 77 | '''King Gator:''' Honey you know it! |
| 78 | * Leading to the credits of ''WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie''. |
| 79 | * ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'': The first part of the end finale song "Beautiful Together" has Arlo singing and celebrating with his friends and father with a dance party at the Met Gala. |
| 80 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily2'' ends with the titular family participating in a rave at their home, complete with a lot of EpilepticFlashingLights. |
| 81 | * In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheSecretDoor'', Alexa returns to her world just in time for the ball. After dancing classically for a while, she turns it into a dance party. |
| 82 | * Played with in ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife''. Maria, Manolo and Joaquin's story ends there, but there's a little bit more in the "real world" after. |
| 83 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': The film closes with the Riveras, both living and dead, dancing around over Miguel's musical number. |
| 84 | * ''Franchise/DespicableMe'' makes a habit of this: |
| 85 | ** The original ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'' ends with the girls' just-for-Gru ballet recital turning into a disco party. Vector even dances along on the moon. |
| 86 | ** The ending of ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2'' had the main characters dance to "YMCA", as sung by a group of Village People minions ([[TheRuntAtTheEnd and one Carmen Miranda minion]]). |
| 87 | ** The prequel ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' has a pre-credits dance party which includes virtually every character in the flick. Apparently Stuart's oh-so-Sixties rendition of 'Revolution' is so rousing that everybody's moved to shake a leg- heroes, villains, supporting players, extras, and even some people & creatures that got killed during the movie. |
| 88 | * It happens at the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic'' before the narrator finishes with the story to his grandchildren. |
| 89 | * A number of films in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon follow this formula. |
| 90 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' has the title character, Jiminy Cricket, Geppetto, Figaro, and Cleo dancing in celebration of Pinocchio becoming a real boy. |
| 91 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos'' ends with WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and José Carioca dancing the samba in Rio. |
| 92 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' ends at a party meant for Princess Aurora's return to the castle, and she and Prince Philip finish the movie dancing. |
| 93 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''. The dance ends with the two dogs [[ThatsAllFolks telling the viewers that the movie is over.]] |
| 94 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''... which, due to a tight production schedule, actually reused the animation from ''Sleeping Beauty'' and simply drew Belle and the Prince over Aurora and Phillip. |
| 95 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' ends with the ancestors dancing to ''pop music''. [[AnachronismStew In ancient China.]] |
| 96 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' ends with a party held at the newly-rebuilt inn. |
| 97 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'''s end credits have the characters singing and dancing to "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (yes, the same song ''Film/EllaEnchanted'' used about a year prior). |
| 98 | ** A variation: ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' ends with a ''skating'' party, as Elsa turns the courtyard into a skating rink and skates with Anna and Olaf. A bit of a {{Bookend|s}} with the beginning of the movie, where we saw Elsa and Anna playing with Olaf as children. |
| 99 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' ends with Gazelle singing "Try Everything" in a concert attended by major and minor characters and many Zootopian citizens. A somewhat downplayed version of the trope in that having the concert actually makes logical sense in the context of the story and there are several notable characters that you'd expect to see that do not appear (such as Finnick, Gideon Grey, Manchas, Nangi, and The Reporters). The concert is even being shown in prison, and the BigBad is shown watching it from their cell. |
| 100 | * Creator/DreamWorksAnimation has this going for it too. |
| 101 | ** Many of the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' films used this. |
| 102 | *** The [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 first film]] had the wedding reception held at the end. Everyone danced to "I'm a Believer", sung by Donkey. The home video and DVD releases added a Karaoke Dance Party sequence on top of this. |
| 103 | *** The ending of ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'': dancing to "Livin' La Vida Loca", sung by Puss and Donkey. |
| 104 | *** ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'' is the sole movie in the franchise that doesn't technically end with a dance party. It gets relegated to the credits where Donkey and Puss do a duet of "Thank You Falletin Be Mice Elf". |
| 105 | *** ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'' ends with Music/{{Weezer}}'s TriumphantReprise of "I'm a Believer." |
| 106 | *** The credits of ''WesternAnimation/{{Puss in Boots|2011}}'' has a kind of friendly DanceOff between Puss and Kitty Softpaws that echoes their former, less friendly Dance Battle, to Music/LadyGaga's "Americano". |
| 107 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' has the characters dancing to "Car Wash" performed by fish versions of Music/ChristinaAguilera and Music/MissyElliott before the movie ends. |
| 108 | ** All three ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' movies end this way with "I Like to Move It" playing, with the first film in particular happening during the credits. |
| 109 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' ends with absolutely everyone in the city[[spoiler:, even Titan in jail,]] dancing to Music/MichaelJackson's "[[Music/{{Bad}} Bad]]". Complete with Minion making the HumongousMecha dance. |
| 110 | ** ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'' ends with Tip, Oh, Lucy, the Boovs, and some of their human friends dancing with each other, along with the Gorg and several species of aliens we're unfamiliar with in the space around Earth. |
| 111 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'': The movie took this trope to DeusExMachina levels as it ends with [[spoiler:Poppy being crowned queen and all the Trolls and Bergens dancing to "Can't Stop the Feeling!".]] This extends into the credits with Poppy and Branch singing "September" while dancing with the other main Trolls. |
| 112 | *** The ending of ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'' also uses this trope in a similar way. |
| 113 | *** ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'' does this format once again, but with the fun addition of a Music/{{Nsync}} reunion 20 years in the making. |
| 114 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SpiritUntamed'' ends with Lucky Prescott and some of the other main characters at a local festival where Lucky's dad sings a song that his late wife wrote. |
| 115 | ** ''WesternAnimation/RubyGillmanTeenageKraken'' ends with Ruby joining the prom boat and dances with Connor and her friends before the credits. |
| 116 | * ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'' ends with Mr. Fox and his family dancing in the supermarket. |
| 117 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/FoodFight Foodfight!]]'' ends with a party after the wedding between Sunshine and Dex. |
| 118 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAnimatedMovieTrilogy Garfield Gets Real]]'' used this rather suddenly in the end, with everyone dancing as soon as Garfield and Odie get home. |
| 119 | * ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'' ends with a montage while the characters dance. |
| 120 | * Almost the whole point of ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' seeing that the movie is about a dancing penguin. |
| 121 | * ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008'' ended on the cast singing and dancing to "Can't Fight This Feeling". |
| 122 | * ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs'' and ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift'' have the characters dancing over the end credits. |
| 123 | ** ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeCollisionCourse'' has its dance party ending before the credits, with the characters dancing to a song from Brooke. |
| 124 | * ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch'' ends with Lilo doing her dance for the May Day hula competition along with Stitch, Nani, Jumba, Pleakley, and David on the stage at night...just for fun, as said competition had ended well after Lilo abandoned it to look for Stitch earlier. |
| 125 | * The ending of the main storyline of WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls, [[spoiler:before Twilight goes back to the pony world.]] |
| 126 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'': Mighty Eagle puts on "I Will Survive" as the credits begin to roll, and all of the characters, even Red and Leonard, start dancing. Or at least Red's eyebrows start moving in rhythm to the music. |
| 127 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheNutJob'': The end credits has the cast dancing to [[Music/{{Psy}} "Gangnam Style"]], joined by PSY himself. |
| 128 | * ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'' has one during the credits. Right after the movie ends, the main six perform "Green Tambourine" in a DisneyAcidSequence. |
