Line #132 Main/LastEpisodeThemeReprise


1	Since it's standard practice to make a ThemeSong as SugarWiki/{{awesome\|music}} as possible, said theme likes to find its way into a privileged position in the final battle. At TheClimax of the series, when things are at their most epic, the theme gets played over the show itself. Typically we'll get to hear the verses not played in the opening, and sometimes the whole song is strung together for once.
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3	The opening or closing theme can be used. Often this serves as an ultimate ThemeMusicPowerUp. Often it serves in this capacity for the ''show itself''.
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5	This is also common in VideoGames, the most common being a reprisal or orchestral version of the main theme over the final dungeon or ending sequences.
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7	SubTrope of TitleThemeDrop. Related to DiegeticSoundtrackUsage, where the theme is shown to exist in-universe. Compare ThemeMusicWithholding, when the theme song of the franchise as a whole is saved for an epic moment.
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15	* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' plays "See You Space Cowboy", an alternate-lyric cut of "The Real Folk Blues", as [[spoiler:Spike goes to face off against Vicious in [[Recap/CowboyBebopSession26TheRealFolkBluesPart2 the last episode]]]].
16	* ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'' plays "Getsumei-fuuei" at the end of Episode 39, which finishes the last major story arc. However, that episode is a SeriesFauxnale, as there are still six more episodes to go.
17	* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', with "Sorairo Days" during the climax of the final battle. While it's not the first anime to do this trope, [[TropeCodifier it may have been the first to make the trope incredibly popular in action anime.]]
18	** An inverted case happens earlier. The song "Happily Ever After" is used as Simon's ThemeMusicPowerup in episodes 11 and 15, then becomes the closing theme tune in episode 16.
19	* ''Anime/KillLaKill'' plays its second opening, "Ambiguous" during [[spoiler: the final battle with Ragyo at Honnouji Academy.]]
20	** Even more notably, just as Ryuko [[spoiler:blasts off into space to face Ragyo for the final time]] in the last episode, the chorus of the ''first'' opening, "Sirius", plays.
21	* ''Literature/TheKingsAvatar'': In season 1, it happens in the final flashback on the beginnings of the rivalry between Ye Xiu and Han Wenqing.
22	* Technically it's only the fourth-last episode, but it still counts when the extended mix of Yuusha Oh Tanjou kicks in for the final battle against the Primevals over Jupiter in ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''.
23	* ''Manga/LuckyStar'', "Motteke! Sailor Fuku", a DancingTheme, is used as the BGM to the cheerleader routine in the final episode.
24	* ''Anime/MagicUsersClub''
25	* Although the theme song 'Rondo Revolution' ''didn't'' play during the last episode of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', the song 'Rose and Release', sung to a similar tune, was. This trope was played straight with ''Anime/AdolescenceOfUtena'', which could be considered a finale to the series in many ways.
26	%%* ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]''
27	* Happens in both season 1 and 2 of ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'' and used [[ThemeMusicPowerUp best]] in the very final battle of the final season.
28	* The first opening song for ''Anime/FullMoon'' is used for exactly six episodes than abruptly dropped for the rest of the fifty-episode series. This comes off as jarring, considering Mitsuki's musical repertoire literally consists of about three songs and she knows how to sing this one. It's brought back for effect for the last several minutes of the final episode.
29	* In Japanese, "Moonlight Densetsu" plays in the first-season finale of ''Anime/SailorMoon''. (However [[{{Macekre}} butchered]] the rest of that episode was, [[{{Woolseyism}} most North American fans prefer]] the Creator/DiC dub song, "Carry On").
30	** ''Sailor Moon'' does it again in the finale of the last season, using the "Sailor Stars" opening theme during the final battle against Galaxia. Then as the special end credits of the finale roll, the original opening theme plays once more.
31	* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
32	** ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' features a slower version of its opening tune at the end of its final episode.
33	** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'''s first opening song, "Flying High in the Sky", is used as the closing theme of the final episode.
34	** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' reprises its first opening song, "Just Communication", when [[spoiler: after Libra's been safely broken up, to show that Heero and Wing Zero have survived.]]
35	** The English dub of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' features an additional ending credits (for the English voice cast) with the show's original ending theme "Anna ni Isshodattanoni".
36	** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' reprises the first opening song "[[Music/LarcEnCiel Daybreak's Bell]]" at the end of both the first and second season's last episode.
37	** ''Anime/GundamBuildDiversReRise'' reprises the rest of its first opening song in its 26th and final episode as the New Eldorans rebuild their society and life and Hiroto's team, accompanied by their newest member Hinata, visit them.
38	* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', a.k.a. ''Star Blazers'', did this a bunch with its opening theme being reprised as a slow violin-heavy instrumental towards the end of each season and in the movies.
