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* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': ''ComicBook/Aquaman2016'' #65 may not conclude their story, but we see Arthur and Mera living with their baby Andy at the Curry lighthouse, and them finally getting married.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Creator/NeilGaiman's Batman epilogue "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader". Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler:he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Creator/NeilGaiman's Batman epilogue "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader". Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler:he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
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** Geoff Johns' run on the title when it starred Wally West also counts. Under Johns, Wally had to deal with the birth of the new Zoom, a former friend of his he failed to save and resolved to make Wally a better hero by [[MiseryBuildsCharacter forcing him to experience tragedy]]. Zoom would go on to cause his Wally's wife Linda to miscarry their twin children. After that, Wally learned that his mentor Barry was ''not'' the squeaky clean, white knight hero Wally thought he was, and in fact dipped into some ''very'' morally grey territory. After ''that'', Wally had to deal with the reformed Rogues turning back to their villainous ways but upping it to eleven. ''Then'', he had to deal with a war between various groups all calling themselves the Rogues. And finally, Zoom would return, with Professor Zoom in tow, and force Wally to relive his attack on Wally's wife repeatedly before Wally eventually beat him. At the end of all this, Wally got a second chance at being a father, with his twins being saved, Zoom admitting he was wrong in what he did before disappearing (he got better) and Wally coming to the conclusion that being the Flash is ''never'' about tragedy, but about always moving forward.
* ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. After going to hell and back, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/WonderWoman (despite having major differences) manage to get along, save the day and restore the world population's faith in the heroes by basically acting like heroes, leading to a [[Heartwarming/KingdomCome CMoH]] in the epilogue shared by Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman.
* [[spoiler: After helping to defeat The Batman Who Laughs by being the only one that was actually able to hurt him, ''[[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy Prime]]'' was rewarded with this. He was transported back to his own Earth where everything was how he remembered. He has his girlfriend Laurie Lemmon who loves him, his home, his parents, and he has a dog now too. He also has his powers too which he used to save a kid from being run over in a homage to ''Action Comics'' #1.]]
* Creator/NeilGaiman's Franchise/{{Batman}} epilogue "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader" (Batman #686; Detective Comics # 853). Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler: he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
* ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': As the GrandFinale to Silver Age Franchise/{{Superman}}, this counts. He defeats all of his famous villains, [[spoiler:loses four of his closest friends, breaks his oath not to kill and loses his power in penance for the act. However]] because he beat all the villains, he can FINALLY retire in peace.
* ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. After going to hell and back, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/WonderWoman (despite having major differences) manage to get along, save the day and restore the world population's faith in the heroes by basically acting like heroes, leading to a [[Heartwarming/KingdomCome CMoH]] in the epilogue shared by Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman.
* [[spoiler: After helping to defeat The Batman Who Laughs by being the only one that was actually able to hurt him, ''[[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy Prime]]'' was rewarded with this. He was transported back to his own Earth where everything was how he remembered. He has his girlfriend Laurie Lemmon who loves him, his home, his parents, and he has a dog now too. He also has his powers too which he used to save a kid from being run over in a homage to ''Action Comics'' #1.]]
* Creator/NeilGaiman's Franchise/{{Batman}} epilogue "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader" (Batman #686; Detective Comics # 853). Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler: he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
* ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': As the GrandFinale to Silver Age Franchise/{{Superman}}, this counts. He defeats all of his famous villains, [[spoiler:loses four of his closest friends, breaks his oath not to kill and loses his power in penance for the act. However]] because he beat all the villains, he can FINALLY retire in peace.