| 129 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' ends with the birds dancing (in the air!) and singing just like at the start of the movie, overlapping with BookEnds. |
| 130 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'': The celebration in Rodney's hometown leads from Rodney's dad awkwardly playing the trumpet to the whole town dancing to James Brown's "Get Up Offa That Thing". |
| 131 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Rumble}}'': After Rayburn Jr's victory over Tentacular, he celebrates by doing what he knows best: Dancing. The other characters also dance during the credits. |
| 132 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'', where this is actually [[ThePowerOfRock how they defeat the villain]]. |
| 133 | ** In the end credits of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'', the Bikini Bottomites are in a conga line. |
| 134 | * ''Franchise/ToyStory'' series: |
| 135 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', with Wheezy singing "You Got A Friend In Me" |
| 136 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' has two separate dance parties in the credits: |
| 137 | *** One is of [[spoiler:the Sunnyside daycare toys dancing; it is implied that once they got rid of Lotso, they could all enjoy the place without fear of reprisal from him. In turn, several of the toys, including former minions of Lotso, were having a big dance party, with "We Belong Together" playing. A happy ending indeed.]] |
| 138 | *** The other is [[spoiler:Buzz and Jessie]] dancing to a Spanish version of "You Got A Friend In Me." |
| 139 | * ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'', "It's All Too Much." (Yes, there's an epilogue after that, but that's the last animated section.) |
| 140 | * ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' combines this with SuddenMusicalEnding. |
| 141 | ** ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'' has the characters seen dancing as they resume Dennis' birthday party. |
| 142 | ** ''{{WesternAnimation/Hotel Transylvania 3|SummerVacation}}'' doesn't have a Dance Party Ending, but rather a Dance Party Climax which sees Drac and co. dancing to the Macarena in order to defeat Van Helsing (to the point where the sheet music for his evil dubstep dances along and ''rips itself apart''), and by the time the film actually ends with [[spoiler:Drac proposing to Ericka]], the film abruptly cuts to the closing credits. |
| 143 | * The first part of the credits for ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'' features the Bat-Family and the Rogues dancing to a bouncy pop song. |
| 144 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'' ends with Songbird Serenade who is voiced by Music/{{Sia}} singing "Rainbow" for all of the ponies at the Equestria Friendship Festival. |
| 145 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Vivo}}'' ends with Gabi, Vivo, and later [[spoiler: Marta]] preforming a song for the residents of Key West, with everyone dancing and singing along with them. |
| 146 | [[/folder]] |
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| 148 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 149 | * The extended [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] concert at the end of ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' is a variant. |
| 150 | * ''Film/BallsOfFury'''s cast singing/dancing-to "Pour Some Sugar on Me". |
| 151 | * ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' ends with "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)" by Harry Belafonte, complete with a levitating Creator/WinonaRyder. |
| 152 | * ''Film/TheBestMan'' ends with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4asm7K4CFs the whole cast at a wedding doing the electric slide to the song, "Candy"]]. |
| 153 | * ''[[Film/TheBradyBunch The Brady Bunch Movie]]'' ends with the Bradys dancing around in their grid while also engaging in miscellaneous shenanigans (eg, Marcia simultaneously appears in both her spot and Jan's, Carol and Mike get kinky with a bottle of Wesson vegetable oil). |
| 154 | * ''{{Film/Bridesmaids}}'' ends with everyone partying to "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips at the wedding reception. |
| 155 | * ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'', including Rodney Dangerfield's line "Hey everybody, we're all gonna get laid!" |
| 156 | * The Creator/ChuckECheese MadeForTVMovie ''Film/ChuckECheeseInTheGalaxy5000'' ends with Chuck E. and his teammates, as well as everyone on Planet Orion, singing and dancing to "We Did It" to celebrate his victory at beating the X-Pilots and winning the Galaxy 5000. |
| 157 | * ''Film/DirtyDancing'', includes a now legendary leap off the stage into the audience by Swayze, who at that point had reinjured his knees and was in considerable pain, but did it anyway so there'd be a visually impressive hook to the scene. |
| 158 | * ''Film/EllaEnchanted'', to the tune of "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". |
| 159 | * ''Film/TheFiendishPlotOfDrFuManchu'' ended with a rejuvenated Manchu rocking out with his band. |
| 160 | ** And the revelation that his next great threat against Western Civilization would be... rock and roll. |
| 161 | * ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' - "Everybody cut, everybody cut! EVERYBODY CUT FOOTLOOSE!" |
| 162 | ** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in this particular instance, considering that overturning Bomont’s ban on dancing was the protagonist’s entire goal. |
| 163 | * ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin'' ended with everyone dancing to "[[Theatre/{{Hair}} The Age of Aquarius]]" after said virgin lost his virginity. |
| 164 | * ''Film/FrenchCancan'', after spending most of the film showing how the Moulin Rouge and its trademark dance were created, ends with a ''nine-minute'' performance of the cancan interspersed with all the plot threads coming together. And it is AWESOME. |
| 165 | * One of the film adaptations of ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'' ends with a yōkai dance party. |
| 166 | * ''Film/GetOverIt'' features a dance party led by supporting character Sisqo. He partners with Vitamin C to do a cover of "September." The rest of the cast, including future big stars Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Zoe Saldana, Mila Kunis, and, yes, Carmen Electra get together for a five-minute boogie over the closing credits. |
| 167 | * ''Girl Walks Into A Bar'' ends with three of the main leads dancing in a bar. |
| 168 | * ''Film/GodsNotDead'' ends with most of the main characters attending a Newsboys concert. |
| 169 | * In the big carnival scene at the end of the film ''Film/{{Grease}}'' everyone is singing "We Go Together". |
| 170 | * ''Film/TheGreatOutdoors'' ends with Dan Aykroyd and the cast dancing in the hotel's bar to the song "Land of 1,000 Dances." |
| 171 | * ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' has the main characters dancing during the third portion of the credits. [[spoiler:And [[Film/ThorRagnarok the Grandmaster]], too]]. |
| 172 | * ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' ends with everyone on Knowhere dancing to "Dog Days Are Over" by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine. It helps mark the movie as the end of an era and the transition into another, since it's the only time a song from the 2000s is used in the trilogy. |
| 173 | * ''Film/HarrietTheSpy'' finished with the characters dancing to James Brown's "Get Up Offa That Thing". |
| 174 | * ''Film/{{Hitch}}'' ends with the cast dancing to an upbeat song at a wedding. |
| 175 | * Want to see Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt hula dancing? The end credits for ''Film/HouseArrest'' are for you (she and most of the rest of the cast get on down in Hawaii there). |
| 176 | * ''Film/TheHoliday'' ends with the two couples and their kids dancing around a Christmas tree. |
| 177 | * ''Film/InAndOut'' has one crossing with VideoCredits as every actor is listed as their character appears dancing. |
| 178 | * ''Film/IncestTheMusical'' has a ConcertClimax which occurs at prom, and flows easily into the Dance Party Ending. The film ends with the whole school dancing to "I Know It's Wrong." |
| 179 | %%* ''Film/InlandEmpire''... [[MindScrew Sort]] [[GainaxEnding of.]] |
| 180 | %%-->WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick: "Bowie's not invited!" |
| 181 | * ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' had the eponymous duo singing with Morris Day and The Time at the end of said flick at the after-party for the in-movie movie Bluntman and Chronic. |
| 182 | * ''Film/JojoRabbit'' ends with the titular protagonist and Elsa, the Jewish girl who's been hiding in his house, dancing in the streets after the Allies liberate their town. Jojo's mother had previously said that dancing was something people did to show they were free. Elsa had also told him that dancing was what she wanted to do when the war was over and she was free to, well, not have to hide in the crawlspace of someone's house. |
| 183 | * ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' is looking set to have a standard OrWasItADream ending, with Sarah's companions appearing one by one in her mirror. Then when she tells Hoggle she still needs them sometimes, [[GainaxEnding suddenly they're all really in her room dancing to "Underground". With silly string.]] |
| 184 | * ''Film/TheLastDaysOfDisco'' ends with a [[BreakingTheFourthWall Fourth Wall-breaking]] example; the main character and her LoveInterest board a subway train to the sounds of "Love Train" by the O-Jays, with no indication that the song is in any way diegetic... until the two suddenly start dancing to it, leading to everyone else in the car joining in, until we eventually see people on the station platforms disco dancing as the train passes. |
