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8->''"Monty Python. Where are they now? Well, they're here in this cupboard."''\
9''[Opens cupboard; they are in fact inside]''\
10''[Closes cupboard]''\
11''"...Sad, isn't it?"''
12-->-- '''Creator/SteveMartin''', ''Parrot Sketch Not Included''
13
14A kind of epilogue where we're shown what happens to the characters, places, and/or the setting after the series. It usually gets about a minute or two during the last extended credits of a GrandFinale, or a less intrusive version of the closing credits may roll over it.
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16A staple of the VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory films, it differs from a DistantFinale in that we get little flashes (such as photographs, still frames, little captions, narration/voiceover, or a {{Montage|s}} of individual clips) that tell us what happened to the characters, instead of a full scene with dialogue or character interaction. If it shows how each character meets his maker, a DeadlyDistantFinale. Can be used to create a FastForwardToReunion. If it happens while the credits are rolling, it might overlap with CreativeClosingCredits. In video games, this may be done in the form of a dynamic ModularEpilogue. For works BasedOnATrueStory, this often overlaps with RealPersonEpilogue where the real inspiration for the fictional character is shown. Might overlap with RightNowMontage, when it shows SliceOfLife scenes. HowWeGotHere is the exact opposite of this trope.
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18!!As this is an {{Ending Trope|s}}, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked spoilers abound]]. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Beware]].
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20!!Example subpages discovered the key to saving the world and now bask in international gratitude.
21[[index]]
22* [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue/AnimeAndManga Anime and Manga moved back to Japan, where they grew up and started a successful family business.]]
23* [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue/FanWorks Fan Works found the love of her life, got married, and had seven children. She now has a part-time gig at a fast-food restaurant.]]
24* [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue/LiveActionFilms Film — Live-Action went in a similar direction to his similarly-named friend, except with actual movements rather than pictures. Somehow, nobody thinks he's crazy when he does these movements. That might have something to do with the fact that he records it on a camera...]]
25* [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue/{{Literature}} Literature published his well-received autobiography, ''Far Different from Cliché: An Analysis of Common Plot Devices and the Results they could Lead To''.]]
26* [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue/LiveActionTV Live-Action TV can now be found in a broadcasting studio, supervising everyone in its vicinity.]]
27* [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue/VideoGames Video Games moved onto a shelf, where he met many others of his kind. He no longer feels like he's the only one who's into the stuff he is.]]
28* [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue/WesternAnimation Western Animation struck a deal with his old friends Live-Action TV and Film — Animated, and they agreed to approve his patent to combine their concepts.]]
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31!!Other examples hung up their sword, some of them settled down, and others disappeared from the public eye.
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34[[folder:Comic Books dedicated his life to justice. The police force offered him a job, but he declined, stating that he "had other plans."]]
35* ''ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative'': The final issue ended with one of these. Hardball and Komodo reconcile with each other and Cloud 9. Batwing and Butterball replace the U-Foes as North Carolina's state superteam and are in the market for additional members. Bengal retired, moved to Sunset Park, and opened a martial arts school. Trauma starts WalkingTheEarth, his exact activities ShroudedInMyth. And... well, there were numerous characters in this series, you really don't need to hear about them all.
36** Oddly, despite writer Christos Gage's obvious intention of this as a sendoff to these characters, whom he expected would never appear again except as CListFodder, there was a PostScriptSeason in ''Comicbook/FearItself: Youth in Revolt''.
37* The ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' comic, which served as a continuation of the TV series, gives many of its characters happy endings:
38** Buffy and Faith join the police force.
39** Willow runs a centre for empowering women.
40** Xander and Dawn settle down and start a family.
41** Giles rebuilds the Watcher's Council.
42** Angel and Spike both make peace with Buffy.
43** Oz moves to Tibet where he settles down with a family and helps others with their lycanthropy.
44** Riley continues to advance in the military.
45* The back page of the final issue of the British comic ''Buster'' gave final endings to all the strips, mostly involving [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120515062044/http://comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/download/file.php?id=1391&mode=view the central concept of the strip being reversed or deconstructed]].
46* ''ComicBook/TheGoldenAge'': The last few pages have Johnny Chambers (formerly Johnny Quick) now retired from the superhero business and considering retying the knot with his ex-wife Libby Lawrence (Liberty Belle) and also mentioning the fates of the other Golden Age Heroes who survived the Dynaman identity revelation incident: Theodore Knight (Starman) retired and got married, Alan Scott (Green Lantern) retired and set up a scholarship fund in the memory of a GBS staff writer who died during the RedScare, Paul Kirk (Manhunter) liquidated all his assets and disappeared into the jungle, Rex Tyler (Hourman) still fights crime and is still fighting his drug addiction demons, Al Pratt (Atom) learned something about himself, Johnny Thunder became a total {{Jerkass}}, Paula Brooks (Tigress) returned to being a criminal after the loss of Lance Gallant (Captain Triumph), and the hero that stood up against Dynaman near the end, Captain Comet, became one of the heroes that would usher in the Silver Age.
47* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': ''ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern'' has a theoretical DistantFinale (in a meta way, this is a GrandFinale for ''Creator/GeoffJohns''' run on ''Green Lantern'') featuring the various Lanterns moving on with their lives and showing what they've all been up to in their old age.
48* ''ComicBook/HardTime'': The last issue was centered around Ethan's parole review, and all the principal characters, mostly Ethan's fellow prisoners, had their "endings" revealed. For instance, Curly was released after his granddaughter tirelessly petitioned for an appeal, Cindy had her sex change and lived happily ever after, and Cole died during a robbery attempt less than a year after he got out.
49* The Creator/VertigoComics series ''ComicBook/HouseOfMystery'' has one of these in its second-to-last issue for all the major and minor characters.
50* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': ''Justice League'' Annual #4 stars infamous [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Injustice League]] (and the Scarlet Skiier and G'nort) recast as Justice League ''Antarctica'' under the mistaken impression that they couldn't cause any trouble down there. The last page reveals what the team members are up to after finally splitting once and for all. Among other things: [[DumbMuscle Big Sir]] (somehow) won $160,000 on the quiz show "Concentration". Major Disaster enrolled in dental school in Anaheim, CA. Cluemaster is writing questions for the TV quiz show "Concentration" (ah). And Clock King is taking some time off.
