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''Laconic:'' Building up a plot into something with potential, then finishing it with something less than impressive.
{{quote|''"As usual in these situations, I now lost consciousness, being overcome with horror at the thought of all the descriptive detail that would otherwise have been needed."''|'''[[Monty Python|Graham Chapman]]''', ''A Liar's Autobiography''}}
A [[Writer Cop Out]] is when a story builds to a certain climax and the writer suddenly wusses out and chooses a different, less ambitious or less satisfying ending, or worse, [[No Ending|chooses not to end the story at all]]. This may come out of [[Executive Meddling]], [[Creator Breakdown]], lack of talent, or simply an incomprehensible creative choice. Often results in a [[Broken Base]].
According to [[That Other Wiki]], "Cop out is an idiom meaning to avoid taking responsibility for an action or to avoid fulfilling a duty."
Compare with [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]].
Different from an [[Anticlimax]] in that a story with a Writer Cop Out can have a climax, just not necessarily the one that would be the most dramatically satisfying. In the right (or wrong) context, a [[Battle Royale With Cheese]] could be the easy way out. It may also be seen as a Writer Cop Out if a film adaptation of a work with a [[Downer Ending]] goes for something slightly happier ([[True Art Is Angsty|or vice versa]]). Expect cries of [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]. The flip side of [[Author's Saving Throw]].
Note that a [[Fandom Gank]] is ''not'' a [[Writer Cop Out]]. In a Fandom Gank, the writers thought they were doing something exceptional that their audience would appreciate, but the audience didn't agree.
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[[Category:Bad Writing Index]]
[[Category:YMMV Trope]]
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