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When a work's finale serves as an encapsulated version of all the events that came before it. They may appear in a different context this time, but somehow or other, every single part of the succession of [[Continuity Nod|continuity nods]] moves the finale's story along in a way that's very much like a [[Plot Tailored to
This one may have originated in [[Fairy Tales]]. For the usual video game version, see [[Final Exam Boss]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The finale of ''[[High School Girls]]'' has every element that appeared in past episodes return during the [[School Festival]] in some form or another.
* ''[[Maria Holic]]'', through a series of increasingly goofy circumstances, plays this out as Kanako attempts to get to the school pool.
* ''[[Special A]]'' makes use of everything the Special A class can do in the finale, one after the other.
* In ''[[
* In the [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'', the first part of the final battle takes place in an alternate dimension where wishes come true. The Digidestined used this to manifest ''every'' form their partner digimon had gained during the series to fight [[Big Bad|MaloMyotismon]]. And it was ''very'' [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|impressive]].
== Film ==
* Although it's a film, rather than a series ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' uses this for its climax, with Po's fight with [[Big Bad]] Tai Lung involving everything he's learned throughout the
* The big closing number of ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' recreates Kermit's journey on an obvious movie set. Which then blows up, because this is the Muppets.
== Literature ==
* Very obvious in ''[[Harry Potter and
== [[Live
* ''[[Fetch!
* ''[[The Amazing Race]]'': Several finales have involved a final puzzle that included remembering location and tasks from all the previous legs. Season 9's finale (US Edition) had a Roadblock (a task only one player per team can complete) where he or she had to find 9 specific of 285 flags detailing the countries they visited. After that, the player had to arrange the flags in order by which country they visited. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtD0RUIXn6o&feature=related Seen here].
* Done quite literally in ''[[The Mole (TV series)|The Mole]]''
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