51* ''ComicBook/SuperBuddies'': The first issue of the mini-series showed what happened to the members of the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational after their book was cancelled in the '90s. Most of the heroes were in dire straits, such as Fire, who was now running a softcore porn website.
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54[[folder:Comic Strips decided to make doodles to spread laughter across the universe. He never messes up a single punchline!]]
55* ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' ended its 29-year run on [[http://www.gocomics.com/forbetterorforworse/2008/08/31 August 31, 2008]] with a strip showing what happened to the members of the Patterson family. Detractors of the strip nicknamed it the 'Strip of Destiny', since it was...a tad {{Anvilicious}} in hammering in traditional female roles, what with [[spoiler:Deanna quitting her pharmacy work to start a sewing school, and that Elizabeth would be a wife, mother, and teacher for life, and only TheUnfavourite April fulfilling her dream job]]. This coming on the heels of Elizabeth marrying the CreatorsPet via StrangledByTheRedString, and...well, it's no wonder it's also nicknamed the 'Settlpocalypse.'
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58[[folder:Film — Animated started drawing millions of epic stories with visuals. He has never before been as happy as he is now.]]
59* The ending credit sequence of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' show scenes of Bolt, Penny, Mittens, Rhino and her mother living their new life together in their country neighborhood.
60* The credits of ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' roll with incidents from the next years about the future of the characters and the revival of the town.
61* The credits of ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'' reveal that Anastasia met a sweet baker, Drizella and Lady Tremaine reverted from their transformation only to find themselves in maid clothes, and Cinderella and the Prince, of course, lived HappilyEverAfter.
62* ''WesternAnimation/DaffyDucksQuackbusters'' ends with one of these. It states that Bugs is enjoying a vacation in Palm Springs and reading about Daffy's downfall, Porky and Sylvester are stranded in the Superstition Mountains, with the latter being more cowardly than before, Cubish is still dead, and Daffy is [[{{Bookends}} back to where he started]], as a street corner salesman selling supernatural trinkets. He finds a dollar bill but it instantly vanishes (thanks to Cubish's ghost), [[CosmicPlaything leaving him sorely pissed]].
63* The closing credits of ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' show that the fish that were living in the dentist's fish tank are all now living happily in the ocean with Nemo, Marlin, Dory, and their friends.
64** [[spoiler: However, this was contradicted at the end of ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'', where the Tank Gang are still trapped in their bags, and get washed ashore at the Marine Life Institute and are brought inside as a result.]]
65* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge1'' ends with Scrat being frozen inside an ice cube and being washed up onto a tropical island and thawing out after being frozen inside the cube for 20,000 years, only to have his acorn washed away by the tide causing the poor squirrel to substitute his lost acorn with a coconut, causing him to accidentally trigger a volcanic eruption after driving the coconut into the sand.
66* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' runs this as the artwork behind the end credits, showing what the Five and Po get up to after the story.
67* The directors and the animators on ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' fought with the Disney Company, and won, to create additional animation and "photo" paintings of what happened to the characters after the events of the film, establishing the new family that they indeed formed after Stitch arrived.
68* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' shows that a lot of the characters in the film became excellent Scarers, at the end credits showing their scare cards. [[spoiler:Most of the members of Oozma Kappa made it]], along with [[JerkJock Johnny Worthington]] and Carrie from PNK, and Mike and Sulley became Rookies of the Year.
69* Uniquely for the 2006 rerelease of ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', the new soundtrack includes (among a few other new additions) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npvD5dsCKtI a new spoken word epilogue]] with Sir Creator/PatrickStewart playing SantaClaus, which manages to conclude Jack and Santa's relationship on a ''far'' happier note than the movie did. In the epilogue, Jack and Sally are HappilyMarried with [[BabiesEverAfter children]], the Holidays have all become aware of each other, and Santa and Jack have put aside their differences and become dear friends. It concludes on a heartwarming note, making it clear that Santa has forgiven Jack, and that Jack doesn't regret a single moment of his one and only Christmas.
70-->''"Would you do the whole thing all over again?''\
71''Knowing what you know now, knowing what you knew then?"''\
72''And he smiled like the old Pumpkin King that I knew,''\
73''Then turned and asked softly of me... "Wouldn't you?"''
74* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' combines this trope with LemonyNarrator:
75-->[[spoiler:'''Flynn/Eugene''': But I know what the big question is? Did Rapunzel and I ever get married? Well I am happy to say after years and years of asking, I finally said yes.]]\
76[[spoiler:'''Rapunzel''': Eugene!]]\
77[[spoiler:'''Flynn/Eugene''': Okay, okay. I asked her.]]\
78[[spoiler:'''Rapunzel''': And we're living happily ever after!]]\
79[[spoiler:'''Flynn/Eugene''': Yes we are.]]
80* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'', a mouse describes the marriages of some of the major characters. He leaves out the thousand or so people who died.
81-->'''WebVideo/JonTron''': I'll tell you where they are now, [[SuddenlyShouting AT THE BOTTOM OF THE forkING OCEAN, ARE YOU CRAZY?!?]]
82* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' does this via CreativeClosingCredits.
83* The first section of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Uglydolls}}'' credits shows [[spoiler:the Uglydolls, along with Mandy and the [=SpyGirls=], with their new owners, who share similar traits with them. Meanwhile, a disheveled Lou is seen cleaning up the institute with the robot dog angrily watching over him]].
84* ''WesternAnimation/WallE''[='s=] closing credits begin with this, before [[spoiler:{{Art Shift}}ing to an 8-bit graphical recap of the movie's main plot]].
85* ''WesternAnimation/TheWarToEndAllWarsTheMovie'': Private Henry Johnson from the Hellfighters, the "Lady of the Dark" Milunka Savić, and Generals Milne and Vazov from "Valley of Death" get splashes right before the end credits explaining what became of them after the war: Johnson died in poverty in 1929, posthumously receiving a Medal of Honor in 2015; Savić spent time in a concentration camp during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and died in 1973; while Milne and Vazov became good friends.
