History Bookends / WebAnimation

*** Season 10 starts and ends the same way, the [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] character winning against their opponent with the loser having NoBodyLeftBehind. [[spoiler: It's [[Recap/DeathBattleS10E01AntManVSAtom Ant-Win winning against The Atom]] and [[Recap/DeathBattleS10E16GalactusVSUnicron Galactus winning against Unicron]] respectively]].

*** [[spoiler: The fight begins with Aquaman announcing himself a Superfriend. When he dies to [=SpongeBob=], he declares both himself and [=SpongeBob=] Superfriends]].
*** In the episode's analysis, during the start of [=SpongeBob=]'s portion where despite his simple desire to be the Krusty Krab's fry cook, Boomstick states that he's happy and that's all that matters, only for Wiz to refute that, saying it doesn't on a show like Death Battle. At the end of the post-fight analysis, Wiz states that Aquaman finally got to be a true hero and that's what matters, only for Boomstick to refute that by pointing out that it doesn't mean much if the Superfriend is dead.

*** ''[[Recap/DeathBattleS09E12SpongeBobVSAquaman SpongeBob VS Superfriends Aquaman]]:
*** [[spoiler: The fight begins with Aquaman announcing himself a Superfriend. When he dies to [=SpongeBob=], he declares both himself and [=SpongeBob=] Superfriends]].
*** In the episode's analysis, during the start of [=SpongeBob=]'s portion where despite his simple desire to be the Krusty Krab's fry cook, Boomstick states that he's happy and that's all that matters, only for Wiz to refute that, saying it doesn't on a show like Death Battle. At the end of the post-fight analysis, Wiz states that Aquaman finally got to be a true hero and that's what matters, only for Boomstick to refute that by pointing out that it doesn't mean much if the Superfriend is dead.

* ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'': "[[Recap/TheAmazingDigitalCircusE2CandyCarrierChaos Candy Carrier Chaos!]]" begins with Pomni having a nightmare that she's abstracted and imprisoned in the cellar. Towards the end, while the rest of the gang is giving their respective eulogies in memory of Kaufmo, it flashes back to her falling only to be caught by the rest of the gang.

** ''Hulk VS Broly'' both start and end on the planet Broly was on with him enjoying his time with some deers.
** Meta-one. Season 7 starts and ends with a [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] character losing via [[NoBodyLeftBehind total disintegration]]. [[spoiler: It's Miles Morales and the Hulk respectively]].
** ''Killua VS Misaka'' has Misaka firing a Railgun at both the start and end of the fight. [[spoiler:Killua catches the one at the beginning, but he's immobilized by iron sand when Misaka fires the one at the end, and is promptly reduced to LudicrousGibs.]]
** Meta-one: Season 10 starts and ends the same way, the [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] character winning against their opponent with the loser having NoBodyLeftBehind. [[spoiler: It's Ant-Win winning against The Atom and Galactus winning against Unicron respectively]].

* WebAnimation/AnimatedSpellbook's Longerform Campaign Journal starts with the villain Shifty Wick in danger of being killed by wolves, and the party choosing to save him. The third episode ends with wraiths attacking the cave Shifty Wick is hiding in, and the party needing to decide if they're going to help him.

** ''Hulk vs. Broly'' both start and end on the planet Broly was on with him enjoying his time with some deers.
** Meta-one. Season 7 starts and ends with a [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] character losing via [[NoBodyLeftBehind total disintegration]]. [[spoiler: It's Miles Morales and the Hulk respectively.]]
** ''Killua vs. Misaka'' has Misaka firing a Railgun at both the start and end of the fight. [[spoiler:Killua catches the one at the beginning, but he's immobilized by iron sand when Misaka fires the one at the end, and is promptly reduced to LudicrousGibs.]]

** ''Killua vs. Misaka'' has Misaka firing a Railgun at both the start and end of the fight. [[spoiler:Killua catches the first one, but he's immobilized by iron sand when Misaka fires the second, and is promptly reduced to LudicrousGibs.]]

