Alt Happy Ending

Alt Happy Ending is Happy Ending with a major difference or two thrown in. For example, instead of having the Villain truly die, it turns out that they're alive but still out of action temporarily. This is a happy ending because the Hero is unaware of the Villain being alive and continues to end their journey happily.

Another example of Alt Happy Ending is the Hero's Love dies because they sacrificed themselves to guard the Hero and Co. from an attack, straight up got killed by an attack, or had to die in order to put an end to the Villain. Even though the Love is dead, the Hero decides to move on and cope with their lost love after their journey.