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I was never huge on the last episode of Moral Orel as a whole, (can't really blame them either since the show ended up getting cucked before it could properly end), but that last shot of Orel all grown up with a happy family of his own always got me right in the heart
If it's because of unresolved plotlines then emotionally manipulating us with a timeskip showcasing that he'll be aight, I gotta agree. I hate when [as] does that shit, bruh.
I really wish the show got to go where it was going based on the revealed scripts, but seeing Orel happy makes me as content as I could be with the series cut short
The Home Movies ending hits extra if you know the show was pretty much guaranteed a cancellation after its first season, and only stayed going because the head of Adult Swim rescued it from the smoldering wreckage that was UPN
UPN destroyed a lot of shit, they ended the 18-year nonstop streak of Star Trek content when they ran Enterprise to the ground and then cancelled it midway through what was supposed to be a traditional 7 season run
Dude seriously, I was getting shit for saying the new season was just ok, really forgettable season, I can only remember like 2 episodes off the top of my head and I didn't particularly like either of those episodes
That finale was the shit, dude. While it felt like a bunch of questions were left unanswered until the new movie, Doomstar Réquiem ended the arc of these characters admitting their brotherly love. For the whole series they tried their hardest to be uncaring metal heads, despite obviously showing how much they care about one another. At the end they finally had the guys to admit they are brothers.
Of the three Adult Swim direct to home movies, it was the one that felt the most like a MOVIE. Venture Bros was kind of hobbled by being a whole season compressed into the space of 3 episodes. And IMO the Aqua Teen movie just did not feel like the Aqua Teen Hunger Force (it kind of felt like a repurposed Squidbillies movie to me). But the Metalocalypse movie... you could tell Small has this planned to be this way for a long time. Its basically perfect.
It sucked. The music was lackluster, the plot ruined the underlying comedy of this metal band inexplicably being the most popular band in the world, and it was made so long after the series that there were a ton of references to the show I didn't get. Just watch Batmetal for a finale cameo.
"Meanwhile" will always hold a special place in my heart as a good finale. Still remember the original broadcast of it where immediately after the episode ends, the very first episode of the show begins like a time loop. Genius.
My least favorite kind of ending is the “shoehorned happy ending because the creators got word they’d get cancelled literally as the last episode(s) were being made” kind. Where you’re going through a fairly normal season and then suddenly people are making HUGE personality growths and loose ends are magically getting resolved through coincidence, because they got word this season’s it. It’s a close cousin to the safe ending, and sometimes leads into the safe ending if they aren’t 100% sure it will be a cancellation, but it’s worse because it just throws out all stories instantly
Arthur. Literally Arthur. I hate how much of the season was just them dicking around. I appreciate the lessons being taught, especially about how people grieve differently and unintentionally bringing up Joan Rivers' passing, but I just wish the finale was at least an hour long or that the entire season was building up to it.
8:57 I think this happened when it first aired and every airing after for "Meanwhile" that Comedy Central would play the first episode of Futurama immediately after. That "What do you say, want to go around again?" was literal for when it aired on TV.
I remember the Arthur series finale making me cry, it also did that full circle thing with Arthur becoming the in-universe author of his own picture book series. I also feel like Kid Cosmic and especially the Ghost and Molly McGee had incredibly satisfying finales
Eh, I was alright with it, but not completely since season 25 just threw random episodes out there left and right as if it wasn't the finale. I did appreciate how they brought up Joan Rivers (Bubby)'s death though and how Binky working with Bitsy had a bit of a bookend in the finale. I also felt like they gave George too much of a focus for some weird reason. The finale should've just been one 30 minute special, and it's kinda nuts to me how the staff loved Bud so much that they just shafted Ladonna and kept Bud there for some reason even in the timeskip.
Moral Orel is a personal fav of mine. I wouldn’t say the last episode makes a great finale overall (MO was infamously screwed over by the network, so a lot of that last season didn’t even get made), but that final bit means so much for the show and what it’s trying to do. The whole show is Orel slowly coming to realize how the people he should be able to trust to care for him and help teach right from wrong, are often flawed, selfish adults that only use the shallowest idea of Christianity as a smokescreen to justify their own terrible behavior. Most importantly, with his father Clay - a man he once fully looked up to, only to have that faith absolutely shattered. So after a full episode of trying to find some redeeming quality in his father, anything that he can cling to as worth honoring, and finding Nothing, the episode starts to end on this hopeless note (much like the last 2 season finales). However, instead of leaving it at that, we get to see Orel change into an adult. We flash-forward into the future, and we see what happens to Orel, the boy who’s just had his entire life view shattered in front of us. He’s happy, he has a close family and it shows us that he’s a good father. He’s even kept his faith. Even with everything that happens, even when he has every reason to grow up just as bitter and broken as the people who raised him, Orel instead continues to be the sweet, caring person he always was. It’s honestly an ending that means so much to me.
I could be wrong, but I remember hearing that Venture Bros weren't sure if they were going to have a fifth season, and so they wrote the last episode of season four as a possible ending. Operation P.R.O.M. in my opinion is the hardest episode of the show, and it would have been a great final episode had they not been picked up for more seasons. There were still hanging plot threads, but there was enough closure that you kind of just accepted that not everything gets answered. Pulp's "Like a Friend" was such an amazing song for the episode too.
I swear, pick any kids cartoon and chances are it had a sick ending even if it got cancelled early or is literally just a looney tunes homage. Meanwhile shows from other mediums will usually either fumble it, get cancelled, or not even really bother outside of some fanservice. Genuinely a very odd thing.