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** Geoff Johns' run on the title when it starred Wally West also counts.''ComicBook/TheFlash1987''. Under Johns, Wally had to deal with the birth of the new Zoom, a former friend of his he failed to save and resolved to make Wally a better hero by [[MiseryBuildsCharacter forcing him to experience tragedy]]. Zoom would go on to cause his Wally's wife Linda to miscarry their twin children. After that, Wally learned that his mentor Barry was ''not'' the squeaky clean, white knight hero Wally thought he was, and in fact dipped into some ''very'' morally grey territory. After ''that'', Wally had to deal with the reformed Rogues turning back to their villainous ways but upping it to eleven. ''Then'', he had to deal with a war between various groups all calling themselves the Rogues. And finally, Zoom would return, with Professor Zoom in tow, and force Wally to relive his attack on Wally's wife repeatedly before Wally eventually beat him. At the end of all this, Wally got a second chance at being a father, with his twins being saved, Zoom admitting he was wrong in what he did before disappearing (he got better) and Wally coming to the conclusion that being the Flash is ''never'' about tragedy, but about always moving forward.
*''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'': After going to hell and back, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/WonderWoman (despite having major differences) manage to get along, save the day and restore the world population's faith in the heroes by basically acting like heroes, leading to a [[Heartwarming/KingdomCome CMoH]] in the epilogue shared by Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman.
*[[spoiler: After helping to defeat The Batman Who Laughs by being the only one that was actually able to hurt him, ''[[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy Prime]]'' was rewarded with this. He was transported back to his own Earth where everything was how he remembered. He has his girlfriend Laurie Lemmon who loves him, his home, his parents, and he has a dog now too. He also has his powers too which he used to save a kid from being run over in a homage to ''Action Comics'' #1.]]
* Creator/NeilGaiman's Franchise/{{Batman}} epilogue "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader" (Batman #686; Detective Comics # 853). Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler: he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
* ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'':''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': As the GrandFinale to Silver Age Franchise/{{Superman}}, this Superman, ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'' counts. He defeats all of his famous villains, [[spoiler:loses four of his closest friends, breaks his oath not to kill and loses his power in penance for the act. However]] because he beat all the villains, he can FINALLY retire in peace.
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* Creator/NeilGaiman's Franchise/{{Batman}} epilogue "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader" (Batman #686; Detective Comics # 853). Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler: he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
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** In ''Film/ManOfSteel'', while coming from a loving home, [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} Clark]] has spent most of his life ostracized, WalkingTheEarth never daring to get close to anyone for fear of them learning his secret, but [[SamaritanSyndrome unable to stop using his powers to help people]], causing him to always leave. Eventually he finds some answers about his past in a crashed Kryptonian ship, but that leads to [[BigBad General Zod]] and his crew arriving on Earth, who want Clark to help them KillAllHumans so they can create a new Krypton, and attempt to kill him when he refuses. Clark is forced to reveal himself to the world to save it, and ultimately [[spoiler: is [[ShootTheDog forced]] to [[NeckSnap kill]] Zod]]. However, he finds people that accept him for who he is, finds his true calling as Superman, and gets a permanent job as an IntrepidReporter for the Daily Planet.
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** In ''Film/ManOfSteel'', while coming from a loving home, [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} [[Characters/DCEUSuperman Clark]] has spent most of his life ostracized, WalkingTheEarth never daring to get close to anyone for fear of them learning his secret, but [[SamaritanSyndrome unable to stop using his powers to help people]], causing him to always leave. Eventually he finds some answers about his past in a crashed Kryptonian ship, but that leads to [[BigBad General Zod]] and his crew arriving on Earth, who want Clark to help them KillAllHumans so they can create a new Krypton, and attempt to kill him when he refuses. Clark is forced to reveal himself to the world to save it, and ultimately [[spoiler: is [[ShootTheDog forced]] to [[NeckSnap kill]] Zod]]. However, he finds people that accept him for who he is, finds his true calling as Superman, and gets a permanent job as an IntrepidReporter for the Daily Planet.
