History Main / DoorClosesEnding

* Music/SoundHorizon: In the fourth horizon, five of the songs end with the sound of a heavy door (or, perhaps, a gate) being closed. Fans often interpret this as being the sound of the gates to paradise closing.

* Music/{{Yes}} did this on their album ''Fragile'', when Jon Anderson's solo piece "We Have Heaven" ended with the sound of footsteps walking away and then a door slamming. (A hidden track after the last song on the album has the door reopening onto a reprise of "We Have Heaven.")

* ''Film/TheGodfather'''s final shot is homaged in the ending of a mafia-themed episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', with Lisa in the role of Kay. Subverted as the door opens again to reveal Michael and his () is playing with his toys, and .

* The ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' episode, "[[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS5E4LadyHattsBirthdayParty Lady Hatt's Birthday Party]]" ends this way after Sir Topham Hatt finally makes it to Lady Hatt's Birthday Party at Kirk Ronan Station.

* The ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' episode, "[[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS5E4LadyHattsBirthdayParty Lady Hatt's Birthday Party]]" ends this way after Sir Topham Hatt finally makes it to Lady Hatt's Birthday Party at Kirk Ronan Station.

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* This is also the ending of the comic strip ''ComicStrip/ElNegroBlanco''
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-->-- closing line of ''WesternAnimation/TheRapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta''

* The very last line of the Christmas special ''WesternAnimation/TheRapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' is Nicole's father loudly ordering someone to close the front door of his house.

** In "Crush", Spike finds Buffy has revoked his [[MustBeInvited Vampire Invitation]] after his AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. She then closes the door on his shocked face.
** In "A New Man", Giles cautions Buffy about her new alliance with the Initiative, having been warned about a secret project called 314. The episode ends on an Initiative scientist swiping through an electronically-locked door marked 314.
** "Lies My Parents Told Me" ends with Buffy shutting the door in the face of her mentor Giles, [[ThisIsUnforgivable after his attempt to kill Spike]].

* At the end of Creator/KennethBranagh's ''Film/HenryV'' the modern-dress Chorus ends the film with his epilogue, then closes the door on the newly engaged King Henry and his bride-to-be. This [[BookEnds parallels the opening of the film]], where after the Chorus's prologue he throws open the doors to show the first scene.

* In ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'', the "Dance of the Hours" segment ends with the palace doors slamming so hard they're knocked off their hinges.
* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'''s AwardBaitSong "Let It Go" ends with Elsa closing the door of her ice palace, separating herself from all of civilization. It's used as part of a larger theme of doors and gates separating people, both for good and for bad.

May overlap with any of various types of {{Discretion Shot}}s. Opposite and possible {{Book End|s}} to the OpenDoorOpening. A type of HatAndCoatShot. Compare and contrast with OffIntoTheDistanceEnding.

* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': The final shot of the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E06TheImpossibleBox The Impossible Box]]" is of Hugh and Elnor preparing to hold off Romulan footsoldiers until the Sikarian Trajector can power down, with the Trajector's chamber door closing over them.

* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': The final shot of the episode "The Impossible Box" is of Hugh and Elnor preparing to hold off Romulan footsoldiers until the Sikarian Trajector can power down, with the Trajector's chamber door closing over them.

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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', as Sam returns to his family and home, having just seen the last of the fellowship leaving.

* The series finale of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' shows Sam going through the routine for closing the bar in the evening. He walks over to his office and is about to enter when there is a knock at the front. Sam thinks about answering it, but dismisses it, goes into his office, and closes the door. This is the inverse of the opening scene of the first episode of the series, where Sam emerges from his office and goes through the routine for opening the bar in the morning.

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* ''Series/{{Warehouse13}}'' has shots before some commercial breaks where the final screen shrinks and as if panning back to show the screenshot is inside a crate on a black field, then the top of the crate closes over it with a snap sound effect and then it goes to commercial.

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' 1x15, "Bed, Banter, and Beyond" deconstructed WillTheyOrWontThey, showing JD and Elliot's first day together as well as the ensuing weeks and their break-up. The episode ended on the door of JD's apartment closing on the DramaticIrony of JD and Elliot promising each other the relationship won't proceed down the path we just saw it follow.