39	* The end of the last episode of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''', including the infamous "[[GainaxEnding Congratulations!]]" scene, is accompanied by two different instrumental versions of its opening, "Cruel Angel's Thesis".
40	* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
41	** The final episode of ''Anime/DragonballGT'' plays the anime's opening theme "Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku" as Goku reminisce his life.
42	** The final episode of the original run of ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' featured a full version of the show's opening theme, "Dragon Soul." For "The Final Chapters" season's final episode, it featured a cover of "CHA-LA-HEAD-CHA-LA" from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' as Goku [[ButNowIMustGo takes off]] to take Uub as his pupil.
43	* ''[[Literature/{{Slayers}} Slayers Evolution-R]]'' does this with the second season's theme song "Give a Reason" during the final battle of the fifth season.
44	%%* ''Anime/LastExile''
45	* ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'' uses the second opening "Hologram" over the final episode's picture montage.
46	** An earlier episode also had a longer version of the ending theme, with the credits sequence intercut with part of the show (was it flashbacks?)
47	* ''Anime/FZeroGPLegend'' used the opening theme during the final climactic scene. The song used for this was "The Meaning of Truth" by Hiro-X.
48	* ''Anime/CardfightVanguard'' used this during the endgame phase between Aichi and Ren. The song used for that was "Believe in My Existance". The second opening to the series by JAM Project.
49	* The ''Anime/BombermanJetters'' anime used this in the last episode during the picnic scene after the series climax. The song used was "Boku Wa Gakeppuchi". The first opening to the series by Hideo Suwa.
50	* ''Manga/{{ARIA}}'' uses the [[AnimeThemeSong opening theme]] from its first season in the last episode of... the third season.
51	* The second season finale of ''Manga/MinamiKe'' used the opening theme from the first season in the climactic GroupHug scene.
52	* [[InvertedTrope Inverted in two senses]] in ''Anime/GaReiZero'', where "Paradise Lost" is put as the ending theme in the ''third'' episode, ''before'' being used as the official opening theme from episode 4 on.
53	%%* ''Anime/CoyoteRagtimeShow''
54	* The final episode of ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'' has the series' theme song played one last time over the ending credits.
55	* The ''Manga/KidsOnTheSlope'' finale has two instances. First, Sentaro and Kaoru play "Moanin", the jazz standard they played together in the first episode, and then "Sakamichi no Melody", the series' opening theme, plays over the end credits.
56	* The final episode of the first season of ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' does with both the first and second opening themes.
57	* ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' uses the theme as BackgroundMusic for the last TWO episodes.
58	** Not quite as repetitive as one might expect, as this is an 8-minute song which is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZBgRDMyXzw varied]] to say the least.
59	* ''SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors'': As Liu Bei becomes Celestial War God Dragon Liu Bei in the penultimate episode, the first ending theme, 'Mirisha Densetsu ~The Brave Legend~' plays for great effect.
60	* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'''s finale featured a reprise by the opening theme ''and'' the first ending theme.
61	* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' has the theme playing for the last-minute rescue on the last episode.
62	* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' has the second verse of the current opening, "Road to Tomorrow ~Going my Way!!~" playing during Yusei's last turn of the final episode.
63	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
64	** The English dub ended the first and thirteenth seasons this way. In both cases, the extended version of that season's theme was used.
65	** The final episode of ''Anime/PokemonToBeAPokemonMaster'' ends with the intro of "Type: Wild" in Japanese (the rest playing as a standard ED), and a piano version of the season 1 opening in English, the theme songs most heavily associated with Ash's character, being a fitting sendoff for him after twenty-six years as the protagonist.
66	* Inverted in ''Anime/UmiMonogatari'', as the theme plays at the beginning of the last episode in a more somber tone as Marin and Kanon are near death.
67	* ''Anime/NurarihyonNoMago'' season 2 played the first opening theme of the season during the final attack of the last battle.
68	* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' has its original theme song "Triangler" reprise over the epilogue, which also serves as the ending credits, only this time sung by the two lead females. Being a song about a LoveTriangle in a ''SHOW'' about a LoveTriangle, this could be expected. [[spoiler:Of course, the original show ''never actually resolved'' said LoveTriangle.]]
69	* ''Anime/{{Witchblade}}'' switched its opening theme song for the last half of the series. The original opening theme song ''XTC'' comes back for the final episode, along with a new ending theme song by the same band.
70	* The ''Anime/SteinsGate'' anime uses the opening theme from [[VisualNovel/SteinsGate the source visual novel]] in the scene of HeroicResolve when Okabe discovers how to save the world in the penultimate episode.
71	* In the last scene of the first season of ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', the full version of the opening theme plays. Earlier in the episode, as the serialization meeting begins, the full version of the second ending plays.
72	* In the last scenes of ''Anime/MyHime'', "Shining Days" plays. The extended ending has a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue of sorts, with the full version playing over clips of the cast members. Both this show and ''Anime/MyOtome'' also pull a variation of this trope by giving the finale the same ''title'' as the opening theme.