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* With so many {{downer ending}}s for the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse [[Characters/DCAUBatman Batman]], the FullyAbsorbedFinale for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', "Epilogue", was about as happy an ending as Batman can ever expect but boy, did Bruce, Terry, and the audience have to go through a lot to get it. Terry finds out that Bruce is [[ItMakesSenseInContext his biological father]] and is ''pissed'' about it. For most of the episode he's angry and bitter about Bruce, Batman, and fate. But with the help of Amanda Waller (again ItMakesSenseInContext), he realizes that he has control over his own life and that he ''isn't'' Bruce even if he may be his son. So in the end, Terry is determined to live a happy life and be Batman at the same time while Bruce is left with a protégé he trusts to carry on the/his fight after he's gone and a family he's always been looking for.
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* With so many {{downer ending}}s for the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse [[Characters/DCAUBatman Batman]], the FullyAbsorbedFinale for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', "Epilogue", "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E13Epilogue Epilogue]]", was about as happy an ending as Batman can ever expect but boy, did Bruce, Terry, and the audience have to go through a lot to get it. Terry finds out that Bruce is [[ItMakesSenseInContext his biological father]] and is ''pissed'' about it. For most of the episode he's angry and bitter about Bruce, Batman, and fate. But with the help of Amanda Waller (again ItMakesSenseInContext), he realizes that he has control over his own life and that he ''isn't'' Bruce even if he may be his son. So in the end, Terry is determined to live a happy life and be Batman at the same time while Bruce is left with a protégé he trusts to carry on the/his fight after he's gone and a family he's always been looking for.
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* With so many {{downer ending}}s for the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse Franchise/{{Batman}}, the FullyAbsorbedFinale for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', "Epilogue", was about as happy an ending as Batman can ever expect but boy, did Bruce, Terry, and the audience have to go through a lot to get it. Terry finds out that Bruce is [[ItMakesSenseInContext his biological father]] and is ''pissed'' about it. For most of the episode he's angry and bitter about Bruce, Batman, and fate. But with the help of Amanda Waller (again ItMakesSenseInContext), he realizes that he has control over his own life and that he ''isn't'' Bruce even if he may be his son. So in the end, Terry is determined to live a happy life and be Batman at the same time while Bruce is left with a protégé he trusts to carry on the/his fight after he's gone and a family he's always been looking for.
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* With so many {{downer ending}}s for the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse Franchise/{{Batman}}, [[Characters/DCAUBatman Batman]], the FullyAbsorbedFinale for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', "Epilogue", was about as happy an ending as Batman can ever expect but boy, did Bruce, Terry, and the audience have to go through a lot to get it. Terry finds out that Bruce is [[ItMakesSenseInContext his biological father]] and is ''pissed'' about it. For most of the episode he's angry and bitter about Bruce, Batman, and fate. But with the help of Amanda Waller (again ItMakesSenseInContext), he realizes that he has control over his own life and that he ''isn't'' Bruce even if he may be his son. So in the end, Terry is determined to live a happy life and be Batman at the same time while Bruce is left with a protégé he trusts to carry on the/his fight after he's gone and a family he's always been looking for.
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** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'': After all the strife, conflict and loss throughout ''Film/ManOfSteel'', ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and this film, our heroes not only emerge victorious over the threat of Apokolips (for now at least) but also as better, stronger individuals.
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* [[spoiler: After helping to defeat The Batman Who Laughs by being the only one that was actually able to hurt him, ''[[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy Prime]]'' was rewarded with this. He was transported back to his own Earth where everything was how he remembered. He has his girlfriend Laurie Lemmon who loves him, his home, his parents, and he has a dog now too. He also has his powers too which he used to save a kid from being run over in a homage to ''Action Comics'' #1.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'': In episode "[[Recap/MyAdventuresWithSupermanS1E05MyAdventuresWithMadScience My Adventures With Mad Science]]" , after Brain lost his body and he and Mallah were forced into hiding for 22 years, the two are able to create their wormhole and find a world where they can live in peace. Likewise, after Clark and Lois's relationship has crumbled and their friendship with Jimmy all but wrecked as well, they are able to mend things and come back together stronger than ever, with Clark and Lois holding hands at the end to signify their RelationshipUpgrade. The end credits have the same picture from the previous episode, but whereas it was torn into thirds in the previous episode, here it is fully intact to represent the trio's reunion.
