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This is a sub-trope of [[Grand Finale]]
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== Live-Action TV ==
* The end of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' had the cast (who were all fired from the station, except [[Small Name, Big Ego|Ted Baxter]]) in a group hug, then one by one they left the office while singing "It's a long way to Tipperary." Mary was the last one out, took a look, and turned off the lights. Then the stars came out for one final curtain call. Note that, as the oldest entry on this list (the series finale aired in 1977), this is also the [[Trope Maker]].▼
* ''[[The Nanny]]'' has Fran looking at the make-up case she carried in the [[Book Ends|first episode]] with a [[Montage]] of clips from the series before making the slow exit. Then she comes back in and opens the bathroom door to get [[Cloudcuckoolander|Yetta]].
* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' ended with Will taking one last look at the empty living room and then turning off the lights, while Carleton was still using the bathroom upstairs.
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* ''[[News Radio]]'' had Mr. James retiring and setting up a new station in New Hampshire. He asks Dave for one employee to take with him, and Dave without hesitation choses Matthew. The others feel sorry for Matthew and one by one they all join Jimmy. The episode ends with Dave alone at WNYX {{spoiler|...except for Matthew, who secretly stayed behind. It is implied that Dave later went with the others to get away form Matthew.}}
* The final episode of ''[[Seinfeld]]'' was a two-parter that tried to incorporate as many previous guest stars as they could, and ended with the cast in jail, [[Book Ends|repeating dialogue from the first episode]], and then [[Lampshading]] it.
▲* The end of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' had the cast (who were all fired from the station, except [[Small Name, Big Ego|Ted Baxter]]) in a group hug, then one by one they left the office while singing "It's a long way to Tipperary." Mary was the last one out, took a look, and turned off the lights. Then the stars came out for one final curtain call. Note that, as the oldest entry on this list (the series finale aired in 1977), this is also the [[Trope Maker]].
* An episode of Quebecer show "Dans une galaxie pres de chez vous" had such a scene before everyone disembarked the ship, with the captain lingering behind. This troper doesn't really remember, but she thinks they all got back on board and left again on the ship instead of staying on the planet.
* ''[[Moesha]]'' also had the "door close" ending with the closing of [[The Den]].
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* ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', with the entire family (minus Randy) sitting around the living room, preparing to leave it for the last time, and flashing back to various episodes.
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' uses this, but not as the final shot. In Danger: Diabolik, the great experiment is finally and definitively ending, so Pearl, Observer, and Bobo pack their belongings, line up new careers, and prepare to go their separate ways. In the final host segment, they're hugging and singing together in the now-vacant Castle Forrester; Pearl turns to the camera and says "Move on, Mike. We have," before disconnecting it. However, the episode then returns to Mike and the robots, and ends with a [[Time Skip]] to show [[Where Are They Now]].
* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' pops up as a web example, with {{spoiler|Church finding himself in a memory of the first episode, waiting for Tex to find her way back to him.}}▼
* The ''[[Barney Miller]]'' finale ends with Barney looking around the now-abandoned squadroom, stopping at various desks to reminisce about long-departed characters (shown via old clips), and then turning out the lights.
* ''[[Happy Days]]'', rather oddly, ends with Howard Cunningham interrupting Joanie and Chachi's wedding to [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|thank the viewers directly]] for "being part of our family".
* ''[[That '70s Show]]'' ends with a shot of the empty Forman basement, after the kids head upstairs to ring in the New Year with the parents. We hear the voices counting down the final seconds of 1979, followed by an abrupt cut to a shot of the show's license plate title logo (now sporting a 1980 tag) and then the closing credits.
* Parodied in the season 1 finale of ''[[Community]]''.
== Web Original ==
▲* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' pops up as a web example, with {{spoiler|Church finding himself in a memory of the first episode, waiting for Tex to find her way back to him.}}
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[[Category:Ending Tropes]]
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[[Category:Stock Room]]
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