U can pick almost literally any kids cartoon prior to 2012 and chances are it won't have a proper ending. Kids cartoons are eating but it's a very recent development. It was standard for cartoons not to have an ending in case the networks wanted to bring the show back.
@@MrDj232And it sucks that the creators and VAs copped out and said "it ended the way it does because shit changes" or some shit. I hate when people do that, it's kinda like Animorphs suddenly ending out of the blue and then the creator saying "nobody wins in war" like no shit, but don't be so hamfisted about it.
Duckman and Venture Bros. have solid finales. Duckman’s was just a giant middle finger to the audience by revealing that his dead wife was alive all along. They never had an explanation for it, so they just went for it. Venture Bros was the shit with that movie, being able to tie everything together. Explaining Monarch’s hate for Venture, the reveal of the boys’ mom, a new villain to spice things up. Very full circle moment.
What are you talking about Tariq? It's going down was the Boondocks finale. No episodes aired after that. What a great three seasons of tv the Boondocks was.
No. Just no. I can't stand when people pretend things don't exist just because they're bad. The series finale wasn't *that* bad! It's just that the fourth season wasn't very good. The buildup didn't feel remotely satisfying as a result. 😅
@@holzman00 I know that. Even if Adult Swim hadn't aired the fourth season out of order, the fourth season would've still been bad. It's just that... it's so *annoying* when people pretend something doesn't exist because it was bad! I see that all the time whenever the final season of "Scrubs" is talked about. There are a few more examples I could bring up but nothing comes to mind! 😅
My favorite finales are usually ones that are a little divisive. Finales that don’t necessarily wrap everything up in a happy way, but ones that give you a lot to think about. The Bojack finale comes to mind; I still see people have a mixed reaction to that since it didn’t wrap everything up neatly, in their eyes. That’s a fair reaction, but I love thinking about why the writers made the divisions that they made, about both the happy resolutions and the more sad/open-ended ones. If something wraps up in a perfectly happy way, I don’t always find that very interesting
Eh, I hate a good chunk of those because most just seem like a solid fuck you to the fans or a really pretentious way to teach a lesson. Teen Titans or Animorphs comes to mind.
Speaking of Adult Swim, yeah, surprisingly several of their shows got finales like Squidbillies and Aqua Teens. Cool to see Home Movies get closure as well.
I like that Aqua Teen had a joke super dramatic finale then shadow dropped the real one like 3 days later that ends on a dumb note because that’s just how AT rolls
Aqua Teen could’ve ended after season 6 and I really like that episode but I’m glad it didn’t. The very last episode of the show is goated and one of my favorites in the whole show. It promotes the message that Aqua Teen will never really be canceled and it true bc they brought the show back for another movie and season (which wasn’t that good but that’s besides the point). One of my favorite finales
The 'safe finales' part reminded me of American Dad and the two finales it got already. Especially now that its looking like the next season of American Dad might be the last one, and they might have to write a final finale this time.
The Venture Brothers movie finale was awesome; in a world of 'Revelations' and 'Requiems" and 'Final Chapters' that make no sense it turns out "Radiant is the Blood of the Baboons heart" is a completely apt and awesome tagline.
10:49 I’ve usually heard that kind of stuff called "bookending". Personally, while it’s not a cartoon, my favorite use of bookending from the Prince of Persia Sands of Time trilogy. "Most people think time is like a river that flows swift and sure in one direction, but I have seen the face of time and I can tell you they are wrong. Time is an ocean in a storm. You may wonder who I am and why I say this; sit down and I will tell you a tale like none that you have ever heard!"
I love the Home Movies ending so much. A good, solid ending can really permanently cement a piece of media in my memory, and it helps when it's paired with a great piece of music.
F is for family has another one of those perfect, pilot-callback finales. The finale scene of the entire show takes place a little over a year after the finale of season 1, and it’s basically just throwing this changed family back into the first scene of the whole show. You wanna talk gratifying? F is for family ended right where it needed to and for a show that pretty much existed entirely to realistically depict dysfunctional family drama, the ending shows just how far these characters have changed, and it’s pretty much tied with bojack as one of my favorite endings to any show ever.
Speaking of Finales I always liked the Aquateen finale The Last One Forever & Ever seeing Meatwad as a middle-aged man returning to the house where he grew up with his wife and kids it was very wholesome and the mellow rendition of the shows theme by Patti Smith was just the icing on the cake.
