Tropescilloscope: Gainax Ending

Intentionally confusing ending. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Bloodless Carnage Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Face–Heel Turn timeperiod Call-Forward Offscreen Moment of Awesome Hero Antagonist The Chessmaster Guns Akimbo Suspiciously Specific Denial Beauty Is Never Tarnished Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Dogged Nice Guy Deadpan Snarker Obviously Evil Zombie Stories Author Avatar Darkest Hour Science Fiction Films Chekhov's Gunman Nice Guy Arranged Marriage Your Cheating Heart Freeze-Frame Bonus Alas, Poor Villain Almost Kiss No Antagonist Police are Useless Properly Paranoid Only in It for the Money Fate Worse than Death Punny Name Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Line-of-Sight Name Beard of Evil Bar Brawl Shell-Shocked Veteran Hypocrite Woman Scorned Dirty Coward Amusing Injuries Not What It Looks Like Improbable Weapon User Defiant to the End Overprotective Dad Improbable Aiming Skills Driven to Suicide Anti-Villain Danny Peary Cult Movies List Ambiguous Ending Demonic Possession Blatant Lies Mad Scientist Does Not Like Shoes Tranquil Fury Hate Sink Documentary Index of Film Westerns As Long as It Sounds Foreign Affectionate Parody The Bully Race Lift Peek-a-Boo Corpse Real Life Writes the Plot Face Death with Dignity The Quiet One Instant Death Bullet Disguised in Drag Evil Sounds Deep Ungrateful Bastard Eureka Moment Red Eyes, Take Warning Outrun the Fireball Jerkass Mooks Cool Guns Bad "Bad Acting" Make It Look Like an Accident Camera Abuse Protagonist Title Christmas Movies Index The Ace Say My Name Red Shirt Action Prologue Italian Films Early Installment Weirdness Broken Aesop Self-Deprecation Creator Cameo Left the Background Music On Butt-Monkey Impaled with Extreme Prejudice True Companions Death of a Child Male Gaze Unusually Uninteresting Sight Yandere Closed Circle Dwindling Party The Film of the Book Domestic Abuse Vomit Indiscretion Shot I Need a Freaking Drink Death by Sex Historical In-Joke Manipulative Bastard Names to Run Away from Really Fast Demoted to Extra Breaking the Fourth Wall Establishing Character Moment Shipper on Deck Roaring Rampage of Revenge Dramedy Mr. Exposition Very Loosely Based on a True Story The '80s Mercy Kill Animal Motifs Would Hit a Girl Action Survivor Blackmail Morality Pet Attempted Rape Rewatch Bonus Slashed Throat Arch-Enemy Romantic False Lead Anguished Declaration of Love Dies Wide Open Wham Line Disproportionate Retribution Those Two Bad Guys Determinator aka: The Determinator For the Evulz Big Damn Heroes As Himself Stealth Hi/Bye Truth in Television Bond One-Liner Mugging the Monster Re-Cut The '70s Random Events Plot Suddenly SHOUTING! Due to the Dead Deliberately Monochrome Grievous Bottley Harm My Greatest Failure Deal with the Devil Big "NO!" Disney Death Idiot Ball Exact Words Actually Pretty Funny Training Montage Facial Horror Faux Affably Evil Fat Bastard Author Appeal Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Cool Old Lady Drives Like Crazy Sanity Slippage Jitter Cam Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Implacable Man Green-Eyed Monster Superhero Taking the Bullet Serial Killer Not Even Bothering with the Accent Here We Go Again! Too Dumb to Live The Dog Bites Back Bring My Brown Pants Cain and Abel Fantasy Films Sadistic Choice Creepy Child Kids Are Cruel Gold Digger Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Insistent Terminology Fan Disservice Grey and Gray Morality Totally Radical Genre Throwback Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Undying Loyalty Neck Lift Those Two Guys Heroic Sacrifice Department of Redundancy Department Henpecked Husband Wham Shot Take That! Jerk Jock The '50s Take a Third Option Apocalypse How Martial Arts Movie Mexican Standoff Not So Above It All Novelization Sci-Fi Horror Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality N-Word Privileges Only One Name Lighter and Softer Fish out of Water Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Wounded Gazelle Gambit The Voiceless Big Fancy House Spiritual Successor Gory Discretion Shot Heroic BSoD Eiffel Tower Effect Big Bad Duumvirate Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Bunny-Ears Lawyer Never My Fault Early-Bird Cameo And I Must Scream The Musical Improvised Weapon Revenge There Is No Kill Like Overkill Reality Has No Subtitles Loophole Abuse Blood