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A TV show or another entertainment medium has one episode/serial end with a Cliff Hanger Ending leading up to the next episode, but there's just one little problem with that... the TV show and/or said entertainment medium ended up cancelled before they resolve the cliffhanger due to varying circumstances. The TropeNamer came from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory 2''.
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!!Examples Include:
[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* ''NineteenSixtyThree'' by Creator/AlanMoore ends with a member of ''{{Youngblood}}'' having captured one of the heroes. It would have led to a big conclusion where the {{Retraux}} SilverAge superheroes encounter the DarkAge "heroes" and their 1990's CrapsackWorld. This never happened..
[[AC:Films]]
* The TropeNamer refers to the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory 2'' in-universe children's show Woody's Roundup. The final episode featured Woody and Bullseye attempting to jump the Grand Canyon to rescue their friends the Prospector and Jessie from imminent destruction. The next episode never aired as the show was cancelled due to the launch of Sputnik resulting in the decline of Western-Themed Toys and Shows.
* An InUniverse example is found in ''Film/GalaxyQuest''; the original TV show the actors were in was cancelled, but the final episode ended with the words "Activate the Omega 13." Fans had spent years trying to figure out what the Omega 13 might do, since there were no further episodes to show its use or effects.
* TimBurton [[GenreSavvy knew enough]] about ''WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' and the [[FranchiseKiller stipulation]] Creator/RoaldDahl put in his will as a direct result of that film to avert this with his own adaptation of ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''.
* The ''PlanetOfTheApes'' remake's ending left room for a sequel with [[spoiler:the main character landing on an alternate version of present day Earth where all the sentients are Apes due to the Chimp dictator manipulating the time stream somehow]]. However, the mixed reception despite some profit effectively killed it off. The series would get a ContinuityReboot a decade later with ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''.
* The ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie left room for a sequel when Daisy arrived to alert the Mario Bros. of a new threat to the Dino Dimension, but the sequel was effectively killed off with the bad reviews and poor sales of the movie.

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''TheSarahConnorChronicles'' ends abruptly due to this shortly after Angsty Teen!John Connor gets himself sent to a future where no one recognizes his name due to being pulled out of the timeline.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' had a final episode which wrapped up that season's ongoing story at the carnival... and immediately set up another [[spoiler: with Claire [[BookEnds reprising her very first scene on the show]] by jumping off the top of the Ferris wheel and immediately self-healing after landing in front of a whole load of people, including news crews and all the other major characters, thereby outing her kind to the world ("My name is Claire Bennet, and this is attempt number... I guess I lost count")]].
* The last ''SapphireAndSteel'' serial ends this way. (It made for an effective ending for the series, regardless.)

[[AC:MangaAndAnime]]
* The sudden popularity of LuckyStar suddenly ended all hopes of a FullMetalPanic Season 3 as KyotoAnimation became focused on shows similar to LuckyStar.
* ''InfiniteStratos'' despite it's popularity saw a sudden end due to a case of CreatorBreakdown.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''ViewtifulJoe 2'' ended with the mansion that was the source of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Black Film]] appearing in the real world... And then Clover Studios left Capcom, meaning that Viewtiful Joe 3 will likely never be made.
* CityOfHeroes had Issue 24 on final Beta testing, tying up the last of the [[EvilTwin Praetorean storyline]], with players salivating as [[BiggerBad The Battalion]], who had been long-foreshadowed as the "Coming Storm" for most of the game's history, were finally all set to invade in Issue 25. Then the game was sunsetted with no warning, leaving the Beta unfinished and the Battallion's design forever a mystery.

[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* Not quite an episode itself, but Smash Kingdom had the Sonic vs Mario clip, which ended with a cliffhanger as Super Sonic and Super Mario resuming their fight. However, it was not resolved in the last episode of the series.
* ''SuperMarioBrosZ'' had something similar happen: The episode sets up a cliffhanger for Episode 9 regarding Basilisx fighting Mario and Mario being at his mercy due to being poisoned. Unfortunately, thanks to a lack of motivation on Alvin Earthworm's part, the series got cancelled before Episode 9 got released.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SIxQmwca5U&feature=g-u-u&context=G213b43eFUAAAAAAAAAA Episode 9's first scene did get released, though.]] Unfortunately, it leaves it on a bigger cliffhanger with Mario and Luigi squaring down with Basilisx and Shadow with Mecha Sonic... On the other hand, the ending of the trailer, as posted on Alvin Earthworm's DeviantArt account, does have the words "The End?", implying the possibility that he might consider restarting the series at a later date.

