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Line 4: Matching scenes at the beginning and end of a story, often to show how things have changed through the course of the episode, or to demonstrate that they haven't changed at all. This is extensively used in kid's shows to [[Script Wank\|illustrate]] the characters applying the [[An Aesop\|lesson they learned today]], which happens to apply to the issue presented in the beginning. Ya'know, just in case [[Viewers are Morons\|they didn't catch it]]. In any work, bookends are a way to show whether [[Character Development]] has occurred. Compare and contrast ~~[[Here We Go Again]]~~, [[How We Got Here]], [[Where It All Began]]. See also [[Call Back]], [[Ironic Echo]]. [[Here We Go Again]] is a subtrope. Bookends don't ''always'' spoil the ending, but usually they do. {{endingtrope}} {{examples on subpages}} ---- ''[[The Wall\|Isn't this where-]]'' {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Ending Tropes]] [[Category:Overdosed Tropes]]▼ [[Category:Script Speak]]▼ [[Category:Self-Demonstrating Article]] ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] ▲[[Category:Script Speak]] ▲[[Category:Overdosed Tropes]]