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*** The final dungeon of the Fused Shadows arc is accessed from a cave at the bottom of Lake Hylia, and the boss is fought at the lowest point in the entire game world. The final dungeon of the Mirror of Twilight arc is accessed by a cannon that is also at Lake Hylia, and the boss is fought at the ''highest'' point in the entire game world. Both bosses have the same music, and both eventually involve latching onto and attacking an eye on the boss's back.

** ''[[The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]'' did it with bookends within bookends. The first dungeon in the Light World is Hyrule Castle. The last dungeon is also Hyrule Castle. Its analogous location in the Dark World is a pyramid, the first place you go after you defeat Agahnim. After defeating Agahnim again, you go straight back to the pyramid.

* A notable gimmik of [[Hitman]] series -- you tend to return to where the story began at the end.

* In ''[[Super Mario Bros|Super Mario Galaxy]]'', the first mission in the first galaxy is titled "Dino Piranha" and has you fighting said enemy. The last mission in one of the optional last galaxies is titled "Fiery Dino Piranha" and has you fighting the boss again, only this time [[Incendiary Exponent|he's on fire]].

* In the ''Wrath of the Lich King'' expansion to ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the opening cinematic features a voiceover of King Terenas Menethil telling a young Arthas of the duties of a king, using [[Dramatic Irony]] to contrast with the latter's current status as the titular [[Big Bad]]. The final cinematic, upon the defeat of the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel, shows the ghost of Terenas comforting his dying son that "no king rules forever".

* In intro cutscene of [[System Shock]], the Hacker hacks into the Tri-Optimum's Citadel Station's databases to look for the info on Military-Grade Neural Interface. At the ending cutscene, after refusing the job at Tri-Optimum (good move, considering the backstory of the sequel), he is back at the same building, same room as in the intro, hacking into Tetracorp's databases to look for the info on powered armor. Old habits die hard indeed.

** In most of the other endings, it closes with the same Millennial Festival that Crono attends at the start of the game.

* ''[[Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World]]'': {{spoiler|the story begins and ends with Marta in Palmacosta near the same shop with Emil arriving soon afterwards fulfulling her wish.}}