[[AC:Web Comic]]
* ''RPGWorld'' made it all the way up to the final battle before the CreatorBreakdown the author had over people wanting him to finish the story before moving on to side projects finally made him give up on the whole thing.
* It seems traditional for ''AModestDestiny'' to be cancelled just as some sort of epic climax is about to occur (or, is in fact, occurring), only to be once again resurrected. Only to be cancelled again. Then resurrected. Then cancelled. There's a pattern here, is what we're saying.

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* The show ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehog'' had a very resolving ending...until the last 10 seconds, where they pull a cliff hanger on the audience. The show was [[ScrewedByTheNetwork promptly cancelled after that.]]
* The last episode of ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' ends with JT Marsh watching in horror as strange alien ships appear out of nowhere, steal the planet Chaos, and disappear again.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sym-Bionic Titan}}''. The conflict was building up, the show was gaining fans, and the staff was all set to make a second season. Then the show got canceled because it failed to secure [[MerchandiseDriven any key toy deals]]. Attempts to get the second season made were fruitless, and GenndyTartakovsky was so displeased with the way Creator/CartoonNetwork handled his series that he left them to form his own studio under Sony.
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A TV show or another entertainment medium has one episode/serial end with a Cliff Hanger Ending leading up to the next episode, but there's just one little problem with that... the TV show and/or said entertainment medium ended up cancelled before they resolve the cliffhanger due to varying circumstances. The TropeNamer came from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory 2''.
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!!Examples Include:
[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* ''NineteenSixtyThree'' by Creator/AlanMoore ends with a member of ''{{Youngblood}}'' having captured one of the heroes. It would have led to a big conclusion where the {{Retraux}} SilverAge superheroes encounter the DarkAge "heroes" and their 1990's CrapsackWorld. This never happened..
[[AC:Films]]
* The TropeNamer refers to the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory 2'' in-universe children's show Woody's Roundup. The final episode featured Woody and Bullseye attempting to jump the Grand Canyon to rescue their friends the Prospector and Jessie from imminent destruction. The next episode never aired as the show was cancelled due to the launch of Sputnik resulting in the decline of Western-Themed Toys and Shows.
* An InUniverse example is found in ''Film/GalaxyQuest''; the original TV show the actors were in was cancelled, but the final episode ended with the words "Activate the Omega 13." Fans had spent years trying to figure out what the Omega 13 might do, since there were no further episodes to show its use or effects.
* TimBurton [[GenreSavvy knew enough]] about ''WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' and the [[FranchiseKiller stipulation]] Creator/RoaldDahl put in his will as a direct result of that film to avert this with his own adaptation of ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''.
* The ''PlanetOfTheApes'' remake's ending left room for a sequel with [[spoiler:the main character landing on an alternate version of present day Earth where all the sentients are Apes due to the Chimp dictator manipulating the time stream somehow]]. However, the mixed reception despite some profit effectively killed it off. The series would get a ContinuityReboot a decade later with ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''.
* The ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie left room for a sequel when Daisy arrived to alert the Mario Bros. of a new threat to the Dino Dimension, but the sequel was effectively killed off with the bad reviews and poor sales of the movie.

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''TheSarahConnorChronicles'' ends abruptly due to this shortly after Angsty Teen!John Connor gets himself sent to a future where no one recognizes his name due to being pulled out of the timeline.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' had a final episode which wrapped up that season's ongoing story at the carnival... and immediately set up another [[spoiler: with Claire [[BookEnds reprising her very first scene on the show]] by jumping off the top of the Ferris wheel and immediately self-healing after landing in front of a whole load of people, including news crews and all the other major characters, thereby outing her kind to the world ("My name is Claire Bennet, and this is attempt number... I guess I lost count")]].
* The last ''SapphireAndSteel'' serial ends this way. (It made for an effective ending for the series, regardless.)

[[AC:MangaAndAnime]]
* The sudden popularity of LuckyStar suddenly ended all hopes of a FullMetalPanic Season 3 as KyotoAnimation became focused on shows similar to LuckyStar.
* ''InfiniteStratos'' despite it's popularity saw a sudden end due to a case of CreatorBreakdown.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''ViewtifulJoe 2'' ended with the mansion that was the source of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Black Film]] appearing in the real world... And then Clover Studios left Capcom, meaning that Viewtiful Joe 3 will likely never be made.
* CityOfHeroes had Issue 24 on final Beta testing, tying up the last of the [[EvilTwin Praetorean storyline]], with players salivating as [[BiggerBad The Battalion]], who had been long-foreshadowed as the "Coming Storm" for most of the game's history, were finally all set to invade in Issue 25. Then the game was sunsetted with no warning, leaving the Beta unfinished and the Battallion's design forever a mystery.

