Line #1 Quotes/EsotericHappyEnding


1	->Because I want to talk about that ending. ''Wow.'' I gotta say, [[WhamEpisode in the moment, it really hit me]]. [[TheBadGuyWins Thanos accomplished exactly what he wanted]], and the final shot suggests [[EarnYourHappyEnding he really found his peace in that]]. But ''everyone else'' is [[HeroicBSOD left to make sense of what just happened]], [[IntendedAudienceReaction definitely including the audience]].
2	-->-- Website/{{YouTube}}r '''Captain Midnight''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJyLDmh7me8 discussing]] the ending of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''
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4	->''"[[BuffySpeak The swirly sphere]] ascends and flies out into space, leaving the ravaged Earth behind, where seven billion people made fully dependent on a highly technological supply chain over the course of several generations have now been plunged into a barbarous, nightmare dark age sure to inaugurate a millennium of murder, brutality, and misery. But... Jaden Smith called Creator/JenniferConnelly "Mom"! So that counts as a happy ending, r-right?"''
5	-->-- '''Website/TheAgonyBooth's''' [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_2008.aspx recap]] of the 2008 remake of ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill2008''
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7	->'''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Tails:]]''' All's well that ends well, right?
8	->'''FTA:''' ''THE CITY'S BEEN FUCKING DESTROYED!''
9	-->-- ''LetsPlay/HellfireCommentaries''
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11	->'''HAPPY END!'''
12	-->--''WebAnimation/TheDementedCartoonMovie''[[note]]This card is shown over an image of [[EarthShatteringKaboom the world blowing up]]. ''[[NegativeContinuity Twice]]''.[[/note]]
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14	->''Come on, pal! Cheer up! We did it! We got Boo home! I mean, sure, we put the factory in the toilet, and... Gee. Hundreds of people will be out of work, now. Not to mention the angry mob that'll come after when there's no more power, but hey! At least we had some laughs, right?''
15	-->--'''Mike Wazowski''', [[InUniverse summing up how he and his friend, Sulley's, quest to save a little girl did more harm than good]], ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1''. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope However, it all worked out in the end thanks to the factory switching from scream energy to laugh energy.]]]]
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17	->''Once, there was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died. (Patrick's facial expression becomes a happy one) The end.''
18	-->--'''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Patrick Star]]''' narrating ''JustForFun/TheUglyBarnacle''[[labelnote:*]] That didn't help at all![[/labelnote]]
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20	->''And so, as the sun rises on the Matrix, most of humanity's still enslaved by the robot overlords, while the rest continue to rot in a damp cave with poor ventilation miles underground. [[SarcasmMode What a glorious ending to over six hours of movie]]!''
21	-->--'''Kevin Murphy''', Podcast/RiffTrax commentary of ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''
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23	->'''Homer:''' Well, we didn't get any money, but Mr. Burns got what he wanted... Marge, I'm confused. Is this a happy ending or a sad ending?
24	->'''Marge:''' It's an ending. That's enough.
25	-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E4Rosebud Rosebud]]"
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27	->''When all is said and done, Arisa really hasn't taken any steps towards recovery, and in fact still seems very invested in what can only be called an emotionally unhealthy (or even abusive) relationship. This drastically affects the enjoyability of the series' finale, bringing it into territory that, while sadly not unfamiliar in shoujo manga, had at least been absent previously.''
28	-->--''Anime News Network's'' [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/arisa/gn-11 review]] of the finale to ''Manga/{{Arisa}}''
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30	->''This is actually one of the more depressing things I've sat through, and I've watched [[Film/SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom Salò]] and Film/ASerbianFilm. This is a movie about a kid whose love for music is transmorphed into something [[EveryoneIsSatanInHell quote-unquote]] [[RottenRockAndRoll evil]] by his paranoid parents until he is turned into a [[TheFundamentalist raving, bigoted fanatic]] who loses his friends, his personality, and any sense of independence.''
31	-->--'''Creator/BradJones''', [[WebVideo/DVDRHell reviewing]] ''Film/RockItsYourDecision''. The movie is ''supposed'' to be about God guiding a teenager away from sinful music.
