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*** ''[[Inuyasha]]'' was eventually finished with a second anime series called ''Inuyasha: The Final Act'', which covered the manga from the point where the first series left off to its conclusion. It has been confirmed that ''The Final Act'' will be dubbed into English.
* The original ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' OVA is rather infamous for this. It got to about episode 8, which was a big [[Character Development]] moment for [[Playful Hacker|Nene Romanova]] and the [[Mid-Season Upgrade]] for everyone, and then... a combination of internal politics and budget issues caused a schism between the two companies that produced the show, ending production abruptly. ''Bubblegum Crash!'' tried sometime later to tie things up, but didn't have everyone on board, and the result was... [[Fanon Discontinuity|not well received by fans]].
* ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'', its anime first episode is a huge indication of that, apparently the unknown blond girl sliced Isaac's ear off for no reason; her name is Adele by the way and she is a major character further where the anime left off. It seems Brain Base didn't expect this much of a flop; the series had to be cut short.
* ''[[Silent Moebius]]'' ends like this. The manga, however, completes the story... and was released before the series, so its a rare case of the trope working in reverse.
* The [[Left Hanging]] nature of ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' was intentional. The non-ending of its movie continuation was not, since it was a planned trilogy that had its second and third installments canceled.
* ''Fire Candy'' ended with a particularly violent [[Cliff Hanger]] after only nineteen chapters, leaving the biggest part of the plot entirely untouched.
* The anime version of ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi (Manga)|Ai Yori Aoshi]]'' ended at volume 12 or so of the manga, leaving the "Kaoru and Aoi" plot thread unresolved. (The manga ran for 17 volumes and did have a proper ending.)
* ''[[Gantz]]'', or rather the anime version: due to the very slow updating of the source manga, only the first three arcs were adapted before a [[Gecko Ending|confusing filler ending]] concluded the series.
* The ''[[Love Hina]]'' anime finished its first season, began setting up a second...before getting canceled a few episodes in and with zero resolution. Eventually, a few [[OVA|OVAs]] came out that tried to rush through the missing plot arcs.
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* ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'', whose anime [[Overtook the Manga]] and whose manga tragically ended (but now it's starting again) with a [[Deus Ex Machina]] (and an apology) following a dispute between the producers and the publishers.
* The ''[[Pretty Face]]'' manga was also cut short. While the ending was clearly intentional, only one of the major plot points was resolved on screen, and a whole additional year passed with the basic premise, with no clear reason why that didn't deserve to be shown, whilst the year we did see did.
** Ditto ''[[Mx 0Mx0]]''. How the guy was able to continue illustrating after those is an incredible feat altogether.
* ''[[Double Arts]]'', a [[Shonen]] manga,had just finished setting up its premise, characters, the [[Big Bad]], even debuted the titular fighting style,and it was really starting to distinguish itself from its generic beginnings... [[I Should Write a Book About This|when the person writing the tale closed the book saying, "I may continue it... some other time"]].
* Ditto ''[[To Love Ru]]'', which had a very very unsatisfying ending due to the [[Creator Breakdown]] the artist went through -- the [[Girl Next Door]] was based on his wife, who turned out to be anything ''but'' a [[Girl Next Door]] -- sleeping around on him, kidnapping their daughter, ''[[Moral Event Horizon|selling the daughter back to him]]'', stealing his computers ''and'' life savings, and then threatening to sue him for the rights of the aforementioned [[Girl Next Door]] if he didn't end his hit series. The ending was extremely, extremely abrupt, solved no plot threads, and generally pissed off the fanbase -- until [[Nico Nico Douga]] and 2Channel put together the news articles about the divorce and figured out what happened.
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** ...which has ben [[Cut Short]] as well, and far, far worse than ''[[To Love Ru]]'' was - at least that had an ending of sorts. The last chapter of ''[[Mayoi Neko Overrun]]'' is the beginning of an [[Arc]] and it even tells the reader to check the next month for the continuation. Which doesn't exist.
* The second series of ''[[Genshiken]]'' stops at a point in the storyline just before the eighth manga volume begins. It had previously added to and extended the manga's material in order to have enough for a third series.
* The ''[[Naru TaruNarutaru]]'' anime ended at about halfway through the manga's story, giving next to no closure.
* Depending on who you ask, ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]'' qualifies. Some will argue that they tried to wrap it up when they discovered they wouldn't get a third season, others believe they left the end of season two as is in the hopes of getting a season three.
