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| 10 | -> ''"Well, [[Music/TheDoors this is the end, beautiful friends.]] After more than 11 years, this is Creator/{{Toonami}}'s final broadcast. It's been a lot of fun, and we'd like to thank each and every one of you who made this journey with us. Toonami wouldn't have been anything without you. Hopefully we've left you with some good memories. So, until we meet again, [[Literature/TheOutsiders stay gold]]. [[Anime/CowboyBebop Bang.]]"'' |
| 11 | -->-- '''[[Creator/SteveBlum TOM 4.0]]''', delivering [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCAX4cgszCU the final bumper]] of ''Creator/{{Toonami}}'''s [[UnCanceled original run]] |
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| 13 | When a show (usually of the FailureIsTheOnlyOption or SternChase variety) comes to an end with sufficient lead time, the production team may decide to go out with a bang by ending the endless chase, destroying the undestroyable foe, or in some other way definitively and permanently changing the core axioms the show depends on. It usually resolves all the conflicts that have driven the series over its entire run, and offers some kind of resolution to the dramatic tension that they have powered. |
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| 15 | This is the Grand Finale, a way of very clearly saying to the audience "Okay, the show is really over. There's no more. Go watch something else." (That this [[UnCanceled doesn't always get through to viewers]] can be a problem in and of itself...) If this happens ''without'' warning, it's a case of a ConclusionInAnotherMedium. |
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| 17 | In contrast to American television series, anime series tend to be single, continuous season-long stories that build, like an episodic novel, to a climax in the final episode. In these cases, a Grand Finale is the only fair (and the usual) way to end the show. Of course, since most anime is based on manga, occasionally the anime [[OvertookTheManga gets ahead]] of the manga (or gets canceled before the manga ends) and the anime writers have to [[GeckoEnding make up their own ending]], which is usually not as good as the eventual ending of the manga. Alternatively, a la ''Manga/Bastard1988'', ''Manga/AngelSanctuary'', and ''Manga/StrawberryOneHundredPercent'', the writers can just leave it hanging. |
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| 19 | May often involve GondorCallsForAid or SaveTheWorldClimax. Expect TearJerker on a massive scale--the longer (or more beloved) the show, the more tears will flow. Contrast with CutShort (when a series ends without a proper conclusion to the story), ConclusionInAnotherMedium (when a cancelled series has its story wrapped up in a different medium), and SeriesFauxnale (when a series does an episode that could work as a finale, but gets renewed for more episodes anyway). Compare with SeasonFinale (for final episodes of a show's seasons rather than the series in general), FinaleMovie (for when a work that isn't a film series reaches its conclusion in the form of a movie) and sometimes WrapItUp (when the production team decides to make a conclusion to the series fast after hearing that the series won't be renewed), though if the JustForFun/HolyShitQuotient is high enough it can qualify as a WhamEpisode. If the production was big enough, popular enough, and is able to bolster its ideas to a larger extent because of that, combined with a budget that allows it, then the Grand Finale can undergo a FinaleProductionUpgrade. |
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| 21 | There will usually be {{Call Back}}s, ContinuityPorn, ContinuityNod and BookEnds aplenty, along with characters coming BackForTheFinale. A WillTheyOrWontThey running for the length of the series will usually get a LastMinuteHookup. Expect to see ContractualImmortality and JokerImmunity thrown out the window. Given its nature as being the very final entry of the series, there may even be some EndOfSeriesAwareness beforehand. Sometimes accompanied by TheLastTitle. See NetworkFinale when this happens to a TV or radio station. Also see SeriesFauxnale for installments that were intended to be this for a work, only for the work to continue onward anyway. |
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| 23 | !!As this is an {{Ending Trope|s}}, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked spoilers abound]]. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Beware]]. |
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| 25 | !!Example subpages: |
| 26 | [[index]] |
| 27 | * GrandFinale/AnimeAndManga |
| 28 | * GrandFinale/{{Film}} |
| 29 | * GrandFinale/LiveActionTV |
| 30 | * GrandFinale/VideoGames |
| 31 | * GrandFinale/WesternAnimation |
| 32 | [[/index]] |
| 33 | |
| 34 | !!Other examples: |
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| 37 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 38 | * The Jonathan Goldman iteration of ''Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld'' got one of these where, to much fanfare and with many fans watching, he boarded a shuttle to take a one way trip to Mars, never to return. |
| 39 | -->'''Random General:''' [as he holds up a bottle of Dos Equis] Adios, amigo! |
| 40 | * Done ''three times'' with Hamlet Cigars, each time being related to advertising of tobacco being banned each time in the UK: |
| 41 | ** In 1991, tobacco advertising was forbidden on TV, and as such, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMg_CAuvqeQ "Shot in the Dark"]] (highly stylized but likely NSFW) was the company's last TV ad. It showed a sperm being unable to get into an egg. It was truly something else, as instead of showing it taking a smoke, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere it just wallows away]], and the famous "Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet" slogan isn't even said at the end. Talk about a DownerEnding. |
| 42 | ** Then, in 1999, Hamlet pulled advertising from theaters as it simply was suitable in a time where cigarette smoking couldn't be done in theaters and advertising for such was pulled, but not before going out with a bang. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3grfClrUurY "Farewell (Happiness Will Always Be A Cigar Named Hamlet)"]] was the company's last cinema ad, and as such featured people stuck in sticky situations humming the familiar Hamlet jingle, "Air on a G String". |
| 43 | ** And finally, in 2003, tobacco advertising was taken off completely, this time being from the radio, resulting in Hamlet's final ad, ever. "Tony & Milo" was their last radio ad, and it featured ad writers Tony Burke and Milo Campbell talking about their job and mentioning that they work almost exclusively in tobacco advertising. However, Tony then tells Milo that by midnight, all cigarette commercials will be pulled. Milo asks [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow what they should do now]], [[CigaretteOfAnxiety and we hear a lighter]], followed by the famous Hamlet theme and slogan. |
| 44 | * Fellow Tobacco company Lambert and Butler preferred to advertise with magazine ads and posters featuring stock photos of two men talking to each other with speech bubbles. As a result of the 2003 ban, they released [[https://www.advertisingarchives.co.uk/detail/24722/1/Poster/Lambert-and-Butler/2000s "The Last Poster".]] Styled like a collector's item, it showed the two men in black and white pixellation, and Butler says, "Looks like we've been outlawed, sir." |
| 45 | * Silk Cut also did this as well. In the 1980s, they gained fame for a series of surrealistic poster ads that often didn't even feature the name of the product; their first one simply showed a purple silk fabric with a cut inside it. When they learned of the impending ban on tobacco advertising in the UK in 2003, they ended their campaign that year with a poster that depicted an opera singer wearing a silk dress with a cut in it, referencing the term "It isn't over [[BrawnHilda until the fat lady sings]]." |
| 46 | * 1998's ''Segata Sanshiro Shinken Yugi'' was the last first-party game for the Platform/SegaSaturn, and as such, it was only natural that its accompanying advert would be the last for the Advertising/SegataSanshiro campaign. A man clad in black-and-white clothing (obviously representing a rival company- presumed to be either Sony or Nintendo) launches a rocket at Sega HQ, just as they finish developing the Platform/{{Dreamcast}}. Segata Sanshiro then drops down from the top of the building, clings his feet to the window while grabbing hold of the rocket, and then launches away into space. [[HeroicSacrifice The inevitable occurs]], cuing up Shinji Nikra narrating "Segata Sanshiro will live on in your hearts", and you breaking down in ManlyTears. |
| 47 | ** [[spoiler: Ultimately {{downplayed|Trope}}. ''Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed'' retcons his final commercial, having him survive and showing that he spent '''THE ENTIRE 14 YEARS SINCE THEN''' making sure Nintendo/Sony's rocket never hits Sega headquarters. And somewhere along the line, it seems that he's able to toss the rocket and have it explode somewhere else, and gets back into kicking ass in ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone 2''.]] |
| 48 | ** [[spoiler: Then in 2020, we were introduced to Sega Shiro, the son of the master himself, for a series of [[MilestoneCelebration 60th anniversary short films]], ending with a face off against 'Sega Hatan Shiro', actually his own dad in disguise. [[SecretTestOfCharacter And it was to come back to Earth just to test]] [[PassingTheTorch if his son can carry on the mantle, which he proves to him with flying colours.]] On his request, Sega Shiro flings him back into space and [[MythologyGag right into Saturn]]. Only to find out it was AllJustADream... OrWasItADream. Fittingly enough, Sega Shiro was played by Maito Fujioka, Hiroshi Fujioka's son.]] |
| 49 | * Capri-Sun had a series of commercials called ''Advertising/RespectThePouch'', in which a kid did something to their Capri-Sun pouch and [[LaserGuidedKarma suffered a transformation to themselves as punishment]], turning into what was known as a "Disrepectoid". The advertisement series came to an end with an online web-camera game that saw the Disrepectoids go on an adventure for a "Golden Pouch", with the ending seeing them get turned back to normal. |
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| 52 | [[folder:Audio Plays]] |
| 53 | * ''AudioPlay/WereAlive'' ends with "The Ink Runs Dry" in which Ink is finally stopped by means of a heroic sacrifice by Saul. At the same time Scratch and the two other remaining Mallers attack Dunbar in hopes of killing Pegs. Pegs manages to shoot Scratch during a showdown on the fire escape, but Scratch lives, only to be BuriedAlive by Burt as revenge for her torturing him and [[{{Fingore}} cutting off his finger.]] The story ends 14 years later as Saul and Lizzy's son, Nicolas, joins the defense force for the slowly rebuilding nation centered at The Colony. |