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33	->''O. Henry’s Literature/TheGiftOfTheMagi is a tale of another sort of deadweight loss. I’ve always hated it for the cruel joke the author plays on the characters, doubly so since he declares their gifts a model of wisdom rather than heartbreak. How can that outcome be good? Everyone is worse off!''
34	-->--'''Virginia Postrel''', [[https://vpostrel.com/deep-glamour/the-glamour-and-peril-of-getting-gifts The Glamour And Peril Of Getting Gifts]]
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36	->''WOAH WOAH WOAH! Don't try and pull that "happily ever after" crap! [[ApocalypseHow HUMANITY WENT EXTINCT, THE PLANET IS FLOODED]], AND THE LAST MEGA MAN IS STUCK IN SPACE FOREVER, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen BECAUSE LEGENDS 3]] [[LeftHanging IS NEVER]] [[CutShort GONNA HAPPEN!]] That peaceful future that Doctor Light fought so hard for turned out to be total bullshit, and [[FridgeHorror if you think about it]], [[NiceJobBreakingItHero it's all his fault]]! Love and peace are lies, GodIsDead, and we're all totally [[PrecisionFStrike f*]][[SoundEffectBleep ed]]!''
37	-->--'''Boomstick''' on the ending of ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends 2'', ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' "[[Recap/DeathBattleS06E02MegaManBattleRoyale Mega Man Battle Royale]]"
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39	->'''Jorgen:''' And then Vicky [[TheHeroDies crushed the barbarian in her claw, destroying him forever]]!\
40	'''Binky:''' Wait! What kind of bedtime story is that? That's not a happy ending!\
41	'''[[{{Sadist}} Jorgen]]:''' It is for me.
42	-->--''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', "Timmy the Barbarian!"
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44	->''"Kids, we just have to learn to accept this. Like one of those stories on ''Dateline'', where a family member suffers a horrible accident and becomes a burden on everybody. Sure, they pretend to be happy, but they're dead inside. They're dead. And that'll be our lives."''
45	-->--'''Lois''', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', "Family Guy Viewer Mail #1"
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47	->'''Lois:''' Ah, what a day. You both did your civic duty and you saved Mayor West.
48	->'''Brian:''' Yeah, I mean, it was a pretty intense experience, but the important thing is, in the end, justice was served.
49	->'''Stewie:''' All you did was let a guy go. [[KarmaHoudini There's still a murderer out there.]]
50	->'''Brian:''' Yeah, but we saved an innocent man today. And that's something to feel good about.
51	->'''Stewie:''' "Feel good about"? They found eight more bodies last night. One of them was on this block. There's a maniac out there. He's cutting people's power off, breaking into their homes, ''and slitting their throats!'' ''(all of a sudden, the power and lights go out)'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck And we're dead.]]
52	-->--''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', "12 and a Half Angry Men"
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54	->'''Peter:''' Well, I'm glad everything's back to normal.
55	->'''Lois:''' No, it isn't! Meg got the dead janitor's feet, Brian and Stewie got thrown into New Hampshire by the Hulk, and you're a beam of light.
56	->'''Chris:''' I have Film/TheShining now.
57	->'''Lois:''' And Chris has The Shining now.
58	-->--''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', "Girl, Internetted"
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60	->'''Willy Wonka:''' But Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted.
61	->'''Charlie Bucket:''' What happened?
62	->'''Willy Wonka:''' He lived happily ever after.
63	->'''Devin J. Stone:''' Yeah. Such a heartwarming ending. The only problem is that because Charlie has won this as a result of the contest, he's gotta pay taxes on his winnings. So while Charlie may be very happy in the moment, he doesn't realize that he's going to be saddled with a tax bill in the tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars. So, unfortunately, he's probably going to have to liquidate a large portion of the Wonka factory in order to settle up with the IRS. The truth is when you get everything you want, you don't really live happily ever after.
64	-->--''WebVideo/LegalEagle'', ''Laws Broken: Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''
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66	->[[SarcasmMode This is what the world needed]]: a [[PointyHairedBoss catatonic king]], a [[NumberTwoForBrains failure of a Hand]], an [[IncompletelyTrained acolyte]] [[PhonyDegree posing as an expert]], and [[CorruptCorporateExecutive a cutthroat running the finances]].
