happy ending
A happy ending is an ending of the plot of a work of fiction in which there is a positive outcome for the protagonist or protagonists, and in which this is to be considered a favourable outcome.
In storylines where the protagonists are in phy ...
is a type of plot conclusion.
Happy Ending or Happy Endings may also refer to:
Happy Endings?
''Happy Endings?'' is a 2009 cinéma vérité documentary film directed and produced by Tara Hurley. Filmed over 27 months, it chronicles the lives of the women in massage parlors in Rhode Island during a battle in the state legislature to once ...
'', a 2009 documentary
* ''
Winter Passing
''Winter Passing'' is a 2005 American comedy-drama film directed by playwright Adam Rapp and starring Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, Amelia Warner, Amy Madigan, and Dallas Roberts. Rapp's directorial debut, the film premiered at the 2 ...
'', a 2005 American film released in the UK in 2013 as ''Happy Endings''
* ''Happy Endings'' (film), a 2005 film starring Lisa Kudrow
* ''Happy Endings'' (1983 film), a film directed by
Noel Black
Noel Black (June 30, 1937 – July 5, 2014) was an American film and television director, screenwriter, and producer.
Black was born in Chicago, Illinois. He won awards at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival for an 18-minute short subject filmed in ...
* ''
The Happy Ending
''The Happy Ending'' is a 1969 American drama film written and directed by Richard Brooks, which tells the story of a repressed housewife who longs for liberation from her husband and daughter. It stars Jean Simmons (who received an Oscar nomin ...
Inside No. 9
''Inside No. 9'' is a British black comedy Anthology series, anthology television programme written and created by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. It aired on BBC Two from 5 February 2014 to 12 June 2024, running for 9 series and 55 episo ...
Fredric Brown
Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906 – March 11, 1972) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer.D. J. McReynolds, "The Short Fiction of Fredric Brown" in Frank N. Magill, (ed.) ''Survey of Science Fiction Literature'', Vol. ...
* ''Happy Endings: Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch'', a 2007 book by Jim Norton
Terry Riley
Terrence Mitchell Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist music, minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his work became notab ...
* ''Happy Endings'', a 1975 album by
Betty Everett
Betty Jean Everett (November 23, 1939 – August 19, 2001) was an American soul singer and pianist, best known for her biggest hit single, the million-selling " Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)", and her duet " Let It Be Me" with Jerry Butl ...
* ''Happy Endings'', a 1981 album by
Peter Skellern
Peter Skellern (14 March 1947 – 17 February 2017) was an English singer-songwriter and pianist who rose to fame in the 1970s. He had two Hit song, top twenty hits on the UK Singles Chart – "You're a Lady" (1972), which typifies his signature ...
Holy Fvck
''Holy Fvck'' is the eighth studio album by the American singer Demi Lovato, released on August 19, 2022, through Island Records. Primarily a hard rock and pop-punk record, Lovato conceived it as a return to the early rock-influenced sound from ...
'', 2022
* "Happy Endings", by Doris Day from '' My Heart'', 2011
* "Happy Endings", by Pulp from ''
His 'n' Hers
''His 'n' Hers'' is the fourth studio album by English rock band Pulp, released on 18 April 1994 by Island Records. It proved to be the band's breakthrough album, reaching number nine on the UK Albums Chart, and was nominated for the 1994 Merc ...
'', 1994
* "Happy Endings", by The All-American Rejects from the 2003 album ''
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects (often abbreviated as AAR) are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 1999.The Telephone'', 1988
Happy ending problem
In mathematics, the "happy ending problem" (so named by Paul Erdős because it led to the marriage of George Szekeres and Esther Szekeres, Esther Klein) is the following statement:
This was one of the original results that led to the develop ...