73	* In the Japanese versions of ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
74	** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' has Butterfly replay in the final moments of the last episode as [[spoiler: the Chosen Children leave the Digital World on the trolley, waving goodbye to their partners.]] The theme also plays during the epilogue scene of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', [[spoiler:when the whole main cast of both seasons are shown visiting the Digital World with their children]].
75	** In the penultimate episode of ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', Biggest Dreamer plays as the Tamers make a last stand against [[spoiler: the D-Reaper.]]
76	* The anime of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' used "Sono Chi no Sadame", the show's first intro (which had been phased out after the end of the "Phantom Blood" arc) during "Battle Tendency"'s final [[spoiler:moments in the battle against Kars, as Joseph sends him into space]].
77	** "Diamond is Unbreakable" features an even bigger one, as the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue is underscored by a remix of "Great Days" (the series' final opening theme) performed by the singers for '''''all''''' of the ''[=JoJo=]'' theme songs up to that point.
78	** The final scene of ''Stone Ocean'' brings back "Roundabout" by Music/{{Yes}}, the original end credits theme from the first season, [[spoiler:signifying the end of the original timeline thanks to the CosmicRetcon]].
79	* ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'' includes a reprise version of the main theme heard in Part I of the anime. The original theme is used during the final battle.
80	** ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie'' has a reprise of "Reverse Situation" for the climatic battle as well as a reprise of "Heaven-Shaking Event" for the final attack.
81	* In the English dubbed version of the last episode of ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'', the original theme song (episodes 1-73) plays during the last scene.
82	* ''Anime/StarDriver'' uses the first ending theme for the final battle between Takuto/Tauburn and Samekh. It seems a little weird at first, since it's a girl band pop song playing over a huge fight between two HumongousMecha in space [[spoiler:while Earth is slowly in the process of dying]], but still works.
83	* ''Anime/CaptainEarth'' has the first opening theme, "Believer's High" by Flumpool, playing when Daichi commences the final battle.
84	* ''Manga/GetBackers'' uses its original opening theme "Stardust" as the ending to the 49th (final) episode. However, the North American DVD version, like ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'' above, added the standard closing sequence afterwards to accommodate translated credits.
85	* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' uses its first opening 'Unravel' during the final episode of season 1, as well as a softer version in the final episode of season 2.
86	* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017'' has its first opening theme, "Shiny Ray", play when [[spoiler:Akko rescues Diana from her fall]] in the final episode.
87	* ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' plays the finale of the penultimate episode to the instrumental version of the opening; ostensibly, to let us appreciate the opening in the next and final episode in a new light.
88	* The very last scene of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaTheMovieFirst'' (discounting the epilogue and the credits) featured a cover of the "Little Wish, Lyrical Step", the ending theme from the first season.
89	* The final episode of ''Manga/FairyTail'' has a reprise from the very first opening "Snow Fairy" when Lucy is shown getting an award for one of her novels. 'Don't say goodbye' takes on a rather heartbreaking context for longtime fans in that sense.
90	* The final episode of ''[[Anime/OjamajoDoremi Ojamajo Doremi Dokka~n!]]'' has the theme of the first series, "Ojamajo Carnival!", play over the scene where [[spoiler: we see the girls' lives after the events of the series]].
91	* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
92	** ''Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure'' has the first opening play over the final scene of the last episode.
93	** ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'' omitted the opening of its final episode so it could play over its very last scene.
94	* Episode 50 of ''GO-GO Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}!'' (the GrandFinale of the anime television series in general) has a montage of clips from past episodes at the end featuring the theme song playing in the background one last time.
95	* The final episode of ''Anime/OnePunchMan'''s first season forgoes an opening sequence, instead including the show's theme as a backdrop for the climactic battle between Saitama and Boros.
96	* ''Manga/{{Major}}'': The first opening, "Kokoroe", is used as the ending theme for the 1st, 5th and 6th season finales in the anime. Given how the song's lyrics reflect Goro's growth from childhood to adulthood as he chases after his dreams, in every instance the song is played with a recap montage of his experiences up until that point in the series.
97	* ''Manga/FoodWars'': Season 4's second-to-last episode features the first Season 1 opening, "Kibou no Uta" as an insert song during [[BigBad Azami's]] VillainousBreakdown, when Soma and Erina defeat Rindou and Eishi in the final bout of the ''Regiment de Cuisine''. A piano version of the song plays during the final scene of the last episode, when Soma comes back from abroad and Erina welcomes him at his restaurant.
98	* ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'' uses its original opening theme "Trust" as the ending theme to the 26th (final) episode.
99	* The final episode of the ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'' anime has a reprise of its original opening theme "Can Do It" as Kagami scores the winning dunk to secure the Winter Cup championship.
