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6	{{Bookends}} in FanWorks.
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8	[[AC:{{Crossover}}s]]
9	* ''Fanfic/AdventCrossoverCrisis'' begins and ends with narration from VideoGame/SlyCooper, both times discussing how everyone goes through very strange lengths of time, even relative to how strange their life usually is. To a lesser extent, the first and last line of spoken dialogue are both said by ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}.
10	* The first season of ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'': the first episode starts with [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] saving an unconscious Literature/SherlockHolmes. The last episode ends with Beth Holmes [[spoiler:succeeding in bringing him back from the dead]].
11	* ''Fanfic/CodePrime'': The present storyline of ''R1 - Rebellion'' begins and ends with C.C. being involved in the acceptance of a contract. It, of course, begins with Lelouch accepting the terms of her contract where she gives him his Geass to help fulfill her wish, like in canon, and it ends with [[spoiler:C.C. accepting the terms of the Primes' contract within the Matrix of Leadership, in order to allow her to give Optimus Prime a Geass in exchange for her acceptance of his cause to defeat Megatron.]]
12	* ''Fanfic/CrossedPaths'': [[spoiler:Upon returning to their own worlds, [[Franchise/IndianaJones Indy]] and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the mane six]] find themselves in the areas where they disappeared, and presumably [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Jack]] did as well (though his scene starts a while after he returns to his world, so we don't know for sure).]]
13	* In ''Fanfic/DementedVerse'', this concept neatly describes [[spoiler:Gadreel's role in the rise and fall of Metatron; as in canon, he initially manifested on Earth by hiding in another person's body to save their life, but after the final confrontation with Metatron, Gadreel does the opposite, taking Harry's soul into himself so that he can take Harry back to his body after Metatron cut the connection]].
14	* In ''Fanfic/DoctorInTheUnderworld'', Selene invokes this when [[spoiler:she witnesses Erika sobbing over the apparently dead Doctor and finds herself sympathising with the other woman, realising that the last time she mourned a death like that was the deaths of her parents before she became a vampire, marking the start and end of Selene's quest for vengeance for the loss of her family]].
15	* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'': Danny's first and last dates are a redhead with green eyes he's constantly shipped with in other fanfictions. They both end up being dates he enjoys his time with the most.
16	* ''Fanfic/MyLittleAvengers'' begins and ends on Big Mac's birthday.
17	* ''Fanfic/NecessaryToWin'':
18	** The first fic begins and ends with a few paragraphs of narration worded in a way that can apply to either [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Miho]] or Manga/{{Saki}}. The beginning of the story talks about why they came to dislike tankery and why they're returning to it, while the end talks about the results and what awaits them in the future.
19	** The first installment of the series begins with Miho being called in to the student council office in an attempt to pressgang her into taking tankery. Near the end, Miho sees them again, and they thank her for her help.
20	** "Paths Towards Victory" begins with the Atago family getting dressed for the convention. Their final scene involves them going back to their hotel room, and changing out of their business attire.
21	** On a series-spanning example, Oarai's first and last battles with other schools both [[spoiler:end in Oarai narrowly being defeated, with Anglerfish being eliminated immediately after(BC Freedom)/before (Pravda) they can take out the commander's tank]].
22	* In ''Fanfic/ThePrayerWarriors'', some installments have these.
23	** At the beginning of The Evil Gods, Part 1, the heroes pray to God, who kills Grover Underwood. At the end of the story, they call on God's assistance to defeat Hades.
24	** Attack of the Sphinx begins with William spying on Carter meeting with Anubis, only to get surprised and captured. At the end of the story (at least thus far), Carter, now a Prayer Warrior, goes to Syria and gets kidnapped by the Islamic State.
25
26	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'']]
27	* The second and last chapters of ''[[Fanfic/{{Cinderjuice}} The Bug Princess]]'' revolve around surprise celebrations for Lydia.
28
29	[[AC:''Manga/{{Bleach}}'']]
30	* ''Fanfic/HogyokuExMachina'': Aizen's story begins and ends with him being stabbed through the head by Ichigo. [[spoiler:The first time, the Hogyoku saves him. The second time, it doesn't and he dies.]]