** ''Killua vs. Misaka'' has Misaka firing a Railgun at both the start and end of the fight. [[spoiler:He catches the first one, but he's immobilized by iron sand when Misaka fires the second, and is promptly reduced to LudicrousGibs.]]

** Barring {{The Stinger}}s, the story [[OpenDoorOpening opens]] and closes on Lackadaisy [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub Speakeasy's]] doors and stage, preceding and following characters' glamourous {{Fantasy Sequence}}s. It begins on Lackadaisy's doors opening to reveal its empty stage, with the curtain rising on violinist Rocky performing a [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles glittery]], golden, lavishly staged DisneyAcidSequence, eventually revealed as his DaydreamSurprise while neglecting lookout duties on a bridge. It ends with the band beginning to play as Lackadaisy's owner Mitzi shuts her eyes, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane envisions]] her husband's hand on her shoulder, then opens them to reveal they've filled with stars. A wash of glitter reveals her [[GoldMakesEverythingShiny gold-hued]] fantasy of the stage and speakeasy filled with people, and the camera pulls out until the speakeasy [[DoorClosesEnding doors shut]].

* ''WebAnimation/{{Lackadaisy}}'' features multiple sets:

** Barring {{The Stinger}}s, the story opens and closes on Lackadaisy [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub Speakeasy's]] doors and stage, preceding and following characters' glamourous {{Fantasy Sequence}}s. It begins on Lackadaisy's doors opening to reveal its empty stage, with the curtain rising on violinist Rocky performing a [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles glittery]], golden, lavishly staged DisneyAcidSequence, eventually revealed as his DaydreamSurprise while neglecting lookout duties on a bridge. It ends with the band beginning to play as Lackadaisy's owner Mitzi shuts her eyes, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane envisions]] her husband's hand on her shoulder, then opens them to reveal they've filled with stars. A wash of glitter reveals her [[GoldMakesEverythingShiny gold-hued]] fantasy of the stage and speakeasy filled with people, and the camera pulls out until the speakeasy doors shut.

** Volume 7 starts with the protagonists approaching the floating city of Atlas in a stolen Manta-class airship. It ends with the protagonists flying away from the floating city of Atlas in another stolen Manta-class airship. The same number of people are on board the airship on both occasions. Together, the two scenes open and close the volume's over-arching themes. [[spoiler:At the beginning of the volume, the passengers include Qrow and Oscar and the group doesn't know who else they can trust. In the finale, the passengers include Pietro and Penny instead of Qrow and Oscar, and they're back to not knowing who else they can trust.]] According to the Volume 7 Commentary, [[WordOfGod the writers of the show]] thought it was cool to end the Volume on a similar note to how it began.

** Pyrrha's first appearance in Volume 3 is accompanied by Ruby flinging her arms wide and calling out her name in delight when Pyrrha appears just in time to solve the problem they were facing, which is that Weiss's credit card has been declined so they can't pay for their food. Pyrrha's final appearance in Volume 3 is also accompanied by Ruby flinging her arms wide and calling out her name. [[spoiler:This time, Ruby's cry is despairing; she tries to reach Pyrrha in time to save her from a major problem -- fighting the too-powerful Fall Maiden, Cinder -- but instead arrives just in time to witness Cinder murder Pyrrha.]]

** Weiss's Volume 4 storyline is introduced to the audience with the sight of a subdued girl being summoned by the butler from the isolation of her sunlit room to walk through long, empty hallways as her heels loudly echo in a silence that only broken when she reaches her father's study and overhears him arguing with General Ironwood about the General's decision to inflict a Dust embargo on the world. Her Volume 4 storyline ends with the same butler again triggering her to walk through the long hallways. This time, her heels are muffled by carpet and she's determined rather than subdued. She is again stopped at the doorway to her father's study, overhearing him arguing with General Ironwood, this time about Ironwood's latest decision to close the Kingdom's borders to movement in either direction. [[spoiler:While the first study argument leads to her subjugation throughout the volume, the second study argument leads to her emancipation as she locks the men in the study while she escapes from the mansion to freedom.]]
** Cinder's first and last line in Volume 5 is "Shut up!" in response to being mocked. In the first scene, her retort to Watts mocking her lost eye reveals that she's recovered from her injuries and can be sent back out against the protagonists. [[spoiler:In the last scene, her retort to Raven reveals that she's lost control of the battle and is about to be defeated as a result of not paying attention to an enemy whose presence she should not have forgotten.]]

