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* The ''Butter Battle Book''. It was nearly the victim of [[Executive Meddling]], as Geisel was pressured to change the ending to a happy one by his publishers. It is appropriate to the story as a parable about the [[Cold War]], since ''it'', quite thankfully, ended without a definitive resolution.
* The ''Butter Battle Book''. It was nearly the victim of [[Executive Meddling]], as Geisel was pressured to change the ending to a happy one by his publishers. It is appropriate to the story as a parable about the [[Cold War]], since ''it'', quite thankfully, ended without a definitive resolution.
* ''[[War and Peace]]'' ends right as political unrest is beginning to swell in 1820, and one of the deceased main characters' sons has [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone|an ominous dream]] about taking part in a revolution. It's implied that this revolution divides all the main characters into two camps who will have to fight each other.
* ''[[War and Peace]]'' ends right as political unrest is beginning to swell in 1820, and one of the deceased main characters' sons has [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone|an ominous dream]] about taking part in a revolution. It's implied that this revolution divides all the main characters into two camps who will have to fight each other.
* ''[[The Eye of Argon]]''. END OF AVAILABLE COPY. An ending has emerged, which certain decry is of [http://plover.net/~bonds/argon.html dubious authenticity].
* ''[[The Eye of Argon]]''. END OF AVAILABLE COPY. An ending has emerged, which certain decry is of [https://web.archive.org/web/20131108154316/http://plover.net/~bonds/argon.html dubious authenticity].
** Actually, it's quite authentic; [http://ansible.co.uk/misc/eyeargon-big.pdf here's a link to a PDF facimile of the original fanzine, with that exact ending].
** Actually, it's quite authentic; [http://ansible.co.uk/misc/eyeargon-big.pdf here's a link to a PDF facimile of the original fanzine, with that exact ending].
* ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' {{spoiler|ends with Offred fleeing Gilead with the help of [[La Résistance]], but the reader never finds out whether or not she survives. The epilogue tells that the dictature of Gilead won't last forever, however.}}
* ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' {{spoiler|ends with Offred fleeing Gilead with the help of [[La Résistance]], but the reader never finds out whether or not she survives. The epilogue tells that the dictature of Gilead won't last forever, however.}}
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* The [[ZX Spectrum]] newsgroup comp.sys.sinclair had this as a local meme; in a parody of the dropout messages provided by ancient Hayes modems, FLGT@:WEV:#l;[;#[[@V:W]]V@É+++ NO CARRIER +++ was [[Interrupting Meme|a common way to end a post]].
* The [[ZX Spectrum]] newsgroup comp.sys.sinclair had this as a local meme; in a parody of the dropout messages provided by ancient Hayes modems, FLGT@:WEV:#l;[;#[[@V:W]]V@É+++ NO CARRIER +++ was [[Interrupting Meme|a common way to end a post]].
** It was/is usually a form of euphemism; and if you don't believe me, you can go [[Curse Cut Short|fu]][NO CARRIER]
** It was/is usually a form of euphemism; and if you don't believe me, you can go [[Curse Cut Short|fu]][NO CARRIER]
* The story of the [[Time Management Game]] ''[http://www.playfirst.com/game/fix-it-up-kates-adventure Fix-it-up: Kate's Adventure]'' fits, according to [http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/05/column_homer_in_silicon_narrat_1.php one review].
* The story of the [[Time Management Game]] ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120924153414/http://www.playfirst.com/game/fix-it-up-kates-adventure Fix-it-up: Kate's Adventure]'' fits, according to [http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/05/column_homer_in_silicon_narrat_1.php one review].
* The original Japanese computer versions of ''[[Snatcher]]'' ended with the Snatcher menace still a threat and the Junker agency left without its Chief after he was killed and replaced by a double. The ending could be seen as a [[Cliff Hanger]] [[Sequel Hook|to the sequel]], but was actually intended to be a cut-off point for the third and final act, [[Obvious Beta|which was left out due to time constraints]]. The proposed ending would later be included in the CD-ROM remakes of the game.
* The original Japanese computer versions of ''[[Snatcher]]'' ended with the Snatcher menace still a threat and the Junker agency left without its Chief after he was killed and replaced by a double. The ending could be seen as a [[Cliff Hanger]] [[Sequel Hook|to the sequel]], but was actually intended to be a cut-off point for the third and final act, [[Obvious Beta|which was left out due to time constraints]]. The proposed ending would later be included in the CD-ROM remakes of the game.
* ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Football]]'' on the Game Boy Advance has ''no ending at all''. Not even a trophy for winning the Cereal Bowl.
* ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Football]]'' on the Game Boy Advance has ''no ending at all''. Not even a trophy for winning the Cereal Bowl.
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* ''[[RPG World]]'' had a particularly horrendous non-end. The characters reach the final boss, begin fighting the final boss [http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20050705.html and then...] nothing. As it turns out, the creator just plain got tired of working on the comic and axed it.
* ''[[RPG World]]'' had a particularly horrendous non-end. The characters reach the final boss, begin fighting the final boss [http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20050705.html and then...] nothing. As it turns out, the creator just plain got tired of working on the comic and axed it.
* [http://www.graphicsmash.com/comics/killroyandtina.php The last page] of ''Killroy And Tina'' looks like the end of the latest chapter. Then nothing. Then six months later, Justin Pierce started up ''[[The Non-Adventures of Wonderella]]'' and that was that.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130202154718/http://www.graphicsmash.com/comics/killroyandtina.php The last page] of ''Killroy And Tina'' looks like the end of the latest chapter. Then nothing. Then six months later, Justin Pierce started up ''[[The Non-Adventures of Wonderella]]'' and that was that.
** What makes this example [[Egregious]] is that the bottom of the last non-[[Filler]] page said [[Blatant Lies|"To Be Continued"]].
** What makes this example [[Egregious]] is that the bottom of the last non-[[Filler]] page said [[Blatant Lies|"To Be Continued"]].
* [[Achewood]] had an arc that involved Ray becoming possessed whenever a note was played on a mystical banjo. The last strip in the arc had Ray telling Pat to say good things about his penis as Pat called him while being dragged down the sidewalk by the banjo come to life, which was followed by a hiatus when Chris Onstad's daughter was born. When the strip resumed, the banjo was never mentioned again.
* [[Achewood]] had an arc that involved Ray becoming possessed whenever a note was played on a mystical banjo. The last strip in the arc had Ray telling Pat to say good things about his penis as Pat called him while being dragged down the sidewalk by the banjo come to life, which was followed by a hiatus when Chris Onstad's daughter was born. When the strip resumed, the banjo was never mentioned again.
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