"The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means."
—Miss Prism, The Importance of Being Earnest
Emilie: We've all seen how Mother Nature brings two creatures together in the right place. In the right time.
Everyone *singsong tone*: And they fall madly in love, and live happily ever after!
— Emilie Autumn, Naked Feminist Poetry
"Once upon a time in a little town there lived three adorable little girls. And they're still together, in a little town living happily ever after."
— Yabecchi, Mitsudomoe
"I might find somewhere where I can finish my book. I have thought of a nice ending for it: 'and he lived happily ever after to the end of his days'."
— Bilbo Baggins, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
"I'm still okay with this because I like... I like the idea of the story, I've sort of said it before, sort of like when they deal with Children of Dune, where it's — what's after Happily Ever After, what's after the Messiah, the Chosen One, cause the stories always stop. That's it, and they all live happily ever after. Bullshit, that doesn't happen! You know, what are problems that are gonna come after them, I like stories that do that. And that is what this is doing, and this seems like something that would happen, where you sort of have... and you see this happen in our culture all the time, where you come from something that's really bad, you know, whatever - a war, or a depression, or something that's really terrible, and then when things sort of even out... there are still these problems that arise, they're just new problems."
— Doug Walker, The Legend of Korra vlog
"Did they all live happily ever after? They did not. No one ever does, in spite of what the stories may say. They had their good days, as you do, and they had their bad days, and you know about those. They had their victories, as you do, and they had their defeats, and you know about those, too. There were times when they felt ashamed of themselves, knowing that they had not done their best, and there were times when they knew they had stood where their God had meant them to stand. All I'm trying to say is that they lived as well as they could, each and every one of them; some lived longer than others, but all lived well, and bravely."
"Everybody's always talkin' about 'happily ever after'. Y'ever try to read about the 'after'? Ya can't! The book just stops!"
— King Zøg, Disenchantment; The Lonely Heart Is A Hunter
"And it is said that the Princess returned to her father's kingdom. That she reigned there with justice and a kind heart for many centuries. That she was loved by her people. And that she left behind small traces of her time on Earth, visible only to those who know where to look."
—The Faun, Pan's Labyrinth
"Well kitten," I said, taking her gently into my arms. "I suggest you and I live happily ever after."
She raised her eyebrow in a really cute manner. "But isn't that just another Hollywood cliché?"
"In this city there are a thousand clichés," I said. "This...is one of them." And I pulled her into a kiss that was hotter than any coffee I'd ever tasted.
She raised her eyebrow in a really cute manner. "But isn't that just another Hollywood cliché?"
"In this city there are a thousand clichés," I said. "This...is one of them." And I pulled her into a kiss that was hotter than any coffee I'd ever tasted.
"And so, our journey comes to an end. But yours continues on. Grab ahold of your dreams and make them come true. For you are the key to unlocking your own magic. Now go. Let your dreams guide you. Reach out and find your Happily Ever After."
"And we all lived happily ever after. Come back again sometime, yeah?"
— Talking Flower, Super Mario Bros. Wonder
