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{{quote|"[[Shaped Like Itself|The End of The End can be found at The End of The End]]."|Lemony Snicket, explaining where to find the last pages of the book fittingly entitled ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events|The End.]]''}}
The story's over. Time to put up an intertitle card saying "THE END". If you want to be sophisticated, make it [[Gratuitous French|"Fin"]] in cursive. The words "You Have Been Watching" followed by the ending credits was popular in [[Live Action Television]] for a while, particularly but not exclusively in [[
Most movies in past years have used this as the standard end to the story, but now it is used off and on, at the whim of the writers. When films only had opening credits, this was a way to indicate the end of the film. Now that opening credits are shortened (or absent) and the full credits come at the end of the film, this isn't as useful.
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The video game variant, seen in quite a few [[Fighting Game]] examples, is to show the usual "[[Game Over]]" screen after the ending and credits. This time it's not because you failed, it's just because... well, the game is over. Sometimes the phrase "Thank you for playing " is added. If you're unlucky, [[A Winner Is You|that will be the entire ending]].
Compare [[That's All Folks]], and contrast [[To Be Continued]]. See also [[Interrupted
Has nothing to do with [[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater|a 100 year old sniper who wants a last fight]], or [[Minecraft|alternate dimensions where there be dragons]].
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== Anime ==
* Subverted in ''[[Cromartie High School]]''. One sketch ends with the caption "The End... of the introduction" and the episode keeps on going.
* The final episode of ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* The last panel of ''[[Tintin
== Film - Live Action ==
* The ''[[
* Completely inverted in ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', which literally ''begins'' with "The End."
** Technically, it begins with [[The Doors]] singing "This is the end..."
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* The second ''[[Kill Bill]]'' movie used this as an affectionate sort of [[Homage]].
* The end of the 1950s best picture winner ''Around the World in Eighty Days'': "This IS the end." (As opposed to, "This ''are'' the end?")
* In ''[[Monty Python and
* ''[[A Fish Called Wanda]]'' ends with the word [[Incredibly Lame Pun|FIN.]]
** Doubles as a [[Bilingual Bonus]] as well; "Fin" is actually the [[Gratuitous French|French]] equivalent of "The End."
*** It may also very well be where the English word "finale" comes from.
* In ''[[Road To|Road to Bali]]'', [[Bob Hope]] is unsatisfied with the ending, so he keeps trying to shove the "The End" card off the screen, until it becomes "Positively The End."
* The closing credits of ''[[Fast Times
== [[Eastern Animation]] ==
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== Film - Animated ==
* ''[[The Thief and
* ''[[The Aristocats]]'': "Hey Napoleon, that sounds like The End." "Wait a minute, ''[[Running Gag|I'm]]'' [[Running Gag|the leader]]. ''I'll'' say when it's The End." (lettering reading "The End" bumps into his head) "It's The End."
** In fact, just about every single animated Disney movie starting with ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'' and ending with ''[[The Fox and
** ''[[A
*** And ''[[Ratatouille]]'' ends with the word "Fin", which is French for "end."
* In ''[[Robot Carnival]]'', a [[The Stinger|post-credit scene]] shows a man's house exploding, replaced with '''END''' built of steel beams.
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== Literature ==
* The last book in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' is actually called ''
** A super-duper [[Up to Eleven]] version occurs tucked in the end. At the end of every book there's a letter to the editor, telling him where to find the next manuscript. The last chapter of ''
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* The last entry in the ''New Redhouse Turkish-English Dictionary'' is "'''züzuniyet''': final word, conclusion." That this is a made-up word is [[Lampshaded]] in the errata, which correctly points out that "the last entry in the dictionary is unaccountably left without a derivation."
== Live Action TV ==
* The ''last'' episode of ''[[
** Also, the first episode of ''[[
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'':
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** In the Michael Ellis episode, "The End" and the closing credits ''immediately'' follow the opening titles.
** In the "How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body" episode, Inspector Zatapathique bows after his performance of "Bing Tiddle Tiddle Bong." An arrow appears pointing at his rear end, and the voiceover says, "Number 31: The End."
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== Video Games ==
* The End is a realm in [[Minecraft]], populated by Endermen and the Enderdragon.
* In ''[[
* ''[[Metal Slug]]'' games always show the "Game Over" screen after the credits, but with "PEACE FOREVER!" written over it.
* Subverted in ''[[
* The Arcade Game ''[[Missile Command]]'' takes these two words to a disturbing level. Instead of the traditional [[Game Over]] screen when all your cities are destroyed, you get a seizure-riffic explosion with the words on them. The programmers of the game claimed to have given themselves nightmares over this screen.
* The ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''The End'' was the name of a ''[[Space Invaders]]''-like arcade game by [[Konami]] which ended when the aliens pulled out enough blocks to spell the word "END" across the top of the screen.
* [[
* [[Donkey Kong Country]] tries to trick you with a fake credits during the final boss. After the gag credits it says "The End?"
* ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' on NES just has a The End screen and no credits.
* The [[True Final Boss]] of [[Hellsinker]] simply ends with a "The End".
* All of the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' series games from ''[[Super Mario Bros
== Web Comics ==
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* ''[[Kate Modern]]'' featured an episode with the title "The End" mid-series.
* And of course, there's ''[[Homestar Runner|Teen Girl Squad]]'' and "It's over!!!"
* ''[[The Demented Cartoon Movie]]'' begins with a short introduction, transitioning from card to card with an appropriate rumbling fanfare, before finally reaching the title card for ''The Demented Cartoon Movie (abridged version)''. The very next slide reads, ''The end''. It goes black for a few seconds, then apologizes and starts the ''real'' introduction to the movie. This is a throwback to ''[[Monty Python and
** "HAPPY END!!!"
* ''[[Arfenhouse]] Teh Movie Too'' shows "TEH EDN!!1111!1!!!!!1" as the heading for a few seconds of real but premature credits at an anticlimactic moment halfway through the movie.
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== Western Animation ==
* Another variation is just "END". Like in the ''[[
** And ''[[
* The ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' sometimes had a "the end" at the end of a short and sometimes didn't, but always had "That's all, folks!" in the closing credits.
** Halfway through ''[[Duck Amuck]]'', Daffy demands "Let's get this picture started!"... and it irises out to a "The End" title, which Daffy pushes away while shouting ''"NO! NO!"'' in frustrated tones.
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** ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]''
** ''[[Danny Phantom]]''
** ''[[My Life
* The ''[[The Inspector (
* [[So Once Again the Day Is Saved]] thanks to [[The Powerpuff Girls]]! (The End)
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