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*** Both [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown]] and [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]] ''finally'' get their TheyDo with [[ComicBook/RedRobin Tim]] and [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]]. We see Babs and Dick's wedding day and Tim and Steph almost have TheirFirstTime before injuries force them to decide to [[LetsWaitAWhile wait a while]]. In an alternate universe, Dick ends up patching things up with ComicBook/{{Starfire}} instead, being a different happy ending.
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*** Both [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown]] and [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]] ''finally'' get their TheyDo HappilyEverAfter with [[ComicBook/RedRobin Tim]] and [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]]. We see Babs and Dick's wedding day and Tim and Steph almost have TheirFirstTime before injuries force them to decide to [[LetsWaitAWhile wait a while]]. In an alternate universe, Dick ends up patching things up with ComicBook/{{Starfire}} instead, being a different happy ending.
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* With so many {{downer ending}}s for the Franchise/{{DCAU}} Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse Franchise/{{Batman}}, the FullyAbsorbedFinale for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', "Epilogue", was about as happy an ending as Batman can ever expect but boy, did Bruce, Terry, and the audience have to go through a lot to get it. Terry finds out that Bruce is [[ItMakesSenseInContext his biological father]] and is ''pissed'' about it. For most of the episode he's angry and bitter about Bruce, Batman, and fate. But with the help of Amanda Waller (again ItMakesSenseInContext), he realizes that he has control over his own life and that he ''isn't'' Bruce even if he may be his son. So in the end, Terry is determined to live a happy life and be Batman at the same time while Bruce is left with a protégé he trusts to carry on the/his fight after he's gone and a family he's always been looking for.
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*** Both [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown]] and [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]] ''finally'' get their TheyDo with [[ComicBook/RedRobin Tim]] and [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]]. We see Babs and Dick's wedding day and Tim and Steph almost have TheirFirstTime before injuries force them to decide to [[LetsWaitAWhile wait a while]]. In an alternate unvierse, Dick ends up patching things up with ComicBook/{{Starfire}} instead, being a different happy ending.
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* ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': As the GrandFinale to Silver Age Franchise/{{Superman}}, this counts. He defeats all of his famous villains, [[spoiler: Loses four of his closest friends, breaks his oath not to kill and loses his power in penance for the act. However]] because he beat all the villains, he can FINALLY retire in peace.
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* ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': As the GrandFinale to Silver Age Franchise/{{Superman}}, this counts. He defeats all of his famous villains, [[spoiler: Loses [[spoiler:loses four of his closest friends, breaks his oath not to kill and loses his power in penance for the act. However]] because he beat all the villains, he can FINALLY retire in peace.
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': In [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 WW 600]] after being [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 tortured, brainwashed and turned into the Silver Swan against her will]] Vanessa Kapatelis has been able to return to and finish school and made class Valedictorian.
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': In [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 WW 600]] after being [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 tortured, brainwashed and turned into the Silver Swan against her will]] Vanessa Kapatelis has been able to return to and finish school and made class Valedictorian.Valedictorian.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'', despite being kidnapped by Amanda Waller and forced to make a black-ops raid on Arkham with a bunch of criminal lunatics, [[spoiler: which was only intended to be a decoy so that another member of the team could murder the Riddler,]] Deadshot gets out alive, unharmed and manages to rescue his daughter, whom Waller was holding hostage to blackmail him into working for her. [[spoiler: And, in our final shot of the film, he gets a chance to murder Waller for everything she put him through... he ''is'' a VillainProtagonist, after all.]]
