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== Anime and Manga ==
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== Fairy Tales ==
* Many a fairy tale hero or heroine has found that [[Forbidden Fruit|violating the prohibition]] requires a long, arduous [[The Quest|quest]] to reach their wife or husband again. But it's [[Worth It]].
** Heroine versions include ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718151232/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/norroway.html The Black Bull of Norroway]'', ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140401221552/http://surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/enchpig.html The Enchanted Pig]'', ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140322063941/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/brownbear.html The Brown Bear of Norway]'', ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140322062349/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/whitewolf.html The White Wolf]'', [[The Brothers Grimm (creator)|Grimms']] ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718153153/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/beautybeast/stories/lark.html The Singing, Springing Lark]'', and ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131124233722/http://surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/index.html East of the Sun & West of the Moon]''
** Hero versions include ''[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/009.htm The Blue Mountains]'', ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130313071234/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/threeprincesseswhiteland.html The Three Princesses of Whiteland]'', ''[
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* In ''[[The Last Samurai]]'' after the destruction of the samurai army and the death of {{spoiler|Katsumoto}}, although the Narrator says that no one is sure what happened to Algren, the final scene shows that he made it back to the village and Taka to find "some small measure of peace."
* ''[[The Artist]]'' has George Valentin lose everything as a silent film actor and filmmaker in a artform that seems to have passed him by and comes within a hairsbreadth of suicide, only to be saved at the last moment and shown that he has talent that would make him a star in the sound era.
* ''[[Willy Wonka
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* ''[[Mega Man Zero]] 4'' finally featured the human side of the [[Robot War]]'s story (showing the humans' perspective of the [[Ridiculously-Human Robots|Reploids]], which border on [[Fantastic Racism]]). However, over the course of the game, the humans and Reploids finally learn to put aside their differences, creating true peace that lasted for almost two centuries. Tragically subverted, since the ones who fought so hard and so long for this peace [[Heroic Sacrifice|gave their lives in the process]] just so the war could finally end.
* The ending for ''[[Nintendo Wars|Advance Wars: Days of Ruin]]'' is hopeful, light and upbeat in a [[Darker and Edgier]] game set [[After the End]]. You just have to go through [[That One Boss|Sunrise]] to get it.
* The ending of ''[[Okami]]''. Amaterasu {{spoiler|and Waka}} finally get to {{spoiler|return to the Celestial Plain}}, but not before Ammy's died once and had to be reincarnated in a statue, kick the ever-loving crap out of [[Orochi]] ''{{spoiler|three}}'' times, make most of Nippon [[Gods Need Prayer Badly|believe in her and give her]] [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|'praise']], regain all of her [[Ocarina Playlist|Celestial Brush Techniques]] and power, {{spoiler|create a [[Stable Time Loop]], involving a double of dose of [[Help Yourself in The Past|Help Yourself In The Past/Future]],}} do various jobs here and there, beat up several [[The Dragon|dragons]]
* This is more or less how the [[Celestial Bureaucracy]] in ''[[Grim Fandango]]'' works: Upon arrival at the Land of the Dead, each soul has to take a four-year-journey through the land to reach the Land of Eternal Rest, and how saintly they were in life determines how comfortably they can get there. The saintliest souls are eligible for a ticket on the Number 9 express train that shoots through the Land of the Dead in four minutes, while the biggest schmucks and sinners may have to just walk the whole trip, or even get sent in by parcel post.
* ''[[STALKER]] Shadow of Chernobyl'' has one of these, about 2/3s of the way through the game you get a brief text prompt telling you to backtrack to the first map. If you don't notice this, then it is impossible to get an ending where the player survives, you never learn who or where Strelok is, and the game ends without closure of any sort. Backtracking will wrap up most of the storyline's threads kind of. Hope you were checking your journal.
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** Countless (note: sentient) creatures across the Nowhere Islands are torn limb from limb and reconstructed into Chimeras.
* The [[Director's Cut]] version of ''[[Afraid of Monsters]]'' has four endings. The first three are [[Downer Ending]]s that are each more bleak than the last, and the final, happy (albeit bittersweet) ending can only be achieved by first seeing the first three endings, as well as solving a game long puzzle.
