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* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E2ClubSpongebobMyPrettySeahorse My Pretty Seahorse]]" ends with a random OverlyLongGag of Patrick repeatedly trying to walk through a doorway, only to get stuck because of [[ItMakesSenseInContext the wooden plank nailed to his head]].

When a show has resolved all the conflict and tied away every loose end, and now has nothing left to do for the tag, often they bring in End-of-Episode Silliness, a {{Tag}} which has no relevance to anything. Usually a bit of random dialogue.

* This is done a fair bit by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (particularly [[DorkAge the later episodes]]; the earlier episodes do have them, but not very often), e.g. the episode where Mr. Burns captures the Loch Ness Monster. The episode ends with the monster working at a casino, and it and Homer talk about the low quality of the casino's cocktails.

** "Ladies and Gentlemen, Mister Conway Twitty."%%

* Happens at the end of Episode 10 of Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth anime adaptation with Rock lee and orochimaru doing a random slapstick fight as Shikamaru describes the scenario and ends the episode with his own narration much to the narrators frustration

* A post-credits scene in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' has the titular characters [[FoodEnd eating]] in silence in a shawarma restaurant.
* Formerly named "Uncle Herbie" after the tradition in ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter'' of ending every episode with an old joke about one of Kotter's seemingly inexhaustible supply of uncles. ("Did I ever tell you about my Uncle Herbie?", "Did I ever tell you about my Uncle Larry?", "Did I ever tell you about my Uncle Seymour?", etc, etc.)
* Well before Gabe Kotter, Creator/GracieAllen also had a long line of strange relatives to wrap up episodes of ''Radio/TheBurnsAndAllenShow''. All George needed to do was ask "So Gracie, what's new with your Uncle Charlie?", then sit back and react while Gracie spoke for three minutes.

* This is done a fair bit by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (particularly [[DorkAge the later episodes]]; the earlier episodes do have them, but not very often), e.g. the episode where Mr. Burns captures the Loch Ness Monster. The episode ends with the monster working at a casino, and it and Homer talk about the low quality of the casino's cocktails.
** Another episode ("The Great Money Caper") shows TheSummation being interrupted by Otto Mann running in and shouting, "Surf's up!", and then the show ended with some shots of random ''Simpsons'' characters surfing.
** At the end of "Lisa's Sax", after a short montage of Lisa playing her saxophone in previous episodes, we cut to the Simpsons' living room, where Grampa attempts to play peek-a-boo with Maggie, only to declare, "My retinas have detached again!" and start stumbling around the house to the amusement of Marge, Homer, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext Apu]].
** "The Canine Mutiny" ends with Chief Wiggum doing karaoke to reggae music, which continues over the credits.
* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E2ClubSpongebobMyPrettySeahorse My Pretty Seahorse]]" ends with a random OverlyLongGag of Patrick repeatedly trying to walk through a doorway, only to get stuck because of [[ItMakesSenseInContext the wooden plank nailed to his head]].
* Also used occasionally by ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' -- it does seem to happen more often in animation, almost always deliberately for humorous effect.
** "Ladies and Gentlemen, Mister Conway Twitty."
* The tag for ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' runs alongside the credits and often has the titular Earl and his brother Randy lying in bed in their motel room and having hilariously inane discussions. Or, in one episode, dancing "The Robot" to Music/{{Styx}}'s "Mr. Roboto".
** The same thing was done in ''Series/SeaChange'' in which a father and son would talk about odd things on a beach.
* ''Series/ThreesCompany'' did this a lot, but these tags are often cut in the syndicated reruns. In particular, when Suzanne Somers was phoning in her part, Chrissy's phone calls were often of the End of Episode Silliness variety.
* Governor Gatling of ''Series/{{Benson}}'' would frequently meander off-topic with stories of his Navy and lumber mill friends. On very rare occasions, their relevance to the situation at hand became clear to anyone other than the Governor.

* Almost every episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'' ends with a final scene. Sometimes these scenes have some connection to an aspect of the episode. Usually, they will involve Troy and Abed.
* Most episodes of ''Series/{{CHiPs}}'' had a teaser that was totally unrelated to the main plot -- often, it would be set at a local bar or a party, where someone tells a joke, Ponch kisses his [[GirlOfTheWeek completely hot girlfriend]], someone blunders and everyone laughs ... so on and so forth, and the scene would stop several times while the end credits were shown on-screen.

* Maxwell Atoms applied these to the end credits late in the run of his two shows '''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' and ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne''.

* This happens in most episodes in the first two seasons of ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'', including Rebecca and Paula attending a literal ''Music/VampireWeekend'' and a rapper, following a feminist awakening, making a list of "Bitches to Apologize To".

* Because of the mostly-improvised nature of the show, many episodes of ''Series/TheMonkees'' ended with a lot of time left over to kill–which they filled with backstage rapping, bloopers and/or another musical number.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': "Mind Over Magic" ends with Chip Skylark coming out of Cosmo's head and singing, as Timmy and Wanda eat chocolate and snap their fingers along.
* ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'': When the fourth season finale wraps up the plot with several minutes to spare, [[AnimatedActors Maddie]] breaks the fourth wall to tell the viewers it's because there's a [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes Writer's Strike]] going on. The cast decide to make Herbert Viola sing "Woolly Bully" to fill out their timeslot.

* Tony Randall and Jack Klugman reportedly hated doing these on ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'' because they felt the tag's only reason for being was to make viewers watch the last commercial. An example of one is the episode in which they think a ghost is in the air conditioner. The tag consists of Felix describing his hoped for funeral.

* Well before Gabe Kotter, Gracie Allen also had a long line of strange relatives to wrap up episodes of ''Radio/TheBurnsAndAllenShow''. All George needed to do was ask "So Gracie, what's new with your Uncle Charlie?", then sit back and react while Gracie spoke for three minutes.

* Because of the mostly-improvised nature of the show, many episodes of''Series/TheMonkees'' ended with a lot of time left over to kill–which they filled with backstage rapping, bloopers and/or another musical number.