86* In ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown'', the narrator relates how Woundwort's body was never found and his memory lived on as a sort of lapine boogeyman.
87* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Ralph describes what happened after the climax in the end.
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90[[folder:Music followed her dreams and formed a variety band called "Music and the Notes." Their first album sold over a million copies.]]
91* The "Big Enough" music video ended with the following text epilogue after the credits:
92-->''[[Music/KirinJCallinan Butch Callinan]] & [[Music/AlexCameron Alex the Kid]], having reconciled their past, would become partners ride west together where they would settle & see out their days operating an Apple Orchard on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California.''\
93''Forging a modest whistling career on the stages of San Francisco, Music/MollyLewis would later join them, managing the burgeoning apple business' finances and, ultimately, outliving both of the former rivals.''\
94''Never again did they speak of their fabled visitation from the ghost of old [[Music/JimmyBarnes Jim Barnes]].''
95* Music/{{Blink 182}}'s video for "First Date" does this at the end.
96* Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billy Joe"; they all lived sadly ever after.
97-->A year has come and gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe\
98Brother married Becky Thompson and they bought a store in Tupelo\
99There was a virus goin' 'round; Papa caught it and he died last spring\
100And now Mama doesn't seem to want to do much of anything\
101And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge\
102And droppin' 'em into the muddy water off the Tallahatchee Bridge.
103* Music/BowlingForSoup's ''Punk Rock 101''.
104* The original Swedish edition of Music/TheCardigans' album ''Life'' ends with "Closing Time", which tells us what happened to some of the characters from the album's other songs. (Basically, they all lived HappilyEverAfter).
105* Music/FiveIronFrenzy's "That's How the Story Ends" serves as a followup to most of their prior comedic songs. Some of the characters come back from the dead, and others [[DroppedABridgeOnHim get bridges dropped on them]].
106* Music/TheFugees vid for "Killing Me Softly", appropriate since the entire video (like the title of the album from which this single came) is an homage to ''Film/CooleyHigh''.
107* "Love at the Five and Dime," a 1986 top 5 country hit for Music/KathyMattea, had one such postlogue as the third verse of a love story involving a dime store clerk and an aspiring steel guitar player in a country band.
108* And Music/{{Korn}}'s ''Twisted Transistor''.
109* Music/TheStatlerBrothers' "Class of '57," which was a look at a high school class and what had happened in the years since graduation. A nostalgic but oft-bittersweet song, some of the members go on to blue-collar careers (such as the deliveryman for Sears, the housewives who sell Tupperware or play organ at the local church, the factory worker and the mill worker), while others become leaders in their community (a teacher, an insurance salesman and grocery store owner). One becomes extremely rich (the CattleBaron), another marries a multi-millionaire. There are tragic tales, such as a classmate who ends up in a mental institution and the young man named Freddie who, after his wife leaves him for another man, commits suicide. And then there are classmates they lost track of, such as Mavis. The chorus' underlying theme is one of high hopes and dreams being complicated when they realize they're in the real world and not with the protection of high school.
110* Music/VanHalen's music video for "Hot for Teacher" ended this way, with Alex going on to become a gynecologist, Michael Anthony becoming a champion sumo in Tokyo, Eddie ending up in a mental ward, David Lee Roth becoming a game show host, and special guest [[ButtMonkey Waldo]] going on to an uncertain fate after graduation (he became successful with wealth and women, implied to have become a pimp).
111* "Marta, Sebas, Guille y los demás", by Spanish singer Amaral, could be considered a "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue for the singer's own friends from her childhood and teenage years.
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114[[folder:Podcasts began recording himself talking about how to paint, cook, and do other things.]]
115* In the ending of ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'', Griffin asks how Magnus dies. Travis describes how Magnus lives to be an old man, and dies peacefully in bed, surrounded by his loved ones. Afterward, [[TheGrimReaper Kravitz]] leads him to a special spot in the Astral Sea reserved for him and [[TheLostLenore Julia]].
116* After the main story of Season 1 of ''Podcast/LiveFromMountOlympus'' is complete, Hermes and Athena narrate the rest of Perseus's life up to his death and enshrinement in the stars.
117* In the final episode of ''Podcast/InStrangeWoods'', Brett tells us where the other characters, as well as himself, end up after the main story concludes.
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120[[folder:Radio — well, he's an unknown, having disappeared into the wild, blue yonder.]]
121* ''Radio/AmericanTop40'': During the Creator/CaseyKasem era, this was a frequent feature, where he would update listeners on a popular act or one-hit wonder of past years, usually prior to 1970, and tell what had happened since their last major hit. The feature was parlayed into two ''[=AT40=]'' specials, called "Disappearing Acts," which was exclusively one-hit wonders and stories about what had happened to these artists since their one brush with fame.
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124[[folder:Theatre continued to live his over-the-top lifestyle. How this hasn't gotten him fired from his bartending job yet is beyond us. Maybe he owns the bar?]]
125* Parodied in the final ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20220227045254/https://twitter.com/avenueqmusical/status/1125510108027457537 presentation]] for the annual BC/EFA Easter Bonnet Celebration, which informs the audience what the characters will do after the show closes.
126* ''Theatre/{{Cosi}}'' by Louis Nowra ends with the main character giving a monologue on the subject of where the majority of the characters had ended up a year after the play's events.
127* ''Theatre/TheCrucible'' by Creator/ArthurMiller includes a "Where Are They Now?" as a prose addendum after the end of the script. It is often included in the programme notes.
128* At the end of the musical version of ''Film/LegallyBlonde'', Paulette gives a brief "where are they now" over Elle's valedictorian speech (and at the same time preventing the audience from hearing the year of the graduating class).
129* Che gives a two sentence epilogue at the end of ''Theatre/{{Evita}}''.
130* Lindy Hume's English-language adaptation of ''Theatre/DieFledermaus'', first produced by Opera Australia in 1997, ends with subtitles revealing the fates of each of the characters.
131* ''Fools'', by Neil Simon, ends with such a humorous summation by Tolchensky, the main male lead.
132* ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'''s final song "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" lists out what happened to the major characters that live on after Alexander dies in his duel with Aaron Burr.
133* ''Theatre/TheHistoryBoys'' has one of the most depressing ones. Poor old [[spoiler:Posner. 'Mrs Lintott describes him as living a lonely life, keeping "a scrapbook of the achievements of his one-time classmates" and having "a host of friends... though only on the Internet, and none in his right name or even gender." She concludes by saying "He has long since stopped asking himself where it went wrong."']] He gets a (somewhat) happier ending in the film.
134* ''Theatre/{{Oslo}}'' tells the story of the secretive back channel conferences that laid the groundwork for the signing of the 1993 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_I_Accord Oslo Accord]] between Israel and Palestine. The actors portray [[RealPersonFic real people]] involved in the peace talks -- as such, when the show ends and the actors deliver a rapid-pace summary of declining Israeli-Palestinian relations from 1993 through 2016 (the year of the show's premiere), the political recap is interspersed with updates on the status of the key players. The death dates of several of the involved politicians and negotiators are declared, with each deceased character leaving the stage when they have recounted their cause of death (be it from assassination, age, or illness).
135* The printed copy of ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}'' comes with a very extensive epilogue chapter detailing the future of Eliza Doolittle, in which she lives out [[spoiler:one of the most mundane lower middle class lives ever put to paper, and '''absolutely positively does not''' get together with Higgins]].
136* The stage musical adaptation of ''Ragtime'' ends with a number that mirrors the opening, except that instead introducing themselves, each of the important characters [[note]]the surviving ones, at least[[/note]] explains what happened to them after the events of the play.
137%%* ''Re-drowning Ophelia'' by Katie Henry ends like this.
138* At the close of ''Theatre/StupidFuckingBird'', each of the characters narrates their fate from the end of the story [[DeadlyDistantFinale to their death]].
139* At the end of the musical ''Theatre/TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee'' each of the characters steps forward and tells the audience what happened to them afterward, and how their life was (or wasn't) changed by their experiences at the Bee.
140* The first production of the musical of ''Theatre/{{Vanities}}'' did this; in subsequent productions it was rewritten into a DistantFinale.
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143[[folder:Visual Novels lives on the same shelf as Video Games above. They get along really well, and have even begun to share each other's interests.]]
144* At the end of every single main series ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' game (the full game--not just one case), during the credits, there's an epilogue that shows all the characters with unique models (except the killers, and those who have been arrested for other crimes, such as [[spoiler:Sal Manella or Machi Tobaye]]), and what's happening to them after the game ends. Most of them have bugger all information though. Some actually talk about them getting involved with whatever it is they're doing next time you meet them.
145** There are a few exceptions. [[spoiler:The Judge appears in the epilogue of the first game he appears, but no other. Likewise Winston Payne and his brother, Gaspen Payne. The only killers who appear are Ashley Graydon, the final culprit of ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney: Adventures'', Courtney Sithe, the third culprit of ''The Great Ace Attorney: Resolve'', and Beh'leeb Inmee, the third culprit of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice''.]]
146** Due to the first game's fifth case being a bonus case added to the DS remake, both the fourth and fifth cases have one of these. It's the only game in the series with multiple epilogues.
147** The DLC cases in recent entries of the series contain short scenes as their epilogues; their characters are not shown in the credits after the main cases. In the DLC case of the fifth game, [[spoiler: Marlon Rimes, the villain (though he actually hasn't killed anyone), isn't seen on-screen, but it is shown that he still works at Shipshape Aquarium]]. In the DLC case of the sixth game, [[spoiler: Pierce Nichody, the villain, is still a killer, so he isn't present at the ending, which shows the Sprockets' wedding]].
148** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' also has one of these, depending on how you view it. Luke wonders what Phoenix and Maya are doing once they returned home, cut to them in a courthouse with Edgeworth making a [[TheCameo cameo]].
149* The Crea route in ''VideoGame/DuelSaviorDestiny'' ends with us following the heroines as they return from a patrol/cleanup of sorts, showing they're still active in the military. Crea herself is running the country [[spoiler:and has a son]]. When the seven of them all meet up again, [[spoiler:Taiga returns home]].
150* ''VisualNovel/FleuretBlanc'' combines this with ModularEpilogue: you're only guaranteed to see the fate of the judges, Florentine, and Roland. The other members' stories (and that of the Chateau itself) are only revealed if you've completed their subplots; otherwise, the ending slides just have a question mark with the caption "X's future remained a mystery..."
151* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'''s final arc, Matsuribayashi-hen, concludes with this style of epilogue detailing what happened to all the main cast members after [[spoiler: their victory over Takano]].
152* ''VisualNovel/KindredSpiritsOnTheRoof'' has a variation. On the final day of the main story, as Yuna [[spoiler:and Hina are going to help Sachi and Megumi have TheirFirstTime that evening]], Yuna briefly crosses paths with each of the other couples and thinks about how they're doing.
153* ''VisualNovel/{{Last Chance in Xollywood}}'': A downplayed example in the second-to-last chapter, where the production of Love Dies Screaming wraps and the narration details what the crew does immediately after. Then the final chapter where several years have passed comes, and the narration talks about all the characters' whereabouts, and whether you still are (or were, in the case any of them have passed away) in good terms with them. There are different lines of dialogue, and different achievements, in the event your relationship stats with any of them were particularly good... or particularly poor.
154* In each ending in ''VisualNovel/LakeOfVoices'' where you manage to get to the shore safely, you get a short description of everyone's fate depending on the choices you made.
155* ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously'' has this for the six main endings, though the contents don't really vary from one to another.
156* The Perfect Ending of ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' manages to tie in all the major characters.
157* ''VisualNovel/ShinraiBrokenBeyondDespair'' has scenes showing what the surviving cast members are up to in the credits. One such scene can change depending on whether [[spoiler:Kotoba lived or died]].
158* Starting from the second game, the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series make use of such epilogues in the flagship games of both the Standard and the Girl's Side branches of the series.