My favorite part of king of the hill finale actaully comes from home movies finale "you know what you should end it on? A great grill scene" then years later we got a great grill scene to end on. These were both shows from my childhood
What's keeping me from STARTING Inside Job 😫. Heard really good things and had it on my list while the show was airing. Then it got cancelled super quickly, and now I'm scared to fall in love with the show knowing it only got 2 seasons
I can't even think about watching the new king of the hill. That finale was perfect, especially since I feel the quality dropped when Mike Judge left in the later seasons, but he came back and ended it beautifully. Hank and Bobby FINALLY gaining some common ground, some understanding of one another, was just a beautiful thing to see
There are three (technically four) instances of safe finales that I can think of, specifically for kids' shows… First is The Cuphead Show; Like the Fox run of Futurama, it ends with something high-stakes vs. The Devil, and ends on something that still opens itself up for potentially more episodes, but can still work justifiably well as the last episode (notably ending with Cuphead running into the Devil's casino from the video game, with Mugman and Ms. Chalice trailing behind). Wander Over Yonder, I don't need to parrot about the whole SaveWOY situation. The series' 2nd season ended with the episode "The End of the Galaxy", which serves as the end of the multi-chapter Lord Dominator arc and also serves well as a finale episode, however there evidently were plans for a 3rd season, including having the end credits animatic scene ending on an unresolved cliffhanger about a damaged monkey spaceship (presumably the same monkey briefly seen in an earlier episode, "The Waste of Time"), and concept art of an entire ship that Wander and Sylvia would have so they didn't need to travel the universe with a limited supply of Orbbles (this ship is also seen in the finale episode of Future-Worm) I actually have a bit more to say about Making Fiends' finales, as they are much more fresh in my brain; First is the original web series, which I think only had a short run because by the time the three-part Rubella arc began, was when development on the Nickelodeon TV series started? Anyways, the web series I'd perhaps count as a safe finale… Sure the last episode is literally called "The End of All Things" and ends with Clamburg destroyed and the whole cast adrift at sea on a ship as they search for new land to live, but it did have an epilogue episode themed around Thanksgiving, so I'd perhaps assume there could've been more stories to tell with the series continuing in that direction. Meanwhile, the TV series only had a 6 episode run (3 segments each); Surprisingly despite its short run (and seven lost scripts for an unproduced 2nd season), this show still ended on a safe finale; "Pony" starts with Charlotte asking Vendetta to make a pony for her, so she makes one big, purple and angry. Charlotte names the pony John, and she rides the pony as they cause destruction in Clamburg. This leads to all the Clamburg citizens to camp in Vendetta's house until the pony is gone, which Vendetta agrees to make sure of. So then she gets rid of the pony, and all of Clamburg congratulates Vendetta; Even Marvin refers to her as his hero. And this is after the entire rest of the series where Clamburg is in utter fear and disdain of Vendetta, for running Clamburg into the desolate area it became since her over-taking. I could really only imagine how the 2nd season could've gone from here, that is if there was intent to keep the story on-going from that point.
I've been trying to forget the Futurama revival. Was largely successful. Hadn't thought about it for months... welp, reset the clock now and pop an antidepressant
The series finale of Squidbillies does a fantastic callback to the opening of the Pilot, and besides being a great finale in its own right, its a super duper favorite of mine for that.
Bro thank you for having this channel. This will sound wild but it's to nice to see anything that helps people remember that Black men have feelings too
If there is one thing Futurama did well is knowing how to end an episode Some of the most memorable scenes are the ending like Jurassic bark or luck of the fryrish man but also the end of the titanic parody or the time machine one, I think the first episode with the aliens who invade earth, when they have to record the last episode of a tv drama and fry sits in the couch and states that the most important thing about television is knowing exactly how to return to status quo says it best
South Park's "You're Getting Old" is still the series finale in my heart. It's an incredibly cynical and shitty way to end the show (the literal premise being that everything turns to shit as you age), but damn if it didn't capitalize on South Park fatigue and the general sense of declining quality a lot of fans had at the time. And for a show that's so bereft of sincerity or taking a stance on issues, that sort of bitterness felt appropriate. Of course we all knew it wasn't actually the series finale since it was already renewed, and then the start of the second-half of Season 15 had to completely undo everything that the episode did well in the shittiest way possible, but it's one of the last South Park episodes that actually made me feel something. That's all any good finale can make us do.
I completely understand what you mean by the Mission Hill stuff, so many shows I stopped watching right at the end because I don’t want it to end, from spectacular Spider-Man to undergrads (super underrated show you should check out)
I like Aeon Flux's ending a lot, End Sinister is a good final episode and we also close the story with Aeon and Trevor finally being together after all the shenanigans and battles we saw between them.
The venture bros (also an adult swim show 😎😎😎) had a safe finale at the end of season 4 (Operation Prom) that puts such a nice bow on what would’ve been the end of the series, honestly one of the best episodes of the show.
While I don’t really have any connections to these shows (I don’t really watch adult animation like that) it was nice to hear your thoughts on these finales! Also really looking forward to when your cartoon’s pilot drops!
I have to say, one of my favorite adult cartoon endings is Moral Orel's. It ends so perfectly imo, and I highly recommend that show, even if you just watch the Nature two-parter.
I love the finale for ok KO, because unlike most other syndicated shows, they knew that they were about to end. Yeah, the final five episodes were super rushed, but at least they got to conclude their story on their own terms
I didn't really like the finale, it kinda felt like they were saying, "These were all the great episodes we could've made if we didn't get canceled." Like instead of making something for the fans, they spent that last episode being mad at Cartoon Network.
As it's my favorite show it is my duty to heavily recommend the finale of Venture Bros. Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon's heart was a great finale the wrapped up a lot of the story threads from throughout the show that leaves it in a life goes on and adventures continues moment while also answering one of the biggest mysteries of the show that leaves me for the most part satisfied.
If you like a finale that calls back to the start of the show, I recommend F is for Family. I feel like that show doesn't get enough love. It explained the 70's to me!
Honestly for me and Futurama, if it ended again with a useless ending, I'd still welcome the fact it got revived in the first place. Because we got amazing endings, and they are not discredited because the show continued. Hell, before the revival I rarely watched meanwhile because it made me too sad to watch because it ended.
Bro I’ve been looking for Mission Hill since I was like 10. No one knew wtf I was talking about and the only scene I could remember was the water bed malfunction tape 😭
You know... I watched Californicaton and Scrubs. Their respective endings ("My finale" and ""Grace" get all we could want for the charachters, they finish their arcs, and the series wrap nicely with evertything done and dusted.
I'm still furious over Final Space. There's going to be a comic covering the ending, so maybe the sales from that will be good enough to prompt an executive to fund an animated finale, even if it's just a movie.
