Ending Tropes

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Am I supposed to change? Are you supposed to change? Who should be hurt? Who should be blamed? You need a resolution, I need a resolution, We need a resolution, We have so much confusion. —Aaliyah, We Need A Resolution

"C'mon troops! Let's watch the ending together! Bwa ha ha!" —Bowser, Super Mario 64

Methods of giving closure to an episode of a show, or an entire series.

Ending tropes have major unmarked and unconcealed spoilers in the examples sections. There is really no way to avoid this because of the very nature of an ending trope; the mere knowledge that the trope applies to a given work is usually a spoiler in itself. Read at your own risk.