[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* Not quite an episode itself, but Smash Kingdom had the Sonic vs Mario clip, which ended with a cliffhanger as Super Sonic and Super Mario resuming their fight. However, it was not resolved in the last episode of the series.
* ''SuperMarioBrosZ'' had something similar happen: The episode sets up a cliffhanger for Episode 9 regarding Basilisx fighting Mario and Mario being at his mercy due to being poisoned. Unfortunately, thanks to a lack of motivation on Alvin Earthworm's part, the series got cancelled before Episode 9 got released.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SIxQmwca5U&feature=g-u-u&context=G213b43eFUAAAAAAAAAA Episode 9's first scene did get released, though.]] Unfortunately, it leaves it on a bigger cliffhanger with Mario and Luigi squaring down with Basilisx and Shadow with Mecha Sonic... On the other hand, the ending of the trailer, as posted on Alvin Earthworm's DeviantArt account, does have the words "The End?", implying the possibility that he might consider restarting the series at a later date.

[[AC:Web Comic]]
* ''RPGWorld'' made it all the way up to the final battle before the CreatorBreakdown the author had over people wanting him to finish the story before moving on to side projects finally made him give up on the whole thing.
* It seems traditional for ''AModestDestiny'' to be cancelled just as some sort of epic climax is about to occur (or, is in fact, occurring), only to be once again resurrected. Only to be cancelled again. Then resurrected. Then cancelled. There's a pattern here, is what we're saying.

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* The show ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehog'' had a very resolving ending...until the last 10 seconds, where they pull a cliff hanger on the audience. The show was [[ScrewedByTheNetwork promptly cancelled after that.]]
* The last episode of ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' ends with JT Marsh watching in horror as strange alien ships appear out of nowhere, steal the planet Chaos, and disappear again.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sym-Bionic Titan}}''. The conflict was building up, the show was gaining fans, and the staff was all set to make a second season. Then the show got canceled because it failed to secure [[MerchandiseDriven any key toy deals]]. Attempts to get the second season made were fruitless, and GenndyTartakovsky was so displeased with the way Creator/CartoonNetwork handled his series that he left them to form his own studio under Sony.
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* CityOfHeroes had Issue 24 on final Beta testing, tying up the last of the [[EvilTwin Praetorean storyline]], with players salivating as [[BiggerBad The Battalion]], who had been long-foreshadowed as the "Coming Storm" for most of the game's history, were finally all set to invade in Issue 25. Then the game was sunsetted with no warning, leaving the Beta unfinished and the Battallion's design forever a mystery.
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* ''InfiniteStratos'' despite it's popularity saw a sudden end due to a case of CreatorBreakdown.
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* ''ComicBook/NineteenSixtyThree'' by Creator/AlanMoore ends with a member of ''{{Youngblood}}'' having captured one of the heroes. It would have led to a big conclusion where the {{Retraux}} SilverAge superheroes encounter the DarkAge "heroes" and their 1990's CrapsackWorld. This never happened..

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* ''ComicBook/NineteenSixtyThree'' ''NineteenSixtyThree'' by Creator/AlanMoore ends with a member of ''{{Youngblood}}'' having captured one of the heroes. It would have led to a big conclusion where the {{Retraux}} SilverAge superheroes encounter the DarkAge "heroes" and their 1990's CrapsackWorld. This never happened..
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* ''1963'' by AlanMoore ends with a member of ''{{Youngblood}}'' having captured one of the heroes. It would have led to a big conclusion where the {{Retraux}} SilverAge superheroes encounter the DarkAge "heroes" and their 1990's CrapsackWorld. This never happened..

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* ''1963'' ''ComicBook/NineteenSixtyThree'' by AlanMoore Creator/AlanMoore ends with a member of ''{{Youngblood}}'' having captured one of the heroes. It would have led to a big conclusion where the {{Retraux}} SilverAge superheroes encounter the DarkAge "heroes" and their 1990's CrapsackWorld. This never happened..



