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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.
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 [[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.
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]].
Compare and contrast [[Here We Go Again]], [[How We Got Here]], [[Where It All Began]]. See also [[Call Back]], [[Ironic Echo]].