'''Basic Trope''': A normal song ends with a frightening note.
* '''Straight''': A pop song ends with a disturbing off-key screech.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** A sweet lullaby ends with a long, terrifying drone, and then fades into the sounds of a woman screaming in terror, ending with the screaming suddenly stopping and someone whispering "I'm going to kill you."
** The frightening shift is mixed with EndingFatigue, so it goes on for nearly half the song's length.
* '''Downplayed''': The normal song ends with the wrong key, that might confuse the listener for a few seconds.
* '''Justified''':
** The intention was to create a jarring shift in tone to startle the listener.
** The loud noise makes sense within the context of the story told through the song's lyrics.
* '''Inverted''':
** A song begins with a scary noise, but turns into a standard pop song.
** A melancholy or scary song ends with an uplifting chord.[[note]]In ClassicalMusic, this is called a Picardy Third, where a minor piece ends on a major tonic. This practice was common in the Baroque Era.[[/note]]
* '''Subverted''': The song appears to be ending with a scary final note, but then it turns out that the song isn't over and it goes back to its normal style.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...and then it promptly ends with another frightening noise.
* '''Parodied''': LastNoteHilarity
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The song has a freaky scare chord, but that was a FakeOutFadeOut, then the song appears to end again, but it's the same. Then the song actually ends, but the ScareChord happens only if you let the disc play 1 minute after the end.
* '''Averted''': The song maintains the same song throughout and ends normally.
* '''Enforced''': "Hey! Let's put some random off-key note at the end of the song! That'll scare our audience!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "A warning to the listener: This song is going to end with the most shit-your-pants scary noise you'll ever hear and it'll come right out of nowhere. Enjoy!"
* '''Invoked''': The studio equipment broke, but it didn't become clear it was broken until the end when it makes a freaky drone. The band found out about it, but they decided to ThrowItIn.
* '''Exploited''': The band/artist puts a ScreamerPrank at the end of the song.
* '''Defied''': The band wants to put a ScreamerPrank at the end, but decide not to so as not to freak anyone out.
* '''Discussed''': "Let's end this song unorthodoxly."
* '''Conversed''': "Aahh! What the hell, why would you end a song like that!?"
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Back to LastNoteNightmare. '''''SCREEEEEEEEEEEEECH!!!'''''
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