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* Music/TalkingHeads: The video for [[Music/{{Naked}} "Blind"]] ends with a freeze-frame of a baby clutching the shrunken-down, defeated monkey wrench in its fist.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** Part two of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks "Genesis of the Daleks"]] uses this for a cliffhanger, ending on a shot of Sarah falling from the scaffolding around the Thals' missile.
** Part three of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin "The Deadly Assassin"]] infamously ends on a freeze-frame shot of Goth attempting to drown the Doctor. The cliffhanger drew so much outcry from MoralGuardians that it actually got producer Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe kicked off the show; the offending footage was wiped from the master tape, and the cliffhanger was altered around this. However, off-air U-matic recordings of the uncensored version survived, and the original cliffhanger was restored from these for home media releases.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks "Revelation of the Daleks"]] closes with the Doctor and Peri deciding to go somewhere more lighthearted after their trip to Tranquil Repose turned out to be anything but. The Doctor comes up with an idea and tells Peri that "I'll take you to--" before getting cut off by a freeze-frame into the credits. This was meant to lead into the next season's opener, "The Nightmare Fair", where he would've finished the sentence with "Blackpool," but a BBC-imposed 18-month hiatus led to the entire season being rewritten. The footage of the complete line was consequently thrown out.



** The final shot of the "Change" music video is a still of Curt Smith's mouth. He was lip-syncing the lyrics, and then the footage abruptly halts even though the music and the vocals haven't finished yet.

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** The final shot of the "Change" [[Music/TheHurting "Change"]] music video is a still of Curt Smith's mouth. He was lip-syncing the lyrics, and then the footage abruptly halts even though the music and the vocals haven't finished yet.
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* The credits of ''Film/MovingViolation'' roll over a freeze-frame of [[spoiler:Cam climbing over the fence around her institution to run away with Eddie]].
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* ''Film/TheStrawberryStatement'' ends with a freeze-frame of [[spoiler:Simon being dragged away by police]].
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* The 1992-3 Australian PoliceProcedural ''Series/{{Phoenix}}'', most notably in the episode "Give A Dog A Bone" which freezes on a detective being groin-punched by one of his colleagues.

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* The 1992-3 Australian PoliceProcedural ''Series/{{Phoenix}}'', most notably in the episode "Give A Dog A Bone" which freezes on a detective being [[WithFriendsLikeThese groin-punched by one of his colleagues.colleagues]].

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* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. The episode "When the Heat Cools Off", ends with an imprisoned cop killer being told his plan to get his conviction reversed has failed, and he'll now spend the rest of his life in prison for another murder he had committed. The scene freezes on him angrily pounding a fist on the table.

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* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. The episode ''Series/TheProfessionals''
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"When the Heat Cools Off", Off" ends with an imprisoned cop killer being told his plan to get his conviction reversed has failed, and he'll now spend the rest of his life in prison for another murder he had committed. The scene freezes on him angrily pounding a fist on the table.table.
** "Fugitive" presents a [[SympathyForTheDevil sympathetic view]] of a female terrorist that [=CI5=] captures. She gets shot in the back by another terrorist as she's fleeing towards an escape aircraft, and the episode freezes on Cowley cradling her dead body.
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* ''Anime/PokemonGenerations'': Episode 8 ends with Archie and Shelly screaming in front of Kyogre's gaping maw, freezing just as Kyogre opens its mouth.

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* ''Anime/PokemonGenerations'': ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'': Episode 8 ends with Archie and Shelly screaming in front of Kyogre's gaping maw, freezing just as Kyogre opens its mouth.
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* ''Film/WandaNevada'' combines this with OffIntoTheDistanceEnding. [[spoiler:The credits start to roll as Beau and Nevada drive away from the camera in the new car Beau bought with his new fortune. The image freezes when they've almost vanished behind a hill.]]

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* ''Film/WandaNevada'' combines this with OffIntoTheDistanceEnding. [[spoiler:The credits start to roll as Beau and Nevada Wanda drive away from the camera in the new car Beau bought with his new fortune. The image freezes when they've almost vanished behind a hill.]]
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* The credits of ''Film/DarkAugust'' play over a freeze-frame of [[spoiler:Sal kneeling over his dog's bloody body]].
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* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. The episode "When the Heat Cools Off", ends with an imprisoned cop killer being told his plan to get his conviction reversed has failed, and he'll now spend the rest of his life in prison for another murder he had committed. The scene freezes on him angrily pounding a fist on the table.
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* ''Film/DejaVu'' ends with a freeze frame of the hero in his car.

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* ''Film/DejaVu'' ''Film/DejaVu2006'' ends with a freeze frame of the hero in his car.
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* The last episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', "The New Black", ends with a photo of [[ItMakesSenseInContext Riley Freeman running away from an angry mob of retarded children]].

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* The last episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', "The New Black", ends with a photo of [[ItMakesSenseInContext Riley Freeman running away from an angry mob of retarded mentally-challenged children]].
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* ''Film/WhenTheBoughBreaks1994'' ends with a freeze-frame of Jordan shedding a SingleTear as he [[spoiler:reunites with his long-lost twin Jenny]].
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* ''Film/WandaNevada'' combines this with OffIntoTheDistanceEnding. [[spoiler:The credits start to roll as Beau and Nevada drive away from the camera in the new car Beau bought with his new fortune. The image freezes when they've almost vanished behind a hill.]]
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* ''Film/BloodyMama'' ends with a series of stills of [[spoiler:Kate's death, alternated with stills of her sons' deaths]].
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* ''Film/SugarHill1974'''s credits roll over a freeze-frame of Sugar and Mama Maitresse standing in the swamp.

