One Again the Day Is Saved

A formulaic speech communication or narration similar to the Opening Narration, placed at the terminate of every episode of a show to (as close as we can tell) brand sure the audition hasn't forgotten what they're watching. It may epitomize the basic premise of the show, but will not pay more than than a token nod to the bodily specifics of the episode (unlike, say, a Fauxlosophic Narration). For full credit, the sentence should end with a Title Drop.

Almost sectional to child'southward shows, though it seems to take made a foray into more mature serial for a brief menses around 1980.

A Sub-Trope of Every Episode Ending.

Compare Signing-Off Catchphrase. Can overlap with Script Wank when used to spell out An Aesop.

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    Anime & Manga

• A lot of anime in the golden age (70's) have this along with the opening narration. Normally, the narrator would say something regarding the plot's conclusion, and ever shut with the catchphrase of the anime (e.thousand. And so, the Yatterman accept prevented the Dokuro-stone from being retrieved past the evil Doronbo gang. Every bit long equally Yatterman is here, in that location is zilch to fear! Yatta! Yatta! Yatterman!)
• Pokémon well-nigh always ends each episode with the narrator making some comment forth the lines of "In one case once more, the day is saved by our heroes. But will [insert more often than not silly question or occasional reference to troubling plotline here]?"
• Voltron ended every episode with Keith delivering a line pointing out that evil will always be vanquished by Voltron, Defender of the Universe!
• Gigantor e'er ended with the narrator explaining that, "And Gigantor flies off to his next run a risk!"
• Star Blazers: "Hurry, Star Force! Globe has just (insert number of) days left!"
• Subverted in Mahoromatic: At the finish of each episode is a inaugural of how many days until Mahoro ceases to function.
• Every episode of Hamtaro would end with Hamtaro'due south possessor Laura reflecting on what she experienced over the form of the episode. She then says to Hamtaro "Today was a keen day. And I bet tomorrow will be even better!" to which Hamtaro responds with the sound effect "Heke!".

    Comic Strips

• Lee Falk's Newspaper Comics Mandrake the Wizard and The Phantom often ended their story arcs with "Next: New Chance!"

    Films — Live-Activeness

• ¡Iii Amigos!: Both the movie itself and the silent films for which the Three Amigos were famous ended with the Amigos announcing, "Wherever at that place is injustice, you volition find us. Wherever there is suffering, we'll be at that place. Wherever liberty is threatened, you will find The Iii Amigos!"
• Star Trek Six: The Undiscovered Country: The TOS coiffure has saved the Federation so many times that they can joke well-nigh it:

  Kirk: Once over again, nosotros've saved civilization equally we know it.
  McCoy: And the proficient news is, they're not going to prosecute!

• Two in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. One every bit Raoul Duke drops Dr. Gonzo off for his flying home, and a second as he himself drives off towards the sunset:

  There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass product. Too weird to live and as well rare to die.
  There was but i route back to LA; Usa Interstate xv. Just a flat out high speed burn through Bakery and Barstow and Berdoo. Then onto the Hollywood Freeway and direct on into frantic oblivion. Condom. Obscurity. Just another freak in the freak kingdom.

    Live-Activity TV

• The kickoff season of Knight Passenger ended each episode with a narrator recapping the premise: "Michael Knight: Lone crusader in a dangerous globe — the world of the Knight Passenger."
• Battlestar Galactica (1978), for one-half-credit, ended each episode with a speech nigh Galactica's quest for "A shining planet known as Earth."
• "Who was that masked human being?" "That was The Alone Ranger."
• The Chimera-Wrap man sketches on Skithouse always concluded with the line "Who was that man, covered in bubble-wrap?" "Bubble-wrap Maaan!"
• Batman (1966): The narrator makes a punny description of the cliffhanger or determination of the story, then tells the viewer to tune in for the adjacent episode, "Same bat-time! Same bat-channel!"
• Parodied in a few Monty Python's Flight Circus sketches, using the line: "It'south all in a day's work for..."
• For that is how things happen "...in The Twilight Zone."
• Scrubs: [adenoidal voice] "In a hospital, you [deal with moral dilemma / develop relationships in some way / sometimes experience upset]"
• The Daily Prove: "And now, here it is. Your moment of zen." [Strange clip from news and/or politics.]

    Webcomics

• In deliberate homage to Lee Falk, The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob! likewise frequently ends its storylines with "Next: New Adventure!"
• In Everyday Heroes, Mr. Mighty tried this once when coming home. It didn't work, as his wife was having a bad day.

    Western Blitheness

• The line (and the corresponding moment) from ¡Three Amigos! was parodied in Animaniacs:

  Yakko: Wherever there is belching, we'll be in that location! Wherever there is stupidity, we'll be there! Wherever there is candy...
  Wakko: We'll be there a lot quicker!

