Tropescilloscope: No Ending

Ending without resolution. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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