* The ''[[Galaxy Angel (Animeanime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' anime parodies this. At the end of every single season, a huge cliffhanger is set up, and the next season makes absolutely no mention of it whatsoever.
* ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]'' only had FOUR episodes made, there's no introduction of the plot from the manga or any explanation of why Count D does what he does, for a ten volume Manga (which is complete and with a sequel in progress) it is very disappointing that the anime didn't get into any of it.
* The anime version of ''[[Bobobo Bobobobo Bobobo|Bobobo-bo Bobobo]]'' ended so abruptly, even the characters were shell-shocked.
** That's because there was a large petition (or something of the sort) from parents in Japan who thought the show was offensive, stupid, [[Comedic Sociopathy|and encouraged bullying.]]
* The ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' anime ended this way, right after the Future Arc when they come home, all they do is say that Tsuna needs more training before coming a boss and just stare at the sky right when the credits roll. The manga is still ongoing.
* ''School Zone'' ends with the lead characters discovering what they have to do to put an end to the thirteen ghost stories... and ending the current crisis at the school as they start on it. It ends without their actually finishing their new task... and without fully resolving the subplot regarding the mystery of twins Mako and Miko.
** The author seems to have a thing for this -- or perhaps is just [[Screwed Byby the Network]] -- because ''Presents'' ends the same way. The main plot thread is never resolved -- after we finally get a hint how it might be a few chapters before the end -- and the final collection ends with a piece that doesn't even match the theme of the rest of the series.
* Ero-manga story ''Junk Story'', featured in Eros Comix's ''Silky Whip Extreme'' ends with the heroine captured, waiting for a rescue by a character who appears to have been [[Killed Off for Real]]. This would just be a [[Downer Ending]] combined with [[No Ending]], except for the fact that it ''leaves every single plot thread unresolved'', and even introduces ''new plot threads that will never be resolved.''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Unlimited]]'' was cut short from the original 52 episodes to 24, resolving the latter parts with voiced dramas, books and a web novel that [[No Export for You|never see the light outside Japan]].
* ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]'' can't help it, since the manga source material shows no signs of [[Long Runners|proceeding to a conclusion]].
* OEL manga got hit hard with this around 2005. One example is ''[[Off Beat]]'', the third and final volume of which has yet to see the light of day. Not many people read it, but those who did thought it was great.
* The ''[[Aoi Hana]]'' anime cuts off right at the crucial moment at which {{spoiler|Fumi realizes Akira was her first love}}. Originally more seasons were planned, but due to disappointing DVD-sales it's highly unlikely any more will be produced.
* The ''[[SWOT]]'' manga ended rather abruptly at chapter 20, right after the conclusion of a fight that would've been building up to a [[Tournament Arc]].
* While Wild Knights Gulkeeva does end with the heroes having a showdown with the [[Big Bad]], {{spoiler|it's made clear that the [[The End of the World Asas We Know It|main crisis befalling earth]] hasn't been averted yet and that the [[Big Bad]]'s [[My Death Is Just the Beginning|spirit still lingers in the parallel world the heroes hail from]] and needs to be defeated before earth is totally safe.}} In addition, {{spoiler|[[The Dragon]] becomes [[The Unfought]] because he doesn't see [[The Hero]] as worthy of a battle yet (The [[Big Bad]]'s physical form was defeated by a [[Deus Ex Machina]] partially powered by a [[Heroic Sacrifice]])}}, and on top of all that, {{spoiler|a minor supporting character reveals his [[Face Heel Turn]]}} and there's a conversation with [[The Dragon]] vaguely talking about an [[Artifact of Doom]] [[MacGuffin]]. It's clear the show was setting up for another story arc, but was cut due to poor ratings.
* The anime of ''[[Kare Kano]]'' got cut off after one season for several reasons, among them Studio Gainax having the usual Studio Gainax problems and, rather more importantly, the manga's author reacting ''very'' badly to the direction the anime took and pulling the rights.
* [[Faeries Landing]] started off slow and then built up to ramming speed with the plot, finally hitting important and very well put together plots and scripts, introduced a new love interest, finally had the main heroine meet her parents completely and both the main villain of the heroine and the main villain of the hero attack their respective targets and just as the hero and heroine go towards their targets for battle...... the volume ends. What makes this a problem? The author dropped the series to start on another promising to come back for it and never doing so. Effectively the series ENDS on a cliffhanger just before the resolution!