| 54 | * For a long time in ''Series/DoctorWho'', there was [[TheNthDoctor one Doctor]] in particular who seemed to miss the boat on a big finale because he was unfairly booted from the role. Jump ahead 28 years and he finally got one. The [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialTheLastAdventure "The Last Adventure" anthology]] provides a final StoryArc for Creator/ColinBaker's Sixth Doctor, including the wide gamut of friends, companions, and enemies he encountered throughout his tenure. |
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| 57 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 58 | * ''ComicBook/OneHundredBullets'': The series ends the conflict between the Minutemen and the Trust, and ties up all other remaining plotlines, by [[spoiler:slaughtering the lot of them, and leaving the survivors at the mercy of a BolivianArmyEnding (Loop, Victor, and Will not included).]] |
| 59 | * ''ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse'': The Amalgam Comics continuity (a joint venture between DC and Marvel Comics involving a merging of the DC and Marvel Universes where nearly every character is [[CompositeCharacter a mash-up of at least one DC character and at least one Marvel character]]) has its conclusion occur in the ''Unlimited Access'' miniseries, with Access once again having to keep the characters of the DC and Marvel Universes apart when they start encountering each other once more, with the added stake of the timestream being threatened. The miniseries ends with Access creating new amalgamated heroes out of the Justice League, Young Justice, the Avengers and the X-Men to take down an alliance between Darkseid and Magneto, subsequently reconciling with his girlfriend Ming after saving the day makes him realize that he's in control of his own destiny and has the ability to prevent his life making a turn for the worst. |
| 60 | * ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': ''ComicBook/TheKangDynasty'' acts was this to ''ComicBook/TheAvengersKurtBusiek'', with Kang deciding to conquer the present after defeatng Immortus in ''ComicBook/AvengersForever'' (also written by Creator/KurtBusiek). |
| 61 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': |
| 62 | ** Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader'' acts as a send-off to Batman, who had recently "died" at the time[[spoiler:, but it's not just a finale for one particular iteration of the character. It's a send off for the franchise as a whole, showing how multiple versions of the Dark Knight met their end, and how multiple versions of his friends and enemies from significant eras and adaptations come together to mourn in a dream-like, metatextual context. It even involves Batman learning that his story [[{{Reincarnation}} has and will continue to go on]], and that all the different takes on the Batman mythos result from that, leaving the overall franchise with quite a GainaxEnding]]. |
| 63 | ** ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' provides a definitive end to ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s career, and ends his conflict with ComicBook/TheJoker on the side... until ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' came out. After that, ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader'' (a direct reference to the above) became more fitting an end. |
| 64 | ** ''The Autobiography of Bruce Wayne'' is this for [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age Batman]], as well as his UnresolvedSexualTension with Catwoman. [[spoiler:It ends with the two of them getting married and retiring. They also have a daughter who goes on to become the ComicBook/{{Huntress}} in this continuity]]. Though a more fitting example might be "Only Legends Live Forever" where an older Bruce Wayne, now widowed and dying of cancer, dons the cape and cowl one last time to help the [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]] stop the magically empowered thief Bill Jenson, [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost]] [[TheHeroDies of his own life]]. It ends with all the heroes, including former sidekick Dick Grayson and daughter Helena Wayne, attending his funeral]]. |
| 65 | ** ''Some Of These Days'' is this for ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing''. The story chronicles the first and last romantic exchanges between Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle. In between we see the two, having married and grown old together, dealing with [[spoiler: Bruce's cancer]], which culminates in [[spoiler: Bruce dying in bed surrounded by Selina and his Bat-Family, including their daughter Helena]] |
| 66 | * ''ComicBook/BlazeOfGlory'': The miniseries has the subtitle 'The Last Ride of The Western Heroes' for a reason. All the big-name Marvel western heroes are here, and for most of them this serves as their last canonical adventure. [[spoiler: Rawhide Kid is the only one who survives, and he gets his own Grand Finale (along with Apache Kid) in the SequelSeries, ComicBook/ApacheSkies.]] |
| 67 | * ''ComicBook/TheBraveAndTheBold'': The original run ended with a [[DownplayedTrope milder version than most]]: It was a CrossThrough between the [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] and [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Batmen]], having them face the same villain [[MythologyGag in 1955, when the comic started publication, and in 1983, when it ceased publication]], respectively. In other words, it was a Grand Finale for the comic and its concept, itself. |
| 68 | * ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'': |
| 69 | ** Although not the final issue of the run, the storyline ''ComicBook/WhereAngelsFearToTread'' by Creator/ChuckDixon acts as the final instalment towards Oliver Queen's Post-Crisis era ever since Mike Grell wrote ''The Longbow Hunters'' and led the character to becoming more grounded and mature. Although he isn't able to address all the mistakes he made in life, he's able to sacrifice himself for the good of humanity and is able to meet and mentor his own son for once before his demise, leading his son to take on the role. |
| 70 | ** '''"The Last Green Arrow Story"''' from the anniversary anthology one-shot ''Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular'' acts as the finale towards Creator/JeffLemire's and Creator/AndreaSorrentino's run on [[ComicBook/GreenArrowJeffLemire the New 52 run]]. |
| 71 | * ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': ''ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern'', specifically its own finale (''Green Lantern'' issue 20), serves as this to Creator/GeoffJohns' run on the ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' mythos, seeing the conclusion of story threads laid out ever since he became the main GL writer back in ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth''. |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'': The series is essentially the ending to the pre-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' DC Universe. [[spoiler:However, thanks to the ending bringing the multiverse back from the brink of collapse, it has been confirmed the pre-Flashpoint universe still exists, and it's possible we'll see it again. ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' later confirmed that the New 52 universe is indeed the same as the pre-''Flashpoint'' universe, just tampered with by Dr. Manhattan.]] |
| 73 | * ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'': Grand Finale to MediaNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} (though it was actually released at the end of MediaNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}})? Check. Grand Finale to the DC Multiverse? Check. Grand Finale for [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]], ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, Earth-2 Franchise/{{Superman}}, and everyone else in the DC Universe? Check. Became the comic event by which all previous and succeeding comic events would be judged? Double Check. Became [[strike:one of]] the only company-wide comic event to permanently rip the TimeyWimeyBall a new one, and do it so as to be universally praised? Gigantic freakin' Check. |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'': The series serves as a Grand Finale for the "multiverse" [[CrisisCrossover crisis]] series (which includes ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', and ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'') and the "hero exploration" crisis series (which includes ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis2004'' and ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''). It also gives a Grand Finale to Creator/JackKirby's DC creations {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, the ComicBook/NewGods, and others like Dan Turpin. |
| 75 | * ''Franchise/GIJoe'': ''ComicBook/GIJoe2019'' had its story wrapped up in the one-shot ''G.I. Joe: Castle Fall'', where the Joes engaged in a final battle with Cobra to end their reign over the country once and for all. |
| 76 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'': |
| 77 | ** The ''ComicBook/{{BPRD}}'' story ''The Devil You Know'' serves as this to Mignola's ''Hellboy'' universe, though he will continue to write more stories revolving around Hellboy's past adventures. |
| 78 | ** The series ''Hellboy in Hell'' is used to wrap up Hellboy's character arc before he is revived one year later in the final part of the ''Messiah'' arc in ''BPRD: The Devil You Know''. |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hilda}}'': "Hilda and the Mountain King" served as part 2 of the Stone Forest arc and helped answer questions about why trolls are getting closer to the wall and helped Hilda find a way back home and to her normal self and served as the finale of the graphic novel series. However, Luke Pearson plans to continue the [[WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}} animated adaptation of the series]]. |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar'' served as this to Creator/GeoffJohns's work with the Justice League, including ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2011'', and to the ComicBook/New52 era as a whole. Appropriately, since it was the first issue that formally kicked off the New 52 era, the arc BookEnds the era with the Justice League yet again dealing with Darkseid as in the first arc. |
| 81 | * ''ComicBook/JustImagineStanLeeCreatingTheDCUniverse'': The line ends in the ''Crisis'' one-shot, where the Justice League and several other heroes band together to defeat the issue's titular villain, who was established to have been behind the conflict of the overarching story, in a final battle. |
| 82 | * ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'': The story centers on a growing conflict and eventual war between the Justice League, [[TheCape a more lawful generation of heroes]] led by an older Superman, and [[NinetiesAntiHero their violent and chaotic successors]], [[spoiler: culminating in an outcome so devastating they eventually settle their differences, and all the heroes rejoin normal human society after distancing themselves from it for so long]]. The future of several DC heroes and a few villains are shown throughout the story, with particular emphasis on [[Franchise/{{Superman}} The]] [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Big]] [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Three]], making it a fitting finale for Superman, the Justice League, and the DC Universe as a whole ([[TheMultiverse or at least one of them anyway]]). In a meta sense, it also helped bring an end to MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks. |