| 185 | * '' Film/Marmaduke'' ends with the canine characters dancing to "What I Like About You" which turns out to be a commercial for Bark Organics. |
| 186 | %%* ''Film/MightyAphrodite'': The GreekChorus gets one. |
| 187 | %%* ''Film/MirrorMirror2012'': The end. And quite an elaborate one at that. |
| 188 | * ''Film/Mother2009'' has one of the most gut-wrenching examples of this. [[spoiler:The protagonist’s mother is on a bus tour meant for showing gratitude for mothers; all the other mothers are dancing happily, while she sits in her place, [[VillainousBSOD horrified at what she’d gone through]], namely trying to [[ClearTheirName clear her son’s name]] and ending up killing the only witness who can testify that he was guilty and hearing her amnesiac son recalling she tried to murder him and kill herself. She then uses [[ChekhovsGun the needles she can use to erase memories]] on herself and joins the party.]] |
| 189 | * ''Film/MuchAdoAboutNothing1993'': The ending involves the entire cast, including the extras, getting down outside a villa in Italy. It's HUGE. |
| 190 | * ''Theatre/MySisterEileen'': The 1955 musical adaptation ends with the entire Greenwich Village neighbourhood and the Brazilian navy dancing the conga. |
| 191 | * ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum''. The first and third movies play this completely straight. The second movie has a variation: the characters aren't actually dancing, but they are taking guests around the very crowded and successful museum, there's party music and flashing lights in the background, and the mood is quite festive. |
| 192 | * ''Film/OLuckyMan'': Mick Travis walks into a dance party filled with most of the characters he's met previously. |
| 193 | * ''Theatre/ThePajamaGame'': The film version ends with the Sleep-Tite FashionShow suddenly turning into a wild dance to the tune of "Hernando's Hideaway." (The original stage version, by contrast, ends with the full cast singing the title song.) |
| 194 | * ''Film/{{RV}}'': The Muroe and Gornicke families dance to "Route 66" at the end. |
| 195 | * ''Film/RatRace'' ended with all the characters dancing (and then stage-diving) at a Smash Mouth concert as the band played "All Star." |
| 196 | * ''Film/TheReplacements2000'' ends with the eponymous players line dancing (again!) to "I Will Survive." |
| 197 | * ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' concludes with the famous scene when the heroes party with their new Ewok friends. [[https://youtu.be/DXpmunmG5ss Yub Nub!]] The GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion (which replaced the original music for this) coupled this with a lot of other parties from various planets that have suffered under the Empire. |
| 198 | * At the end of ''Film/TheRinger'', a stage performance of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' morphs into one of these. |
| 199 | * ''Film/RolloAndTheSpiritOfTheWoods'' ends with the now befriended [[AllTrollsAreDifferent rolleys]] and [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]] celebrating and dancing together as Samuli Edelmann sings "Juhlat alkakoon" ("May the celebration begin" in Finnish). |
| 200 | * ''Film/{{Rushmore}}'' ends at the wrap party for Max's play, with the cast and crew dancing to Music/{{Faces}}' "Ooh La La". |
| 201 | * The credits to ''Film/SisterAct2BackInTheHabit'' has the characters dancing and singing to "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". |
| 202 | * The ending of ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire''. Even the kid versions of the leads join in. |
| 203 | * ''Film/TheSmurfs2'' ends with the Smurfs dancing to Britney Spears' "Ooh La La" at Smurfette's birthday party. |
| 204 | * ''Film/{{St Trinians|2007}}'' and ''Film/StTrinians2TheLegendOfFrittonsGold'' end with the school partying the night away after accomplishing their latest wild caper. Real band Music/GirlsAloud plays the school band in the first film and leads the school's infamous chanting. |
| 205 | * ''Film/{{Sunny}}'' has the reunited group of women dancing to "Sunny" by Boney M. at [[spoiler:Choon-Hwa's funeral]]. It's a CallBack to how they used to dance together as teenagers several decades ago. |
| 206 | * A rather surprising one at the end of ''Film/{{Tanna}}''. What seems like a DownerEnding, with Wawa and Dain killing themselves after Wawa refuses an ArrangedMarriage, ends with the tribe deciding to abandon the custom of arranged marriages and allow marriages for love. Cue singing and dancing by the whole tribe in celebration, freeze frame, roll credits. |
| 207 | * The indpendent Canadian [[Main/{{Dystopia}} dystopian]] film ''Film/TerminalCityRicochet'''s second-to-last scene features the people of a liberated Terminal City enjoying a concert by legendary Canadian punk band Music/{{DOA}}. |
| 208 | * ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary'' features the cast singing and dancing to "Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations. |
| 209 | * ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'': [[spoiler:Once Jay, Seth, and Craig get to Heaven, they all]] party with the Music/BackstreetBoys. |
| 210 | * ''Film/TropicThunder'' features this ending, though only the CorruptCorporateExecutive is dancing. |
| 211 | * Trevor Nunn's film of ''Twelfth Night'' ends with dancing at Olivia's wedding. |
| 212 | * ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. After the will is revealed and Toon Town is saved, the assembled toons dance while singing "Smile, Darn Ya Smile". |
| 213 | * Even ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' had one in the 1951 film short, ''"Hula-La-La"''. |
| 214 | * Oddly, ''Film/{{Zatoichi|2003}}'' has such an ending with tap dancing. Including characters who were killed during the film. It's most likely an excuse to show off the contemporary percussion group's skills one last time (in all fairness, they're awesome). |
| 215 | * The fairly bittersweet ending of ''Film/ZorbaTheGreek'' involves something like this. Throughout the film, Zorba dances whenever he feels unhappy, his way of diverting negative feelings into something greater. After everything the characters have sought to accomplish comes to naught, Basil, the main character, decides he enjoyed the experience anyway, and asks Zorba to teach him the dance he does. The final scene is the two dancing, turning a sad moment into a celebration. |
| 216 | * In ''Film/YouPeople'', when Amira and Erza finally marry after being arranged by Shelly and Akbar, everyone on both sides of the family dance together in various ways. |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 220 | * The finale of ''Literature/BeautyQueens'' combines this with a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue. |
| 221 | * ''[[Literature/TheElminsterSeries Elminster - The Making of a Mage]]'', though it was ''not'' the very ending. |
| 222 | * ''Literature/KattLovesDogg'': The epilogue is set at the All Animals Ball, in which many interspecies couples are seen dancing. Oscar and Molly aren't, because they're sitting on the thrones from being crowned king and queen of the ball. |
| 223 | [[/folder]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 226 | * The series finale of ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' ends with the gang dancing the night away at Donna and David's wedding reception. |
| 227 | * [[EarnYourHappyEnding In similarly cathartic fashion]], the 2005 BBC adaptation of ''Series/BleakHouse'' ends with a wedding reception [[spoiler: between Esther and Alan]], specifically an outdoor waltz. All the characters - bar those that are dead - from the miniseries are there, including [[GoKartingWithBowser some you'd think wouldn't have been invited]]. The scene ends in the middle of a shot of the dancing, and with the music continuing over the credits, implying that though our time with the characters has ended, this joyous dancing is going to go on without us. |
| 228 | * The performance of ''Swan Lake'' put on in the finale of ''Series/TheBigLeap'' ends like this. |
| 229 | * The season 12 finale of ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' ends with Mo sparking a spontaneous dance party to "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" and the entirety of his fellow 2012 graduates just having a hell of a sendoff. He dedicates it to his girlfriend, Marisol. |
| 230 | * In the ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' episode "Last Call", after solving the case, the cast leaves together to share a drink at "The Old Haunt" while singing Music/BillyJoel's "Piano Man". |
| 231 | * ''Return to Series/{{Cranford}}'' ends with everyone doing an elegant and stately waltz — which was actually quite a risque dance for the time period. But good God [[EarnYourHappyEnding did they have to earn it!!]] |
| 232 | * Used several times in ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons "The Dæmons"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances "The Doctor Dances"]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang "The Big Bang"]]. Notably filled with innuendo in "The Doctor Dances", because Creator/StevenMoffat spends the entire episode using "dancing" to mean [[UnusualEuphemism something else entirely]]. "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS40E2TheDevilsChord The Devil's Chord]]" takes the trope to eleven with a big musical number. |
| 233 | * The series finale of ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'' ends with everybody dancing at Colleen and Andrew's wedding. |
| 234 | * The first-season finale of ''{{Series/ER}}'' ends with the gang dancing at Carol's aborted wedding reception. |
| 235 | * This occurs in an episode of ''Series/GLOW2017'': when Debbie unexpectedly runs offstage due to Mark appearing in the audience, Rhonda improvises a rap of her own invention to close out the show. This is also the last scene of the episode, making it both an in-universe and out-of-universe example. |
