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* ''Series/Siren2018'': The Season 3 finale, which ended up concluding the series, has a huge underwater battle between the rival merpeople factions. [[spoiler:Ryn's side ultimately wins it after she kills Tia.]]
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** ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' ends with a showdown with [[spoiler: Blofeld, Max, and the remaining SPECTRE agents in London, ranging from the CNS building and the [=MI6=] ruins.]]
** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' has Bond facing off against Safin's men [[OneManArmy on his own]], including [[TheDragon Primo]] and Safin himself.
** ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' ends with a showdown with [[spoiler: Blofeld, Max, and the remaining SPECTRE agents in London, ranging from the CNS building and the [=MI6=] ruins.]]
** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' has Bond facing off against Safin's men [[OneManArmy on his own]], including [[TheDragon Primo]] and Safin himself.
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* ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' has Bond facing off against Safin's men [[OneManArmy on his own]], including [[TheDragon Primo]] and Safin himself.
* ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' has Bond facing off against Safin's men [[OneManArmy on his own]], including [[TheDragon Primo]] and Safin himself.
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** ''Film/PacificRimUprising'': The remaining Jaegers fighting the Super Kaiju in Tokyo to stop it reaching Mount Fuji.
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* In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', Aragorn leads Gondor, Rohan, and their [[GondorCallsForAid allies]] to fight the armies of Mordor at the Black Gate. [[SupportingLeader Aragorn and the other commanders]] know full well that they have a very slim chance of actually defeating Sauron's army, and that their actual purpose is to distract Sauron so Frodo can do his job. Once the ring is destroyed, Sauron's will will be broken and his armies will be ''much'' easier to defeat.
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** Aragorn leads Gondor, Rohan, and their [[GondorCallsForAid allies]] to fight the armies of Mordor at the Black Gate. [[SupportingLeader Aragorn and the other commanders]] know full well that they have a very slim chance of actually defeating Sauron's army, and that their actual purpose is to distract Sauron so Frodo can do his job. Once the ring is destroyed, Sauron's will will be broken and his armies will be ''much'' easier to defeat.
** Aragorn leads Gondor, Rohan, and their [[GondorCallsForAid allies]] to fight the armies of Mordor at the Black Gate. [[SupportingLeader Aragorn and the other commanders]] know full well that they have a very slim chance of actually defeating Sauron's army, and that their actual purpose is to distract Sauron so Frodo can do his job. Once the ring is destroyed, Sauron's will will be broken and his armies will be ''much'' easier to defeat.
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** There was actually a previous final battle with the predecessor of Angband, which destroyed Utumno utterly defeated Morgoth for the first time. This is also the only one where the Valar acted directly and it's said that the landscape of Arda was shaped by this.
** According to some of Tolkien's notes, Arda itself is set to have one of these in the form of Dagor Dagorath, the last battle when Morgoth and all of his minions (including a resurrected Sauron) will be destroyed forever and then the world will be remade.
** According to some of Tolkien's notes, Arda itself is set to have one of these in the form of Dagor Dagorath, the last battle when Morgoth and all of his minions (including a resurrected Sauron) will be destroyed forever and then the world will be remade.
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* The last book of ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' is actually called ''The Last Battle'', and it really is the last battle before [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the unmaking of Narnia]].
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* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'':
** The last bookof ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' is actually called ''The Last Battle'', and it really is the last battle before [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the unmaking of Narnia]].
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** ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire'': [[spoiler:After Mothra intervenes to break up the fight between Godzilla and Kong, all three Kaiju confront the Skar King and Shimo in both the Hollow Earth and Rio, in order to prevent Skar King and his army from conquering the surface world, alongside some assistance from Suko and the humans.]]
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* The [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII battle for Berlin]] was sufficiently epic, bloody, stubborn, featured in a Very Special Final City and signified the downfall of the Nazi regime, so all in all it definitely counts. Although the FinalBoss was an [[AnticlimaxBoss anticlimactic one]]. One would expect [[VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D power armor and miniguns]] or for [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler the bastard who started it all]] to sell the souls of his remaining soldiers and slaves to summon some terrible occult powers or [[EldritchAbomination summon a titanic monstrosity from another realm]] or something, but Hitler simply shot himself, robbing everyone of giving him his comeuppance with their hands! What a spoilsport. [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror Hussein]] was much more diligent on that account.
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* The [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII battle for Battle of Berlin]] was sufficiently epic, bloody, stubborn, featured in a Very Special Final City and signified the downfall of the Nazi regime, so all in all it definitely counts. Although qualifies. However, despite being a LastStand for the FinalBoss Third Reich, their defeat was an [[AnticlimaxBoss anticlimactic one]]. One would expect [[VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D power armor assured long before it began. Nazi Germany was on its very last legs for several months before the Soviets even assaulted its Capital, with its infrastructure destroyed, cities bombed, and miniguns]] or was barely able to scramble together a coherent defense for [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler the bastard who started it all]] to sell city. And even then, whatever forces they could muster were under-equipped, poorly supplied, and much of the souls of his remaining soldiers and slaves to summon some terrible occult powers or [[EldritchAbomination summon a titanic monstrosity from another realm]] or something, but Hitler simply shot himself, robbing everyone of giving him his comeuppance with their hands! What a spoilsport. [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror Hussein]] was much more diligent on that account.were either young adolescent boys, older men, maimed infantrymen.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' ended with the two-part "Nemesis", which is essentially one big battle to hold off an ancient warship.
** The [[Website/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]] has [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Final_Battle_(disambiguation) several articles]] with that name.
** The other Transformers Wiki has an obscure bit of fan terminology for this: the [[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Really_Big_Fight_at_the_End Really Big Fight at the End]], or RBFATE.
* The last two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' are this; especially the last one with it featuring a [[spoiler: 20 minute Optimus Primal vs. Megatron fight...which Megatron says is just to pass the time until his drones finish repairing the Spark chamber so he can reformat Cybertron.]]
* From ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', we have the battle on Cybertron between the Autobots, Predacons and [[spoiler: a Unicron-possessed Megatron]] for the fate of Primus's rebooted spark. The show technically could do more with the result, but it ends with the end of the Decepticons ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse except to confirm what happened to Shockwave]]), and the end of the line of Primes due to complications protecting The Allspark.
* Season one of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' features the aptly-named episode "The Final Battle", in which the Guardians team up with Caleb and the Rebel army to storm Phobos' castle. Of course, it turned out to be not so final, as there was a second season.
** The [[Website/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]] has [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Final_Battle_(disambiguation) several articles]] with that name.
** The other Transformers Wiki has an obscure bit of fan terminology for this: the [[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Really_Big_Fight_at_the_End Really Big Fight at the End]], or RBFATE.
* The last two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' are this; especially the last one with it featuring a [[spoiler: 20 minute Optimus Primal vs. Megatron fight...which Megatron says is just to pass the time until his drones finish repairing the Spark chamber so he can reformat Cybertron.]]
