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4->''"If there's one thing to learn, it's you just can't go wrong,\
5If you follow your heart, and end with a song."\
6[elaborate song and dance number]''
7-->-- '''The Narrator''', ''Film/EllaEnchanted''
8
9A film or TV show, despite not previously having been a musical, ends with a CrowdSong (possibly a traditional musical number, more likely lip-synced to an existing recording) involving a significant portion of the cast without regard for the previous relationships (or even physical locations, or even [[EveryoneComesBackFantasyPartyEnding aliveness]]) of the characters involved. American examples are possibly derived from the straightforward (over)use of this trope in Euro cinema. Bonus points if it uses Music/VeraLynn's "We'll Meet Again".
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11Frequently overlaps with DancePartyEnding. Probably related to BigLippedAlligatorMoment and to GainaxEnding. Contrast with DancingIsSeriousBusiness. Not to be confused with MusicalisInterruptus, which is when a musical performance suddenly ends.
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13!!As this is an {{Ending Trope|s}}, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked spoilers abound]]. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Beware]].
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15!!Examples:
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17[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
18* Episode 46 of the first series of ''Anime/MagicalPrincessMinkyMomo'' ends with all the characters who had appeared in the show so far dancing and singing the show's theme song. It'd make more sense if it had been the actual finale.
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22* ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'':
23** ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' ends with all the characters singing "I'm a Believer".
24** ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}'' ended with "Livin' La Vida Loca".
25* The Creator/BlueSkyStudios animated movie of ''[[WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008 Horton Hears a Who!]]'' has all the characters break into "[[Music/REOSpeedwagon Can't Fight This Feeling]]" at the end. According to the DVDCommentary, this was because they wanted to avoid a BittersweetEnding where Horton has to leave Whoville behind and never talk to the mayor again, and that's all they could think of.
26* Lampshaded in-universe in ''WesternAnimation/JonahAVeggieTalesMovie''. When Mike Asparagus is unsatisifed with the ending of the Jonah story, Pa Grape asks if he expected a big musical number, which Mike says is what he exactly wanted. It is at this moment when Twippo comes into the restaurant, and he does perform a closing musical number about the story that was just told.
27* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason2'', everyone begins to sing "[[Music/{{Carpenters}} (They Long To Be) Close To You]]" after the wild animals and pets settle their differences and become friends.
28* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'', the main six sing "Green Tambourine". Subverted as the credits have already started, but it's the only part of the film where the cast do a musical number.
29* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' ends with Wheezy the Penguin spontaneously bursting into song ("You've Got A Friend In Me" from [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 the previous movie]]), with the Barbie dolls as backup singers/dancers and his normally high, raspy voice inexplicably replaced with a deep, rich one.
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33* ''Film/MrBeansHoliday'' ends with everyone on the beach, lip-syncing to the song "La Mer".
34* ''Film/InlandEmpire''. A nice cherry on top of a film that is MindScrew all through.
35* "[[Theatre/{{Hair}} Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In]]" at the end of ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin''.
36* ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary'' ends with the entire cast singing along to "Build Me Up Buttercup", switching around to different locations used in the movie.
37* ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'', as a nod to the film's Bollywood influence. Bollywood flicks are generally loaded with song and dance numbers.
38* The movie version of ''Film/EllaEnchanted'' ends with all the characters singing "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". Including the villain, [[spoiler:who was supposed to be dead]]. Eric Idle as narrator provides the page quote.
39* ''Film/BringItOn'' ends with the cheerleaders lipsynching to "Hey Mickey". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH6is6hrV2Y Clip.]]
40* ''Film/{{Casper}}'' ends with the entire cast breaking out into a Music/LittleRichard cover of "Casper the Friendly Ghost".
41* The final scene of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' shows the main cast of the movie and half the population of Toontown parading out of the factory as "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile" plays in the background from out of nowhere. A less out-of-left-field example than most, since the song had been heard earlier and it had already been established that Toontown was a naturally song-filled place.
42* ''Film/GetOverIt'' has the cast singing Music/EarthWindAndFire's "September".
43* ''Film/EvanAlmighty'' has the cast singing and dancing to "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" during the credits.
44* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' rather bizarrely ends with a crowd ''dance'' scene to Harry Belafonte's "Jump in the Line". While the film is not really a musical ''per se'', there ''has'' been some plot-important singing before that. It's still kind of a non-sequitur.
45* ''Film/GulliversTravels2010'' features Creator/JackBlack singing "War".
46-->'''Gulliver:''' Why do war? What is it good for?
47-->'''Horatio:''' Absolutely naught!
48* ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham'' ends with a Bollywood version of "Hot Hot Hot".
