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"The curtains close / on a kiss God knows / we can tell the end is near."
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Once More With Feeling"

When the Official Couple kiss at or very near the ending of the series or film. If the kiss itself isn't the very last shot, it will probably be followed by their wedding, a dance, Riding into the Sunset, or closing the bedroom door. If the kiss is the very last shot, bonus cheese points may be awarded for ending with an Iris Out centered on it.

Chances are good this will precede any ending narration or title card that says "And they lived Happily Ever After."

Being an Ending Trope, it's a given the examples contain SPOILERS. Consider yourself warned.

Sometimes a sub-trope of Last-Minute Hookup, or it might happen at a Wedding Finale. Not to be confused with Last Kiss, A Magic Contract Comes with a Kiss, or Signed with a Kiss.


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  • The Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Once More, With Feeling". It's lampshaded just before it happens with the lyric "The curtains close on a kiss, God knows we can tell the end is near."
  • In the series finale of Chuck, the last image is of Chuck and Sarah kissing on the beach.
  • The end of season four of Merlin more or less ends on the image of Arthur and Guinevere kissing as he crowns her Queen of Camelot (though there is a brief Sequel Hook afterwards involving Morgana in the forest).
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch does this with Sabrina and Harvey in the last episode.
    • Also lampshaded in the episode that turns the Spellman household into a silent movie. Everything suddenly turns back to normal after Sabrina and Harvey kiss. The aunts explain that the kiss broke the spell because silent movies always end with a kiss, or a comedic pratfall.
  • In Scrubs's Season 8 finale (which was supposed to be the Grand Finale, but wasn't), the last image J.D. sees on the "Goodbye" sign is of him and Elliot kissing.

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  • The Playstation version of Chrono Trigger added a movie of Crono's and Marle's marriage to the standard ending. The same movie also shows Kino proposing to Ayla and Frog (in his human form) being knighted.
  • The ending of the Witch Hunt DLC for Dragon Age: Origins can be the player character and Morrigan embracing before stepping off into the unknown.
  • Final Fantasy:
    • Final Fantasy VIII ends with Squall and Rinoa kissing as the Balamb Garden flies under the moonlight.
    • Final Fantasy XV has Noctis and Luna share one of these in the post-credit stinger during their wedding in the afterlife.
  • In Stardew Valley, if the player character is married, in the ending cutscene at the valley's summit which is unlocked after attaining 100% Completion, they will be joined by their spouse who will say how far they've come together in the last years and how happy they are, then they kiss and the credit sequence rolls.

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