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* The infamous ending of ''DigimonAdventure02''.

* The entire series is revealed to be AllJustADream or an extended fantasy. Often, this is the bad writers' way out of a series or done to retcon anything considered FanonDiscontinuity. If you're a series writer, use caution when considering this device, as this is only good with series that seem too weird to be real or have really subtle foreshadowing connecting to this.

* ''{{Dai-Guard}}'' ends with the characters (And presumably Japan) having accepted that the giant monsters, Heterodynes, are a natural disaster, akin to hurricanes and earthquakes, so will just continue doing their best to save lives. After taking out the biggest Heterodyne yet, of course.

* ''ChinaBeach'' has the surviving veterans reunite and visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' ends with J.D. imagining [[TearJerker one possible future]] for the group, complete with marriages, kids, and Christmases spent together.

* ''TheCosbyShow'' (Theo)

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* Chandler and Monica's adoptive children were born in the {{Friends}} series finale.
* {{Amen}} endend with the birth of Thelma and Reuben's son.

* ''{{Lost}}'' ends with most of the cast reuniting in a self-created afterlife then exiting through a [[GoIntoTheLight glowing door]] together.
* Every JossWhedon series generally kills of ''at least'' one major character in the finale.

* ''OjamajoDoremi''

* The ''{{Frasier}}'' has the titular character leaving Seattle, ostensibly to take a job in San Francisco. In the final moments of the show, however, it's revealed he instead took a flight to Chicago to meet up with his love interest.

* The ''Series/Frasier'' has the titular character leaving Seattle, ostensibly to take a job in San Francisco. In the final moments of the show, however, it's revealed he instead took a flight to Chicago to meet up with his love interest.

* [[WeddingDay Wedding]] - The main couple or a pair of supporting characters are married off.

* Villain Death: The main antagonist dies.
* Birth: Some long-running couple gives birth to their first child.
* [[BroughtDownToNormal Back to Normal]]: In a supernatural show, the main character is robbed of their supernatural abilities/technologies/friends and goes back to living a normal life.

* GainaxEnding: In the end, something happens...and nobody understands what the hell actually happened. Surprisingly infamous in relation to how horribly bad they are at actually ending things.
* [[GraduateFromTheStory Graduation]]: If the series centers on kids in school, expect this to be the final episode, especially if it's a high school series.

* [[RidingIntoTheSunset Walk Into the Sunset]]: Nothing really changes, it's implied the characters will remain in their situation for the rest of their lives - used in shows with heroes who [[WalkingTheEarth Walk The Earth]], usually.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Sometimes used in conjunction with other ending tropes (particularly the "Graduation" ending, the "Moving Out" ending, and the DistantFinale ending; what happens to the characters in the future is summarized either in a captioned statement or a voiceover narration, usually on a person-by-person basis.

* DistantFinale: The show flashes forward into the future to show everyone where the cast ended up.

* [[GraduateFromTheStory Graduation]]: Most likely to occur if the series features kids or teenagers. Can end at the graduation of high school, junior high, or even grade school depending on the type of show.

* Moving: The cast or the principal stars move away from their CityOfAdventure.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Sometimes used in conjunction with other ending tropes; what happens to the characters in the future is summarized either in a captioned statement or a voiceover narration, usually on a person-by-person basis.

* When they thought that ''StargateSG1'' was ending, the producers wrote a story line that featured the final defeat of both the Replicators and the System Lords.

* The rather original finale to ''CodeNameKidsNextDoor'' is a flashback episode intercut with interviews with the kids as middle-aged adults (played by live action actors).
* The epilogue to the final ''HarryPotter'' book.

* To no one's surprise, Lord Voldemort died at the end of the last ''HarryPotter'' book.

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is the most infamous, though the actual ending is relatively easy to understand if you take a College Course on Philosophy, Psychology, and/or Religious Studies.

* The infamous ending to Stephen King's ''TheDarkTower'' series, where (after a full page of the author urging the reader to stop right there because endings can never satisfy the buildup a story creates) Roland finally enters the Tower, only to find that it resets him back to where he started in Book 1 of the adventure (albeit with the implication he has a chance of getting it right this time).