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7	[[quoteright:300:[[Film/TheCircus https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_circus_ending15.jpg]]]]
8	[[caption-width-right:300:[[ButNowIMustGo I Must Go.]] [[MemeticMutation My People Need Me.]]]]
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10	->'''Dipper:''' Ready to head into the unknown?\
11	'''Mabel:''' Nope. Let's do it.
12	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E20WeirdmageddonPart3TakeBackTheFalls Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls]]"
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14	The story ends with {{The Protagonist}}(s) traveling away into the distance, while the camera remains in a fixed position. Often symbolizes that the protagonist is leaving behind their old life and about to start a new one. May have a happy mood or a somber one, depending on how much they liked their old life and how willingly they're leaving it.
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16	In any case, it says that this is where they and the audience part company; whatever happens next, the audience will not get to see.
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18	This is often coupled with ButNowIMustGo.
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20	A type of HatAndCoatShot, and a SuperTrope to RidingIntoTheSunset. See also MovingAwayEnding, a subtrope that involves a character moving away from somewhere else.
21	%%[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=dwmizx3l79ye06k0mzsla33c Fly At The Moon Ending]] is also a subtrope, if it ever gets launched.
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23	Compare EndingByAscending, DoorClosesEnding, ChasedOffIntoTheSunset. Contrast FlyAtTheCameraEnding.
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25	!!As this is an {{Ending Trope\|s}}, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked spoilers abound]]. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Beware]].
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38	* The Russian short film ''Animation/{{Ostrov}}'' ends with the castaway finally getting off his FarSideIsland (or what's left of it) with the help of another man, floating on a branch of driftwood, and the two swimming off over the horizon.
39	* The ''Animation/ThreeThousandWhysOfBlueCat'' episode "Will Earth Be Destroyed?" ends with Blue Cat and Feifei flying out into space.
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43	* Several stories in ''Manga/BlackJack'' ended with the titular character wandering away. Sometimes it was in triumph after a job well done, but more often than not it was in grief after failing to save a patient from some unpredictable fate.
44	* The ending of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. After helping Lin and Bat one last time, Kenshiro wanders back into the wastelands with newfound determination. A fitting {{bookends}} to his introduction in the very first chapter.
45	-->'''Kenshiro:''' I don't need a name on my grave. If I die, it will be on this desert of endless battles!
46	* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' ends with the now former student council leaving the school while discussing where they'll go for their graduation trip. It also serves as a {{Bookend\|s}}, since the story began with Kaguya and Shirogane walking towards the reader.
47	* The ending of the finale of ''Anime/KamisamaMinaraiHimitsuNoCocotama'' shows Kokoro and her Cocotamas leaving her house and her hometown [[spoiler:foreshadowing their appearance in the finale of ''Anime/KiraKiraHappyHirakeCocotama'']].
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50	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
51	* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
52	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' ends with Aladdin and Jasmine kissing while the Magic Carpet [[RidingIntoTheSunset flies them into the full moon in the distance]].
53	** ''WesternAnimation/{{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.
54	** ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' ends with a shot of Orville flying into the distance carrying Bernard and Bianca off to another rescue mission.
55	*** ''WesternAnimation/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.
56	** Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' closes with Robin and Maid Marian riding away in a "Just Married" carriage.
57	** Disney's ''WesternAnimation/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.
58	* The ending (or rather, penultimate) scene of ''WesternAnimation/IceAge1'' has Manny, Sid and Diego amble away from the camera, content at having returned the human infant to his father.
59	* ''WesternAnimation/MaxFleischersGulliversTravels'' ends with Gulliver sailing away from Lilliput on his new ship and disappearing into the mist.
60	* Four of the five heroic monsters from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' ride on the back of Insectasaurus into the distance to save Paris, France from a giant snail monster. The scene teases at a SequelHook.
61	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRedTurtle'' ends with the red turtle leaving the beach and swimming off into the distance.
62	* ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'' ends with Rex the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' walking out of Central Park after telling Buster the bird his backstory.
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66	* ''Film/AnimalFactory'' ends with Earl and Vito walking off into the prison yard casually bantering with each other after Earl's escape attempt fails.
67	* ''Theatre/AugustOsageCounty'': The film adaptation of the play ends with Barbara driving off to wherever presumably never to see her abusive mother ever again.