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** The [[Cross Gen]] characters are now owned by Marvel and a revival of some kind is in the works.
* The collapse of Dreamwave Comics cut several ''[[Transformers]]'' comics short; none of the titles were picked up by IGN.
* The second volume of ''[[Batman Adventures]]'', which had taken comic book tie-ins to cartoons to a new level; it was set in the [[DCAU]] after ''[[Batman: theThe Animated Series]]'' and during(ish) ''[[Justice League]]'', acting almost like a sequel series with well-written stories that averted the original [[Status Quo Is God|status quo]] while also bringing closure to various characters and foreshadowing new ones. It was canceled after only 17 issues to make way for ''[[The Batman (Animation)|The Batman]]'''s tie-in comic. Before going out, they were able to resolve some plot threads: {{spoiler|revealing the truth behind the Penguin's mayoral election, having Penguin quit as mayor, making a major revelation about Poison Ivy which acted as her exit from the series, providing closure for the stories of Clayface and Mr. Freeze, and having Batman confront Joe Chill without even knowing it.}} But that also [[Left Hanging|left various plot threads unresolved]]... {{spoiler|The identity of the DCAU's new Red Hood who was only able to make one full panel appearance, the Phantasm's motivations for allying with him, the Riddler being left in a coma, Talia's reactions to being abandoned by Batman after taking a bullet for him, Eel O'Brien was introduced but never got around to becoming [[Plastic Man]], and so on...}} On message boards creators Dan Slott and Ty Templeton have spoken of much more awesome sounding ideas for future issues which would tie DC Animated Continuity together in new and awesome ways... they had planned for up to their 40th or so issue!
* ''[[Quantum and Woody]]'' was <s>canceled</s> suspended after issue #17, then resumed eleven months later with issue #34 as a meta [[Time Skip]]. The comic then resumed at #18, building towards the events in #34, but was canceled for good before that could be shown.
* The 1980s UK [[Zoids]] comic (written by [[Grant Morrison]]) was canceled just as the story started to become really interesting.
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== Literature ==
* ''[[The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Literature)|The Mystery of Edwin Drood]]'', [[Charles Dickens (Creator)|Charles Dickens]]'s last novel, was [[Cut Short]] when Dickens died halfway through writing. What made it even worse was that ''Drood'' was published serially, like all of Dickens' novels, thus frustrating his readers.
* This appears to be the fate of the [[Erast Fandorin]] series of Russian mystery novels, at least for English-speaking readers. Thirteen books have been published in Russia but book #10, ''The Diamond Chariot'', is the last to be translated into English.
* Although the principal story is resolved, many, ''many'' plot points are never answered in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''. This is especially noticeable because the author makes the books constantly remind you of these points, and never answers most of them, actually making "you can never know all the answers" a major theme of the last book.
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* ''[[Dear John]]'''s star Ralph Bates died in 1991, so plans to continue the series were scrapped.
* ''[[American Dreams (TV)|American Dreams]]''
* ''[[Ace Lightning]]''
* ''[[Brimstone (TV series)|Brimstone]]''
* ''Commander In Chief''
* ''[[Drive]]''
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* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'': One of the lucky ones. The Ori [[Arc]] is concluded with ''[[The Ark of Truth]]'', a direct-to-DVD movie.
** They also averted it as they were able to wrap up the major, major plot points of the entire series by the end of Season 8. The Ori Arc was subsequently introduced as part of a [[Retool]] at the beginning of the ninth season.
** They were also able to conclude another unfinished plot with a movie. The defeat of the villain Bal, who had been the last threatening Goa'uld in the series with the movie ''[[Stargate: Continuum]]''
** Ditto for ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'', which got to wrap up several important plot points in ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]''.
* The spinoff ''[[Stargate Universe (TV)|Stargate Universe]]'' was unceremoniously cancelled midway through its second season. The series ends on something of a [[Cliff Hanger|cliffhanger]], with [[The Resolution Will Not Be Televised|no resolution whatsoever]] to any major plot arc. {{spoiler|Almost the entire main cast goes into stasis pods for a projected three-year bypass of the galaxy that the Destiny is in. However, the crew is short by one (1) stasis pod, and whoever remains outside it would have only two weeks to live and attempt to repair it; if he or she leaves the life support on for any longer than that, Destiny will not have enough power to make it to the next galaxy for 1,000 years or more. [[The Watson|Eli Wallace]], of all people, elects to show that has indeed undergone [[Character Development]], and remains outside the stasis pod. Whether he repairs it successfully or not, and the ultimate fate of the crew of the Destiny, are left completely indeterminate.}}
* ''[[Time Trax]]''
* ''[[The Time Tunnel (TV)|The Time Tunnel]]''
* ''[[Twin Peaks]]''
* ''[[Space Cases]]'' ends before any of the various mysteries could be solved or before the characters made it home.