| 236 | * ''Series/TheMentalist'': |
| 237 | ** Episode "Copper Bullet" ends with the team enjoying themselves at a concert of some band. Everybody's dancing -- Jane with Lisbon, Abbot with his wife Lena, Wylie with his crush Vega -- [[AloneAmongTheCouples except for Cho]] who decides to get another taco (and doesn't seem to mind that he's not with anyone, plus he's chuffed because he has just learned of his promotion). |
| 238 | ** The series finale "White Orchids" ends with Jane and Lisbon's wedding. The last but one scene has their friends and family dancing happily to song "September". The series ends with the newlyweds glowing with happiness, Teresa telling Patrick [[BabiesEverAFter she's pregnant]]. |
| 239 | * Subverted in the ''Series/MooneBoy'' episode "Moone Dance": At the school dance ending, only Martin dances (with his imaginary friend), while everyone else stares at him instead of joining in. |
| 240 | * ''Series/OddSquad'': |
| 241 | ** The episode "Soundcheck" ends with Oprah and Otto dancing to a mashup remix between the titular band's new song "Gonna Add One" and their song "Take Away Four". Olive, on the other hand, does a BigNo when the remix comes on and crawls away from the scene crying. |
| 242 | ** "Swamps N' Gators" ends with Olive and Otto, along with Bradley and Mrs. Kansas, dancing with Gary the Gator, a character from the titular board game. |
| 243 | ** "Box Trot" ends with the Mobile Unit getting down with a newly-reformed Form-Changer, Monsieur Papier-Mache and Lady Bread at the former's birthday party. |
| 244 | ** "Three Portals Down" ends with Osmerelda and Oswald dancing to some music provided by Dr. O's steel pans. |
| 245 | ** "Monumental Oddness" ends with the wedding reception of the two French brides from earlier in the episode, with the Mobile Unit (including Omar, on video call via a tablet that Osmerelda holds) all getting down and having a good time at the Eiffel Tower. |
| 246 | * In the season two finale of ''Series/OrphanBlack'', four of the Leda clones, along with Felix and Kira, have a dance party in Cosima's apartment. The scene was widely praised for its masterful editing (since all four clones are played by the same actress). |
| 247 | * ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': The Season One finale, "June Bride", concluded with Miss Brooks, Mr. Boynton, Mr. Conklin, Harriet Conklin, Watler Denton, the judge and the telegram delivery boy all joining in an improptu square dance while Mrs. Davis plays the organ. An AudioAdaptation was later produced for the radio version of the program, titled "Marriage by Proxy". |
| 248 | * ''Series/{{Outsourced}}'': The series ends with a dance party after Rajiv's and Vimi's wedding. |
| 249 | * ''Series/{{Pistvakt}}'': Every episode ends with at least one of the protagonists dancing to an old record at Bengt-Hans' bodega, usually preceded with the line "put the CD on, [[InSeriesNickname Beng-Ha]]!" In his first appearance, Yngve even gets in on it minutes after almost having frozen to death. |
| 250 | * Every episode of teen game show ''Series/Pressure1'' ends with the four contestants dancing to the theme song, often with the host joining in. |
| 251 | * ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'': In a defining moment for British television, and one the most notorious pre-Gainax GainaxEnding sequences, [[spoiler: almost the ''entire second half'' of the final episode is a Dance party ending. Really. Then, credits.]] |
| 252 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' was known for this trope, especially during the late '80s; when the writers couldn't think of a way to end a sketch, they'd have the characters shout, "Let's Lambada!" Frequently happened on Wayne's World and Sprockets. |
| 253 | -->'''Dieter''': Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance! |
| 254 | * The season 2 finale of ''Series/SchittsCreek'', "Happy Anniversary," concludes with Johnny Rose telling his children, "Tonight, we are dancing as a family." The scene ends with the Rose family happily dancing together to James Morrison's ''Precious Love'' as the rest of the cast joins in. |
| 255 | * Appears in the ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episodes "My Bright Idea", where [[spoiler: Carla becomes pregnant]], and "My Cold Shower", after [[spoiler: Keith proposes to Elliot]], as everyone dances at the local bar. [[spoiler:Subverted when, after what is otherwise a happy occasion, we see JD taking a cold shower thinking "It should have been me."]] |
| 256 | * ''Series/SesameStreet'': "The King Who Ate Only Chicken" ends with the king calling an impromptu dance to celebrate his introduction to complete meals. |
| 257 | * Every episode of ''Series/StrangersWithCandy''. |
| 258 | * ''Series/SwitchedAtBirth'''s "Dance Me To The End Of Love" has several dance scenes, mostly fantasy (which brings the normally reality-based series into full-on BigLippedAlligatorMoment territory). The final scene, with all the regulars getting on down at Casa del Kennish, isn't one of them. |
| 259 | * Every episode of ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'' All together now... |
| 260 | -->''Do it, Rockapella!'' |
| 261 | * ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'': OnceAnEpisode there's a big dance-mix SurrealMusicVideo at the end that recaps the episode. |
| 262 | * The Series/{{Victorious}} episode "Tori the Zombie" ends with everyone dancing to disco music after Sinjin turns it on and encourages them all to "just go with it". |
| 263 | * The ''Series/Zoey101'' episode "Zoey's Balloon" ends with Zoey and the gang dancing the Macalana on the PCA campus. |
| 264 | [[/folder]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 267 | * "Dance, Dance, Dance" finished ''I'm With You'' by the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, putting a cheery ending to an otherwise dark latter half of the album. |
| 268 | * "Stay Young Go Dancing" by Music/DeathCabForCutie finishes ''Codes and Keys.'' This is likely intentional-- Ben Gibbard had wanted to write happier music at the time, and even if it doesn't apply to the rest of the album, it certainly applies to this song. |
| 269 | * ''Blue Moves'', one of Music/EltonJohn's darker albums, ends with the exuberant "Bite your Lip (Get Up and Dance)". |
| 270 | * ''Spotlight On Music/OptiganallyYours'' ends with the get-up-and-dance song "Beebo", which plays out like it's part of a live performance at a party. There's even an emcee [[AudienceParticipation encouraging the audience to shout "Beebo!" at the end of every line]] and concludes by signing off on behalf of the band. |
| 271 | * After listening to an hour of [[Music/StraightOuttaCompton the results of economic inequality, gang violence, and sexism from 5 gang members]], Music/{{NWA}}'s ''Straight Outta Compton'' ends on.. "Something 2 Dance 2". A GangstaRap album ending on a dance song. The original strategy for N.W.A. was that Arabian Prince (A founding member of N.W.A.) was going to produce radio hits by creating the [[TripHop Electro-hop]] that was big in L.A., meanwhile songs like “[[AntiPoliceSong Fuck Tha Police]]” were going to be underground, but at least people would know the album existed because the Electro songs would be on the radio. Arabian Prince was also successful before N.W.A., so when the checks started coming in, he realized he was making more money solo than he was as a member of the group. Arabian Prince had a meeting with Jerry Heller and Music/EazyE and told them he wanted more money or he had to step away. To them it was clear that the “reality rap” was going to be the focus of the group instead of the Electro-hop, so they allowed him to step away, to continue to do what had already made him successful before. |
| 272 | * Music/{{Zucchero}}: Inverted with the song "Bacco Perbacco", whose video has Zucchero performing a country-flavored song in front of an audience that is dancing sensually in pairs. This is the ''first'' song of the album ''Fly''; and the following songs are not only less cheery, but those that were released as singles don't involve any dancing in their videos. |
| 273 | [[/folder]] |
| 274 | |
| 275 | [[folder:Music Videos]] |
| 276 | * The ending to Bananarama's "Cruel Summer" video. Complete with bonfire. |
| 277 | * Hank Williams Jr.'s "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight." Not only did it end with a party (with all of Bocephus' rowdy friends), the party went on (by some accounts) ''for at least three days'' after shooting for the video ended. |
| 278 | * Music/TheBeatles' "Hello Goodbye" is a pretty typical PerformanceVideo... until the "hela, heba helloa" part kicks in at the end, and the last 25 seconds or so become an [[GainaxEnding exceedingly bizarre little dance party]]. |
| 279 | [[/folder]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 282 | * Combining this with SummonBackupDancers, a match between Wrestling/WillOspreay and Ricochet at Wrestle-Con turned into this. After they both dropped into their ThreePointLanding in the centre of the ring, their back-up dancers/dance-off teammates rush the ring and do a three-point pose of their own: Wrestling/MartyScurll, Wrestling/LioRush, Jason Cade, Sami Callahan, Dezmond Xavier, Ryan Smile... and a disgruntled ''Wrestling/DrewGalloway''. |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 286 | * Subverted in the last Story Interlude of ''Radio/NewDynamicEnglish'' where Larry invites all of the hosts to a house party albeit no dancing. |
| 287 | [[/folder]] |
| 288 | |
| 289 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 290 | * Many Renaissance Festivals conclude a day at the faire with a Pub Sing or a similar musical finale in which the various musical acts and members of the Village Ensemble lead everyone in song and dance. The festival's monarch (King Henry VIII or Queen Elizabeth I at most Ren faires) usually attends. There's much singing and dancing, and the audience is invited to sing and dance along. Of course, towards the end of the Pub Sing/finale, there's often a soft, sentimental song such as "Wild Mountain Thyme" to let the audience know the merriment for today is nearly over. |
