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[[caption-width-right:350:A look so long, [[TakenForGranite she never stopped looking]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Just before Grandma Wu leaves the astral realm, she looks around with a wistful look.

* ''Series/BreakingBad'' ends with Walt taking a long last look over [[spoiler:the meth lab that his enemies, a gang of neo-Nazis he joined killed off, made to force his old partner, Jesse, to make their blue meth in. He admires the instruments and the quality cook that had been made with them before succumbing to his wounds.]]

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]] is a suspected case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_suicide pilot suicide]], and is also a case of {{everybody dies}}. The pilot flew the plane past [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_Island Penang Island]] before taking it to crash in the remote reaches of the Indian Ocean, and investigators suspect that he did so [[https://nationalpost.com/news/world/mh370-experts-think-theyve-finally-solved-the-mystery-of-the-doomed-malaysia-airlines-flight because he wanted to have one last look at his hometown]] .

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E4TheAvengingAngel The Avenging Angel]]" seemed to end on a happy note with the VillainOfTheWeek convicted and imprisoned for murdering the titular wrestler, [[BittersweetEnding but it quickly]] [[DownerEnding changes its tune]] when Walker and his team receive devastating news: [[spoiler:[[BusCrash C.D. Parker has died]], supposedly of a heart attack, but it's not until the GrandFinale, "The Final Show/Down", the villain of that episode reveals to have committed the murder and a second autopsy determined that the cause of death was due to poison. After C.D.'s funeral, all the mourners, including our heroes, gather at [[LocalHangout the Bar and Grill]] where he was once the proud owner of to say one last good-bye. One of the show's biggest {{Wham Episode}}s to count, because the Bar and Grill must now close down due to the death of its proprietor, and when a heartbroken Walker bids one last farewell to his friend before taking a just-as-heartbroken Alex home, we can see the "open/closed" sign on the front door set to the "closed" position just before he walks out.]]

* ''Literature/EricOrLittleByLittle'': [[spoiler:As Eric is running away from Roslyn School, he stops at the end of the playground to look back at the buildings and think about all his good and bad memories of the school. Then he sees the light in Mr Rose's window move and starts running for fear of being spotted.

* In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings: The Fellowship of the Ring''. Before Frodo leaves Bag End he wanders around the familiar rooms. He later says "Goodbye!" and waves his hand to the dark blank windows while standing outside it.

* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', Andy's Mom tells him and his sister Molly, "Everybody say 'bye, house'!" as they leave to move to another house. Andy does, but as Molly is still a baby, she just makes noises.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', just before Grandma Wu leaves the astral realm she looks around with a wistful look.
* This is invoked by Carl in ''{{WesternAnimation/Up}}'' when he asks the nursing home workers to let him "say one last goodbye to the old place." They feel sorry for him, so of course, they agree. In reality, he's stalling so he can launch the balloons to fly his house to South America.

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[[caption-width-right:350:A look so long, [[TakenForGranite she never stopped looking]].]]

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': A {{Flashback}} shows Itachi murdering the whole Uchiha clan, including [[SelfMadeOrphan his own parents]]. He's then seen by the young Sasuke; Itachi then immediately flees from the place, pausing midway to look back at Sasuke one last time with tears in his eyes.
* ''Anime/TheHouseOfSmallCubes'' by Creator/KunioKato centers on an elderly widower living in the uppermost chamber of a house. All the lower chambers are submerged due to rising global sea levels. When this man drops his best tobacco pipe down the floor hatch, he must don a pressurized diving suit to retrieve it. In each chamber during his descent, this man has a flashback to a memorable moment in his life, finishing at the ground level. It was there that he met his bride-to-be, and dreamed the grand dreams of youth. After one last look around, the man begins his ascent, pipe in hand.

* In the film of ''Film/{{Eragon}}'', when Eragon and Brom are fleeing, Eragon pauses and looks back at [[WatchingTroyBurn his burning house one last time]].
* In ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'', the President takes one last look around the Oval Office before evacuating to Mexico.
* In ''Film/JamesBond'' film ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', 007 takes one last look [[spoiler:at his childhood home before it explodes in flames--and declares "I always hated this place."]]. Then he does it again two minutes later, WatchingTroyBurn from a little further away [[spoiler:and not inside it this time, but on the moor just as Silva catches him]].
** An even more poignant version in ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' [[spoiler: as he stands on the roof of the villains lair with only seconds to go before an impending missile strike, gazing in the direction of the island that fellow agent Nomi has taken his wife Madeleine and daughter Mathilde for their safety, even though he can't see them. Madeleine herself invokes this as she watches the missiles approaching.]]
* ''Film/YouveGotMail'': After selling off the stock and emptying The Shop Around the Corner, Kathleen returns for one last look of the empty rooms and bookshelves. For a moment she sees herself as a child, twirling with her late mother. Then she takes the little golden bell that hangs on the door, locks up, and leaves.

%% * ''Literature/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn'' ends this way.