68	* ''Film/BackstreetDreams'' ends with Dean, Stevie, and Shane driving [[spoiler:to California, where there's a special school Dean hopes will help Shane]]. Combined with a FreezeFrameEnding.
69	* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', like most Western tropes, parodies it by having our heroes ride into the sunset, admitting they've grown bored of protecting a small-ass town... and then take [[AnachronismStew a chauffeured limo the rest of the way.]]
70	* ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (the movie) ends with Buffy and Pike roaring off toward the horizon on Pike's motorcycle in a romantic scene as Susanna Hoffs's cover of "We Close Our Eyes" plays.
71	* ''Film/CanyonPassage'' ends with Logan and Lucy riding out of Jacksonville together, as he leaves town to rebuild his fortune.
72	* ''Film/TheCaveOfTheYellowDog'': Ends with Nansal and her family packing up the yurt and heading off to new nomadic grazing land, her father having finally agreed to let her keep the dog.
73	* A favorite trope of Creator/CharlieChaplin.
74	** His early short ''Film/TheTramp'' ends with the Tramp walking down a road, away from the camera, after he DidNotGetTheGirl. He starts off dejectedly trudging away, but snaps out of it and walks off with his typical cheerful step just in time for the IrisOut.
75	** ''Film/TheCircus'' ends in a similar fashion, with the Tramp, who DidNotGetTheGirl and is then left behind by the circus, walking away from a static camera after the last circus truck pulls away. The shot is accompanied by an IrisOut.
76	** ''Film/ModernTimes'' uses this for a surprisingly upbeat ending. The Tramp and the gamin are at the side of the road at dawn, after they were forced to flee from [[DepartmentOfChildDisservices the truant police]]. The gamin breaks down and cries in despair. Charlie tells her "Buck up! Never say die! We'll get along." After she flashes him a smile, the film ends with the two of them walking arm-in-arm down the road, the Tramp swinging his rattan cane.
77	* ''Theatre/TheChildrensHour'' ends with Karen walking off alone after [[spoiler:Martha's]] funeral, while everyone else watches from a distance.
78	* ''Film/TheCrucifiedLovers'': Ends with the camera watching the parade as Mohei and Osan are being taken away to be crucified.
79	* ''Theatre/DrivingMissDaisy'': The film version ends with a flashback to Hoke driving Miss Daisy down an Atlanta road when he first came to work for her.
80	* ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' ends with [[BreakingTheFellowship the group broken up]], with [[spoiler: Han taken prisoner, Lando and Chewie flying off to rescue him, and Leia, C-3PO, and R2-D2 keeping Luke company while he recovers from his injuries]]. Despite this being the heroes' DarkestHour, the audience is reminded that all is not lost when the last shot of the movie is the regrouped Rebel Fleet, one of the bigger collections of starships and fighters seen in the franchise up to this point, cruising off into the distance while The Force's {{Leitmotif}} plays.
81	* ''Film/EquinoxFlower'' by Yasujiro Ozu ends with a shot of Hirayama's train puffing off into the distance, as Hirayama leaves for a conciliatory meeting with his daughter and new son-in-law.
82	* ''Theatre/FiniansRainbow:'' The film ends with Finian departing alone in this fashion, after Sharon weds Woody.
83	* ''Film/FloatingWeeds'' by Yasujiro Ozu ends with a shot of Komajuro and Sumiko's train puffing off into the distance, as they leave the village for a different town in hopes of getting acting work, having reconciled. This film was a remake of ''Film/AStoryOfFloatingWeeds'', also by Ozu, which ended with the exact same shot.
84	* In ''Film/AFaceInTheCrowd'', Lonesome Rhodes' trademark "Lonesome Road" ending of his ShowWithinTheShow has him walking out of the country store and strolling down a road towards the background of the studio set, with guitar in hand, singing "Just a Closer Walk with Thee."
85	* ''Film/FortyGuns'' ends with Griff and Jessica in a wagon riding out of town on their way to start their new life in California.
86	* ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'': Blondie leaves Tuco safe and sound with his share of the gold and rides off into the hills.
87	* ''Film/GoodWillHunting'': The last shot is of Will driving to California and the camera just looks down the road into the distance.
88	* In both versions of ''Film/TheGetaway'', the film concludes with OutlawCouple Doc and Carol [=McCoy=] driving of into Mexico, having successfully eluded both the chasing cops and fellow bad guys.
89	* ''Film/GrandmothersFarm'': At the end of the movie, everyone rides off in a white van into the distance... roll credits.
