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10	The last scene of the movie is coming to a close. For some reason, something in the scene -- perhaps a flying machine, an object, or even a character -- decides to start flying, and comes straight at the camera. Just as it's about to "impact", the scene cuts to black and we go to the credits. If they actually "hit" it, that falls under CameraAbuse.
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12	The flying person/object doesn't need to be actually flying, but more often than not, it is.
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14	Most common in special-effects laden movies. After the rise of CGI, this became much more popular, but earlier movies display it as well.
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16	Compare BodyWipe, a similar zoom-in effect happening at the transition between two scenes, and FlyawayShot, which might be combined with this trope. Contrast RidingIntoTheSunset where it ends with something moving away from the camera. Often overlaps with JumpScare, specifically in horror movie endings.
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18	!!As this is an {{Ending Trope\|s}}, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked spoilers abound]]. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Beware]].
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20	!!Examples:
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22	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
23	* The ending of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' (happens right after [[spoiler: Kida's coronation as the new Queen]] and the subsequent FlyawayShot showing the resurrected Atlantis), with an Atlantean flying machine obscuring the camera.
24	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' ends with Batman swinging towards the screen so that his black cape covers the entire screen.
25	* Hiro and Baymax do this at the end of ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' as well as at the end of the closing credits, right before TheStinger.
26	* ''Animation/BoBoiBoyMovie2'': The movie's opening scene ends with [=BoBoiBoy=] jumping from a flying ship to [[SaveTheJerk save Adu Du and Probe]] as the camera sees him Triple Split from below. They fall into the camera's view and the screen cuts to black.
27	* ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'':
28	** The first movie ends with a [[StealthPun VW Beetle]] flying into the camera just right after we see the minivan couple [[BrickJoke still lost in the desert they were in.]]
29	** The SpinOff movie, ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}'', ends with Dusty and Skipper flying at the camera. But, given that this is a movie about flying vehicles, it's highly expected.
30	* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe3'': Dru commandeers Gru's airplane filled with Minions and flies straight at the camera, ending the movie with a close-up on his face.
31	* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' inverts, by finishing with the camera "flying" at Mr. Incredible's ChestInsignia.
32	* ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'' ends with a rabbit thrown at the camera.
33	* Talking of stingers, in the post-credits scene for ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooCampScare'' [[spoiler: The Specter is revealed to be a real ghost and flying towards the camera.]]
34	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'' ends with two naked angels giving Kenny wings and a halo and he flies into the camera as he enters into Heaven.
35	* '' WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}: At the end of the movie, the Turtles parkour run on the rooftops in the dead of night and Raph, after finishing his narration, jumps towards the audience and triumphantly unsheaths his sais, cutting the fourth wall.
36	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei's nightmare ends with a couple red panda spirits flying at the camera before a SmashToBlack.
37	* ''WesternAnimation/WonderWoman2009'' has Wonder Woman charging into the camera as she is ready to take on the Cheetah.
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41	* ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'':
42	** The [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 first movie]] ends with the [=DeLorean=] flying up in the air, turning around, then warping through time just as it hits the camera.
43	** The [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII third movie]] [[CallBack ends the same way]], except with the train in the place of the [=DeLorean=].
44	* ''Film/BatmanForever'' and ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' both end with Batman and co. running past a light to the camera in homage to the beginning of [[Series/Batman1966 the 1960's series]].
45	* ''Film/BatmanBegins'' ends with Batman swinging off a rooftop and into the camera.
46	* Played for laughs in ''Film/BladesOfGlory'', which ends with Jimmy and Chazz soaring out into space for no discernable reason, in a film which is otherwise completely free of anything supernatural.
47	* ''Film/{{Casper}}'' ends with Casper flying up to the camera, winking, spelling out "The End", then the friendly ghost apparently trying to devour the audience.
48	* ''Film/DeathNoteTheLastName'''s final shot is Ryuk heading towards the screen while cackling, after having circled the Tokyo Tower.