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnn, Ion really think so but I could hope. It's hard for fans to jump from show to comic especially if the show never got that big of a base to begin with.
It's always a great day when ToonrificTariq drops!!! One of my favorite finals was actually the Mission Hill's final episode. Kind of a safe endings but major vibes from Home Movies ending
About the whole Season 4 rant, here’s my idea of how this season should have ended. Have it end with the Stinkmeaner clone episode. Sure, the episode itself ends with Stinkmeaner yelling at the Freeman house while they’re having dinner. But at least that was sort of a funny way to end the episode.
Mission Hill has a safe last episode ending on the back story for two of the characters , Wally and Gus, that are, in my opinion, the best gay representation in adult animation. For the last episode it fills me with joy more than most finales
Bro I legit been watching ya channel for years we’ve communicated on Twitter over the years and all types a shit. Ion like episodes like this bro. I’ve told you before I believe you’re genius level with this shit and episodes like this make me feel like you dropping A HINT🤦🏾♂️
I legitimately don’t understand this comment. Are you saying you don’t like series finales? Or just short videos? Because this is a video essay, not an episode of a show.
@@STREETSREPORTED It’s just a video, gang lol I’ve wanted to quit UA-cam for years but if I was going to do it, I’d just say it and not drop hints. I find stuff like that phony.
Doesn't Matter For The Past 11 Years All I watched was short lived Adult Cartoons on UA-cam and most recently Dailymotion a Series Finale I just saw was Power Ranger Cosmic Fury not a Adult Cartoon but after several attempts to end the show this finale kept It's word and ended the series after 30 bloody years
If we're bringing up Power Rangers, we gotta bring up the original intended series finale in Power in Space. Probably the best season finale in the series to one of best seasons in the series.
I feel you should cover on MTV Motown despite it only having one season and only 10 episodes the show is absolutely flawless and very good for its time.
“Hm I wonder if I wanna get high rn…” *Toonrific Tariq upload* “Well shit, let me spark up!” Edit: Just now realized why the word “Loosies” sounded so familiar. Oh my god.
You drop this just after I wrapped up Living Single too. Watching it in its entirety and in the right order (i watched reruns on TVOne) made getting to that series finale feel worth it through the quirkier fifth season (it's not great but it's also not as bad as people made it seem). That final look back into the brownstone choked me up and it's choking me up now as I'm typing this out.
@@StarDragonJP Yeah but then Quintel wasn't the only one who got fucked over working with ol' Zazlov. Pretty much everyone who worked with him did. God I hate that man.
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I was never huge on the last episode of Moral Orel as a whole, (can't really blame them either since the show ended up getting cucked before it could properly end), but that last shot of Orel all grown up with a happy family of his own always got me right in the heart
If it's because of unresolved plotlines then emotionally manipulating us with a timeskip showcasing that he'll be aight, I gotta agree. I hate when [as] does that shit, bruh.
I really wish the show got to go where it was going based on the revealed scripts, but seeing Orel happy makes me as content as I could be with the series cut short
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The Home Movies ending hits extra if you know the show was pretty much guaranteed a cancellation after its first season, and only stayed going because the head of Adult Swim rescued it from the smoldering wreckage that was UPN
UPN destroyed a lot of shit, they ended the 18-year nonstop streak of Star Trek content when they ran Enterprise to the ground and then cancelled it midway through what was supposed to be a traditional 7 season run
Says a lot that I forgot there was a new season of Futurama until just now
Dude seriously, I was getting shit for saying the new season was just ok, really forgettable season, I can only remember like 2 episodes off the top of my head and I didn't particularly like either of those episodes
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@@daddykarlmarx6183your not wrong as futurama sucks now they should of never brought it back
Crazy how many shows have perfect endings, then keep going
Like futurama 😂
nobody talking about the Metalocalypse finale movie despite waiting for AS to let Brendon Small end it 17 years after season 4.
That finale was the shit, dude.
While it felt like a bunch of questions were left unanswered until the new movie, Doomstar Réquiem ended the arc of these characters admitting their brotherly love.
For the whole series they tried their hardest to be uncaring metal heads, despite obviously showing how much they care about one another. At the end they finally had the guys to admit they are brothers.
Of the three Adult Swim direct to home movies, it was the one that felt the most like a MOVIE. Venture Bros was kind of hobbled by being a whole season compressed into the space of 3 episodes. And IMO the Aqua Teen movie just did not feel like the Aqua Teen Hunger Force (it kind of felt like a repurposed Squidbillies movie to me).
But the Metalocalypse movie... you could tell Small has this planned to be this way for a long time. Its basically perfect.
@@JamesQPurcelli never really watched Squidbillies besides glimpses and that sounds like a perfect way to describe it
It sucked. The music was lackluster, the plot ruined the underlying comedy of this metal band inexplicably being the most popular band in the world, and it was made so long after the series that there were a ton of references to the show I didn't get. Just watch Batmetal for a finale cameo.
@@MrDj232 batmetal fan, opinion immediately invalid lmao
"Meanwhile" will always hold a special place in my heart as a good finale. Still remember the original broadcast of it where immediately after the episode ends, the very first episode of the show begins like a time loop. Genius.
There is no Hulu revival, I swear
My least favorite kind of ending is the “shoehorned happy ending because the creators got word they’d get cancelled literally as the last episode(s) were being made” kind. Where you’re going through a fairly normal season and then suddenly people are making HUGE personality growths and loose ends are magically getting resolved through coincidence, because they got word this season’s it.