159* During the credits of ''VisualNovel/TyrionCuthbertAttorneyOfTheArcane'', we get a brief dialogue from the many characters of the game and what they're up to after case 5.
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162[[folder:Webcomics joined his behind-the-times brother in his quest for comedy, posting some of the funny doodles online.]]
163* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' ''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/06/01/the-epilogue finally]]'' ends on one of these. To note, [[spoiler: White Mage is tracking down the Light Warriors to give them ''some'' credit for fulfilling the prophecy, the Dark Warriors are now world-renowned heroes having received the credit for everything the Light Warriors did, Red Mage has set up a group for sole survivors of mysterious sects with Dragoon, Thief is now living peacefully in Elfland as the King, and Black Mage and Fighter have disappeared with none of the others being sure of where they are (turns out they're exactly where they started when the comic began)]].
164* The epilogue of ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'' tells how every single character ended up.
165** ''Eternion is still dead.''
166* ''Webcomic/BiteMe''. The main comic involves vampires during the French Revolution, so the epilogue goes all the way to the present.
167* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' had one of these.
168* ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy'' ended its final strip with this for the main characters and RunningGag Bob.
169* The [[https://www.tigerknight.com/99/2014-05-25a "Recap"]] page of the sequel serves as the epilogue to ''[[Webcomic/NineToNine College Catastrophe]]''. The cast got jobs that sent them in different directions, but brought together a year later.
170* ''Webcomic/{{Concession}}'' shows how the cast get back on with their lives after Joel's plans implode. Concluding with Thonnen's daughter becoming President of the United States decades later.
171* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' has more of a "Where They Will Be", as Dominic was granted a last vision showing him where many of his friends and family would end up in the future.
172* ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'' ends this way, starting with a stunning [[http://www.errantstory.com/2012-02-13/5426 portrait]] of Sarine and continuing with her report about what happened to key characters (Meji, Sara, Jon, herself, [[spoiler:[[BabiesEverAfter their daughter Mari]]]]) and places (Emerylon, Praenubilus Astu, Tsuiraku, others not named).
173* Book five of ''Webcomic/{{Fans}}'' has Shanna writing a book of her experience during the God Machine incident as a framing narrative, closing with Shanna recounting the current activities of her old friends, [[spoiler:notably Rikk and Ally inviting Rumy to join them as a polyamorous union.]] T. Campbell had planned on this being the final chapter, but a couple of years later he brought the comic back, set shortly after Shanna's book was published.
174** The final arc of the ''Webcomic/{{Fans}}'' revival ends with a series of wordless single-panel pages showing the future of the strip's cast. [[spoiler:Rumy resumes her art career, the Oberfs have their first child while also bonding with Soulson (Rumy's child with an alien from an early arc), Di hooks up with Dexter and Rico starts noticing Helga. The last strip shows the entire cast as crewmembers of an [[Franchise/StarTrek Enterprise]] {{Expy}} [[AndTheAdventureContinues seeking new adventures]].]]
175* ''Webcomic/GetMedieval'' (though a few named characters got left out, most notably Oneder, Iroth's bodyguard. Worse, [[spoiler:The BigBad]] gets a [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini]].)
176* After completing ''Webcomic/{{Inverloch}}'', Ellerton drew bonus pages for each character with a short written summary of what they did after the story ended.
177* ''Webcomic/AMagicalRoommate'' ended with twenty of these. There were still an number of characters whose ultimate fate wasn't mentioned, however.
178* ''Webcomic/MaterialGirl'' has photo-like epilogues leaving a rather open ending.
179* ''Webcomic/MissAbbottAndTheDoctor'': The final strip sees Cati Abbott, 10 years in the future, writing to Rebeca and telling her about all things that have changed since we last saw them.
180* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' features this as well in ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' and ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''.
181* The last strip of ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' has a series of images showing us the characters' future, one a ShoutOut to ''Animal House''.
182* ''Webcomic/{{Newshounds}}'' featured this sort of epilogue when Newshounds II ended in September 2014, showing the lives that the characters had built for themselves.
183* ''Webcomic/{{Rain|2010}}'' has this in Chapter 44 as it skips forward 6 years. Beyond showing us how the Flaherty siblings finally reconcile as well as how the rest of the gang's futures turned out.
184* ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'' has a [[http://yafgc.net/comic/2670-there-will-be-a-test-later/ Where Are They Now recap]], giving us a look at where the comic's numerous characters are doing at this point in time.
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187[[folder:Web Original opened up a video store. There, he has obtained plenty of customers.]]
188* ''WebVideo/BelkinusNecrohunt'': At the end of the GrandFinale, although certain details are said to remain a mystery, WebAnimation/JoCat states a few lines about how each character was rewarded for their duty, followed by their respective players narrating how they spent the rest of their lives:
189** Luna repairs the monument of her father, has a proper wedding with Scorpio, and then sets up an adventurer's guild with the broken hilt of Absolution as its symbol.
190** Enoch settles down in Ruggawood, may have started a relationship (and family) with Juliana, went on a trip with her and Mirth to enjoy the world like he never had before, and then retired with the hope of never using a weapon again (unless called upon by his friends).
191** Renee inherits leadership of the Witchtakers and decides to reform them into a less-covert group, particularly after Nathaniel's past was revealed to the masses and public opinion started questioning their ways. She also inherits the "banana wizard" outfit, but hates the color and uses magic to make it purple.
192** Nathaniel passes leadership of the Witchtakers to Renee. He briefly wonders if he should campaign to take over Chandrelle's position, but ultimately decides to advocate for Lancel getting it instead. He then leaves to find a way back to Verteheim, with no knowledge of Luc's fate, and was never seen again.
193* ''WebVideo/FiveSecondFilms'' parodies the slow-motion voiceover epilogue in "[[http://5secondfilms.com/watch/coming_of_age Coming of Age]]":
194-->"''Eric married that lifeguard. Brian never came back from [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam]]. And Gorlac [[BreadEggsMilkSquick enslaved us all]]."'''
195* ''actionFigures Final Video'', a parody of Creator/MarvelComics characters with, duh, action figures, ended with normal credits, that were interrupted by ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, who asked for changing it for that ending.