* From ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', we have the battle on Cybertron between the Autobots, Predacons and [[spoiler: a Unicron-possessed Megatron]] for the fate of Primus's rebooted spark. The show technically could do more with the result, but it ends with the end of the Decepticons ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse except to confirm what happened to Shockwave]]), and the end of the line of Primes due to complications protecting The Allspark.
* Season one of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' features the aptly-named episode "The Final Battle", in which the Guardians team up with Caleb and the Rebel army to storm Phobos' castle. Of course, it turned out to be not so final, as there was a second season.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' ended with the two-part "Nemesis", which is essentially one big battle to hold off an ancient warship.
** The [[Website/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]]''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' has [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Final_Battle_(disambiguation) several articles]] with that name.
** The other Transformers Wiki has an obscure bit of fan terminology for this: the [[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Really_Big_Fight_at_the_End Really Big Fight at the End]], or RBFATE.
* The last two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' are this; especially the last one with it featuring aAnne, Sasha and Marcy [[spoiler: 20 minute Optimus Primal vs. Megatron fight...which Megatron says is just [[AstralFinale in space]] and in their [[SuperMode respective Calamity Forms]] fighting [[BigBad The Core]] in order to pass keeping it from [[ColonyDrop crashing Amphibia's moon onto the time until his drones finish repairing the Spark chamber so he can reformat Cybertron.]]
* From ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', we have the battle on Cybertron between the Autobots, Predacons and [[spoiler: a Unicron-possessed Megatron]] for the fate of Primus's rebooted spark. The show technically could do more with the result, but it ends with the end of the Decepticons ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse except to confirm what happened to Shockwave]]), and the end of the line of Primes due to complications protecting The Allspark.
* Season one of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' features the aptly-named episode "The Final Battle", in which the Guardians team up with Caleb and the Rebel army to storm Phobos' castle. Of course, it turned out to be not so final, as there was a second season.titular location]].]]
** The [[Website/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]]
** The other Transformers Wiki has an obscure bit of fan terminology for this: the [[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Really_Big_Fight_at_the_End Really Big Fight at the End]], or RBFATE.
* The last two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' are this; especially the last one with it featuring a
* From ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', we have the battle on Cybertron between the Autobots, Predacons and [[spoiler: a Unicron-possessed Megatron]] for the fate of Primus's rebooted spark. The show technically could do more with the result, but it ends with the end of the Decepticons ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse except to confirm what happened to Shockwave]]), and the end of the line of Primes due to complications protecting The Allspark.
* Season one of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' features the aptly-named episode "The Final Battle", in which the Guardians team up with Caleb and the Rebel army to storm Phobos' castle. Of course, it turned out to be not so final, as there was a second season.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has one at the end of each season. Season 1 was Korra vs. Amon. Season 2 is Korra vs. Unalaq and Vaatu combined in what's practically a kaiju battle in Republic City. Season 3 is a verry pissed off Korra in the Avatar State fighting against Zaheer in a battle that wouldn't be out of place in Dragonball Z. Season 4 ends with Team Korra fighting against Kuvira [[spoiler: and her Colossus, a battle which just about destroys the city as well as open up a third Spirit Realm portal!]]
* The fifth season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', just before "Things Change", ends with a massive battle between the expanded Teen Titan army and the Brotherhood of Evil.
* The fifth season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', just before "Things Change", ends with a massive battle between the expanded Teen Titan army and the Brotherhood of Evil.
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* The fifth season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', just before "Things Change", ends with a massive battle between the expanded Teen Titan army and the Brotherhood of Evil.
* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E25TheEndingOfTheEndPart2 The Ending of the End, Part 2]]" (which was the penultimate episode of the series) has a final battle between three of the show's main villains and almost every character who'd appeared in the series.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': Before the show was UnCanceled, the intended Final Battle was [[spoiler:between Lloyd's Golden Dragon form and the Overlord incarnated in his original form: a giant, purple-black wyvern]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has Eda, King, and Luz [[spoiler: ([[SuperMode the latter empowered by the last of the Titan's energy]])]] facing off one last time against [[BigBad Belos]], who has [[HijackingCthulhu hijacked the Titan's power]] in an attempt to destroy the Boiling Isles for good.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': Before the show was UnCanceled, the intended Final Battle was [[spoiler:between Lloyd's Golden Dragon form and the Overlord incarnated in his original form: a giant, purple-black wyvern]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has Eda, King, and Luz [[spoiler: ([[SuperMode the latter empowered by the last of the Titan's energy]])]] facing off one last time against [[BigBad Belos]], who has [[HijackingCthulhu hijacked the Titan's power]] in an attempt to destroy the Boiling Isles for good.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' ends season 5 with this. The series comes back as ''Fast Forward'' and then as ''Back to the Sewers'', but the original 2003 series wraps up with all the characters in one huge battle.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': Before the show was UnCanceled, the intended Final Battle was [[spoiler:between Lloyd's Golden Dragon form and the Overlord incarnated in his original form: a giant, purple-black wyvern]].
* The final two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' had the X-Men and their assorted allies fighting Apocalypse and his Horsemen.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': Before the show was UnCanceled, the intended Final Battle was [[spoiler:between Lloyd's Golden Dragon form and the Overlord incarnated in his original form: a giant, purple-black wyvern]].
* The final two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' had the X-Men and their assorted allies fighting Apocalypse and his Horsemen.
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* The finale of every season of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' features the Winx in a final showdown with the ArcVillain of the season. The third season finale was even titled "The Final Battle" on Nickelodeon.
* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E25TheEndingOfTheEndPart2 The Ending of the End, Part 2]]" (which was the penultimate episode of the series) has a final battle between three of the show's main villains and almost every character who'd appeared in the series.
* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E25TheEndingOfTheEndPart2 The Ending of the End, Part 2]]" (which was the penultimate episode of the series) has a final battle between three of the show's main villains and almost every character who'd appeared in the series.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' has Anne, Sasha and Marcy [[spoiler: [[AstralFinale in space]] and in their [[SuperMode respective Calamity Forms]] fighting [[BigBad The Core]] in order to keeping it from [[ColonyDrop crashing Amphibia's moon onto the titular location]].]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has Eda, King, and Luz [[spoiler: ([[SuperMode the latter empowered by the last of the Titan's energy]])]] facing off one last time against [[BigBad Belos]], who has [[HijackingCthulhu hijacked the Titan's power]] in an attempt to destroy the Boiling Isles for good.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has Eda, King, and Luz [[spoiler: ([[SuperMode the latter empowered by the last of the Titan's energy]])]] facing off one last time against [[BigBad Belos]], who has [[HijackingCthulhu hijacked the Titan's power]] in an attempt to destroy the Boiling Isles for good.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' The fifth season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', just before "Things Change", ends with a massive battle between the expanded Teen Titan army and the Brotherhood of Evil.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' ends season 5 with this. The series comes back as ''Fast Forward'' and then as ''Back to the Sewers'', but the original 2003 series wraps up with all the characters in one huge battle.