It’s a close cousin to the safe ending, and sometimes leads into the safe ending if they aren’t 100% sure it will be a cancellation, but it’s worse because it just throws out all stories instantly
Arthur. Literally Arthur. I hate how much of the season was just them dicking around. I appreciate the lessons being taught, especially about how people grieve differently and unintentionally bringing up Joan Rivers' passing, but I just wish the finale was at least an hour long or that the entire season was building up to it.
8:57 I think this happened when it first aired and every airing after for "Meanwhile" that Comedy Central would play the first episode of Futurama immediately after. That "What do you say, want to go around again?" was literal for when it aired on TV.
Fam the rough animation for the hey intro had me so hype ngl
I remember the Arthur series finale making me cry, it also did that full circle thing with Arthur becoming the in-universe author of his own picture book series. I also feel like Kid Cosmic and especially the Ghost and Molly McGee had incredibly satisfying finales
Eh, I was alright with it, but not completely since season 25 just threw random episodes out there left and right as if it wasn't the finale.
I did appreciate how they brought up Joan Rivers (Bubby)'s death though and how Binky working with Bitsy had a bit of a bookend in the finale.
I also felt like they gave George too much of a focus for some weird reason. The finale should've just been one 30 minute special, and it's kinda nuts to me how the staff loved Bud so much that they just shafted Ladonna and kept Bud there for some reason even in the timeskip.
Bro, Matt Damian made the Arthur show, what you talking about?
Kid Cosmic is so underrated, it’s one of the best modern cartoons I can think of. Shame it gets little to no love
Moral Orel is a personal fav of mine. I wouldn’t say the last episode makes a great finale overall (MO was infamously screwed over by the network, so a lot of that last season didn’t even get made), but that final bit means so much for the show and what it’s trying to do.
The whole show is Orel slowly coming to realize how the people he should be able to trust to care for him and help teach right from wrong, are often flawed, selfish adults that only use the shallowest idea of Christianity as a smokescreen to justify their own terrible behavior. Most importantly, with his father Clay - a man he once fully looked up to, only to have that faith absolutely shattered. So after a full episode of trying to find some redeeming quality in his father, anything that he can cling to as worth honoring, and finding Nothing, the episode starts to end on this hopeless note (much like the last 2 season finales).
However, instead of leaving it at that, we get to see Orel change into an adult. We flash-forward into the future, and we see what happens to Orel, the boy who’s just had his entire life view shattered in front of us. He’s happy, he has a close family and it shows us that he’s a good father. He’s even kept his faith. Even with everything that happens, even when he has every reason to grow up just as bitter and broken as the people who raised him, Orel instead continues to be the sweet, caring person he always was.
It’s honestly an ending that means so much to me.
The transition from kid Orel to adult Orel gives me chills every time. It's just great
I could be wrong, but I remember hearing that Venture Bros weren't sure if they were going to have a fifth season, and so they wrote the last episode of season four as a possible ending. Operation P.R.O.M. in my opinion is the hardest episode of the show, and it would have been a great final episode had they not been picked up for more seasons. There were still hanging plot threads, but there was enough closure that you kind of just accepted that not everything gets answered. Pulp's "Like a Friend" was such an amazing song for the episode too.
I swear, pick any kids cartoon and chances are it had a sick ending even if it got cancelled early or is literally just a looney tunes homage. Meanwhile shows from other mediums will usually either fumble it, get cancelled, or not even really bother outside of some fanservice. Genuinely a very odd thing.
U can pick almost literally any kids cartoon prior to 2012 and chances are it won't have a proper ending. Kids cartoons are eating but it's a very recent development. It was standard for cartoons not to have an ending in case the networks wanted to bring the show back.
Teen Titans ended on the most frustrating cliffhanger of all time.
@@MrDj232And it sucks that the creators and VAs copped out and said "it ended the way it does because shit changes" or some shit. I hate when people do that, it's kinda like Animorphs suddenly ending out of the blue and then the creator saying "nobody wins in war" like no shit, but don't be so hamfisted about it.
Duckman and Venture Bros. have solid finales.
Duckman’s was just a giant middle finger to the audience by revealing that his dead wife was alive all along. They never had an explanation for it, so they just went for it.
Venture Bros was the shit with that movie, being able to tie everything together. Explaining Monarch’s hate for Venture, the reveal of the boys’ mom, a new villain to spice things up. Very full circle moment.
What are you talking about Tariq? It's going down was the Boondocks finale. No episodes aired after that. What a great three seasons of tv the Boondocks was.
No. Just no. I can't stand when people pretend things don't exist just because they're bad. The series finale wasn't *that* bad! It's just that the fourth season wasn't very good. The buildup didn't feel remotely satisfying as a result. 😅
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Without Aaron, it wasn't the boondocks.
There is no season four.
@@thema1998Dude, relax. The 4th season doesn’t compare at all to the first 3 and it’s totally fine to ignore it.
@@holzman00 I know that. Even if Adult Swim hadn't aired the fourth season out of order, the fourth season would've still been bad. It's just that... it's so *annoying* when people pretend something doesn't exist because it was bad! I see that all the time whenever the final season of "Scrubs" is talked about. There are a few more examples I could bring up but nothing comes to mind! 😅
My favorite finales are usually ones that are a little divisive. Finales that don’t necessarily wrap everything up in a happy way, but ones that give you a lot to think about.
The Bojack finale comes to mind; I still see people have a mixed reaction to that since it didn’t wrap everything up neatly, in their eyes. That’s a fair reaction, but I love thinking about why the writers made the divisions that they made, about both the happy resolutions and the more sad/open-ended ones. If something wraps up in a perfectly happy way, I don’t always find that very interesting
A notable portion of the fanbase were irritated that Bojack didn't die in the pentiultimate episode for the very predictable ending.