* ''[[Las Vegas]]''
* ''[[V]]''.
* ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]''; canceled on a cliffhanger, which was later resolved in the miniseries ''Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars''.
* ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]'' ended right in the middle of a cliffhanger with God and the Devil fighting over her soul as a tick bite throws everything she's ever believed into question.
** Season two ended with her meeting the mysterious Ryan Hunter, who apparently either also spoke to God in the past or spoke to the Devil or ''was'' the Devil.
* In ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'', the ending may have been a [[Foregone Conclusion]] due to it being based on real history (the Allies would defeat the Germans and the characters would be liberated) but it was still never shown.
** That said, the heroes and Klink had involvement in D-Day, Operation Valkyrie, and scuttling Germany's Heavy Water experiments.
* ''[[Captain Power and Thethe Soldiers of Thethe Future]]'' was canceled before it could resolve its [[Season Finale]] [[Cliff Hanger]].
* ''[[Tru Calling]]'' is (sadly for its unluckily small cult fanbase) an ''excellent'' example of this. Not only was the final episode [[Missing Episode|never actually aired]], but even the network's ''initial'' episode order for the second season turned out to be only 6 episodes... when the writers had not only obviously been settling in for the long haul by setting up an epic-level [[Myth Arc]], but, according to the writing staff, they had already planned through episode '''''eight''''' of that season. ''Ouch.''
** Not to mention, the series was cut ''directly after'' the episode with extremely important plot lines - namely that Tru had just learned that others have her same powers... that other being her own father {{spoiler|and Jason Priestley's character, although they both try to do the opposite of what Tru does i.e. make sure people stay dead.}}.
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* ''[[Night Court]]'' ended with an episode that seemed part [[Cliff Hanger]] and part [[Wrap It Up]], with roughly one third of the cast electing to stay in their current jobs and half the cast moving on to some new life outside the courthouse. While some of these career changes seemed poised to start a spin-off series (Christine is elected to Congress) most of them seemed poised to continue the series. Perhaps the strangest of these was bailiff Bull Shannon being persuaded to leave Earth by humanoid aliens who needed a tall guy to reach the things on their high shelves...
** An episode of ''30Rock'' was built around shooting a proper finale for ''[[Night Court]]''.
* The final episode of the sci-fi war series ''[[Space: Above and Beyond]]'' sets up a great cliffhanger, with two of the main characters trapped behind enemy lines, another main maimed and possibly near death, the battle plan Earth Forces had pinned all of their hopes on compromised...and then it's over. We never even find out if Earth wins the war or not. Thanks, FOX!
* ''[[My Own Worst Enemy]]''.
* The 2002 sci-fi series ''[[Odyssey 5]]'' ends with astronaut Angela Perry abducted by the AI's and scientist Kurt Mendel being arrested on suspicion of killing her. Plus the mysterious Cabal, which the team assume have something to do with the AI's and the impending destruction of the Earth, turn out to be a government force trying to ''stop'' the AI's and who believe that the Odyssey 5 team are the traitors.
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* ''[[Nowhere Man]]''. Ended on a huge cliffhanger. Gets extra points since it was one of UPN's most-watched and most critically-acclaimed shows. Was replaced by a show that was so horrible that it didn't even last 10 episodes.
* ''Reunion'' ended before its murderer could be revealed. A small but dedicated group of fans asked the producers to reveal the murderer, causing the producers to admit that they hadn't ''decided'' yet.
* ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' is an odd example - it cuts short the resolution, as a result of cancellation, but it actually worked as the grand finale for the show - "You never stop fighting..."
* ''[[Dark Angel]]''. [[Screwed Byby the Network]] and [[Firefly|replaced with a show that also got cut short.]]
* ''[[Reaper (TV)|Reaper]]''.
* The '90s AMC series ''Remember WENN'' ended with an unresolved cliffhanger after the network's new management abruptly canceled the show.
* ''[[Soap]]''. Creator Susan Harris had written out a five-season arc for the show, but it was yanked by the network after season four, leaving several unresolved cliffhangers in the finale.
