Surprisingly Happy Ending: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Celestia:''' Are you not happy that your quest is complete and you can return to your studies in Canterlot?<br />

'''Twilight:''' That's just it. Just when I learned how wonderful it is to have friends, I have to leave them.<br />

'''Celestia:''' Spike, take a note please. I, Princess Celestia, hereby decree that the unicorn Twilight Sparkle shall take on a new mission for Equestria. She must continue to study [[Title Drop|the magic of friendship]]; she must report to me her findings; from her new home in Ponyville!|'''''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic ~~(Animation)~~|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'''''}}

'''Celestia:''' Spike, take a note please. I, Princess Celestia, hereby decree that the unicorn Twilight Sparkle shall take on a new mission for Equestria. She must continue to study [[Title Drop|the magic of friendship]]; she must report to me her findings; from her new home in Ponyville!|'''''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'''''}}

Towards the end of a work, it seems like the ending coming up is going to be [[Bittersweet Ending|bittersweet]] if not a full-blown [[Downer Ending|downer]]; but a sudden plot-twist comes around that yields a happier ending than one could have logically expected.

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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* The ''[[~~Xeno Saga~~]]'' anime (and the first game it's been adapted from) ends with KOS-MOS seemingly sacrificing herself to save Shion and the rest. Then, however, she comes back, battered but otherwise fine. It's still a [[Bittersweet Ending]], since {{spoiler|Momo died by [[Heroic Sacrifice]] earlier on}}, but not the [[Downer Ending]] it could have been.

* The ''[[Xenosaga]]'' anime (and the first game it's been adapted from) ends with KOS-MOS seemingly sacrificing herself to save Shion and the rest. Then, however, she comes back, battered but otherwise fine. It's still a [[Bittersweet Ending]], since {{spoiler|Momo died by [[Heroic Sacrifice]] earlier on}}, but not the [[Downer Ending]] it could have been.

* ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' managed to pull this trope twice in the final two epsiodes. {{spoiler|In episode 25 Kotetsu gets up after the is heroic sacrifice to reveal he hadn't died and had only passed out from the pain. A few minutes later Him and Bunny tell their friends they are going to retire from the hero-life, only to [[Time Skip]] a year forward with them both returning to the Hero business.}}

* In [[Zero no Tsukaima]], this happens at least twice:

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== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[Two Brothers]]'' the two titular tigers have escaped back into the wild, but the two main human characters are afraid that the tigers will become man-eaters if they never learn to hunt animals. At the last minute, the two tigers reunite with one of parent, so now they have a tiger to learn hunting skills from.

* ''[[Monsters Inc.]]'' seems like it's about to have a [[Bittersweet Ending]] in the form of {{spoiler|Sulley having to part ways with Boo}}, but it turns out that {{spoiler|Mike Wazowski recreated the door that leads to her room, so Sulley can at least still visit her}}.

* ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' seems like it's about to have a [[Bittersweet Ending]] in the form of {{spoiler|Sulley having to part ways with Boo}}, but it turns out that {{spoiler|Mike Wazowski recreated the door that leads to her room, so Sulley can at least still visit her}}.

* In ''[[WALL-E]]'', although EVE manages to repair and reactivate WALL-E, his memory and personality seemed to have disappeared for good... until EVE kisses him.

* Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney)|Aladdin]]''. Under the laws of Agrabah, Princess Jasmine had to marry a prince. At the end of the movie Aladdin was no longer a prince so Jasmine couldn't marry him. But wait!

* Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''. Under the laws of Agrabah, Princess Jasmine had to marry a prince. At the end of the movie Aladdin was no longer a prince so Jasmine couldn't marry him. But wait!

{{quote| Sultan: Well, am I Sultan or am I Sultan? From this day forth, the princess shall marry whomever she deems worthy.}}

* ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]''. Just after Stitch saves Lilo, the Grand Councilwoman arrives to take him away. Even after Stitch shows signs of being reformed, the Councilwoman points out that the law is absolute. Then Lilo points out that she bought him at the shelter, and that taking him away would be stealing. The Councilwoman then declares that Stitch will serve the rest of his sentence on Earth, under the care of Lilo and her family.

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== [[Literature]] ==

* In ''[[The Lion the Witch ~~And~~ ~~The~~ Wardrobe]]'', the White Witch has been defeated, but Edmund is mortally wounded and dying. Then Lucy remembers she has a magical cordial that has an unlimited supply of cure-all [[Healing Potion]].

* In ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'', the White Witch has been defeated, but Edmund is mortally wounded and dying. Then Lucy remembers she has a magical cordial that has an unlimited supply of cure-all [[Healing Potion]].

* In the last book of ''[[~~The Roman Mysteries (Literature)|~~The Roman Mysteries]]'', Flavia is exiled form Italia and must leave behind the place where she has grown up all her life. However, at the last minute, her love interest shows up and says that he is going to go into exile with her, leaving behind a promising political career and faking his own death just to be with her.