100	* The final episode of ''Anime/WolfsRain'' has an opening SilentCredits to highlight how grim the situation is. The regular opening is later played as the closing theme for the final curtain call.
101	* The final episode for season 3 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' reprises the season 1 ending theme "Sentimential Crisis" [[spoiler:during Kaguya and Shirogane's FirstKiss]]. While it isn't the end of the series, it does mark a major shift in the status quo.
102	* The final episode of ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' reprises the season 1 opening them while [[spoiler:Reigen sprints through ???'s psychic storm to try and reach Mob. [[TheDayTheMusicLied Only to get slammed flat at the song's climax]]]].
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106	* ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' ends with the now married Austin and Ally rehearsing the theme song on piano.
107	* After nixing the very beloved theme tune "Overkill" in 2009, ''Series/TheBill'' brought the theme tune back to close their last ever episode.
108	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
109	** Happens in the final two episodes of ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'', the first one being a DarkReprise of the ending song "Cyclone Effect" [[spoiler:as Philip and Shotaro fight together for what they believe to be the last time]]. The same episode had the main theme "W-B-X" play earlier during Shotaro’s solo confrontation against the FinalBoss after coming to terms with succeeding his late mentor. The final epilogue episode uses the main theme to symbolize [[spoiler:Philip and Shotaro once again reuniting to become Double]].
110	** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' has a slightly different approach, playing a slowed-down emotional version of the theme as [[spoiler:Eiji, Hina, and Ankh spend one last night together before the final battle.]]
111	** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim''[='s=] final episode is similar to ''Double''[='s=], being an epilogue and using the theme to symbolize a broken relationship being restored. In this case, [[spoiler:Mitsuzane is guilt-ridden over his actions over the course of the series, but when Kouta returns to help deal with a threat, Micchy gets closure by fighting alongside his friend one last time.]]
112	* A ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' tradition. The theme plays in full to serenade the show out, while the ending footage is intercut with montages showing each Ranger's glory moments.
113	** ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' has its theme song as BackgroundMusic for the final scene, in which [[spoiler:the Gokaigers leave Earth and all the veteran Sentai teams get their powers back]].
114	* The GrandFinale of ''Series/LivAndMaddie'' ends with everyone singing an acoustic version of the theme song.
115	* In the final scene of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'''s final episode, a careful listener can hear a slower version of the main title song in the BackgroundMusic. Considering the events of that episode overturn all the premises of the entire series, it's eerily appropriate.
116	** This trope also makes a more standard appearance, regular theme tune and all in "Prophecy Girl" when [[spoiler: Buffy [[CameBackStrong gets her second wind and goes after the Master]]]] in the season 1 finale. Not the last episode of the series, but good enough.
117	* The original series finale for ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' (the last episode of season 8) ends on a banjo instrumental of the theme song. A behind-the-scenes reel of the cast and crew saying goodbye to one another over the credits is accompanied by an a capella cover of the theme song by the in-universe cover band The Worthless Peons.
118	* Used in the finale of the first season of ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', played while Dexter gives a narration and everyone cheers [[spoiler: in his imagination.]]
119	* ''Series/StargateSG1'': Used at the end of the 8th season finale, which was believed to be the series finale before it was renewed. After SG-1 [[spoiler:defeats Ra when they travel back in time]], the Egyptian slaves wave their stolen weapons around and a glorious rendition of the ''Stargate'' theme plays in almost its entirety, signalling that the series had come full circle and returned to where the movie ended.
120	* The main theme from ''Series/{{Rome}}'' plays over the last scene of the finale, as Pullo and [[spoiler: Cesarion]] melt into the city's bustling crowds.
121	* The final episode of Series/{{ER}} played the original theme song over the beginning and the end. It really stands out as the theme song had not been used in several years.
122	* The final episode of ''Series/FraggleRock'' ended with the Fraggles, the Doozers, the Gorgs, the Trash Heap, and Doc and Sprocket all singing the theme.
123	* ''Series/{{The Wire}}'''s theme song changed every season--originally a cover of Music/TomWaits' "Way Down in the Hole" by the Blind Boys of Alabama, Waits' original version was used as the theme in season two, and three more covers were used for the following seasons. The series finale ended with a montage of what the most important characters were doing as the events of the series came to a close, the montage set to the Blind Boys of Alabama version of the theme song.
124	* ''Series/TheWire'' inspired the closing montage of ''{{Series/Community}}'''s SeriesFauxnale (last episode of season 3) and the use of the show's theme song over it.
125	* ''Series/FatherTed'''s finale closed with the intro music playing over a montage of the characters' various exploits throughout the show. It was especially touching as the actor playing the title character, Dermot Morgan, had died shortly after shooting had completed, so the whole thing worked as a send-off to him.