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'':
** ''Film/BatmanBegins'': Bruce loses his parents and all sense of purpose in his life other than vengeance against his parents' murder, Joe Chill, then loses that purpose when Joe Chill is murdered by a hitwoman for the Gotham mob. Then Bruce runs away from Gotham to try to understand the darker aspects of life and to find a way to overcome them. Bruce is then presumed dead and Gotham has to suffer for years through an economic depression as well as a corrupt legal system where almost every cop is a CorruptCop, the mafia rules the city and crimes like murder are extremely common. As Gotham loses hope, Bruce is trained by [[EvilMentor Henri Ducard]], a KnightTemplar who helps Bruce regain hope and find purpose in fighting crime...but Bruce has to betray and leave Ducard to save when he finds out Ducard wants to destroy places filled with crime (like Gotham). Bruce returns to Gotham as Franchise/{{Batman}}, and fights to give the city hope against both normal criminals and [[PsychoPsychologist Dr. Jonathan Crane]]...who gives Ducard a fear toxin that Ducard plans to use to destroy the city. Batman then must overcome both his fears and the returning Ducard (AKA Ra's al Ghul) and the League of Shadows to save his city. After much struggle, with Wayne Manor being burnt down and then some of Gotham's slums being driven insane, Batman saves the day and gives Gotham hope for the first time in years. To emphasize this, the Bat-signal triumphantly shines in the night for the first time during the final scene.
** ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Yes, there are criminals who will do almost anything for money, and unapologetic evil that cannot be bargained with, and the KnightInShiningArmor can [[FallenHero fall]], hard. But in the end, Franchise/{{Batman}} is able to apprehend ComicBook/TheJoker without [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming the monster]] Joker wants him to be. And the citizens of Gotham pass Joker's "social experiment" (if only barely) by not turning on each other like he predicted.
** At the end of the final movie in the trilogy, ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Bruce Wayne seems to have finally put his past behind him. He fakes his death -- but leaves subtle (or not-so-subtle for some) clues of his survival to his {{Secret Keeper}}s (giving them their own happy ending rather than leaving them in mourning) -- and retires with Selina Kyle who, after helping Bruce save Gotham, has her own criminal past erased to allow her a fresh start as well.
* In the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse --
** In ''Film/ManOfSteel'', while coming from a loving home, [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} Clark]] has spent most of his life ostracized, WalkingTheEarth never daring to get close to anyone for fear of them learning his secret, but [[SamaritanSyndrome unable to stop using his powers to help people]], causing him to always leave. Eventually he finds some answers about his past in a crashed Kryptonian ship, but that leads to [[BigBad General Zod]] and his crew arriving on Earth, who want Clark to help them KillAllHumans so they can create a new Krypton, and attempt to kill him when he refuses. Clark is forced to reveal himself to the world to save it, and ultimately [[spoiler: is [[ShootTheDog forced]] to [[NeckSnap kill]] Zod]]. However, he finds people that accept him for who he is, finds his true calling as Superman, and gets a permanent job as an IntrepidReporter for the Daily Planet.
** In ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', several members of the Squad earn a (somewhat) happy ending. While still incarcerated, the rewards they get for saving the world go a long way to making their lives much better, from [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} finally getting to spend time with his [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes daughter]]]] to little things like [[spoiler: Killer Croc getting a HDTV, and [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Harley]] an espresso machine]]. Subverted with [[spoiler: Captain Boomerang, who mouths off to Waller, and ends up in solitary confinement]] ''worse'' off than he started.
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* With so many {{downer ending}}s for the Franchise/{{DCAU}} Franchise/{{Batman}}, the FullyAbsorbedFinale for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', "Epilogue", was about as happy an ending as Batman can ever expect but boy, did Bruce, Terry, and the audience have to go through a lot to get it. Terry finds out that Bruce is [[ItMakesSenseInContext his biological father]] and is ''pissed'' about it. For most of the episode he's angry and bitter about Bruce, Batman, and fate. But with the help of Amanda Waller (again ItMakesSenseInContext), he realizes that he has control over his own life and that he ''isn't'' Bruce even if he may be his son. So in the end, Terry is determined to live a happy life and be Batman at the same time while Bruce is left with a protégé he trusts to carry on the/his fight after he's gone and a family he's always been looking for.