| 83 | ** Issue 22 of ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' gives us a further glimpse of the future, [[spoiler: showing the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperheroes flying off on an adventure, and a bespectacled elderly man with a familiar hair curl watching them with a smile on his face...]] |
| 84 | * ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock'': In the final issues Torquemada's regime is ended, Purity's new earth Government puts him on trial but he manages to escape to activate his [[DoomsdayDevice 'Final Solution']], then Nemesis [[spoiler:sacrifices himself to finally stop his archenemy once and for all.]] |
| 85 | * ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': ''Alamo'' ends with [[spoiler:a final showdown between Jesse and Cassidy, Tulip executing Herr Starr, and The Saint Of Killers taking his vengeance against God.]] |
| 86 | * ''ComicBook/RickAndMortyOni'': "The Rickoning" five-part storyline serves as this to the main-line series, making up the final five issues (56-60). |
| 87 | * ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': The climax is reached in ''The Kindly Ones'' where characters from all other points in the timeline come together in one ''hell'' of a story, propelling a long and complex string of events which eventually leads to [[spoiler:Dream's death and resurrection inside Daniel.]] The lengthy aftermath is depicted in ''The Wake,'' where it's demonstrated that the previous events had such gravity that they affected everyone in existence, including [[BreakingTheFourthWall you]]. |
| 88 | * ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': ''Panic in the Sky'' is pretty much the technical finale of the comic as it does end with the heroes stopping Eggman and saving the world. The following comics were meant to celebrate the game series 25th anniversary before leading into a new arc, but the comic was cancelled before that could happen. |
| 89 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'': ''Spider-Girl: The End'' brings the long-running clone saga of the Spider-Girl books to a close whilst also sending off the character with both a happy and an open ending, with Mayday finally hooking up with her loyal friend Wes as her family look on. Wes asks the question "where do we go from here?". Time will tell if we'll ever know, as it is presently The End... for now. |
| 90 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy'' served as this for the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' timeline, prior to the Creator/{{Disney}} ContinuityReboot. Taking place over a century after ''Film/ANewHope'', the story revolved around Cade Skywalker's struggle against [[ScrewDestiny destiny]] as well as [[TheEmpire Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire]]. |
| 91 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': |
| 92 | ** ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'', by Creator/AlanMoore and Curt Swan, closes the book on MediaNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} Superman, paving the way for the [[ContinuityReboot reboot]]. It's an alternate universe story about how Superman faces his greatest and final challenge; AnyoneCanDie, and old villains and other characters return in a veritable parade. |
| 93 | ** ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing'' and ''ComicBook/ReignOfDoomsday'' (running simultaneously across separate books) served as this for the Post-Crisis Superman, wrapping up most of the plot threads that the series had left hanging before the 2011 reboot. Major events included: ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} coming to terms with her SuperPoweredEvilSide, the capture of the Cyborg-Superman, the last team-up between Superman, Supergirl, Superboy, Steel and the Eradicator (who performs a HeroicSacrifice), the return, and final defeat of Doomsday, and of course, the last battle between Post-Crisis Superman and Lex Luthor, ending with Luthor being imprisoned in the PhantomZone. With the majority of Superman's other foes already dead, imprisoned, or in the Zone, the two arcs allowed the series to end on a high note before the reset button was hit. |
| 94 | ** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', the two-part story "Graduation Day" tied up all ongoing plotlines, featuring a battle for the fate of the universe. |
| 95 | * ''ComicBook/TheEndMarvelComics'': Marvel has released a series of stories known as ''The End'', meant to serve as possible grand finales for some of their major franchises (ComicBook/XMenTheEnd, ComicBook/FantasticFourTheEnd, ComicBook/HulkTheEnd, etc.) while existing outside the main continuity. |
| 96 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' |
| 97 | ** The Titans West three-parter (issue #50-53) marks the end of the original Silver Age run by uniting every single teenage superhero and past Teen Titans member to create an ensemble cast of Teen Titans (including Golden Eagle from ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' and Bat-Girl from ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''). This was actually meant to be a revival that was CutShort with the new dynamic being the Fab Five being spread across Titans East and Titans West. |
| 98 | ** ''[[ComicBook/{{Meltdown}} Meltdown!]]'' is the Grand Finale of ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'', culminating in an end to the Evil Raven storyline from ''ComicBook/TheDarkening'', Damage's character arc and Arsenal's era as the leader of the Titans. |
| 99 | ** ''ComicBook/TitansHunt(1998)'' marks the end of Dan Jurgen's run on ''ComicBook/TeenTitans1996'' with the dissolution of both the Teen Titans and Dark Nemesis, the death of Pylon and Isaiah's revival. |
| 100 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': |
| 101 | ** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersUnicron'' closes the book on not just the 2005 Creator/IDWPublishing ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' continuity, but the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse in general, as the miniseries entails Unicron laying waste to [[ComicBook/RomIDW Elonia]], Cybertron and Cybertron's colony worlds, with the surviving Transformers, the Solstar Knights and the heroes on Earth having to join forces to destroy the Chaos Bringer before Earth becomes his next meal. |
| 102 | ** [[ComicBook/Transformers2019 The 2019 continuity]] reached its conclusion in the 48-page special ''Transformers: Fate of Cybertron'', which ended with Optimus Prime and his Autobots leaving Cybertron in the Ark to search for a new world after one final confrontation with Megatron. |
| 103 | ** Done on a meta level with ''ComicBook/TransformersLastBotStanding'', IDW's final story for the ''Transformers'' license (save for a follow-up to ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass2021'' in ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlassII''). The story itself chronicles the last known remaining Cybertronian's pilgrimage, as a hypothetical finale. |
| 104 | * ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'': |
| 105 | ** In the initial plans, ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'' was going to be the grand finale of the Ultimate Marvel universe, followed by a reboot. The three ongoing series at the time, ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' and ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'' got their TitleRequiem issues. But then it was decided to continue the story from that point. However, it still counts has a grand finale for the phase 1 of the X-Men. |
| 106 | ** The ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' storyline is this for the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe. |
| 107 | ** Ultimate Peter Parker's story originally ended with ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' #160, [[spoiler: where he dies fighting the Green Goblin and the Sinister Six]], paving the way for his successor [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]]. It later turns out [[spoiler: that he's NotQuiteDead, and he has a final showdown with the Green Goblin, for ''real'' this time, then officially [[PassingTheTorch passes the torch]] to [[LegacyCharacter Miles]] [[EarnYourHappyEnding and elopes with Mary Jane]]]]. |
| 108 | ** ''ComicBook/CataclysmTheUltimatesLastStand'' was the grand finale for ComicBook/TheUltimates. The fight against ComicBook/{{Galactus}} was won, but Captain America died and Thor was lost in the Negative zone. Iron Man still lives, but can't go on without his BashBrothers, so he disbanded the team. |
| 109 | *** It also serves as a sort of finale for ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'', since Kitty Pryde is recognized as a hero for her contributions in the fight against Galactus by the President himself, who hopes to use this as a way to promote co-existence between humans and mutants with her help. Tellingly, the last issues of Ultimate X-Men are tie-in issues to ''Cataclysm''. |
| 110 | ** The ''ComicBook/AllNewUltimates'' were formed after the break up of the Ultimates; it was a standalone group with no members from the previous team, and focused on gang wars instead of global threats. It had its grand finale against a mutated giant and a fight against all their enemies up to that point at the same time. |
| 111 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': ''ComicBook/WarOfTheGods'' serves as the conclusion to Creator/GeorgePerez' run on ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'', the conflict revolving around Circe trying to destroy Wonder Woman once and for all by creating worldwide chaos by making the gods of various pantheons fight one another. |
| 112 | [[/folder]] |
| 113 | |
| 114 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 115 | * ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'': The final installment was published August 31, 2008, and revealed what became of the main characters in future years: |
| 116 | ** Main protagonists Elly and John Patterson retire to travel, volunteer in the community, and help raise their four grandchildren. |
| 117 | ** The Pattersons' son and oldest child, Michael, an author, has four books published and later realizes a lifelong dream with the signing of a film contract. Deanna opens a sewing school and teaches Robin how to cook. Meredith enters dance and theater. |
| 118 | ** Older daughter Elizabeth, who has married longtime boyfriend Anthony Caine, continues to teach. She and Anthony have a child, James Allen, presumably named in honor of his great-grandfather Jim Richards. Anthony manages Mayes Motors and its various related businesses, introduces Elizabeth to ballroom dancing, and hopes to eventually open a bed-and-breakfast. |