---> Then with one glance at the Last Homely House twinkling below them they strode away far into the night.
* Mentioned at the end of a couple of the {{Literature/Gor}} books. Tarl looks back to see the terrain because his Friend of the Book has taught him that a native looks back on his journey every once in a while to see what it will look like on his return journey - even though Tarl knows that he won't be coming back there.
* Cathy looks back on her life in ''Literature/FlowersInTheAttic'' before she and her mother and siblings flee her childhood home, which is being taken by debt collectors, to go to Virginia to live with her grandparents. She gazes sadly around her peppermint-striped bedroom before her mother tells her they have to go.

* A very old Hazel from ''Literature/WatershipDown'' is visited by the spirit of Elahrairah, the Prince of Rabbits. Hazel is invited to join Elahrairah's inner circle, which means Hazel has come to the end of his life. Hazel takes one good look at the warren and its many rabbits, whereupon Elahrairah assures him: "They'll be fine. They, and thousands like them." Hazel then lays on the morning grass and breathes his last.

---> '''Anne:''' And one thing I have had to do, Mary, of a more trying nature: going to almost every house in the parish, as a sort of take-leave. I was told that they wished it.

* ''Literature/Mermaid2011'': Before Lenia travels to the Southern Kingdom to transform into a human, she swims slowly through her parents' palace, peering in on her sleeping family and trying to memorize every detail so she can take those memories with her when she [[HeavenSeeker gains a soul and goes to Heaven]].

-->'''Jake:''' ''[to a receptionist]'' Tell me if she turns back for one last look. ''[rapid-fire]'' She turning? Did she turn? Did she turn?

'''Walker:''' [[spoiler:Okay. ''[Alex walks out of the Bar and Grill, but before he steps out, he stays behind for a quick final look]'' So long, C.D.]]

-->But, somewhere back there in the dust
-->That same small town in each of us
-->I need to remember this
-->So baby give me just one kiss
-->And let me take a long last look
-->Before we say goodbye

* In ''Theatre/OurTown,'' Emily [[spoiler: has died and]] has a famous monologue that includes her saying goodbye to quite a number of things.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': If Shepard romanced a squadmate in the first game but not the second, before leaving for the Omega 4 Relay in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' s/he'll spend a long moment looking at the photo on his/her desk of his/her lover from ''VideoGame/MassEffect1''.

* Defied in of the endings in Season Two of ''Videogame/TheWalkingDead''. In the "Wellington" ending where [[spoiler:Clem and A.J. have to part ways with Kenny in order to stay in the community of Wellington]], the latter tells the former that they're going to walk away and not look back because it'd be too much for them. As they leave they stop to seemingly reconsider doing this before continuing.

--> '''Farnsworth:''' Goodbye, cruel world! Goodbye, cruel lamp! Goodbye, cruel velvet drapes with the cute little curtain-pull cords, cruel though they may be, I... *Sunset Squad robot gives up waiting and knocks him out*
* In the episode "A Necessary Bond" of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', Hondo and his pirate gang are forced off their planet by General Grievous. Hondo is the last of the evacuating pirates to get off his bike and makes sure to shut it down properly before making his way to the ship. Ends up being a subversion, though. His next appearance in the [[AnachronicOrder show's chronology]] has them back at their base.
* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' episode "Attack of the Tree People". A fire accidentally starts aboard Dr. Quest's boat ''Sea Quest'', requiring the protagonists to abandon ship. Before going overboard, Dr. Quest tells the boat, "I'll miss you, old friend." Moments later, it explodes.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', the episode "Over the Edge" sees Bruce Wayne having to flee from Wayne Manor, possibly forever. He looks at the painting of his parents and says, "I'm sorry." He doesn't spare a second thought for any of his many possessions.

-->'''Billy:''' Goodbye inch-and-a-quarter molding. You framed the room ever-so-nicely. *slurp*
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Home Sweet Pineapple", [=SpongeBob=] says goodbye to the spot where his pineapple house once stood before it was eaten by nematodes. Subverted as a tear that he sheds upon doing so allows a pineapple seed that he unknowingly planted to sprout and [[StatusQuoIsGod grow a new pineapple for him.]]

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E4TheAvengingAngel The Avenging Angel]]" seemed to end on a happy note with the VillainOfTheWeek convicted and imprisoned for murdering the titular wrestler, [[BittersweetEnding but it quickly]] [[DownerEnding changes its tune]] when Walker and his team receive devastating news: [[spoiler:[[BusCrash C.D. Parker has died]], supposedly of a heart attack, but it's not until the GrandFinale, "The Final Show/Down", the villain of that episode reveals to have committed the murder and a second autopsy determined that the cause of death was due to poison. After C.D.'s funeral, all the mourners, including our heroes, gather at [[LocalHangout the Bar and Grill]] where he was once the proud owner of to say one last good-bye. One of the show's biggest {{Wham Episode}}s to count, because the Bar and Grill must now close down due to the death of its proprietor, and when Walker bids one last farewell to his friend, we can see the "open/closed" sign set to the "closed" position just before he walks out.]]

