Tropescilloscope: Gainax Ending

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

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German Films Bait-and-Switch Large Ham Stuff Blowing Up The X of Y Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Vitriolic Best Buds Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Brick Joke The Faceless Poor Communication Kills Real Life Black Comedy Rape Not So Above It All Slasher Smile Blood Knight Mistaken for Gay "Awesome McCool" Name Skewed Priorities Product Placement Insult Backfire Flashback Mama Bear No Celebrities Were Harmed Gold Digger Arc Words "The Reason You Suck" Speech Department of Redundancy Department Dumb Blonde Red Herring Five-Man Band Evil Plan Ungrateful Bastard Black Best Friend Developing Doomed Characters Face–Heel Turn Distracted by the Sexy Adorkable Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Vacation Films Ambiguous Ending The Remake Fatal Flaw Empathic Environment Our Zombies Are Different Offscreen Teleportation Shell-Shocked Veteran Victoria's Secret Compartment No OSHA Compliance Unresolved Sexual Tension No-Sell After the End Nice Guy Spared by the Adaptation Deliberate Values Dissonance Unusually Uninteresting Sight Break the Cutie The Place Mind Screw Villainous Breakdown Smug Snake Blatant Lies Fiery Redhead Lighter and Softer Expository Hairstyle Change Random Events Plot Genre Shift Award-Bait Song Jerk Jock Make It Look Like an Accident Alas, Poor Villain Same Language Dub The End... 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The Starscream '80s Hair Evil Counterpart Unusual Euphemism Crucified Hero Shot Belligerent Sexual Tension Exact Words Alliterative Name Karma Houdini Fanservice I Want My Beloved to Be Happy The Great Depression Pragmatic Adaptation Gainax Ending Amusing Injuries Anachronic Order Humiliation Conga Determinator Decoy Protagonist I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Hypocrite Captain Obvious Hypocritical Humor Evil Brit Broken Aesop Author Appeal Silent Movie Pay Evil unto Evil Historical Hero Upgrade Dark Is Not Evil Bad "Bad Acting" Wrong Genre Savvy Hoist by His Own Petard Music Stories Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Jump Scare Twist Ending Tagline Kick the Dog Rewatch Bonus Card-Carrying Villain Car Fu Darkest Hour Video Credits Naked People Are Funny Casting Gag Freeze-Frame Bonus Fainting Dramedy Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Gorn Unreliable Narrator Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Apocalypse How Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Villain Song Ass Shove Funny Background Event Body Horror Dramatic Irony Police Brutality Superhero Put on a Bus Corpsing Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Big Applesauce Protagonist Title Mr. Fanservice All Girls Want Bad Boys Took a Level in Badass In Medias Res Jerkass Japanese Films Taking You with Me The Lancer Shut Up, Hannibal! 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