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* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob seem to believe ThisIsReality, but at the GrandFinale, Alice [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns to the audience and says]] "I know this is the end, but we will always be with you. Goodbye."

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* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob seem to believe ThisIsReality, but at the GrandFinale, Alice [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns to the audience and says]] "I know this is the end, but we will [[AlwaysWithYou always be with you. you.]] Goodbye."
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* '''Downplayed''': It was the end of the series, but also a funeral, or the end of some sort of InUniverse event, so Alice could have been talking about the end of the series, or the end of the person's life/end of the event.

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* '''Downplayed''': It was the end of the series, but also a funeral, or the end of some sort of InUniverse event, so Alice [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall could have been talking about the end of the series, series]], or the end of the person's life/end of the event.
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** NoFourthWall.

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** NoFourthWall.NoFourthWall in an educational program.

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* '''Justified''': MediumAwareness is unreliable, and Alice's just happened to only come on at the end, adding that she knew it was the end.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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MediumAwareness is unreliable, and Alice's just happened to only come on at the end, adding that she knew it was the end.end.
** NoFourthWall.
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* '''Subverted''': The last episode turns out to be a SeriesFeauxnale, the next season beginning with Alice apologizing to the audience for assuming the last season's final episode was the end of the series.

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* '''Subverted''': The last episode turns out to be a SeriesFeauxnale, SeriesFauxnale, the next season beginning with Alice apologizing to the audience for assuming the last season's final episode was the end of the series.

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* '''Subverted''':???
* '''Double Subverted''':???

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* '''Subverted''':???
'''Subverted''': The last episode turns out to be a SeriesFeauxnale, the next season beginning with Alice apologizing to the audience for assuming the last season's final episode was the end of the series.
* '''Double Subverted''':???Subverted''': Word gets out that this new season is the last season for real, so Alice takes the opportunity to inform the audience that this time there really won't be any more episodes.



* '''Enforced''': "We need to let the audience know there will be no more episodes, let's have the characters say so and give them MediumAwareness!"

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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"We need to let the audience know there will be no more episodes, let's have the characters say so and give them MediumAwareness!"MediumAwareness!"
** The creators feel that the GrandFinale won't feel complete without the characters openly acknowledging that the last episode really is the last episode.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': "See ya"
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice's speech sounds like something from a funeral.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': "See ya"
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice's Alice gives a farewell speech to the audience, that sounds like something from a funeral.solemn eulogy.



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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Implied''': Alice is seen writing a goodbye poem for seemingly no reason on the GreandFinale.

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* '''Implied''': Alice is seen writing a goodbye poem for seemingly no reason on the GreandFinale.GrandFinale.
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'''Basic Trope''': Characters have MediumAwareness when it comes to the end of the work.
* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob seem to believe ThisIsReality, but at the GrandFinale, Alice [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns to the audience and says]] "I know this is the end, but we will always be with you. Goodbye."
* '''Exaggerated''': This [[RunningGag happens at the end of every chapter/episode]], but other than that AliceAndBob clearly state that ThisIsReality.
* '''Downplayed''': It was the end of the series, but also a funeral, or the end of some sort of InUniverse event, so Alice could have been talking about the end of the series, or the end of the person's life/end of the event.
* '''Justified''': MediumAwareness is unreliable, and Alice's just happened to only come on at the end, adding that she knew it was the end.
* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob only have MediumAwareness at the ''beginning'' of the show.
* '''Subverted''':???
* '''Double Subverted''':???
* '''Parodied''': Alice says "I ordered this MediumAwareness specially to say goodbye".
* '''Zigzagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': The characters do not sense the impending end of the series.
* '''Enforced''': "We need to let the audience know there will be no more episodes, let's have the characters say so and give them MediumAwareness!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "End of what? Who are you saying goodbye to, Alice?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': The characters know when not to start BreakingTheFourthWall if they know there are no people watching anymore.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "[[NoFourthWall Will we know when it's the end of our show?"]]
* '''Conversed''': "Why does Alice suddenly have MediumAwareness, now that the show is ending?"
* '''Implied''': Alice is seen writing a goodbye poem for seemingly no reason on the GreandFinale.
* '''Deconstructed''': The characters treat the end like the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* '''Reconstructed''': Now the writers aren't controlling them, they can do whatever they want.
* '''Played for Laughs''': "See ya"
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice's speech sounds like something from a funeral.
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