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E4TheAvengingAngel The Avenging Angel]]" seemed to end on a happy note with the VillainOfTheWeek convicted and imprisoned for murdering the titular wrestler, [[BittersweetEnding but it quickly]] [[DownerEnding changes its tune]] when Walker and his team receive devastating news: [[spoiler:[[BusCrash C.D. Parker has died]], supposedly of a heart attack, but it's not until the GrandFinale, "The Final Show/Down", the villain of that episode reveals to have committed the murder and a second autopsy determined that the cause of death was due to poison. After C.D.'s funeral, all the mourners, including our heroes, gather at [[LocalHangout the Bar and Grill]] where he was once the proud owner of to say one last good-bye. One of the show's biggest {{Wham Episode}}s to count, because the Bar and Grill must now close down due to the death of its proprietor.]]

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': The end of Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E4TheAvengingAngel The Avenging Angel]]" seemed to end on a happy note with the VillainOfTheWeek convicted and imprisoned for murdering the titular wrestler, [[BittersweetEnding but it quickly]] [[DownerEnding changes its tune]] when Walker and his team receive devastating news: [[spoiler:[[BusCrash C.D. Parker has died]], supposedly of a heart attack, but it's not until the GrandFinale, "The Final Show/Down", the villain of that episode reveals to have committed the murder and a second autopsy determined that the cause of death was due to poison. After C.D.'s funeral, all the mourners, including our heroes, gather at [[LocalHangout the Bar and Grill]] where he was once the proud owner of to say one last good-bye. One of the show's biggest {{Wham Episode}}s to count, because the Bar and Grill must now close down due to the death of its proprietor.]]

'''Walker:''' [[spoiler:Okay. ''[Alex walks out the Bar and Grill, but before he steps out, he stays behind for one final look]'' So long, C.D.]]

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': The end of Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E4TheAvengingAngel The Avenging Angel]]" seemed to end on a happy note with the VillainOfTheWeek convicted and imprisoned for murdering the titular wrestler, [[BittersweetEnding but it quickly]] [[DownerEnding changes its tune]] when Walker and his team receive devastating news: [[spoiler:[[BusCrash C.D. Parker has died]], supposedly of a heart attack, but it's not until the GrandFinale, "The Final Show/Down", the villain of that episode reveals to have committed the murder and a second autopsy determined that the cause of death was due to poison. After C.D.'s funeral, all the mourners, including our heroes, gather at [[LocalHangout the Bar and Grill]] where he was once the proud owner of to say one last good-bye. One of the show's biggest {{Wham Episode}}s to count, as the Bar and Grill must now close its doors for good.]]

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': The end of Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E4TheAvengingAngel The Avenging Angel]]" seemed to end on a happy note with the VillainOfTheWeek convicted and imprisoned for murdering the titular wrestler, [[BittersweetEnding but it quickly]] [[DownerEnding changes its tune]] when Walker and his team receive devastating news: [[spoiler:[[BusCrash C.D. Parker has died]], supposedly of a heart attack, but it's not until the GrandFinale, "The Final Show/Down", the villain of that episode committed the murder and a second autopsy revealed that the cause of death was due to poison. After the funeral, all the mourners, including our heroes, gather at [[LocalHangout the Bar and Grill]] he was once the proud owner of to say one last good-bye. One of the show's biggest {{Wham Episode}}s to count, as the Bar and Grill must now close its doors for good.]]

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': The end of Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E4TheAvengingAngel The Avenging Angel]]" seemed to end on a happy note with the VillainOfTheWeek convicted and imprisoned for murdering the titular wrestler, [[BittersweetEnding but it quickly]] [[DownerEnding changes its tune]] when Walker and his team receive devastating news: [[spoiler:[[BusCrash C.D. Parker has died]], supposedly of a heart attack, but it's not until the GrandFinale, the villain of that episode claims to have committed the murder and a second autopsy determined that the cause of death was due to poison. After the funeral, all the mourners, including our heroes, gather at [[LocalHangout the Bar and Grill]] he was once the proud owner of to say one last good-bye. One of the show's biggest {{Wham Episode}}s to count, as the Bar and Grill must now close its doors for good.]]

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': The end of Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E4TheAvengingAngel The Avenging Angel]]" seemed to end on a happy note with the VillainOfTheWeek convicted and imprisoned for murdering the titular wrestler, [[BittersweetEnding but it quickly]] [[DownerEnding changes its tune]] when Walker and his team receive devastating news: [[spoiler:[[BusCrash C.D. Parker has died.]] After the funeral, all the mourners, including our heroes, gather at [[LocalHangout the Bar and Grill]] he was once the proud owner of to say one last good-bye. One of the show's biggest {{Wham Episode}}s to count, as the Bar and Grill must now close its doors for good.]]