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When an adaptation must have an ending, but is based on a work that has not finished yet, there are two possible solutions. One is to give the show some emotional closure without actually ending the plot in any significant way. Many fans will just complain this is a "non-ending" of sorts. When this involves a romance arc, the result can be either No Romantic Resolution or Maybe Ever After, which may or may not be satisfying. The trope name comes from the behavior of the gecko, which will, if its tail is cut off, grow a new one. Examples of Gecko Ending include:

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  • When an adaptation must have an ending, but is based on a work that has not finished yet, there are two possible solutions. One is to give the show some emotional closure without actually ending the plot in any significant way. Many fans will just complain this is a "non-ending" of sorts. When this involves a romance arc, the result can be either No Romantic Resolution or Maybe Ever After, which may or may not be satisfying. The trope name comes from the behavior of the gecko, which will, if its tail is cut off, grow a new one. Examples of Gecko Ending include:
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  • When an adaptation must have an ending, but is based on a work that has not finished yet, there are two possible solutions. One is to give the show some emotional closure without actually ending the plot in any significant way. Many fans will just complain this is a "non-ending" of sorts. When this involves a romance arc, the result can be either No Romantic Resolution or Maybe Ever After, which may or may not be satisfying. However, some productions opt instead for a Gecko Ending -- creating a conclusion/GrandFinale for the show out of whole cloth which resolves (or hastily buries) all the show's hanging threads and unresolved plot elements. Naturally, this requires that the viewers ignore many later revelations in the original work or it will make no sense, even if the series' plotline so far has been pretty similar. There's also a third option - wait for the writer to get farther ahead - but that would involve waiting, and that's just unacceptable. Of course, you could always use Filler until they catch up. Naturally, restarting the story at this point would have to involve either: a.) an extreme tangent to the original material, or b.) abandoning the plot so far and starting up an Alternate Continuity. The trope name comes from the behavior of the gecko, which will, if its tail is cut off, grow a new one. In anime, this often implies that the series Overtook the Manga, but only in the broader sense that there's no manga ending available, not in the sense that there isn't enough manga to fit into the anime. In fact, a movie, OVA, or short series may have a Gecko Ending even after compressing and omitting large parts of the manga. Recently, some studios have averted this trope by timing the anime to end around the same time as the manga. By working closely with the creator, they can produce a faithful adaption of the ending before it's published, and in some cases before it's even been drawn. This is obviously rather tricky, so most studios still prefer one of the above options. Not related to Gordon Gekko, Switching To GEICO, Straight From The Gecko, or The Gekkostate. Examples of Gecko Ending include:
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