Basic Trope: A character is interrupted by finishing their sentence because they were cut off by the work ending.
- Straight: At the end of an episode of Alice and Bob, Alice is about to reveal the truth behind the oft-mentioned Noodle Incident, but only gets to say "And the Noodle Incident was about-" before the episode ends.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice trying to say something only for the episode to suddenly end before she can finish her sentence is a Once an Episode occurrence.
- The episode ends very prematurely just so that Alice won't reveal the secret behind the Noodle Incident.
- Downplayed:
- Alice gets to tell some of the basics about the Noodle Incident, but several details are still cut off by the ending.
- Rather than being cut off by the episode ending, Alice is cut off by switching to another scene.
- Justified: The characters are aware that they're in a TV show, and want the Noodle Incident to remain a secret, so they decide to roll credits before anyone can share the details.
- Inverted:
- Alice is about to say something, but is cut off by the opening credits.
- The ending is cut off by Alice saying something.
- Subverted: The Noodle Incident is later resolved in The Stinger, or the beginning of the next episode.
- Double Subverted:
- Alice tries again to reveal what the Noodle Incident was about, but still gets interrupted.
- The Stinger reveals that Alice did share the story behind the Noodle Incident, but it was The Unreveal because the audience never gets to see it.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: The episode repeatedly goes back and forth with whether or not it wants Alice to finish her sentence at the end.
- Averted: Alice doesn't get cut off by the episode ending.
- Enforced:
- If Curse Cut Short also applies, this could be a way to avoid having Alice actually swear.
- The creators want the Noodle Incident to be kept a secret.
- The creators want to incentivize the viewers to watch the next episode.
- Lampshaded: "I guess this is the part where the show ends before I can fin-"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Alice interrupts the end credits by coming through and shouting "I'm not done yet!"
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "I guess we'll never know what Alice wanted to say."
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