49* ''Film/MirrorMirror'' ends with "I Believe (In Love)" being sung by Creator/LilyCollins.
50* ''Film/DamselsInDistress'' ends with the main characters dancing the Sambola, Violet's attempt at a dance craze.
51* ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'' ends with the cast singing "Put A Little Love In Your Heart".
52* ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' ends with the majority of the cast singing and dancing along to "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" by Music/BackstreetBoys [[spoiler: in heaven]].
53* ''Film/HotFuzz'' has an in-universe example in a play the main duo are made to attend. In a production of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' of all things. [[spoiler:This trope, combined with the [[BadBadActing horrible performance,]] is a contributing factor in the lead actors' murder.]]
54* Creator/FedericoFellini's ''Film/EightAndAHalf'' ends with all the people from the protagonist's past coming together to dance around him on a circus stage, while he is the ringmaster in the middle.
55* ''Film/SaveYourLegs'' ends with a sudden Bollywood song and dance number.
56* ''[[Series/{{Jackass}} Jackass Number Two]]'' ends with the cast doing a rendition of [[Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles "The Best of Times"]].
57* [[Creator/JackieChan Jackie Chan]]'s ''Film/KungFuYoga'' ends with a sudden Bollywood-esque Chinese song with both heroes and antagonists dance together along with Indian people.
58* ''Film/WhiteNoise2022'' ends with the entire cast performing an elaborate dance routine to "New Body Rhumba" by Music/LCDSoundsystem.
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61[[folder:Live Action TV]]
62* The season finale of the first [[SoundToScreenAdaptation television]] season of ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'' ("June Bride") ends with an impromptu square dance. Miss Brooks had been filling in as proxy for Mr. Leblanc's French bride. At the last minute the wedding is called off. [[LoveInterest Mr. Boynton]] uses the opportunity . . . [[ObliviousToLove not to propose marriage to Miss Brooks]], but to call for a square dance. Mrs. Davis plays the square dance music on the organ, while Miss Brooks, Mr. Boynton, Mr. Conklin, Harriet Conklin, Walter Denton, Mr. Leblanc, the judge, and the telegraph delivery boy all join in.
63-->'''Mr. Boynton''': Oh come on in and form a line, come on in the dancing's fine!
64-->'''Miss Brooks''': Oh look at me, instead of being wed, I'm dancing with a fella with corners on his head!
65* The series finale of ''Series/HartOfDixie'' ends up with the entire town of Bluebell performing a musical number in the town square.
66* ''Series/{{Skins}}'' series one ends on a performance of "Wild World" sung by Sid, Tony, Chris, Angie, a few guys in the toilet, and a bus driver.
67** The American remake ends with Stanley leading a performance of "Shout" on stage at a club.
68* The hundredth episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' ends with an unexpected musical number about Barney and his suits.
69* An episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock'' featuring numerous references to Gladys Knight sees Kenneth deciding to go home to Georgia. By rail. Around 12ish. Most of the cast burst into song at the end of the episode... until Gladys Knight finally shows up, just to tell them to cut it out.
70* An early episode of ''Series/KingdomHospital'' ended with the medical staff breaking into a musical number, dancing in the OR, corpses in the morgue singing along. It comes completely out of nowhere, and yet for a series that runs on equal parts SurrealHorror and BlackComedy [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it somehow works.]]
71* ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren'':
72** Every ChristmasEpisode of ends with the characters in a parody of a cheesy American Music/BingCrosby-style ChristmasSpecial, singing 1950s Christmas songs. In the first one, it was justified as an ImagineSpot into Bill's mother's fantasy Christmas. In subsequent years, though, it just happened.
73** A more justified example in the episode "Frenzy", which almost ends with Jenny's school talent contest and Ben and David accompanying her singing "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love". [[spoiler: Then they get home and discover [[MoodWhiplash the house is on fire]].]]
74* Season 7A of ''Series/MadMen'' ends with Bert Cooper singing "The Best Things in Life are Free", complete with secretarial backup dancers, completely out of nowhere. [[spoiler:It's even more random considering Bert died earlier in the episode.]]
75* In an unusual example of this being played for TearJerker, the ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episode "My Philosophy" ends with a patient - who had previously said she liked to imagine death as a big Broadway number - coding. As JD watches, his ImagineSpot has her singing "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVHdXnz8ePc Waiting for My Real Life to Begin]]" with some of the regulars. As the song ends, so does the Imagine Spot, and we fade back to the medical team realising they've lost her.
76* ''Series/TheColbertReport'' ended this way, with Stephen starting to sing Music/VeraLynn's "We'll Meet Again" [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2cvttx_the-colbert-report-final-episode-finale-episode-ending_tv before being joined by all the guests he's had over the years]].
77* ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017'' ends its first season with the cast singing a somber tune emphasizing the downbeat nature of the story.
78* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode "The Thespian Catalyst" ends with Raj and Bernadette performing a Bollywood musical number, one of the many {{Imagine Spot}}s Raj has during the episode.
79* Following Mildred's promotion in the final episode of ''Literature/TheWorstWitch'', it all ends with a GoodTimesMontage as the cast sings One Direction's "One Thing".
80* ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' will sometimes end episodes with a musical number:
81** "Planet Purple Party" ends with a reprise of "Happy Birthday, Mama Panda".
82** "Treasure Nest" ends with the song "Quackity Quack, Quack On Back", sung by the Duck Family Songbook.
83** "Swoop A Rino" ends with a reprise of "You've Got To Do It", sung by Donkey Hodie, Bob Dog and Duck Duck.
84** "Cheesy Con" ends with a reprise of the last song from the Cheesy Con Sing-Along sung by Donkey and Panda.
85** "A Donkey Hodie Halloween" ends with "Hey-O Halloween", sung by the entire cast.
86** "The Quiet Game" ends with the song "Sing Loud", sung by Rockstar Penguin.
87** "Purple Polka Dot Party" ends with a reprise of "Purple Polka Dot Polka".
88* Season 1 of ''Series/{{Euphoria}}'' concludes with what basically amounts to a music video for the song "All For Us".
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91[[folder:Radio]]
92* ''The Twelfth Night Show'', a BBC comedy special telling the story of ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'' via clips from different reimaginings "from the archives" (all fictional), ends with the big finale of the cheesy 80s musical ''The Chick Wears Pants''; a cheesy 80s version of "The Rain it Raineth Every Day".
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96* ''VideoGame/BattleblockTheater'' ends with a double dose of songs: First, a surprisingly heartfelt tribute to [[spoiler:the now permanently vegetative]] Hatty, which is [[MoodWhiplash abruptly followed up with]] [[GainaxEnding a song about the importance of buckling one's pants]].
97* ''VideoGame/LimboOfTheLost'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URcvdDtnM_0 does this]] extremely narmfully.
98* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' ends with the zombies deciding they don't want to eat your brain after all, they just want to make a music video.
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101[[folder:Web Original]]
102* ''WebAnimation/InventionPioneersOfNote'' has this for the last season.
103* Website/ChannelAwesome does this frequently; for example, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review for ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' ends in a "One Day More" sing-along with lots of cameos. ''Webvideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' had two, a sing-along of his theme song at the end of the 200th episode, and one of Music/TheKillers after the massive crossover review of ''Film/SouthlandTales'', evoking one of the most ''understandable'' moments of that movie.
104* ''WebVideo/JonTron'' sings "Firework" at the end of his Dino City video.
105* Parodied by ''Website/TheOnion'' in their article [[https://entertainment.theonion.com/new-game-of-thrones-trailer-provides-sneak-peek-at-sh-1833837788 New ‘Game Of Thrones’ Trailer Provides Sneak Peek At Show’s Climactic All-Cast Dance Number]].
106* Played for laughs in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', where in the final episode of season 2, after Florence and Marik fail in their duel against Melvin, the two agree they can only do one thing before Melvin finishes them off: sing "Stand by Me".
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110* ''WesternAnimation/SuperWhy'': "Hip, hip hooray! The Super Readers saved the day!"
111* Some episodes of ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends U.S. Acres]]'' ended this way such as "Banana Nose" which closed with a song whose [[AnAesop moral]] was "Whatever the name, I'm still the same nice person!" or "Short Story" where Booker comes to terms with being short.
112* The SeriesFauxnale to ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' ended this way, as the entire second half of the episode was a musical performed by actors summing up the entire season to the tune of "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General", while the main characters all enjoyed the performance.
113* The last episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' had its story end, then everyone appeared for a curtain call and a teary rendition of "We'll Meet Again".
114* The WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon ''Fresh Hare'' ends with Bugs, ready to be executed by a Mountie firing squad, being told by Elmer that he can have a LastRequest. Bugs sings "I wish I was in Dixie, hooray, hooray!", which results in everyone suddenly down South dressed as blackface minstrels singing "Camptown Races".
115-->'''Bugs:''' Fantastic, isn't it?
116* There are several episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheChocolix'' (including the first, "First Day of School") that end with the characters doing a happiness dance called the "Chocolele", despite there having been no musical numbers before.
117* Many episodes of ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' end with an extended version of the strategy song used throughout the episode.
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