| 119 | ** The younger daughter, April -- presumably graduating from high school in 2009 -- enters college (at an unnamed university) and eventually earns a degree in veterinary medicine. Following her established love of horses, she gets a job with the Calgary Stampede. She eventually establishes herself in western Canada, where she meets her boyfriend. |
| 120 | ** Family patriarch James Richards ("Grandpa Jim," Elly's father), a widower who had suffered a stroke earlier in the 2000s that left him unable to talk or care for himself, lives to welcome the birth of his fourth great grandson James Allen. In early 2010, at age 89, Jim -- who had other health issues late in his life, including several heart attacks -- dies peacefully in his sleep, his second wife, Iris (who had been his caretaker) at his side. |
| 121 | * ''ComicStrip/SpiderMan'': Following the death of Stan Lee in 2018, ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' comic strip was eventually discontinued. The final storyline saw Peter Parker team up with his wife Mary Jane and Luke Cage to battle The Purple Man. Afterwards, the Parkers head off for a vacation in Australia, where they will remain until, or if, the strip is revived. |
| 122 | * The first four Berkeley Breathed strips each provided a sense of closure for their respective star characters: |
| 123 | ** ''The Academia Waltz'' ended with Steve Dallas getting married. |
| 124 | ** ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' ended with each of the main characters getting jobs in other comic strips - except Bill, [[ItMakesSenseInContext who now had the brain of Donald Trump and bought out the strip in the first place]]; Opus, who waits to leave until everyone else has; and Ronald-Ann, who moves to Outland. Speaking of which... |
| 125 | ** ''Outland'' ended with Opus moving back to Antarctica to live with his mother. |
| 126 | ** ''Opus'' ended with Opus falling asleep within the pages of ''Literature/GoodnightMoon.'' |
| 127 | ** Of course, they were all [[spoiler:{{retcon}}ned when the first strip of ''Bloom County 2015'' revealed the two successor strips -- and, in all likelihood, the ending of the original ''Bloom County'' -- were [[AllJustADream just a 25-year-long dream Opus had]].]] |
| 128 | [[/folder]] |
| 129 | |
| 130 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 131 | * The ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeriesChaosVerse'' ends with ''Discord: Complete Existence'', which details Discord and Fluttercruel -- joined by the occupants of their constructed world [[spoiler: and Celestia and Luna]] -- engaging in a FinalBattle with the BigBad [[spoiler: [[EldritchAbomination Nightmare Phobia]]]]. |
| 132 | * Back in the original ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'', the [[BadFuture Dark World]] -- which grew to eventually being declared its own series with its own {{story arc}}s -- has the [[spoiler: Alicorn Ascension]] Arc (yes, even the name is a spoiler). Immediately following the events of the [[FinalBattle End of Days Arc]], this arc deals with [[spoiler: Twilight fusing with Nightmare Paradox to become the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Concept of Magic]]]] and will presumably explain how the Dark World ties back into the main series. |
| 133 | ** It's companion Arc (the Shining Armor Arc) has one of its own where Shining has his final showdown with [[ClockRoaches the Blank Wolf]], finally admitting his love for Cadence and proposing [[spoiler:after the Blank Wolf is defeated]], Running Gag proposes to Garnet, and Minuette begins a stable relationship with Captive Audience [[spoiler:after feeding her EnemyWithin [[Series/DoctorWho the Master]] to the Blank Wolf and freeing herself from him]]. |
| 134 | * FanFic/AGrowingAffection: The second to last chapter wraps up most of the loose ends, and the finale chapter has two time skips to [[spoiler: five years later when Naruto and Hinata finally get married; and the eight more years after that, when Naruto becomes the sixth Hokage.]] |
| 135 | * ''Fanfic/HigherLearning'': The finale arc is ''six-chapters-long''. After the death of the Final Messenger, SEELE's forces invade the Geofront, intending to kill everyone and put Instrumentality in motion. Shinji and Asuka fight for last time in their Evangelions as they struggle to solve their remainder psychological issues. Kaoru finally reveals his identity and his backstory. Despite everything what the heroes did, humankind goes through Instrumentality, and Shinji has to make a choice. The last scene happens several months later, featuring Shinji and Asuka going to school while humankind is gradually returning and rebuilding their world. |
| 136 | * The ''FanFic/MyHostageNotYours'' series has the third story, ''The Inevitable Takeover'', which has [[OfficialCouple Zim and Gaz]] upgrade (downgrade?) from {{Anti Hero}}es to full {{Villain Protagonist}}s, get married, and then begin a plan to conquer the whole planet [[spoiler: and ultimately succeed]]. Oh, and Dib gets a BetaCouple plotline with Tak, finally giving him [[OvershadowedByAwesome something to do in the series]]. |
| 137 | * Examples from Fanfic/{{the Calvinverse}}: |
| 138 | ** ''Fanfic/RetroChill'' serves as a Grand Finale for the movie series. The rewritten version acts as this for the Calvinverse as a whole, with nearly every regular character coming back in some form, the final defeat of two of the series' biggest villains, and the characters experiencing some EndOfSeriesAwareness. |
| 139 | ** ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'', meanwhile, has "Black Rain", an [[CerebusSyndrome unusually dark episode]] bringing back [[KnightOfCerebus two of the series' most competent villains]] and also putting ''[[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]]'' of all people in it. It also ends with [[spoiler:said villains dying a very ambiguous death, and]] the protagonists looking back on the end of the series [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall in a very meta sort of way]], eventually leading up to the final words of the series: |
| 140 | --> '''[[AndTheAdventureContinues AND THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES]]''' |
| 141 | * The final three stories of ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'' -- ''The Message'', ''The Final Task'', and ''The End'' -- form one continuous story that deals with the various issues that have built up over [[DarkerAndEdgier Series Five]], all building up to the arrival of, and confrontation with, [[spoiler: [[GodIsEvil The Writer]]]]. And after the FinalBattle, there's a DistantFinale showing [[spoiler: an adult Simba and Nala HappilyMarried and ruling over the restored Pride Lands with their surviving friends and family]]. |
| 142 | * ''Fanfic/YoungJusticeDarknessFalls'', as fitting a superhero continuation of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' ends with a great battle against super villains. The episode in question, ''Retaliation'' deals with the league and the team in their FinalBattle against Klarion and the forces of [[spoiler: {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}]]. Not only does it end with tons of cool battles and wrapping up almost all the emotional arcs of the fic (and the show in some cases as well), but it also gives the show the kind of closure Creator/GregWeisman gave ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': an open ended ending that still manages to be satisfying. For [[spoiler: even though the light is still at large, the League and Team have finally [[ScrewDestiny averted]] the BadFuture Bart Allen came from.]] |
| 143 | * ''FanFic/MyFamilyAndOtherEquestrians'' has one final interlude chapter for each member of the family. After that is one final StoryArc (the story's last proper arc is the Apple Family Reunion arc). |
| 144 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' formally ended back in the day on the rather [[AntiClimax Anti-Climatic]] and infamously sexist "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E24TurnaboutIntruder Turnabout Intruder]]", ending the show in what can really only be described as a somewhat lacking fashion at best. The WebVideo show ''WebVideo/StarTrekContinues'', being a FanSequel, tries its hand at offering a properly grand send-off to the original show with the "To Boldly Go" two parter, which is set as a {{Bookend}} to "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E3WhereNoManHasGoneBefore Where No Man Has Gone Before]]" sees the original ''Enterprise'' crew facing off against a threat to all known galactic civilization and finally complete their five year mission, before ending on a couple of more personal and low-key moments of Kirk, Spock, and [=McCoy=] discussing the future of their careers (thereby setting the stage for ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'') and Kirk taking one last stroll on the bridge of the ''Enterprise''. |
| 145 | * For the ''FanFic/RubyAndNora'' series, we get ''Cold'', in which the heroes fight against [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Jacques Schnee's]] dictatorship over Atlas in the first half [[spoiler: and [[BigBad Salem]] and the [[GreaterScopeVillain God of Destruction, Void]], in the second half, in which all the Grimm are absorbed into Void's body and Nora pulls a HeroicSacrifice to unlock the power of Ruby's silver eyes and destroy Void completely.]] While there is one last story after this in ''Ruby and Nora'', it's simply a short epilogue to the series. |
| 146 | * ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': "The Gift" serves as the final wrap-up story for the series, with Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino reunited for eternity in Nirvana after their deaths. |
| 147 | * It's not uncommon for fans of series that were CutShort or LeftHanging to write fics giving the series a proper conclusion. |
| 148 | * ''Fanfic/HalloweenUnspectacular'': |
| 149 | ** The fifth edition, ''The Final Push'', was [[SeriesFauxnale originally supposed to be this]], wrapping up the MythArc that had developed with a FinalBattle against all its allied {{Big Bad}}s, and ending the series. However, after a couple of years, E350 decided to return to it with a soft ContinuityReboot and a new arc. |
| 150 | ** That second arc had its own finale in the eight edition, ''Blue Alert'', concluding with a BigBadassBattleSequence between the remaining heroes and the forces of [[ThoseWackyNazis PURITY]]. |
| 151 | ** The tenth edition, simply called ''Halloween Unspectacular X'', not only concluded the third MythArc started the previous year, but also served as a definite final story in the series, for good this time. It also turned out to be a finale to E350's time on Website/FanFictionDotNet, as he moved his attention to other sites. |
| 152 | * ''[[Fanfic/UltimateSleepwalker Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams]]'' ended in issue #99 with Sleepwalker [[spoiler:committing a HeroicSacrifice to stop Mephisto from driving humanity insane.]] Issue #100 was a final epilogue where many of the human characters come to terms with everything that's happened. |