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* Besides those examples already listed above, ''any'' series which ends with the on-screen notice "to be continued" by default falls into this category.
* ''[[My So-Called Life]]''. Ended on a cliffhanger that would have been answered in Season Two.
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' ended with a cliffhanger that had clearly been intended to set up another season.
* ''[[Intelligence]]'' was cancelled abruptly after two seasons. The last image of the series, therefore, was {{spoiler|the main character lying in a pool of his own blood after being shot repeatedly}}, with no resolution.
* ''[[Defying Gravity]]'', after being [[Screwed Byby the Network]], ends just as everything appears to be reaching a climax of sorts. The sets were destroyed by the time the episodes were shown, dashing all hopes of a revival. While by that point the identity of {{spoiler|Beta}} was revealed, this only raised more questions than it answered. [[Word of God]] helped fill in some of the blanks but not enough to get an idea of where the show was going.
* ''[[Drive]]'' only lasted 6 episodes with the final episode showing the main characters robbing a bank and one of them getting shot and bleeding badly.
* ''[[Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior]]'' ends on a particularly cruel [[Cliff Hanger]]--barring a miracle, either one main character is dead or another killed a man in cold blood, and we'll never find out which it was.
* ''[[GilligansGilligan's Island]]'' never got a finale in the show itself. There were, however, a few TV movies that tried to wrap up the series.
* ''[[Keen Eddie]]'' [[Too Good to Last|only got thirteen episodes]], and only a handful were aired before it was canceled. Watching the rest of the episodes, especially the last, shows they were building up to something, and while there thankfully wasn't a cliffhanger, none of the character-arcs were even kinda resolved.
* ''[[Flash Forward 2009|Flash Forward]]'' - with only one season, it was never really given a chance to prove itself, so now the screwed-over viewers are left to wonder what may have been, what D. Gibbons' wall of crazy said, and why {{spoiler|2016 meant "The End"}}.
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== Newspaper Comics ==
 
* ''[[Little Orphan Annie (Comic Strip)|Little Orphan Annie]]'' ran as a serial strip in newspapers for 86 years until it was unceremoniously cancelled in 2010. The final strip inexplicably did not resolve the ongoing plotline, but instead [http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/06/14/little-orphan-annie-ending/ ended on Annie being held in South America by a serial murderer and Daddy Warbucks staring hopelessly into the distance believing his beloved daughter to be murdered by gangsters.] The sun ''won't'' come up tomorrow in this universe...
 
== Webcomics ==
 
* ''[[Elf Only Inn (Webcomic)|Elf Only Inn]]'', twice.
* ''[[RPG World]]''. Tragically, in its final arc.
* ''[[Venus Envy]]''.
** Seems to be back, if sporadically, as of September 2009.
* ''[[Pictures for Sad Children]]'' is an odd example of a webcomic doing this ''deliberately''. The story of Paul and Gary just ended without any resolution; since this, Campbell has continued writing comics in [[Magic Realism|the same style]], just with no overarching plot or recurring characters.
* ''[[Yehuda Moon and The Kick StandKickstand Cyclery]]'' ended in the middle of two story arcs because the artist couldn't fit it in between commitments.
 
== Video Games ==
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* ''[[Freedom Force]] 2'' ends with the Jean Grey Expy, Alchemiss encountering an entity calling itself ''Energy X''. Unfortunately, there has heen no confirmation one way or the other if we'll ever see a third game...
* The ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' series. The last game does give a glorious send off (of a sort) to one of its two main protagonists and does end on a hopeful note but the [[Big Bad]] is still at large and there's plenty of dangling story strings to be resolved. A final game to wrap the series up will almost certainly not be made due to the main writer departing and the death of one of the voice actors.
* The ''[[MegamanMega Man Legends]]'' series falls under this trope, in light of the ''Megaman Legends 3'' cancellation by [[Capcom]].
* It would be easier to list multi-part modules for ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]''/''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' that managed to finish their plot than ones that don't.
 
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== Western Animation ==
 
* ''[[Samurai Jack (Animation)|Samurai Jack]]''. For that matter, pretty much ''every single'' Western animated series with a series-long plot arc. It'd be easier to just list those that ''weren't'' [[Cut Short]].