* ''Franchise/Transformers'':
** ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' ended with the two-part "Nemesis", which is essentially one big battle to hold off an ancient warship.
*** The [[Website/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]] hasAnne, Sasha and Marcy [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Final_Battle_(disambiguation) several articles]] with that name.
*** The other Transformers Wiki has an obscure bit of fan terminology for this: the [[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Really_Big_Fight_at_the_End Really Big Fight at the End]], or RBFATE.
** The last two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' are this; especially the last one with it featuring a [[spoiler:[[AstralFinale in space]] and in their [[SuperMode respective Calamity Forms]] fighting [[BigBad The Core]] in order 20 minute Optimus Primal vs. Megatron fight...which Megatron says is just to keeping it from [[ColonyDrop crashing Amphibia's moon onto pass the titular location]].time until his drones finish repairing the Spark chamber so he can reformat Cybertron.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has Eda, King, ** From ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', we have the battle on Cybertron between the Autobots, Predacons and Luz [[spoiler: ([[SuperMode a Unicron-possessed Megatron]] for the latter empowered by fate of Primus's rebooted spark. The show technically could do more with the last result, but it ends with the end of the Titan's energy]])]] facing off Decepticons ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse except to confirm what happened to Shockwave]]), and the end of the line of Primes due to complications protecting The Allspark.
* Season onelast time against [[BigBad Belos]], who has [[HijackingCthulhu hijacked of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' features the Titan's power]] aptly-named episode "The Final Battle", in an attempt to destroy which the Boiling Isles for good.Guardians team up with Caleb and the Rebel army to storm Phobos' castle. Of course, it turned out to be not so final, as there was a second season.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' ends season 5 with this. The series comes back as ''Fast Forward'' and then as ''Back to the Sewers'', but the original 2003 series wraps up with all the characters in one huge battle.
* ''Franchise/Transformers'':
** ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' ended with the two-part "Nemesis", which is essentially one big battle to hold off an ancient warship.
*** The [[Website/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]] has
*** The other Transformers Wiki has an obscure bit of fan terminology for this: the [[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Really_Big_Fight_at_the_End Really Big Fight at the End]], or RBFATE.
** The last two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' are this; especially the last one with it featuring a [[spoiler:
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* The finale of every season of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' features the Winx in a final showdown with the ArcVillain of the season. The third season finale was even titled "The Final Battle" on Nickelodeon.
* The final two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' had the X-Men and their assorted allies fighting Apocalypse and his Horsemen.
* The final two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' had the X-Men and their assorted allies fighting Apocalypse and his Horsemen.
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* Episode 25 (actually the third episode) of the ''Anime/KujibikiUnbalance'' OVA makes several references to the upcoming final battle of the Kujibiki tournament to decide the next student council. The episode cuts off just before we hear the actual rules of the battle.
* The Final Battle on each series of the ''Mazinger trilogy'' varies depending on if we are discussing the Creator/GoNagai manga, the anime series or the Creator/GosakuOta manga:
** ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Mazinger Z had two battles at the end of the series. At the final of the anime series, [[spoiler:the main characters located Dr. Hell's SupervillainLair at last. Quickly they began to make preparations for the final battle, but Hell used a last scheme to hinder them as he completed his own preparations. Mazinger-Z, Venus A and Boss Borot stormed Hell's Island, supported by the Japanese army, but Dr. Hell sent against them his last Mechanical Beasts. The three HumongousMecha got severely trashed, but Mazinger-Z could still work. Kouji stormed the base, destroying and blowing up all what he saw. Hell set his Lair to self-destruct and he and Brocken tried to flee on the aerial fortress Guru. However, Mazinger-Z chased them and they faced off for last time on an aerial battle over the ocean.]] It was subverted, though, since all of it happened in the second-to-last episode, and the narration -and the scenes involving a smug [[DragonWithAnAgenda Gorgon]]- warned the last episode would be NOT a happy day. The events were very different on the Creator/GoNagai manga [[spoiler:(Hell attacked first, deploying several dozens of Mechanical Beasts at once to invade Japan. Ashura and Brocken coordinated their squads in the assault, and the Japanese army used Mass-Production Mazingers against Hell. Finally, Kouji and Sayaka fought alone against the Island of Hell, what had transformed into a humongous HumongousMecha)]]. The Gosaku Ota episodes are similar to the anime, but [[spoiler:Gorgon makes his move while Kouji is storming the base. He goads his Warrior Monsters against Mazinger-Z and backstabs Hell when he is distracted before leaving the base. Enraged and dying, Hell pulls a lever. Hell's Island takes off and flies towards the Institute to crash on it. However, Great Mazinger arrives, defeats the Mykene Beasts, fetches a defeated Mazinger-Z and runs away with it. Meanwhile, the battle has altered the course of the island, and it floats upwards, leaving the atmosphere and losing itself in the space...]]
** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:Great Marshall of Darkness sent several Warrior Monsters to attack the Photon Energy Research Institute as Demonika -his CoolAirship- stealthily approached the Fortress of Science. Kouji fought a powerful Warrior Beast but Tetsuya (who was irrationally jealous) refused to sortie to help him. Finally he deployed Great Mazinger, and Great Marshall chose that moment to attack. A Warrior Monster attacked Tetsuya as Demonika started bombarding the Fortress. Tetsuya was easily shot down and cut off reinforcements. Dr. Kabuto then commited a HeroicSacrifice to save him. After retrieving his corpse, Mazinger-Z, Great Mazinger, Venus A and Diana A regrouped and attacked Demonika together, blowing the Mykene army up to Hell.]] The manga versions are similar, but there is a very important difference in the Gosaku Ota version: Tetsuya [[spoiler:commited HeroicSacrifice, self-detonating Great Mazinger to destroy Demonika and the Mykene army.]]
** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:after his daughter got murdered, King Vega decided he had got it: he had wasted military resources trying take over Earth as planet Vega imploded and everyting he had managed was using up their resources, running out of {{Robeast}}s, and losing his commanders, his best soldiers and his daughter. So he ordered his troops to destroy their SpaceBase to hammer in them the idea of they now had no choice but conquering Earth or die, and he launched a full attack with the remnants of his army. Meanwhile, Duke took off in Grendizer and Kouji, Hikaru and Maria on a new starship. Both sides fought in the space, between Earth and Moon. The Vegan army was finally destroyed in the final confrontation, and Duke killed King Vega.]] The Creator/GoNagai manga version had no a definite ending, but the Gosaku Ota version did it, and the final was very different from the anime series. Things went FromBadToWorse. Like in [[spoiler:TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] worse.
