1 | '''Basic Trope''': A normal song ends with a frightening note. |
2 | * '''Straight''': A pop song ends with a disturbing off-key screech. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** A sweet lullaby ends with a long, terrifying drone, and then fades into the sounds of a woman screaming in terror, ending with the screaming suddenly stopping and someone whispering "I'm going to kill you." |
5 | ** The frightening shift is mixed with EndingFatigue, so it goes on for nearly half the song's length. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': The normal song ends with the wrong key, that might confuse the listener for a few seconds. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** The intention was to create a jarring shift in tone to startle the listener. |
9 | ** The loud noise makes sense within the context of the story told through the song's lyrics. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': |
11 | ** A song begins with a scary noise, but turns into a standard pop song. |
12 | ** A melancholy or scary song ends with an uplifting chord.[[note]]In ClassicalMusic, this is called a Picardy Third, where a minor piece ends on a major tonic. This practice was common in the Baroque Era.[[/note]] |
13 | * '''Subverted''': The song appears to be ending with a scary final note, but then it turns out that the song isn't over and it goes back to its normal style. |
14 | * '''Double Subverted''': ...and then it promptly ends with another frightening noise. |
15 | * '''Parodied''': LastNoteHilarity |
16 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': The song has a freaky scare chord, but that was a FakeOutFadeOut, then the song appears to end again, but it's the same. Then the song actually ends, but the ScareChord happens only if you let the disc play 1 minute after the end. |
17 | * '''Averted''': The song maintains the same song throughout and ends normally. |
18 | * '''Enforced''': "Hey! Let's put some random off-key note at the end of the song! That'll scare our audience!" |
19 | * '''Lampshaded''': "A warning to the listener: This song is going to end with the most shit-your-pants scary noise you'll ever hear and it'll come right out of nowhere. Enjoy!" |
20 | * '''Invoked''': The studio equipment broke, but it didn't become clear it was broken until the end when it makes a freaky drone. The band found out about it, but they decided to ThrowItIn. |
21 | * '''Exploited''': The band/artist puts a ScreamerPrank at the end of the song. |
22 | * '''Defied''': The band wants to put a ScreamerPrank at the end, but decide not to so as not to freak anyone out. |
23 | * '''Discussed''': "Let's end this song unorthodoxly." |
24 | * '''Conversed''': "Aahh! What the hell, why would you end a song like that!?" |
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26 | Back to LastNoteNightmare. '''''SCREEEEEEEEEEEEECH!!!''''' |
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29 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
30 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
31 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
32 | %%* '''Played for Laughs''': ??? |
33 | %%* '''Played for Drama''': ??? |
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