| 291 | * Many operas with happy endings have the ensemble do a short dance, especially the 18th-century ones labeled "tragedia con lieto fine" (Mozart's ''{{Idomeneo}}'' being a good example). |
| 292 | ** Gilbert and Sullivan, oh yes they do! With laughing song and merry dance! |
| 293 | * There is some evidence to suggest that in Creator/WilliamShakespeare's day, many plays (including tragedies) ended with all the players getting up and doing a rollicking jig for the audience. The evidence for this includes: |
| 294 | ** The play within a play (which is a tragedy) in ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''. And after it, in place of the epilogue, Theseus asks them for their Bergomask, which is a rustic country dance. After they've gone to bed, the ''fairies'' show up and have a dance party of their own. |
| 295 | ** The last lines of ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'': |
| 296 | -->Think not on him till to-morrow: |
| 297 | -->I'll devise thee brave punishments for him. |
| 298 | -->Strike up, pipers. |
| 299 | -->''Dance'' |
| 300 | ** The lines before the epilogue in ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'': |
| 301 | -->Proceed, proceed: we will begin these rites, |
| 302 | -->As we do trust they'll end, in true delights. |
| 303 | -->''A dance'' |
| 304 | ** The end of ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'', with the song "When but I was and a little tiny boy." Some productions make the song a dark epilogue instead. |
| 305 | ** ''Theatre/HenryVI Part III'' ends with: |
| 306 | --->Sound drums and trumpets, farewell sour annoy, |
| 307 | --->As here, we hope, begins our lasting joy. |
| 308 | --->''Dance and exeunt'' |
| 309 | *** In fact, it's become a tradition at the modern Globe Theatre for every play performed there, whether it's tragic or comic, to conclude with a big song and dance and send everyone home happy. |
| 310 | * As mentioned in Film, a lot of musicals end this way. |
| 311 | *** After curtain call, most productions of ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'' end with audience members joining the cast on stage to sing and dance to "Let The Sunshine In," making it a pretty inclusive Dance Party Ending. |
| 312 | * "Letting Go" from the 2008 and 2011 runs of ''Vanities: A New Musical''. Ironically, it takes place right after Mary's mother's funeral. |
| 313 | * "You Can't Stop The Beat" from ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}''. |
| 314 | * The reprises of "Dancing Queen" and "Mamma Mia" from [[Theatre/MammaMia said show]], plus the introduction of "Waterloo!" |
| 315 | * [[Theatre/WeWillRockYou Do you want Bohemian Rhapsody]]? Oh Alright then... |
| 316 | * Most Greek and Roman comedies end up with a reconciliation of the antagonists and an actual or symbolic wedding, which included dancing. |
| 317 | * The ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'' does this by tacking on a gratuitous scene where the animal cast rocks out to "Jungle Rhythm" from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2''. |
| 318 | * In ''Trouble in Tahiti'', the movie "Trouble in Tahiti" ends this way, as Dinah describes it: |
| 319 | -->Ev'rything now is cleared up and wonderful;\ |
| 320 | Ev'ryone is happy as pie;\ |
| 321 | And they all do a great Rhumba version of\ |
| 322 | "Island Magic," of course!\ |
| 323 | It's a dazzling sight;\ |
| 324 | With the sleek brown native women\ |
| 325 | Dancing with the U.S. Navy boys,\ |
| 326 | And a hundred-piece symphony orchestra! |
| 327 | * ''Theatre/{{Finale}}'' ends with a ball in times square, [[spoiler: celebrating the last day on earth]]. |
| 328 | [[/folder]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 331 | * ''Ride/DespicableMeMinionMayhem'' at Ride/UniversalStudios exits out into a dance party room where guests can meet Gru and the Minions with disco music blaring. |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 335 | * In the SNES adaptation of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', the Rangers celebrate their victory by heading to the Juice Bar, where Zack steps onto the dance floor and busts out some moves as the credits roll. |
| 336 | * ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5'' is a series that is all about dancing. The entirety of both games, start to finish, has the characters (all background characters included) dancing along with the music, since it's a rhythm game. The second game ends with, [[spoiler:after just defeating a bad guy whose entire M.O. was getting the entire galaxy to dance]], the entire galaxy breaking out into dance in order to lead into the credits. Every character from the game is seen dancing in parade format down a rainbow summoned, presumably, from the power of dance, right through space. |
| 337 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'' has some of the characters dancing [[CreativeClosingCredits during the credits.]] (Not [[DancingMookCredits Mooks]]) |
| 338 | * ''{{VideoGame/Normality}}'' ends with the characters throwing a dance party. |
| 339 | * Used in the two ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'' games and ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents''. Justified in that everyone dancing together is what saves the world from a meteor, the sun freezing over and an alien invasion respectively. |
| 340 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' featured all the [=NPCs=] dancing around a bonfire after the defeat of Ganon. |
| 341 | * ''VideoGame/GodHand'' has this, involving all the characters dancing the game's BraggingThemeTune. |
| 342 | * Parodied in ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'', when all your allies get together and and have a dance party...''before'' you fight the final boss. They won't let you join until you've finished saving the world. Then once you go back after defeating [[BigBad Gruntilda]], the party's already over and they've eaten all the food. So they celebrate instead by playing hackey-sack with Gruntilda's skull. |
| 343 | ** The original ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' did this too, after you rescue Tooty... who then berates you after the credits to get off your lazy ass and go finish off Gruntilda. |
| 344 | * ''VideoGame/ThrillKill'' allows you to do this with the last opponent standing rather than performing a FinishingMove. Each character has their own dance that they can do, with the opponent joining in and mimicking the dance. Although a subversion would be Cain, who lights the opponent on fire and dances around their thrashing body while he does a Native American like bonfire dance. |
| 345 | * In the first ''VideoGame/PaRappaTheRapper'', the final stage of the game takes place at a concert, and it has [=PaRappa=] and all of the teachers from the previous stages, who are dancing behind you, perform in front of a crowd. Uniquely, [=PaRappa=] is actually coming up with his own verses as opposed to mimicking the stage teacher. However, the trope here will quickly be removed when you start doing poorly. When you're on the brink of failing, only two teachers will actually still be singing to you. |
| 346 | ** The spin-off game, ''VideoGame/UmJammerLammy'', will also share this tradition with a rock concert this. As such, the previous characters met in her 15 minute adventure will have a "crowd performance" as they dance to a solo meant for them. Like before, they will leave once Lammy starts doing very poorly. |
| 347 | ** And this is done once more in ''[=PaRappa=] the Rapper 2''. However, this time they will all leave as soon as things start going down, as opposed to sticking around for a bit. |
| 348 | * ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' ends with the Mushroom Kingdom throwing a parade while the credits roll. ''VideoGame/{{Paper Mario|64}}'', too. |
| 349 | * Given the game's concept, ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' has done this in its credit rolls a few times. The earliest one was just a black screen with the chosen character dancing, but later versions have featured dance-themed endings; including [=SuperNOVA 2=] (which mainly had some space related imagery interspersed with some shots of the characters), the Hottest Party series (which has usually involved silhouettes of a dancer), [=X=] (which had live action scenes of people playing the game itself), and [=X2=]. |
| 350 | ** However, at the same time they've managed to subvert this too; the Japanese console version of Extreme started with an acoustic version of "Graduation" accompanied by [[ThroughTheYearsCredits the title screens of all the major arcade versions]], but then switched to gameplay footage from past versions (which ''did'' have characters, a feature dropped from arcade versions on DDRMAX, but backported into the home versions) |
| 351 | * ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' has an EasterEgg "ending" where this happens. |
| 352 | * ''VideoGame/TimeSplittersFuturePerfect'' has Cortez dancing in a disco after saving humanity. |
| 353 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' |
| 354 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUtut2reiII Dynasty Warriors 2's credits]] |
| 355 | ** In ''Dynasty Warriors 3'', the ending cutscene shows the victorious kingdom having a banquet, while a female officer and some other women dance for entertainment. While Wei and Wu have their own [[ActionGirl main female officer]](Zhenji and Sun Shangxiang, respectively) perform the dance, Shu didn’t have a female officer at the time, leading to them having the otherwise unaffiliated Diaochan perform their victory entertainment, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation even though many of the Shu officers can actually kill her early into their story]]. |