31	* ''Fanfic/UninvitedGuests'' begins and ends with Toshiro Hitsugaya working with Nanao Ise in his office. [[spoiler:The first time was a DaydreamSurprise. The second time, Nanao and Rangiku Matsumoto traded squads.]]
32
33	[[AC:''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'']]
34	* ''Fanfic/BridgeToTerabithia2TheLastTime'', a surprisingly long LDD Fanfic split into two installments. The first part ends with [[spoiler: Jess and Leslie, now teenagers, finally admitting their true feelings for each other and embracing in a kiss]]. The second part ends with [[spoiler: a DistantEpilogue where Jess and Leslie, now a married couple, embracing in a kiss]].
35
36	[[AC:''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'']]
37	* The first and last times Xander turns to stone onscreen in ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-6269/MMcGregor+Defender+of+the+Night.htm Defender of the Night]]'', someone tries to peek under his loincloth. [[CovertPervert Jenny Calendar]] is unsuccessful but [[OfficialCouple Buffy]] manages.
38	* ''Fanfic/TaarokosBuffyTheVampireSlayer'' uses this for Angel and Oz's proposals to Buffy and Willow; Angel proposes to Buffy on the steps of Hemery High, where he first saw her, and Oz's proposal to Willow uses basically the same words he used when he originally asked her out.
39
40	[[AC:''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'']]
41	* ''Fanfic/TheCalvinverse'': The opening of ''Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat'', canonically the first installment in the series, is replicated nearly word-for-word in the end of ''Fanfic/RetroChill'' (canonically its last... [[ContinuitySnarl we think]]).
42
43	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'']]
44	* ''Website/TheClevelandShowFanon's'' newly added finale to the original show uses a bookend naming scheme. The show's first episode, which was originally titled "Pilot" but in this adaption is called "Cleveland Moves In". Whereas the show's new finale, "Cleveland Moves Out" is the inversion of the show's first episode.
45
46	[[AC:''Franchise/DanganRonpa'']]
47	* The first Class Trial in ''Fanfic/DanganronpaClassSwap - Hope's Peak Academy'' ends with [[spoiler:Chiaki Nanami (or, as it's later revealed, the Ultimate Imposter disguised as Chiaki) getting executed as the culprit]]. The final trial ends with [[spoiler:the actual Chiaki being executed as the mastermind with the Imposter's execution being the one to finish her off]].
48	* ''Fanfic/DanganronpaParadiseLost'':
49	** The story begins and ends with Daisuke Hiyori receiving a letter through the mail. At the beginning, Daisuke is given a false invite to Hope's Peak Academy meant to lure him to the Killing Game, while at the end, he is given a genuine letter by one of the survivors detailing [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue what they have been up to since the end of the Killing Game]].
50	** The very first line in the prologue is "This is the story of a hopeful boy and hopeless girl." by Daisuke, referring to him and Shion. After finally returning home from the Killing Game in the epilogue, he narrates "...And that was it. That was the story of me, the hopeful boy, and her, the hopeless girl."
51	* ''Fanfic/ThreePointShot'' begins and ends with a TitleDrop. At the beginning, Kokichi says the title after throwing the shot put onto the bookshelf, thus enabling Shuichi to realize that Kaede didn't kill Rantaro and save her from being executed. At the very end of the fic, Kaede says this after surreptitiously throwing a poster for the newest season of ''Danganronpa'' into the trash.
52	* ''Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie'' begins with Kaori Miura waking up in a classroom in Talent High School with Sae Edogawa nearby, at which point Edogawa shows her the locked front door and then takes her to where everyone else is waiting. At the end of the fic, Miura and Edogawa go back to that same classroom for a private conversation and a kiss, then meet up with their remaining friends and head to the entrance, so they can leave the school for good.
53	* At the start of ''Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesOnVacation'', Yukari Nagato, the mother of the protagonist, Chiyuri Nagato, ends up being imprisoned in a cell belowdecks in the Ursa Major, keeping her out of the way of the killing game. At the end of the fic, the Future Foundation arrests Yukari for her role in starting the killing game, and takes her away in a ship.