* The Final Battle on each series of the ''Mazinger trilogy'' varies depending on if we are discussing the Creator/GoNagai manga, the anime series or the Creator/GosakuOta manga:
** ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Mazinger Z had two battles at the end of the series. At the final of the anime series, [[spoiler:the main characters located Dr. Hell's SupervillainLair at last. Quickly they began to make preparations for the final battle, but Hell used a last scheme to hinder them as he completed his own preparations. Mazinger-Z, Venus A and Boss Borot stormed Hell's Island, supported by the Japanese army, but Dr. Hell sent against them his last Mechanical Beasts. The three HumongousMecha got severely trashed, but Mazinger-Z could still work. Kouji stormed the base, destroying and blowing up all what he saw. Hell set his Lair to self-destruct and he and Brocken tried to flee on the aerial fortress Guru. However, Mazinger-Z chased them and they faced off for last time on an aerial battle over the ocean.]] It was subverted, though, since all of it happened in the second-to-last episode, and the narration -and the scenes involving a smug [[DragonWithAnAgenda Gorgon]]- warned the last episode would be NOT a happy day. The events were very different on the Creator/GoNagai manga [[spoiler:(Hell attacked first, deploying several dozens of Mechanical Beasts at once to invade Japan. Ashura and Brocken coordinated their squads in the assault, and the Japanese army used Mass-Production Mazingers against Hell. Finally, Kouji and Sayaka fought alone against the Island of Hell, what had transformed into a humongous HumongousMecha)]]. The Gosaku Ota episodes are similar to the anime, but [[spoiler:Gorgon makes his move while Kouji is storming the base. He goads his Warrior Monsters against Mazinger-Z and backstabs Hell when he is distracted before leaving the base. Enraged and dying, Hell pulls a lever. Hell's Island takes off and flies towards the Institute to crash on it. However, Great Mazinger arrives, defeats the Mykene Beasts, fetches a defeated Mazinger-Z and runs away with it. Meanwhile, the battle has altered the course of the island, and it floats upwards, leaving the atmosphere and losing itself in the space...]]
** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:Great Marshall of Darkness sent several Warrior Monsters to attack the Photon Energy Research Institute as Demonika -his CoolAirship- stealthily approached the Fortress of Science. Kouji fought a powerful Warrior Beast but Tetsuya (who was irrationally jealous) refused to sortie to help him. Finally he deployed Great Mazinger, and Great Marshall chose that moment to attack. A Warrior Monster attacked Tetsuya as Demonika started bombarding the Fortress. Tetsuya was easily shot down and cut off reinforcements. Dr. Kabuto then commited a HeroicSacrifice to save him. After retrieving his corpse, Mazinger-Z, Great Mazinger, Venus A and Diana A regrouped and attacked Demonika together, blowing the Mykene army up to Hell.]] The manga versions are similar, but there is a very important difference in the Gosaku Ota version: Tetsuya [[spoiler:commited HeroicSacrifice, self-detonating Great Mazinger to destroy Demonika and the Mykene army.]]
** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:after his daughter got murdered, King Vega decided he had got it: he had wasted military resources trying take over Earth as planet Vega imploded and everyting he had managed was using up their resources, running out of {{Robeast}}s, and losing his commanders, his best soldiers and his daughter. So he ordered his troops to destroy their SpaceBase to hammer in them the idea of they now had no choice but conquering Earth or die, and he launched a full attack with the remnants of his army. Meanwhile, Duke took off in Grendizer and Kouji, Hikaru and Maria on a new starship. Both sides fought in the space, between Earth and Moon. The Vegan army was finally destroyed in the final confrontation, and Duke killed King Vega.]] The Creator/GoNagai manga version had no a definite ending, but the Gosaku Ota version did it, and the final was very different from the anime series. Things went FromBadToWorse. Like in [[spoiler:TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] worse.
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* Episode 25 (actually ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has the third episode) of the ''Anime/KujibikiUnbalance'' OVA makes several references to the upcoming final battle of the Kujibiki tournament to decide the next student council. The episode cuts off just before we hear the actual rules of the battle.
* The Final Battle on each series of the ''Mazinger trilogy'' varies depending on if we are discussing the Creator/GoNagai manga, the anime series or the Creator/GosakuOta manga:
** ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Mazinger Z had two battles at the end of the series. AtThousand Year Blood War, the final of conflict between the anime series, [[spoiler:the main characters located Dr. Hell's SupervillainLair at last. Quickly they began Gotei 13 and the Vandenreich (who previously fought together a 1,000 years prior to make preparations the series). If you want to be a bit more specific, you have the final fight between [[TheHero Ichigo]] and [[AGodAmI Yhwach]], where [[spoiler: Aizen]] and [[spoiler: Uryu]] of all people actually help Ichigo in taking the evil Quincy monarch down.
* Subverted somewhat in the manga finale for ''Manga/ChronoCrusade''. There are several important battles and victories leading up to [[spoiler:Chrono and Aion's fight]] in the final two volumes--which covers just two consecutive days. However, when the time comes for the final battle,but Hell used a last scheme to hinder them as he completed his own preparations. Mazinger-Z, Venus A and Boss Borot stormed Hell's Island, supported by the Japanese army, but Dr. Hell sent against them his last Mechanical Beasts. The three HumongousMecha got severely trashed, but Mazinger-Z could still work. Kouji stormed the base, destroying and blowing up all what he saw. Hell set his Lair to self-destruct and he and Brocken tried to flee on the aerial fortress Guru. However, Mazinger-Z chased them and they faced off for last time on an aerial battle over the ocean.]] It was subverted, though, since all of it happened in the second-to-last episode, and the narration -and the scenes involving a smug [[DragonWithAnAgenda Gorgon]]- warned the last episode would be NOT a happy day. The events were very different on the Creator/GoNagai manga [[spoiler:(Hell attacked first, deploying several dozens of Mechanical Beasts at once to invade Japan. Ashura and Brocken coordinated their squads in the assault, and the Japanese army used Mass-Production Mazingers against Hell. Finally, Kouji and Sayaka fought alone against the Island of Hell, what had transformed into a humongous HumongousMecha)]]. The Gosaku Ota episodes are similar to the anime, but [[spoiler:Gorgon makes his move while Kouji is storming the base. He goads his Warrior Monsters against Mazinger-Z and backstabs Hell when he is distracted perspective cuts away right before leaving the base. Enraged first blows are exchanged, and dying, Hell pulls a lever. Hell's Island takes off and flies towards we're never fully given the Institute to crash on it. However, Great Mazinger arrives, defeats the Mykene Beasts, fetches a defeated Mazinger-Z and runs away with it. Meanwhile, the battle has altered the course details of the island, and it floats upwards, leaving the atmosphere and losing itself in the space...]]
** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:Great Marshall of Darkness sent several Warrior Monsters to attack the Photon Energy Research Institute as Demonika -his CoolAirship- stealthily approached the Fortress of Science. Kouji fought a powerful Warrior Beast but Tetsuya (who was irrationally jealous) refused to sortie to help him. Finally he deployed Great Mazinger, and Great Marshall chose that moment to attack. A Warrior Monster attacked Tetsuya as Demonika started bombarding the Fortress. Tetsuya was easily shot down and cut off reinforcements. Dr. Kabuto then commited a HeroicSacrifice to save him. After retrieving his corpse, Mazinger-Z, Great Mazinger, Venus A and Diana A regrouped and attacked Demonika together, blowing the Mykene army up to Hell.]] The manga versions are similar, but there is a very important difference in the Gosaku Ota version: Tetsuya [[spoiler:commited HeroicSacrifice, self-detonating Great Mazinger to destroy Demonika and the Mykene army.]]
** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:after his daughter got murdered, King Vega decided he had got it: he had wasted military resources trying take over Earth as planet Vega imploded and everyting he had managed was using up their resources, running out of {{Robeast}}s, and losing his commanders, his best soldiers and his daughter. So he ordered his troops to destroy their SpaceBase to hammer in them the idea of they now had no choice but conquering Earth or die, and he launched a full attack with the remnants of his army. Meanwhile, Duke took off in Grendizer and Kouji, Hikaru and Maria on a new starship. Both sides fought in the space, between Earth and Moon. The Vegan army was finally destroyed in the final confrontation, and Duke killed King Vega.]] The Creator/GoNagai manga version had no a definite ending, but the Gosaku Ota version did it, and the final was very different from the anime series. Things went FromBadToWorse. Like in [[spoiler:TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] worse.what happened.
* The Final Battle on each series of the ''Mazinger trilogy'' varies depending on if we are discussing the Creator/GoNagai manga, the anime series or the Creator/GosakuOta manga:
** ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Mazinger Z had two battles at the end of the series. At
* Subverted somewhat in the manga finale for ''Manga/ChronoCrusade''. There are several important battles and victories leading up to [[spoiler:Chrono and Aion's fight]] in the final two volumes--which covers just two consecutive days. However, when the time comes for the final battle,
** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:Great Marshall of Darkness sent several Warrior Monsters to attack the Photon Energy Research Institute as Demonika -his CoolAirship- stealthily approached the Fortress of Science. Kouji fought a powerful Warrior Beast but Tetsuya (who was irrationally jealous) refused to sortie to help him. Finally he deployed Great Mazinger, and Great Marshall chose that moment to attack. A Warrior Monster attacked Tetsuya as Demonika started bombarding the Fortress. Tetsuya was easily shot down and cut off reinforcements. Dr. Kabuto then commited a HeroicSacrifice to save him. After retrieving his corpse, Mazinger-Z, Great Mazinger, Venus A and Diana A regrouped and attacked Demonika together, blowing the Mykene army up to Hell.]] The manga versions are similar, but there is a very important difference in the Gosaku Ota version: Tetsuya [[spoiler:commited HeroicSacrifice, self-detonating Great Mazinger to destroy Demonika and the Mykene army.]]
** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:after his daughter got murdered, King Vega decided he had got it: he had wasted military resources trying take over Earth as planet Vega imploded and everyting he had managed was using up their resources, running out of {{Robeast}}s, and losing his commanders, his best soldiers and his daughter. So he ordered his troops to destroy their SpaceBase to hammer in them the idea of they now had no choice but conquering Earth or die, and he launched a full attack with the remnants of his army. Meanwhile, Duke took off in Grendizer and Kouji, Hikaru and Maria on a new starship. Both sides fought in the space, between Earth and Moon. The Vegan army was finally destroyed in the final confrontation, and Duke killed King Vega.]] The Creator/GoNagai manga version had no a definite ending, but the Gosaku Ota version did it, and the final was very different from the anime series. Things went FromBadToWorse. Like in [[spoiler:TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] worse.
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* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. The final battle involves the heroes fighting the [[EldritchAbomination Anti-Spiral]] in a pocket universe, using the titular Mecha[=/=]EnergyBeing. Both sides are powerful enough to use galaxies as mechas.
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* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Episode 26 of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession26TheRealFolkBluesPart2 The Real Folk Blues (Part 2)]]", is the Final Battle against the entire Red Dragon and Vicious. [[spoiler:Both Spike and Vicious fall in the final showdown.]]
* ''Anime/Danganronpa3'': The [[spoiler: [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood brainwashed]]]] Future Foundation vs [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn the Remnants of Despair]]]].
* Though the fights between Goku and Frieza then Gohan and Cell could be considered examples, the ultimate final battle of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and by extension, the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' manga, is Goku and Vegeta vs. Kid Buu in the Sacred World of the Kai, with Goku's Super Spirit Bomb being the climatic event to end all climatic events.
* ''Manga/Eyeshield21'': [[spoiler:Team America vs. Team Japan. They even went into overtime despite the tournament holder's orders. According to the ending, America won]].
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' culminates in Natsu's showdown with Zeref, followed immediately by Natsu working with the other Dragon Slayers to destroy Acnologia's spirit in the Space Between of Time, while Lucy leads all the other wizards in keeping his rampaging body from destroying the world.
* For ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', the The Promised Day arc, one that began after a months-long timeskip during which both sides prepared for the crux of the BigBad's plan to resolve, appears to be the final Arc. Starting at Chapter 84, it eventually rolled up ALL the characters into a giant [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy katamari]] of awesomeness.
** The penultimate chapter (107) is even ''titled'' "The Final Battle".
* The final battleinvolves the heroes fighting the [[EldritchAbomination Anti-Spiral]] in of ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' takes place inside Naraku when he transformed into a pocket universe, using the titular Mecha[=/=]EnergyBeing. Both sides are powerful enough to use galaxies as mechas.giant, floating spider.
* ''Anime/{{Kemurikusa}}'' has Rin and Wakaba [[spoiler:with [[CavalryOfTheDead Riku, Ryo and Ryoku]] joining midway trough]] against [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination The Red Tree]]]].
* ''Anime/Danganronpa3'': The [[spoiler: [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood brainwashed]]]] Future Foundation vs [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn the Remnants of Despair]]]].
* Though the fights between Goku and Frieza then Gohan and Cell could be considered examples, the ultimate final battle of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and by extension, the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' manga, is Goku and Vegeta vs. Kid Buu in the Sacred World of the Kai, with Goku's Super Spirit Bomb being the climatic event to end all climatic events.
* ''Manga/Eyeshield21'': [[spoiler:Team America vs. Team Japan. They even went into overtime despite the tournament holder's orders. According to the ending, America won]].
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' culminates in Natsu's showdown with Zeref, followed immediately by Natsu working with the other Dragon Slayers to destroy Acnologia's spirit in the Space Between of Time, while Lucy leads all the other wizards in keeping his rampaging body from destroying the world.
* For ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', the The Promised Day arc, one that began after a months-long timeskip during which both sides prepared for the crux of the BigBad's plan to resolve, appears to be the final Arc. Starting at Chapter 84, it eventually rolled up ALL the characters into a giant [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy katamari]] of awesomeness.
** The penultimate chapter (107) is even ''titled'' "The Final Battle".
* The final battle
* ''Anime/{{Kemurikusa}}'' has Rin and Wakaba [[spoiler:with [[CavalryOfTheDead Riku, Ryo and Ryoku]] joining midway trough]] against [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination The Red Tree]]]].
