No Ending/Quotes

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Archibald: Wait! What happens next?
Larry: Um...

Archibald: Does the hippo see them? Is the poor mute cebu successful in communicating the imminent danger to the other passengers? Is the boy injured? Why is the sad cebu sad? Is the canoe wood or aluminum?.... You can't just stop a song and leave it hanging like that!
Veggie Tales lampshading this, The Song Of The Cebu
"In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends."
Dr. Manhattan, Watchmen
Endings to be useful must be inconclusive.
—Samuel R. Delaney, The Einstein Intersection.
There are no happy endings because nothing ever ends.
—Schmendrick the Magician, The Last Unicorn