1 | '''Basic Trope''': A season finale that feels like the GrandFinale, and may have been intended to be so. |
2 | * '''Straight''' The final episode of the second season of ''Troper Quest'' ends in the downfall of [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] and his empire, the death of [[TheLancer Lance]], and the marriage of [[TheHero Hiro]] and [[TheHeart Alice]]. Except the show continues for 3 more seasons with a new villain and Lance [[DisneyDeath didn't actually die]]. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': The episode is the finale of the 8th season of the show, which would theoretically be a good place to finish. But the studio has the show planned out for ''20 years'' beyond that. |
4 | ** Each season of the show ends in a way which wraps up lingering plot threads, defeats or kills off the ArcVillain and gives each main character a final send off, until the series is renewed for another season. There is is a RevolvingDoorCasting where characters come and go with no MythArc at all. |
5 | * '''Downplayed''': Despite the destruction of his empire, Evulz survives the last battle and escapes, leaving room for another season. He even gets a [[TheStinger Stinger]] where he kills Hiro's mentor as somewhat of a SequelHook. |
6 | * '''Justified''': |
7 | ** The studio worried that the show's contract wouldn't get renewed, and wrote the season finale accordingly in case. |
8 | ** The episode was supposed to be the final episode, but after outcry from fans, the show was UnCancelled. |
9 | * '''Inverted''': ''Troper Quest'' is cancelled early into the season with no warning, forcing the writers to leave several plot threads dangling. |
10 | * '''Subverted''': Word gets out about the show returning for a third season... But it's a false leak. The season finale really was the last episode. |
11 | * '''Double Subverted''': After witnessing how annoyed the fan base was when the leak was revealed to be fake, the network decides to renew the show anyway. |
12 | * '''Parodied''': |
13 | ** ''Troper Quest'' is a ShowWithinAShow that was [[StylisticSuck designed to be terrible]] and was almost cancelled after four episodes, but the fanbase still wouldn't let the network take it off the air. |
14 | ** There are several episodes like this, and characters keep [[MediumAwareness saying]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall that it]] [[EndOfSeriesAwareness is the end]], then apologising for the mistake. |
15 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': FlipFlopOfGod continually cancels and un-cancels the show in between seasons, making it nearly impossible to tell what'll happen for the show. |
16 | * '''Averted''': |
17 | ** The second season finale is the actual finale. |
18 | ** The season finale is just as climactic as it needs to be without feeling like the end. |
19 | * '''Enforced''': This trope is enforced by definition, so see Justified. |
20 | * '''Lampshaded''': "''What do you mean, that wasn't the end?!''" |
21 | * '''Invoked''': Evulz replaces himself with a [[ActuallyADoombot robotic double]] before the final battle and doesn't reveal himself to the heroes afterward, leaving them to think it's over. |
22 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
23 | * '''Discussed''': "Oh, I doubt this is the end. Evulz [[JokerImmunity always survives his defeats]], so we likely didn't finish him off yet." |
24 | * '''Conversed''': |
25 | ** "Man, the show really should've ended after the second season. It just feels like a better ending." |
26 | ** "For a moment there I thought the show was gonna end." |
27 | * '''Deconstructed''': ''Troper Quest'' becomes a FranchiseZombie, leading to the creator leaving the work. As the SeasonalRot kicks in afterward, it's easy to tell that [[JumpingTheShark the writers are running out of ideas]]. |
28 | * '''Reconstructed''': The creator's son takes over the work and {{retcon}}s the rot, replacing it with a plot idea his father wouldn't go for. This plot turns out to be [[GrowingTheBeard more popular than the initial premise.]] Ratings go through the roof. |
29 | * '''Logical Extreme''': The season finale closes off every last plot thread and leaves no room for continuation, but the writers still find a way. |
30 | * '''Played for Laughs''': The first episode of Season Three begins with a large "THE END" sign covering the screen and then Hiro and Alice pop up in front of the sign, saying "[[BreakingTheFourthWall Hey! Who put that sign up? I know that last episode felt like the end, but trust me, it wasn't!]]" and [[PluckyComicRelief Bob]] apologizing and taking the sign down. |
31 | * '''Played for Drama''': The first episode of Season Three is all about Hiro, AliceAndBob grieving for Lance. |
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33 | It's finally over. We can catch a break now... Wait, no, never mind. It's just the SeriesFauxnale. |
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35 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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