* ''[[Spider Man Unlimited (Animation)|Spider -Man Unlimited]]''
** ''[[Spider -Man: theThe Animated Series (Animation)|Spider Man the Animated Series]]'' also suffered from this, cancelled entirely due to a Fox employee's fit of pique. While we did get something of a workable final episode, a few plot threads had to be forgotten; most notably the real Mary Jane was never rescued from limbo.
** Seeing how it's confirmed, another example is ''[[The Spectacular Spider -Man (Animation)|The Spectacular Spider Man]]''.
* ''[[The Pirates of Dark Water (Animation)|The Pirates of Dark Water]]'' was ended before they could gather all 13 [[McGuffin|McGuffins]] , or defeat the [[Big Bad]].
* The two American-made [[Humongous Mecha]] [[Animated Series]] from [[The Nineties]], ''[[Exo Squad (Animation)|Exo Squad]]'' and ''[[Battle Tech (Tabletop Game)|Battle TechBattleTech]]'', both end with unresolved [[Cliff Hanger|Cliff Hangers]].
* ''[[Duckman (Animation)|Duckman]]'', which went three seasons without a single [[Cliff Hanger]], ended its run with an episode where the title character (a talking duck, private detective and widower) remarries only to have the wedding disrupted by the return of his dead wife, Beatrice. She asks why he didn't wait for her. He says he thought she was dead. She asks why Cornfed (Duckman's partner) didn't tell him the truth. Cornfed says he can explain everything. And [[To Be Continued]] pops up on the screen. Naturally, the one time they ended the season with a [[Cliff Hanger]] expecting renewal, the show was canceled.
* ''[[Clone High (Animation)|Clone High]]''. At least it was some kind of resolution since it was supposed to be the season finale, but it was a [[Cliff Hanger]].
* ''[[Transformers Animated (Animation)|Transformers Animated]]'' seems to have fallen victim to this. Due to its abrupt cancellation, it ended with many unresolved plotlines and unexplored characters. The final episode itself only resolved a ''fraction'' of the many plot points introduced earlier in the season.
* ''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go (Animation)!|Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go]]'' ended right when the [[Big Bad]] had been resurrected and the Hyperforce and [[Gondor Calls for Aid|all of their previous allies]] where about to go at him.
* ''[[Sonic the HedgehogSat (Animation)AM|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', and ''[[Sonic Underground (Animation)|Sonic Underground]].'' The former got screwed because it was beta in the ratings by the [[Merchandise-Driven]] ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (TV)|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]''. The other got screwed for the [[Dreamcast]][[Retool|-driven]] ''[[Sonic Adventure (Video Game)|Sonic Adventure]].'' In some cases, it was canceled in MID-BROADCAST, leaving the audience hanging.
* ''[[Wolverine and The X-Men (Animation)|Wolverine and Thethe X-Men]]:'' The last episode ended with a scene in which Apocalypse rules in the future leaving no clue as to what's going to happen next. The show only lasted one season.
* The 2000's reboot of ''[[He-Man and Thethe Masters of The Universe (Animation)|He-Man and The Masters of Thethe Universe]]'' [[Too Good to Last|only lasted 39 episodes]] before being abruptly cancelled, leaving many loose ends unresolved..
* ''[[Invader Zim (Animation)|Invader Zim]]'' Due to [[Executive Meddling|those pesky Nickelodeon execs]], the [[Too Good to Last]] show was cancelled right when the plot was about to surface. [[Internet Backdraft]] abounds. Still, fans cling to the hope of it being [[Uncanceled]], and the possiblity remains.
* Obscure 1980s cartoon ''[[The Bluffers (Animation)|The Bluffers]]'' centered around a [[Gang of Critters]] trying to find out the secret of a villain named Clandestino. It got canceled before they could say what his secret was.
* ''[[Hey Arnold (Animation)|Hey Arnold]]!'' never did explain what happened to Arnold's parents on their final mission, all because the show's creator couldn't agree with Nickelodeon over the necessary contract extension. Result: no extension at all. There was going to be a Jungle Movie which would have resolved practically everything - Arnold goes back to San Lorenzo to find his parents, and he probably hooks up with Helga. Sadly it never got produced.
* ''[[King Arthur and The Knights of Justice (Animation)|King Arthur and Thethe Knights of Justice]]'' was unexpectedly cancelled after two seasons and 26 episodes, with its premise (collecting all the [[MacGuffin|MacGuffins]] and freeing the original King and Knights) far from resolution.
* ''[[Western Animation]]/ymBionicTitan'' which was cancelled solely because they could not interest toy companies, despite it being a widely loved show.
 
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