* ''Series/TheNightmareRoom'' does this twice every episode: once before the commercial break and once at the end.

* ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'': The second-to-last scene of Season 3 has one as an homage to the one from The Godfather, with a gender reversal as [[spoiler: Margaret is the one who closes the door on Nucky]].
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': The last shot of the series pans arounds Monica's empty apartment, past the six keys belonging to the characters and fades out on the purple door and iconic gold frame that is the Friends motif to millions. Definitely representing the final curtain coming down as the gang have left Monica's for the last time and are moving on to a new era in their lives.
* Occurs on ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' at the end of "Chuck vs. the Masquerade" [[spoiler: as Vivian reactivates Volkoff Industries]].
* The ending of a ''Series/ModernFamily'' episode parodies Film/TheGodfather ending, with Phil sternly telling Claire not to ask about his business, and Luke shutting the door in her face.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' did as well, when Jerry and Elaine are dumped as prospective godparents for a couple's child, who choose Kramer. They go across the hall to talk to him, and shut the door ''exactly'' (with the FadeToBlack) as was done in Film/TheGodfather.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** In "Crush", Spike finds Buffy has revoked his [[MustBeInvited Vampire Invitation]] after his AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. She then closes the door on his shocked face.
** In "A New Man", Giles cautions Buffy about her new alliance with the Initiative, having been warned about a secret project called 314. The episode ends on an Initiative scientist swiping through an electronically-locked door marked 314.
** "Lies My Parents Told Me" ends with Buffy shutting the door in the face of her mentor Giles, [[ThisIsUnforgivable after his attempt to kill Spike]].
* An episode of ''Series/{{Kings}}'' ends with David bringing his brother home to a family that is not happy with him for supporting the king and shutting the door on him.
* The SeriesFinale of ''Series/BarneyMiller'' ends this way, with Barney closing the door to the detectives' squadroom for the last time (the whole station is being decommissioned).

* ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' ends with Sweeney slamming a door after he has walked through it.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' for the N64 had a variation on this. After defeating Master Hand on Classic, the camera zooms out to reveal the room from the title sequence, followed by the screen going black to the sound of a door shutting. Cue credits.
* Defeat another faction by force in ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'', and you get to see one: the defeated faction leader [[PowerFloats levitating]] in a sphere of ElectricTorture. Bloodcurdling scream. Blast door with the defeated faction's logo slamming shut, closing off the victim from view mid-scream.
* The GameOver sequence in ''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' has this.

* In ''Videogame/BlazBlue'', the [[FinishingMove Astral Finish]] of [[MadScientist Relius Clover]] has him capturing the other character. The scene cuts to what appears to be a dungeon with shadows of hanging corpses in the backrgound and the victim restrained in one way or the other (each character has a different one). Relius then proceeds to say something, usually in the lines of "Let the experiments begin". Double doors close on the scene and the captured character is heard screaming.

* "VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward" has this on a more dramatic note. In certain endings/game overs where [[spoiler: one or more player gets nine BP]] then you get to see [[spoiler: the number nine door close slowly with a groan.]]
* The GameOver sequences in the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' franchise end with the courtroom doors closing.
* Inverted in ''VisualNovel/HotelDuskRoom215'' and ''VisualNovel/LastWindow''. The last player-controlled action is to open the door of the building the adventure has taken place in, representing Kyle having accepted the events of the game and moving on with his life.

* ''Film/TheGodfather'''s final shot is homaged in the ending of a mafia-themed episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', with Lisa in the role of Kay. Subverted as the door opens again to reveal Michael and his () is playing with his toys, and .
* When Creator/{{Terrytoons}} started formatting their cartoons for TV, they attempted to end each show with a door closing, the character's face on the door and a star flashing above. Only three shows had this closing--''[[WesternAnimation/MightyMouse Mighty Mouse Playhouse]], [[WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle The Heckle And Jeckle Cartoon Show]]'' and ''The Deputy Dawg Show.''