Quotes / Gainax Ending

Anime

"Uhh, is this how you end a series? I mean, is this where we go from here? Okay, the movie better sure as Hell make up for this, I'm telling you right now, 'cause I'm stuck in Nowhereland! You ran outta ink, too, didn't you, ya bastards?"

— Spike Spencer (Shinji Ikari's Original English VA), in a Gag Dub of the credits of the last episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion

Kirei: Does this mean the Holy Grail is too much for today's humans to handle?
Rin: Why are you making this sound like it was a good story?!
Kirei: That's because I don't know what to do!

—Carnival Phantasm

"Surprise but I'm actually a demon."

— Stocking Anarchy in Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt('s) infamous cliffhanger.

Live-Action TV

Maeby: It doesn't have an ending. He's in L.A., she's in Japan. How do I get these two characters together?
Rita: Maybe they could walk.
Maeby: Across the ocean?
Rita: If it's not too deep.
Maeby: No, deep is good. People are going to say, "What the hell just happened? I better say I like it." 'Cause nobody wants to seem stupid.

— Arrested Development, "3x06 - The Ocean Walker"

Video Games

"Oh, I get it! Because of the—? Hmm, yes! It all makes sense now!"

— The Narrator's closing lines, BattleBlock Theater

Ezio: What? Who is Desmond? I don't understand... Please, wait! I have so many questions!
Desmond: What. The. Fuck.

— Ezio and Desmond reacting to the ending of Assassin's Creed II

"What the hell...?"

— Solid Snake reacting to the ending of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Webcomics

Mulberry: This is definitely the most uncomfortable day I've ever had. This whole adventure was just completely directionless, and it was filled with so many references, it's gonna date worse than that Heroes-themed episode! Who's responsible for all this?? Who? Who??
[Zoom out to show Mulberry drawing the aforementioned scene on Peter Paltridge's tablet PC]
Mulberry: Eh, ain't I a stinker? Wait, now I'm even more confused!

— Mulberry Sharona, "Mulberry's Epic Yarn"

What!? What does that mean!? What about the thing with The Patriots!? Did any of this actually happen!? Was I just hallucinating!?... Wait, why are we zooming out!? Is this the end!? Why isn't anyone answering my questions!? AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

— Raiden, Hiimdaisy: Let's Destroy Metal Gear Again!

Web original

There are two ways to wrap up a canceled or ending TV show. There's the oft employed looking back at an empty room and closing the door option. Then there's the "WTF! Let's stab their eyeballs with crazy!" approach.

— Cracked.com, The 7 Most Soul-Crushing Series Finales in TV History

Web Video

"The actual plot of Date Movie is that there's an overweight woman who wants to find love, so she loses all of her weight over the course of a rushed, gross-out montage, and the rest of the film is dedicated to a tiring love triangle with a hottie British guy and a jealous ex. Then King Kong kills Carmen Electra and the movie ends. (Beat) That's actually how the movie ends. Comedy fucking gold."

—Alex, I Hate Everything

"What the hell just happened?! Was the ending? Was that the beginning? Did killing Gandohar create a timeloop sending me back to the beginning where Kira gets captured by Gandohar, only Gandohar doesn't capture Kira, because I killed him in the future, making this some sort of future-past?"

— ProJared, on Two Worlds's good ending

Western Animation

"Okay... I think it officially got to the point where it can't get any weirder."

— Samson, Camp Lazlo, on the ending of the Series Finale

"And so... um... yeah."

— The Narrator, The Powerpuff Girls (1998), at the end of "Him Diddle Riddle"

"The ending felt random."

—Bubble Bass after being eaten by rats, The Patrick Star Show, "Movie Stars"

Real life

Something further may follow this masquerade.

— Herman Melville, final lines from The Confidence-Man, his final novel as it happens.

Lots of speculation from everyone!

— Design notes for the ending of Mass Effect 3, as published by BioWare in the "ME3: Final Hours" documentary

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