49	* Daredevil throws his weapon into the camera at the end of ''Film/Daredevil2003''.
50	* ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' inverts this with the camera flying at Creator/BruceCampbell at the end.
51	* At the end of ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', Johnny does this after recreating the team's ChestInsignia in the sky. [[spoiler:Subverted in that the movie actually ends after a minute or so, following a sequence where Doctor Doom's return is foreshadowed through an [[NothingIsScarier incredibly eerie]] SequelHook.]]
52	%%* The feather in ''Film/ForrestGump''.
53	* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' ends with [[EnsembleDarkhorse Slimer]] flying at the camera, mouth open as if to eat it.
54	* Danny Zuko's car at the end of ''Film/{{Grease}}''.
55	* To many fans' horror, the ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' ends with a ''[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theprisonerofazkaban_2969.png freeze frame]]'' of Harry flying at the camera, so his giant face is smushed across the screen.
56	* ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005'' ends with The Heart of Gold flying at the camera and engaging the Infinite Improbability Drive. The visual effects used for the drive mean the very last thing we see is Creator/DouglasAdams' head.
57	* ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' has a post-credits sequence with Superman and Flash about to see who is faster with a race. It ends with them blasting off toward the screen, with a moment of them in BulletTime just before we cut back to normal and they zip past. [[EvasiveFightThreadEpisode Naturally, we don't learn who wins.]]
58	* ''Film/KungFury'' ends with a giant robot eagle ridden by Adolf Hitler flying straight at the camera. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer It's just that kind of movie]].
59	* The original ending to ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'' featured Audrey II bursting through the screen to devour the audience.
60	* The end of ''Film/TheMatrix'' has Neo, having become The One, challenging the Machines, declaring that he's going to show them "a world without you", and then taking flight for the first time. Downplayed as he flies ''by'' the camera before it goes black, thus slightly averting its path.
61	** ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections'' calls back to this by having Neo ''and'' Trinity flying in tandem toward the camera before cutting straight to credits.
62	* The end of ''Film/NightAtTheMuseumBattleOfTheSmithsonian'' ends with an old fashioned biplane flying at the camera.
63	* One of the endings of ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' is [[spoiler: demon-possessed Katie]] attacking the camera.
64	* In TheStinger of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', [[spoiler:Jack the Undead Monkey charges at the camera]].
65	* ''Film/ResidentEvilRetribution'' ends with a dragon flying at the camera.
66	* ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' has a chunk of the titular ship flying at the camera. And with this, it manages both RidingIntoTheSunset and fly-at-the-camera at the same time. And BookEnds nicely with the first time we see the ship in the movie... a piece of the ship breaks off, and Mal says, "What was that?"
67	* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
68	** The first ''Film/SpiderMan1'' ends with Spidey swinging at the camera.
69	** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' ends with Spidey swinging through a region of New York after jumping from a crane, he then shoots a web-line as the moon shows clearly behind Peter in slow motion.
70	* Being an parody of the {{Superhero}} films, ''Film/SuperheroMovie'' ends with Rick/Dragonfly with his love interest Jill in his arms, flying off into the night towards the camera as Dragonfly gives a dramatic narration about having learned to be a true hero... only to be hit by a helicopter [[SurpriseVehicle that was just off frame]].
71	* ''Film/UpsideDownMagic'' ends with Nory in her Dritten form flying toward the camera and winking at the viewers.
72	* ''Film/UltramanTaigaTheMovieNewGenerationClimax'': Having defeated the monster Grimdo, the film ends with a montage of all the Ultras flying towards the camera, one at a time, into the stratosphere, taking turns waving at the audience as they do so.
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76	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
77	** The third season of ends with Drogon, one of Daenerys' three dragons, flying at the camera with a resounding screech.
78	** The sixth season ends with all three dragons flying at the camera [[spoiler:while Daenerys and her armada are crossing the sea to Westeros.]]