| 356 | ** In ''Dynasty Warriors 5'', the flamboyant Zhang He leads his army in a dance in his ending. He does this again in ''9''. |
| 357 | * ''VideoGame/TrueCrimeStreetsOfLA'' also has an EasterEgg ending in which Nick Kang and FBI Agent Masterson have a dance-off. Kang wins. |
| 358 | * ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarryMagnaCumLaude'' ends this way. |
| 359 | * The Japanese Flash game ''[[VideoGame/TerminalHouse Charisma]]'', has its ending as possibly the [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment wackiest variant ever]], complete with utterly [[GratuitousEnglish nonsensical English subtitles.]] Since you play as a band's singer in a recording studio, it's possible to [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand screw up the song as well.]] |
| 360 | * Franchise/{{Kirby}} has a variation of this. Kirby dances at the end of each stage. Often he splits into three so he can have a dance party by himself. |
| 361 | * This is pretty much the only redeeming factor of ''VideoGame/LimboOfTheLost'', along with the SoBadItsGood song that accompanies it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URcvdDtnM_0 Just see for yourself.]] |
| 362 | * ''[[VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead The Typing of the Dead]]'' has a bunch of zombies in glass tubes at the end -- but if you type out the names in the credits, they bust out and do their best Thriller impression. |
| 363 | * ''VideoGame/SplosionMan'' has this as its finale -- by 'Splosion Man cosplayers, no less. |
| 364 | * ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' computer game had this after the end credits. Watching a Myrddraal dance is pretty disturbing, actually. |
| 365 | * All three ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' games have very long dance sequence at the end involving Bayonetta dancing with just about every character in the game. The theme accompanying these dances is even titled "Let's Dance, Boys!" |
| 366 | * ''VideoGame/JetForceGemini'' subverts, parodies, or does something to this trope, seeing as it first ends with a standard award ceremony celebration with fireworks and trumpets and the usual sort... and after a fadeout and a record scratch, Juno is hilariously badly getting down with his bad self in a nightclub the team visited earlier as the credits roll. His teammates, Vela and Lupus, are too embarrassed of him to join. |
| 367 | * ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood'' ends with Hoborg, king of the Neverhood, first ''making'' some more people--since he and Klaymen don't really make for a "party" by themselves. Then the party itself happens. "And now it is time... to GOOF OFF!" The ending doesn’t stop there, however- realizing that both Willie Trombone and Big Robot Bil are still dead, Klaymen and Hoborg bring them back to life, ending the game on a very happy note. |
| 368 | * Weaponized in the ending of ''VideoGame/StarWarsDroidworks'', in which you [[spoiler: reprogram the Imperial Assassin Droids into dancing droids via an override code that actually says "DANCE". The cutscene even shows disco lights activating over the factory floor while the assassins dance their way off the assembly line.]] |
| 369 | * ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' Second Season includes this in the closing credits, at Sybil and Abe's wedding. |
| 370 | * The standard ending in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is a dance party/parade. |
| 371 | * ''VideoGame/BrokenReality'': The end credits has everyone on NATEM dancing under fireworks. This is after the GainaxEnding the player character experiences, so it at least gives some emotional closure that everyone else is doing fine. |
| 372 | * Every "year" in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles'' ends with the characters in the player's home village dancing around a bonfire. |
| 373 | * If you get the good/true ending in ''VideoGame/WorldOfFinalFantasy'', the main portion of the game's closing credits consists of the Lillikin (chibi) forms of the game's major cast and the ''Final Fantasy'' characters from past games dancing to the upbeat J-Pop song "[[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/World_Parade World Parade]]." |
| 374 | * ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''. ''The zombies are dancing, too''. |
| 375 | * ''VideoGame/{{Outcast}}'' (1999). Complete enough of the game and it's side quests and you get a secret dance credits for the cast. Once the game ends, it shows the percentage you've achieved. Something above 90 % is required. |
| 376 | * ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter 2'' has a bonus clip that features all the game's main characters, friend and foe alike, dancing at a disco club. Appropriately enough, the clip is titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU1kHv1WJU0&feature=PlayList&p=548282AAB5E69D87&index=12 "Congratulations! Party Time!"]] |
| 377 | * ''VideoGame/BloodwingsPumpkinheadsRevenge'' ends with [[spoiler:Pumpkinhead dancing around after you give him the item meant to "quell his soul". Notably, the actor in the suit had to remove the feet in order to do so]]. It counts since he's the last surviving character. It's also enough to drive you to madness. |
| 378 | * The end credits of ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron'' has [[SoulBrotha Jazz]] and Bumblebee dancing while Soundwave plays a remix of "The Touch". |
| 379 | * In ''VideoGame/MySimsKingdom'', while you certainly haven't completed all the available tasks, the reward for achieving level 5 is [[spoiler:your own island, named [[HelloInsertNameHere <player name>]]'s Island -- which looks suspiciously like the Isle of Magic -- where you can build without using Mana]]. Your receipt of this reward is kicked off by a dance party attended by every Sim on each island you've visited by that point, and the credits. |
| 380 | * The Citadel DLC for ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', the last piece of content released for that set of characters even though it's before the ending, ends with all the surviving crew members having one of these. |
| 381 | * ''{{VideoGame/Saints Row IV}}'' ends with The Boss and his/her homies ([[GoKartingWithBowser and Zinyak!]]) dancing to Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5TId4GRxIE and it's awesome!]] |
| 382 | * ''Videogame/SaintsRow2022'' has this as an unlockable epilogue obtained after controlling the entire city and buy up all the businesses, where the Boss and their homies sing and dance to "Love Shack". |
| 383 | * After finally defeating the [[BigBadEnsemble Sinistrals]] in ''[[VideoGame/LufiaTheLegendReturns Lufia: The Legend Returns]]'', the heroes decide to go home and party. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Except the Sinistrals weren't quite dead.]]]] |
| 384 | * The canceled ''VideoGame/{{Bionicle}}: The Legend of Mata Nui'' had the entire island break into an ([[{{Narm}} unintentionally?]]) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR6QA75bi9U hilarious dance celebration]] over [[BigBad the Makuta]]'s apparent defeat. This was actually part of the story as it had originally been envisioned -- every victory was supposed to be followed by a dance, however the idea got dropped when the Story Team realized how ridiculous it was. |
| 385 | * In ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', when you choose to end the game, all the characters on-screen face to the camera, and repeat walking animations for a while before the credit rolls. |
| 386 | * ''VideoGame/{{Gobliiins}} 4'' ends with a concert. |
| 387 | * ''VideoGame/LoneSurvivor'' has this happen in its Yellow ending. |
| 388 | * ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}'' has the ending credits include a dancing troll. |
| 389 | * The ending of the ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' DLC ''Fishy Tales of the Nekomata'' has this as its first ending. Except it's cats dancing on their hind legs. |
| 390 | * ''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight'' exaggerates this trope, being the GrandFinale of the ''Persona 4'' storyline and a RhythmGame. The final stage brings all of the player characters together for the final time. |
| 391 | * The most hilarious version of this being done is in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ''. In the mission completing ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer'', after all the enemies are beaten, all the remaining heroic units on the stage will gather round and start dancing. ''All'' heroic units, no matter how stoic or if they're Super or Real types. |
| 392 | * The end credits of ''VideoGame/DragonBallZInfiniteWorld'' feature Giru dancing to a song fittingly titled 'Dragonball Party'. |
| 393 | * ''VideoGame/JustShapesAndBeats'' ends with all of the friends you've made along the way at a disco, with the main antagonist as the DJ. This is actually very fitting, since it's a rhythm game relying heavily on its use of [[ElectronicDanceMusic EDM]]. |
| 394 | * After finishing the final level of ''VideoGame/ErasOfAlchemy'' (having aided an alchemically powered [=AI=] in recreating all forms of life on Earth after an environmentally devastating meteor strike wipes out most creatures on the surface), players are treated to a dance party. [=HERA=]'s avatar and the human sprites dance joyfully. |
| 395 | * While ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'' has several endings, the final GoldenEnding concludes this way. With almost every surviving character, regardless of plot importance, coming together to dance. It would also count as a SuddenMusicalEnding if not for the fact that one character did have a solo version of the song earlier. Though this time everyone joins in. |
