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Okay, I only saw a short bit of this movie, basically the ending. Live action, not animated. The teenage hero had found himself himself trapped in another world (apparently on his birthday) where he saves said world and/or stops an ultimate evil or something. As a reward at the end they let him into a paradise whose door was locked until plot resolution; cue family reading birthday card to him thinking he's asleep, only to realize he's not waking up or breathing... unexpected cut to closing credits. Was likely on TV in the early 2000s, but possibly as a rerun.