** [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman "The Man Who Killed Batman"]] sees Sid go to jail after all, but considering he ''almost'' killed Batman and made ComicBook/TheJoker and Rupert Thorne look stupid, he receives a warm welcome as he's escorted into Blackgate.
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!!Films
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'', despite being kidnapped by Amanda Waller and forced to make a black-ops raid on Arkham with a bunch of criminal lunatics, [[spoiler: which was only intended to be a decoy so that another member of the team could murder the Riddler,]] Deadshot gets out alive, unharmed and manages to rescue his daughter, whom Waller was holding hostage to blackmail him into working for her. [[spoiler: And, in our final shot of the film, he gets a chance to murder Waller for everything she put him through... he ''is'' a VillainProtagonist, after all.]]
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'':
** ''Film/BatmanBegins'': Bruce loses his parents and all sense of purpose in his life other than vengeance against his parents' murder, Joe Chill, then loses that purpose when Joe Chill is murdered by a hitwoman for the Gotham mob. Then Bruce runs away from Gotham to try to understand the darker aspects of life and to find a way to overcome them. Bruce is then presumed dead and Gotham has to suffer for years through an economic depression as well as a corrupt legal system where almost every cop is a CorruptCop, the mafia rules the city and crimes like murder are extremely common. As Gotham loses hope, Bruce is trained by [[EvilMentor Henri Ducard]], a KnightTemplar who helps Bruce regain hope and find purpose in fighting crime...but Bruce has to betray and leave Ducard to save when he finds out Ducard wants to destroy places filled with crime (like Gotham). Bruce returns to Gotham as Franchise/{{Batman}}, and fights to give the city hope against both normal criminals and [[PsychoPsychologist Dr. Jonathan Crane]]...who gives Ducard a fear toxin that Ducard plans to use to destroy the city. Batman then must overcome both his fears and the returning Ducard (AKA Ra's al Ghul) and the League of Shadows to save his city. After much struggle, with Wayne Manor being burnt down and then some of Gotham's slums being driven insane, Batman saves the day and gives Gotham hope for the first time in years. To emphasize this, the Bat-signal triumphantly shines in the night for the first time during the final scene.
** ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Yes, there are criminals who will do almost anything for money, and unapologetic evil that cannot be bargained with, and the KnightInShiningArmor can [[FallenHero fall]], hard. But in the end, Franchise/{{Batman}} is able to apprehend ComicBook/TheJoker without [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming the monster]] Joker wants him to be. And the citizens of Gotham pass Joker's "social experiment" (if only barely) by not turning on each other like he predicted.
** At the end of the final movie in the trilogy, ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Bruce Wayne seems to have finally put his past behind him. He fakes his death -- but leaves subtle (or not-so-subtle for some) clues of his survival to his {{Secret Keeper}}s (giving them their own happy ending rather than leaving them in mourning) -- and retires with Selina Kyle who, after helping Bruce save Gotham, has her own criminal past erased to allow her a fresh start as well.
* In the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse --
** In ''Film/ManOfSteel'', while coming from a loving home, [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} Clark]] has spent most of his life ostracized, WalkingTheEarth never daring to get close to anyone for fear of them learning his secret, but [[SamaritanSyndrome unable to stop using his powers to help people]], causing him to always leave. Eventually he finds some answers about his past in a crashed Kryptonian ship, but that leads to [[BigBad General Zod]] and his crew arriving on Earth, who want Clark to help them KillAllHumans so they can create a new Krypton, and attempt to kill him when he refuses. Clark is forced to reveal himself to the world to save it, and ultimately [[spoiler: is [[ShootTheDog forced]] to [[NeckSnap kill]] Zod]]. However, he finds people that accept him for who he is, finds his true calling as Superman, and gets a permanent job as an IntrepidReporter for the Daily Planet.