Eh, I hate a good chunk of those because most just seem like a solid fuck you to the fans or a really pretentious way to teach a lesson. Teen Titans or Animorphs comes to mind.
I agree that The Boondocks should have ended with season 3 because season 4 was the black sheep of the series.
Speaking of Adult Swim, yeah, surprisingly several of their shows got finales like Squidbillies and Aqua Teens. Cool to see Home Movies get closure as well.
I like that Aqua Teen had a joke super dramatic finale then shadow dropped the real one like 3 days later that ends on a dumb note because that’s just how AT rolls
How squidbillies end
Venture Brothers had an ending the did a good job of bringing the series full circle
Kinda, but it would've worked better as a full season or at least half.
Would've loved a longer version of this video, where it goes through other types of finales besides the "safe one". Hopefully there's a sequel!
The way this one’s going, not likely lol.
Aqua Teen could’ve ended after season 6 and I really like that episode but I’m glad it didn’t. The very last episode of the show is goated and one of my favorites in the whole show. It promotes the message that Aqua Teen will never really be canceled and it true bc they brought the show back for another movie and season (which wasn’t that good but that’s besides the point). One of my favorite finales
The 'safe finales' part reminded me of American Dad and the two finales it got already. Especially now that its looking like the next season of American Dad might be the last one, and they might have to write a final finale this time.
The Venture Brothers movie finale was awesome; in a world of 'Revelations' and 'Requiems" and 'Final Chapters' that make no sense it turns out "Radiant is the Blood of the Baboons heart" is a completely apt and awesome tagline.
10:49 I’ve usually heard that kind of stuff called "bookending". Personally, while it’s not a cartoon, my favorite use of bookending from the Prince of Persia Sands of Time trilogy.
"Most people think time is like a river that flows swift and sure in one direction, but I have seen the face of time and I can tell you they are wrong. Time is an ocean in a storm. You may wonder who I am and why I say this; sit down and I will tell you a tale like none that you have ever heard!"
I really like the narrative the game progresses through, with any time you die you hear, "No, no. That's not how the story went."
That king of the hill finale still gets to me every time I watch it.
I love the Home Movies ending so much. A good, solid ending can really permanently cement a piece of media in my memory, and it helps when it's paired with a great piece of music.
I love watching the care you have for every bit of a cartoon from beginning to end, it makes me super hyped for "hey."
When it comes to show's finale, a solid ending is what makes cathartic journey.
F is for family has another one of those perfect, pilot-callback finales. The finale scene of the entire show takes place a little over a year after the finale of season 1, and it’s basically just throwing this changed family back into the first scene of the whole show. You wanna talk gratifying? F is for family ended right where it needed to and for a show that pretty much existed entirely to realistically depict dysfunctional family drama, the ending shows just how far these characters have changed, and it’s pretty much tied with bojack as one of my favorite endings to any show ever.
I think Harvey Birdman finale was pretty fun.
can we just take a moment to appreciate how goated of a youtuber Tariq is? This is fantastic.
Speaking of Finales I always liked the Aquateen finale The Last One Forever & Ever seeing Meatwad as a middle-aged man returning to the house where he grew up with his wife and kids it was very wholesome and the mellow rendition of the shows theme by Patti Smith was just the icing on the cake.
10:27 Pretty sure Boomhauer being a Texas Ranger was only put there as a joke. Like he got a fake badge in order to pick up more dates.
Home Movies and Bojack in the same video? Thank you Tariq
Bojack? The Family Guy clone?
I still haven't gotten over Mission Hill. My therapist is tired of hearing about how good it was.
My favorite part of king of the hill finale actaully comes from home movies finale "you know what you should end it on? A great grill scene" then years later we got a great grill scene to end on. These were both shows from my childhood
Doing a Mission Hill rewatch for the first time in like more than a decade. I’m ready to be bummed.
Moral Orel has a fantastic finale probably one of the best ive ever seen.
Naaaaaaaahhh, I think it's only great cause of the timeskip.
Devil hands is my favourite episode. But the best line is for sure "wanna go around again".
Related hard with the point on Mission Hill. Basically what’s keeping me from finishing Inside Job.
What's keeping me from STARTING Inside Job 😫. Heard really good things and had it on my list while the show was airing. Then it got cancelled super quickly, and now I'm scared to fall in love with the show knowing it only got 2 seasons
Both of those shows are great and should've gone on longer.
I can't even think about watching the new king of the hill. That finale was perfect, especially since I feel the quality dropped when Mike Judge left in the later seasons, but he came back and ended it beautifully. Hank and Bobby FINALLY gaining some common ground, some understanding of one another, was just a beautiful thing to see
Man, I wish Mission Hill could come back and be taken care of properly like these
Brooo that “please don’t stop playing fry. I want to hear how it ends” just put me in tears
There are three (technically four) instances of safe finales that I can think of, specifically for kids' shows…
First is The Cuphead Show; Like the Fox run of Futurama, it ends with something high-stakes vs. The Devil, and ends on something that still opens itself up for potentially more episodes, but can still work justifiably well as the last episode (notably ending with Cuphead running into the Devil's casino from the video game, with Mugman and Ms. Chalice trailing behind).