90	* ''Film/AGunfight'' ends with Abe riding out of town into the bleak desert. Bud stands staring at him as he goes, and Abe never looks back.
91	* ''Film/TheHalfBreed'' ends with a MaybeEverAfter version of this. Eponymous half-white, half-Native American protagonist Lo resolves to go away and find a new home somewhere else, his forest home having burned down. Teresa, the friend that Lo saved from arrest, says she's realized that she's in love with him, and will follow him everywhere and stay with him forever. He walks away, and she follows, and the film ends.
92	* The end credits of ''Film/HenryAndVerlin'' play over a shot of Henry and Verlin walking away from the camera through a field [[spoiler:to Verlin's parents' car, where the reunited family drives off together]].
93	* ''Film/HighNoon'' ends with the carriage containing the hero and his wife rolling away into the distance. (It's not long after noon, so there's no sunset.)
94	* ''Film/HighPlainsDrifter'' ends with The-Man-With-No-Name riding away into TheWildWest desert until he disappears; it's a complete reversal of the opening, which showed him appearing seemingly out of nowhere and riding into the corrupt little town.
95	* At the end of''Film/HocusPocus'', Thackery Binx takes his sister Emily's hand and they pass through the cemetery gates and walk into the sunrise and the afterlife together.
96	* ''Film/TheLegendOfFrenchieKing'' ends with the titular outlaw and her gang, now numbering a dozen, riding off into the distant prairie.
97	* ''Film/MackintoshAndTJ'' ends with the protagonists' truck driving down the highway, away from the 6666 ranch.
98	* ''Film/MadchenInUniform'' ends with the SadistTeacher walking away from the camera down a corridor of the boarding school. She is clearly in shock, just having learning that one of her students almost killed herself over the treatment she received.
99	* ''Film/TheManFromLaramie'' ends with Will riding away on his horse, having saved Miss Canady's ranch, and with Vic having been killed by the Apache.
100	%%* "Goodbye ''Film/MaryPoppins'', don't stay away too long."
101	* Steve in ''Film/{{Mommy}}'' running away from the guards.
102	* ''Film/MyNightAtMauds'': The narrator, his wife Francoise, and their son go skipping off into the surf at the beach, symbolizing his acceptance of domesticity (he just had a last meeting with his old flame Maud).
103	* ''Film/{{Nomadland}}'' ends with Fern visiting her now-vacant old home for one last time, selling all her belongings that she's been keeping in a storage unit, and driving off into the wilderness in her van, ready for another year of life on the road.
104	* ''Film/TheNunsStory'' ends with the protagonist deciding to leave the convent and rejoin the secular world. The camera watches from inside the convent as she walks away.
105	* ''Film/OldPeople'': The movie ends with Aike, Alex, Laura, and Noah all riding off into the distance in a motorboat.
106	* ''Film/PatientZero2018'' ends with Morgan and Gina riding off into the distance on a motorcycle from the overrun bunker.
107	* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' ends with Captain Jack Sparrow sailing off into the distance in search of a new adventure: "Now, bring me that horizon."
108	* ''Film/RobertFrostALoversQuarrelWithTheWorld'': Ends with Creator/RobertFrost getting into a car and being driven away from the camera, down a narrow country road.
109	* ''Film/RoosterCogburn'': Marshal Cogburn sits still upon his horse during the rolling credits as Eula Goodnight rides ever further into the distance.
110	* ''Film/SafeInHell'' ends with Gilda walking towards the gallows with her head held high.
111	* The last shot in ''Film/TheSearchers'' is from inside the house, showing the hero walk away into the distance, then [[DoorClosesEnding the door closes]].
112	* ''Film/TheSeventhSeal'' ends with almost the entire cast being led off by TheGrimReaper in a DanceOfDeath across the overcast horizon, seen only by the prophetic Jor.
113	* ''Film/{{Shane}}'': The ButNowIMustGo ending has Shane riding away after defeating the villains, as the little boy who admires him cries "Shane! Come back!"
114	* ''Film/PaleRider'': Does much the same as an intentional homage to both of its spiritual parents, ''Film/{{Shane}}'' and ''Film/HighPlainsDrifter''.
115	* Hannibal Lecter walks away into the crowd at the end of ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''.
116	* ''Film/SilentFall'' ends with Tim and his new parents, [[spoiler:Jake and Karen]], walking away to go trick-or-treating together.