| 396 | ** The [[VideoGame/AITheSomniumFilesNirvanaInitiative sequel]] does the same thing, although [[spoiler: the game's not ''really'' over after the dance party. A scene shortly before the dancing starts provides the final clue on how to unlock the game's secret final ending.]] |
| 397 | * ''[[VideoGame/{{Hylics}} Hylics 2]]'' ends with your party performing in a rock concert attended by various other characters, including some former antagonists. |
| 398 | * ''VideoGame/BramTheToymaker'': The special ending of the game has [[spoiler:Bram The Toymaker and a couple of life-sized [[CreepyDoll Creepy Dolls]] dancing in his house]]. |
| 399 | [[/folder]] |
| 400 | |
| 401 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 402 | * In ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'', after the protagonist is acquitted, Amanda, Kathy, Heidi, and Lily throw a not-going-to-prison party for him, and crank up the jukebox for some music. If he still has to choose between Amanda and one of the other girls, the choice is mandatory here. |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 406 | * The ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'' FanFilm ends with one of these. It's... interesting. |
| 407 | * ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' |
| 408 | ** The Halloween toon "[[Recap/HomestarRunnerMostInTheGraveyard Most In The Graveyard]]" has the gang enjoying "the extended dance remix of the Goblin song". |
| 409 | ** Strong Bad's story in the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE100Flashback flashback]]" ends with "And so, The Cheat mashed play on an extremely expensive jam-box with high-speed dubbing and everybody put their weight on it!" |
| 410 | * The ending of ''WebAnimation/{{Ducktalez}} 3'', which features nearly every single character dancing to "Macho Duck." |
| 411 | * ''WebAnimation/BravestWarriors'' has the episode "Butter Lettuce". |
| 412 | -->'''Wankershim''': ''[tears off shirt]'' BUTTER LETTUCE PARTYYYYY!!!!!! |
| 413 | * The ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded'' parody of ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' ends with [[PlayerCharacter Jack]] getting rid of the [[CreepyChild Little Sisters]] and celebrating with the citizens of Rapture. |
| 414 | * Most episodes of ''WebAnimation/TheBearShow'' end with the heroes [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]], Wrestling/JohnCena, Daddy Bear and the others getting some of what they call "Victory Pizza" after saving the day. |
| 415 | * ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': |
| 416 | ** The ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} vs. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie Pie]] episode sees Pinkie throwing Deadpool a birthday party when he mentions [[ABirthdayNotABreak it's his]] [[RageAgainstTheAuthor while berating the]] Website/ScrewAttack staff. |
| 417 | ** There's also a dance party ending from [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]] vs. [[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] Remastered, though this one serves as a [[InMemoriam tribute to the late]] Creator/MontyOum. |
| 418 | [[/folder]] |
| 419 | |
| 420 | [[folder:Websites]] |
| 421 | * ''Website/NobodyHere'': In "[[https://nobodyhere.com/justme/think.here Think]]", by asking for a hint and then checking the help section again, you will be given the option to "try something else". This will cause the box that Jogchem was trapped in to disappear and for him to start dancing, celebrating his freedom. |
| 422 | [[/folder]] |
| 423 | |
| 424 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 425 | * To express her irritation with Dreamworks's tendency to do this, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick ends her "Dreamworks vs. Disney" two-parter with one of these. |
| 426 | * [=UltraJMan=]'s LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/ChakanTheForeverMan'' ended with him making the title character dance at the HubLevel to Rockwell's ''Somebody's Watching Me'', complete with singing. This was to make up for the [[ShootTheShaggyDog actual ending]], or [[NoEnding lack thereof]]. |
| 427 | * This is how any conventional "Harlem Shake" video ends. |
| 428 | * ''WebVideo/TheCartoonMan'' ends with [[spoiler:Roy and Karen doing a crazy "salsa dance" together.]] |
| 429 | * The first two episodes of ''WebVideo/TheMisadventuresOfSkooks'' end like this. The second doubles as a GainaxEnding, with a scene suddenly ending with the camera zooming in on Shaggy's open mouth...where Shaggy is dancing to "[[Music/{{Deadmau5}} Professional Griefers]]" for the rest of the episode with a bunch of random characters (including [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Dale]] wearing a deadmau5 head.) |
| 430 | * The last part of WebVideo/JonTron's ''Starcade'' miniseries ends this way. [[spoiler:''[[CallBack I'm feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine...]]'']] |
| 431 | * ''WebVideo/PositivelyDreadful''[='s=] "Top Five Commercials" ends in two comic book nerds arguing over Marvel and DC Comics. When told they can enjoy both, well, this happens. |
| 432 | [[/folder]] |
| 433 | |
| 434 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 435 | * The ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episodes "Trouble in Lumpy Space", "All the Little People" and "Shh" end this way. |
| 436 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' episode "Marshmallow Trees." Yay, the mutated bugs transformed into high-grade compost, and the problem with the eponymous trees has been solved. Let's break out the fiddles and banjos, folks. (OK, we're dealing with a SpaceWestern...) |
| 437 | * Given who the series focuses on, ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'' has several episodes that end this way. |
| 438 | * The WesternAnimation/BugsBunny short "Fresh Hare" has an ending in which, having been asked by Canadian Mountie Elmer Fudd if he has any last requests before he's executed, Bugs bursts into a rendition of "I Wish I Was in Dixie" and then manages to rope the firing squad and Elmer into the act to sing "Camptown Races". Bugs even points out the improbability of this ending ("Fantastic, isn't it?"). [[note]]Unfortunately, the act involves {{Blackface}} ([[http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/2wbtLLayBec/maxresdefault.jpg as seen here]]), which means that about every TV broadcast of the short ends early (either when Bugs handcuffs himself or when he starts singing "Dixie") or replaces the offending blackface visuals by looping the footage of Bugs dancing to "Dixie", leaving the audio intact.[[/note]] |
| 439 | * The ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' episode "The Smudges" ends with the characters dancing. Also, almost every episode ended with a music video segment with the three leads performing a song, oftentimes leading to this trope. |
| 440 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheChocolix'': "Chocolele" is a happiness dance the characters often do at the end of the episode. Episodes are inconsistent as to whether they feature "Chocolele" or not, but in almost all cases it appears at the end. |
| 441 | * Episode 4 of ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' ends like this [[labelnote:Explanation]]Apparently, this strange ending was due to the script to the rest of the episode being lost overseas, and a Korean animation studio had to animate the ending to the episode[[/labelnote]]...almost. Then the courthouse burns down and everyone escapes to find a sweatshop studio staffed by Korean animators being beaten by an evil overseer rat AND [[MemeticMutation BEAR WAS DRIVING!]] WHY WAS BEAR DRIVING! HOW CAN THAT BE! |
| 442 | * One of the earliest animated examples can be found in ''WesternAnimation/TheCookieCarnival'', where the entire cookie town with the exception of the queen and king dances at the end of the short. |
| 443 | * Each episode of ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' seems to end this way. |
| 444 | * On ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', the episode "Boys in the Band" ended with everyone dancing to [[TheVillainSucksSong Icky Vicky]]. |
| 445 | * Using the idea of YourUniverseOrMine, there's one at the end of the second ''[[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Fairly Odd Parents]]''/''[[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]]'' crossover entitled the "Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide". |
| 446 | * At the end of season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/FastAndFuriousSpyRacers'', after the BigBad is defeated, Frostee broadcasts an old video clip to her brainwashed minions where she says "Stop the fighting! It's time to dance!" So they do. |
| 447 | * The ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episodes "Mars University" (), "Fry and the Slurm Factory" and "Crimes of the Hot". |
| 448 | * The ''WesternAnimation/IHeartArlo'' Season 1 finale "The Uncondemning" ends with Arlo, his gang, and everyone at Seaside by the Seashore singing and dancing as they celebrate the community's Uncondemning party. |
| 449 | * Inverted in a sense on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' where the season 2 ''intro'' has a Dance party ending. |
| 450 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': This happens at the end of one episode, and Mr. Cat and Stumpy are highly disappointed as they's been expecting a huge fight scene instead. |
| 451 | * The GrandFinale for ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' followed this trope ''to a T''. They even threw in a beach party! |
| 452 | ** The previous finale, ''[[TheMovie So The Drama]]'' and the episode "Queen Bebe" do it too. Both parties are previously established - the first is Kim's junior prom, and resolved the romantic loose end of Kim and Ron [[LastMinuteHookup hooking up]]. |
