History Main / EveryEpisodeEnding

* ''{{Pokemon}}'' does the "{{To be continued}}..." sign at the end of every episode on the corner of the screen. The [[TheVoice narrator]], at least dub-wise, always says some sort of speech relating with the last scene to overlap with this.
** Actually, this is a somewhat-regular occurence in anime (and other Japanese TV shows as well) with continuing stories (i.e., it doesn't always happen). Each episode until the finale will say "Tsuzuku" (which means "To Be Continued). Once a show reaches the final episode, it will then say "Owari" ("[The] End").

---> '''Perry:''' *chortle*

* ''PhineasAndFerb":

* ''{{Jack}}:'' "[[http://www.pholph.com/index_a.php?Strip=47 TTFN]]" ("Ta-Ta For Now," presumably).
** It should be noted that the TTFN sign-off only applies to the last strip of an Arc, not any of the Shorts or other miscellaneous stories.

* After important events (For example, saving Mesarthim in Asellus' game, or receiving the gift for a new school of magic in Blue's) in ''SagaFrontier'' ends with a portrait of either the protagonist you're using, or an important character from it.

* ''LambChopsPlayAlong'' "This is the song that never ends...and it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because" (repeat!)

* RowanAndMartinsLaughIn always ended with Dan and Dick saying goodnight (Dan: "Say goodnight, Dick." Dick: "Goodnight, Dick!"), followed by the joke wall, some blackouts then the sound of one person clapping during the ending graphics and the NBC snake logo.

** {{Pokemon}} still goes on today. Even if the show ends production, it will '''STILL SAY TO BE CONTINUED''' what a horrible way to end a GrandFinale.

* Quite a few series have the credits music kick in a few seconds before the credits. ''DoctorWho'''s electronic "scream" comes to mind.
* And ''EastEnders'' iconic "Dun-dun, dun, dun, d-d-dun-dun." drumbeats. In fact one episode of ''[=EastEnders=]'' even had the latter two blended together in one episode; when Bradley and Stacey Branning were at a ''DoctorWho'' convention, the "scream" was played as part of the convention 'atmosphere' just before the drumbeats showed up so one segued into the other.

---> "''try to take over [[TheWizardOfOz Oz]]!''"

* ''CarTalk'' ends with Klick and Klack noting that you've frittered away another perfectly good hour before reading the credits - then reading some [[CreditsGag fake credits]] such as "...Our optimetric firm is [=C.F.=] Eye Care, Our personal chef is Howard M. Burgers, Our researcher is Paul Murky of Murky Research, assisted by statistician Margie O'Errah..." and concludes with:

* [[TheRiftwarCycle "Ah, Arutha, you take all the fun out of life!"]]
* Often, in the epilogues (or prologues) of the books of A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, the P.O.V. character narrating that chapter dies.

** ...Which was parodied by ''PoliceSquad!'', where the freeze frame was achieved by having the principal characters ''stand really still'', while everything around them continued moving.

** Almost every episode of [[StarTrek ''The Original Series'']] ended with the music playing over a closing shot of the Enterprise fading amongst the stars, probably headed out for their next destination.

* With the exceptions being the first part of a two-parter (or the first two parts of the series opener when divided into three parts), every episode of the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' series ended with a shot of the fleet and Lorne Greene's voiceover describing the premise of the series.

* ''TheTwilightZone'' always ended with a epiloge by series creator Rod Sterling concluding with the words "...in the Twilight Zone." or something similar. Rod actually started appearing on screen after the first season finale, in which the character broke the fourth wall to talk to Rod.

** Speaking of The Price Is Right, when Bob Barker was the host, he ended every show by imploring people to spay or neuter your pets today.

* {{Lost}} consistently ended with the word "LOST" in white over a black screen, but for one notable exception: when Season 5 ended [[spoiler:with the explosion of the hydrogen bomb]], it was reversed so that "LOST" was written in black over a white screen.
* Charmed's door telekinetically closed by Prue or else by a ghost of a dead Halliwell, like Prue.