117	* ''Film/SilentTongue'' ends with Prescott and Talbot walking towards the horizon on the seemingly endless prairie; gradually diminishing into specks before the screen fades to black.
118	* In ''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.
119	* ''Film/SoundOfTheMountain'': Ends with Shingo and his daughter-in-law Kikuko walking away together through the park, after Kikuko has announced that she's getting a divorce and Shingo says he and his wife will be moving away.
120	* ''Film/StraightTime'' ends with Max - now a fugitive from the police once again - driving off into the desert, as his various mugshots appear on the screen.
121	* The final scene of ''Film/SweetSmellOfSuccess'' shows Susan leaving her and J.J.'s apartment and walking off into the streets of New York.
122	* ''Film/{{Tevya}}'' ends with Tevye and his family leaving the village in his milkman's cart, headed out of Ukraine and, eventually, to Israel.
123	* The original ending of ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'' would have concluded not with the Thunderbird flying through the air in mid-arc, but continuing to fall end-over-end into the Canyon. As Slocumb walks away from the canyon's edge in disbelief, the final sequence would have been a static shot of the Thunderbird driving away from the camera towards a distant mountain, as B.B. King's "Better Not Look Down" continues playing. The original ending was intended by the producers to suggest that the duo would keep travelling, even after death.
124	* ''Film/UmbertoD'': After the InterruptedSuicide, Umberto coaxes Flike back to him. They go walking away from the camera together, as Umberto plays games with his dog.
125	* ''Film/WandaNevada'' combines this with FreezeFrameEnding. [[spoiler:The credits start to roll as Beau and Wanda drive away from the camera in the new car Beau bought with his new fortune. The image freezes when they've almost vanished behind a hill.]]
126	* ''Film/WarAndPeace1956'' ends with Pierre and Natasha walking away arm in arm through the grounds of the Rostov estate in Moscow, having found each other again.
127	* The surviving gang members of ''Film/TheWarriors'' head into the sunrise along the beach at Coney Island.
128	* ''Film/TheWasteland2021'': The final shot in the movie is of Diego, after having burned his house to the ground to try and kill the beast, walking off into the distance in a huge field.
129	* The last shot of ''Film/WhoIsHarryKellermanAndWhyIsHeSayingThoseTerribleThingsAboutMe'' is of Georgie and Dr. Moses skiing off together across a snowy landscape [[spoiler:after Georgie's suicide]].
130	* ''Film/Yesterday2004'': The last shot has the camera pulling away as Yesterday, who has been showing more obvious signs of AIDS, walks back home after seeing Beauty off for her first day of school.
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134	* ''Literature/TheDragonWaiting'' by Creator/JohnMFord ends with two of the protagonists departing on horseback: "Without any noise, they rode away, and soon were lost to sight." Notably, although the book is in tight-third, and the viewpoint character in the final scene is one of the characters who rides away, on the final sentence the viewpoint changes; there are no other characters there, so there is no sight for the characters to be lost from except that of the audience.
135	* In ''Literature/TheDreamsideRoad'', Enoa and Orson get a heroes’ sendoff from the Wintertide Festival. They fly away in the [[SignatureTeamTransport Aesir]] on their way to search for the Dreamside Road.
136	* Frodo, in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings,'' inverts the RidingIntoTheSunset subtrope, with the last line from his point of view being of him sailing toward a far green country under a swift sunrise. The following paragraph then plays it straight from Sam's point of view, as he stands on the shore and watches Frodo's ship disappear into the night.
137	* Subverted in ''Literature/{{Tigana}}'' by Creator/GuyGavrielKay. At the end, the protagonists ride away around a bend in the road -- and then there is one more sentence about what happened to them around the next bend to make the point that just because the story ends here doesn't mean the characters have nothing left to do.
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141	* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|2003}}'''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.
142	* The final episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' ends with Grissom and Sara heading out to sea on Grissom's boat.
143	* The series finale of ''Series/GuidingLight'' ends with its signature SuperCouple Josh and Reva driving off.
144	* Many episodes of ''Series/{{The Incredible Hulk\|1977}}'' end with David Banner wandering off into the distance whilst the lonely man theme played on the piano.
145	* The pilot of ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' ends with the hero walking off into a crowded street of New York.