54
55	[[AC:''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'']]
56	* The ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DigitalPrey'' begins and ends with [[ActionGirl Ruki Makino]] riding a train.
57
58	[[AC:''Series/DoctorWho'']]
59	* ''Fanfic/ThreeDoctorsNineCompanionsWhatCouldGoWrong'' starts with a lot of characters appearing on the TARDIS, quickly followed by a wedding. One of its sequels ends with those same characters choosing to leave the TARDIS, and a wedding.
60
61	[[AC:''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'']]
62	* ''Fanfic/TheFifthAct'': The beginning of Cloud's journey starts with him saving Genesis when the latter's chronic pain interrupts their fight, curing him from a painful deterioration and a horrific downward spiral. [[spoiler:It ends with Genesis interrupting Cloud's fight with Sephiroth, saving both their lives and preventing Cloud's self-destruction.]]
63
64	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'']]
65	* ''Fanfic/OneStepAhead'' opens and ends with scenes showing Mac, who is otherwise completely absent. At the start, he's miserably sobbing after Bloo roped the whole house into playing a cruel prank [[ABirthdayNotABreak on his birthday]]. Three years later, Bloo tracks him down only to see how much happier Mac has become after cutting him out of his life, having improved his relationship with Terrence and found a girlfriend.
66
67	[[AC: ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' / ''Series/TheUntamed'']]
68	* ''Fanfic/ForgetMeNotDontLeaveMeBehind'' starts and ends with Lan Xichen getting a letter from his brother. Furthermore, it starts and ends with him having a box of correspondence from his family.
69
70	[[AC:''Literature/HarryPotter'']]
71	* ''Fanfic/AfterTheEndArabellaAndZsenya'' begins and ends with a group hug surrounding Harry. Everyone is in a dark room, lit by a bluebell flame, which someone kicks out.
72	* At the end of the first chapter of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3401052/1/A-Black-Comedy A Black Comedy]]'', Harry tells someone (as he's being sucked into the Veil of Death), "You can keep my sandwich." At the end of the story, James flees a restaurant and when asked about the food he left, tells his son "You can keep my sandwich."
73
74	[[AC:''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'']]
75	* [[http://hetalia-kink.livejournal.com/11411.html?thread=23130003#t23130003 This]] USUK kink meme fill about a bulimic Arthur/England starts with 'He felt cold', and ends with "Alfred," he murmured as he nodded to sleep, [[IronicEcho "You're warm."]]
76
77	[[AC:''Literature/TheHungerGames'']]
78	* ''Fanfic/JohannaMasonTheyWillNeverSeeMeCry'': The opening and closing scenes both have Johanna mentally vowing that her Capitol enemies will [[TitleDrop never get to see her cry]], whether in response to losing tributes or being tortured.
79
80	[[AC:''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'']]
81	* ''Film/JudgeMinty'' (a short fan film based on the ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' comics) opens with Minty almost getting killed on the streets by trying to grant a member of the Kovaks mob mercy and getting pulled off active duty by Dredd. At the end of the short, he finds himself in the same situation when a Cursed Earth dweller begs for mercy, which Minty denies him.
82
83	[[AC:''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}'']]
84	* The first chapter of the fangame ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/LISAThePointless LISA: The Pointless]]'' begins and ends with Alex, the main protagonist, [[spoiler:almost bleeding to death while being taken somewhere on a vehicle.]]
85
86	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'']]
87	* ''Fanfic/AceSavvyANewHope'': The fic starts with Ace Savvy asking Lincoln to burn his house to the ground so nobody can get what is inside, and in the end, it is done.
88	* ''Fanfic/MissingLinc'' starts and ends with Lincoln narrating.
89
90	[[AC:''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'']]
91	* In the prologue of ''[[Fanfic/GameTheoryLyricalNanoha Game Theory]]'', Precia asks Fate if she would like to see Alicia. [[spoiler:And in the epilogue...]]
