1 | '''Basic Trope''': An intentionally weird ending. |
2 | * '''Straight''': The movie ''Bob's Adventure'' ends with every character in the movie [[RocksFallEveryoneDies exploding into]] [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion orange liquid]] while Bob has a disjointed DyingDream about [[FauxlosophicNarration the meaning of life]]. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': ''Bob's Adventure'' ends with a [[NonSequitur random series of words and images in no particular order]]. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': |
5 | ** TheEndingChangesEverything |
6 | ** AmbiguousEnding |
7 | * '''Justified''': It was AllJustADream. |
8 | * '''Inverted''': |
9 | ** The beginning of the movie is a disjointed series of random imagery and philosophical discussions. The rest of the work is much more coherent. |
10 | ** The beginning scene presents an AmbiguousSituation with numerous unanswered questions and MindScrew that the movie never answers, but the plot is pretty understandable for the rest of the run. |
11 | ** The ending is a MindScrewdriver. |
12 | * '''Subverted''': The movie ends with everyone exploding into orange liquid, only for Bob to reform and go after Mr. Bad who did it ForTheEvulz. |
13 | * '''Double Subverted''': But after Mr. Bad is defeated, Bob has a disjointed DreamSequence about [[FauxlosophicNarration the meaning of life]] instead and he turns into a pineapple. |
14 | * '''Parodied''': |
15 | ** The movie ends with everyone exploding into orange liquid, at which point Bob has a disjointed DyingDream about how [[SpoofAesop humans really shouldn't drink so much orange juice]]. |
16 | ** During a BolivianArmyEnding, the scene suddenly cuts to Alice dancing naked on stage for 30 minutes. |
17 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': The movie ends with everyone exploding into orange liquid, only for it to turn out it was AllJustADream. OrWasItADream Then everyone suddenly flies into Mars and has a [[DancePartyEnding dance party with the aliens there.]] |
18 | * '''Averted''': The movie ends in a perfectly sensible way that fits the rest of the story's tone. |
19 | * '''Enforced''': |
20 | ** "No grand finale will live up to fans' expectations and we're out of money. Let's just give them a MindScrew we can afford and let them figure it out." |
21 | ** The show has a severe case of KudzuPlot that seems unresolvable. The producers therefore decide it's best to create a messy enigma and let fans come to their own conclusions. |
22 | ** The writer decides to TorchTheFranchiseAndRun by creating an inscrutable ending that nobody could follow up on. |
23 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
24 | ** ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!"]]'' |
25 | ** "Well... A MindScrew is better than NoEnding." |
26 | * '''Invoked''': Bob is [[MushroomSamba dosed with hallucinogens]] in the hope his acid trip will teach them an important {{Aesop}}. |
27 | * '''Exploited''': Knowing everyone will explode into orange liquid and he will enter a disjointed DyingDream like existence where anything can happen, Bob uses it as a means to be reunited with his deceased wife, Alice. |
28 | * '''Defied''': Bob wills himself out of the disjointed DyingDream so he can [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn his happy ending]] instead. |
29 | * '''Discussed''': "How did you think this would end? Everyone exploding into orange liquid? maybe a [[DreamSequence nonsensical dream or two]]? Sorry, [[ThisIsReality but reality is hardly that dramatic]]." |
30 | * '''Conversed''': "Man, ''Bob's Adventure'' had a weird ending, didn't it?" |
31 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
32 | ** Bob has been [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness going insane through the entire story]], and suffered a final psychotic break. |
33 | ** The movie's fans go onto the internet to complain about how confusing and stupid the ending was. |
34 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
35 | ** This final break convinces Bob to return to the mundane real world rather than stay in their psychotic fantasy. |
36 | ** The fans begin to theorize about the ending, and the movie gets more popular than ever. |
37 | * '''Played for Laughs''': The ending emphasizes [[{{Surrealism}} Surrealist]] and BreakingTheFourthWall elements for the sake of {{Absurdism}}. |
38 | * '''Played for Drama''': |
39 | ** Bob fears he is [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness going insane]]. |
40 | ** The weirdness is due to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the world ending]]. |
41 | ** An OutsideContextProblem comes out of nowhere right at the end, and [[DownerEnding destroys all the characters ]] [[AllForNothing have worked for.]] |
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43 | Congratulations! Orange juice to GainaxEnding. *Chicken noises* END THE! |
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45 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
46 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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