History Main / CurtainCall

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'', ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'', and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixeKongsDoubleTrouble'' all feature a parade of enemies and [=NPCs=] in their respective games, with the latter game presented as a photo album. This tradition has not been revived in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' or ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'', however.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' ended on a Curtain Call combined with AndTheAdventureContinues in its GrandFinale with all the members of the ''Justice League'' running/flying down from the steps of Metro Tower in thematically-linked groups (i.e. characters who frequently teamed up in the comics or were created by the same writer), concluding with the original seven members. In a note of BookEnds for the whole Franchise/{{DCAU}} franchise, Franchise/{{Batman}} is the very last hero seen on screen; he was the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries very first hero]] of the DCAU.

* ''TheresSomethingAboutMary'' has this in its DancePartyEnding.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' ended on a Curtain Call combined with AndTheAdventureContinues in its GrandFinale with all the members of the ''Justice League'' running/flying down from the steps of Metro Tower in order of importance. In a note of BookEnds for the whole Franchise/{{DCAU}} franchise, Franchise/{{Batman}} is the very last hero seen on screen; he was the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries very first hero]] of the DCAU.

* Each individual episode of ''SaturdayNightLive'' ends with the entire cast and any guest stars (and musicians in the guest band) gathering on the stage, with the ending theme music playing.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'', ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'', and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixeKongsDoubleTrouble'' all feature a parade of enemies and NPCs in their respective games, with the latter game presented as a photo album. This tradition has not been revived in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' or ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'', however.

* In the "Christams in Heaven" scene from ''MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'', most (if not all) of the characters we've seen in the film appear in the Heaven nightclub.
* ''HighSchoolMusical 3'' ends with the main cast singing a song about the franchise. At the end of the song, the six main cast members (Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad and Taylor) walk out on a stage, with curtains and the franchise title dropping down behind them, a la the first movie's poster.

* While ''most'' theatrical productions have this, occasionally the director will decide to [[AvertedTrope skip it]] for emphasis. The first Broadway production of [[SeventeenSeventySix 1776]] had no curtain call. The 2006 Broadway revival of ''Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera'' also nixed the curtain call.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'', ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' and ''VideoGAme/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' each feature a parade comprising of the game's [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters enormous cast.]]

* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' and ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'' both have curtain calls played out in cast rolls when the game ends and before the credits.

* Nearly every single theatre show, as mentioned above, as it's common courtesy for a theatre troupe to do this so as to allow the audience to applause and for the cast to show their appreciation.

* The remake of ''ToBeOrNotToBe'' by Creator/MelBrooks has a curtain call at the end. It begins as part of the ShowWithinAShow, but then the actors who are not ''playing'' actors also [[BreakingTheFourthWall come out for a bow]].

* In TheMovie of ''TheFantasticks'', the cast comes on for a curtain call after it's over. They're done in order of credit, so the first-credited people (Joel Grey and Barnard Hughes) come on first, even though they don't have the lead parts.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': "CONGRATULATIONS!"[[note]]''All'' of the named characters of the show appear at one final scene, congratulate Shinji on his epiphany, and then congratulate ''you'', dear viewer.[[/note]]

* The remake of ''ToBeOrNotToBe'' by MelBrooks has a curtain call at the end. It begins as part of the ShowWithinAShow, but then the actors who are not ''playing'' actors also [[BreakingTheFourthWall come out for a bow]].

* {{Evangelion}}: "CONGRATULATIONS!"[[hottip:*:''all'' of the named characters of the show appear at one final scene, congratulate Shinji on his epiphany, and then congratulate ''you'', dear viewer]].

* While ''most'' theatrical productions have this, occasionally the director will decide to [[AvertedTrope skip it]] for emphasis. The first Broadway production of [[SeventeenSeventySix 1776]] had no curtain call. The 2006 Broadway revival of ''TheThreepennyOpera'' also nixed the curtain call.

* The end of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Once More With Feeling". They don't bow, but they're all onscreen together singing the last song, with Buffy and Spike kissing at first, then singing with the rest. They even appear to lampshade it.

This procedure originated as common theatre courtesy from the cast, so that the audience may show their appreciation for the cast, and the cast to the audience for taking their time to watch them. This practice later migrated to other forms of media, with live action series and films (being evolutions of the theatre medium) being the most common. Animated media and video games can also do it, but this is less common.

* At the end of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', a picture appears showing the silhouettes of all MagicalGirls in the show [[spoiler: including the Witches]].

* In TheMovie of ''TheFantasticks'' the cast comes on for a curtain call after it's over. They're done in order of credit, so the first-credited people (JoelGray and Barnard Hughes) come on first, even though they don't have the lead parts.
* The remake of ''ToBeOrNotToBe'' by MelBrooks has a curtain call at the end- it begins as part of the ShowWithinAShow, but then the actors who are not ''playing'' actors also [[BreakingTheFourthWall come out for a bow]].
* TheresSomethingAboutMary has this in its DancePartyEnding.
* In the "Christams in Heaven" scene from ''MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'' most (if not all) of the characters we've seen in the film appear in the Heaven nightclub.

* Each individual episode of ''{{Saturday Night Live}}'' ends with the entire cast and any guest stars (and musicians in the guest band) gathering on the stage, with the ending theme music playing.

* {{Doctor Who}} has this happen twice.

* The end of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' 'Once More With Feeling'. They don't bow, but they're all onscreen together singing the last song, with Buffy and Spike kissing at first, then singing with the rest. They even appear to lampshade it.
-->'''Cast''': The curtains close on a kiss, God knows, we can tell the end is near...

* This happens at the end of the music video for Music/{{Madonna}}'s [[spoiler:Like a Prayer]]. Significant in that you don't realize until this point that the tense (and controversial!) video was all just a play, and the curtain call can actually serve as Nightmare Retardant.

* An infamous moment in the history of ProfessionalWrestling: Wrestling/TheKliq (some of whom were heels and some faces) broke kayfabe on Nash & Hall's final night in the WWF, celebrating in the ring and taking bows in front of the audience at MadisonSquareGarden. It's actually [[FanNickname called]] "the curtain call" in pro wrestling history.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' ended on a Curtain Call combined with AndTheAdventureContinues in its GrandFinale with all the members of the ''Justice League'' running/flying down from the steps of Metro Tower in order of importance. In a note of BookEnds for the whole Franchise/{{DCAU}} franchise, Franchise/{{Batman}} is the very last hero seen on-screen; he was the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries very first hero]] of the DCAU.
* At the end of Turner Feature Animation's ''Film/{{Cats Dont Dance}}'', studio mogul L. B. Mammoth commands the photographers, "Get a picture, boys. These kids are going to be big." All the significant animal characters from Farley Wink's Animal Agency are in the shot. Missing, of course, are the villainous Darla Dimple and her lackey, Max.