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{{quote|''[[Waxing Lyrical|Well, this is the end, beautiful friends.]] After more than 11 years, this is Toonami's final broadcast. It's been a lot of fun, and we'd like to thank each and every one of you who made this journey with us. Toonami wouldn't have been anything without you. Hopefully we've left you with some good memories. So, until we meet again, [[The Outsiders|stay gold]]. [[Cowboy Bebop|Bang]].''|'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}gCAX4cgszCU The closing bumper] [[Tear Jerker|of]] [[Toonami]]'''}}
When a show (usually of the [[Failure Is the Only Option]] or [[Stern Chase]] variety) comes to an end with sufficient lead time, the production team may decide to go out with a bang by ending the endless chase, destroying the undestroyable foe, or in some other way definitively and permanently changing the core axioms on which the show depends. It usually resolves all the conflicts that have driven the series over its entire run, and offers some kind of resolution to the dramatic tension that they have powered.
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As this Trope deals with endings, it obviously comes with a '''SPOILER WARNING'''.
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== Anime ==
* The first ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' anime had a bittersweet and satisfying conclusion in its final episode: {{spoiler|Ed, knowing that it takes a life to bring back a life due to Equivalent Exchange, sacrifices himself to bring Al back - he ends up on the other side of The Gate without the arm and leg he had regained because of Al's sacrifice, and Al is found alive and human again, but at the age he was when he and Ed tried to bring their mother back, and with no memory of the adventures he and Ed underwent.}} The movie came along and followed up on that ([[Fanon Discontinuity|some fans would much rather ignore it, though]]): {{spoiler|after a madman on the other side of The Gate breaks through to Amestris, Ed follows and is reunited with Al, and the two save Amestris; Ed eventually returns to the other side of The Gate to seal it, but Al follows him while Mustang seals The Gate from Amestris' side, ensuring that the Elrics remained reunited.}} The creator of the original manga claimed that she started on the ending and worked backwards to the beginning during the planning process, we can expect a fitting conclusion to the manga version shortly.
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