* Episode 25 (actually the third episode) of the ''Anime/KujibikiUnbalance'' OVA makes several references to the upcoming final battle of the Kujibiki tournament to decide the next student council. The episode cuts off just before we hear the actual rules of the battle.
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* The end of ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer'' has the forces of the Yapan Exodus including the mechanics taking on the Overdevil and the BrainwashedAndCrazy [[spoiler:Gainer, Sara, and Cynthia]] in battle.
* For ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', the The Promised Day arc, one that began after a months-long timeskip during which both sides prepared for the crux of the BigBad's plan to resolve, appears to be the final Arc. Starting at Chapter 84, it eventually rolled up ALL the characters into a giant [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy katamari]] of awesomeness.
** The penultimate chapter (107) is even ''titled'' "The Final Battle".
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': After [[spoiler:the death of the seventeenth Angel]], SEELE launches its final assault upon NERV. [[spoiler:The army killed hundreds of people]] as Misato shoves a relunctant Shinji towards the cages and Asuka fights for her life the army and the MP-Evas.
** ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'': The third act of ''3.0+1.0'' had [[OperationBlank Operation Yamato]], which is Misato and her organization WILLE's last ditch effort to stop NERV from carrying out Instrumentality. [[spoiler:However, the ''true'' final conflict of the movie (and by extension, [[GrandFinale the entire]] [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion franchise]]) is a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind between Shinji/EVA-01 and Gendo/EVA-13 within the Golgotha Object in the Anti-Universe]].
* For ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', the The Promised Day arc, one that began after a months-long timeskip during which both sides prepared for the crux of the BigBad's plan to resolve, appears to be the final Arc. Starting at Chapter 84, it eventually rolled up ALL the characters into a giant [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy katamari]] of awesomeness.
** The penultimate chapter (107) is even ''titled'' "The Final Battle".
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': After [[spoiler:the death of the seventeenth Angel]], SEELE launches its final assault upon NERV. [[spoiler:The army killed hundreds of people]] as Misato shoves a relunctant Shinji towards the cages and Asuka fights for her life the army and the MP-Evas.
** ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'': The third act of ''3.0+1.0'' had [[OperationBlank Operation Yamato]], which is Misato and her organization WILLE's last ditch effort to stop NERV from carrying out Instrumentality. [[spoiler:However, the ''true'' final conflict of the movie (and by extension, [[GrandFinale the entire]] [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion franchise]]) is a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind between Shinji/EVA-01 and Gendo/EVA-13 within the Golgotha Object in the Anti-Universe]].
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* The Final Battle on each series of the ''Mazinger trilogy'' varies depending on if we are discussing the Creator/GoNagai manga, the anime series or the Creator/GosakuOta manga:
** ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Mazinger Z had two battles at the end of''Anime/OvermanKingGainer'' has the forces of the Yapan Exodus including the mechanics taking on the Overdevil and the BrainwashedAndCrazy [[spoiler:Gainer, Sara, and Cynthia]] in battle.
* For ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', the The Promised Day arc, one that began after a months-long timeskip during which both sides prepared for the crux of the BigBad's plan to resolve, appears to beseries. At the final Arc. Starting at Chapter 84, it eventually rolled up ALL of the anime series, [[spoiler:the main characters located Dr. Hell's SupervillainLair at last. Quickly they began to make preparations for the final battle, but Hell used a last scheme to hinder them as he completed his own preparations. Mazinger-Z, Venus A and Boss Borot stormed Hell's Island, supported by the Japanese army, but Dr. Hell sent against them his last Mechanical Beasts. The three HumongousMecha got severely trashed, but Mazinger-Z could still work. Kouji stormed the base, destroying and blowing up all what he saw. Hell set his Lair to self-destruct and he and Brocken tried to flee on the aerial fortress Guru. However, Mazinger-Z chased them and they faced off for last time on an aerial battle over the ocean.]] It was subverted, though, since all of it happened in the second-to-last episode, and the narration -and the scenes involving a smug [[DragonWithAnAgenda Gorgon]]- warned the last episode would be NOT a happy day. The events were very different on the Creator/GoNagai manga [[spoiler:(Hell attacked first, deploying several dozens of Mechanical Beasts at once to invade Japan. Ashura and Brocken coordinated their squads in the assault, and the Japanese army used Mass-Production Mazingers against Hell. Finally, Kouji and Sayaka fought alone against the Island of Hell, what had transformed into a giant [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy katamari]] humongous HumongousMecha)]]. The Gosaku Ota episodes are similar to the anime, but [[spoiler:Gorgon makes his move while Kouji is storming the base. He goads his Warrior Monsters against Mazinger-Z and backstabs Hell when he is distracted before leaving the base. Enraged and dying, Hell pulls a lever. Hell's Island takes off and flies towards the Institute to crash on it. However, Great Mazinger arrives, defeats the Mykene Beasts, fetches a defeated Mazinger-Z and runs away with it. Meanwhile, the battle has altered the course of awesomeness.
the island, and it floats upwards, leaving the atmosphere and losing itself in the space...]]
** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:Great Marshall of Darkness sent several Warrior Monsters to attack the Photon Energy Research Institute as Demonika -his CoolAirship- stealthily approached the Fortress of Science. Kouji fought a powerful Warrior Beast but Tetsuya (who was irrationally jealous) refused to sortie to help him. Finally he deployed Great Mazinger, and Great Marshall chose that moment to attack. A Warrior Monster attacked Tetsuya as Demonika started bombarding the Fortress. Tetsuya was easily shot down and cut off reinforcements. Dr. Kabuto then commited a HeroicSacrifice to save him. After retrieving his corpse, Mazinger-Z, Great Mazinger, Venus A and Diana A regrouped and attacked Demonika together, blowing the Mykene army up to Hell.]] The manga versions are similar, but there is a very important difference in the Gosaku Ota version: Tetsuya [[spoiler:commited HeroicSacrifice, self-detonating Great Mazinger to destroy Demonika and the Mykene army.]]
** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:after his daughter got murdered, King Vega decided he had got it: he had wasted military resources trying take over Earth as planet Vega imploded and everyting he had managed was using up their resources, running out of {{Robeast}}s, and losing his commanders, his best soldiers and his daughter. So he ordered his troops to destroy their SpaceBase to hammer in them the idea of they now had no choice but conquering Earth or die, and he launched a full attack with the remnants of his army. Meanwhile, Duke took off in Grendizer and Kouji, Hikaru and Maria on a new starship. Both sides fought in the space, between Earth and Moon. The Vegan army was finally destroyed in the final confrontation, and Duke killed King Vega.]] The Creator/GoNagai manga version had no a definite ending, but the Gosaku Ota version did it, and the final was very different from the anime series. Things went FromBadToWorse. Like in [[spoiler:TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] worse.
* Any of the ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' series. From the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam original]] all the way to ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', each series has concluded with an awesome final battle between the most powerful mobile suits and pilots.
