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* DefeatByTransformation: In the end, the villain can only be defeated by being transformed.
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* LastMomentTogether: Two people (friends, family, or lovers) are together for what they know is the final time.
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* OnlyTheLeadsGetADownerEnding: The side characters and setting get a happy ending, but the main characters aren't so lucky.

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Ending tropes have major '''unmarked and unconcealed''' spoilers in the examples sections. There is really no way to avoid this because of the very nature of an ending trope; the mere knowledge that the trope applies to a given work is usually a spoiler in itself. Read at your own risk.

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Ending tropes have major '''unmarked [[SpoileredRotten major]] '''[[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked and unconcealed''' unconcealed]]''' spoilers in the examples sections. There is really no way to avoid this because of the very nature of an ending trope; the mere knowledge that the trope applies to a given work is usually a spoiler in itself. Read at your own risk.


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* PreEndingCredits: Credits that are displayed... just when the climax is about to take place.
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* EndsWithASmile: Any story (whether an episode or a full-scale work) ends with a character or characters smiling.
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* AccidentalDownerEnding: A work ends on a down note with hints and promises that it will be continued, but it does not.
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->''"Am I supposed to change? Are you supposed to change?''
->''Who should be hurt? Who should be blamed?''
->''You need a resolution, I need a resolution,''
->''We need a resolution, We have so much confusion."''

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->''"Am I supposed to change? Are you supposed to change?''
->''Who
change?\\
Who
should be hurt? Who should be blamed?''
->''You
blamed?\\
You
need a resolution, I need a resolution,''
->''We
resolution,\\
We
need a resolution, We have so much confusion."''



* DarkenedBuildingShootout: A classic denouement - the hero and villain have a shootout in a darkened building, with a suitably suspenseful final shot.

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* DarkenedBuildingShootout: A classic denouement - -- the hero and villain have a shootout in a darkened building, with a suitably suspenseful final shot.



* {{Denouement}}:The story ends with loose ends being tied up after TheClimax.

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* {{Denouement}}:The {{Denouement}}: The story ends with loose ends being tied up after TheClimax.
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* HatAndCoatShot: The smooth closing shot of a movie.
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* PostFinalLevel: An extremely short level that houses the FinalBoss and comes after the actual final level.

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