Wander Over Yonder, I don't need to parrot about the whole SaveWOY situation. The series' 2nd season ended with the episode "The End of the Galaxy", which serves as the end of the multi-chapter Lord Dominator arc and also serves well as a finale episode, however there evidently were plans for a 3rd season, including having the end credits animatic scene ending on an unresolved cliffhanger about a damaged monkey spaceship (presumably the same monkey briefly seen in an earlier episode, "The Waste of Time"), and concept art of an entire ship that Wander and Sylvia would have so they didn't need to travel the universe with a limited supply of Orbbles (this ship is also seen in the finale episode of Future-Worm)
I actually have a bit more to say about Making Fiends' finales, as they are much more fresh in my brain; First is the original web series, which I think only had a short run because by the time the three-part Rubella arc began, was when development on the Nickelodeon TV series started? Anyways, the web series I'd perhaps count as a safe finale… Sure the last episode is literally called "The End of All Things" and ends with Clamburg destroyed and the whole cast adrift at sea on a ship as they search for new land to live, but it did have an epilogue episode themed around Thanksgiving, so I'd perhaps assume there could've been more stories to tell with the series continuing in that direction. Meanwhile, the TV series only had a 6 episode run (3 segments each); Surprisingly despite its short run (and seven lost scripts for an unproduced 2nd season), this show still ended on a safe finale; "Pony" starts with Charlotte asking Vendetta to make a pony for her, so she makes one big, purple and angry. Charlotte names the pony John, and she rides the pony as they cause destruction in Clamburg. This leads to all the Clamburg citizens to camp in Vendetta's house until the pony is gone, which Vendetta agrees to make sure of. So then she gets rid of the pony, and all of Clamburg congratulates Vendetta; Even Marvin refers to her as his hero. And this is after the entire rest of the series where Clamburg is in utter fear and disdain of Vendetta, for running Clamburg into the desolate area it became since her over-taking. I could really only imagine how the 2nd season could've gone from here, that is if there was intent to keep the story on-going from that point.
The final episode of King of Hill...I wish the remembering of Brittany Murphy.
I've been trying to forget the Futurama revival. Was largely successful. Hadn't thought about it for months... welp, reset the clock now and pop an antidepressant
Mission hill's final (fully produced at least) episode honestly serves it well. It's the most heart warming episode of the entire series.
The series finale of Squidbillies does a fantastic callback to the opening of the Pilot, and besides being a great finale in its own right, its a super duper favorite of mine for that.
Ngl the delivery of “I do not understand this man’s pain” got me more than I was expecting
I LOVE Home Movies! It’s so underrated but it’s one of my favorite adult animated shows. I was so excited to see you were covering it.
Bro thank you for having this channel. This will sound wild but it's to nice to see anything that helps people remember that Black men have feelings too
Moral Orel finale hands down best finale for an adult cartoon, enough said.
Tariq, I want you to know that after every video with an ad, I gotta listen to “The Light” afterwards 😂
Great video as always 🔥🔥
If there is one thing Futurama did well is knowing how to end an episode
Some of the most memorable scenes are the ending like Jurassic bark or luck of the fryrish man but also the end of the titanic parody or the time machine one, I think the first episode with the aliens who invade earth, when they have to record the last episode of a tv drama and fry sits in the couch and states that the most important thing about television is knowing exactly how to return to status quo says it best
You gotta go over the many American dad endings. The hot tub, the tbs ending. Hell even the golden turd ending would work
South Park's "You're Getting Old" is still the series finale in my heart. It's an incredibly cynical and shitty way to end the show (the literal premise being that everything turns to shit as you age), but damn if it didn't capitalize on South Park fatigue and the general sense of declining quality a lot of fans had at the time. And for a show that's so bereft of sincerity or taking a stance on issues, that sort of bitterness felt appropriate. Of course we all knew it wasn't actually the series finale since it was already renewed, and then the start of the second-half of Season 15 had to completely undo everything that the episode did well in the shittiest way possible, but it's one of the last South Park episodes that actually made me feel something. That's all any good finale can make us do.
I completely understand what you mean by the Mission Hill stuff, so many shows I stopped watching right at the end because I don’t want it to end, from spectacular Spider-Man to undergrads (super underrated show you should check out)
I like Aeon Flux's ending a lot, End Sinister is a good final episode and we also close the story with Aeon and Trevor finally being together after all the shenanigans and battles we saw between them.
The venture bros (also an adult swim show 😎😎😎) had a safe finale at the end of season 4 (Operation Prom) that puts such a nice bow on what would’ve been the end of the series, honestly one of the best episodes of the show.
While I don’t really have any connections to these shows (I don’t really watch adult animation like that) it was nice to hear your thoughts on these finales! Also really looking forward to when your cartoon’s pilot drops!
I have to say, one of my favorite adult cartoon endings is Moral Orel's. It ends so perfectly imo, and I highly recommend that show, even if you just watch the Nature two-parter.
The Nature two-parter is actually all I’ve seen lol and it was def pretty good.
I love the finale for ok KO, because unlike most other syndicated shows, they knew that they were about to end. Yeah, the final five episodes were super rushed, but at least they got to conclude their story on their own terms
I didn't really like the finale, it kinda felt like they were saying, "These were all the great episodes we could've made if we didn't get canceled." Like instead of making something for the fans, they spent that last episode being mad at Cartoon Network.
As it's my favorite show it is my duty to heavily recommend the finale of Venture Bros. Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon's heart was a great finale the wrapped up a lot of the story threads from throughout the show that leaves it in a life goes on and adventures continues moment while also answering one of the biggest mysteries of the show that leaves me for the most part satisfied.
when Marge took off her seatbelt i got super worried
If you like a finale that calls back to the start of the show, I recommend F is for Family. I feel like that show doesn't get enough love. It explained the 70's to me!