| 153 | * ''Fanfic/SoLongFarewellAufWiedersehenADoh'' imagines what the series finale of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' might look like. As such, it features many plot points that tend to appear in final episodes. Characters retire, die, graduate, are promoted, become engaged, etc. |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 157 | * The final two books of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' showed the end of the war with the Yeerks, and gave us a glimpse of the heroes' lives a few years afterwards. [[spoiler: Cassie is the only one to 'come home' from the war - Rachel dies the final battle, Ax is taken prisoner by a mysterious new enemy, and everyone else goes on a suicide mission to rescue him.]] |
| 158 | * ''Literature/MostlyHarmless'' ended with writer Douglas Adams killing all the main characters and completely erasing Earth from existence (in this universe and every parallel universe). He later said he regretted ending ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' on a such a melancholy note and was considering a sixth book with a happier ending before he suddenly died of a heart attack. |
| 159 | * ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' finished the series-long conflict between Harry and Voldemort, complete with more major character deaths than the other books combined. |
| 160 | ** Prior to the publication of the last book, there was much speculation as to how Rowling, on a purely practical level, would choose to end something so popular and profitable (although the ending had been planned from the humble beginnings over ten years before). Many said that, whatever she'd been planning before the title character would have to die, for example, so that the author wouldn't be hounded for the rest of her life (or that she'd better ''not'' kill him off, so that she wouldn't be hounded for the rest of her life). Another "story-ending" possibility raised by some was for him to lose his {{magic}}. She seemed to solve the issue by implying that Harry had lived a quiet, peaceful life for at least 19 years following the defeat of Voldemort. |
| 161 | * Creator/AlanDeanFoster's ''Flinx Transcendent'' is the grand finale of thirty five years worth of novels set in the Literature/HumanxCommonwealth universe. Sure enough, each and every dangling plot element is resolved, one by one, like a checklist. |
| 162 | * The Grand Finale of Creator/StephenKing's magnum opus ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series is infamous for ending with [[spoiler: an AnticlimaxBoss confrontation with the King Multiverse's BigBad (who turns out to be a pathetic, powerless loony), followed by the protagonist walking through a door that turns out to be a big ResetButton that boots him back to the first scene of the series, with the implication that this has already happened many times before and that hopefully he'll eventually get it "right".]] |
| 163 | ** [[spoiler: Worse, we, the readers, will never learn exactly what "getting it right" will mean, because Stephen King wrote himself into a corner after creating such a divine mystery as to whatever is at the top of the Dark Tower. IF you ever want to see what's up there, forget it.]] |
| 164 | * Creator/ArthurConanDoyle tried to give ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' a Grand Finale three times without success. The first time, Holmes dies. The second time (after Holmes turns out to be NotQuiteDead), Holmes achieves what he considers to be the pinnacle of his career when he stops a World War from happening (decades before World War I), in a story that was first mentioned as a NoodleIncident eleven years prior. The last was set years after Holmes' retirement during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, where Holmes and Watson pull a Xanatos Gambit that gave the Germans so much false information that effectively turned them into sitting ducks against the British forces; the story also gave Holmes an age for the first time in the series. But the combo of Public Demand and ExecutiveMeddling made him continue each time. But when the real last story came, Conan Doyle said, "screw it" and completely averts this by giving us a standard-issue mystery as the last Sherlock Holmes story. |
| 165 | * ''The Last Hope'' serves as the grand finale of ''Literature/WarriorCats'', wrapping up all the plot hooks and giving all the characters one last time in the glory. Well, at least it did before [=HarperCollins=] decided that the series was selling too well to end it. |
| 166 | * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' concludes with the end of Middle-earth's Third Age and is chronologically the very last installment of Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium.[[note]]Unless you count the very short, abandoned story "The New Shadow," published (so far as it went) in ''Literature/TheHistoryOfMiddleEarth''.[[/note]] |
| 167 | * The last story of ''Literature/AwakeInTheNightLand'' is one for ''Literature/TheNightLand'' mythos. At the end of times The Powers of the Night are finally defeated and prevented from getting into the next Universe. |
| 168 | * ''Literature/TheFairyChronicles'' has Journey's End, which closed the series with Marigold taking on an apprentice. |
| 169 | * ''Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot'' is the final book of the ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' series and has [[spoiler:Mr. Krupp permanently stripped of his powers and Captain Underpants identity as well as George and Harold moving on from making Captain Underpants comics.]] |
| 170 | * ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'' ends on on the twelfth book (not counting the novella compilation) ''The Final Battle''. Storm finds the traitorous dog and saves her pack. |
| 171 | * ''Literature/CodexAlera'' has the book ''First Lord's Fury'', where Tavi rallies whatever forces he can (comprised of the last of Alera's legions, Canim refugees, Marat Tribesmen, and even the forces of nature) in a desperate LastStand to defeat the Vord Queen and her HordeOfAlienLocusts. |
| 172 | * ''Literature/TheFallOfShannara'' is intended to the final chapter in the entire ''Shannara'' franchise though Brooks hasn't ruled out doing other works set in the ''Shannara'' universe. |
| 173 | [[/folder]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 176 | * Music/{{Queen}}'s '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqct2SGoDE0 The Show Must Go On!]]''' is clearly this for Freddie Mercury. Brian May had penned the song, but was unsure that Mercury, who was dying of AIDS, could sing it. Fortunately, Mercury was able to nail it, pouring everything he was into it, and recorded the main vocals in one take after taking a shot of vodka. |
| 177 | ** The rest of ''Innuendo'' is seen by this by a lot of fans, containing some of the best songs of late-era Queen, including the aforementioned "The Show Must Go On", the title track, "I'm Going Slightly Mad", "Headlong" and "These Are the Days of Our Lives". |
| 178 | ** The '''true''' grand finale for the band, at least before May and Taylor went on tour with other musicians, was the ballad ''No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)'', relased on the compilation ''Queen Rocks'' (almost six years after Mercury's death). |
| 179 | * Music/DreamTheater's EpicRocking song "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" (a 42-minute-long song), ends with a section called "Losing Time / Grand Finale". |
| 180 | * Music/{{Rush|Band}}'s "Music/TwentyOneTwelve" last section is called "Grand Finale". |
| 181 | * Orbital's ''Blue Album'' concludes with the [[EpicRocking epic]] "One Perfect Sunrise", which was also supposed to be the swan song for the band, but they later got back together. |
| 182 | * ''Abbey Road'' was probably intended to be this for Music/TheBeatles, being their final recorded album, closing out with a big medley of short songs, including a song titled "The End". However, circumstances led to ''Let It Be'' being the band's final released album. |
| 183 | ** The song that ends ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''. "A DayInTheLife" concludes with all four of the Beatles striking the piano in a final E major chord that runs 45 seconds. Music critic Greil Marcus called it "an ending that will never be matched." |
| 184 | * Music/TheSmashingPumpkins played their final show (at least before they reformed) in 2000 at the same venue they played their first gig at. The concert featured songs from all of their albums, and even Billy Corgan's dad showed up on stage. |
| 185 | * "MTV Unplugged in New York" could be seen as this for Music/{{Nirvana}}. |
| 186 | * ''Film/TheLastWaltz'' by Music/TheBand. |
| 187 | * "High Hopes" by Music/PinkFloyd, works very well as this, being the last song they ever recorded (until session on 2014's ''The Endless River'' began), and managing to feel like something is ending, with a very melancholic tune, and lyrics that focus not on the future or the present, but about how things were better in times past. It's also the last song on the last released Pink Floyd album from before they broke up. |
| 188 | * Music/MerleHaggard: Averted, but in the late 1990s, in an interview he threatened to -- but ultimately did not -- record a "farewell" album (and retire) in response to his growing distaste for modern country music and radio (which had drifted, as it occasionally does, toward radio-friendly, pop-sounding material) virtually ignoring his new material, despite critical acclaim. The album, he said, was to be titled "On the Brink of Extinction." Haggard continued to record and perform until his death in 2016. |
| 189 | * ''Music/BridgeOverTroubledWater'', Music/SimonAndGarfunkel's final studio album, turned out to be a huge success, topping the charts in the US for 10 weeks and the UK for 33 non-consecutive weeks, and even won a Grammy for Album Of The Year. It helped that it contained some fan favorites such as the title track, "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", "Cecelia" and "The Boxer". |
| 190 | * Music/DavidBowie's ''Music/BlackstarAlbum'' plays like this, especially the final two tracks, where he spells out that it's the end. He passed away two days after its release. However, it was also revealed that after recording ''★'', Bowie planned to make one more album, and demoed five tracks for it before his death. Bowie called Visconti a week before his death saying he wanted to make another album, which somehow makes the album's subject even harsher since it makes it plain that, despite ''★'''s peaceful ending, Bowie still wasn't ready to go. |
| 191 | * Music/JDilla's ''Donuts'' was created as he was dying from an incurable blood disease, and was consciously crafted as a farewell to fans. It was released on his thirty-second birthday, and he died three days later. |
| 192 | ** His fourth album ''The Shining'' also counts. It was made at the same time, and it was 75% complete when Dilla passed away. As he saw it coming, Dilla tasked beforehand his close friend and collaborator Karriem Riggins to finish the album. |
| 193 | *** More precisely, the last song of the album, "Won't do". After so many collaborations and instrumentals, "Won't do" is all about Dilla : Dilla writing, Dilla rapping, Dilla singing, Dilla producing. Solo. No featuring. It's an awesome way to end the album. |
