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* ''Film/TheRundown'' ends similarly.

* ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': As the New Avengers present themselves at the end, the music swells, Captain America steps up to them and says "[[AvengersAssemble Avengers... A--]]" Smash to credits. Seeing as the movie was directed by Creator/JossWhedon (see the entry under Live-Action TV below), this isn't surprising.
* ''Film/{{Resolution}}'', a film about stories, the resolution thereof, and the EldritchAbomination guiding the story, has the characters asking the narrator for a second chance. There's a roar and a cut to black and the film ends.
* ''Film/TheLighthouse'' uses this after Winslow falls from the titular building while whitewashing it.

* ''Film/TheDevilInside'' is especially infamous for ending on this note, as the characters rush to seek out an exorcism to rid their friend of an evil spectre only to end up in a violent crash, then cutting to "The facts surrounding the Rossi case remain unresolved. Visit therossifiles.com for more information on the ongoing investigation." The film then rolls the credits after flashing the aforementioned website (Now defunct), and audiences everywhere are furious with the outcome.

* {{I|tWasHisSled}}nfamously, ''Series/TheSopranos'' [[NoEnding ended the]] ''[[NoEnding series]]'' this way, with Music/{{Journey}}'s "Don't Stop Believin'" cutting off mid-''word''. The meaning of this has been debated at length, the usual interpretation being that [[spoiler:Tony was killed in a hit]].

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' does this frequently, as observed on Website/TelevisionWithoutPity:
-->"METAL TEETH CHOMP!"
** And lampshaded in "Monster Movie", featuring a MonsterOfTheWeek who's a GenreSavvy movie fan.
-->"End scene." (monster boots Dean in the face. [[CommercialBreakCliffhanger Smash Cut to commercials.]])

** "The Krabby Patty secret formula i—"

* ''Film/United93'' ends this way after we see from the cabin's perspective how the plane plummets to the ground.

* ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'' finish all their episodes, as well as the segments, like this.

* ''Film/TheDevilInside'' is especially infamous for ending on this note, as the characters rush to seek out an exorcism to rid their friend of an evil spectre only to end up in a violent crash, then cutting to "The facts surrounding the Rossi case remain unresolved. Visit therossifiles.com for more information on the ongoing investigation." The film then rolls the credits after flashing the aforementioned website (Now defunct), causing outrage among attending audiences.

* Most of the episodes of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' ended like this, yet allowing the background music to end properly even after the end. Starting from somewhere around season 6, smashes to black are only seen on the DVD or iTunes versions of the episodes (note that the background music is ending within the episode, not after the smash to black), while on Nick.com and international versions of Nickelodeon, there are no smashes.

* ''[[Film/TheDevilInside]]'' is especially infamous for ending on this note, as the characters rush to seek out an exorcism to rid their friend of an evil spectre only to end up in a violent crash, then cutting to "The facts surrounding the Rossi case remain unresolved. Visit therossifiles.com for more information on the ongoing investigation." The film then rolls the credits after flashing the aforementioned website (Now defunct), causing outrage among attending audiences.