** Thepenultimate chapter (107) first show, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', subverts this to an extent, as the final battle of the series (the battle of A Baoa Qu) happens after the war has already turned in TheFederation's favor. The deciding battles of the war happened at Odessa and Solomon Base, A Baoa Qu was Zeon's LastStand before surrendering.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', like many others, gets away with a little title lampshading. The actual Final Battle takes up the last four episodes of the series, and the episode immediately before it begins iseven ''titled'' "The actually called "Signs of the Final Battle".
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': After [[spoiler:the death of ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' features another unique twist on this trope. The heroes already fought the seventeenth Angel]], SEELE launches its final assault upon NERV. [[spoiler:The army killed hundreds of people]] as Misato shoves a relunctant Shinji towards the cages deciding battle against [[ArmiesAreEvil Gjallarhorn]] five episodes ago and Asuka fights for her life the army and the MP-Evas.
** ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'':''lost''. The third act of ''3.0+1.0'' had [[OperationBlank Operation Yamato]], which is Misato and her organization WILLE's last ditch effort to stop NERV from carrying out Instrumentality. [[spoiler:However, the ''true'' final conflict of the movie (and by extension, [[GrandFinale the entire]] [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion franchise]]) is a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind between Shinji/EVA-01 and Gendo/EVA-13 within the Golgotha Object battle that happens in the Anti-Universe]].finale is Tekkadan fighting to hold off the enemy forces and buy time for the rest of their members to get to safety before Gjallarhorn closes in.
** ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Mazinger Z had two battles at the end of
* For ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', the The Promised Day arc, one that began after a months-long timeskip during which both sides prepared for the crux of the BigBad's plan to resolve, appears to be
** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:Great Marshall of Darkness sent several Warrior Monsters to attack the Photon Energy Research Institute as Demonika -his CoolAirship- stealthily approached the Fortress of Science. Kouji fought a powerful Warrior Beast but Tetsuya (who was irrationally jealous) refused to sortie to help him. Finally he deployed Great Mazinger, and Great Marshall chose that moment to attack. A Warrior Monster attacked Tetsuya as Demonika started bombarding the Fortress. Tetsuya was easily shot down and cut off reinforcements. Dr. Kabuto then commited a HeroicSacrifice to save him. After retrieving his corpse, Mazinger-Z, Great Mazinger, Venus A and Diana A regrouped and attacked Demonika together, blowing the Mykene army up to Hell.]] The manga versions are similar, but there is a very important difference in the Gosaku Ota version: Tetsuya [[spoiler:commited HeroicSacrifice, self-detonating Great Mazinger to destroy Demonika and the Mykene army.]]
** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': In the anime version, [[spoiler:after his daughter got murdered, King Vega decided he had got it: he had wasted military resources trying take over Earth as planet Vega imploded and everyting he had managed was using up their resources, running out of {{Robeast}}s, and losing his commanders, his best soldiers and his daughter. So he ordered his troops to destroy their SpaceBase to hammer in them the idea of they now had no choice but conquering Earth or die, and he launched a full attack with the remnants of his army. Meanwhile, Duke took off in Grendizer and Kouji, Hikaru and Maria on a new starship. Both sides fought in the space, between Earth and Moon. The Vegan army was finally destroyed in the final confrontation, and Duke killed King Vega.]] The Creator/GoNagai manga version had no a definite ending, but the Gosaku Ota version did it, and the final was very different from the anime series. Things went FromBadToWorse. Like in [[spoiler:TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] worse.
* Any of the ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' series. From the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam original]] all the way to ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', each series has concluded with an awesome final battle between the most powerful mobile suits and pilots.
** The
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', like many others, gets away with a little title lampshading. The actual Final Battle takes up the last four episodes of the series, and the episode immediately before it begins is
** ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'':
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': After [[spoiler:the death of the seventeenth Angel]], SEELE launches its final assault upon NERV. [[spoiler:The army killed hundreds of people]] as Misato shoves a relunctant Shinji towards the cages and Asuka fights for her life the army and the MP-Evas.
** ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'': The third act of ''3.0+1.0'' had [[OperationBlank Operation Yamato]], which is Misato and her organization WILLE's last ditch effort to stop NERV from carrying out Instrumentality. [[spoiler:However, the ''true'' final conflict of the movie (and by extension, [[GrandFinale the entire]] [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion franchise]]) is a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind between Shinji/EVA-01 and Gendo/EVA-13 within the Golgotha Object in the Anti-Universe]].
* The end of ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer'' has the forces of the Yapan Exodus including the mechanics taking on the Overdevil and the BrainwashedAndCrazy [[spoiler:Gainer, Sara, and Cynthia]] in battle.
** ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'': The third act of ''3.0+1.0'' had [[OperationBlank Operation Yamato]], which is Misato and her organization WILLE's last ditch effort to stop NERV from carrying out Instrumentality. [[spoiler:However, the ''true'' final conflict of the movie (and by extension, [[GrandFinale the entire]] [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion franchise]]) is a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind between Shinji/EVA-01 and Gendo/EVA-13 within the Golgotha Object in the Anti-Universe]].
* The end of ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer'' has the forces of the Yapan Exodus including the mechanics taking on the Overdevil and the BrainwashedAndCrazy [[spoiler:Gainer, Sara, and Cynthia]] in battle.
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* Subverted somewhat in the manga finale for ''Manga/ChronoCrusade''. There are several important battles and victories leading up to [[spoiler:Chrono and Aion's fight]] in the final two volumes--which covers just two consecutive days. However, when the time comes for the final battle, the perspective cuts away right before the first blows are exchanged, and we're never fully given the details of what happened.
* ''Manga/Eyeshield21'': [[spoiler:Team America vs. Team Japan. They even went into overtime despite the tournament holder's orders. According to the ending, America won]].
* Any of the ''Gundam'' series. From the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam original]] all the way to ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', each series has concluded with an awesome final battle between the most powerful mobile suits and pilots.
** The first show, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', subverts this to an extent, as the final battle of the series (the battle of A Baoa Qu) happens after the war has already turned in TheFederation's favor. The deciding battles of the war happened at Odessa and Solomon Base, A Baoa Qu was Zeon's LastStand before surrendering.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', like many others, gets away with a little title lampshading. The actual Final Battle takes up the last four episodes of the series, and the episode immediately before it begins is actually called "Signs of the Final Battle".
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' features another unique twist on this trope. The heroes already fought the deciding battle against [[ArmiesAreEvil Gjallarhorn]] five episodes ago and ''lost''. The battle that happens in the finale is Tekkadan fighting to hold off the enemy forces and buy time for the rest of their members to get to safety before Gjallarhorn closes in.
* The final battle of ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' takes place inside Naraku when he transformed into a giant, floating spider.
* Though the fights between Goku and Frieza then Gohan and Cell could be considered examples, the ultimate final battle of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and by extension, the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' manga, is Goku and Vegeta vs. Kid Buu in the Sacred World of the Kai, with Goku's Super Spirit Bomb being the climatic event to end all climatic events.