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* ''Series/PoliceSquad'' parodies this once an episode. Everyone on screen stops moving beneath the credits, but the camera continues to roll, so everyone is still blinking, breathing and trying hard to maintain their pose as their expression twists into a grimace with the strain. Props fall over and coffee continues to pour until it overflows a character's cup. In one episode, the caught perpetrator doesn't freeze with everyone else and starts running around the room trying to escape.

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* ''Series/PoliceSquad'' parodies this once an episode.OnceAnEpisode. Everyone on screen stops moving beneath the credits, but the camera continues to roll, so everyone is still blinking, breathing and trying hard to maintain their pose as their expression twists into a grimace with the strain. Props fall over and coffee continues to pour until it overflows a character's cup. In one episode, the caught perpetrator doesn't freeze with everyone else and starts running around the room trying to escape. In another, a policeman enters the room after everyone freezes, so adopts various 'freeze' poses to try and fit in.
* The 1992-3 Australian PoliceProcedural ''Series/{{Phoenix}}'', most notably in the episode "Give A Dog A Bone" which freezes on a detective being groin-punched by one of his colleagues.
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* ''Film/TroubleMan'' has an unusual example. The credits roll over a freeze-frame of T's car pulling out of the police station parking lot, but then after the credits end, the image unfreezes and the car pulls into traffic before the movie ends.
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** The first "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OANEvv1W2-E Mothers Talk]]" music video ends with a freeze-frame of Roland Orzabal playing his guitar.

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** The first "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OANEvv1W2-E Mothers Talk]]" music video ends comes to a close with a freeze-frame of Roland Orzabal playing his guitar.
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** The first "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OANEvv1W2-E Mothers Talk]]" music video ends with a freeze frame of Roland Orzabal playing his guitar.

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** The first "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OANEvv1W2-E Mothers Talk]]" music video ends with a freeze frame freeze-frame of Roland Orzabal playing his guitar.
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** The first "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OANEvv1W2-E Mothers Talk]]" music video ends with a freeze frame of Roland Orzabal playing his guitar.
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* ''Film/Sunburn1979'''s credits roll over a freeze-frame of Jake and Ellie driving in a convertible.
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** The final shot of the "Change" music video is a close-up of Curt Smith's mouth. He's lip-syncing the lyrics, and then the footage abruptly halts even though the music and the vocals haven't finished yet.

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** The final shot of the "Change" music video is a close-up still of Curt Smith's mouth. He's He was lip-syncing the lyrics, and then the footage abruptly halts even though the music and the vocals haven't finished yet.
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* Music/TearsForFears:
** The final shot of the "Change" music video is a close-up of Curt Smith's mouth. He's lip-syncing the lyrics, and then the footage abruptly halts even though the music and the vocals haven't finished yet.
** It's used to imply the family's death at the end of the 1986 "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dCD1p0zPbs Mothers Talk]]" music video.
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* ''Film/AaronLovesAngela'': The credits play over a freeze-frame of Aaron and Angela running hand in hand.
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* The GrandFinale of the 2017 series of ''Literature/TheWorstWitch'' ends on a freeze-frame of Mildred and her friends celebrating Mildred's promotion to Head Girl at assembly.
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* Parodied and lampshaded in ''Film/OddSquadTheMovie'', where the main 7 suit up in Odd Squad suits, and pose for the camera. After standing in the same spot for a while, Oscar asks how long they have to hold the pose. After a few more seconds, Oprah declares that they’ve held it long enough, and all seven of them walk away.

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* ''Series/OddSquad'':
** The end of the episode “Disorder in the Court” has a variety of characters jumping into the air with a simultaneous “Yeah!” Lampshaded during Oscar’s WhereAreTheyNow voiceover, when he ends it with “...and Danny T. remains frozen in middair until this day.”
** The season 2 and 3 finales also end on freeze-frames, both with the main agents using gadgets against oddness.



* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': parodied in an episode where Peter leaps into the air in a happy victory and the scene seems to freeze but then Lois asks how he's remaining in mid air to which Peter panicky states he has no idea what's happening and can't get down.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': parodied Parodied in an episode where Peter leaps into the air in a happy victory and the scene seems to freeze freeze, but then Lois asks how he's remaining in mid air air, to which Peter panicky states he has no idea what's happening and can't get down.

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* ''Film/ElectraGlideInBlue'' has a very lengthy final shot set to "[[Music/{{Chicago}} Tell Me]]." [[spoiler:Wintergreen is killed in a SuddenDownerEnding, and over the course of several minutes, the camera backs away from his corpse on the highway until he recedes into the distance. Then the image freezes and stays that way for about a minute before the colors fade to black and white. Then the credits roll.]]

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* ''Film/ElectraGlideInBlue'' has a very lengthy final shot set to "[[Music/{{Chicago}} Tell Me]]." [[spoiler:Wintergreen is killed in a SuddenDownerEnding, and over the course of several minutes, the camera backs away from his corpse on the highway until he recedes into the distance. Then the image freezes and stays that way for about a minute before the colors fade to black and white. Then the credits roll.]]roll over the image.]]
* ''Film/Jimmie2008'' ends with a freeze-frame on Jimmie's face [[spoiler:after the Dolphins win first prize at the swimming competition]].
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* ''Film/AnotherRound'' ends with a freeze-frame on Martin as he's jumping off the pier in the middle of a drunken dance number.

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