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A [[Camera Tricks|camera trick]] used at the end of an episode or movie, wherein the view pans up to the sky upon conclusion of a story arc. The characters usually look up along with the viewer, too, or are implied to.
The sky is a powerful symbol in itself. Here are just a few uses:
* Clear blue sky (white clouds optional) promises happiness and freedom, just the things you expect from a [[Happy Ending]].
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Compare [[Grasp the Sun]].
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* This was one of many tropes mocked by [[Haruhi Suzumiya]] episode 00, with Kyon sarcastically commenting on the frequent panning up towards the sky.
* [[Cowboy Bebop]] does this for its finale, which was ambiguously either [[Bittersweet Ending]] or straight up [[Downer Ending]].
* Both ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
** Likewise, ''[[
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' does this to cap off the [[Distant Finale]], showing Gurren Lagann spiralling of into the night, piercing the heavens still.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]] Brotherhood'' ends this way while Ed speaks his final monologue. It's then followed by a [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] [[Photo Montage]] for ending credits.
* ''[[Chirin no Suzu]]''
== [[Film]] ==▼
▲== Film ==
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' gives us the sky with a "Continue?" and countdown, evoking arcade games. At zero, the credits begin.
* ''[[Nashville]]'' ends with a pan to a blue sky.
* Most of the ''[[Harry Potter (
* The film of ''[[City of Ember]]'' ends with a bright blue morning sky, which is especially meaningful because the characters have spent their entire lives living in an underground city, never knowing there was anything different or that there was such a thing as the sun or sky.
*
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 3'' ends with a pan up to the blue sky, [[Book Ends|calling back]] to the first ''Toy Story'' film's opening with a shot of the sky, with clouds that look like those on the wallpaper in Andy's room.▼
* ''[[The Princess and
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the end of Arthur C. Clarke's ''The Nine Billion Names of God'', the protagonists look up at the sky and {{spoiler|see [[The Stars Are Going Out|the stars going out one by one]]}}.▼
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▲* In the end of Arthur C. Clarke's ''The Nine Billion Names of God'', the protagonists look up at the sky and see [[The Stars Are Going Out|the stars going out one by one]].
* This shot was used at the end of every episode of the original ''[[Twilight Zone]]''.
* This is used in the final episode of ''[[
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* Several endings of ''[[Tsukihime]]'' contain this (Akiha True, Hisui True, and Hisui Good, possibly others), as well as the Epilogue.
* The nighttime and shooting star <ref>actually pieces of [[Colony Drop|Ragnarok]]</ref> version of this is part of ''[[
* ''[[Wild
* The nighttime version of this is the final shot of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006
* The [[Golden Ending]] of ''[[
* The ending of ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' (first time only) ends with a shot of a blue comet streaking across the night sky. Further completions of the final Bowser level results in a green comet in the ending.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* The final episode of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' did this.
▲== Western Animation ==
* The
▲* ''[[G.I. Joe the Movie]]'' ends with a pan up to the night sky as the last of Cobra-La's mutation spores burn up in the atmosphere.
▲* ''[[Toy Story]] 3'' ends with a pan up to the blue sky, [[Book Ends|calling back]] to the first ''Toy Story'' film's opening with a shot of the sky, with clouds that look like those on the wallpaper in Andy's room.
▲* ''[[Recess Schools Out]]'' ends this way with a clear blue sky.
▲* ''[[The Princess and The Frog (Disney)|The Princess and The Frog]]'' ends with a shot of the Evening Star {{spoiler|and Ray the firefly, now a star himself}} in the night sky.
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[[Category:Index in The Sky]]
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