** During the final scene of the Volume 8 opening, Crescent Rose is shown impaled into the ground of the Tundra after Team RWBY fell into the darkness. [[spoiler:In the post-credits scene for the Volume, Crescent Rose is shown impaled into the ground in the exact same position on a beach after Team RWBY fell into the VoidBetweenWorlds.]]

** The Heroes first and last scene in Volume 7 was them in a Manta ship in the skies of the Kingdom of Atlas. In the first scene, the group are flying towards the floating city in a deep-blue night sky hoping for Ironwood's help when they notice the military fleet in the sky and head to Mantle instead to avoid it. [[spoiler: The final scene has the team fly away from Atlas in a dark and cloudy sky caused by Salem's arrival after Ironwood's forces turned against them and the team in depression over the situation.]] According to the Volume 7 Commentary, [[WordOfGod the writers of the show]] thought it was cool to end the Volume on a similar note to how it began.

* The first qualifying race of the 2022 WebAnimation/{{hololive}} ''VideoGame/MarioKart8 Deluxe'' Cup took place at Sunshine Airport, which is the same track used during the final race of the championship which [[Characters/HololiveJapanGamers Okayu]] won.

* ''Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries'':
** The LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} has one in their first season of its ''Minecraft'' series. A bit before discovering the town full of {{NPC}}s, LetsPlay/LewisBrindley and LetsPlay/SimonLane build a portal to the Nether (which doesn't work). At the end of the season, they are at the same portal, preparing to venture into it. [[spoiler: However, they end up not trying to enter until the start of season three, with season two being more of a breather season. And the portal ''still'' doesn't work.]]
** Season three starts with [[spoiler: almost the entirety of Simon and Lewis's old world on fire, and them trying to reclaim items from the wreckage.]] Much later (though not at the end of the series, but at the end of an important part), they find [[spoiler: Mistral City also on fire, and are trying to reclaim items from the wreckage. This time, specifically the Holy Record from the church.]]
** In Survival Island (a custom map that eventually starts having slight relevance to the main plot that is billed as Season 2), they are in a slight hurry at the start to get coal for torches. Near the end, they again go looking for coal, this time to [[spoiler: fuel the airship that will take them home.]]
** The Blackrock Chronicle has a heartbreaking one. Near the beginning and end of season 2. Both times the [[InterruptedDeclarationOfLove confession]] at the end is averted. First, because the computer explodes before LetsPlay/ZoeyProasheck can read LetsPlay/{{Rythian}}'s message. The second time in the closing of season two, it's Zoey, and her sentence is interrupted by a nuclear explosion.
--->'''Rythian/Zoey:''' I miss you, I need you, [[InterruptedDeclarationOfLove I love you]]."

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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':
** ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles The Blood Gulch Chronicles]]'':

** ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection The Recollection]]'':

** In a strange example of this, a flashback in ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga The Project Freelancer Saga]]'' reveals that [[ImplacableMan the Meta]]'s rampage began at Sidewinder, the same place it would end, as well as begin the same way it ends, with a [[SuperSoldier Freelancer]] being thrown off a cliff.
** ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy The Chorus Trilogy]]'':

--->'''Rythian/Zoey:''' I miss you, I need you, [[InterruptedDeclarationOfLove I love you]]."

** The Blackrock Chronicle has a heart breaking one. Near the beginning and end of season 2. Both times the [[InterruptedDeclarationOfLove confession]] at the end is averted. First, because the computer explodes before LetsPlay/ZoeyProasheck can read LetsPlay/{{Rythian}}'s message. The second time in the closing of season two, it's Zoey, and her sentence is interrupted by a nuclear explosion.