126	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6R3MiAv9ac final scene]] in the final episode of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' did this with not just its own closing theme (aka "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RAuU9URKY4 Archer's Theme]]") but also bits of the themes from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
127	* The very final minutes of the third series of ''Series/TheBridge2011'', as [[spoiler:Saga and Henrik set out on their unofficial investigation of the murder of Henrik's wife]], use the theme music as incidental music leading into the end credits. Notably, this includes portions of the song, "Hollow Talk" by Choir of Young Believers, that were cut from the opening and closing credits edit.
128	* ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' had different opening and closing themes for each season, but the very last episode plays out with "Breakin' Away", the opening theme from Season 1.
129	* An acoustic version of the theme song is played on the last scene of the ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.
130	* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'':
131	** ''Series/UltramanTiga'': The last episode has a slightly remixed version of "Take Me Higher", the series' opening theme song, playing as Daigo/Tiga has his HeroicSecondWind against [[FinalBoss Gatanothor]] in his [[GoldenSuperMode Glitter Tiga]] form.
132	** ''Series/UltramanGinga'' has the series' second opening theme "Ginga no Uta" play in the final battle between Ultraman Ginga and Dark Lugiel.
133	*** ''Ultraman Ginga S'' has the opening theme "Eiyuu no Uta" play in the series finale in the battle of Ultraman Ginga and Victory against Vict Lugiel.
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137	* The GrandFinale of ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneAmnesty'' features the track "Belligerence Limit", a kick-ass remix of the already kick-ass theme, which plays when Duck Newton figures out how to shut down [[spoiler:[[BigBad Project Reconciliation]]]] once and for all.
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141	* ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy's'' opening theme, "Katamari on the Rocks", later returns as the theme of the final stage, "Make the Moon".
142	* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''[='s=] respective theme songs, "Hikari"/"Simple and Clean" and "Passion"/"Sanctuary", play upon the completion of each game.
143	** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' plays with this, though - an instrumental Hikari is the opening, and "Passion"/"Sanctuary" is the credits song.
144	** And the final results screen of each game plays a reprise of "Dearly Beloved", the opening menu screen theme.
145	* ''VideoGame/WildArms4'' has an extended version of its opening theme as last boss music.
146	** ''VideoGame/WildArms5'' also uses the extended version of its opening theme as the music for the last boss. ''VideoGame/WildArms2'' was the first one in the ''VideoGame/WildArms'' series to use an opening as the theme for the final battle. In its case, it used a [[AutobotsRockOut non-vocal rock version]] of the first opening.
147	* ''VideoGame/TheWizardOfOzBeyondTheYellowBrickRoad'' plays a remix of it's opening theme "RIZ-ZOWAD" during the final dungeon. Appropriately enough, the game ends where it starts: on the Yellow Brick Road.
148	* ''Romancing [=StellaVisor=]'', a FanRemake of ''VideoGame/HoshiWoMiruHito'', plays [[AutobotsRockOut a techno-rock remix of the title theme]] during the FinalBoss.
149	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' plays "The Red Wings", the song from the opening cutscenes, during the first half of its final dungeon. The last battle theme also [[DarkReprise includes a dark variation]] on the World Map theme, and the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue expands on the Underworld theme.
150	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' includes the opening theme in Dancing Mad, the final battle's theme.
151	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' opens with the chorus of "Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec." The last battle against Ultimecia's OneWingedAngel form begins with a distorted voice repeating this same chorus.
152	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' opens with the hard rock song "Otherworld," which also serves as an ExpositoryThemeTune for the game. It's later heard as the theme of the FinalBoss [[spoiler:(more precisely, the ClimaxBoss, since the actual final boss is a ZeroEffortBoss)]].
153	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'''s final battle theme is a actionized remix of the game's main theme combined with the theme of the BigBad, [[spoiler: Ardyn]].
154	* At the end of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', the game's main theme appears prominent during "World Revolution", the music for Lavos' second of three forms.
155	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' plays a chilling remix of its opening theme during the battle against [[spoiler: Dark Beast Ganon]]. The theme even increases in tempo and intensity the closer you get to the end of the fight.
156	* ''VideoGame/NiGHTSJourneyOfDreams'' has this trope play as a remix of the series theme, Dreams Dreams known as "Cruising Together" for the second act of the final stage, Bell Bridge, after Will saves Helen from a deadly fall. The vocals of this song are the original vocals for the Sega Saturn game's adult version.
157	* Done in both the ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 games]], as well as ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', which are ''Adventure'' games in spirit. And ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings'', ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'' and ''VideoGame/SonicColors'', which aren't. In all cases, the theme plays during the FinalBoss battle.
158	* All five ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games do this, most notably the end of the Subspace Emissary in ''Brawl'', with the translated lyrics -- incorporating the title theme into the credits music.