196-->''Uatu married Death. They had the ugliest kid ever.''
197* In the original GrandFinale of reviewer WebAnimation/{{Benthelooney}} featured this in his ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' review.
198** Neb T. Yenool started paying attention in school and [[TookALevelInKindness became more sensitive towards others.]] However, he's still pwning some n00bs in his video games.
199** Looney T. Ben became a sane man and now works at the St. Louis Zoo.
200** Sir Lord Charles Humperdink IV learned how to appreciate art and spends his free time strolling around in art museums.
201** Negative Nick became more positive and changed his name to Positive Pete.
202** Ben T. Looney auditioned multiple times to get parts in cartoons but never made the cut once. He fell in love with Jenny E. Wacky and [[HappilyMarried ended up marrying her]].
203* Music/{{Brentalfloss}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Ldhe504Mw explains what happened to the cast of]] ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'':
204** Donkey Kong himself now hunts endangered species for fun and sport.
205** Tiny has been exterminating all of the world's bees and nobody knows why.
206** Lanky earned his college degree and became a sexual education-teaching clown who uses puppets.
207** Diddy [[DepravedDwarf became bitter after turning out to have dwarfism]] and no women will date him because of it, and he runs a right-wing misogynist blog.
208** [[TheRuntAtTheEnd Chunky]] [[BusCrash is dead]], presumably a reference to his own ChuckCunninghamSyndrome. The fade-out reveals that Cranky is also dead. And in the fridge.
209* Parodied by ''[[Creator/DropOut CollegeHumor]]'' in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnM8NPeTanM Every Teen Movie Ending]]". All the classmates and their teacher meet very unfortunate ends, and the narrator [[PosthumousNarration died when he was still a kid]] and never actually saw these people graduate.
210* LetsPlay/TheDarkId's let's play of ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}} 2'' ends with one, which describes [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the chaos and death caused by the "heroes'" destroying both the Knights of the Seal and those seals that hold the world together.]] [[RogueProtagonist Caim]] becomes the next [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reaper]] on account of [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt killing the previous one]], Hierarch Seere uses an army of golems to rule the land as an undying emperor, Eris becomes his right-hand enforcer, and [[KarmaHoudini Nowe and Manah get off scot-free and live happily ever after.]]
211* Checking up on your old friends and acquaintances on {{Friending Network}}s like Website/{{Facebook}} can have this effect.
212* The end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK4ZGRF2uS8 this episode of]] ''[[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez Fact Hunt]]'' ends with a Double Subverted example of this trope when talking about the members of ''Gamelife'', a show that was on the verge of being [=YouTube=]'s first breakout hit, until host Andrew Rosenblum destroyed their chances with a school shooting threat the day after the V-Tech Massacre:
213** Andrew spent two years under house arrest.
214** Dave & Melissa tried to create a spin-off show called ''Dave's Life'' that ended after two episodes.
215** Alex "sadly passed away after succumbing to third-degree bowl cuts."
216** [[ThePeteBest Geoff Mendicino]] wound up finding the most success as a pro ''Franchise/StreetFighter''[=/=]''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' fighter named Darksydegeoff.
217* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Parodied in the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "montage", where a series of captions during the "end credits photo montage" reveal the fates of various characters (like The Cheat's failure as a toner salesman, Strong Bad hosting "some show on Animal Planet" that was cancelled before the first commercial break, and the Wagon Fulla Pancakes moving to Long Beach with its spouse and two kids). It also foretold the retirement of The Paper in WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail #173.
218* Matt Willson has a (unfinished) teaser for a project called ''8 Hours'', which, from the looks of it, has this sort of effect for ''WebAnimation/BonusStage'' and his earlier project High Score. Phil's become a school teacher, and Joel has a daughter named Kate. Other various characters from Bonus Stage show up for short clips, and some of the scenes from High Score's intro are referenced.
219* The eighth and final episode of ''WebAnimation/TheMostAmazingStoryEverTold'' has a credits sequence shows what happens to the various characters that appeared in the series, set to "Funky Cowboy" by Goober & the Peas.
220* The end of WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter and WebVideo/PieGuyRulz's review of the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Truth or Square" ends with one of these. "Life in Bikini Bottom" becomes a hit with three seasons and counting, Patrick is arrested for farting in people's faces, Squidward quits his job and finds spiritual enlightenment in Tibet, Mr. Krabs gets a new fashion sense (his “Krabby the Clown” disguise), [=SpongeBob=] learns he's actually married to Sandy and now pays her $20,000 a year in alimony, Plankton creates a hair-growth serum and becomes a millionaire, the demonic puppet from the start of the episode is turned into firewood, Pie Guy Rulz creates a five times platinum rap album, and Mr. Enter orders a pizza and gets a refund because it's cold when it arrives.
221* ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow'', another web series created by Creator/LittleKuriboh, did the same thing with its movie:
222** [[Creator/MNightShyamalan M. Night Shyamamalamasamakun]]'s body was never found, which is considered a "twist".
223** Japanese Creator/MichaelBay shot nothing but incoherent battle footage throughout the events of the entire movie. The finished product is said to have [[TakeThat still made more sense than]] ''[[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Transformers 2]]''.
224** Japanese Creator/GeorgeLucas [[Franchise/StarWars became one with the force]] following his death, and continues to make more money than the viewer.
225** Princess Koyuki's reign brought peace to her people... in addition to becoming a porn star.
226** Joe Hokage (the abridged series' equilivant of Hiruzen Sarutobi) still has people teasing him about his name.
227** Iruka (credited as "the annoying sensei guy") wrote the longest ''Franchise/OnePiece'' fanfiction of all time.
228** Turkeylegs wasn't around to tell us what happened to him, but if he were here, we think we would say... [[OverlyLongGag "Thank you, Turkeylegs. I am honored by your very presence. You are my friend."]]
229** [[Anime/OnePiece Monkey D. Luffy]] eventually found the one piece... [[WebVideo/NonePiece and his breakfast continues to elude him]].
230** The Dangerous Box simply continues to have it's opinions of things.
231** [[BrickJoke An image of the dog that M. Night Shyamamalamasamakun was talking about earlier in the film]], with the captions just being written out dog noises.