92
93	[[AC:''Mahouka Koukou no-Rettousei'']]
94	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10494283/1/The-Ojou-sama The Ojou-sama]]'' begins and ends with Mayumi searching the school for Tatsuya, though he is a good deal happier during the latter.
95
96	[[AC:Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse]]
97	* Peter Parker's journey as a hero included Tony Stark temporarily taking away his advanced suit after he unintentionally endangered lives trying to be a hero, telling Peter "If you're nothing without the suit, then you shouldn't have it". In the post-''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' fic "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37186546/ Tingle]]", Peter delivers the same statement to a villain whose powers relied on a suit, having come to accept his own worth as a hero but aware that the villain will never be anything more than a hanger-on to others' attempts at power.
98	* [[http://cas-the-cat.tumblr.com/post/83108626247 This comic]] begins and ends with a doll waking up.
99
100	[[AC:''VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar'']]
101	* ''LetsPlay/AScotsmanInEgypt'' begins with Edward and Edmund Canmore getting piss drunk, cursing their father, and leading an army off to Egypt to conquer the Middle East; it ends [[spoiler:three generations later, with a vast Scottish empire covering the length and breadth of Europe and Africa, and their great-grandson Kirk getting piss drunk with Angus the Mauler, Edward of Shetland and Edmund Besat, cursing his father, and leading his mates and a huge army to conquer the Aztec empire.]]
102
103	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'']]
104	* ''Fanfic/FashionUpgrade'': The story opens with Lila spinning her sob story, and Principal Damocles reassuring Bustier that she hadn't done anything wrong. It ends with Bustier trying -- and failing -- to convince Marinette to transfer back, with Marinette letting her know that yes, she ''did'' in fact make some critical mistakes.
105	* ''[[https://justcourttee.tumblr.com/post/623934405359140864/trigger-warning-after-posting-one-too-many-of Here]]'' opens and ends with the same line: 'Alya couldn't believe she was here.' By the end, she has a [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone much better understanding]] of ''why'' she's in the position she's found herself in.
106	* Lila's arc in ''[[Fanfic/MissingMiraculousLadybug Missing]]'' is tied up this way. It's noted that when she first arrived at College Francoise Dupont, she was surrounded by rumors and speculation as the mysterious NewTransferStudent. She departs in much the same fashion, only the rumors swirling round her now are much less pleasant. Rather than whispering about her supposed connections to [[CelebrityLie celebrities and famous figures]], everyone's gossiping about her potential connections to Marinette's disappearance, [[GossipEvolution wildly speculating]] that she might be involved in ''human trafficking'' and other horrific endeavors. She's still the center of attention, just like [[AttentionWhore she's always wanted]]... but without any of the admiration she desired.
107	* ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5976262/chapters/13733869 One Thing After Another]]'' starts with Adrien exhibiting cat-like behaviours like jumping in empty boxes, and ends with Marinette exhibiting ladybug-like behaviours like eating aphids.
108	* In the first chapter of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27582839/chapters/67474151 Where The Pleasant Fountains Lie]]'', where after Akuma turns Chat into [[AttractiveBentGender a sexy and beautiful young lady]], Chat makes a joke about the importance of grammar and commas (using the classic "let's, eat grandpa" and "let's eat grandpa" as an example) in saving lives. In the last chapter, Chat nervously makes the same joke when Ladybug declares she will destroy her kitty [[spoiler:after learning that not only that Chat is Adrien, but that he's been acting ''intentionally'' seductive towards Marinette while stuck as a girl]].
109	-->'''Ladybug''': ''Adrienne'' Agreste. I'm going to ''destroy'' your kitty.\
110	'''Chat Noir''': Don't you mean, "Destroy you, Kitty?" I mean, commas and proper pronunciation save lives, or so I'm told.\
111	'''Ladybug''': I meant what I said.
112
113	[[AC:Franchise/MonsterVerse]]
114	* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': The story's first chapter starts with an excerpt from Dr. Chen's notes and the final chapter ends with another excerpt from her notes. Both the opening chapter and final chapter also respectively have a TimeSkip of a matter of months.
