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* ''Film/TheWorldsEnd''; Andy tells the story of the film to some kids, complete with what happened to each member of the gang, [[spoiler: In the [[AfterTheEnd burnt-out remnant of civilisation]].]]
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* The Civil War novels by Michael and Jeff Shaara (''Literature/GodsAndGenerals'', ''Literature/TheKillerAngels'', and ''Literature/TheLastFullMeasure'') end with the major figures in each having a paragraph about their later lives or legacy. ''Measure'' features a lengthier sequence before the blurbs recounting the last days of Lee, Grant, and Chamberlain.
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** Its SuperSentai basis, HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger also has this - Red Ranger Kakeru returns to being a veterinarian, Yellow Ranger Gaku rejoined the JSADF, Blue Ranger Kai worked in a surf shop, Black Ranger Sotaro runs a ranch with his love interest, White Ranger Sae resumed her kenpo training & Silver Ranger Shirogane went road-tripping across the world.

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** Its SuperSentai Franchise/SuperSentai basis, HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' also has this - Red Ranger Kakeru returns to being a veterinarian, Yellow Ranger Gaku rejoined the JSADF, Blue Ranger Kai worked in a surf shop, Black Ranger Sotaro runs a ranch with his love interest, White Ranger Sae resumed her kenpo training & Silver Ranger Shirogane went road-tripping across the world.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Fuzzy Dice" ends like this. And then they follow up on it in [[spoiler: "Steak Me Amadeus"]].
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* ''Film/DogDayAfternoon''. At the end of the movie, subtitles that say that Sonny (one of the bank robbers) was sentenced to 20 years in prison, that Angie (Sonny's wife) and their children were living on Welfare, and that Sonny's boyfriend Leon had his sex-change surgery and became a woman and was living in New York City.
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* ''Film/FlightOfThePhoenix2004'': A photo montage shown at the end shows that Kelly now works on a rig out on the ocean, Frank & AJ have a new plane, and Elliott now works for NASA!!

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* ''Film/FlightOfThePhoenix2004'': A [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004 Flight of the Phoenix]]: The 2004 version has a photo montage shown at the end that shows that Kelly now works on a rig out on the ocean, Frank & AJ have a new plane, and Elliott now works for NASA!!
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* ''Film/FlightofthePhoenix2004'': A photo montage shown at the end shows that Kelly now works on a rig out on the ocean, Frank & AJ have a new plane, and Elliott now works for NASA!!

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* ''Film/FlightofthePhoenix2004'': ''Film/FlightOfThePhoenix2004'': A photo montage shown at the end shows that Kelly now works on a rig out on the ocean, Frank & AJ have a new plane, and Elliott now works for NASA!!
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* ''{{Miracle}}'' does this, showing stills of the characters and saying what they did after the games.

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* ''{{Miracle}}'' does this, showing stills of ''Film/FlightofthePhoenix2004'': A photo montage shown at the characters end shows that Kelly now works on a rig out on the ocean, Frank & AJ have a new plane, and saying what they did after the games.Elliott now works for NASA!!

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* ''{{Film/Chaplin}}'': Between the last scene and the closing credits, title cards link the actors to the historic characters they play, and describe briefly the careers of the historical characters.

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* ''{{Film/Chaplin}}'': Between the last scene and the closing credits, title cards link the actors to the historic characters real life personages they play, played (Anthony Hopkins's character, a fictional editor who figures into the framing device, is also included and explained), and describe briefly the careers later lives/careers of the historical characters. said personages. ''Eighteen'' characters total are covered!


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* ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfPeterSellers'' ends with a text epilogue on what happened to Sellers after the release of ''Film/BeingThere'' (not much to say; he died less than a year later).
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*HigurashiWhenTheyCry 's final arc, Matsuribayashi-hen, concludes with this style of epilogue detailing what happened to all the main cast members after [[spoiler: their victory over Takano]].
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* ''Anime/MyDaddyLongLegs'' ends with a scene where we watch various characters [[spoiler: at Judy's wedding]], but there is no dialogue. Instead, Judy provides narration, explaining what has happened to various people.
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* "Love at the Five and Dime," a 1986 top 5 country hit for Kathy Mattea, had one such postlogue as the third verse of a love story involving a dime store clerk and an aspiring steel guitar player in a country band.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity" shows that a lot of the characters in the film became excellent Scarers, at the end credits showing their scare cards. [[spoiler: Most of the members of Oozma Kappa made it]], along with [[JerkJock Johnny Worthington]], Carrie from PNK, and Mike and Sulley became Rookies of the Year.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity" ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' shows that a lot of the characters in the film became excellent Scarers, at the end credits showing their scare cards. [[spoiler: Most of the members of Oozma Kappa made it]], along with [[JerkJock Johnny Worthington]], Carrie from PNK, and Mike and Sulley became Rookies of the Year.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity" shows that a lot of the characters in the film became excellent Scarers, at the end credits showing their scare cards. [[spoiler: Most of the members of Oozma Kappa made it]], along with [[JerkJock Johnny Worthington]], Carrie from PNK, and Mike and Sulley became Rookies of the Year.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' ends with one of these. It's actually very nice to see, after CerebusSyndrome turned the show as dark as it did, that [[spoiler:Orel grew up to become the loving father of a happy, functional family.]] It ''almost'' makes up for all [[TearJerker spilled tears from the final season]].
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** The fourth game also shows off the various fates of the villains as well as some of the main characters. [[spoiler:Achieving 100% Completion shows what happens to Sly]].
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* ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'': Chapter Fourteen; arguably a SubvertedTrope because they haven't gone anywhere, although their views have moved on. ''The Beatrice Letters'' form part of an epilogue themselves. Even though the scrambled letters reveal that " BEATRICE SANK", the Baudelaires are apparently living out their lives doing what they love. Beatrice (that's the Beatrice born in Book 13) is currently trying to find Lemony Snicket, presumably to ask him what is happening.
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* The epilogue of ''Rally Round the Flag, Boys!'' is about what happened to the characters after the Fourth of July. It mostly ties up loose ends, particularly Harry and Grace's SecondActBreakup.
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* BeautyQueens combines this with a DancePartyEnding


