History Main / OffIntoTheDistanceEnding

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-->--"I don't need a name on my grave. If I die, it will be on this desert of endless battles!"

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* The ''Animation/ThreeThousandWhysOfBlueCat'' episode "Will Earth Be Destroyed?" ends with Blue Cat and Feifei flying out into space.
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* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'''s DistantFinale ends with [=HeadGaius=] and [=HeadSix=] hinting that the mythical elements of the series (including the existence of a God) are true before they walk off through the busy streets of modern-day New York.

* Many episodes of ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' end with David Banner wandering off into the distance whilst the lonely man theme played on the piano.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 1}}'' ends with the player character walking away into the wasteland after being [[spoiler:banished from their home Vault by the Overseer]].

---> '''Corporal Garrett''': It's up to the ground forces to mop things up from here, the Airborne's job in this war is done.
---> '''Corporal Garrett''': What no wise-ass comment Slauson?
---> '''Private Slauson''': Yeah, I've never seen anything more beautiful either.

** The 1929 short ''The Haunted House'' ends with Mickey fleeing from the titular house while a living skeleton watches him from an outhouse.
** The 1931 short ''The Castaway'' ends with Mickey riding on there back of a sea turtle while waving goodbye to the audience.
** The 1934 short ''Two-Gun Mickey'' ends with Mickey and Minnie riding off into the sunset on horseback, with a defeated Pete being towed behind them.
** The 1941 short ''Timber'' end with Donald walking down the train racks, towards the sunset, while holding a BindleStick.
** The 1947 short ''Straight Shooters'' ends with Huey, Dewey and Louie exiting the carnival after outwitting their uncle Donald and taking the candy from his shooting gallery.
** The 1947 short ''Crazy with the Heat'' ends with Donald and Goofy riding into the distance on a galloping camel.
** The 1948 short ''Soup's On'' ends with an enraged Donald, having grown wise to his nephews' prank on him, chasing them into the moonlight.
** The 1950 short ''Trailer Horn'' ends with Donald driving his car (or, rather, what's left of it) into the distance after being outwitted by Chip and Dale.
** The 1954 short ''The Lone Chipmunks'' ends with Chip and Dale riding a horse into the distance.

** The short ''Professor Tom'' ends with Jerry and the kitten walking down the sidewalk, arm in arm, to the melody of [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "We're Off to See the Wizard"]].
** The short ''Texas Tom'' has Jerry riding Tom like a horse into the distance. It's a complete inversion of how the two began the cartoon.

* In the never-re-released film ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'', Johnny, Ginny, Toby, Uncle Remus walk into the distance with Br'er Rabbit and the cartoon critters as the live-action background gradually changes into an animated one.

* The ending of ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' has Manfred, Sid and Diego amble away from the camera, content at having returned the human infant to his father.

* "Goodbye ''Film/MaryPoppins'', don't stay away too long."

* Many episodes of ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' end with David Banner wandering off into the distance whilst the lonely man theme played on the piano.

* ''Film/PatientZero'' ends with Morgan and Gina riding off into the distance on a motorcycle from the overrun bunker.

* ''Film/SafeInHell'' ends with Gilda walking towards the gallows with her head held high.

* The Russian short film ''Animation/{{Ostrov}}'' ends with the man finally getting off his FarSideIsland, with the help of another man floating on a branch of driftwood, and the two swimming off over the horizon.

* Creator/CharlieChaplin loved this trope. ''Film/TheTramp'', ''Film/TheCircus'' and ''Film/ModernTimes'' finish with the protagonist(s) walking off into the distance.

'''Mabel:''' Nope. Let's do it.\\
-- ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', "Weirdmageddon Part 3: Take Back the Falls"

Compare DoorClosesEnding, ChasedOffIntoTheSunset. Contrast FlyAtTheCameraEnding.

* Page quote is from the SeriesFinale of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Dipper and Mabel get on the bus and head back home to California.

* In the SeriesFinale of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Dipper and Mabel get on the bus and head back home to California.

** ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' ends with Aladdin and Jasmine kissing while the Magic Carpet [[RidingIntoTheSunset flies them into the full moon in the distance]].
** ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'' ends with a shot of the crows waving goodbye to Dumbo while the train he and his mother are on rides into the distance.
** ''Disney/TheRescuers'' ends with a shot of Orville flying into the distance carrying Bernard and Bianca off to another rescue mission.
*** ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder'' has a subversion of this, with the heroes riding into the night on the back of a giant eagle before cutting to show Wilbur the Albatross still sitting on the eagle's eggs, as he was instructed to do by Bernard while he went off to rescue the others.
** Disney's ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' has the newly awakened Snow White riding sidesaddle on Prince Charming's white horse, while he leads them on foot toward his golden palace in the distance.