115	** ''Fanfic/AbraxasEmptyFullness'': The first and last scenes of "Damnatio Memoriae" mention an alien religious text called the Ghee'haszhra. The opening reveals that [[AbusivePrecursors the Makers]]' work on [[BioweaponBeast creating Ghidorah]] was inspired by the Ghee'haszhra. And the closing has Ghidorah itself, having just wiped out an entire planet for the first time and now set to [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters eradicate the Makers next]], recalling how its victims screamed the name Ghee'haszhra, with the implication that Ghidorah (who isn't yet called such by itself) will take a distorted memory of the name as its own name in the future.
116
117	[[AC:''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'']]
118	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357189/1/The-Gatekeeper The Gatekeeper]]'', begins with the sentence, "[[OriginalCharacter Masaki Matsuda]] was on cloud nine," since she's proud of herself for getting into U.A. Academy, unaware that Aizawa will expel her entire class (she got in a year after Mirio and a year before Izuku). The final scene says that "Masaki was on cloud nine once again," having started at a new high school, and recently gotten her provisional hero license.
119
120	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'']]
121	* ''Fanfic/TheAlarmaverse'': The story opens with Ditzy waking up, noticing a dimensional rift in the sky above, and wishing that she could share the sight with somepony else. The story ends with another dimensional rift, and Ditzy waking up. [[spoiler:And waking Dr. Hooves up so he can see it.]]
122	* ''[[Fanfic/RealityChecksNyxverse Alicornundrum]]'': A mild example, but both the first and last chapters feature an alicorn angsting over [[WhoWantsToLiveForever outliving a loved one]] [[spoiler:right before said loved one ascends]].
123	* ''Fanfic/{{Anthropology}}'': "Are you gonna eat that?"
124	* ''FanFic/TheApprenticeTheStudentAndTheCharlatan'' begins and ends with Princess Luna visiting protagonist Nova Shine, offering him a position, and leaving him with the words "May thou enjoy the coming days."
125	* ''Fanfic/AGrowingFireInMyHeart'' actually includes two for Spike and Ember.
126	** Their friendship began in the first chapter after Spike saved Ember's life by saving her from drowning. In the final chapter [[spoiler:they become an OfficialCouple after Ember helps save Spike's life from the effects of the rage potion that was forced on him]].
127	** In the first chapter, shortly after they start their friendship, Ember impulsively kisses Spike on the cheek. In the last chapter, [[spoiler:Ember asks Spike to [[TestKiss kiss her so she can see if it feels right]], and knows for sure after it that she loves him, resulting in the two becoming a couple]].
128	* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/109581/1/i-did-not-want-to-die/i-did-not-want-to-die I Did Not Want To Die]]'' begins with an enemy solider being shot and concludes with the protagonist being shot.
129	* The ''Fanfic/TriptychContinuum'' installment "Unstable Sale", detailing the Cutie Mark Crusaders' attempt to fund their next scheme by selling off the remains of their previous crusades, opens with the line "The Crusade had a cost, and Apple Bloom was no longer able to pay." It ends on the same line [[spoiler:after the combination of looking over all of their failures, being confronted by countless ponies who have been harmed by their single-mindedness, and realizing how long it has been going on drives Apple Bloom to renounce the Crusade and try to actually think about her future]].
130
131	[[AC:''Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion'']]
132	* ''Fanfic/GhostsOfEvangelion'': In the beginning of the story, Asuka hugs Shinji and makes him promise that he will not leave her from that day on. In the end of the story she hugs him tenderly and reassures him that he was true to his word.
133	* ''Fanfic/AGlassOfWine'' starts and ends with Shinji holding Asuka while she has a bout of phantom pain. In the beginning it's stiff, awkward, and more confusing than comforting. At the end Asuka is able to relax and reflects that she's no longer alone.
134	* In ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'': In the first scene Shinji is watching over a sleeping, comatose Asuka. In the last scene, Shinji is keeping watch over a sleeping Asuka. There is a key difference, though: in the final scene Shinji is not depressed or hysterical; he is calm and confident that she will wake up. It's implied that she will.