• The Powerpuff Girls also had its narrator terminate each episode with the relevant speech. It somewhen became a Mad Libs Grab Phrase, being periodically subverted when the day had been saved by someone else (The Amoeba Boys, Mojo Jojo, The People of Townsville, Ben Franklin), and at least once when the day wasn't ever in any existent danger. ("Then...um...hmm. Yes.").
  • The start instance of irresolute the ending was in "Boogie Frights", which had the girls asleep in bed onscreen, and the Narrator talking most how they had literally saved the day since the villain's plan had been to brand information technology permanently nighttime by blocking out the sunday. Eventually, Blossom and Buttercup have to shush the Narrator, as they tin't sleep with him talking; Bubbles, however, manages to stay out similar a calorie-free.
  • In The Movie, the narrator couldn't say "once again" because this is an origin story, then he says "for the very get-go time" instead.
  • Inverted when the Rowdyruff boys vow to destroy the girls at the finish of "Custody Battle" (an episode the Girls themselves don't appear in) and the ending title is replaced with a skull-and-bones with the narration "And once again, the day is doomed, thanks to... the Rowdyruff Boys."
  • Subverted in "The Headsucker's Moxy". The narrator tries to say the line, but due to beingness a victim of the Robbing Leech, he forgets what is being presented due to a headache. The girls and "the end" never appear.
  • In one episode, the narrator points out that the girls saved the twenty-four hours, but they were the ones who started the trouble in the first place.
  • Then there was the Tear Jerker variation in "Twisted Sister" when the girls' homely fourth sister (whom they created to give themselves a intermission subsequently an extremely busy week) sacrificed herself to save the girls before exploding due to existence unstable. The music was melodramatic and the narrator was crying as he mentioned how Bunny saved the day for the first... and last time.
  • "Fallen Arches" has the girls standing by and doing nothing during a criminal offense wave committed past a gang of elderly supervillains because of Blossom's misguided ideas of "respecting our elders". They convince a pair of elderly superheroes to fight the bad guys instead, but all the old men cease upwards horribly injuring themselves and getting rushed to the hospital. The episode ends with the observation that "none of this would have happened if the Powerpuff Girls would had merely saved the day!"
  • In "Slap-up on Keane", Professor Utonium and Miss Keane fall in beloved and end up property upwardly the Mayor's hotline. He somewhen interrupts them with a sneeze, and they realize that they're neglecting their duties. Ms. Keane then mentions her true cat, unwittingly causing an argument betwixt them (the Professor had a bad experience with a true cat in the episode "Cat Homo Do") that ruins their relationship. The episode ends with the narrator announcing that the 24-hour interval was saved by "...Ms. Keane's cat, I guess. Overnice Valentino."
  • At the stop of the episode "A Made Up Story", Bloom was bragging that she never fell victim to Mask Scara'southward Uncanny Valley Makeup when she trips and causes sequential accidents that give her a ridiculous appearance, leaving her at the mercy of The Freelance Shame Team and causing the narrator to try to say the usual line amidst his ain laughter.
  • "Nano of the N" ends with the narrator announcing the solar day was saved by the shrunken girls, who announced tiny along with a squeaky voice. The "the end" title appears tiny as well.
  • "Stray Bullet" has the outro presented in squirrel language and Bullet being hailed instead of the girls.
  • "Simian Says" has Mojo kidnap the Narrator and use his role to attempt to deal with the Girls. Subsequently he'due south been taken out and the Girls save the Narrator, he closes out the episode and has the Girls requite him a ride home.
  • And since it involves the Powerpuff Girls, the crossover with Teen Titans Get! ended with this trope... except the narrator takes one last potshot at the Titans.

• Ceri ends off every episode of Llan-ar-goll-en with saying "That's how we solved the mystery of the lost/missing X!"
• Rocky and Bullwinkle episodes ordinarily cease with a cliffhanger followed by a punny Either/Or Title. Example: "We'll find out adjacent time in 'Boris Bounces Back' or 'The Rubber Heel'." If the episode was the terminate of an arc, the narrator would announce, "Be with us next fourth dimension for another amazing run a risk with Rocky the Flying Squirrel!" "...and his pal Bullwinkle."

  Bullwinkle: Hooray! Hey, that's me!

• Roger Ramjet episodes ever concluded with a "So once again the costless globe is safe" oral communication from the Deadpan Snarker narrator, with the snark turned up to xi if the villains' nefarious plan wasn't very nefarious or Roger Ramjet didn't really assistance very much.
• "Another exciting example solved by... The Problem Solverz!"
• The Tick delivers a hilariously breathless version of this speech at the stop of each episode.
• Bugs Bunny in "Hair-Raising Hare": "Aaaaaaaaaand so, having redisposed of the monster, get out our hero stage correct..."
• The closing credits of every episode of Inspector Gadget stop with a voice-over from Dr. Hook, saying "I'll get you adjacent time, Gadget! Next... fourth dimension...".
• My Lilliputian Pony: Friendship is Magic:
  • The first few seasons concluded episodes with Twilight Sparkle (and after on, other members of the Mane Six) writing a letter of the alphabet to Twilight'south mentor Princess Celestia spelling out the moral of the story.
  • "Power Ponies" has Fasten giving this out word for word, just the group gets sucked out of the comic earlier he tin finish.
• "Homer the Moe", a Season xiii episode of The Simpsons showcases Moe the bartender expressing his overall dissatisfaction with his life and career to his bar regulars with this quote: "I am sick of yous drunks and your shaggy domestic dog stories!" The very beginning of the episode is Homer sharing an example of this trope.

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