| 453 | * This is the ending of the WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012 episode "Gailbreak". |
| 454 | * Almost every episode of ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'' ends with the Sensational Six performing the Hot Dog Dance, while recapping on what they did throughout the episode. |
| 455 | * ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': The episode "[[Recap/MollyOfDenaliS1E23SealDanceSnowboardingQyahStyle Snowboarding Qyah Style]]" ends with a video of Molly, Trini and Tooey performing the "whip, shake, slide" dance along with Mr. Rowley and Auntie Midge. |
| 456 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 457 | ** "A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2": After all the chaos of the two-part season finale has died down, the episode ends with the ''real'' wedding between Shining Armor and Princess Cadance, including the ponies dancing at the reception (organized by [[LifeOfTheParty Pinkie Pie]], of course), with EnsembleDarkhorse DJ PON-3 at the turntables. |
| 458 | ** "Pinkie Pride" also ends this way, with the hooves-up song "Make A Wish". |
| 459 | ** Also occurs in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' with the reprise of 'This is Our Big Night', which features the Humane Six busting some moves at the Fall Formal after defeating Sunset Shimmer. |
| 460 | * The ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' short "The Feelers" ends with the titular rock band of anthropomorphic insects grooving to their own song in celebration of the news that Mr. Katzeneisner is interested in having them work for him. |
| 461 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E21ThePatrickShowSellsOutNeptunesBall Neptune's Ball]]" ends with the Star family, King Neptune, and the people at the ball partying outside Patrick's house. |
| 462 | * ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': |
| 463 | ** Has one at the end of their hour-long episode "Summer Belongs To You". It also features the first full-length (i.e. 3+ minute) song to play on the show (when most are about 1-2 minutes) and it further cements Candace and Jeremy as the OfficialCouple. |
| 464 | ** And another at the end of "Rollercoaster: The Musical!", where pretty much everyone we've ever met gets into the act. Also includes a cameo by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ortega Kenny Ortega]]! |
| 465 | ** Again in [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbStarWars Star Wars crossover]] with the cast of both franchises getting down. |
| 466 | ** There is also in the series finale, 'The Last Day of Summer' where all the characters dance and sing 'Thank You for Comin' Along' and recap all the shows key moments. |
| 467 | * In a slight variation, the Season 3 finale of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' ended with the cast attending a Broadway style musical recapping the events of that season sung to the tune of the MajorGeneralSong. |
| 468 | * The season finale of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'''s first season has one. It's the ''only'' season finale so far to have this, as all the others are {{Bittersweet Ending}}s, {{Downer Ending}}s, or in one case, an EverybodyLaughsEnding. |
| 469 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretShow'': The end of the episode "[[Recap/TheSecretShowS1E26APurrfectVillain A Purrfect Villain]]" sees Sweet Old Grandpa and the bunnies performing the Fluffy Bunny song in the briefing room while everyone else is watching fireworks outside. |
| 470 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 471 | ** The episode "Burns Baby Burns" lampshades this, as Journey's "Any Way You Want It" plays them out to the credits. The sudden abundance of music and drinks from nowhere is lampshaded. |
| 472 | ** In "Tales from the Public Domain", after finishing the Hamlet portion of the story, Homer claims that it was made into the film ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''. Cue the family dancing to the movie's theme song. |
| 473 | ** "How the Test Was Won" ends with Principal Skinner lifting the ban on dancing and the school dances to "Footloose". Even Superintendent Chalmers. |
| 474 | ** "Replaceable You" ends with a dance party to "Golden Years". |
| 475 | ** The "Treehouse Of Horror XXXIV" segment "Lout Break" ends with [[MesACrowd the Homerized Springfielders]] (excluding Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, who are immune to the virus) singing and dancing to Music/DavidLeeRoth's "Just Like Paradise" before the virus eventually spreads throughout the rest of the world. |
| 476 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' episode "A Chip Off The Old Smurf" has the Smurfs having a dance party at the end after the locust invasion has been stopped, though with Baby Smurf showing off his hidden magical talent before the scene cuts to black. |
| 477 | ** "The Mr. Smurf Contest" ends with the male Smurfs not only taking turns dancing with Smurfette at the Harvest Moon Ball, but also waiting to have a turn with Sassette as she dances with Papa Smurf. |
| 478 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' |
| 479 | ** Parodied in the {{Bittersweet|Ending}} GainaxEnding of "Butterballs", where Stan "jacks it in San Diego", dancing while removing all his clothes in open downtown San Diego streets while a BigBand[=/=]Barbershop Quartet song plays (with the singers even being featured in some shots). |
| 480 | ** Played straight in the BittersweetEnding of the "South [=ParQ=] Vaccination Special", where all the adults in South Park (along with several other minor characters that only appeared once) celebrate their vaccinations for the COVID-19 pandemic with this, as it puts the pandemic under control... for the adults, at least. |
| 481 | * Parodied at the end of the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Slimy Dancing," in which [[ItMakesSenseInContext Squidward wins a talent show by accidentally inventing a new dance move while cramping up inside SpongeBob's body]]. The episode cuts to an "epilogue" in which a boy frightens his mother by imitating the dance move. Following this most of the main characters suddenly show up in the kid's house and start doing the dance. |
| 482 | * An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' end with [[ItMakesSenseInContext all the Cyborg and Beast Boy clones]] running from a tyrannosaurus...and everybody immediately stopping and dancing to disco lights. Including the Dinosaur. |
| 483 | * The first season of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' ends with the Turtles and April partying after stopping an AlienInvasion. |
| 484 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama Island (2023)]]'' ends with Chef declaring a dance party after the winner claims the million dollar prize money, and Chris informs the contestants that they are all invited for a re-match the following season. |
| 485 | * Happens at the end of ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Tokyo Mater]]'' where everyone in Tokyo, Japan actually celebrate [[Franchise/{{Cars}} Mater's]] victory over Kabuto by having a dance party in the streets of Japan, with Kabuto being stripped naked as a result of him losing to Mater in a race. |
| 486 | * The first three seasons of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' end, usually after the villain's defeat, with an end-of-year party where all the characters dance happy. Season 4 and 5 in addition have the Winx sing. |
| 487 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Wishfart}}'': |
| 488 | ** At the end of "What's Up, P. Buddy?", Dez has to explain to Tsuni why she and a bunch of others are at an abandoned factory. Deciding the real answer [[ItsALongStory is too bizarre]], he tells her they're celebrating her birthday. Tsuni is initially confused since it's not her birthday, but she decides she's cool with it and joins the celebrations. |
| 489 | ** "We Can Eat Sand!" ends with everyone in the city celebrating Puffin's birthday on a very crowded party boat ([[ItMakesSenseInContext which they had all been teleported onto after Akiko accidentally wished everybody in the city away]]). |
| 490 | [[/folder]] |
| 491 | |
| 492 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 493 | * At the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII there was apparently, actual dancing (as well as [[TheVJDayKiss kissing random women]]) in the streets. At least in the allied countries. |
| 494 | * UsefulNotes/WorldWarI ended with dancing on the street. Even the Germans were happy the war was done. The dance party was short-lived for them though. |
| 495 | * New Year's Eve celebrations are this for the calendar year. The most notable one out there is Creator/DickClark's ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'' shows on Creator/{{ABC}}. |
| 496 | * The UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Opening Ceremonies are thoroughly staged and planned, have the solemn Lighting of the Flame, and generally do their best to impress everyone with awe and majesty. The Closing Ceremonies, on the other hand, are basically one big excuse for a party. With, you guessed it, dancing. And rock stars. And the host country good-naturedly spoofing themselves. As far as the "dance party with good-natured self-spoofing" goes, Canada seems to have won that crown in Vancouver. |
| 497 | * Figure skating events typically have an "Exhibition Gala" show at the very end, which let the skaters perform non-competitive routines for the audience. The results are often DenserAndWackier than the competitive programmes due to the lack of judging and significantly relaxed rules, and the night often ends with every skater getting together to give the audience a send-off. |
| 498 | [[/folder]] |
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