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* Subverted in ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' where the story continues for 10 more episodes after the final battle, showing the aftermath of the war as well as the fact that [[Earn Your Happy Ending|all isn't well yet]].

** ''[[Macross Frontier]]'''s final battle {{spoiler|takes place above the Vajra homeworld,}} which most definitely raised the stakes to fit the bill.

* The end of ''[[Overman King Gainer]]'' has the forces of the Yapan Exodus including the mechanics taking on the Overdevil and the [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] {{spoiler|Gainer, Sara, and Cynthia}} in battle.

* For ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', the The Promised Day arc, one that began after a large timeskip during which both sides prepared for the crux of the Big Bad's plan to resolve, appears to be the final Arc. It started at Chapter 84, and has since been rolling up ALL the characters into a giant [[Katamari Damacy|katamari]] of awesomeness.

** The penultimate chapter (107) is even ''titled'' "The Final Battle".

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* ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' ends with a [[Final Battle]] that involves lots of dancing, ravens, and the occasional sword. Given the rest of the series it's not a surprise, but it's taken to an epic level.

* Subverted somewhat in the manga finale for ''[[Chrono Crusade]]''. There are several important battles and victories leading up to {{spoiler|Chrono and Aion's fight}} in the final two volumes--which covers just two consecutive days. However, when the time comes for the final battle, the perspective cuts away right before the first blows are exchanged, and we're never fully given the details of what happened.

* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]''. {{spoiler|Team America vs. Team Japan. They even went into overtime despite the tournament holder's orders. According to the ending, America won}}.

* Any Gundam series, ever. From the original all the way to 00 Gundam, each series has concluded with an awesome final battle between the most powerful mobile suits and pilots.

** ''[[Gundam Wing]]'', like many others, gets away with a little title lampshading. The actual [[Final Battle]] takes up the last four episodes of the series, and the episode immediately before it begins is actually called "Signs of the Final Battle".

* The final battle of ''[[Inuyasha]]'' takes place inside Naraku when he transformed into a giant, floating spider.

* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'''s final battle is Goku and Vegeta vs. Kid Buu in Other World.

* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'': The Kenshin Gumi along with Aoshi, Misao and Saitou go to Enishi's island to rescue Kaoru. Once there, it's Aoshi, Yahiko, Sanosuke and Saitou vs. Enishi's four henchmen and, of course, Kenshin vs. Enishi. And before that in the Kyoto Arc, we had Kenshin vs. Shishio for the Final battle of that particular arc.

* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', the final arc is the Three Kings saga, and the last fight the main characters are involved in is Yusuke vs. Yomi in the Demon World Tournament. {{spoiler|Yomi wins but loses the fight after that}}.

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** The same applies to the battle of Antarctica in the the two-part episode "''Lost City''", which was also meant to be a [[Grand Finale]].

* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' has the final Battle of Cardassia in the ep "''What You Leave Behind''". Klingons, Romulans, and Federation vs. the Dominion and all their allies. Massive ship wrecking ensues.

* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the first [[Uncancelled]] series finale ''[[Doctor Who~~/NS~~/Recap/S1 E12 Bad Wolf|Bad Wolf]]/[[Doctor Who~~/NS~~/Recap/S1 E13 The Parting of the Ways|The Parting of the Ways]]'' ends in a [[Final Battle]] between the controllers and contestents of the Game Station and the Daleks, and the second, [[Doctor Who~~/NS~~/Recap/S2 E12 Army of Ghosts|Army of Ghosts]]/[[Doctor Who~~/NS~~/Recap/S2 E13 Doomsday|Doomsday]] in [[Melee a Trois]] between the Cybermen, Torchwood and {{spoiler|the Daleks}}.

* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the first [[Uncancelled]] series finale ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/NS/S1/E12 Bad Wolf|Bad Wolf]]/[[Doctor Who/Recap/NS/S1/E13 The Parting of the Ways|The Parting of the Ways]]'' ends in a [[Final Battle]] between the controllers and contestents of the Game Station and the Daleks, and the second, [[Doctor Who/Recap/NS/S2/E12 Army of Ghosts|Army of Ghosts]]/[[Doctor Who/Recap/NS/S2/E13 Doomsday|Doomsday]] in [[Melee a Trois]] between the Cybermen, Torchwood and {{spoiler|the Daleks}}.

* In ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'', the final battle between Yuusuke and the [[Big Bad]] goes from a generic tokusatsu final battle{{spoiler|, [[Deconstructed Trope|to something a little more realistic]]: a fist fight in their human forms}}. It's pretty brutal compared to other final battles in Kamen Rider, with bleeding from both sides {{spoiler|and the battle ends not with a finishing move, but with a [[Double Knockout]] that lead to a [[Mutual Kill]] for the [[Big Bad]]}}.

** ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'' is also a separation from the norm since its [[Final Battle]] doesn't even involve its protagonist. Instead, it is Kamen Rider Knight who faces off against [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|Kamen Rider Odin]]. Besides this deviation, the battle is carried out in total sombriety {{spoiler|and Knight only 'wins' when the [[Big Bad]] destroys Odin in a fit of rage that ultimately does nothing to prevent the fact that Knight had been dealt a fatal blow and dies moments later after using the Rider War's prize to save his girlfriend.}}

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* The last book of ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' is actually called ''The Last Battle'', and it really is the last battle before [[The End of the World as We Know It|the unmaking of Narnia]].

** ''The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe'', ''Prince Caspian'' and ''The Horse and His Boy'' also ended in full-blown final battles, at least within the context of the book.

* The Battle of Hogwarts, in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]] and the Deathly Hallows''. The teachers and students of Hogwarts, plus various relatives, friends, etc, vs Voldemort's assembled forces. So that's two small armies of witches and wizards going at it, along with centaurs, elves, giants, werewolves, Dementors and a colony of [[Giant Spider|giant spiders]] who see the whole thing as a buffet.

* Most [[Nasuverse]] works end with one. Being [[The Multiverse|multi-path]] stories, there are generally many variations.

** ''[[Tsukihime]]'' may end with Shiki fighting [[Big Bad|Roa]], [[Unstoppable Rage|an enraged Arcueid]], the other Shiki, or an [[Super-Powered Evil Side|inverted Akiha]]. ''Kagetsu Tohya'''s last fight ends with Shiki {{spoiler|killing his own personification of death inside his own mind}}.

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* Dien Bien Phu anyone?

* The [[wikipedia:Battle of Waterloo|Battle of Waterloo]] is a pretty straight example though. Two almost evenly matched armies, with total victory in the war up for grabs.

** Although that may be seeing things a little optimistic from the French point of view as large parts of the Allied forces (about one third of the Prussian field army and the entire Russian and Austrian armies, for starters) did not even see action before Waterloo in the 1815 campaign.

** Probably more then a bit optimistic. However it was the last battle of the war and dramatic enough to fit the trope.

* Arguably, the Battle of Vittorio Veneto in World War I in late October 1918. While there was already movement for peace, matters accelerated because of this battle Two evenly matched armies (Italians with British/French support v. Austria-Hungary), with the fate of Italy and Eastern Europe to be determined. Midway through the battle, though, the Austria-Hungarian Empire begins to fantastically self-destruct behind them, literally splitting their army in half. In less than five days, the battle ends with Italy completing its 70-year unification, and the Empire fragmenting into several smaller nations. In turn, this led the Germans to revolt, and force the other Empire (which swiftly became a republic) to eventually call for armistice that ends the war.