135	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6986589/1/Rolling-Blackouts Rolling Blackouts]]'' starts and ends with Shinji and Asuka snuggling underneath a blanket during a black-out.
136
137	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'']]
138	* The ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'' chapter "[[Recap/JuniorOfficersS1E1TheDogfishSharks The Dogfish Sharks]]" begins and ends with the characters talking about kelp cakes.
139
140	[[AC:''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' Franchise]]
141	* ''Fanfic/HoursVerse'': ''Hours at the End of the World'' opens with "It was January 9th, the world was ending, and Minato couldn’t sleep". The original finale, ''As the Bells Toll'', opens its last chapter with "It was December 3rd, the world was not ending, and Minato and Ryoji were wide awake".
142	* ''Fanfic/OneYear'' begins with Yu returning home after his year in Inaba, with his mother greeting him at the station. The epilogue begins with Yu's parents arriving in Inaba for their son's wedding, and he greets them at the station.
143	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13823815/1/Second-Year-Second-Try Second Year, Second Try]]'' begins with Rise Kujikawa excited that her boyfriend Yu Narukami, who'd been HeldBackInSchool, is in her homeroom at the start of her second year. The fic ends with Rise, now a third year, checking the class roster again to confirm that Yu's name isn't there, since while he passed his classes this time, he had to go home.
144
145	[[AC:''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'']]
146	* ''Fanfic/DenounceTheEvils'' begins with Team Rocket learning of their organization's fate as they're eating out in a small diner. By the end of it, [[spoiler:they're working in a diner of their own, oftentimes spending their days chatting with the very person who jumpstarted their adventure in that first chapter]].
147
148	[[AC:''ComicBook/PowerGirl'']]
149	* ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'' starts off with Power Girl and ComicBook/JimmyOlsen talking about Franchise/{{Superman}} and Kara taking Jimmy for a flight; and it ends up with Power Girl and ComicBook/LoisLane talking about Superman and Kara taking Lois for a flight.
150
151	[[AC:''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'']]
152	* The first paragraphs of the first and last chapters of ''Fanfic/WarriorsOfTheWorldSoldiersOfFortune'' is exactly the same apart from a change in season to show the passage of time, to capture the image of the world before and after the events of the story.
153
154	[[AC:RealPersonFic]]
155	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/13481223?view_full_work=true Powerless]]'' begins with Logan's statement of how people like them (Logan, Virgil, and Patton) are statistical anomalies. The story ends with Logan's statement of how a turnout of over 200,000 people showing up to their protest march is a statistical anomaly. Even some of the characters that were there in the beginning (the man with red eyes, the snake-haired girl and her friend) are there at the march.
156	* Two in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'':
157	** At the very beginning of the First Movement, Paul and John nervously walk along the beach, completely new to the world, wary of each other, and frightened. At the end of the Second Movement (in the chapter Â“Full Circle, Moebius-StyleÂ”), they walk together along another beach, back to being friends, more or less accustomed to the world (if not to their new magic), and enjoying sharing this utterly unique experience.
158	** When the four first arrive in Ta'akan, they have a frightening experience in the Owner's Head Tavern when an enormous BarBrawl erupts around them. When they leave the city for the last time (not counting when Ringo accidentally teleports back there), they have dinner in the Owner's Head and laugh at how tame the nightly brawl seems now.
159
160	[[AC:''Franchise/ResidentEvil'']]
161	* In ''Fanfic/TheProgenitorChronicles'', the story begins with a dream sequence where we see locations and themes from each of the mainline ''Resident Evil'' games. It ends with the MC and Rebecca going on vacation, visiting locations reminiscent of each of the mainline ''Resident Evil'' games, and Rebecca noting that their nightmares are just in their dreams now, rather than in the real world around them.
162
163	[[AC:''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'']]
164	* The first and last lines in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12986165/12/A-Monster-s-Marriage A Monster's Marriage]]'' sum up Cinder Fall. The first lines are "Cinder Fall was a monster. She knew this." And the final ones are "Cinder Fall was a wife and mother. She knew this."