79	* ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' ends with the protagonist's KidFromTheFuture appearing with future monsters hot on his heels. Kiva, Dark Kiva, Ixa, Future Kiva and the Arms Monsters all leap into the air for another fight, with everyone freezing just before Kiva Rider Kicks the camera.
80	* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
81	** "Warrior" ends with Chloe firing an arrow at the camera.
82	** The finale ends with Clark ripping off his shirt to reveal the Superman suit and charging at the camera.
83	* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' concluded at least two episodes this way:
84	** In "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E24HopeAndFear Hope and Fear]]", Janeway and Seven end up playing a game on the holodeck that involves knocking a floating disk around using hand phasers. Eventually, one shot finds the camera.
85	** In "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E18TheFight The Fight]]", after Chakotay frees ''Voyager'' from "chaotic space" with some help from the local aliens, he ends up taking some time out for boxing on the holodeck. Boothby coaches him to make an adjustment to KO his opponent; then we get the second-person point of view as Chakotay punches said opponent in the face.
86	* The last episode of ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' ends with Geraldine ''flying into the air and towards the camera''. Yeah.
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90	* The PBS version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'' with the puppet segments have each half-hour episode end this way, with the final puppet segment concluding with a CGI Monarch butterfly flying right into the camera.
91	* The ''Series/SesameStreet'' musical skit "Surprise" has a PieInTheFace ending with the pie flying straight into the face of the viewer.
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95	* At the end of the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Film/MaryPoppins'', Mary flies over the audience.
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99	%%* ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame'': The finale episode ends in an {{Homage}} to the first film.
100	* ''VideoGame/CyClones'' ends with you escaping the exploding alien mothership via an escape pod, and returning to earth. You then land in the clouds before flying at the camera - cue credits.
101	* ''VideoGame/{{Exmortis}} 2'' ends with your MysteriousInformant [[FlashStep Flash-Stepping]] at the camera, finally revealing his face: it's [[spoiler:the GreaterScopeVillain [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Lord Vlaew]], having decided that YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.]]
102	%%* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'': Some of the games end like this.
103	%%* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'': ''No Mercy''.
104	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroDawnOfTheDragon'' ends with Spyro and Cynder happily flying around in Avalar, then swoop in towards the camera.
105	* ''VideoGame/LEGOHarryPotter'' recreates the final scene from the third movie, but takes it further and ends with Harry in orbit.
106	%%* ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'': One of the games combines that with CameraAbuse.
107	* ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'': After the camera pans up during the ending, a Fletchling flies by and into the camera. Cut to black, and the credits roll. Doubles as BookEnds, as it mirrors how [[GoodMorningCrono the player was woken up by their mom's Fletchling at the start of the game]].
108	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': The ending sequences to many 2D games feature Sonic (or Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, etc.) jumping towards the player and posing while suspended in air. ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'''s ending is the most notable: both Tails' plane and Super Sonic fly away from the player only to come back head first.
109	* ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' has Samus's gunship flies into the camera right before closing with a "See you next mission."
110	* ''VideoGame/{{Vexx}}'' ends with the title character punching the camera (presumably a shadow wraith) in the face, leaving us with just the title logo.
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114	* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' ends it first episode with Luna flying at the camera.
115	* The last episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' ends with Batman running into the screen.
116	* "Magical Mystery Cure", the final episode of Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' ends with [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle]] flying into the camera.
117	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E16ByeByeNerdie Bye Bye Nerdie]]" features Francine, a girl bully Lisa tries to befriend who for some reason attacks only nerds and no one else. Lisa uses her for a science project, discovering that she attacks those who secrete "Poindextrose". After beating up several scientists at a science fair, Francine gets a smell of the viewer [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou and charges at the camera]].
118	* The ending scene of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' episode "[[Recap/TeenTitansS1E5SumOfHisParts Sum of His Parts]]" has Cyborg chucking a football at a young boy with a prosthetic arm and telling him to "go long". The football flies into the vicinity of the camera, but doesn't actually hit it.
119	* Optimus Prime does this in the finale of ''Anime/TransformersArmada''.
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