from the Mouth Better to Die than Be Killed Bad Boss Needs Wiki Magic Love Gainax Ending Villain Opening Scene In the Back Cloudcuckoolander Pimped-Out Dress Bottomless Magazines Agony of the Feet Our Vampires Are Different Chekhov's Gun Only Known by Their Nickname Fire-Forged Friends Bland-Name Product Wretched Hive Heroes Want Redheads Age Lift Foreshadowing Heel Realization An Axe to Grind French Films Married to the Job Riddle for the Ages Cluster F-Bomb Bait-and-Switch MacGuffin My God, What Have I Done? In Medias Res All Just a Dream "Well Done, Son!" Guy Central Theme Not Quite Dead Obstructive Bureaucrat No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Anachronism Stew Creative Closing Credits Playing Gertrude Jerk with a Heart of Gold Catapult Nightmare Chekhov's Skill Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Reality Ensues Love at First Sight Historical-Domain Character Antagonist Title Posthumous Character Major Injury Underreaction Tempting Fate Chiaroscuro Accidental Misnaming Well-Intentioned Extremist Evil Is Petty Light Is Not Good Ax-Crazy The Smart Guy The Ghost Dark and Troubled Past Flipping the Bird Kill It with Fire Reasonable Authority Figure Canadian Movies Bowdlerise Death by Adaptation Psycho for Hire 20 Minutes into the Future Catch-Phrase Spiteful Spit Man on Fire Captain Ersatz Covers Always Lie The Mafia Men Are the Expendable Gender The Ditz Evil Laugh Kubrick Stare Plucky Comic Relief Dying Moment of Awesome Big Bad The Cameo Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Funny Background Event Bilingual Bonus I'm a Humanitarian Made of Iron Rousing Speech The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Dark Reprise A Date with Rosie Palms Card-Carrying Villain Insult Backfire Broken Bird Accidental Murder Recycled IN SPACE! Did Not Get the Girl "Awesome McCool" Name Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Manly Tears Honor Before Reason Bare Your Midriff Actor Allusion Villain Song Kick the Dog Chewing the Scenery Fanservice Faking the Dead Casting Gag One Steve Limit I Want My Beloved to Be Happy The Atoner Decoy Protagonist Bullying a Dragon Aside Glance Cowboy Cop Genre Savvy Manic Pixie Dream Girl Ripped from the Headlines Older Than They Look Ass Shove Double-Meaning Title "The Reason You Suck" Speech Throwing Your Sword Always Works Badass Longcoat Distracted by the Sexy Drill Sergeant Nasty This Is Gonna Suck Ms. Fanservice For Want of a Nail Leaning on the Fourth Wall Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Gorn Male Frontal Nudity Funny Foreigner An Arm and a Leg The Sociopath Bury Your Gays Neck Snap Contrived Coincidence Rule of Funny Epic Fail Video Credits Last-Name Basis Downer Ending Costume Porn Karma Houdini Break the Cutie Heterosexual Life-Partners One-Word Title Russian Films Film Noir Index Have a Gay Old Time Not So Stoic Took a Level in Badass Horror Films The Faceless Be Careful What You Wish For Diabolus ex Machina Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Every Car Is a Pinto Dark Is Not Evil Knight Templar The '90s In Name Only Punch-Clock Villain Arc Words Fatal Family Photo Gender Flip Depraved Bisexual Get Out! Trailers Always Spoil Cat Scare Off-into-the-Distance Ending La Résistance Pay Evil unto Evil Heel–Face Turn The Oner Artistic License – Gun Safety Adaptation Dye-Job Beta Couple '80s Hair Slasher Movie Redemption Equals Death Parental Substitute Victoria's Secret Compartment Even Evil Has Standards Logo Joke Poor Communication Kills Abusive Parents Aluminum Christmas Trees Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Sacrificial Lion More Dakka Call-Back Vacation Films The Load Gone Horribly Right Defrosting Ice Queen The Dragon Insane Troll Logic Narrator Alliterative Name Malevolent Masked Men Villain Ball Red Right Hand Meet Cute The Reveal Black and Gray Morality The End... Or Is It? Death Seeker Same Language Dub Hoist by His Own Petard Villain with Good Publicity Didn't Think This Through Vomit Discretion Shot Stock Footage Ambiguous Disorder You Have Failed Me folderlabel Half the Man He Used to Be Scenery Gorn Evil Cannot Comprehend Good The X of Y The Cavalry Adults Are Useless "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Madness Mantra Lock and Load Montage The Starscream Action Genre Silence Is Golden No-Sell Car Fu Disappeared Dad Intergenerational Friendship Gilligan Cut Large Ham Music Stories Artistic License – Biology Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Back from the Dead Historical Villain Upgrade Unwitting Instigator of Doom Dramatic Gun Cock Mystery and Detective Films Big Brother Instinct Hope Spot Motor Mouth Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Pretty Little Headshots Sexy Discretion Shot Final Girl Getting Crap Past the Radar Laser-Guided Karma The Bad Guy Wins Rule of Cool Ironic Echo Rape as Drama Credits Gag Handicapped Badass World of Ham Belligerent Sexual Tension Never Found the Body Serious Business Retcon Paper-Thin Disguise The Lancer May–December Romance Fainting Evil Counterpart Villainous Breakdown Calling the Old Man Out Bolivian Army Ending I Have Your Wife Obfuscating Stupidity Auto Erotica Does This Remind You of Anything? A.I. Is a Crapshoot Overly Long Gag Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Coming-of-Age Story Police Brutality Stepford Smiler Canon Foreigner Femme Fatale Adaptational Attractiveness Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Wicked Cultured Redshirt Army Brother–Sister Incest Red Oni, Blue Oni Sealed Evil in a Can Only Sane Man Room Full of Crazy Beware the Nice Ones Title Drop Darker and Edgier What You Are in the Dark Animal Title Index Dual Wielding Damsel in Distress Fiery Redhead Pretty in Mink And Starring Foil Happily Married Love Triangle Imagine Spot Disney Villain Death Easily Forgiven The Stoner Laughing Mad Parental Incest Twist Ending Irony Word of God Bound and Gagged Adaptational Badass Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Only a Flesh Wound All for Nothing Freudian Excuse Your Head A-Splode Animated Credits Opening Brainless Beauty You Killed My Father A God Am I Bloodier and Gorier Batman Gambit Cool Shades Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Never Trust a Trailer Pyrrhic Victory Destination Defenestration Smug Snake Body Horror Adapted Out Authority Equals Asskicking Combat Pragmatist Unreliable Narrator Evil vs. Evil After the End Dramatic Irony Pre-Mortem One-Liner The Hero The Place Cool Old Guy Important Haircut You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Stealth Pun Translation Convention Whole Plot Reference Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Horror Comedy Knife Nut Took a Level in Jerkass Expy Famous Last Words Adaptation Expansion Gratuitous English A Father to His Men Badass Normal Leitmotif Nothing Is Scarier Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Ambiguously Gay Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Informed Ability Bloody Hilarious Meaningful Echo Not Using the "Z" Word Karmic Death The Remake Artistic License – Geography Adaptational Heroism Leave the Camera Running Dutch Angle Historical Hero Upgrade Refuge in Audacity Worthy Opponent Mind Screw Australian Movies I Did What I Had to Do The Chick Bavarian Fire Drill Abhorrent Admirer Evil Brit All There in the Manual Hypocritical Humor Badass in a Nice Suit Up to Eleven Ghost Fiction Dissonant Serenity It Can Think Becoming the Mask Earn Your Happy Ending Corrupt Corporate Executive Crazy-Prepared Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Comically Missing the Point One-Man Army Oh, Crap! Military and Warfare Films Killed Mid-Sentence Fingore Red Herring Drugs Are Bad Eyepatch of Power Spanner in the Works Adaptational Villainy Lampshade Hanging Determinator Setting Update Foregone Conclusion Mighty Whitey Missing Mom Dirty Old Man Super Strength Humiliation Conga Slap-Slap-Kiss Pet the Dog Shirtless Scene "Shaggy Dog" Story Friend to All Children Broken Pedestal I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Fantastic Racism Off with His Head! It's All About Me Death Glare Eagleland Psychopathic Manchild It's Personal Maybe Ever After Black Comedy Fun with Acronyms Extremely Short Timespan Four-Temperament Ensemble Taking You with Me Annoying Younger Sibling Black Dude Dies First Corpsing Crazy Jealous Guy Shut Up, Hannibal! Mythology Gag Visual Pun Thriller Eldritch Abomination Betty and Veronica Jump Scare Big Applesauce Country Matters Cruel and Unusual Death The Great Depression Developing Doomed Characters It Will Never Catch On Rasputinian Death Bittersweet Ending Japanese Films NO INDOOR VOICE Adorkable Sir Swears-a-Lot Failed a Spot Check Psychological Thriller Awesome, but Impractical Dark Action Girl Homage Captain Obvious The Brute Would Hurt a Child Dirty Cop Bi the Way Sports Stories Sinister