* In the [[LaserDisc]] game ''Time Gal'', the eponymous anime-style heroine is pursuing a time-traveling criminal throughout history, and frequently in danger of being smashed, eaten, blown up, shot at, sliced to bits, and subjected to other horrible deaths. Even worse, every time this happens, you have to listen to him cruelly laughing at her. Still, if you manage to finish the game and nab him, it's not only pure [[Catharsis]], but there's an award ceremony where Time Gal is given a medal with an entire army cheering for her. Definitely worth it.
== Visual Novels ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', so far at least. There's lots of grim details in the background, particularly the details of Annie's [[Parental Abandonment]], and her extensive prior experience with [[The Grim Reaper]]s, as well as poor Robot's [[The Chew Toy|misfortunes]]. The main characters remain well-balanced and optimistic in spite of these, and there's nothing to suggest that this is naivety on their part.
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'': Elan wants to stay up waiting for his promised happy ending; Roy tells him it will be much better if he works for it. After all, Roy is working to kill Xykon…for good.
** To elaborate, the Order visits an Oracle who tells everyone on the team the answer to one of their questions. [[The Reveal]] heavily implies {{spoiler|the imminent death of one member, the ultimate demise of a second, the corruption of a third, and the fall of a prominent good nation because a fourth phrased his question poorly -- even after the Oracle heavily hinted this last one. While a fifth's foretelling is positive, only}} the ending to Elan's story is guaranteed to be happy.
== Web Original ==
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* ''[[Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'': Ever since Angel's capture by Gantu, fans were not happy about this ending at all and have made fanfics about how Angel came back. Eventually, there was a canon way in the form of the series finale, "Snafu". The plot: Lilo was organizing her experiment log when she and Stitch suddenly remember Angel, who Lilo promised that they will get back, but she doesn't know where Angel is, so Nosey, who has escaped an episode earlier thanks to [[The Klutz|Woops]], tells them the location. While Lilo and Stitch were devising a plan, Lilo discovers an experiment pod labeled "120", which causes Jumba to explain that 120 shouldn't be hydrated, which Pleakley does accidentally. As the title suggests, Experiment 120 ruins anybody's plans, the protagonists', in particular. However, when Stitch and Angel meet again, [[The Power of Love]] saves the day, as well as the several experiments Gantu captured over the course of the show's run.
* After '''over ten years''' of various defeats, setbacks and humiliations, ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' ends with the eponymous characters being actually liked and respected by the neighborhood kids who previously detested them.
* ''Every'' one of the [[Disney Princess]]es went through this in one way or another - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICUMGYHYBKY as they tell Vanellope] in ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'' living [[Happily Ever After]] is ''not'' a right that is easily won. Some that stand out:
** Tiana and Naveen from ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', so very much for a Disney film.
** [[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]] does this in ''Twist in Time''. {{spoiler|After he stepmother turns back the clock and enchants the prince to love Anastasia, Cinderella sets off to the palace and tries to first jog the prince's memory and then steal the magic wand from her stepmother. When that fails and the prince falls for Cinderella anyway, the stepmother makes Anastasia Cinderella's double while sending Cindy to be trapped in a pumpkin carriage that is to be driven off of a cliff on a mountain. Cinderella proceeds to escape, jump onto a horse, and ride all the way back to the castle to stop the wedding.}}
* Could be considered to apply to Fry and Leela in ''[[Futurama]]''.
* With so many [[Downer Ending|downer endings]] for the [[DCAU]] [[Batman]], the [[Fully-Absorbed Finale]] for ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', "Epilogue", was about as happy an ending as Batman can ever expect but boy, did Bruce, Terry, and the audience have to go through a lot to get it. Terry finds out that Bruce is [[It Makes Sense in Context|his biological father]] and is ''pissed'' about it. For most of the episode he's angry and bitter about Bruce, Batman, and fate. But with the help of Amanda Waller (again [[It Makes Sense in Context]]), he realizes that he has control over his own life and that he ''isn't'' Bruce even if he may be his son. So in the end, Terry is determined to live a happy life and be Batman at the same time while Bruce is left with a protégé he trusts to carry on the/his fight after he's gone and a family he's always been looking for.
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