| 194 | * Music/WarrenZevon's ''The Wind'' was also crafted after the singer was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, and reflects his impending mortality. He died approximately two weeks after it was released. |
| 195 | * {{Music/Nujabes}} : The sixth and final "Luv(sic)", aptly titled "Luv(sic) Grand Finale" (by Nujabes himself), which is the last beat we'll be hearing from that Japanese producer. Its angelic sound is more grandiose than any sound on any of his other albums. |
| 196 | * Music/GeorgeHarrison's last album, ''Brainwashed'', was also recorded as the singer was dying of cancer. He was unable to complete it before his illness overwhelmed him and it was completed posthumously by his son and his producer [[Music/ElectricLightOrchestra Jeff Lynne]]. |
| 197 | * Music/FrankZappa's ''Music/CivilizationPhazeIII'' is generally considered to have been intended as this for the prolific songwriter. [[DiedDuringProduction He died before completing the album]] and several of the songs seem to reflect [[YourDaysAreNumbered his impending mortality]]. The final dialogue sequence on the album is usually taken as his closing commentary on the craft of music. |
| 198 | * Music/BigL's second and final album ''The Big Picture'' wasn't intented to be his last hurrah (excluding posthumous albums put together using unreleased tracks). If anything, it was supposed to help skyrocket his career. And then, while the album was still incomplete, he passed away in a drive-by shooting in 1999. His manager Rich King finished the album and published it the following year. The intro tells you immediately this is the last time you get to hear L. Better enjoy it. |
| 199 | -->'''DJ Premier''': Big L rest in peace! |
| 200 | * Less morbid than the previous six examples is Music/{{Crass}}'s ''Yes Sir... I Will''. The band had already agreed to break up in 1984 and had good reason to suspect it would be their final full-length album (as it was, only followed by a brief [=EP=] released after the band broke up), so they went all-out and recorded a scorching manifesto about the state of British politics and society at the time. |
| 201 | * While Jim Morrison's death lead ''Music/LAWoman'' to be this for the classic line-up of Music/TheDoors, some writers have suggested that the album probably would have ended up as this anyway due to Morrison wanting out of the group. In any event, it certainly has the ingredients for it, with its introspective lyrics and three of the band's best known hits ("Love Her Madly", "L.A. Woman" and "Riders on the Storm"). |
| 202 | * [[OutsiderMusic Outsider Musician]] Tunnel Rat planned for the [[https://ratsheegasofterrainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/muffin-dawn Muffin Dawn]] album to be his last under that name. The album is exactly album-length at thirty minutes and features a description where excessive stress and tensions balanced by the manic and scatterbrain nature of the album lead it to be the last. |
| 203 | * Music/TheGratefulDead's ''Fare Thee Well'' tour during the summer of 2015 where it would be last time the remaining members of the band would play together under that name. |
| 204 | * After dealing with strife over CreativeDifferences and failing to find mainstream success, ''Spilt Milk'' wound up being Music/{{Jellyfish}}'s [[ShortLivedBigImpact second and last album]]. And '''''boy howdy''''' was it a bang to go off on! |
| 205 | * In 1993, Music/BillyJoel released his final pop/rock album, after over twenty years in the industry. The last song on the album, "Famous Last Words", is all about goodbyes and closing up shop for the season. |
| 206 | --> "These are the last words I have to say/That's why this took so long to write" |
| 207 | * Music/DestinysChild's ''Destiny Fulfilled'' is considered to be this as the group planned to disband after the album due to the title meaning they had fulfilled their destinies. |
| 208 | * Music/{{REM}} concluded their work as a band with the appropriately named single "We All Go Back to Where We Belong". |
| 209 | * ''Circles'' for Music/MacMiller. Ironically subverted with the last track from ''Faces'', "Grand Finale." |
| 210 | * Music/EltonJohn's final concert tour, ''Farewell Yellow Brick Road'', is intended to be his swan song before he retires to spend more time with his family. |
| 211 | * Unintentionally so with ''Random Access Memories'' for Music/DaftPunk, thanks to the duo's breakup in 2021 without a follow-up album, but the closing track "Contact" and its ruminations on life beyond the starts acts as a fitting end to the band's lore and career. |
| 212 | * Music/KingCrimson's song "Starless" from their 1974 album ''[[Music/RedKingCrimsonAlbum Red]]'' was originally intended to be this, as the band had broken up before the album released and the song itself closes with a lengthy, slow-building instruemental section. However, the band did eventually reform in the 80s with a new lineup. |
| 213 | * Every album by ''Music/{{Gloryhammer}}'' ends with a longer song detailing the epic FinalBattle that ends the conflict of that album and, half the time, destroys the whole setting. |
| 214 | [[/folder]] |
| 215 | |
| 216 | [[folder:Myths & Religion]] |
| 217 | * [[Myth/NorseMythology Ragnarok]]. The world is consumed, everything burns, every living creature dies, game over, insert coin. [[spoiler:Someone does. [[note]](To be precise, Baldur and Hoth are resurrected, Honir and some other minor gods will survive, the gods will sit at golden tables and reminisce, and the world will be repopulated by Lif and Lifthraser.)[[/note]]]] |
| 218 | * The Literature/BookOfRevelation is this for Literature/TheBible and could be for reality as we know it according to some. [[spoiler: The book ends with all the evil thrown away to the lake of fire and the good people live with God in Paradise.]] |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 222 | * After the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] acquired the promotion, the final episode of ''Wrestling/{{WCW}} [[Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro Monday Nitro]]'' aired on March 26, 2001 from its annual trip to Panama City. Wrestling/VinceMcMahon made various appearances from Cleveland (where they were broadcasting ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERAW}} Raw]]'' that night) in {{Kayfabe}} to address the deal, as well as perform some spring cleaning by firing WCW performers he didn't like -- such as Wrestling/JeffJarrett (although this particular firing was [[RealLifeWritesThePlot legit due to actual animosity between them]]). Meanwhile in Panama City, WCW held the "Night of Champions" -- which would see four of WCW's major championships defended for the final time, as well as have the wrestlers talking about what WCW meant to them. The final match of the night was Wrestling/RicFlair vs. Wrestling/{{Sting}}, a fitting end as the two had many storied feuds in WCW, even before ''Nitro'' went on the air. They both broke kayfabe and performed in a very upbeat and informal manner to bring the Monday Night Wars to an end. |
| 223 | ** In a segment at the end of ''Nitro'' which was simulcast between both programs, Vince gloated and bragged about the purchase, and requested that Creator/TedTurner personally deliver the contract to him to sign at [=WrestleMania=] X-Seven that weekend. However, it was revealed that Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon (who had been in an ongoing feud with Vince) was in Panama City at ''Nitro'', and that he had already signed the contract to purchase WCW under his own name. This twist led into a street fight between Vince and Shane at Wrestling/WrestleMania, and set the stage for the "[[Wrestling/TheInvasionAngle Invasion]]" -- an angle which integrated the performers and championships of WCW and fellow acquisition Wrestling/{{ECW}} (which was bought in-universe by Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon) by having them form an alliance trying to overthrow Vince. |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 227 | * ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' episode guest starring Creator/GeneKelly is a downplayed example. The episode has a storyline involving TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, we get to see [[NarratorAllAlong what the narrator looks like]], and the closing number ends with Kelly himself ending the medley with a melancholy reprisal of his SignatureSong, ''Film/SinginInTheRain''. But it was only the last episode ''taped'' - it aired as the first episode of Season 5. |
| 228 | * In a rare move for an 80s kids show, ''Series/FraggleRock'' got a series finale. To be more accurate, it was kind of a three-part finale with [[spoiler: 1.) Junior Gorg becoming king, then renouncing his title when he realizes everyone is doing okay ruling themselves (three guesses as to who taught him), 2.) the main characters all learn about the interconnectedness between all the species (Fraggle, Doozer, Gorg, Trash Heap, and the Human World) that Jim Henson had envisioned the show to be and, most importantly, 3.) Doc (the main/only human character) finally sees the Fraggles]]. The finale does all this while also being as touching and entertaining. |
| 229 | * ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' had a series finale where Miss Yvonne was upset that Pee-Wee is selling the playhouse. [[spoiler:It turns out that the word "Lemonade" had fallen off the alleged "For Sale" sign]] |
| 230 | * While seven other episodes that were intended to air earlier ended up airing in syndication after the fact, ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' ended with the episode "Changing Nature", where Earl Sinclair [[spoiler:accidentally sets off a chain of events that ''will'' destroy the world and as a consequence, all the dinosaurs in the show die out, including the Sinclair family. The last thing we actually see before the dinosaurs go extinct is news anchor [[PunnyName Howard Handupme]] telling the viewers "This is Howard Handupme, signing off for the very last time. Goodnight...and goodbye..."]] |
| 231 | * ''Sam & Friends'' has this for the final episode (which aired on December 15, 1961), in which Kermit sings a song, then tells Harry that the series is ending after 7 years. Harry then blows up everything on the set, including all the scenery and equipment, since they probably won't be using it ever again. While no footage of it is known to exist at this time, the script for the episode was located and released. |
| 232 | * ''Series/MrMeaty'' ends with the TV special ''Dream of the Dead'' which ends with them finally starting their career as filmmakers, quitting their jobs at the titular restaurant and never returning until some point in the future where they are rich enough to buy out the entire franchise for the sole purpose of shutting it down. Also half the people in their hometown get their brains eaten by a zombie, but no one seems to notice that. |
