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** The show actually has quite a few of these, notably "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbSummerBelongsToYou Summer Belongs to You!]]", "[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension Across the 2nd Dimension]]", "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbActYourAge Act Your Age]]" and the GrandFinale "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLastDayOfSummer Last Day of Summer]], until [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse the 2nd movie]] (which can also serve as another finale to the series) and later revival.

** The show actually has quite a few of these, notably "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbSummerBelongsToYou Summer Belongs to You!]]", "[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossTheSecondDimension Across the 2nd Dimension]]", "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbActYourAge Act Your Age]]" and the GrandFinale "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLastDayOfSummer Last Day of Summer]], until [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse the 2nd movie]] (which can also serve as another finale to the series) and later revival.

** The show actually has quite a few of these, notably "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbSummerBelongsToYou Summer Belongs to You!]]", "[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbAcrossTheSecondDimension Across the 2nd Dimension]]", "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbActYourAge Act Your Age]]" and the GrandFinale "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLastDayOfSummer Last Day of Summer]], until [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbCandaceAgainstTheUniverse the 2nd movie]] (which can also serve as another finale to the series) and later revival.

** The show actually has quite a few of these, notably "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbSummerBelongsToYou]]", "[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbAcrossTheSecondDimension]]", "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbActYourAge]]" and the GrandFinale "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLastDayOfSummer]], until [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbCandaceAgainstTheUnigerse the 2nd movie]] (which can also serve as another finale to the series) and later revival.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' had a shortened, 13-episode third season due to the series being intended as a SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon. The season finale "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]" was a MusicalEpisode that [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore changed the status quo]] when main character Twilight Sparkle authored her own magic, [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]], and returned as an [[WingedUnicorn alicorn]] [[LateArrivalSpoiler princess]]. However, the overwhelming popularity of the series resulted in a fourth season of the show and a SpinOff being ordered, leading to the episode being rewritten to loosely be the first part in a three-episode arc to be continued the following season. The main show would go on to have nine seasons, a movie, and a few specials, while the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Equestria Girls]]'' spin-off would see several movies, specials, and shorts in its own right.

** The episode "[[Recap/AquaTeenHungerForceS11E8TheLastOneForeverAndEverForRealThisTime The Last One Forever and Ever (For Real This Time) (We Fucking Mean It)]]" plays off as a GrandFinale, which ends with [[spoiler: Shake and Frylock dead and Meatwad starting a family.]] Three days later, the ''real'' final episode, "[[Recap/AquaTeenHungerForceS11E9TheGreatestStoryEverTold The Greatest Story Ever Told]]" was leaked onto the Creator/AdultSwim website (and aired on TV a week later), which was more in line with a typical ''Aqua Teen'' episode.

'''Carl:''' So that's it? That's how they end it, the series?

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''
** Parodies this in "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS5E9ForgettingSarickMortshall Forgetting Sarick Mortshall]]", the ninth episode of Season 5, which ends with Rick realizing what a toxic and unhealthy relationship he and Morty have and refusing to reunite with him, instead telling Morty that he's LeavingYouToFindMyself. It's [[StylisticSuck deliberately]] written to provide an [[SickeninglySweet overly-cheesy]], [[DeusExMachina abrupt]], [[AntiClimax anti-climactic]] wrap-up for Rick's and Morty's character arcs, complete with ending on an AwardBaitSong and the post-episode behind-the-scenes segments with the writers treating it like Rick and Morty have truly "broken up" for good. There was little fear of viewers taking it seriously: not only had the series had already been renewed at this point for many more seasons, but "Forgetting Sarick Mortshall" wasn't even the ''season'' finale. The next episode and ''actual'' season finale, "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS5E10RickamuraiJack Rickmurai Jack]]", hit the ResetButton and [[StatusQuoIsGod restored their usual dynamic]] within the first ten minutes.
** "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS7E5Unmortricken Unmortricken]]": Rick finally succeeds in finding and killing the GreaterScopeVillain; the version of himself that killed his wife and turned him into the person he is. Evil Morty returns with his origin story being revealed and him returning to the reality he now calls home, albeit with a weapon he threatens to use in order to make sure everyone leaves him alone. With the series-long story arc resolved, Rick and Morty return home to spend time with their found family, specific alternate versions of their Summer, Beth and Jerry. PlayedWith however as Rick now must find a new purpose in life following the completion of his life goal.
*** It is also only half-way through the seventh season with plenty more on the way.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' parodies this in "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS5E9ForgettingSarickMortshall Forgetting Sarick Mortshall]]", the ninth episode of Season 5, which ends with Rick realizing what a toxic and unhealthy relationship he and Morty have and refusing to reunite with him, instead telling Morty that he's LeavingYouToFindMyself. It's [[StylisticSuck deliberately]] written to provide an [[SickeninglySweet overly-cheesy]], [[DeusExMachina abrupt]], [[AntiClimax anti-climactic]] wrap-up for Rick's and Morty's character arcs, complete with ending on an AwardBaitSong and the post-episode behind-the-scenes segments with the writers treating it like Rick and Morty have truly "broken up" for good. There was little fear of viewers taking it seriously: not only had the series had already been renewed at this point for many more seasons, but "Forgetting Sarick Mortshall" wasn't even the ''season'' finale. The next episode and ''actual'' season finale, "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS5E10RickamuraiJack Rickmurai Jack]]", hit the ResetButton and [[StatusQuoIsGod restored their usual dynamic]] within the first ten minutes.

** The original series ended with [[Recap/AdventureTimeS9E13ComeAlongWithMeTheUltimateAdventure "Come Along With Me"]], an hour-long finale that concluded many of the show's major plotlines, most notably [[spoiler:Betty's quest to cure Simon of being the Ice King]]. Two years later, a series of specials called ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeDistantLands'' began streaming on Creator/HBOMax, following various characters after the events of the GrandFinale.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'': Originally the series wrapped in 1999 with the episode ''King Dead'', Cartoon Network announced in 2001 that the show would be revived and be broadcast on it's Adult Swim block. The series aired for two more seasons, helping to set up ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' before ending with the 'unfinished story ''Live At The Filmore'' in 2004. Afterwards, two further seasons made up of five minute shorts appeared on the Gametap service, where Space Ghost and company would interview key names in the video game industry. The series came to an official end in 2008, with the show's ratings failing to sustain it in-universe and the characters all moving on with their lives. Then the show made another brief comeback on Adult Swim in 2016 with a few short interviews airing in between programmes.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'': Originally the series wrapped in 1999 with the episode ''King Dead'', Cartoon Network announced in 2001 that the show would be revived and be broadcast on it's Adult Swim block. The series aired for two more seasons, helping to set up ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' before ending with the 'unfinished story ''Live At The Filmore'' in 2004. Afterwards, two further seasons made up of five minute shorts appeared on the Gametap service, where Space Ghost and company would interview key names in the video game industry. The series came to an official end in 2008, with the show's ratings failing to sustain it in-universe and the characters all moving on with their lives.