146	* In the final scene of ''Series/VeronicaMars'', Veronica walks away into the rain, signifying the consequences of the series finale being rather crappy (her Dad's facing charges that could land him serious jail time for protecting her, and their primary opponent for her Dad's old job as Sheriff is a corrupt puppet of the Mafia). As the camera pans out, we get the impression that Veronica is upset not only because she inadvertently got her Dad in trouble, but because she knows she'll never change her ways.
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150	* Music/{{Miserable}} ends with [[spoiler:the GiantWoman devouring each of her male would-be inamoratos one after the other,]] then [[SupermodelStrut strutting]] off into the horizon, pleased with her actions.
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155	* ''Theatre/{{Finale}}'' ends this way, with the cast walking off into the distance, to what is implied to be [[spoiler:their deaths]].
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159	* ''VideoGame/Fallout1'' ends with the player character walking away into the wasteland after being [[spoiler:banished from their home Vault by the Overseer]].
160	* The last game of the ''VideoGame/FreddiFish'' series ends with Freddi and Luther holding fins and swimming to the top of the ocean.
161	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': The final scene of the game's ending shows Ilia at the entrance of Ordon Village, watching as Link rides off in the direction of the Faron Woods.
162	* ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' and ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' both end with the ''Normandy'' flying off into space.
163	* ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorVanguard'' ends with Garrett and Slauson running off into the distance, as the [[{{Pan Up to the Sky Ending}} camera pans up to show allied forces parachuting in]].
164	-->'''Corporal Garrett:''' It's up to the ground forces to mop things up from here, the Airborne's job in this war is done.\
165	'''Corporal Garrett:''' What, no wise-ass comment, Slauson?\
166	'''Private Slauson:''' Yeah, I've never seen anything more beautiful either.
167	* ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'' 's GoldenEnding has [[spoiler:Talion walking into the afterlife to join his family]].
168	* ''VideoGame/TunnelB1'' have this happening in the final cutscene, if you complete the game and exit the tunnel. Turns out the exit is located in the middle of a desert, and your vehicle have built-in jet thrusters where you then take off into the skies and vanish.
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172	* ''WebVideo/MidgarSyndromeTheFinalFantasyHouse'': Zack is shown walking on the snow-covered road away from the titular house in the ending, while text appears on-screen explaining the fates of the various people involved.
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176	* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts:
177	** The 1929 short "The Haunted House" ends with Mickey fleeing from the titular house while a living skeleton watches him from an outhouse.
178	** The 1931 short "The Castaway" ends with Mickey riding on there back of a sea turtle while waving goodbye to the audience.
179	** 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.
180	** The 1941 short "Timber" end with Donald walking down the train racks, towards the sunset, while holding a BindleStick.
181	** 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.
182	** The 1947 short "Crazy with the Heat" ends with Donald and Goofy riding into the distance on a galloping camel.
183	** 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.
184	** 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.
185	** The 1954 short "The Lone Chipmunks" ends with Chip and Dale riding a horse into the distance.
186	* Near the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' episode "Ain't Nothin' But Mutton Bustin'", Rallo and Junior head homeward by having Junior, who is dressed as a sheep, carry Rallo on his back while he walks all fours and hums "Happy Trails".
187	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'''s original GrandFinale [[PlayingWithATrope played with this trope]]: Fry and Leela don't walk away together, but Fry's crude hologram interpretation of them does, and it indicates that the two may end up together after all.
188	** Similarly, the fourth BigDamnMovie "Into the Wild Green Yonder" ends with Fry and Leela having their first kiss as the Planet Express ship escapes from Zapp Brannigan via a wormhole. Coincidentally, this was intended to be another GrandFinale until Comedy Central picked up the show, and started its run where the movie left off.
189	-->'''Bender:''' (pulls out a beer bottle from his torso) Into the breach, meatbags. Or not. Whatever.
190	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E20WeirdmageddonPart3TakeBackTheFalls Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls]]", the finale, Dipper and Mabel get on the bus and head back home to California.
191	-->'''Dipper:''' Ready to head into the unknown?\
192	'''Mabel:''' Nope. Let's do it.
193	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' ends with Korra and Asami ready to walk into a portal to explore the Spirit Realm together.
194	* ''WesternAnimation/NatureCat''’s “[[ExtraLongEpisode Nature Movie Special Extraordinaire!]]” ends with the titular character, Squeeks, Daisy, and Hal running off into the distance after deciding to find more nature curiosities.
195	* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'':
196	** 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"]].
197	** 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.
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