| 233 | * ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' ended with "Closing Up Shop", in which Noah has to accept a deal to close his shop and sell off its wares for good after failing to make up costs to pay off an eviction notice from his banker. However, the shop is saved once Noah realizes his mistake and he gathers the town to return all the toys back to him. Robbie [=MacRhino=] promises to promote the shop on his show to attract more customers. The series ends with Truman switching the closed sign to open and winking at the viewer. |
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| 235 | |
| 236 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 237 | * ''Radio/AmericanTop40'': The finale of the original run, from January 28, 1995, was hosted by Shadoe Stevens. With obvious clues announcing that this was the last episode, Shadoe played a Long Distance Dedication to loyal listeners -- James Brown's "Move On." The end theme was replaced by the song "Happy Trails" by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. |
| 238 | * The last episode (''The Raymond Nostril Story'') of the second-to-last series of Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain was one of these (the very last series aired three years later, so presumably it was UnCanceled). It had reappearances of almost all the recurring characters, catchphrases, running gags, and most importantly, announced the end for Radio Prune. Towards the end, the performers ask to sing their beloved signature Angus Prune Tune "happily and cheerfully" as they always have. They're allowed, and perform a slow, sad, sobbing version punctuated by tearful cries and shouts. David reads the credits, tearing up, as the others punctuate it with nostalgic sighs at the names mentioned. Finally, David asks John to utter those magic sign-off words, with the others protesting as they couldn't possibly handle the impact...and then John says, [[MoodWhiplash manically cheerful,]] "It's ''I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again'', again!" and they sing the Angus Prune Tune as joyfully as ever as the episode closes. |
| 239 | * When radio stations change formats or go dead, this trope is often averted and the shift is sudden. Other times, [=DJs=] are told in advance, and can arrange proper sendoffs. A few examples can be found on [[https://formatchangearchive.com/ this site]]. |
| 240 | * When the East German [[NumbersStations numbers station]] [=G03=] (aka the "Gongs Station") went dead just as reunification occurred, the operators marked the occasion by playing a recording of the nursery rhyme "Alle meine Entchen", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_reESiFz5c as sung by a chorus of drunk men]], instead of a message. Some in the numbers station community interpreted this as re-purposing the nursery rhyme as a way of telling any agents listening to find something else to do now that their espionage jobs were rendered moot, but to continue to keep their identity covert. |
| 241 | [[/folder]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 244 | * One special scenario in a ''TabletopGame/{{Gorkamorka}}'' expansion was about the Necrons in the ruins waking up and going on an icily murderous rampage. Any mob that was below the usual retirement point was going to have a very hard time with it, and so it was there to end the campaign. |
| 245 | * ''TabletopGame/WarhammerTheEndTimes'' was the big final blowout for the Warhammer setting, with all of those apocalyptic wars that had been hovering ''juuusst'' at the point of disaster for decades all going off at once. You can guess the results from the title. |
| 246 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' |
| 247 | ** ''Die, Vecna, Die'' was intended as the wrap-up point for the second edition, allowing groups to move on to the significantly different mechanics of third edition. |
| 248 | ** ''The Apocalypse Stone'' is a second-edition adventure written to be used as a Grand Finale for any high-level campaign, though it also discusses ways to go on with the campaign afterwards if you prefer. It's about the end of the world, and one of the side plots involves a fight against an [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils archdevil]] after he's killed all the player characters' loved ones. |
| 249 | * The TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness had a grand finale... once. As part of the Time of Judgment, each of the major gamelines that was still being published got a book detailing various end-of-the-world scenarios for characters to either avert or endure, all to pave the way for the TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness. Then came the 20th Anniversary editions, written as if the world never ended and Armageddon was not necessarily looming any higher than the default state... and then the 5th editions, which pushed the games forward to today, with all possible end times either getting pushed back or turning out to be damp farts. |
| 250 | ** And before the Time of Judgment, ''TabletopGame/WraithTheOblivion'' got an endgame in ''Ends of Empire'', which saw the Shadowlands get scythed clean during the Sixth Great Maelstrom. |
| 251 | * The first edition of ''TabletopGame/{{Torg}}'' had ''War's End,'' an adventure module which saw the Gaunt Man betray the other High Lords and absorb their Darkness Devices into his own, resulting in most of their deaths in one genre-appropriate way or another (e.g., pulp villain Dr. Mobius suffers an ambiguous end but [[HesJustHiding may or may not have faked it,]] while embodiment of CreepyCatholicism Jean Malraux gets a revelation from the true God that causes him [[HeelRealization realise,]] and confess on public television, that his Cyberpapacy is a ReligionOfEvil). The players must then stop him from enacting his final plan to gain ultimate power and become the Torg. |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 255 | * Several Showbiz Pizza locations with ''Theatre/TheRockAfireExplosion'' ended with "The Rolfe and Earle Show", which was a series of flashbacks hosted by Rolfe and Earl, all while they revealed that Chuck E. Cheese and his friends would be gaining control of that location. All this was going on while staff were removing the animatronics and refitting them to be Chuck and company behind curtains on a nightly basis. |
| 256 | [[/folder]] |
| 257 | |
| 258 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 259 | * ''ComicBook/BeastWarsUprising:'' The last four stories constitute the finale, where the [[AbusivePrecursors Builders]] unleash the Vehicon Apocalypse. Every main character from the previous stories (except the ones who died) join together to fight it, and the cause. Good triumphs, but at the cost of a hell of a lot of people, sometimes in horrible and unfair ways, leaving behind a Cybertron more willing to try and make a society that works. And of course, as any Transformers fan will note, it never ends. A brief follow-up story came after, showing maddeningly brief glimpses of what happened after, ending with [[AndTheAdventureContinues two Cybertronian ships crash-landing on a strange, unknown planet]]. |
| 260 | [[/folder]] |
| 261 | |
| 262 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 263 | * The 24th chapter of ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints'' (aptly titled "Truth") features the climactic confrontation between our heroes and the MagnificentBastard behind the MythArc, complete with an EtherealChoir, JustBetweenYouAndMe (justified), several {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s, and [[RuleOfSymbolism lots and lots of religious symbolism]]. |
| 264 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': ''Revelation'''s final episode definitely felt like a grand finale. In any case, it was the grand finale of the ''Recollection'' [[StoryArc trilogy]], just as much as episode 100 was for ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles''. |
| 265 | ** Red Vs Blue: Restoration, which is set to begin in Fall 2023, serves as the final season of the series. |
| 266 | * Creator/WalrusGuy ended his YouTubePoop career ([[TenMinuteRetirement supposedly]]) with "[[https://youtu.be/_OVCpD-7nI4 One More Final: I Need You(tube Poop)]]". The title is a reference to the notorious movie ending of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. |
| 267 | * The YouTubePoop webseries ''WebAnimation/NextGPoop'' has "[=NextG=] Poop and the (Supposedly) Last Crusade", which is filled with references to earlier ''[=NextG=] Poop'' episodes and specials and closes with a re-done version of the last scene of the pilot episode of the series. [=NextG=] officially retired from pooping altogether with "[=NextG=]'s Ancient Prophecies", the longest poop he's made since ''Everybody Now!'', crammed with even more references to earlier episodes. |
| 268 | * "The End" is this for ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}''. It involves Tord, who was gone for a majority of the show's run, coming back and [[spoiler:becoming the final BigBad]]. It also involves the house the entire show took place in [[spoiler:blowing up]]. [[spoiler:However, there's a chance for the show's return.]] |
| 269 | * "All Gone" is the final episode of ''WebAnimation/KlayWorld''. How do they finish off the series? By [[spoiler:killing everyone, with only Chip surviving.]] Dr. Bob is also revealed to be [[spoiler:the BigBad of the entire series.]] Robert Benfer confirmed the show isn't coming back. |
| 270 | * ''WebAnimation/BrawlOfTheObjects'': The thirteenth episode of this object show is the very, very, ''very'' last episode. |
| 271 | * ''WebAnimation/BravestWarriors'' ended with the season four two-parter "No Matter What the Future Brings", where the Bravest Warriors finally rescued their parents the Courageous Battlers (and Beth's horse) from the See-Through Zone. |
| 272 | * ''WebAnimation/MetaRunner'' ended with the third and final season's episode "The End". [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sheridan]] is killed and his EvilPlan thwarted; Lucinia wakes from her coma and reunites with Belle (who's [[RelationshipReveal revealed]] as her girlfriend); Masa is [[ClearMyName cleared of all charges]] for Lucks's murder in Season 2, and is let off the hook by Marco; and [[TheDragon Evelyn]] gets some proper LaserGuidedKarma by getting carted off to jail for helping Sheridan. The only downside is that Tari and Theo are stuck inside what's left of Sheridan's server, and are believed to be dead by everyone else, although they're hopeful that they'll get out someday, and they still have all the time in the world to play games together.]] |
| 273 | [[/folder]] |
| 274 | |
| 275 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 276 | * ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' ended its original run with a final episode that showed several possible futures for the main characters. This was one of only two Sunday episodes that were canon (the very first Sunday was the other). |
| 277 | * Subverted by ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', to the extent that [[TheResolutionWillNotBeIdentified many fans were unaware that it had ended]] until Brian Clevenger made a news post a month after the final strip. And then it got a ''proper'' finale [[spoiler: with a surprisingly happy tone.]] |
