History Main / GrandFinale

* Music/{{Rush}}'s "Music/TwentyOneTwelve" last section is called "Grand Finale".

* Creator/WalrusGuy ended his WebAnimation/YouTubePoop career ([[TenMinuteRetirement supposedly]]) with "[[https://youtu.be/_OVCpD-7nI4 One More Final: I Need You(tube Poop)]]". The title is a reference to the notorious movie ending of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* The WebAnimation/YouTubePoop webseries ''WebAnimation/NextGPoop'' has "[=NextG=] Poop and the (Supposedly) Last Crusade", which is filled with references to earlier ''[=NextG=] Poop'' episodes and specials and closes with a re-done version of the last scene of the pilot episode of the series. [=NextG=] officially retired from pooping altogether with "[=NextG=]'s Ancient Prophecies", the longest poop he's made since ''Everybody Now!'', crammed with even more references to earlier episodes.

* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', the climax is reached in ''The Kindly Ones'' where characters from all other points in the time line come together in one ''hell'' of a story, propelling a long and complex string of events which eventually leads to [[spoiler:Dream's death and resurrection inside Daniel.]] The lengthy aftermath is depicted in ''The Wake,'' where it's demonstrated that the previous events had such gravity that they affected everyone in existence. Including [[BreakingTheFourthWall you.]]

** In 1991, tobacco advertising was forbidden on TV, and as such, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMg_CAuvqeQ "Shot in the Dark"]] (highly stylized but likely NSFW) was the company's last TV ad. It showed a sperm being unable to get into an egg. It was truly something else, as instead of showing it taking a smoke, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere it just wallows away]], and the famous "Happiness is a warm cigar named Hamlet" slogan isn't even said at the end. Talk about a DownerEnding.

* ''ComicBook/JustImagineStanLeeCreatingTheDCUniverse'' ends in the ''Crisis'' one-shot, where the Justice League and several other heroes band together to defeat the issue's titular villain in a final battle.

* ''ComicBook/JustImagineStanLeeCreatingTheDCUnivrse'' ends in the ''Crisis'' one-shot, where the Justice League and several other heroes band together to defeat the issue's titular villain in a final battle.

** Done on a meta level with ''ComicBook/TransformersLastBotStanding'', IDW's final story for the ''Transformers'' license. The story itself chronicles the last known remaining Cybertronian's pilgrimage, as a hypothetical finale.

* "All Gone" is the final episode of ''WebAnimation/KlayWorld''. How do they finish off the series? By [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll killing everyone]], with only Chip surviving.]] Dr. Bob is also revealed to be [[spoiler:the BigBad of the entire series.]] Robert Benfer confirmed the show isn't coming back.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': ''Revelation'''s final episode definitely felt like a grand finale. In any case, it was the grand finale of the ''Recollection'' [[StoryArc trilogy]], just as much as episode 100 was for ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles''.

* The final three stories of ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'' -- ''The Message'', ''The Final Task'', and ''The End'' -- form one continuous story that deals with the various issues that have built up over [[DarkerAndEdgier Series]] [[FinaleSeason Five]], all building up to the arrival of, and confrontation with, [[spoiler: [[GodIsEvil The Writer]]]], the UltimateEvil behind the series. And after the FinalBattle, there's a DistantFinale showing [[spoiler: an adult Simba and Nala HappilyMarried and ruling over the restored Pride Lands with their surviving friends and family]].

* ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar'' served as this to Creator/GeoffJohns's work with the Justice League, including ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2011'', and to the ComicBook/New52 era as a whole. Appropriately, since it was the first issue that formally kicked off the New 52 era, the arc BookEnds the era with the Justice League yet again dealing with Darkseid that in their first arc.

* ''WebVideo/CrossedLines'': Episode 8, Kindred Spirits, ended the series with Ember safe, Atlas regaining his memories, and Mr. Hardgraves receiving his comeuppance for abducting Mr. Traverse and Mr. Reginald to hold hostage in exchange for Ember.

* ''WebVideo/CrossedLines'': Episode 8, Kindred Spirits, ended the series with Ember safe, Atlas regaining his memories, and Mr. Hardgraves receiving his commapence for abducting Mr. Traverse and Mr. Reginald to hold hostage in exchange for Ember.

** [[ComicBook/Transformers2019 The 2019 continuity]] reached its conclusion in the 48-page special ''Transformers: Fate of Cybertron'', which ended with Optimus Prime and his Autobota leaving Cybertron in the Ark to search for a new world after one final confrontation with Megatron.

* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersUnicron'' closes the book on not just the 2005 Creator/IDWPublishing ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' continuity, but the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse in general, as the miniseries entails Unicron laying waste to [[ComicBook/RomIDW Elonia]], Cybertron and Cybertron's colony worlds, with the surviving Transformers, the Solstar Knights and the heroes on Earth having to join forces to destroy the Chaos Bringer before Earth becomes his next meal.

* Creator/ArthurConanDoyle tried to give Creator/SherlockHolmes a Grand Finale three times without success. The first time, Holmes dies. The second time (after Holmes turns out to be NotQuiteDead), Holmes achieves what he considers to be the pinnacle of his career when he stops a World War from happening (decades before World War I), in a story that was first mentioned as a NoodleIncident eleven years prior. The last was set years after Holmes' retirement during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, where Holmes and Watson pull a Xanatos Gambit that gave the Germans so much false information that effectively turned them into sitting ducks against the British forces; the story also gave Holmes an age for the first time in the series. But the combo of Public Demand and ExecutiveMeddling made him continue each time. But when the real last story came, Conan Doyle said, "screw it" and completely averts this by giving us a standard-issue mystery as the last Sherlock Holmes story.

** The '''true''' grand finale for the band, at least before May and Taylor went on tour with other musicians, was the [[EpicRocking 23-minute]] {{hidden|Track}} ambient track on ''Made in Heaven'' (the album released after ''Innuendo'', [[PosthumousCollaboration almost four years after Mercury's death]]).

* ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' ended with "Closing Up Shop", in which Noah has to accept a deal to close his shop and sell off its' wares for good after failing to make up costs to pay off an eviction notice from his banker. However, the shop is saved once Noah realizes his mistake and he gathers the town to return all the toys back to him. Robbie [=MacRhino=] promises to promote the shop on his show to attract more customers. The series ends with Truman switching the closed sign to open and winking at the viewer.

** Done on a meta level with ''ComicBook/TransformersLastBotStanding'', IDW's final story for the ''Transformers'' license. The story itself chronicles the last remaining Cybertronian's pilgrimage.

** ''Webcomic/{{Katamari}}'': All of the Prince's cousins come together to defeat the Robo-King. The world is saved and the group do what they do best, roll some Katamari.

** ''VideoGame/{{Galaga}}'': The aliens are beaten and their invasion thwarted. Game over, enter Initials!

** In 1991, tobacco advertising was forbidden on TV, and as such, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMg_CAuvqeQ "Shot in the Dark"]] (highly stylized but likely NSFW) was the company's last TV ad. It showed a sperm being unable to get into an egg. It was truly SomethingCompletelyDifferent, as instead of showing it taking a smoke, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere it just wallows away]], and the famous "Happiness is a warm cigar named Hamlet" slogan isn't even said at the end. Talk about a DownerEnding.