happy endings
Fairy tale finishes
Happy endings are satisfying conclusions where things work out well—the couple reunites, the hero triumphs, the conflict resolves.
The phrase often carries a whiff of skepticism, implying the resolution is too neat: Real life doesn't have happy endings.
In massage parlor slang, a happy ending is sexual release provided at the end of a session.
- fairy tale endingIdealized perfect resolution
- true love's kissMagical romantic contact
- meet-cuteContrived charming first encounter
- rom comHumorous love story genre
- closureSense of emotional resolution
bliss · mistaken identity · tying the knot · massage parlor · catharsis · redemption · love triangles · joy · denouement · reconciliation · contentment · jubilation · cliché · fulfillment · uplift · personal growth · story arc · glee
- Feel-Goodlaughter, optimism, joy, positive emotions, sunny disposition
- Bollywooditem number, song and dance, dance numbers, masala, dream sequence
- Elizabethan comedyTwelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice
- fairy tale studiesoral tradition, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, morality tales
- kids' bookschildren's literature, storybooks, picture books, easy readers, bedtime stories
- family entertainmentanimated films, cartoons, G-rated, talking animals, musicals
happy endingstragic endings
Sorrowful story resolutions
tragedies · bittersweet endings · tearjerkers · cliffhangers · open endings
happy endingsbitter ends
Absolute conclusions, rope termini
misfortune · ruin · catastrophe · downfall · doom
happy endingstragedies
Dramas with fatal endings
tragic drama · tearjerkers · cautionary tales · Shakespearean tragedy · Greek tragedy
happy, unhappy, happiness, happily, unhappiness, happier, happiest, endings, happy-go-lucky