67	-->--'''Preston Jacobs''', ''Preston's Series/GameOfThrones Season Eight Watch: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HbqfpMiZ9I&t=1266s Season 8 Episode 6 The Iron Throne Review]]''
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69	->'''Owen:''' Aww, they're best buds now, and everything's gonna be alright!\
70	'''Courtney:''' No. They're going to terrorize the entire world.\
71	'''Owen:''' Yeah. We did a bad thing.
72	-->--''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'', "Ghoul Spirit"
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74	->''So ride along for a thrilling adventure that will have audiences' cheering when our hero finally makes it back to Earth alive. Even though we lost the Space Shuttle... and the ''International Space Station''... And the Chinese Space Station... and the Hubble Telescope... and ''Website/{{Facebook}}''... and made so much debris that we won't be able to leave the Earth for hundreds of years... Guess we won't be going to Mars anytime soon.''
75	-->--'''WebVideo/HonestTrailers in their review of''' ''Film/{{Gravity}}''
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77	->'''Elan:''' Will this story have a happy ending?
78	->'''Oracle:''' Yes-For you, at least.
79	-->--''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', "[[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0331.html #331]]"
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81	->''...And Creator/PatrickWilson and Creator/HalleBerry land back on Earth, and everybody lives happily ever after. Well apart from the billions of people killed by fires, floods, earthquakes, asteroid strikes and suffocation from having the atmosphere literally ripped away into space. Not to mention the billions more rendered homeless by massive global destruction of every major city, or the billions more than that that will almost certainly die from starvation and disease due to the world's livestock, viable farmland and critical infrastructure being entirely destroyed. Thus dooming humanity to a new dark age of brutal survival where all semblence of law and order has broken down.''
82	-->--'''[[https://www.youtube.com/@TheCriticalDrinker The Critical Drinker]]''' on ''Film/{{Moonfall}}''
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84	->''At the end of the game, you find out that the person who ordered a hit on your brother [[spoiler:was actually yourself. Apparently, he treated his girlfriend like trash and was overall impossible to tolerate, so your main character decided to end it all.]] I must admit that I can appreciate a twist like that, but the way all of this is staged is just utterly ridiculous. Why are we hugging to victorious music playing as the sun is going up? I am literally [[spoiler:a murderer]] and I should be ashamed of myself!''
85	-->--'''[=DustinEden=]''' on the ending of ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed Carbon: Own the City''
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87	->'''Fang:''' I love a happy ending.\
88	'''Candy:''' Happy ending? They're gonna destroy half a continent.\
89	'''Fang:''' Yeah, but not the half we live in.\
90	'''Candy:''' Good point.
91	-->--''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'', "Shrink Rap"
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93	->''This game also has two different endings. If you take good care of your angel and it doesn't evolve into a special adult, the angel will say bye-bye, leave, and then trigger Third Impact. Good work. Good work, guys, you did it. The second ending, or the "bad" ending, has you fail to coax at its A.T. Field, and so NERV will kill it. Which is kind of like the ''good'' ending, but I- Okay, I guess it's the bad ending, technically, I guess, I don't know.''
94	-->--[[https://youtu.be/4VWhREhCafM The Neon Genesis Evangelion Iceberg Explained]], on the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' Tamagotchis
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96	->''"With the empire defeated, freedom will win the day! We should end the story on a high note'' '''''rather than the grim reality of war crime trials, the monumental task of reforming a former authoritarian government into a more democratic system, civil war between imperial successors, a bloody reign of terror enforced by radical rebel factions. The resulting break down in the global power structure leads to an inevitable descent into a long dark age of silence, barbarism, and ignorance.''''' ''[[MoodWhiplash ...Way to go, heroes!"]]''
97	-->--'''JP Beaubien''', ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice'', EVIL EMPIRES
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99	->''"So the Smiths lived happily ever after [[KarmaHoudini and the Smith Brothers were once again rewarded for bad behavior.]] [[BlatantLies There were NO lasting consequences whatsoever.]] [[labelnote: *]]One of the four brothers was shot by Mrs. Smith.[[/labelnote]] The end."''
100	-->-- ''Series/StudioC'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBEV5qBLnzs The Smiths 2: The Brothers' Revenge]]",

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