232** James Bruxton ended up becoming the most popular abridger in the world.
233** Sakura wasn't around for when [[ItMakesSenseInContext hot naked men finally fell from the sky]] (though Kaiserneko apparently was).
234** Sasuke [[RunningGag still hasn't defeated Sasuke's brother]].
235** Kakashi is apparently Music/DavidBowie in the series, so when he accidentally refers to himself by his canon name, the captions can't decide who to name him as.
236** Naruto finally quit smoking ([[RunningGag and couldn't have done it without the Rower]]).
237** The Rower still rows.
238** Masako and Vegeta had lots of fun at Six Flags and eventually finished their movie (Naruto: The Abridged Movie).
239* When WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic reviewed ''Film/MrNanny'', he used a caption over the last shot ([[NoOneCouldSurviveThat Sean Armstrong flying through the air because the kids tethered his motorcycle]]) to explain what happened as a result. Also spoofed during the football game scene in the ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue'' review.
240* LetsPlay/PartyCrashers: Some ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' sessions uploaded on [=TCNick3=]'s channel close the video out with an ending montage instead of simply showing the results:
241** From "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7Wo-nM0UYE We Added a Wheel of Punishments to Mario Party...]]":
242--->Nick went on to win the greatest ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' game of all time.\
243Vernias was able to keep his room.[[labelnote:context]] Nick (jokingly) threatened Vernias that he would evict him if he stole his Star instead of Brent's on the final turn, as Vernias was living with Nick at the time.[[/labelnote]]\
244Brent never mentally recovered losing a ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' game.\
245And Eevee found a new lifelong love in Birdo.[[labelnote:context]] One of Sophist's punishments was to compliment [[TheScrappy Birdo]] for every turn.[[/labelnote]]
246** From "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kDp5gXE9jg Mario Party but we've never been so LUCKY]]":
247--->Nick went on to win the longest game ever of ''VideoGame/MarioParty''. His [=LowTierGod=] shirt is now framed in Nintendo HQ.\
248Vernias became idolized for his "Wonderous Warp" play. Brent has still never forgiven him.[[labelnote:context]] Vernias swapped with Brent via Warp Block earlier in order to prevent the latter from stealing ''2'' Stars from Nick.[[/labelnote]]\
249[[ButtMonkey Eevee got 4th... again.]]\
250Brent is awaiting trial for assault against Vernias.\
251[[BlatantLies And they all lived happily ever after.]]
252** From "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfGI_Wje8kU Mario Party but chat sabotages us...]]":
253--->[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Nick totally won and didn’t lose the video!]]\
254Eevee was banned for not following the rules.[[labelnote:context]] Sophist didn't ask his chat if he could purchase the Star beforehand.[[/labelnote]]\
255Brent disowned Nick for his misuse of ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' quotes.[[labelnote:context]] One of Nick's punishments was to imitate Master Oogway, but accidentally says a quote from Master Shifu while doing so, which Brent points out.[[/labelnote]]\
256The game went so long Vern missed dining hall hours. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer (this one isn’t a joke)]]
257* LetsPlay/PhantomSavage ends his ''VideoGame/DeadRising2: Off The Record'' playthrough with one of these. In his story, Rebecca Chang's "Chang Weekly" replaces People Magazine; TK is zombified and used for the finale of Terror is Reality, hosted by Phantom Savage; his father is still missing; Fortune City is remade into Zombie World and surpasses Disney World as the most successful theme park; Chuck Greene was pronounced dead but may have become a hitch hiker murderer; Savage himself (under the Frank West alias) reported the story behind the outbreak in the book "Fortune's End"; he secretly continued to investigate the outbreak and destroyed Phenotrans.
258* One of the alternate endings to ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': Season 5 includes a sideshow of what happened to the characters after the end.
259* Music/SiIvaGunner's DJ Professor K takeover serves as one for a few of the ''King for Another Day'' contestants.
260** Weird Al never got into contact with BEAT IT again, but he's back to his normal work of parody and polka.
261** Eminem's still selling his D-12 salsa, though he took a vacation from it at the time of interview. He's currently hanging out with Weird Al.
262** Monokuma partnered up with Rokkaku in an attempt to bring Professor K down, though stubbornly gives up when K once again refuses to give into despair.
263** According to one of the commercials, Metal Ajit Pai is still trying to end net neutrality.
264** Mariya Takeuchi's present self managed to get into contact with Professor K again, and the two of them head out for ramen shortly after the takeover ends.
265* Skawo parodies this [[https://youtu.be/ziHibxehscI?t=382 at the end of his playthrough of]] ''VideoGame/WarioWareGetItTogether'' with an explanation of what (he imagines) became of the cast:
266** Wario never recovered financially from this.
267** [[OffscreenInertia Mona still has a giant gaping hole in her mansion.]]
268** [Dr. Crygor, Mike, and Doris 1] performing together was so bad, the terribleness looped around and became good again.
269** [[WorthlessCurrency Dribble and Spitz discovered that alien money is not convertible on Earth.]]
270** [[DemotedToExtra 13-Amp still exists.]]
271** Furukawa went on to become the president of some small game company.
272** Also, all those people... died. [[DeathIsGray They're in grayscale, afterall.]]
273** Leo finally got his Mariowiki article.
274** The mandrakes went on to become completely uncredited.
275** Jimmy got sued for his hair color.
276** Orbulon got {{curse}}d by multiple ancient curses from all the artifacts he stole.
277** [[spoiler:Penny had her device confiscated to clean up [[VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine Delfino Isle]].]]
278** [[spoiler:The Supreme Developer dreads the day the next [=WarioWare=] releases, whence he'll exist alone and forgotten forever.]]
279** [[spoiler:And finally, Pyoro ate the entire world and became even more fat.]]
280* ''Sleuth Noir'', the online detective game, has an example of this trope in Heimlich [=VonVictor's=] ''[[http://noir.playsleuth.com/case/scripted_mystery.spy?mysteryid=3319512 The Executor's End]]''. At the conclusion of the mystery, we find out in great detail what happened to every member of the ensemble cast of the mystery.