** In ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', several members of the Squad earn a (somewhat) happy ending. While still incarcerated, the rewards they get for saving the world go a long way to making their lives much better, from [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} finally getting to spend time with his [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes daughter]]]] to little things like [[spoiler: Killer Croc getting a HDTV, and [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Harley]] an espresso machine]]. Subverted with [[spoiler: Captain Boomerang, who mouths off to Waller, and ends up in solitary confinement]] ''worse'' off than he started.
!!Western Animation
* With so many {{downer ending}}s for the Franchise/{{DCAU}} Franchise/{{Batman}}, the FullyAbsorbedFinale for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', "Epilogue", was about as happy an ending as Batman can ever expect but boy, did Bruce, Terry, and the audience have to go through a lot to get it. Terry finds out that Bruce is [[ItMakesSenseInContext his biological father]] and is ''pissed'' about it. For most of the episode he's angry and bitter about Bruce, Batman, and fate. But with the help of Amanda Waller (again ItMakesSenseInContext), he realizes that he has control over his own life and that he ''isn't'' Bruce even if he may be his son. So in the end, Terry is determined to live a happy life and be Batman at the same time while Bruce is left with a protégé he trusts to carry on the/his fight after he's gone and a family he's always been looking for.
** [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman "The Man Who Killed Batman"]] sees Sid go to jail after all, but considering he ''almost'' killed Batman and made ComicBook/TheJoker and Rupert Thorne look stupid, he receives a warm welcome as he's escorted into Blackgate.
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!!Franchise/TheDCU
* ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'':
** The writers have stated that many of the previous status quos will receive closure. Examples:
*** Superman and Lois have their [[BabiesEverAfter first baby]] and name him after [[DeadGuyJunior Clark's father.]]
*** Both [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown]] and [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]] ''finally'' get their TheyDo with [[ComicBook/RedRobin Tim]] and [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]]. We see Babs and Dick's wedding day and Tim and Steph almost have TheirFirstTime before injuries force them to decide to [[LetsWaitAWhile wait a while]]. In an alternate unvierse, Dick ends up patching things up with ComicBook/{{Starfire}} instead, being a different happy ending.
*** Dreamslayer pulls a NiceJobFixingItVillain that allows Roy Harper to finally have his daughter, Lian, BackFromTheDead. Lian has no idea what Roy has been through since she died, but the happiness one can feel for the character is unreal.
** The series as a whole has an overtly happy ending: [[spoiler:the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' is averted, the original Multiverse is reborn, Telos' prisoners are freed, the [[ComicBook/{{Earth2}} Earth-2]] survivors find a new planet to call home and Brainiac and Telos attain some measure of redemption]].
* From ''Franchise/TheFlash'':
** The ''ComicBook/TheTrialOfTheFlash'' storyline ran for over two years and had the Flash's life being completely wrecked several times, but in the end Barry and Iris are married happily together in the future.
** Geoff Johns' run on the title when it starred Wally West also counts. Under Johns, Wally had to deal with the birth of the new Zoom, a former friend of his he failed to save and resolved to make Wally a better hero by [[MiseryBuildsCharacter forcing him to experience tragedy]]. Zoom would go on to cause his Wally's wife Linda to miscarry their twin children. After that, Wally learned that his mentor Barry was ''not'' the squeaky clean, white knight hero Wally thought he was, and in fact dipped into some ''very'' morally grey territory. After ''that'', Wally had to deal with the reformed Rogues turning back to their villainous ways but upping it to eleven. ''Then'', he had to deal with a war between various groups all calling themselves the Rogues. And finally, Zoom would return, with Professor Zoom in tow, and force Wally to relive his attack on Wally's wife repeatedly before Wally eventually beat him. At the end of all this, Wally got a second chance at being a father, with his twins being saved, Zoom admitting he was wrong in what he did before disappearing (he got better) and Wally coming to the conclusion that being the Flash is ''never'' about tragedy, but about always moving forward.
* ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. After going to hell and back, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/WonderWoman (despite having major differences) manage to get along, save the day and restore the world population's faith in the heroes by basically acting like heroes, leading to a [[Heartwarming/KingdomCome CMoH]] in the epilogue shared by Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman.
