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* Rainbow Road, the final track in every ''MarioKart'', is in space or at least the upper atmosphere. In ''Mario Kart Wii'' your character even caught fire and burned up during re-entry if they fell off the track. In terms of the [[NostalgiaLevel Retro GP tracks]] in later installments, however, ''Mario Kart DS'' and ''Mario Kart Wii'' avert it by using [[VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash GCN Yoshi Circuit]] and [[VideoGame/MarioKart64 N64 Bowser's Castle]], but ''Mario Kart 7'' and ''8'' finally play it straight with [[VideoGame/SuperMarioKart SNES Rainbow Road]] and [[VideoGame/MarioKart64 N64 Rainbow Road]] respectively.
* Most of the ''Videogame/MegaManClassic'' GameBoy series have their final levels take place in space (the fifth game does not count due to half the boss roster residing in space levels, and the only game to completely avert the space setting is the third one). As for the main games, ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'' saves its very last stage for this trope, right after the usual four stages of a traditional endgame castle.

* The last area in ''VideoGame/SoulBlazer'' is the DarkWorld, which resembles space with a ground and walls made of some transparent matter.

* ''VideoGame/IllusionOfGaia'': Your character ascends to the surface of the rapidly-approaching Chaos Comet for the final confrontation.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Glider}} PRO'', it's common for the last [[StarShapedCoupon star]] in a house to be somewhere up in space.

* The hidden track of the first ''{{Wipeout}}'' is set on Mars. The bonus track in ''Wipeout Fusion'' is set on an alien planet. In ''Pure'' it's levitating in the upper atmosphere.

* ''Anime/BusouRenkin'': In order to combat his and Victor's WalkingWasteland powers, Kazuki manages to basically rocket himself and Victor with a particularly strong, rocketpowered thrust. The {{denouement}} episode has his friends coming to the moon to rescue them.

** And it only gets bigger from there, until the FinalBoss is throwing galaxies as shurikens and shooting lasers with the power of the Big Bang.

* ''KannazukiNoMiko'': The final battle between Orochi [[spoiler:Chikane]] and Himeko takes place in a Shinto shrine on the moon.
* ''SenkiZesshouSymphogear'': The closing part of the FinalBattle has the three heroines going out to outer space to make a HeroicSacrifice.

* Most of the ''Franchise/MegaMan'' GameBoy series have their final levels take place in space (the fifth game does not count due to half the boss roster residing in space levels, and the only game to completely avert the space setting is the third one). As for the main games, ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'' saves its very last stage for this trope, right after the usual four stages of a traditional endgame castle.

* The hidden track of the first ''{{Wipeout}}'' is set on Mars. The bonus track in ''Wipeout Fusion'' is set on an alien planet.

* Rainbow Road, the final track in every ''MarioKart'', is in space or at least the upper atmosphere. In ''Mario Kart Wii'' your character even caught fire and burned up during re-entry if they fell off the track. In terms of the [[NostalgiaLevel Retro GP tracks]] in later installments, however, ''Mario Kart DS'' and ''Mario Kart Wii'' avert it by using [[VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash GCN Yoshi Circuit]] and [[VideoGame/MarioKart64 N64 Bowser's Castle]], but ''Mario Kart 7'' finally plays it straight with [[VideoGame/SuperMarioKart SNES Rainbow Road]].

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* The final battle with Vlitra in ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' ends with this. [[spoiler: The True Final boss fight with Chakravartin in Part IV Nirvana takes this further, with Asura becoming bigger then any other planet sized character in the game, only to fight against chakravartin's pratically ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' sized fortress in space, leading to an awesome final battle that needs to be seen to be believed.]]

In videogames, this can easily overlap with AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield, and possibly with FinalBossNewDimension. Not to be confused with RecycledInSpace, though that can happen if the creators are careless. The finale might constitute a HighAltitudeBattle.

* The final episode of ''Series/FamilyMatters'' has Urkel going up to the space station.

* In FinalFantasyIV, Cecil's journey to the moon fulfills a prophecy. There he learns about the identity of the BigBad [[spoiler:and himself]], and enters the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.

* ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has [[spoiler:Madoka herself]] one-shotting Kriemhild Gretchen to death and rewriting the law of the universe. And while the universe is being rewritten, she and Homura have the now-memetic scene of "[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming naked magical space lesbians]]". [[spoiler:Madoka]]'s final form might also be a ShoutOut to ''Heartcatch Pretty Cure'', above.

In videogames, this can easily overlap with AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield, and possibly with FinalBossNewDimension. Not to be confused with RecycledInSpace, though that can happen if the creators are careless.

* ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' ends with [[spoiler:the player using portals to go to the moon, where Chell asphyxiates.]]