* The show SonicSatAM had a very resolving ending...until the last 10 seconds, where they pull a cliff hanger on the audience. The show was [[ScrewedByTheNetwork promptly cancelled after that.]]
* The last episode of ''{{Exosquad}}'' ends with JT Marsh watching in horror as strange alien ships appear out of nowhere, steal the planet Chaos, and disappear again.
* ''SymBionicTitan''. The conflict was building up, the show was gaining fans, and the staff was all set to make a second season. Then the show got canceled because it failed to secure [[MerchandiseDriven any key toy deals]]. Attempts to get the second season made were fruitless, and GenndyTartakovsky was so displeased with the way Creator/CartoonNetwork handled his series that he left them to form his own studio under Sony.

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* The show SonicSatAM ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehog'' had a very resolving ending...until the last 10 seconds, where they pull a cliff hanger on the audience. The show was [[ScrewedByTheNetwork promptly cancelled after that.]]
* The last episode of ''{{Exosquad}}'' ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' ends with JT Marsh watching in horror as strange alien ships appear out of nowhere, steal the planet Chaos, and disappear again.
* ''SymBionicTitan''.''WesternAnimation/{{Sym-Bionic Titan}}''. The conflict was building up, the show was gaining fans, and the staff was all set to make a second season. Then the show got canceled because it failed to secure [[MerchandiseDriven any key toy deals]]. Attempts to get the second season made were fruitless, and GenndyTartakovsky was so displeased with the way Creator/CartoonNetwork handled his series that he left them to form his own studio under Sony.
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* The ''PlanetOfTheApes'' remake's ending left room for a sequel with [[spoiler:the main character landing on an alternate version of present day Earth where all the sentients are Apes due to the Chimp dictator manipulating the time stream somehow]]. However, poor reviews and sales effectively killed it off. The series would get a ContinuityReboot a decade later with ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''.

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* The ''PlanetOfTheApes'' remake's ending left room for a sequel with [[spoiler:the main character landing on an alternate version of present day Earth where all the sentients are Apes due to the Chimp dictator manipulating the time stream somehow]]. However, poor reviews and sales the mixed reception despite some profit effectively killed it off. The series would get a ContinuityReboot a decade later with ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''.



* ''TheSarahConnorChronicles'' ends abruptly due to this shortly after Angsty Teen!John Conner gets himself sent to a future where no one recognizes his name due to being pulled out of the timeline.

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* ''TheSarahConnorChronicles'' ends abruptly due to this shortly after Angsty Teen!John Conner Connor gets himself sent to a future where no one recognizes his name due to being pulled out of the timeline.
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* ''ViewtifulJoe 2'' ended with the appearance of a mansion that was the source of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Black Film]] in the real world... And then Clover Studios left Capcom, meaning that Viewtiful Joe 3 will likely never be made.

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* ''ViewtifulJoe 2'' ended with the appearance of a mansion that was the source of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Black Film]] appearing in the real world... And then Clover Studios left Capcom, meaning that Viewtiful Joe 3 will likely never be made.
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* ''ViewtifulJoe 2'' ended with the appearance of a mansion that was the source of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Black Film]] in the real world... And then Clover Studios left Capcom, meaning that Viewtiful Joe 3 will likely never be made.
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* ''1963'' by AlanMoore ends with a member of ''{{Youngblood}}'' having captured one of the heroes. It would have led to a big conclusion where the {{Retraux}} SilverAge superheroes encounter the DarkAge "heroes" and their 1990's CrapsackWorld. This never happened..

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* ''1963'' by AlanMoore ends with a member of ''{{Youngblood}}'' having captured one of the heroes. It would have led to a big conclusion where the {{Retraux}} SilverAge superheroes encounter the DarkAge "heroes" and their 1990's CrapsackWorld. This never happened..



* ''SymBionicTitan''. The conflict was building up, the show was gaining fans, and the staff was all set to make a second season. Then the show got canceled because it failed to secure [[MerchandiseDriven any key toy deals]]. Attempts to get the second season made were fruitless, and GenndyTartakovsky was so displeased with the way CartoonNetwork handled his series that he left them to form his own studio under Sony.

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* ''SymBionicTitan''. The conflict was building up, the show was gaining fans, and the staff was all set to make a second season. Then the show got canceled because it failed to secure [[MerchandiseDriven any key toy deals]]. Attempts to get the second season made were fruitless, and GenndyTartakovsky was so displeased with the way CartoonNetwork Creator/CartoonNetwork handled his series that he left them to form his own studio under Sony.
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* ''{{1963}}'' by AlanMoore ends with a member of ''{{Youngblood}}'' having captured one of the heroes. It would have led to a big conclusion where {{Retraux}} superheroes meeting the then-current DarkAge superheroes and experience their "future" CrapsackWorld. This never happened..