159	* A rock remix of [[VideoGame/{{Patapon}} "Goroch's/Gyorocchi's Theme"]] plays while facing the final boss of ''Patapon 3''. There is another version of the theme called Gyorocchi Rock, but it only plays in two regular missions instead of a boss.
160	* ''VideoGame/Persona3'' does this ''twice''. The true FinalBattle is set against "Battle Hymn of the Soul" / "Battle For Everyone's Souls," a Rock-Orchestra version of the ''Persona'' series-wide theme "Aria of the Soul" / "The Poem For Everyone's Souls." Then the ''final'' FinalBattle (a scripted event) provides a heart-pounding Rap remix of "Burn My Dread," the opening theme of the game.
161	** ''VideoGame/Persona4'' has "The Genesis" for its final boss, which eventually plays a reprise of the boss theme "I'll Face Myself" and finishes with an orchestral remix of the game's {{leitmotif}}, "Reach Out To The Truth".
162	* ''Franchise/FireEmblem''
163	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' does this in the most epic way. After you win, you hear an orchestral version of the ''Fire Emblem'' theme, which had previously only been heard in pixelated-Game-Boy-form.
164	** Done again for the final battle of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'', but with a twist: [[spoiler: It's prefaced by a TriumphantReprise of the Avatar's theme. That's right, the final battle theme isn't [[TheHero Chrom's]] or [[BigBad Grima's]]. It's ''yours.'']]
165	** The final battle theme of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage Engage]]'', "[[https://youtu.be/Q3WFRObajbE Last Engage (Prayer-Incantation)]]," is a remix of the game's main theme "[[https://youtu.be/zO1GYKor2Yo Engage]]," with the exact theme playing around the two-minute mark.
166	* ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'' does this during its final boss fight with the theme heard when you turn on the game. It comes in triumphantly 43 seconds into the song. Bonus points if you can manage to [[spoiler:break off the Aparoid Queen's dragon head and have Fox shout, [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya "Here I come you evil space hag!"]]]]
167	* ''[[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce Mega Man Star Force 3]]'' also does this in the final story boss, [[spoiler:Crimson Dragon.]] Not only this, but it's also an example of DiegeticSoundtrackUsage, because Sonia has written the song [[spoiler:about Geo. [[ShipTease Aww]]]].
168	* ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission''. Once you get back your suit in [[AdvancedAncientAcropolis Chozodia]], the Brinstar Depths theme (first area) plays instead of the tense stealth music.
169	* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'' does this twice. The main theme of the game, and series as a whole, plays over the final boss battle. A lyrical version of the theme, titled "Dared to Dream", plays over the credits as the BigBad's VillainSong.
170	* In ''VideoGame/TheSecondRealityProject [[VideoGameRemake Reloaded]]'', the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBeWNbwHZBc music for the final level]] incorporates [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbkxTdDBgAw Distant Worlds]] into itself.
171	* ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable'':
172	** Cross medium example in the fighting game ''The Battle of Aces'', which uses the non-vocal, [[AutobotsRockOut electric guitar version]] of the opening from the ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' anime as one of two possible final boss music.
173	** In the sequel, ''The Gears of Destiny'', the last phase of the FinalBattle against the Unbreakable Darkness is accompanied by an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yD9N2xN_Vk arranged version of Romancers' Neo]], the game's opening.
174	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEWOTdVnnZ8 Hopes and Dreams]]," the battle theme for the TrueFinalBoss of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}},'' is a remix of the game's opening theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B2TPEZTwWA Once Upon a Time]].
175	* "Krook's March", the theme from the castle levels towards the end of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'', includes a quote of the series' main theme at 1:30.
176	* In ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezTheCartel'', the final shootout against [[spoiler: your 2 teammates]] is set to a dramatic OneWomanWail version of the ''Call of Juarez'' title theme.
177	* ''VideoGame/MegadimensionNeptuniaVII'' is divided into three [[StoryArc story arcs]], and the final battle of each arc has one of the main themes playing as the BGM.
178	** The battle against [[spoiler: [[HijackedByGanon Dark Purple Arfoire]]]] plays ''More Soul! Continue'', the theme for the Zero Dimension Z arc.
179	** The battle against [[spoiler: Affimojas]] plays ''Delusion 4tune'', the theme for the Hyper Dimension G arc.
180	** The battle against [[spoiler: [[EnemyWithout Kurome]]]] does not play ''Delusion Catharsis'', the opening for the Heart Dimension H arc, which is closer to an AwardBaitSong, and instead plays ''The Vision Of Telativity'', which is the theme for the entire game as a whole.
181	* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
182	** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'': Five minutes into the final battle, the instrumental of "Snake Eater" plays, followed by the vocal version. [[TimedMission And then you die]].
183	** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' plays themes from all four ''Metal Gear Solid'' games to date over the phases of its final battle, including "Snake Eater".