281* In ''WebAnimation/SonicForHire'', the ([[SeriesFauxnale original]]) GrandFinale had this:
282** Sonic [[ItMakesSenseInContext becomes the new Creator]] (with Tails apparently serving as his secretary).
283** [[VideoGame/GoldenAxe Thunderhead]] and his new zombie wife are living a happy life terrorizing local villages and making their own asswine.
284** Franchise/{{Kirby}} remains at large for murdering over 600,000 video game characters and is considered the "[=LeBron=] James of Hitlers".
285** [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Mother Brain]] and her daughter Soniqua star in a show titled, "Grossy and The Freak," which is the #1 show on TV. Mother Brain married Alan Paterson, a [[RougeAnglesOfSatin pharmacutical]] [sic] rep at Phizer and now lives on Mars.
286** Knuckles never figured out how to make himself a full character again. He works 39 hours a week at ''VideoGame/BurgerTime'', misses his boxing gloves, and wishes he was dead.
287** [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] becomes the biggest gay rights activist in Hyrule, and is currently the spokesman for Super Gay Margarita Mixers.
288** [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct Princess Potato]] has been unconscious for three days, and the text box asks for someone to check on her.
289** Eggman and VideoGame/EarthwormJim opened a beachfront cafe in ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''. Their biggest selling item is the "Coke On Tits Breakfast Bonanza".
290* ''WebVideo/SonicTheHedgehog2SpecialEdition'' ends with the epilogue footage from ''Film/AnimalHouse'', just with all the text rewritten to be Sonic-relevant and nonsensical. Knuckles becomes a professional beekeeper, Sonic and Tails marry and have five daughters, Amy invents the world's first solar-powered buffalo, and so on.
291* Parodied in ''[[WebVideo/Sorry2023 Sorry]]'s'' first video of the channel, "[[https://youtu.be/5RdLjW7W-q4 We Went To Court]]" ends with this explaining what happened to everyone in court, with a lot of BlackComedy thrown in:
292-->''Tom was found guilty of theft, perjury, and 7 counts of aggravated assult. He is currently serving 23 years in prison.''\
293''Phil was later found to be in woeful neglect of his sausage roll and was sentenced to death. He will be killed via guillotine on Thursday the 2nd of April 2026.''\
294''Charlie, better known in criminal circles as "Das Wolpertinger" was found guilty of impersonating a judge, six counts of boy boiling, one count of baby pushing and eighteen counts of drying frogs. He is currently serving six consecutive life sentences.''\
295''Ranboo was mistakenly admitted to a veterinary hospital specializing in worms. He has since been cured of his worms.''\
296''Wilbur was found guilty of arson and sentence to 15 years of prison. He was found dead three months later in his apartment awaiting transportation. One week later he found alive again after coroners confirmed the body actually belonged to an elderly Scottish woman. Wilbur is now behind bars.''\
297''Mr Handy went on to have an illustrious career in an acapella group knowns as "Bops Charming". He has been living in Los Angeles, California, since July 2024.''
298* Parodied in ''WebVideo/SteamTrain''[='=]s playthrough of ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V: Brave New World''. [[spoiler:Ross was murdered by Danny (because he destroyed the recording by kicking the computer), who then slept for 44 years, Arin went to [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]] and then he fell asleep, and [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Mochi and Mimi (Arin's cats) continue to rule as the Unmet Player]].]]
299* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'' uses text inserts in "The Longest Episode" to reveal the futures of mane six. According to this, none of the girls change or progress in any significant fashion.
300* An example from the YouTubePoop "101 Poopmatians":
301-->"''Things went back to normal in Hyrule, apart from Zelda wanting a spotty fur coat. Mario and Luigi ate Spagehetti [sic] and magically flew home. The Traitor got off with a pardon, for now. On returning to their Universe, the Dalmatians went back to normal and forgot about the whole affair. Squadala became President of the United States of America. Cruella didn't take Mario's warning and died of Lung Cancer. Horace and Jasper got jobs as the [[LiveActionAdaptation Live-Action Mario Brothers.]] No one seemed to care about Link's death.''"
302* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' did this with stills and captions at the end of the ''[[Anime/YuGiOhTheMoviePyramidOfLight Pyramid of Light]]'' parody:
303** Yugi hit puberty at the age of 23 and still lives with his grandpa.
304** Tea became a table dancer in New York and is given [[DoubleEntendre enormous tips]].
305** Joey is set to appear at Anthrocon after coming to terms with his identity as a furry.
306** Tristan became the President of the United States. [[ItMakesSenseInContext His voice is the vice president]].
307** Kaiba joined the Church of Scientology and are milking him for every cent he has.
308** Mokuba [[RunningGag got kidnapped once again]], with no ransom demands issued yet.
309** Grandpa Moto suffered a heart attack at age 87. [[RefugeInAudacity Much to his frustration, he survived.]]
310** Pegasus became a regular cast member of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. The caption asks "[[TakeThat What was he thinking?!]]"
311** Mai Valentine appeared in an issue of ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' to massive success.
312** Rex and Weevil [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead finally scored]]. It apparently cost them a month's worth of pocket money.
313** Bakura [[ButtMonkey was committed to a mental asylum]], with his fangirls sending him "Get Well Soon" cards.
314** Zorc planned on destroying Disney World, but spared it because it was too much fun. [[TakeThat He destroyed Eurodisney instead.]]
315** Yami became a huge Hollywood star. He will return in ''[[Franchise/JamesBond For Your Cards Only!]]''
316* WebVideo/SolidJJ: "Fred's Last Mystery" ends with texts explaining what happens to each member of Mystery Gang after Fred breaks up the group, although not all the explanations are clear or detailed.
317-->"Shaggy and Scooby did something with weed or whatever"
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320[[folder:Only the powers that be know for certain where Real Life wound up. But it has been confirmed that he wanders for adventure frequently, and will continue to do so no matter how severely the circumstances change.]]
321* Social networking means that, if you remember someone from your past ([[TheFellowshipHasEnded such as an old friend from high school]]) and become curious about how they're currently doing, you can likely see what they're up to.
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