Minister Black Best Friend Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Mr. Fanservice Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Vitriolic Best Buds No Celebrities Were Harmed Hollywood Darkness Groin Attack Film Noir All Girls Want Bad Boys Artistic License – Physics Time Skip Break the Haughty Straight Gay Those Wacky Nazis You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Dull Surprise Interrupted Suicide Together in Death Genre Shift The Lost Lenore The Smurfette Principle Soft Glass Retired Badass Character Development The Stoic Daddy's Girl Hell Is That Noise Small Name, Big Ego Reckless Gun Usage Artistic License – History She's Got Legs Ominous Latin Chanting Star-Crossed Lovers Blood Knight Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies A Minor Kidroduction Artistic License – Military Badass Boast My Beloved Smother Award-Bait Song Affably Evil Really Gets Around Immune to Bullets Expository Hairstyle Change The Dreaded Market-Based Title Babies Ever After Humans Are Bastards Dropped a Bridge on Him All There in the Script Mistaken for Gay Exactly What It Says on the Tin Cool Car Parental Neglect Shower Scene Pragmatic Villainy Sequel Hook And the Adventure Continues Sequel Escalation Rich Bitch Spell My Name with an "S" He Knows Too Much Running Gag She Cleans Up Nicely Rule of Symbolism Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Public Domain Feature Films Intrepid Reporter Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor The Vamp As the Good Book Says... Armor-Piercing Question Retirony Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Scare Chord Biopic Hollywood Law War Is Hell Match Cut From Bad to Worse Storming the Castle Five-Man Band Double Entendre Sassy Black Woman Screw the Money, I Have Rules! No OSHA Compliance Children Are Innocent Cat Fight Tagline What the Hell, Hero? Villain Protagonist No Ending Manchild Everyone Has Standards Once More, with Clarity! Evil Is Hammy Kick the Son of a Bitch Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Celebrity Paradox Shoot the Shaggy Dog The Power of Love Epic Movie Alpha Bitch B-Movie Real Life The Hero Dies Curb-Stomp Battle Adult Fear Empathic Environment Big Eater Television Movie Index Naïve Newcomer Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Black Comedy Rape BFG Token Minority Shout-Out He Who Fights Monsters Loads and Loads of Characters Hero of Another Story No Name Given From Nobody to Nightmare The Casanova The Stinger Anyone Can Die Cassandra Truth Hooker with a Heart of Gold Mama Bear Evil-Detecting Dog Death by Irony Despair Event Horizon Toplessness from the Back Frame-Up Parental Abandonment Rated M for Manly Conspicuous CG Daylight Horror Moment Killer Anachronic Order Put on a Bus Wrong Genre Savvy Stylistic Suck Spared by the Adaptation Brutal Honesty Product Placement Chase Scene Brick Joke Bond Villain Stupidity Naked People Are Funny Skewed Priorities Deus ex Machina Reality Is Unrealistic Based on a True Story Mood Whiplash Guile Hero Drowning My Sorrows Enemy Mine Fanservice Extra Precision F-Strike Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Smoking Is Cool Cold-Blooded Torture Scary Black Man Asshole Victim Good Is Not Nice Air-Vent Passageway Ship Tease Composite Character Silent Movie Crapsack World The Alleged Car Artistic License – Law Dressing as the Enemy Woman in White Kill 'em All Adaptation Distillation Works Set in World War II Meaningful Name As You Know Politically Incorrect Villain Unspoken Plan Guarantee Book-Ends Boom, Headshot! Plot Hole Fatal Flaw Continuity Nod Unresolved Sexual Tension Not So Different Noodle Incident British Films German Films Badass Grandpa Deconstruction Stuff Blowing Up Big-Bad Ensemble Berserk Button The '60s Film Series Sole Survivor Papa Wolf The Big Guy Adaptation Name Change Meaningful Background Event Scenery Porn Romantic Comedy Unusual Euphemism Ascended Extra Non-Indicative Name Shown Their Work Curse Cut Short The Alcoholic Stalker with a Crush Hidden Depths Tap on the Head Offscreen Teleportation Amoral Attorney Action Girl Monumental Damage How We Got Here Made of Explodium Camp Gay Crucified Hero Shot Rule of Three Badass Bookworm Mundane Made Awesome Let's Get Dangerous! Even Evil Has Loved Ones Vampire Fiction The Un-Reveal Suspiciously Similar Substitute Hair-Trigger Temper Flashback All Men Are Perverts Eye Scream Pragmatic Adaptation Jerkass Has a Point Nice Hat