"There are no Happy Endings because nothing ever ends."
— Schmendrick the Magician, The Last Unicorn
"The end of what, son? The story? There is no end, there's just a point at which the storytellers stop talking."
— General Tarquin, The Order of the Stick
Plankton: Now, hand over the Krabby Patty secret formula!
Mr. Krabs: Or what?
Plankton: I don't know. I never thought I'd get this far.
Mr. Krabs: Or what?
Plankton: I don't know. I never thought I'd get this far.
Col. Komananov: You've destroyed the Earth?
Falcon: It's working just as you planned! You've done it, Doctor!
Dr. Noah: Yes. .......But somehow, I didn't expect to win.
Falcon: It's working just as you planned! You've done it, Doctor!
Dr. Noah: Yes. .......But somehow, I didn't expect to win.
— Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Our Man Bashir"
The day those two [Braveman and Black General] finally do it is the day this manga ends!
—Mr. X the talking cat going meta, Ch. 82, Precarious Woman Executive Miss Black General