Grand finale
Grand finale noun - The last part of a process or action.
Usage example: the award for best picture is traditionally the evening's grand finale
Opening is an antonym for grand finale.
Opening
Opening noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.
Grand finale is an antonym for opening.
Both terms in one sentence
- The second movie, a Grand Finale, even includes some postmodern commentary on the "interesting effects on the fiction chosen" mentionned in the opening paragraphs.
- The Grand Finale of Justice League Unlimited has the opening notes of the show's theme song played over the final scene.
Source: Last Episode Theme Reprise - This is also the Grand Finale appearance of Professor Owl in the Disney Sing-Along Songs video series; he only appears in voiceover after the 1986 Sorcerer Mickey Walt Disney Home Video logo/Sing-Along opening and prior to the first number on the video.
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