| 278 | * ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' concluded with a full-scale battle against Bob. Bob and George themselves get some final CharacterDevelopment too, culminating with [[spoiler:George finally having the will to use his blaster]]. The Author shows up one last time to wrap up the comic, the final revelation being that [[spoiler:everybody faked their deaths in the Cataclysm thanks to Zero telling Dr. Wily about it, so they all lived HappilyEverAfter]]. |
| 279 | * ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'' ended with a sufficiently grand finale, featuring at least a cameo from everyone. You'd think Josh was trying to get every single character into the last page of his comic. |
| 280 | * ''[[Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}} It's Walky!]]'' had a truly spectacular epic finale, wrapping up everything, with every villain so far crashing into each other on [=SEMME's=] doorstep, including the long-foreshadowed martian invasion. |
| 281 | * ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' ends with the BigBad defeated and the characters finally getting the key to [[ClosedCircle escape the building they were trapped in]]. A mostly textless WhereAreTheyNow epilogue follows, which ends with the three detectives [[AndTheAdventureContinues starting a new case.]] There is one final animation where the BigBad [[AgitatedItemStomping stomps on his hat]] while [[ChessWithDeath Death pulls out some board games.]] |
| 282 | ** The follow-up, ''[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Homestuck]]'', was known for having spectacular endings to Acts, but the final animation, "[S] Act 7", was downright incredible: [[spoiler:a nine minute video in which the comic goes full anime, the new Genesis Frog is created, Vriska confronts Lord English with the Ultimate Juju, and Caliborn [[ClosedCircle destroys his God Tier clock to gain immortality]] ([[StableTimeLoop thereby setting the events of the entire comic in motion]])]]. It also includes a flash-forward featuring [[spoiler:the kids and trolls living together on the new Earth, along with the relocated Carapacians]]. Possibly subverted, as Hussie has eventually published ''Literature/TheHomestuckEpilogues'' to tie-up the many, ''many'' unresolved character arcs and plot threads. |
| 283 | * ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' drew to a close on October 3, 2014, the release date of Super Smash Bros for 3DS. The comic closed out with a finale story arc and a heartwarming musical video tribute to the six years of the comic. |
| 284 | * Platform/ShiftyLook: Most of the comics on the site had endings despite many of them being CutShort due to Namco axing the whole production. |
| 285 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Bravoman}}'': The only comic that managed a conclusive ending. All the heroes unite to battle the Zula in one giant mecha clash. After they win, Alpha gives Bravoman a card which turns out to be from the writers of the comic. In which they thank the characters, as well as the readers, for sticking with them through their run. |
| 286 | ** ''VideoGame/WonderMomo'': Was in the middle of a storyline fighting the Waru Princess, but was hastily concluded with the Wonder Momo bots beaten, the princess beating a retreat, and Momo reflecting on how weird her life is but accepting it and vowing to keep fighting for love and peace. |
| 287 | ** ''Webcomic/LegendOfTheValkyrie'': Likewise was in the middle of a storyline involving a golden seed and a Shadow version of Valkyrie. But the shadow is quickly beaten, the seed recovers, the prince added his feelings to Valkyrie herself and the king presented the prince to the people. At the very least, the initial storyline was concluded with Valkyrie and her friends managing to beat Zouna. |
| 288 | ** ''Webcomic/{{Katamari}}'': The Prince gathers all of his cousins for a very important meeting with The King of All Cosmos, where the comic basically ends on an AndTheAdventureContinues note. |
| 289 | ** ''VideoGame/DigDug'': Despite being an AnthologyComic with different artists. Its final strip ends with the digger drilling his way out from underground and giving up the digging life. |
| 290 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Galaga}}'': The aliens are beaten and their invasion thwarted. Game over, enter initials! |
| 291 | ** Averted hard for their ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'' comic, which ends on a "ToBeContinued" as the BigBad attempts to make Klonoa's friends fight him. |
| 292 | * ''[[Webcomic/OneOverZero 1/0]]'': [[http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=978 In the last twentysomething strips]] Teddy Weddy (the ''setting'' of the series) gets resurrected, long-dead or [[DeaderThanDead deanthropomorphized]] characters are brought back ''even from other strips'', then the cast gets turned into humans and get sent to Portland. |
| 293 | * ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': The final two part arc fittingly titled "The End". After [=McNinja=] thwarts King Radical's plan to merge his dimension with Earth (long story), Radical, now the not-so-lawful President of the United States, partners with all of [=McNinja=]'s enemies (Franz Rayner, Donald [=McBonald=], Dracula, and even his clone Old [=McNinja=]) to kill him. [=McNinja=] and his family all invade Radical's stronghold [[spoiler: to save the real president of the United States from a phantom dimension]], which results in a final battle. Ultimately in the end [[spoiler: [=McNinja=] beats [=McBonald=], teams up with his clone -- who then gets killed by Radical -- and kills Radical in a final fight. His family kill Dracula and Franz. The real president is freed, but [=McNinja=] leaves his family due to them "betraying" him (invoked by the villains by threatening a hostage) and his being no longer able to trust them. In a BittersweetEnding, the world is safe, the USA is back in rightful hands, Gordito continues to live with the [=McNinja=] family, Judy becomes vice-president of the USA and [=McNinja=] ends his ninja career and discards his mask to become just a doctor, while his family is finally proud of him.]] |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 297 | * The ''Literature/ChaosTimeline'' has a really Grand Finale: Nothing less than a WorldWarThree [[spoiler:which is prevented, and the world being taken over by the Logos (hackers) and [=AIs=].]] |
| 298 | * ''Website/{{Cracked}} TV'' had Clippy attempt to take over the show while Michael Swaim tried to list "The 39 Most Astounding Celebrity Reinventions". Soon, Swaim aborts the list and went to erase Clippy's memory, at the cost of his own. Thanks to Joanna Angel pressing the "Reboot Swaim" button as she's about to microwave a Lean Pocket, he was then rebooted, complete with a new outfit. He finally pulls a switch and the show ends with a teaser for his next series, ''Does Not Compute''. |
| 299 | * In ''WebVideo/{{Dream}}'''s Minecraft Manhunt series, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tylNqtyj0gs "Minecraft Speedrunner VS 3 Hunters GRAND FINALE"]] is the finale to the 1v3 Manhunts... but not the finale to ''all'' Manhunts. |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 303 | * ''WebVideo/TheBritishRailwayStories'': Episode 18, "The Last Run", ended the original run of the series on something of a sad note, showing Allen awaiting being scrapped in Hughes Bolckow Scrapyard in 1964, reminiscing on his final happy memories of his time at Copley Hill, and revealing that Stephen has been preserved. |
| 304 | * ''WebVideo/CrossedLines'': Episode 8, Kindred Spirits, ended the series with Ember safe and Mr. Hardgraves receiving his comeuppance for abducting Mr. Traverse and Mr. Reginald to hold hostage in exchange for Ember. |
| 305 | * WebVideo/TheDebbieAndCarrieShow actually had SEVERAL, intended by creator Dale Husband as "end points" where a viewer could watch a satisfying conclusion to a long running storyline and then move on rather than expect anything more. |
| 306 | * ''WebVideo/KateModern'' ended with a 12 part finale, "The Last Work", which resolved most of the show's plotlines surprisingly neatly. |
| 307 | * ''WebVideo/Lonelygirl15'' attempted something similar with "The Ascension". It fell somewhat flat due to being much shorter than the ''[=KateModern=]'' finale (or, for that matter, the ''[=lonelygirl15=]'' season one finale) and [[LeftHanging failing to resolve any of the main plotlines]], being apparently a PoorlyDisguisedPilot for ''WebVideo/LG15TheResistance''. |
| 308 | * The [[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/webcam-ward/sonic-the-hog.php Webcam]] [[WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} Ward]] ended on October 30th 2010 with a short riff on [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Chris-chan]]. |
| 309 | * ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' was not only a massive finale to the Website/ChannelAwesome's anniversary crossover story that started with WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}, but was also intended as a finale to WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic as well, who performed a HeroicSacrifice at the end of the special (which got retconned when Doug brought the character back). While there has been one more anniversary special afterwards, it was more a series of disconnected shorts that have nothing to do with the previous story. |
| 310 | * The hour-long, [[https://youtu.be/u4_U3Da_mwA 50th episode]] of ''WebVideo/ACoupleOfCuntsInTheCountryside''. Became a SeriesFauxnale with the release of a [[https://youtu.be/spEYyY5j3Ik Christmas]] [[ChristmasSpecial special]]. |
| 311 | * The fake news series ''News Busted'' ended with host Jodi Miller saying that it was the show's final episode and thanking viewers for the support over the years. |
| 312 | * ''LetsPlay/{{Mahu}}'': Both the "Crownless Eagle" and "Second Chance" series end with a grand finale of their own. |
| 313 | * Episode 823 of ''WebVideo/StampysLovelyWorld'', "Thanks For Watching", serves as this, [[spoiler:with Stampy evacuating the World with his friends and leaving it to [=HitTheTarget=] as a MeaninglessVillainVictory.]] |
| 314 | * Creator/MatPat's tenure as host of all four of his theory shows ended with ''Style Theory''[='=]s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQWWIwbRcGY MatPat's FINAL Glow Up!]]" (where his and Stephanie's wardrobe is updated with professional help), ''WebVideo/FoodTheory''[='=]s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKtKOzrFBfI MatPat's Last Bite]]" (in which the next ''Food Theory'' host, Santi Massa, bakes a special ''Food Theory''-themed cake to make up for the cake he made with the sports drink Prime), ''WebVideo/FilmTheory''[='=]s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNhnboOpX8k Don't Trust Your Heroes]]" (where he analyzes the lack of good role models for boys in children's entertainment), and ''WebVideo/GameTheory''[='=]s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgxPlUgIqSA MatPat's FINAL Theory]]" (where he discusses the very concept of game theory). |
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