The Trope Namer, for example, doesn't show the viewer the outcome of the two main characters confronting the Bolivian Army, but it is framed in such a way that the audience is left in little doubt what it will be regardless.
The Bolivian Army Ending, however, is an intentional ending, and needs to work satisfactorily as such while the exact details of what happened might be slightly ambiguous, it is often heavily implied what the outcome will be, and either way the audience is left under no illusions that the character's story is now over. An unresolved cliffhanger, therefore, is an unintentionally suspenseful ending the producers intended for the cliffhanger to be resolved, but outside events prevented this. A cliffhanger is designed to create suspense and maintain the audience's attention so that they come back to continue the story. Arguably scarier is an Offscreen Inertia ending.Īs some shows / films have ended on an unresolved Cliffhanger, it's worth noting the difference between the two. When the camera cuts to a different scene unrelated to the battle right before the work ends, this overlaps with Charge-into-Combat Cut. Can be considered a variation of a Downer Ending, although it's ambiguous enough to give the viewer/reader some hope.