* Creator/NeilGaiman's Franchise/{{Batman}} epilogue "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader" (Batman #686; Detective Comics # 853). Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler: he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
* ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': As the GrandFinale to Silver Age Franchise/{{Superman}}, this counts. He defeats all of his famous villains, [[spoiler: Loses four of his closest friends, breaks his oath not to kill and loses his power in penance for the act. However]] because he beat all the villains, he can FINALLY retire in peace.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': In [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 WW 600]] after being [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 tortured, brainwashed and turned into the Silver Swan against her will]] Vanessa Kapatelis has been able to return to and finish school and made class Valedictorian.
* ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'':
** The writers have stated that many of the previous status quos will receive closure. Examples:
*** Superman and Lois have their [[BabiesEverAfter first baby]] and name him after [[DeadGuyJunior Clark's father.]]
*** Both [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown]] and [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]] ''finally'' get their TheyDo with [[ComicBook/RedRobin Tim]] and [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]]. We see Babs and Dick's wedding day and Tim and Steph almost have TheirFirstTime before injuries force them to decide to [[LetsWaitAWhile wait a while]]. In an alternate unvierse, Dick ends up patching things up with ComicBook/{{Starfire}} instead, being a different happy ending.
*** Dreamslayer pulls a NiceJobFixingItVillain that allows Roy Harper to finally have his daughter, Lian, BackFromTheDead. Lian has no idea what Roy has been through since she died, but the happiness one can feel for the character is unreal.
** The series as a whole has an overtly happy ending: [[spoiler:the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' is averted, the original Multiverse is reborn, Telos' prisoners are freed, the [[ComicBook/{{Earth2}} Earth-2]] survivors find a new planet to call home and Brainiac and Telos attain some measure of redemption]].
* From ''Franchise/TheFlash'':
** The ''ComicBook/TheTrialOfTheFlash'' storyline ran for over two years and had the Flash's life being completely wrecked several times, but in the end Barry and Iris are married happily together in the future.
** Geoff Johns' run on the title when it starred Wally West also counts. Under Johns, Wally had to deal with the birth of the new Zoom, a former friend of his he failed to save and resolved to make Wally a better hero by [[MiseryBuildsCharacter forcing him to experience tragedy]]. Zoom would go on to cause his Wally's wife Linda to miscarry their twin children. After that, Wally learned that his mentor Barry was ''not'' the squeaky clean, white knight hero Wally thought he was, and in fact dipped into some ''very'' morally grey territory. After ''that'', Wally had to deal with the reformed Rogues turning back to their villainous ways but upping it to eleven. ''Then'', he had to deal with a war between various groups all calling themselves the Rogues. And finally, Zoom would return, with Professor Zoom in tow, and force Wally to relive his attack on Wally's wife repeatedly before Wally eventually beat him. At the end of all this, Wally got a second chance at being a father, with his twins being saved, Zoom admitting he was wrong in what he did before disappearing (he got better) and Wally coming to the conclusion that being the Flash is ''never'' about tragedy, but about always moving forward.
* ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. After going to hell and back, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/WonderWoman (despite having major differences) manage to get along, save the day and restore the world population's faith in the heroes by basically acting like heroes, leading to a [[Heartwarming/KingdomCome CMoH]] in the epilogue shared by Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman.
* Creator/NeilGaiman's Franchise/{{Batman}} epilogue "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader" (Batman #686; Detective Comics # 853). Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler: he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
* ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': As the GrandFinale to Silver Age Franchise/{{Superman}}, this counts. He defeats all of his famous villains, [[spoiler: Loses four of his closest friends, breaks his oath not to kill and loses his power in penance for the act. However]] because he beat all the villains, he can FINALLY retire in peace.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': In [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 WW 600]] after being [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 tortured, brainwashed and turned into the Silver Swan against her will]] Vanessa Kapatelis has been able to return to and finish school and made class Valedictorian.