165
166	[[AC:''Literature/TheScumVillainsSelfSavingSystemRenZhaFanpaiZijiuXitong'']]
167	* ''Fanfic/ToLoveAnotherAndToLearnYourself'' has Luo Binghe trying to invoke IntimateHairBrushing with Shen Yuan (whom he just abducted and imprisoned into his palace) only to get frustrated because there's no warmth in the gesture. In the second last chapter, after much character growth from Luo Binghe, Shen Yuan (who genuinely fell in love with him) offers to brush his hair from his own volition... and Luo Binghe feels warmth.
168
169	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'']]
170	* The SongFic ''Fanfic/LittleByLittle'' has OriginalCharacter Jett asking Frank Grimes what flower could define their love. At the end of the story, Jett places a bunch of those very flowers [[spoiler:on Frank's grave.]]
171
172	[[AC:''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'']]
173	* The first comic of ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' is ''Enter: Sonic''. The last comic in the continuity, written by Nigel Kitching himself, is ''Webcomic/SonicTheComicOnline'''s DistantFinale ''Exit: Sonic''.
174
175	[[AC:''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'']]
176	* Chapter 12 of ''Fanfic/IveGotYourBack'' begins and ends with [[VideoGame/Splatoon2 Pearl]] reminiscing about a word of advice from her father, concerning his daughter's yearning to tell Marina about [[DarkFic all of her various insecurities]], and to have ''somebody'' to share them with:
177	-->''"Talk to her, Pearl."''
178
179	[[AC:''Franchise/StarTrek'']]
180	* The ''Star Trek: New Voyages'' episode "World Enough And Time" has beginning and ending scenes that take place about 30 years from the time of most of the episode, all based around the character Hikaru Sulu.
181
182	[[AC:''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'']]
183	* "Fanfic/SolaereSsiunHnaifvdaenn": The first and last scenes start with Tovan tr'Khev walking in on Jaleh Khoroushi doing her daily prayers.
184
185	[[AC:''Franchise/StarWars'']]
186	* ''Fanfic/AhsokaANZREStarWarsStory'': E1 begins with Ahsoka liberating Calodan. E8 ends with the team liberating Sarvchi.
187
188	[[AC:''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'']]
189	* ''VideoGame/{{Something}}'''s main story begins with a description of the stolen plot and ends with a description of the plot itself.
190
191	[[AC:''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'']]
192	* In ''Fanfic/CourtneyAndTheViolinOfDespair'', the first and last chapters of the story proper (i.e. excluding the prologue) are very similar. Both chapters end with Courtney receiving a [[ArtifactOfDeath cursed violin]] (the [[MacguffinTitle Violin of Despair]] in the first chapter, and the [[HereWeGoAgain Violin of Doom]] in the last) as a [[ItWasAGift birthday gift]] from her parents, and the [[SoulJar spirit inhabiting the violin]] contemplating [[SequelHook Courtney's fate]].
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194	[[AC:''Franchise/TouhouProject'']]
195	* The ''Fanfic/Gensokyo20XX'' series begins with Reimu's narration and it ends with her narration.
196
197	[[AC:''Series/TheTudors'']]
198	* ''Fanfic/QueenAnnesLegacy'': The story begins with Anne Boleyn [[DeathByChildbirth dying in childbirth]], after finally producing Henry's long-awaited son. [[spoiler:The story concludes with her granddaughter Joan giving birth to her own son George, the future King of England, and unlike Anne, Joan survives]].
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200	[[AC:''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'']]
201	* ''Fanfic/YouCanOnlyUseYourOwn'' begins and ends in Asriel's point of view as he tries to prevent Chara from killing themself.
202
203	[[AC:''Series/TheXFiles'']]
204	* A FanVid by snakey973 called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjjsLZjy1j4 X-Files // bones]]'' focusing on Scully's personality starts and ends with Mulder and Scully looking at a blue origami bird. It's quite sublime and beautiful.

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