184	** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'': The "Peace Walker Main Theme" plays over the last battle with [[spoiler:Peace Walker, appropriately enough]].
185	* The ending theme of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', "One Last You", incorporates the melody of the title theme, the appropriately titled "Where We Used To Be".
186	* ''VideoGame/Halo3'' uses an OrchestralVersion of the series theme for the climactic battle of "The Covenant", and the final EscapeSequence on "Halo".
187	* ''VideoGame/RigidForceAlpha'''s final stage is set to an extended remix of the intro theme.
188	* In ''VideoGame/{{Celeste}}'', the music for the final leg of the ''[[BrutalBonusLevel Farewell]]'' DLC, appropriately titled "[[https://youtu.be/9TczL8fJi-0 Farewell]]", combines the main themes of the base game and the DLC.
189	* ''VideoGame/OriAndTheWillOfTheWisps'' reprises its main theme in the last third of the FinalBoss battle. The ending likewise features a BookEnds reprise of [[VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest the first game]]'s opening theme.
190	* ''VideoGame/Haven2020'''s main menu theme, "The Beginning of Something", has an undoubtedly epic reprise as "Until The End of Time" during the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon sequence.
191	* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' combines this trope with ThemeMusicPowerUp in its final boss theme. [[spoiler:After the heroes receive the aid they need in order to stop Ouroboros from devouring the other worlds, and the fight draws towards the end, the music first plays a reprise of all four characters' themes, building in intensity, before launching into a triumphant final reprise of the game's main theme.]]
192	* In ''VideoGame/TravisStrikesAgainNoMoreHeroes'', both the final boss' theme and Silver Face's (the DLC boss) themes incorporate the series' iconic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThXV6T-Pq9k NMH Theme]] in a DarkReprise.
193	* In ''VideoGame/EldenRing'', the penultimate battle against [[spoiler: Radagon]] has a reprise of the main theme playing over it.
194	* In the ''Touhou'' fangame ''VideoGame/GensouShoujoTaisen'', the main theme, "Fantasy Maiden Wars ~ Mystic Dream" gets a TriumphantReprise in the form of "Final Phase ~ Mystic Dream", which kicks in when the FinalBoss, [[spoiler:Makura, declares her final spell card, The Furthest Reaches of Dreams, and the protagonists respond by declaring their own spell card, [[TitleDrop Fantasy Maiden Wars]].]]
195	* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'': During the second and third phases of the final boss theme, "[[https://youtu.be/aOgGi7aQiOo Coda]]" is the music that plays, with the song being a triumphant reprise of "[[https://youtu.be/NuWvrLa_Q-4 Overture]]," one of the game's main themes.
196	* In ''VideoGame/DemonsCrest'', the music that plays while fighting the TrueFinalBoss is a variation of the music that plays during the game's intro. The song that plays during the game's credits, meanwhile, is a funereal reprise of the first level's theme.
197	* The final boss theme of ''VideoGame/CurseCrackersForWhomTheBelleToils'', "The Belle Tolls," is a reprise of the game's main menu theme.
198	* The title of theme of ''VideoGame/{{Recca}}'' plays in the 7th and final stage of the game's hard mode.
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202	* ''Franchise/{{Ace Attorney}}'' has leitmotifs for various situations, with a new Pursuit theme in every game that ordinarily plays when the protagonist corners the true culprit. At the end of [[WhamEpisode Bridge to the Turnabout]], the final case of [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney the original trilogy]], when Phoenix Wright is about to prove [[spoiler: the trial's prosecutor Godot is the one who killed Misty Fey, who had been spiritually channeling Dahlia Hawthorne at the time]], a remix of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb8LwIusNdQ Pursuit theme from the first game]] begins to play in preparation for the final showdown.
203	->'''Phoenix:''' I'm going to bring your magnificent vengeance to fruition, [[https://youtu.be/FlA7ukCt-p4?t=11 just as you want it.]]
204	* Most stories in ''VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay'' have the main theme play during the last scene in the grand finale.
205	* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' typically uses the series' main theme music at the climax, as hope triumphs over despair.
206	** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' uses it in quite the different manner, as the truth behind the killing game is revealed: [[spoiler:''Danganronpa'' is a fictional world within the game's universe, and that the characters are taking part in the killing game as [[TrumanShowPlot part of a reality show]].]]
207	* The theme song of ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'' plays during the protagonist's [[spoiler:not-going-to-prison]] party at the end of the story.
208	* ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' plays its main theme songs for the leadup to the final battles of the various routes. For Marie's route it will play "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK5-DiAgs8Q Einsatz]]" which was the main theme of the original release while for the final battle of Rea's route and the whole VN it will play "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7WmYCOMfOk Jubilus]]" which is the main theme of the ''Amantes Amentes'' release and also the one translated to a global audience.
209	* During the graduation finale of ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'', the theme song plays.