* ''Manga/Eyeshield21'': [[spoiler:Team America vs. Team Japan. They even went into overtime despite the tournament holder's orders. According to the ending, America won]].
* Any of the ''Gundam'' series. From the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam original]] all the way to ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', each series has concluded with an awesome final battle between the most powerful mobile suits and pilots.
** The first show, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', subverts this to an extent, as the final battle of the series (the battle of A Baoa Qu) happens after the war has already turned in TheFederation's favor. The deciding battles of the war happened at Odessa and Solomon Base, A Baoa Qu was Zeon's LastStand before surrendering.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', like many others, gets away with a little title lampshading. The actual Final Battle takes up the last four episodes of the series, and the episode immediately before it begins is actually called "Signs of the Final Battle".
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' features another unique twist on this trope. The heroes already fought the deciding battle against [[ArmiesAreEvil Gjallarhorn]] five episodes ago and ''lost''. The battle that happens in the finale is Tekkadan fighting to hold off the enemy forces and buy time for the rest of their members to get to safety before Gjallarhorn closes in.
* The final battle of ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' takes place inside Naraku when he transformed into a giant, floating spider.
* Though the fights between Goku and Frieza then Gohan and Cell could be considered examples, the ultimate final battle of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and by extension, the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' manga, is Goku and Vegeta vs. Kid Buu in the Sacred World of the Kai, with Goku's Super Spirit Bomb being the climatic event to end all climatic events.
* ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' has Ryu and Ken battle M. Bison, showcasing how powerful all three are. It was a battle so epic, it's turned into an extra fight in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha''.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. The final battle involves the heroes fighting the [[EldritchAbomination Anti-Spiral]] in a pocket universe, using the titular Mecha[=/=]EnergyBeing. Both sides are powerful enough to use galaxies as mechas.
* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' varies in regards to these, depending on the series due to the arc structure:
** ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has the final battle against Zorc Necrophades in the Memory World; a recreation of the battle that took place in the past and ended with both Zorc and the Pharaoh having their memories sealed in the Millennium Puzzle, with series GreaterScopeVillain Yami Bakura aiming to ensure that Zorc wins this time and is reborn in the modern world.
** ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' has the final battle against Zarc after Yuya absorbs his counterparts and revives him, resulting in almost every prominent supporting character taking Zarc on in a single duel where Zarc acts like a Raid Boss.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. The final battle involves the heroes fighting the [[EldritchAbomination Anti-Spiral]] in a pocket universe, using the titular Mecha[=/=]EnergyBeing. Both sides are powerful enough to use galaxies as mechas.
* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' varies in regards to these, depending on the series due to the arc structure:
** ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has the final battle against Zorc Necrophades in the Memory World; a recreation of the battle that took place in the past and ended with both Zorc and the Pharaoh having their memories sealed in the Millennium Puzzle, with series GreaterScopeVillain Yami Bakura aiming to ensure that Zorc wins this time and is reborn in the modern world.
** ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' has the final battle against Zarc after Yuya absorbs his counterparts and revives him, resulting in almost every prominent supporting character taking Zarc on in a single duel where Zarc acts like a Raid Boss.
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* Episode 26 of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession26TheRealFolkBluesPart2 The Real Folk Blues (Part 2)]]", is the Final Battle against the entire Red Dragon and Vicious. [[spoiler:Both Spike and Vicious fall in the final showdown.]]
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has the Thousand Year Blood War, the final conflict between the Gotei 13 and the Vandenreich (who previously fought together a 1,000 years prior to the series). If you want to be a bit more specific, you have the final fight between [[TheHero Ichigo]] and [[AGodAmI Yhwach]], where [[spoiler: Aizen]] and [[spoiler: Uryu]] of all people actually help Ichigo in taking the evil Quincy monarch down.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' culminates in Natsu's showdown with Zeref, followed immediately by Natsu working with the other Dragon Slayers to destroy Acnologia's spirit in the Space Between of Time, while Lucy leads all the other wizards in keeping his rampaging body from destroying the world.
* ''Anime/Danganronpa3'': The [[spoiler: [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood brainwashed]]]] Future Foundation vs [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn the Remnants of Despair]]]].
* ''Anime/{{Kemurikusa}}'' has Rin and Wakaba [[spoiler:with [[CavalryOfTheDead Riku, Ryo and Ryoku]] joining midway trough]] against [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination The Red Tree]]]].
* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' varies in regards to these, depending on the series due to the arc structure:
** ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has the final battle against Zorc Necrophades in the Memory World; a recreation of the battle that took place in the past and ended with both Zorc and the Pharaoh having their memories sealed in the Millennium Puzzle, with series GreaterScopeVillain Yami Bakura aiming to ensure that Zorc wins this time and is reborn in the modern world.
** ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' has the final battle against Zarc after Yuya absorbs his counterparts and revives him, resulting in almost every prominent supporting character taking Zarc on in a single duel where Zarc acts like a Raid Boss.
* ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' has Ryu and Ken battle M. Bison, showcasing how powerful all three are. It was a battle so epic, it's turned into an extra fight in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha''.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has the Thousand Year Blood War, the final conflict between the Gotei 13 and the Vandenreich (who previously fought together a 1,000 years prior to the series). If you want to be a bit more specific, you have the final fight between [[TheHero Ichigo]] and [[AGodAmI Yhwach]], where [[spoiler: Aizen]] and [[spoiler: Uryu]] of all people actually help Ichigo in taking the evil Quincy monarch down.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' culminates in Natsu's showdown with Zeref, followed immediately by Natsu working with the other Dragon Slayers to destroy Acnologia's spirit in the Space Between of Time, while Lucy leads all the other wizards in keeping his rampaging body from destroying the world.
* ''Anime/Danganronpa3'': The [[spoiler: [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood brainwashed]]]] Future Foundation vs [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn the Remnants of Despair]]]].
* ''Anime/{{Kemurikusa}}'' has Rin and Wakaba [[spoiler:with [[CavalryOfTheDead Riku, Ryo and Ryoku]] joining midway trough]] against [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination The Red Tree]]]].
* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' varies in regards to these, depending on the series due to the arc structure:
** ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has the final battle against Zorc Necrophades in the Memory World; a recreation of the battle that took place in the past and ended with both Zorc and the Pharaoh having their memories sealed in the Millennium Puzzle, with series GreaterScopeVillain Yami Bakura aiming to ensure that Zorc wins this time and is reborn in the modern world.
** ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' has the final battle against Zarc after Yuya absorbs his counterparts and revives him, resulting in almost every prominent supporting character taking Zarc on in a single duel where Zarc acts like a Raid Boss.
* ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' has Ryu and Ken battle M. Bison, showcasing how powerful all three are. It was a battle so epic, it's turned into an extra fight in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha''.
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** ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'' has Ethan fighting [[BigBad Gabriel]] [[TraintopBattle on top of a train]] for the key.
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** ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'' ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'' has Ethan fighting [[BigBad Gabriel]] [[TraintopBattle on top of a train]] for the key.