* Every episode of ''Pee-Wee's Playhouse'' ended with Pee-Wee riding on his red motor scooter after flying out of his playhouse. Later episodes showed him wearing a red one-eyed monster helmet, and also had him fly past Mt. Rushmore.
* [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 "Push the button, Frank."]]

* "Jesse's got metal to burn and sparks to fly! The next ''Monster Garage'' challenge[[ThisIsSparta ...is just...around...the bend!]]"

* In ''Police Squad'', the closer was a freezeframe under the credits except it wasn't a freezeframe. The actors were just trying to hold real still except when one would fidget or scratch his nose or whatever.
* "That's one bad hat Harry"
* "Say goodnight, Dick." "Goodnight, Dick"
* ''Frasier'' ends with 'Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs' being played over a scene.

* ''Barney'' "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family...."

-->'''Klick''': "And until next time...don't drive like my brother."

* ''SonicTheHedgehog'' used to always open a capsule of captured animals at the end of each Zone...until it became unfashionable.
** Before this, Sonic could be seen whizzing past a revolving sign that changes from Robotnik/Eggman to Sonic (or another character if Sonic's not the one being used).

* After important events (For example, saving Mesarthim in Asellus' game, or receiving the gift for a new school of magic in Blue's) in SagaFrontier ends with a portrait of either the protagonist you're using, or an important character from it.

* In the little known SegaSaturn game ''Astal'', when the title character clears a level, he yells "YATTA!!" (even in the English versions where he [and all other characters] are performed by Lani Minella [best known as the voice of Rouge the Bat in Sonic games prior to ShadowTheHedgehog]).

* Every Goemon Impact boss battle in ''[[GanbareGoemon Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon]]'' (except the last one, being the FinalBoss of the game) ends with Impact punching down the boss at its moment of defeat, then the boss blows up, one of Impact's eyes flashes, then the ''Mystical Ninja'' logo drops down.
* {{Suikoden}} games typically end with still screens rattling off every character you recruited for the hero's army, and their fates following the game. Occasionally, these things would reference earlier or later games. In a few instances, depending on the player's actions, the ending text could differ for certain characters.
* ''Every'' mission in MassEffect2 ends with an after action report from the Illusive Man and a snippet of his [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome theme]].

* "LittleBill, who are you talking to?"
* "Get out of my kitchen you silly cat!" complete with Ze Fronk chasing Dom (the cat) around the kitchen usually ends the Playhouse Disney short "Tasty Time with Ze Fronk"
* In the 90s ActionMan series, each episode ends with Action Man reflecting about the missing memory he has recovered during that episode.

* [[CodenameKidsNextDoor "end transmission."]]

* [[{{Bad Movie Beatdown}} "I'm Matthew Buck, beating down bad movies everywhere!"]]
* [[{{Atop the Fourth Wall}} "This comic sucks!" *throws comic book away*]]

* ''PaperMario'' and its sequels had "END OF CHAPTER" followed by a plot summary after the defeat of each major boss.

** ''Super Paper Mario'' also [[spoiler:narrates Timpani/Tippi and Blumiere/Count Bleck's backstory piece by piece]] once each chapter is ended.

* Any ''Mutant Zombie'' Production: Grrr, Argh!

* Episodes of ''CowboyBebop'' ended with a small text slogan on a black background, such as "See you, space cowboy" or "You're gonna carry that weight."
** Most episodes ended with "See You, Space Cowboy." Only episodes that were dramatically significant ended differently, usually with a line that indirectly related to the character development that had occurred. "You're Gonna Carry That Weight" was used at the close of [[spoiler:the final episode after Spike and Vicious kill each other]].
*** The best subversion was in the episode with Andy. A literal Space Cowboy. At the end of the episode, after he's been defeated, he shows up again, now a samurai. Sure enough, the ending mark say "See you, Space Samurai."

** ...and the ''[[{{ptitle4ih24d5a}} Mahou Tsukai Tai!]]'' {{OAV}}s. Anime * really* likes doing this.