210	* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': An instrumental of the opening theme "This Illusion" plays in the epic final showdown between [[spoiler: Tohsaka Rin and Dark Sakura while the former is wielding the Second Sorcery and the latter the Third Sorcery, both considered to be [[StoryBreakerPower incredibly powerful magic for a setting known for story-breaking powers]]]]
211	* ''VisualNovel/GalaxyAngel'': The song "Eternal Love" performed by Creator/MariIijima is considered iconic for the franchise as a whole, being the opening theme of the first two games. On every route, it plays as the background music during the final battle of the first game, and the second-to-last battle of the third game.
212	* ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvAlternative'' does this twice. [[spoiler:The first time is when they ''Alternative's'' theme as the main cast begin their assault on the Original Hive as part of Operation Cherry Blossom. The second time is at the end credits, where a remix of the original ''Muv-Luv'' theme plays.]]
213	* As Akira finds the resolve to fight back against Kakuya in the climax of ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'', the game's main theme kicks in as he tells her, in no uncertain terms, that he ''hates'' her. Later on, it picks up again once Akira discovers the method to trap her in Kakuriyo.
214	* During the true ending route of ''VisualNovel/TokyoNecro'', the main theme "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKquzM71Sy8 Tokyo Requiem]]" starts blaring [[SourceMusic in-universe]] and serves as the timer for main character So'un's printer to create a special bullet meant to counter [[BigBad Milgram]].
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218	* The entirety of the oft-loathed theme tune for ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' appearing at the end of the hundredth instalment. For some, the theme was RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap. %% "Instalment" is British English, not a typo.
219	* ''WebAnimation/BigtopBurger'':
220	** The final episode of Season One ends with a soft, chilled out reprise of the season's main theme, "Up" -- appropriately named simply "Up (Reprise)".
221	** The last episode of Season Two, appropriately titled ''UP'', features the "UP" theme as we see [[spoiler:Steve being banished from his home planet and crash-landing into the center of the Earth]].
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225	* In Episode 11 of ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', which is the final episode of the Aincrad arc, Music/ThirtySecondsToMars' "This Is War" (the main theme of the arc) plays during [[spoiler:Kirito and Heathcliff's final duel]].
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229	* Starting from the moment Aang [[spoiler:spiritbends Fire Lord Ozai's bending ability away from him]], the main theme of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is played in a triumphant key at multiple moments as the series draws to a close.
230	* Done in ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'', where during the final battle, with dozens of robots on both sides, they all fight to an extended instrumental version of "Chicks Dig Giant Robots".
231	* ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' does this. As the Autobots taking part in the revived Space Bridge Project lift off in the four ancient starships, with Optimus Prime in command, the show's theme music - the first remix of the original theme to use the "Autobots wage their battles to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons" line ''since'' the old cartoon- kicks in. The theme has to be looped because it's only thirty seconds, but it is so awesome. It wraps up with Optimus saying "Courage, teamwork, and hope for the future. Our adventure will continue as long as we remember the words of Primus: 'Til all are one." And then all the Autobots shout aloud "Transform!" The theme then plays one last time, straight-up during the Final Credits montage, which ends with a picture of Coby and Lori's wedding where Optimus is standing behind the newlyweds.
232	** The original anime version did it too, with a version of one of its theme songs playing. The American version had to loop the song to fill the same amount of time.
233	* In the first, and, as far as the creators knew at the time, last ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' movie, a slightly remixed version of the theme is played during the climactic battle – and the Earth fleet is ''coordinated with it''.
234	* The GrandFinale of ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' has the opening notes of the show's theme song played over the final scene.
235	* The final episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' has an orchestral rendition of the show's theme played over the closing scene, which has most of the main cast together one last time for a cookout.
236	* The final episode of ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'' features the cast singing the theme song.
237	* The climactic fight in the "WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse" finale features the show's opening theme playing as Eda, King, and Luz in her titan form fight Belos after he has possessed the Boiling Isles Titan.
238	* Though not a GrandFinale, the Season 1 finale of ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' features the theme song played instrumentally during the final scene, creating the mood that Wander and Sylvia are off to new adventures. It plays again at the end of "The End of the Galaxy" as Hater's ship chases Wander and Sylvia again.
239	* The GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has the whole cast fight off against the BigBad's minions by turning the Mystery Shack into a giant, ''Film/PacificRim''-esque robot. Of course, a rock version of the show's already incredible main theme starts playing.
240	** The song "See You Next Summer" that plays over the final minutes of the show incorporates an acoustic guitar cover of the main theme.
241	* The ending of the final song in the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' contains a brief instrumental of the opening theme.
242	* The last thing viewers hear from the final episode of ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'' is the show's theme song (WithLyrics this time), continuing into the closing credits.
243	* The beginning of the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' has an animatronic Funso and band play an instrumental version of the opening theme.
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