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This trope is so common (especially in episodic or vignette-driven stories) that it doesn't always come at the literal end of a work. It might instead come at the end of a ''sequence'', particularly as a way of letting an audience know that a particular segment is over. In any case, it's been rapidly becoming a [[Discredited Trope]] since at least [[The Nineties|the mid-nineties]], and is rarely played straight anymore.
A dark subversion often occurs with villains, especially those of the [[Faux Affably Evil]] variety. Someone (either one of the more outspoken good guys or a tactless [[Mook]]) will say something that offends the [[Big Bad]]. [[Tension
Compare [[Oh, Cisco]], in which the episode ends on one last short joke right after a commercial interruption (Like [[The Colbert Report|Stephen Colbert]] ending his show with one last quick quip seconds after the last commercial) and may or may not include an Everybody Laughs Ending. In works aimed at children or very far on the idealistic end of the spectrum, you might also see a [[Yeah! Shot]].
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=== The following is a list of frequent (not necessarily ''constant'') offenders: ===
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* Parodied in ''[[Strangers With Candy]]'' where they would frequently all end the episode laughing hysterically after giving a [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]], "I didn't have to join the debate team to get attention from my family, I just had to starve myself to the brink of death! Ahahaha!" or by having one character stare at them bemused.
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'': Parodied -- and taken to the extreme -- during the end credits of ''[[Devil Fish]]'', with the trio attempting to laugh nonstop through the credits in response to the hero's cheesy end-movie joke.
* Played straight in the ending of the ''[[
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' - at the end of the early episode "I Robot, You Jane", Buffy and Xander console Willow over her falling for the wrong guy (a malevolent demon) - they remind her of their own romantic disasters and how none of them are ever going to have a normal, happy relationship. Xander chirps "We're all doomed!", everyone laughs...[[Made Myself Sad|then stops laughing as that sinks in]].
* ''[[Blake's Seven
* Season three of ''[[Merlin (TV)|Merlin]]'' has Merlin and Gaius eating a meal and laughing at the end of almost every episode.
* Parodied to the point of becoming [[Nightmare Fuel]], in a clip from [[Blatant Lies|the famous eighties Terry Wogan animated series]], Wo-Gann!, shown on [[How TV Ruined Your Life]]. Awful joke, cuea [[Boisterous Laugh]] from Wo-Gann... which just goes on, and on and on, until it becomes disturbing.
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'''Palutena:''' Aw, you're so cute, Pit!<br />
'''Both:''' Ahahahahahahahah!<br />
{{spoiler|'''Hades:''' [[Wham! Line|Now wait just a second.]]}} }}
== Web Animation ==
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== Western Animation ==
* Many Saturday morning cartoons from the [[The Sixties|1960s]] all the way up to the [[The Eighties|1980s]] ended like this. One of the more famous examples comes from ''[[Scooby Doo]]'', in which most episodes ended with the title character shouting his own name ("Scooby-dooby-Doo!") and the rest of the cast laughing about it.
** Played with in ''[[Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated (Animation)|Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated]]'', when they finally end an episode this way, but the whole gang comes together for a a [[Vincent Price]] styled [["Everybody Laughs" Ending|Everybody Laughs]] [[Evil Laugh|Maniacally Ending]].
* ''[[Monster Buster Club (Animation)|Monster Buster Club]]'' plays this trope completely straight and ''utterly whores it to death.'' You'd be hard-pressed to find an episode that doesn't feature this.
* ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'', in general, was not too bad an offender, but the page quote comes from "[[Trapped in TV Land|Episode 257-494]]" (season four, episode one) parodies this: In addition to the above quote, if you pay close attention you'll notice everyone ''starts'' laughing but the Titans almost immediately stop and look somewhat worried while the [[Laugh Track]] continues for about an extra second.
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* ''[[Beetlejuice (Animation)|Beetlejuice]]'' had this happen gradually after the Ghost with the Most Puns gave Doomy [[Incredibly Lame Pun|windshield vipers]].
* ''[[Rugrats (Animation)|Rugrats]]'' had babies and adults alike laughing at an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]''.
* ''[[Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law]]'' '''always''' ends with an [["Everybody Laughs" Ending]]. It's always completely inappropriate to the last scene revelation, and for some reason [[Running Gag|a bear shows up to laugh along]].
* Episodes of ''[[Dragon Booster]]'' pretty much always end this way.
* Several episodes of ''[[Birdz (Animation)|Birdz]]''.
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