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* Re-drowning Ophelia by Katie Henry ends like this
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* A mild version, the ending narration of ''{{Dragnet}}'', describing the results of the case investigated in the episode over a mug shot of the suspect. This is also frequently parodied in its entirety. Also done in ''The FBI''.

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* A mild version, the ending narration of ''{{Dragnet}}'', ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', describing the results of the case investigated in the episode over a mug shot of the suspect. This is also frequently parodied in its entirety. Also done in ''The FBI''.
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* At the end of the HungerGames fanfic ''Fanfic/SomeSemblanceOfMeaning'', we learn that Lavinia ends up married to Damon, with two children named after Vale and Kit, while Laurel Whitaker ended up with [[spoiler: Obsidian's cousin Glint]], and that both families survived the bombing of District Twelve and the war on the Capitol. The story ends with [[spoiler: Lavinia relaying Vale's story to Katniss Everdeen, thinking that Vale would have wanted her story to be told]].
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* The pro wrestling story, ''FanFic/ARingOfTheirOwn'', ends with Victoria announcing her retirement and becoming commissioner of the FWF, followed by a Where Are They Now on all the major characters.
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* The last issue of ''Hard Time'' was centered around Ethan's parole review, and all the principle characters, mostly Ethan's fellow prisoners, had their "endings" revealed. For instance, Curly was released after his granddaughter tirelessly petitioned for appeal, Cindy had her sex change and lived happily ever after, and Cole died during a robbery attempt less than a year after he got out.
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* ''PrincessTutu'' has one in the last few minutes of the final episode of the series, showing what Kinkan is like after the story ended. It also shows that Fakir kept his [[ThePromise promise]] to [[spoiler:Ahiru]].

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* ''PrincessTutu'' ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' has one in the last few minutes of the final episode of the series, showing what Kinkan is like after the story ended. It also shows that Fakir kept his [[ThePromise promise]] to [[spoiler:Ahiru]].
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** Also spoofed during the football game scene in the Warriors of Virtue review.
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* The credits of Disney/CinderellaIIIATwistinTime reveal that Anastasia met a sweet baker, Drizella and Lady Tremaine revert from their transformation only to find themselves in maid clothes, and Cinderella and the Prince, of course, lived HappilyEverAfter.
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* The Ending of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' ends with everything in the series being wrapped up, including [[spoiler:Sunny, Olga's daughter who was kidnapped by the patriots, finally going out into the real world. Raiden and Rosemary living normal lives with their son, Johnny and Meryl getting married, Meryl making up with her father Campbell, And Snake finally having a real talk with Big Boss. The ending also reveals that Snake and Otacon decide to live normal lives.]]
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' both end with timelines offering details of what happened to certain characters or factions after the game.

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* The Ending ending of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' ends with everything in the series being wrapped up, including [[spoiler:Sunny, Olga's daughter who was kidnapped by the patriots, Patriots, finally going out into the real world. world, Raiden and Rosemary living normal lives with their son, Johnny and Meryl getting married, Meryl making up with her father Campbell, And and Snake finally having a real talk with Big Boss. The ending also reveals that Snake and Otacon decide to live normal lives.]]
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' both end with timelines offering details of what happened to certain characters or factions after the game. Most of the events are rather heartwarming, except for TheStinger - the timeline in ''Peace Walker'', for example, ends by noting [[VideoGame/MetalGear Big Boss starting the Outer Heaven Uprising in 1995]] and then [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Kaz Miller's assassination in 2005]].
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* ''FanFic/TheMiracleAtPalaven'' ends with one, showing snapshots of the surviving viewpoint characters and a galaxy rebuilding in the aftermath of the Reaper War.
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A staple of the VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory films, it differs from a DistantFinale in that we get little flashes (such as photographs, still frames, little captions, narration/voiceover, or a {{Montage|s}} of individual clips) that tell us what happened to the characters, instead of a full scene with dialogue or character interaction. If it shows how each character meets his maker, a DeadlyDistantFinale. Can be used to create a FastForwardToReunion. If it happens while the credits are rolling, it might be CreativeClosingCredits. In video games, this may be done in form of a dynamic ModularEpilogue.

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A staple of the VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory films, it differs from a DistantFinale in that we get little flashes (such as photographs, still frames, little captions, narration/voiceover, or a {{Montage|s}} of individual clips) that tell us what happened to the characters, instead of a full scene with dialogue or character interaction. If it shows how each character meets his maker, a DeadlyDistantFinale. Can be used to create a FastForwardToReunion. If it happens while the credits are rolling, it might be CreativeClosingCredits. In video games, this may be done in form of a dynamic ModularEpilogue. HowWeGotHere is the exact opposite of this trope.

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