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* [[Drama Bomb Finale]]: In a rare highly successful example at the very end of season four.
* [[Downer Ending]]: Series four finale; even more remarkable is that the [[Kill'Em All|same basic ending]] was played for laughs in series one and two. [[Reality Subtext]] is to blame for the [[Mood Whiplash]]. To put it into perspective, it aired on Remembrance Sunday with no complaints whatsoever. (Well, almost none - one woman wrote to the ''[[wikipedia:Radio Times|Radio Times]]'' to ask why a comedy would want to show people the terrible things that happened, reminding her of her own husband. Another woman wrote in to ''Points of View'' thanking them for such a beautiful tribute.) Though the original ending planned, as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbR9-etyN6I here], wasn't nearly as dramatic or moving - general consensus is that it was a good thing they changed it.
**{{spoiler|The fade out into a field of poppies is also '''the last shot shown''', period. No [[Closing Credits]] ran at all, instead, a small BBC production copyright appeared at the corner of the screen for the final few seconds. [[Fade to black]].}}
* [[Evil Gloating]]: But terminated gloriously.
{{quote| '''Baron von Richthoven''': Ah, and Lord Flashheart! This is indeed an honour! Finally the two greatest gentlemen flyers in the world meet! Two men of honour, who have jousted together in the cloud-strewn glory of the skies... face to face at last! How often have I rehearsed this moment of destiny in my dreams! The valour we two encapsulate, the unspoken nobility of our comradeship, the— '''*[[Boom! Headshot!]]* '''<br />
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