History Main / WatchingTheSunset

* In ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', when Ariel sees the sun is near setting, and her contract to be human will have failed, she decides to take some action.
* Hiro and Baymax from ''Disney/BigHero6'' sit on top of a zeppelin and watch the sunset after just having experienced TheJoyOfFirstFlight.

* On ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', in "Dying For Pie", Squidward thought [=SpongeBob=] was going to explode at sunset, so he spent the day doing everything [=SpongeBob=] wanted to do and then watched the sunset while he waited for the explosion. [[spoiler:The first explosion turned out to be just [=SpongeBob=] blowing bomb bubbles.]]

-->-- '''Music/AlanJackson''', "Where Were You when the World Stopped Turning"

A character who watches the sunset alone can have various connotations, the most common ones being nostalgia, reflectiveness and/or melancholy. Often symbolizes the end of a period--often a rather happy one--in somebody's life.

* In ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere'', Shu and Lala Ru watch the sunset as on three occasion, the first time when they first met, the second time when they escaped Hamdo's fortress and the third time [[spoiler:Lala Ru disappears from existence]].

* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' has a sunset watching scene with Sheryl in Alto's arms in flight. They watch the sun set. And also fly. Yes, that basically sums it up. Done for romantic connotations as one of the many ShipTease moments in the series.

** One final time in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' as Rey watches the watches the setting suns of Tatooine just like her master before her did decades ago, the Skywalker saga ending how it once began.

* The cover for ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheSorcerersStone'' (American version) has Harry trying to catch a snitch while the sun sets in the background. The cover for ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' has Harry trying to catch the Elder Wand while the sun rises in the back ground. Both covers represent an ending becoming a beginning.

* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': In the season 2 episode "The Lost Spy", a flashback shows that John Goodspeed once took Sheryl on a date to a place where they could watch 3 different suns simultaniously rise and set.

* Grimlock of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' claims that the Acid Wastes on Cybertron have the best sunsets. This doesn't seem to be common knowledge, and is later used to BluffTheImpostor when the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Decepticon of the week]] disguises himself as Grimlock.

** One final time in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' as Rey watches the watches the setting suns of Tatooine just like her master before her once did decades ago, the Skywalker saga ending how it once began.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'': [[OfficialCouple Sora and Kairi]] watch the sunset together a few hours before TheHeartless attack their island. [[HeterosexualLifePartners Axel and Roxas]] do the same thing in ''[[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition Kingdom Hearts II: FM+]]'' They, along with [[ThreeAmigos Xion]], also do it a ''lot'' in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 358/2 Days.]]'' The fact that Twilight Town is in perpetual sunset definitely helps.

* The characteristic shot of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' is of the entire playable roster looking at the shining "X" shape lingering in the sky [[spoiler:where the Ancient Minister's people and homeland used to be]]. Due to the orange lighting, this shot gives off the appearance of this trope.

* The Climax of ''Film/BlackPanther'' sees Killmonger regarding the sunset over Wakanda [[spoiler: as he breathes his last with T'Challa at his side.]]

A character who watches the sunset alone can have various connotations, the most common ones being nostalgia, reflectiveness and/or melancholy. Often symbolizes the end of a period - often a rather happy one - in somebody's life.

A SuperTrope to AgainstTheSettingSun.

Compare CueTheSun, HeavenAbove, LightIsGood, RidingIntoTheSunset, ThatCloudLooksLike, MeditatingUnderAWaterfall.

* Luke Skywalker [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEUGF3NGbPg watches the twin setting suns]] of Tatooine in ''Film/ANewHope'' while [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome the Force]] {{Leitmotif}} plays in the score, establishing Luke's longing to leave and do great things but being tied down by a sense of duty to his uncle.

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** At the end of TheLastJedi, [[spoiler:Luke spends his final moments watching the twin suns of Ahch-To setting before he becomes one with the Force. To top it up, the Force theme is played, symbolizing the end of Luke's journey just like how it began 40 years ago]].

** And deliberately mirrored as the very last scene of RevengeOfTheSith with the younger version of said uncle and his wife holding baby Luke and staring at those same setting suns as Darkness falls over the whole galaxy...

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Compare CueTheSun, RidingIntoTheSunset, ThatCloudLooksLike, MeditatingUnderAWaterfall.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0666.html Roy and Haley watch the sunset and discuss the future]].

** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' presents us another variation: Luke, Leia, C3PO and R2D2 all gather by a viewport on the Medical Frigate to watch the ''Millennium Falcon'' fly off in the direction of a [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Protostar/Canon protostar]], on the way to [[spoiler: rescue Han Solo]], again with the Force Theme (this time in an arrangement called "The Rebel Fleet") swelling.