* In the last book of ''[[The Roman Mysteries]]'', Flavia is exiled form Italia and must leave behind the place where she has grown up all her life. However, at the last minute, her love interest shows up and says that he is going to go into exile with her, leaving behind a promising political career and faking his own death just to be with her.

* The book ''[[The Saddest Little Robot]]'' appears to end with the eponymous robot's [[Heroic Sacrifice]], complete with the words "[[The End]]". What follows is an additional chapter where Snoot comes back to life.

* [[The Black Company]] - through the final tomes of the saga, the last characters that still remember the first book get killed off or simply die of old age. Croaker is once again the Company chronicler but he keeps lampshading how old he is. Then {{spoiler|other narrators of the story get killed}}. To save the world they need to kill a sleeping [[Physical God]] but even if they succeed {{spoiler|the Lady will lose the rest of her magic, as she is currently leeching it from Kina}}. Their child, "Daughter of the Night" turns out {{spoiler|beyond redemption}} and as the ending approaches it looks more and more like the story will end with all the characters dying while the new Company marches on to forge its own destiny. Then {{spoiler|the two witches that Croaker jockingly "adopted" develop actual feelings towards him. And then he becomes the new guardian of the Plain of Glittering Stone, getting an immortal golem body with an ability to observe all 16 worlds, a dream of any historian, and with enough magic to fuel the Lady's powers to boot. As the two girls take over as the chroniclers,}} it might still be somewhat bittersweet but by the world's standards a shockingly happy ending.

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== Music ==

* In the original ''[[Peter and The Wolf]]'' the story ends by revealing that the duck that had been eaten was swallowed alive by the wolf, creating only vague possibility that the duck would be recovered. However, it also allows for the possibility that the duck would simply die a slow death inside the wolf, which is the interpretation that [["Weird Al" Yankovic ~~(Music)~~|Weird Al Yankovic]] gave to it. Because of this, many adaptations add the wolf vomiting the still-alive duck back up at the ending.

* In the original ''[[Peter and The Wolf]]'' the story ends by revealing that the duck that had been eaten was swallowed alive by the wolf, creating only vague possibility that the duck would be recovered. However, it also allows for the possibility that the duck would simply die a slow death inside the wolf, which is the interpretation that [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al Yankovic]] gave to it. Because of this, many adaptations add the wolf vomiting the still-alive duck back up at the ending.

== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[~~Super Mario Sunshine (Video Game)|~~Super Mario Sunshine]]'' had FLUDD destroyed, while everything else about the plot reached its resolution. Then, in the final scene, the Toads present a repaired FLUDD.

* ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' had FLUDD destroyed, while everything else about the plot reached its resolution. Then, in the final scene, the Toads present a repaired FLUDD.

* In [[Lufia]], it appears that [[Hello, Insert Name Here|the Hero]] {{spoiler|has succeeded in saving the world from the Sinistrals, but has lost Lufia in the process. However, Lufia reappears during the ending, alive but suffering from [[Identity Amnesia]]}}.

== [[Visual Novels]] ==

* The Realta Nua [[PS 2]] Port of ''[[~~Fate Stay Night (Visual Novel)|~~Fate/stay night]]'' adds a "Last Episode" epilogue to the Fate Route's ending, where [[But Now I Must Go|Saber returns to Camlann]] at the end of the Grail War. In that epilogue, Merlin explains that for Saber to be reunited with Shirou, two miracles must occur -- Saber has to wait endlessly while Shirou has to pursue her endlessly. In the end, they both fulfill the miracles and reunite in Avalon.

* The Realta Nua [[Play Station 2]] Port of ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' adds a "Last Episode" epilogue to the Fate Route's ending, where [[But Now I Must Go|Saber returns to Camlann]] at the end of the Grail War. In that epilogue, Merlin explains that for Saber to be reunited with Shirou, two miracles must occur -- Saber has to wait endlessly while Shirou has to pursue her endlessly. In the end, they both fulfill the miracles and reunite in Avalon.

{{quote| '''Shirou''': "I'm back."<br />

'''Saber''': "Welcome home, Shirou." }}

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* The ending of the two-part premiere of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic ~~(Animation)~~|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]].'' Protagonist Twilight Sparkle has completed her assignment in Ponyville and expects to return home, despondent about leaving her newfound friends in the process. As it is a series premiere, [[Genre Savvy]] viewers won't believe it for a moment...

* The ending of the two-part premiere of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]].'' Protagonist Twilight Sparkle has completed her assignment in Ponyville and expects to return home, despondent about leaving her newfound friends in the process. As it is a series premiere, [[Genre Savvy]] viewers won't believe it for a moment...