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* ''{{1963}}'' *''1963'' by AlanMoore ends with a member of ''{{Youngblood}}'' having captured one of the heroes. It would have led to a big conclusion where the {{Retraux}} SilverAge superheroes meeting encounter the then-current DarkAge superheroes "heroes" and experience their "future" 1990's CrapsackWorld. This never happened..
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* ''{{1963}}'' by AlanMoore ends with a member of ''{{Youngblood}}'' having captured one of the heroes. It would have led to a big conclusion where {{Retraux}} superheroes meeting the then-current DarkAge superheroes and experience their "future" CrapsackWorld. This never happened..
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* Assignment 6, the last ''SapphireAndSteel'' serial, may have ended this way. (It makes for a effective ending for the series, regardless.)

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* Assignment 6, the The last ''SapphireAndSteel'' serial, may have ended serial ends this way. (It makes made for a an effective ending for the series, regardless.)

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A TV show or another entertainment medium has one episode/serial end with a Cliff Hanger Ending leading up to the next episode, but there's just one little problem with that...

The TV show and/or said entertainment medium ended up cancelled before they resolve the cliffhanger due to varying circumstances.

The TropeNamer came from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory 2''.

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A TV show or another entertainment medium has one episode/serial end with a Cliff Hanger Ending leading up to the next episode, but there's just one little problem with that...

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that... the TV show and/or said entertainment medium ended up cancelled before they resolve the cliffhanger due to varying circumstances.

circumstances. The TropeNamer came from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory 2''.
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* Assignment 6, the last ''SapphireAndSteel'' serial, may have ended this way. (It makes for a effective ending for the series, regardless.)
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The TropeNamer came from ''ToyStory 2''.

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The TropeNamer came from ''ToyStory ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory 2''.



* The TropeNamer refers to the ''ToyStory 2'' in-universe children's show Woody's Roundup. The final episode featured Woody and Bullseye attempting to jump the Grand Canyon to rescue their friends the Prospector and Jessie from imminent destruction. The next episode never aired as the show was cancelled due to the launch of Sputnik resulting in the decline of Western-Themed Toys and Shows.

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* The TropeNamer refers to the ''ToyStory ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory 2'' in-universe children's show Woody's Roundup. The final episode featured Woody and Bullseye attempting to jump the Grand Canyon to rescue their friends the Prospector and Jessie from imminent destruction. The next episode never aired as the show was cancelled due to the launch of Sputnik resulting in the decline of Western-Themed Toys and Shows.



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* ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' had a final episode which wrapped up that season's ongoing story at the carnival... and immediately set up another [[spoiler: with Claire [[BookEnds reprising her very first scene on the show]] by jumping off the top of the Ferris wheel and immediately self-healing after landing in front of a whole load of people, including news crews and all the other major characters, thereby outing her kind to the world ("My name is Claire Bennet, and this is attempt number... I guess I lost count")]].

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* ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' had a final episode which wrapped up that season's ongoing story at the carnival... and immediately set up another [[spoiler: with Claire [[BookEnds reprising her very first scene on the show]] by jumping off the top of the Ferris wheel and immediately self-healing after landing in front of a whole load of people, including news crews and all the other major characters, thereby outing her kind to the world ("My name is Claire Bennet, and this is attempt number... I guess I lost count")]].
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* ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' had a final episode which wrapped up that season's ongoing story at the carnival... and immediately set up another [[spoiler: with Claire [[BookEnds reprising her very first scene on the show]] by jumping off the top of the Ferris wheel and immediately self-healing after landing in front of a whole load of people, including news crews and all the other major characters ("My name is Claire Bennet, and this is attempt number... I guess I lost count")]].

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* ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' had a final episode which wrapped up that season's ongoing story at the carnival... and immediately set up another [[spoiler: with Claire [[BookEnds reprising her very first scene on the show]] by jumping off the top of the Ferris wheel and immediately self-healing after landing in front of a whole load of people, including news crews and all the other major characters characters, thereby outing her kind to the world ("My name is Claire Bennet, and this is attempt number... I guess I lost count")]].
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* ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' had a final episode which wrapped up that season's ongoing story at the carnival... and immediately set up another [[spoiler: with Claire [[BookEnds reprising her very first scene on the show]] by jumping off the top of the Ferris wheel and immediately self-healing after landing in front of a whole load of people, including news crews and all the other major characters ("My name is Claire Bennet, and this is attempt number... I guess I lost count")]].

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