I hate that about show adult animated shows specifically. Creators deserve a chance to wrap it up properly
Honestly for me and Futurama, if it ended again with a useless ending, I'd still welcome the fact it got revived in the first place. Because we got amazing endings, and they are not discredited because the show continued. Hell, before the revival I rarely watched meanwhile because it made me too sad to watch because it ended.
I feel like tv series will always change and grow over time
bro you are missing out that Mission Hill finale is sooooooooo gas
do i not literally say it’s gas lmfao
Bro I’ve been looking for Mission Hill since I was like 10. No one knew wtf I was talking about and the only scene I could remember was the water bed malfunction tape 😭
You know...
I watched Californicaton and Scrubs. Their respective endings ("My finale" and ""Grace" get all we could want for the charachters, they finish their arcs, and the series wrap nicely with evertything done and dusted.
I'm still furious over Final Space. There's going to be a comic covering the ending, so maybe the sales from that will be good enough to prompt an executive to fund an animated finale, even if it's just a movie.
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnn, Ion really think so but I could hope. It's hard for fans to jump from show to comic especially if the show never got that big of a base to begin with.
It's always a great day when ToonrificTariq drops!!! One of my favorite finals was actually the Mission Hill's final episode. Kind of a safe endings but major vibes from Home Movies ending
You know what's a GOATED finale episode? OK:KO Let's Be Heroes.
How to black's morbid cousin 😂
About the whole Season 4 rant, here’s my idea of how this season should have ended. Have it end with the Stinkmeaner clone episode. Sure, the episode itself ends with Stinkmeaner yelling at the Freeman house while they’re having dinner. But at least that was sort of a funny way to end the episode.
Can't watch this bc i havent seen Bojack or Boondocks but im gonna throw you a thumbs up and a comment because i love this channel
14:34 - Drake?!?!??!?!
I can't wait for your show. I'll support you on all your ventures 🙏🏾
Opening with Ms Badu On and On.... 👌👌
Mission Hill has a safe last episode ending on the back story for two of the characters , Wally and Gus, that are, in my opinion, the best gay representation in adult animation. For the last episode it fills me with joy more than most finales
Clone High will never not end on a cliffhanger
Bro I legit been watching ya channel for years we’ve communicated on Twitter over the years and all types a shit. Ion like episodes like this bro. I’ve told you before I believe you’re genius level with this shit and episodes like this make me feel like you dropping A HINT🤦🏾♂️
I legitimately don’t understand this comment. Are you saying you don’t like series finales? Or just short videos? Because this is a video essay, not an episode of a show.
@@ToonrificTariq it seems like it’s you dropping a Easter egg that YOU may be approaching your finale episode for us
@@STREETSREPORTED It’s just a video, gang lol I’ve wanted to quit UA-cam for years but if I was going to do it, I’d just say it and not drop hints. I find stuff like that phony.
@@ToonrificTariq I appreciate that and again I’ve been watching you for years you quitting has been a running joke of yours🤷🏾♂️cut me a break
Doesn't Matter For The Past 11 Years All I watched was short lived Adult Cartoons on UA-cam and most recently Dailymotion a Series Finale I just saw was Power Ranger Cosmic Fury not a Adult Cartoon but after several attempts to end the show this finale kept It's word and ended the series after 30 bloody years
Are you watching Monkey Wrench?
I always preferred Power Rangers as an ensemble franchise instead of meatriding one show/era like Hasbro's doing.
If we're bringing up Power Rangers, we gotta bring up the original intended series finale in Power in Space. Probably the best season finale in the series to one of best seasons in the series.
This is why I’m happy Undergrads is finally getting a conclusion with its Kickstarter funded movie.
I missed Napoleon Dynamite cartoon... Y'all remember that? Good times.
It's crazy that people hated on it for being so different from the movie.
I feel you should cover on MTV Motown despite it only having one season and only 10 episodes the show is absolutely flawless and very good for its time.
I did the same shit with mission hill, I started watching last year and had to stop half way in to slow it down because its so good
The worst thing about finales are the last run of episodes because it’s either super good or just shit ridin’ it ’til the end.
Yup. I hate when they just do stuff on their last run of episodes without any build-up.
“Hm I wonder if I wanna get high rn…”
*Toonrific Tariq upload*
“Well shit, let me spark up!”
Edit: Just now realized why the word “Loosies” sounded so familiar. Oh my god.
You drop this just after I wrapped up Living Single too. Watching it in its entirety and in the right order (i watched reruns on TVOne) made getting to that series finale feel worth it through the quirkier fifth season (it's not great but it's also not as bad as people made it seem). That final look back into the brownstone choked me up and it's choking me up now as I'm typing this out.
Another Living Single fan? Based.
I love the instrumentals you be picking for these videos
Although not quite fitting this list, Regular Show has to have my favorite sitcom ending. A perfect ending to a perfect show.
Definitely a great one. Too bad he got fucked over on Close Enough.
@@StarDragonJP Yeah but then Quintel wasn't the only one who got fucked over working with ol' Zazlov. Pretty much everyone who worked with him did. God I hate that man.
Ugly Americans is highly underrated. Netflix should pick it up and have a Bojack crossover/cameo. Also your soundtracks are 🔥
I was literally watching the vibe checking nicktoons vid for the 30th time
I enjoy an adult cartoon that deals with social commentary, surrealistic situations, satirical humor, clever jokes, and heart and wit for its characters and story.
TOONS THAT CURSE
Glad that someone is talking about Bless the Harts, it was announced that it was cancelled before the final episode aired.
That final season of Boondocks broke my heart 😅💔. Fire video bro 🔥 🔥 let's get it!