Happily Ever After: Difference between revisions

{{quote|'''Willy Wonka:''' But, Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted.

'''Charlie:''' What's that?

 

So, we've had a whole love story. The main couple have passed through all the possible obstacles separating them: physical distance, a [[Love Triangle]], a properly jealous villain ([[Alpha Bitch]], maybe), maybe even the [[Big Bad]] (common in epic fairy tales). Now, they are [[Kissing Tropes|kissing]] each other [[Against the Setting Sun|at sunset]] as the very well known words are narrated:

See also [[True Love's Kiss]], [[Died Happily Ever After]], [[Babies Ever After]], [[Dance Party Ending]], [[The Good Guys Always Win]]. Contrast [[Downer Ending]] and [[Bittersweet Ending]], the cruellest examples of which make us ''think'' they're going to be a case of this trope before [[Cruel Twist Ending|yanking the rug out from under the audience]]. Compare [[Maybe Ever After]], which leaves open the possibiity of a happily ever after ending, but doesn't make it a certain conclusion, and [[Earn Your Happy Ending]], in which the characters only live '''Happily Ever After''' if they're prepared to put some effort into it. In more modern works, even a straight '''Happily Ever After''' can have the rug pulled out from under it in the sequel, in which we catch up with [[Prince Charming]] and his princess and find that they're [[Downtime Downgrade|getting on each other's nerves]] and [[Sequelitis|have to fall in love all over again]].

 

 

Not to be confused with the [[Happily Ever After (film)|animated Filmation feature]]. Or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqIL78NEHAw a certain song] [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|from a certain mecha show.]] Or even a [[Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child|series of multicultural fairy tales]] that aired on [[HBO]].

 

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* ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' - in spite of the intentional Cliffhanger as Sakura jumps across the wide gap between her and Syaoran, it is already clear that the couple (and possibly the other characters, too) get to live happily after the story. The [[Power of Friendship]] and the [[Power of Love]] prevail! One of the very few anime shows that actually have true happy endings.

** Actually they did show Sakura successfully hugging Syaoran in the end, although indirectly [https://web.archive.org/web/20120617100750/http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110210042711/ccs/images/thumb/3/3d/Ccs26.jpg/742px-Ccs26.jpg in the bonus art released later.] So yeah, it counts.